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The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-05-25

UP TO THE PRESENT
TIME
We Have Sold 81,
5OO,OOO.OO Worth
of Real Estate In
CIarksburg,

And Have Sold More from
January, 1911, to the pres
mt time than ever before IN
The same period.
In Broad Oak, on Har-
rison street, in one OF
the best neighborhoods,
one story frame slate
rooted cottage, five
rooms, bath, pantry,
house finished in oak
throughout, on lot 37l2
x137115, alley in rear.
PRICE $1,000
Terms $500 down, bal
ance in payments OF
$500 per month with
interest 4 per cent on
deferred payments, or
$4,000 cash.
Vacant lot in Stewart.
addition.
PRICE $425
Terms, $500 down,
$40 per month, with
interest.
Buckhannon Avenue,
Broad Oak, lot 40x225
feet to alley.
PRICE $4,000
One-third cash, balance
one and two years, six
per cent interest.
Stealcy street, one story
frame slate rooted, five
room cottage, finished
in oak, lot 30X51 feet.
PRICE $1,000
0ne-half cash, balance
one and two years.
Industrial a d dition,
Fowler avenue, five
rooms, frame, slate roof
ed cottage, finished in
oak, two cabinet man
tells, two base mantels,
cellar, good we'll, lot BOX
40 feet.
PRICE $1,75o
Terms reasonable.
On Linden avenue, one
of the finest homes in
Clarksburg, six rooms,
bath, pantry, sewing
room finished in oak, fin
ishcd attic and base
ment, hardwood floors,
cement steps and walks,
situate on lot 25x21S
feet with alley i'm rear
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-05-25

N D. Goe, of Weston, is a gscsf
a the Waldo.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-05-25

Let us send you til G
monthly catalog of New Vic,
tor Records mailed free
each month after you make
one request.
ROGGS & BULL
NORTH SIDE, PITTSBURGH, PA.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-05-05

The quantity of wool consumed, IN
condition purchased, increased from
$50 $4,000 pounds to 474,75l,ooo
pounds, or "A per cent; reckoned on
a secured wool basis, the increase was
so per cent. The quantity Of raw cot
ton consumed decreased from 4o,245''
900 pounds to 2Oo55,OO0 pounds or
80 per cent, while the amount OF
cotton yarn purchased increased
from 35,343OOO pounds to Ss.l69.ooO
pounds, or ii per cent, The net re-
suit Is a decided decrease In the
amount of cotton used as material
by wool manufacturers.
The figures also show marked de
crease in the use Of shoddy
This is explained by the fact ina
the manufacture of worsted fabrlcs
into which shoddy does not enter as
material to any appreciate extent
has increased enormously, while tn
quantity of wooden fabrics in whic'
shoddy is utilized was actually les
in 1909 than In 1899.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-05-05

THE economy and efficiency board is
/ beginning to get results. 1t mas
reached a point in its labors where II
thinks it foresees where a million ool-
lars may be saved during the first year
of its existence.
At present it is devoting Its atten'
lions largely to the item OF traVellng
expenses of government employees ana
to the duplication of work in the de-
partments. The president and the mem
hers of his cabinet were surprised 70
learn from this board that the travel
ing expenses charged against the treas
ury last year aggregated about $12,
100000
lust how much this enormous sun
ran he reduced without gripping thu
nublic service in the least is still
question. but the members OF the econ
omy and efficiency board are conn
dent that a great saving can be MADE
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-05-05

proposal Secretary Of the Navy Meyer
feels that it would be inadvisable for
the government to undertake the send.
ing Of the Portsmouth to the Pacific
coast. 1t Is probable that she will
be turned over to the Marine Hospital
service for use as floating hos
pital.
The old sailing vessel independence,
now at the Mare Island navy yard,
will also be disposed of soon. A board
of survey has been ordered to inves
tigate her condition and recommend
what disposition should be made OF
her. The Independence sailed In 1915
for the Barbary coast under Comma
dore William cambridge to arrange
the difficulties between the United
States and the Barbary powers. Sh'
has been used as a receiving ship a
the Mare Island navy yard since 1858
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-05-05
Great Sums Spent in Luxurles

and girls of the country and me oiu
er people, too, spent SIS, OOo,oce last
year on chewing gum.
The country's confectionery bill fo'
1910 amounted to $4,000, 600.
The sSO,OOO,OOO spent on jeWelry Is
twice the amount required to bulio
the Panama canal
Our soda water bill was $9Zo'oVo'
600.
The representative says: rake
the egg, for instance; 1t doesn't coS'
the hen any more to lay an egg TO-DAY
than It did 100 years ago, but we pay
more than our grandfathers did DE-
cause we don't let the hen lay tne
egg where we can get out the oach
door ourselves and pick 1t up Inc
farmers wife in Idaho goes out ane
gathers up an egg, keeps 1t TIL a maj
comes along with buggy and take'
4 from Yer. He crates. sorts AM
hacks 1t along with Others ana thel
carries 1t to the railroad. 1t Is ia''
in April, May or June; you don't &c
II until the following Christmas, an
Won have to pay for its keep all tina
time, pay for the cold storage pa
the railroad rates, the expense OF tn
man who went around in a buggy an
gathered it and the initial price
the farmers wife in Idaho. 1t Is IN
same all along the line"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-05-05
Gun
| sa5,ooo.ooo
| CANDY
Is7s,oo0,oo0
| JEWElRY
|ssoooo.ooo
Observation-Disclosures 1t comes &c
wv ,.o, understanding Of dOmeS

XXY AsHINGTON.-When 1t comes 10
w a keen understanding OF domes-
tic economy, there is no man living
who has anything on Representative
J. Hampton Moore Of Philadelphia
He has completed list of luxuries
which shows that the candy con-
sumed in q single year represents
the cost of a complete chain OF canals
from Boston to Key West; that the
iewelry sold represents twice the cost
of building the Panama canal, and
that the nickels annually dropped on
soda water counters are sufficient to
establish a complete inland water
way system.
The statistics with which Represent
alive Moore backs his assertions are
colossal. They represent his investl
CATION into the reason for the higf
cost of living, and prove that the IN
dividual himself Is in large meas
ure responsible for the decline OF tn
dollars value.
According to Mr.. Moore, the boy
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-05-05
Can't Have the Old Portsmouth

wHE navy department propapiy WAL
be unable to comply with the
wishes of the people of California VINO
have asked that the old sailing snip
Portsmouth now at the New York navy
ward be towed to the Pacific coast TO
he preserved there as a naval mu-
scum. The people of the Pacific coast
are anxious to have the Portsmouth
GENT to San Francisco bay because
sbe was identified with the early MS
torv of California. She sailed into
San Francisco bay and took possession
IN the name of the United States. II
che had not taken this action what is
now California might have become a
mart of the British empire. as two
british cruisers arrived there only a
few hours after the Portsmouth. the
Gan Francisco people want to use the
old vessel as an exhibit in connection
with the coming exposition there.
The navy department, however, has
received a report from board OF sur
| vey which estimated that about $40,
600 would be necessary to fit the ole
sailing vessel for the long cruise to the
west coast. In addition the expense O
such long trip would be considerable
| In view of the outlay involved IN th'
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-05-05
Economy Board to Save Millions

The heads of the executive depart
ments have received instructions &c
pare travelling expenses wherever pos
sible. This order is applicable to the
war and navy departments, as we'll al
to all other departments of govern
ment
Of course, the largeness of the item
for travelling expenses is due in great
measure to the laws under which men
in the navy and in the army, either
as officers or privates, receive travel
allowances. The travel expenses OF
the department of agriculture and
the department Of the interior are
also necessarily heavy, and the same
Is true, though not to SO great an ex'
tent, of the post Office department.
The injunction that has gone out
simply is that travel pay must not be
authorized except where travel or
government business Is absolutely
necessary.
Soon after President Taft entered
the White House, and long before th'
present economy and efficiency boar'
was created, instructions went out t
the heads of the executive depart
ments to curtail travelling expense
wherever possible.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-05-05
shoddv in Much Less Demand

A PRELIMINARY statement SHOW
"A ing the general results OF the
1909 census for establishments en-
gagged In the manufacture OF WOODEN
and worsted goods has just been Is
sued by the director of the census
e. Dana Durand
Although the number of establish
ments has decreased, denoting ten
dency toward concentration, which
has been the rule in the wool manu-
featuring industry since 1870, on the
other hand the amount Of capital re-
norted as invested shows an increase
from s256,554,O 900 in 1899 to $415, 1885,
600 in 1909, or 81 per cent. during the
decade. The cost of materials used
increased IS per cent. and the amount
paid in salaries and wages 90 pei
cent. The number of salaried 9th
Gals and clerks increased but Al PEI
cent. and the number Of wage earn
ers only 20 per cent.
The value Of products increases
from s2SS, 745,O 900 in 1899 to $41s,S26
600 In 1909, or rs per cent. Tn
greater part of this increase too
place during the second half of tn
decade; In fact, the increase OF owe
500, 100000 in the five years sine
1904 is far greater than that OF an
, decade prior to 1900 in the histoI
OF the industry.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-05-05
It Was MuHnq.

Bugs Raymond, the handsome and
brilliant pitcher of the New York I'll
ants, is great wit on the field SAID
a sporting editor at the Pen and Pen
Gil club In Philadelphia.
Raymond was Disguised one day al
his teams wretched outfielding. Bat
ter after batter sent up high flies, anc
these easy balls were muffed alter
nately by left and center.
"Buggs at the sixth muff threw doWr
his glove and stamped on 1t,
There's an epidemic In the out
field he said, but, by lingo, 1t ism
catching
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-05-05
MAILED BOOTY As
POLICE SEEK HIM
Murderer Thief Gives Topeka Po
lice Much UneasIneSS.
RETURNS VICTIMS KEEPSAKES
Rare Coins Which Might Lead to De-
lection Of Murderer OF Aged Mer'
chant Are Sent Back to Re'a'
tIves Through the News
papers.

Topeka. Kan-Topeka has muir
derer who glories IN his deeds ana ap'
parently Is seeking all the notoriety
that he can possibly get. For month
This man has been at large in Topeka
hut the efforts of the police forcei
sheriff's Office and two detective bu'
reaus have failed to find him. Ha
sends letters to the coroner and news
papers. returning some OF the Things
he had stolen from the man he muir
dered.
The murder was one of the most
atrocious since Kansas has been
state. 1t Is only equalled by the nor
rors perpetrated by the Bender family
In southern Kansas. Thomas fiatQ
had a small pawnshop and second
hand store in Topeka for many years
and was quite wealthy. His son'ln-
law Samuel Freidberg, is one OF the
best known jewelers. in Topeka, the
Platt store Is located on the most
| tTHHGtSu bJfSct Ia law SAs''
avenue. Thousands pass every day.
Plat went to his store as usual one
morning and. as he had no CLERKS
took his lunch with him. Shortly after
seven o'clock that evening farm hand
In search of clothing saw what ne
wanted on a box and on the usua
clothing store dummies" in front o.
the Platt store He tried the door. Il
| was locked. He spoke to passero!
Of the display being left out. Tha
man happened to be friend OF Pat
J and he telephoned to Freidberg, VIII
q at once went to the store. Freidoerl
n broke open the door
o On a chair beside the desk was Tn
n Did mans lunch, unwrapped and pal
q Tally eaten. Freidberg found the BOD
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-05-05
Body Hidden Under Clothing.

If his father-in-law under the counter
and covered with clothing, which had
been pushed off the counter. Platts
head had been crushed. The coroner
said Platt had been dead fully six
hours when the body was found, which
indicated that the old man had been
surprised while eating and beaten to
death. Plat always carried consider
able money and a small wallet con-
tanning numerous old coins Of America
and other countries. His pockets had
been rifled, the murderer obtaining
about $50 in cash and some clothing
, The wallets were found in the alley
hack of the store. The murderer had
apparently locked the front door, leav
ing through the rear door. setting the
spring lock so that 1t caught.
The police and detectives worked
for two weeks on the case and were
unable to discover single clew as t.
the identity of the murderer. The!
had practically given up hope whel
the coroner received letter contain
ing eight Of the coins taken fror
Platt's pockets. They were easil
identified by numismatists to whor
Platt had shown them.
The next day the police found a SUI
case taken from Plat.'s store. In
were several pieces Of clothing,
worn and frayed. 1t is believed thi
the murderer took clothing from tt
store. changed his old clothes and p'
his garments in the suit case, whfs
j he cast into vacant lot.
| A few days later an afternoon
per in Topeka received package co
II tanning eight coins taken from Pla
" On the envelope was pasted the hea
4. ing of the paper. There was no har
lc writing. The mail clerk remember
ii getting the letter from box at Eigh
81 street and Kansas avenue, the me-
IS prominent corner in the entire CT
This did not help in clearing the m.
e, terry. Next morning paper receiv
d, a letter containing four coins. II
I'd letter had been mailed in the sa
IS box. 1t was addressed with the he
I'D ing from the paper and no handw
OF ing appeared
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-05-05
a Herford Bon Mot.

Oliver Herford and friend were
strolling through a section of town
that was plentifully strung with pull
lev lines on which many family
Wash" was waving in the wind. Mr.
Herford's companion called attention
to the manner in which these gar
ments shut out the sky and otherwise
disflgured the landscape. Mr.. Herford
gazed at them thoughtfully and then
gently murmured: 1.-THE short and
and simple flannels OF the poor"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-05-05

Two dinosaur footprints won the
finders way through college, and he
has sold another pair for a fancy
price. II 1t turns out that he has
struck the trail made by dinosaur
after a hard night there will be new
millionaire in Colorado.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-05-05

A health lecturer advises people
who wish to live long to eat sauer-
kraut as 1t contains the longevity
germ. But perhaps the desire to live
long might be somewhat checked BY
q steady diet of sauerkraut.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-05-05

New York authorities threaten to
Mace a ban on "cuss words on the
stage. This will be heavy blow to
the deep dyed villyun. Can you i'm
agine a respectable villyun muttering
afudge" or "fiddlesticks p
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-05-05

One woman, unmarried, Is OF the
opinion that If women were allowed
to do the counting and proposing
there would be more happy marriages.
It might be worth while to try it, any
way.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-05-05

DAISY Cornucopia Pauline" is the
aame of the cow that has established
new worlds record by producing
34% pounds Of butter in seven days.
The COW with the crumpled horn OF
plenty, as it were.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-05-05

Fighting duels by proxy is the latest
pastime in Paris. Possibly the game
was invented by a man with sense
of humor who feared that personal
nartieiuation In duel might cause
him to laugh himself to death.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-05-05

A church about to disband in New
York has a membership worth about
$3.50 900, 900. The task of getting that
treasure laid up in heaven seems to
be a difficult one
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-05-05

A Pennsylvania Judge has decided
that 1t Is no part Of woman's house
hold work to milk cows. But where
was his consistency when he also de-
cided that she might collect the eggs
and feed the chickens?
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-05-05

A transatlantic liner which recently
arrived In New York with big cargo
of Paris inery would have allied dog
enes with surprise and delight. for
everybody on board was honest
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-05-05

A Boston clergyman says women
have lost the art of blushing, and TINS
may be why some are wearing lne
bobbIe and some the harem skirt
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-05-05

We move that the New Yorker
who is running an agency to dispose
of titled foreigners to American helr'
esses be thrown into Jail for pedd''ng
gold bricks.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-05-05

A Philadelphia public man thinks
the harem skirt will uplift the race.
It seems to have more the tendency
to upset it, as far as practical results
can be relied on for judgment.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-05-05
KIM GEORGE as Chief.

London. king, who became a
member of the Highland Society in
1903, has consented to succeed King
edward as chief Of the society.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-05-05

The haren skirt is being taken Sc
riously in Rome. One father has COM
mitted suicide because his daughters
wore them.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-05-05

A new aviator whose name is Mars
has dawned on the world. For once
a birdman has been found who mas .
name that fits his calling.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-05-05

A Chicago minister says that some
marriages are planned by Satan, ana
we thought they were all made ID
heaven.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-05-05

Wherever it has appeared the har-
EN- skirt seems to have caused rlo''
It is going to be hard on the umio u
he fashionable this spring.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-05-05

An aeroplane carried thirteen men
IN a fight In France the other day'
but the average citizen still prefers
% cling to mother earth.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-05-05

Pride goeth before fall When an
automobile tries to knock freight
train off the track the pedestrian Is
tempted to chortle within his sleeve
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-05-05

Prof. Perrier, a French astronomer
tails us emphaucally that there Is no
life on Venus or Mars. When astrono
mers disagree, etc.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-05-05

sandow. the strong man, Is trying
to build King George up to MS own
standard as against coronation week.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-05-05

Absolute independence consists,
says one writer, in eating onions anu
not giving a-darn who knows IT,
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-05-05

"Convicts are not the worst men
says q Chicago preacher sun. 'nel0
are a lot of good men out of prison
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-05-05

It was Queen Elizabeth who salu q
liz ,s an intellectual method OF meet
ing a difficulty.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-05-05

The bungalow" hat Is the latest ,o'
w,men Can it be bought on the In
stallment plan?
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-05-05

DR.. Pierce's Pellets, small. sugar-coated,
easy to take as candy, regulate and invig-
crate stomach, liver and bowels and cure
constipation.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-05-05

The population of India is 5lo'cVV'-
600, an increase of 2o,OOO'ooO Sihce
1901. No race suicide there.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-05-05

A man is seldom arrested for strik-
Ing an attitude.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-05-05

All married men are heroes, but
they can't always prove 1t.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-05-05
THE RICE BELT JOURNAL
WELSH PIG. CO., LTD, Pubs
WELSH. LOUIo1 14z--1.

And here comes the four-slit Skirt
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-05-05

It wouldn't seem fair to tax oacn'
elors and let the young widoWers es-
cape.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-05-05
A Delicate Compliment.

my new gown received very sim
cere compliment the other day."
CAS- to how?"
"The proprietor Of restaurant |
went into asked me to sit near the
window. Said it would lend tone to
his place"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-05-05

important to Mothers
Examine carefully every bottle. OF
CASTORIA, safe and sure remedy for
infants and children, and see that It
s' ss,s' the Of ZzzZzzzx
In Use For Over 80 Years.
Children Cry for Fletcher's Castoria
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-05-05

The price of Holsters has gone up
hut this IS no excuse for being one
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-05-05
Viii Gas

Did you hear it1 How embar.
RAISING. These stomach noisesmake
you wish you could sink through
the floor. You imagine everyone
hears them. Keep box Of CAS-
CARETS in your purse or pocket
and take a part of one after eating.
It willrelieve the stomach Of gas. s,s
CAScARETS loo box for weeks
treatment. AhdruRQists. Biggest seller
N the world-million boxes month
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-05-05

The trouser skirt is the only one
that needs police protection.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1911-01-05
YOUNG Child OF
+ F. ". SONDERNAN DIES

Martha, the young child of Ferd w.
Sonderman, secretary-treasurer of the
National Stogie Makers League, died
at the family home at Pleasant Valley
at $50 o'clock Tuesday evening of
pneumonia, after a brief illness. The
little girl was days less than a year
old and it's death is a severe blow to
the loving parents, who are receiving
the deep sympathy of their friends in
the hour of their bereavement. The
interment took place Friday afternoon
at Mt Calvary.