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The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-12-07
RESIDENT
DIES IN ILLINOIS
Mrs. Florenda Martin Passes
away at Home Of Daugh-
ter at Arthur.

An Arthur, H., newspaper gives
the following account OF the recent
death there of former resident OF
clarksburg:
Mrs. Florenda Martin. the veneer.
able 97-year-old Arthur woman, who
fell on the night of November II
and broke her hip, died as result
Of the injury at $50 o'clock Friday
morning at the residence OF her
daughter, Mrs. Emily Warren, in
1.-THE north part of the city, whers
she made her home.
The funeral services We're held il
the Lincoln Street Christian church
Saturday afternoon, the Rev. ". Z
IMundell ofiSiating. The body wal
laid at rest in the Arthur cemetery
Mrs. Martins maiden name was
iFlorenda "A. Wood. She was borr
in the Shenandoah valley, in vir.
ginia, near winchester, February
49, 1911. When she was sixteen
years old she went to West vir.
ginia, where in.1S82 she married
Isaac Martin. She was the mothe;
Of fourteen children and lived de,
voted, happy and useful life. Some.
time in her early womanhood she
became h member of the Methodist
church, and for at least seventy-ave
years she lived an exemplary Chris.
tian life. In 1877 she and her hus.
band with their two young some
came to Illinois, since which time
abe has lived in Sr near Arthur
In 1882 her husband returned to
clarksburg, w. Va, where he died.
Since that time she has made her
home with her daughter, Mrs. Emily
Warren. About 1896 she became a
member of the Christian church
tLincoln street) of Arthur, since
which time she has been a faithful
member, attending services as long
as she was able to attend church.
Until the last ten years, when hei
eyesight failed, she was great
student OF the Bible, and knew a
great many verses and perhaps
chapters, by heart. Aside from her
longevity Mrs. Martin was in many
ways remarkable woman. She
possessed a remarkable memory and
was extremely well educated for
was extremely we'll educated for one
years she had been a great sufferer
and often said she was Just waiting
to be called home. Mrs. Martin
was of happy disposition, kind and
motherly. u
Mrs. Martin leaves seven children
as follows: Fren Martin, aged 76;
Phoebe Ballard, Caldwell, IA; Mrs
Emily Warren, Arthur, ~; jane
Martin, Nation; Dexter Martin
Bowers Mill, Mo-; Byar Martin and
Mrs. Ella Long, of Clarksburs, W
Va. She has grandchildren past
fifty years old, great grandchildren
married and number OF great
great grandchildren. She leaves .
long list of descendants, possibly
300 or more, and held the distinc-
ton Of being the oldest woman in
either Moultrie or Douglass eoun-
ties.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-12-07

upon the. theatre going public that
it is now pronounced the greatest
hit that Miss Adams has yet offered.
excelling her work in THE Little
Minister and in Peter Pan"
In order to accommodate patrons
from nearby towns, special theatrical
trains and cars will be run before
and after the performance, on all
lines entering Fairmont.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-12-07
GOES HOME.

7. ]. Young, clerk in the shoe de-
partment of Donohue and Johnson
store, went to his home at Lost Creek
Monday. Mr.. Young has been sick for
several days. He went home to re-.
cnpcrate for the holiday trade.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-12-07
ACCIDENTLY SHOT.

MoRGANTowN, Dec. 5.-Frod
Haigh, well knownresident of Gin
ton district, was accidently shot by
Ed. Anderson, while hunting.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-12-07

H. R. snider went to Parkersburg
Wednesday to spend Thanksgiving
with 'atives.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-12-07

Meredith Wilcox went to Parkers-
D. burg Wednesday morning to spend
Thanksgiving with relatives ana
friends,
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-12-07

D. Garvey Gale, Of Cincinnati,
no formerly resided here. is in the
city on business visit.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-12-07
BOND DEFAuLTED.

When the case OF Viola o'Donnell.
charged with the theft OF a plum.
was called today in the criminal
court, she failed to appear and DE-
fault Of bond was noted.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-12-07

P. NJ. Ireland is here from West
Union.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-12-07
MISS MAUDE ADAMS
TO Be AT FAIRMONT
vsSS
To Present a Famous Play
in Grand Opera House
in February.

One of the feature events of this
section of the state this season will
be the appearance in Fairmont Feb
ruary IL of Miss Maude Adams and
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-12-07
SOLE OWNERS
Model sc
Old Russell

We carry a larger stock of
the Standard Brands of
LIQUORS than any other
house in the country,
Call at our store and see
for yourself.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1911-03-30
Young Lady Complimented.

Tuesday evening Miss Nora Rich
ards who is the guest of Miss lsla
Green on Main St, was the guest of
honor at an entertainment given
by Miss Curtis Martin at her coun-
try home. The invited guests we're:
Misses Mildred Hanger, Mildred
Wooten, Hazel Tisdel, Nora Rich
ards, and ISla Green; Messrs.
Ethridge Adams, Randall Bryan,
Henry Stewart. Vincent Green,
William Bogart, and DR.. Louis A.
Turner.
The party chaperoned by Mrs.
W. A. Green left the city in Gray
Bros. buss about $50 p. m. At
the Martin home they enjoyed
music and games, ice cream and
home made candy. 1t was &C
counted one of the most enjoyable
affairs of the season.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1911-03-30
Small Morning Fire.

At 1890 o'clock this morning a
small frame house on East Pine
street, near the railroad crossing,
was practically destroyed by fire.
1t was the property of Mr.. Samuel
Greer, and was worth about 100000.
Negroes occupied it, and but little of
their scant stock of household goods
were saved. The firemen made a
record run and easily put out the
fire in the wreck of the building, the
Flames having gained considerable
Roadway before the alarm was turn
ed in.
Another blaze which consumed
an clubhouse at the Kimler place
attracted the fire department about
noon, but was too far beyond the
city limits to be reached
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1911-03-30
Taft Will Not Pardon.
Either Charles w. Morse Or John
r. Walsh, Convicted Bank
ers Now Serving Term
I'm Federal Prison.

Washington, March 27-From a
source close to the President it was
harmed today that the pardon ap-
peals of the two convicted bankers,
Charles w. Morse, Of New York, who
is now serving a sentence in the
Federal prison in Atlanta, and John
R. Walsh, of Chicago, who is serving
a sentence the Fort LeavenWOrth,
Kansas, Federal prison, undoubtedly
will be denied.
1t is stated that the Attorney Cen
erals recommendation in both cases
is adverse and the President will fol-
low his findings.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1911-03-30
CITY ASSESSORS TAX RETURNS

If there who think Fzgeradis growing live
city only glance at the city returns
vince 9ievOus Fitzgerald only keeping
with the rest Georgas cities but is actually leading the pace
City Tax Sickand report submitted the board of
equalization today, shows these pleasing figures
The realty 1910 exclusive of railroad property
for 1911 they $55869 the increase improve
mens being $68157
realty values merely the value actual
property the placed
land value 1910 half million dollars would probably be low
innate of the increased value of ground holdings
The personally for 1910 $75O93 the for
1911 are 1855 488 showing an increase of 1925
has been large increase the value railroad
dune the fiscal year figures given the
Comptroller General makes his annuol report.
The grand total of values within the city limits will be far
above four million dollars.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1911-03-30
A Just Sentence

Atlanta, March 3O,-Determined
to put a stop to the desperate high
way robberies which have been fire.
quently occurring during the past
month in the actual limits of Atlanta
Judge L. S. Roam yesterday imposed
sentences of 20 years each on Claude
OShields and Claude Seals, the two
white boys who had held j. Levy up
at the point of a pistol and robbed
him on Fair St. in January. One
of the boys pleaded guilty and an
aged mother was present in court
to beg for mercy.
This is not case where mercy
can be shown" declared the judge.
A man who goes out to rob at the
pistol point is potential murderer.
He is ready to kill if the occasion
arises He intends to kill if necces-
sary. Society must be protected
from such men. 1t must no longer
be said that citizen can no LONGER
walk safely home thru AtlaEta's
streets after dark. | want to warn
the public now that henceforth
there will be no mercy for any
man convicted in this court of rob-
berry by armed violence"
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1911-03-30

Atlanta, March, 30-The records
of the superior court yesterday
turned up what seems to be one Of
the most brutal cases of wife beating
in local history. Mrs. Madalene E.
Cassells, delicate and refined wo-
man, has entered suit for total d.
vorce against her husband, Debro
Cassells, alleging he beat her and
her little daughter so badly that
both their bodies were black and
blue from the chastisement. The
case will come up at the next term
of court.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1911-03-30
NUMBER As
DEPOSITS INSURED.

A Certificate of Deposit, issued by
ia National bank, and guaranteed
against loss by the Fidelity and
Casualty Company of New York,
the strongest bonding company in
America, affords absolute protection
to the depositor without extra cost,
the usual rate of interest being paid
on all savings accounts. The Third
National Bank adopted this guaran-
tee last year and bank depositors.
especially Savings depositorS, are
very much interested in this plan
of insuring deposits.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1911-03-30
The High School Contests

The contest for the honor of rep
resenting the Fitzgerald High
School in the district meet will be
held in the High School Building
Friday night at 8 o'clock.
The following pupils have entered
the contests:
David L. Paulk, Defamation
The independence of Cuba"
Mark Mathis, Declamation-"The
American War"
Ethridge Adams, Defamation
The Murderers Confession"
Alluwee Brown, Recitation-The
Face on the Floor"
Raiford Dozier, Recitation" The
Two RunaWays."
Glenna Russ, Recitation-"HiS
Mothers Sermon"
Ruby Leverette-Music.
Kadie Griner-Music.
In the last issue an error was
made concerning the admission.
An admission of ten cents will be
charged for children and twenty-five
cents for others. This charge is
made to defray the expenses of the
judges. We hope the friends and
patrons of the schools will come
and give their encouragement and
support. A good showing now and
a lively interest will spur the con-
testants on to victory in the Inter
High School contest to come three
weeks later,
E. E. SANS.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1911-03-30
DR.. 7. B. Ray Of Richmond,
Va, at First Baptist
Church Friday Night.

DR., 7. B. Ray, Educational Secre-
tary OF the Foreign Mission Board
of the Southern Baptist Convention,
will present some views of Brazil
at the First BAPTIST Church Friday
night the 31st.
DR.. Ray has recently visited
Brazil and took the views himself.
He has a very fine machine and
those VINO attend will no doubt be
highly entertained and instructed.
Everybody is cordially invited to
attend. A freewill offering will be
taken.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1911-03-30
Wants His Fee

Atlanta, March 30-Attorney
Marion Ewin, of Macon, has been on
the witness stand here in superior
court for three days past trying
to prove that the Baroness Rosen-
krantz, formerly the beautiful Miss
Rebie Lowe of Atlanta, who was
also present in court, owes him
something like $4,000 attorneys
fees for services rendered in con-
nection with the settlement with
her fathers estate.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1911-03-30
Birthday Party.

Little leila Brown celebrated her
ninth birthday at her home 215 E.
Swannee Monday p. N. Sixteen
of her little friends were present to
enjoy the occasion with her, each of
them bringing an appropriate pre-
sent. Of course they all had a love
ly time.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1911-03-30
A Real White Slave Case

Atlanta, March 30.-One Of the
few real cases of white slave
traffic" on record in the south
seems about to be unearthed in
Atlanta, Not one of those miscall-
ed white slave cases which is old
commonplace vice under a new
name, but a real affair in which
two grown women enticed a IA
year old girl and held her by
threats Of violence and by intimid-
alton, hiding her in an underground
cell, entered through q trap door,
when the police came to investi-
gate. Such at any rate are the
charges brought against Willie
Stamper and Lovine Bryant, two
notorious white women of this city
Several days ago G. P. Lewis, an
eminently respectable and quite
well known employee of the Georg-
la Railroad Terminal company ap-
piled to the police station frantic
over the disappearance of his four
teen year old daughter, Nellie,
She had left the house one after
noon for a walk and had not been
seen or heard of since, though three
days had elapsed. Mr.. Lewis fear
ed foul play. His daughter was a
good girl, he said, who had only the
best associates and who attended
Sunday School regularly.
Imagine the fathers horror when
he learned, through the police that
his baby girl had spent Saturday,
Saturday night, all day Sunday
and all Sunday night in the house
of the Stamper woman on Johnson
avenue.
She was found only after repeat
ed Investigations by the police The
first time they visited the house, it
is stated, the girl was locked in the
bathroom. A subsequent variation
of that detail is that she was low
cred through a trap door into the
cellar.
The case was called yesterday
afternoon in the recorders court,
the young girl being present. She
stated then that she had done
what she did of her own free will
and accord, but the father has since
given out a statement in which he
declares the girl only said what she
did in the court because she had
been threatened with all sorts of
horrible vengaances by the two
women if she dared accuse them.
The little girl has been taken
home by her parents and the two
women have been bound over to
criminal court.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1911-03-30
Marriage

Mr.. J. W. Thornton, of Wray, and
Miss Ada Estelle Ewingweremarried
at the home of the brides parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. D. Ewing, on West Alta
maha street yesterday at 800 p. m,
Junge C. M. Wise performing the
ceremony.
The happy pair Immediately left
for their home at Wray.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1911-03-30
The Breach Of Promise Case.

The Mock Court Trial to be given
under the auspices Of the Woman's
Club of Fitzgerald, in the Court
House, on Monday evening, April
3rd, promises to be an event of I'M
usual interest. Judging from news
paper reports of similar entertain
ments conducted by the present
management it would seen to be one
of the most amusing things now
offered for public patronage.
1t will be, in the first place, an
exact reproduction of a court scene
in methods and procedure and on
this account will be extremely inter
esting to ladies and others who have
never attended real trial.
Best of all will be the refined fun
of the whole affair. With Mr.. l.
Kennedy presiding over the court
appearing as the broken hearted
plaintiff, Miss Ella McLendon. Mr..
P. F. Clark as the defendant. Col.
Newton prosecuting the case and
Mr.. O. H. Elkins defending the &C.
cused, to say nothing of the brilliant
array of court officers, witnesses and
jurors, it is pretty certain we shall
have all the comedy and reality of
a court scene and enough whole
some fun to last a whole year.
Indeed, it is predicted by those
in position to know, that from the
opening OF the court until the close
of the case the audience will be
kept keyed up to the point of con.
vulsions by the unique proceedings.
Wit, pathos, eloquence, laugha-
BILE local hits and vagaries will be
drawn upon without stint to keep
up the current of merriment,
AS an entertainment of innocent
fun, conducted with mock dignity
and without the shade of offense to
refined tastes, the Mock Court Trial
will be, as mentioned above, an
event of unusal interest.
The following are the rest of the
participants:
Clerk, Mr.. C. B. Teal.
Court Officer, Mr.. Henry Fountain.
Crier. Mr.. J. E. Turner.
Witnesses: Mrs. Daisy Wilcox
Brabham, Miss Rosa May Adams,
Mr.. A. B. Cook, Dr. D. B. Ware.
Jurors: Rev Guyton Fisher, Mr..
r. /. Maffett, Mr.. Vincent Green,
Mr.. E. K. Farmer, Mr.. |. GelderS,
Mr.. Holder, Mr.. Wright Terrence,
MIR. c. E Baker, Mr.. J. C. LigeOur
Mr.. John Beall, Mr.. L. L. Griner-
Mr.. Bob Powell, Mr.. H. B. Richie
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1911-03-30
Notice..

There will be a called meeting of
the Ladies of the Grand Army at the
home of the President, Mrs. Lineman
on Saturday April list at 3 p. m. A
full attendance is requested.
By order of the President.
S. L. Brown, Sec'y.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-10-09
MICH|GAN'S DEATH RATE
IS BEING CUT RAPIDLY
Great Saving of Lives Among In
fants Contributes Largely To
This Condition, Says DR.. Dixon.

LANSING, Oct. 9.-"The death rate
In Michigan for August this year was
relatively low. 1t was only IL per
thousand, while last year August gave
15.9 per thousand. That means a cut
Of close to twenty-five per cent OF the
death rate" says DR.. Dixon, secretary
Of the state board of health.
In August, 1910, TAG babies under
two years Of age died Of diarrhoeal
enteritis, In Michigan: In August,
1911, only 338. That Is q cut Of close
to so per cent In absolute numbers,
and when the increase In population
is taken into account 1t makes the
record still more favorable. The great
saving, OF lives among Infants is what
contributed most toward the low death
rate from all causes. BY reasoning
from the relation which the August
rates bore to the annual rates for 1903
and 1910, the annual rate for 1911
should be but about per thousand.
Now, It is possible to bring 1t to
that low rate II during the next three
months as much active interest Will be
taken in regard to prevention or cpl
denies as was taken this summer to
prevent infantile diarrhoeas.
Wholesale epidemics Of whooping-
cough measles, scarlet fever and
dIphtheria are unnecessary and should
be charged against carelessness,
Pneumonia may claim great
many people this fall and winter. Far
too many Of these cases will be un-
necessary. Keep the school chtldren's
feet warm and dry, prevent whooping-
cough and measles epidemics and the
great bulk OF pneumonia cases among
children will not occur.
The record for the summer Is too
good to let II be Offset by results of
thoughtlessness this winter. II there
are unrestrained cases OF whooping-
cough or measles report the matter to
your local board Of health. Expect
your health oflcer to protect you as
the law requires On the other hand
don't expect your health officer to re-
strict such cases If he does not know
they exist. The law requires physi.
clans and householders to report these
cases"
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-10-09
so FEET BELOW
SURFACE KILLS -FOUR MEN
Workmen Trapped in Rock Shaft
Are Blown To Pieces-Six
Others Are Injured.

NEW YORK, Oct. Strapped in a
rock shaft sixty feet underground, four
men We're blown to pieces and six In
tured, In an explosion at West Drive
and Sixty-sixth-st., Central Park here
early today.
The shaft is one of a score or more
being sunk at various places in the
city In preparation for the new aque-
duct. The dead were laborers who
went down early today to drill holes
for dynamite charges. II is believed
that a stick OF the explosive, care
lessly left in the shaft after work on
Saturday night. caused the disaster
Inaccessibility Of the shaft and the
darkness delayed the rescue work, but
finally workmen, lowered in buckets
brought up the dead and wounded
Foreman Michael Kearney, 3S, was the
most severely wounded OF the six. -
Supt Martin and Foreman Kearney
Will Dc held on the charge Of criminal
carelessness. The blasting was under
the direction OF the Dravo Construc-
tion Co. OF Pittsburgh
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-10-09
F, N, ALGER AND AVIATOR
SPILLED FROM BIPLANE
Machine Lists While Skimming
Over Lake St. Clair, But Bird
Men Escape With Ducking.

Fred M. Alger and Aviator Frank
Coffyn were given a cold plunge into
Lake St. Clair, Sunday afternoon
while making a flight with the for
mer's Wright bi-plane, which has been
converted into a hydra-plane for
flights over the water. The machine
went wrong when the aviators were
opposite Lakeland-ave., returning
from trip to the head of Belle Isle.
A turnbuckle on the tail plane, which
had been attached hurriedly, slipped.
and Mr.. Coffyn was unable to right
the machine when 1t began to list
Fortunately, the two we're flying
only about FIVE feet above the water
and the water was but three feet
deep at this point. So they wer able
to wade ashore, and the machine, but
slightly damaged, was later taken to
Mr.. Alger's Crosse ointe home by q
scow.
In the forenoon Mr.. Coffyn had
made a number of successful flights
over the lake with Fred NJ. Alger as
his companion on some of them and
Russell A. Alger as passenger on
others.
This Is the machine with which Mr..
Coffyn made so many flights with
passengers from the Country Club
golf links, last summer.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-10-09
SEPARATED 16 YEARS, FINDS
BROTHER is MILLIONAIRE E
Akron Girl Was Mysteriously Taken From Her
Mother By An Interchange of Babies

toned the people with whom she was
living, unknown to the girl herself
Obtaining a clew. he followed the man
who had made the change Of babies
across the ocean, running him down
In London. There he obtained a con
fession, and will arrive in Akron al
the end Of this month to claim his
sister.
According to a letter received by
Miss Leighton from her brother dis
appointed lover of her mothers sought
to work his revenge through the in
terchange Of infants. The child sub
stituted in the Leighton home bore a
deformed ear. In order not to arouse
the suspicion of the other mother,
whose child was taken, Miss Leigh
tons ear was mashed with rock.
Miss Leighton still bears the scars.
The baby which Mrs. Leighton be
heved to be her own, died within a
few years.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-10-09
JURY TO SIFT D, U. R,
WRECK At ROCHESTER
Inquest Into Accident in Which
Two Were Killed and IA Hurt
To Begin Soon.

ROCHESTER,. Mich. Oct. "a cor
oner's Jury has been impanelled to In
vestigate the wreck on the ID. u. r..
at Young's curve, Saturday night,
when work train and an interurban
car crashed head-on, killing r. <. Lee,
of Oxford, and Daniel Fallian, of Flint.
The inquest into the accident was
scheduled for today but will be ad-
Joined until the prosecutor has had
time to collect Information.
According to Watch Inspector Cham
berlain, OF the d. u. r., the watch
that Motorman Uber, OF the work
train, carried was affected by cleo
tricity and slow. The work train was
running on the time of the passenger.
Mrs. Thomas Dipiey, OF Orion, who
was one OF the IL injured In the
wreck, is In a critical condition today.
One section of Flint limited train
from Detroit left the Rochester sta
tion on schedule time. At $3.50 II
crashed into motor pushing two cars
OF cinders at Young's curve. Lee and
Fallian, who were killed, were In the
front Of this car.