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Mexico weekly ledger., 1912-10-10

Miss Ruth Durkee entertained on
Thursday afternoon in honor Of Miss
es Eliza Gibbs and Velma Johnson
our next brides.to-be. Mines. Ed
gar NJ. Hartsell and Rolla B. Finley
also stood in the receiving line
with the hostess. Miss Ddrkee was
assisted In entertaining by Mines.
Chas. Morris, A. o. Adams, L. b.
Hawthorne, Durkee and Miss Ruth
Durkee. Green and red were the
colors used for decoration in the
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water wagon. one hundred thousand OF
all the drunkards in the United states
who have gone without calico, beef
steaks and flOud." Was the race be-
tween the booze and the water wagons.
sunday - on the water wagon with
10000 Of his reformed drunkards that
he snatched from the Jaws OF hell.
Windle H. on the booze wagon. with its
red flag. and red lights. has no time
table and cannot see the danger signals.
everything looks alike 90 him. all h. red
and dangerous. red flag red light dir
tricts and bod houses tWhy when they
hang their red lights out In front some
fellows are fool enough 90 60 IN any
Way. rcd blood and "a red hOt hell He
has thrown the throttle wide open and
called Co pluto 90 stir up the fires and
give him more steam. According a. his
figures be has on board with MIN IS. 900
clerks. 10000 carpenters. g5OOo truck
men. $4,000 rtemoE aphsrs, 10000 glass
workers. - 900 travelling men. $3.50
painters. 5000 printers and Autograph
ere $4,000 office and errand boys. Ito
where does be send fheml. $4,000 "a
loon keepers and fto. 900 hnrfeudcrs.
maSins the total f.2ss.1O0 men
Think ~ ~. . 2sB.ooo men windis
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| that like begets like? DO you not know
that toe Jukes were besot and formed
in sin?
10 you not know that drunken fathers
drink
10 you not know that booze does not
only effect the present generation. but
generations to conner
According TO your theory ON the d.
vorces ~ brewers and distiliers were
allowed 10 sell their products withou;
hindrance.
You say you cannot compare liquor
20 rattlesnakes. because there Is no de-
rnaEd for rattlers, and We have always
had demand for liquor.
You preach personal liberty and be-
lieye in supplying everything for which
there - a demand. According TO your
personal liberty view. II you are a sa-
loonkeeper and your customers demand
women and wine your personal liberty
gives you the right 90 rob woman of
their virtue, and your customers OF
that you may have the liberty OF seeing
them damed and you hasgings the
Personal liberty that allows a man to
iniure himself or others is nothing short
OF anarchy.
Bomb Tbrover ana saloonist.
The anarchist has much right to
throw bis bomb as n saloon keeper his
damnable poison.
You say mat n you abolish everything
mat fails 10 contribute to the morality
e oup say SSt ~ S yoS d 6of a hsys
ism the things that are corrupting the
morality OF our country we will not
have ANYTHING left. for the whole busi-
ness will 20 down.
You say that prob ibition breeds
snakes. liars. hypOcrites. perjurers. and
petty criminals.
In the two words license saloon you
have an eplquone Of hell and all its hor-
rors. crime. calamity. sorrow. ruin. de-
Nastation and death.
Colonel ingersol has well said. "Alco-
mol produces weakness. not strength.
sickness. not health and death. not life
~ makes wives widows. children or
pHone. fathers fieuds. and oil paupers.
II crowds our penitentisriss ana fur
tie blood of the gambler. the element
Of the burglar. TIE prop of the highway
man. and supports the midnight incen-
diary. II countenances "a liar. respects
the thief, revercnces fraud. honors in
fanny. defames beuevolence. hates love.
sccrus virtue. consumes women. detests
ifn. curses God. and despises heaven.
suDnrns witnesses. nurses piety. defiles
tne jury box. stains the judicial errnine
brihoH voters. Corrupts elections. pol
lufte orr Institutions. eudangera the
government. degrade Tire citizen. de-
base tho Legislator. dtshouors the
st teHuan. and dlsarms the patriarch"
Booze wagon W. water wagon.
f a Windle says. Now ladies anf
gentlemen. j want 20 take r. procession
Right down Tire line after billy" sun
DAY water wagon ~ the fret cross
roads picked - a few drunken hunls
who never earned more then $500 "a
vel bod their lives. and put them on tho
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DOING THEIR DUTY.
sssres - wsesiins Ress--s Are
Lssrrins ths outy - tire

To alter IN. blood 10 the kianeyr
duty.
when they fan to DO this the HID
neys are sick
Bzeksche and many kidney ms fol-
Low.
Help the Kidneys do their work.
Doan's Kidney Pills build up weak
Kidneys.
Wheeling people endorse our claim.
Henry Wilhelms. Tia Main street.
Wheeling. W. Va. says: 4 have used
Deans Kidney Pills for backache and
other symptoms OF kidney complaint.
Ny experience has been 90 satixfac.
tory that 1 car recommend them to
other. kidney sufferers. In my case
Deans Kidney Pills have always
acted promptly and have given great
relief from kidney difficulties. Icon.
slider this remedy an excellent one
for all complaints. arising from weak
kidneys"
For sale by all dealers. Price 80
cents. Foster Milburn Co, BufYalo.
New York. sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doan's-and
take no other.
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boasts that ~ takes 10 man his booze
wagon. and that whiskey gang don't
work for $500 a week.
lie mentioned the walters and musi-
clans. but be forgot TO mention the
army o. Mattresses. chorus OF dancing
girls. 1900 pirnps. 10000 white slaves
ne great black plague. and the 900
children born into the world every year
from the effects OF "a.
You mentioned those on your booze
wagon. but failed 20 mention those IN
Ger ~ the ones you have run over by
not having looked up the time table nor
studied the climatic conditions Of that
country 90 which you and your booze
You I'D not mention what 10 costs IN
run your Nttlc red wagon. the waste OF
productive life ~ premature deafrs luz
20 accidents ana other cousea that can
b traced directly To- booze. u tie rnat
~ arrests. prosecution and nalnta % rlanf
~ Criminals caused b. your red wagon
your red WAGON costs America casa and
loss - something Ike 5000. co. aa0 90
and not less than $3.50 n piece f1r ever
(contfnnsd on Pags u1svsnl
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WINDLE ANSWERED
Elgh School Boy p.fsna.
billy" sunday From Attack
OF Critic.

r. Sherfard, W. a. March, 1912
Dear Sir i read your answer 10 Mr.
sunday. and found many mistakes
~ course, We all make mistakes. but
Nufh u comes 10 making mistakes a.
OFTEN and as bad as you. n seems un-
see whore YOU said Mr. Sunday had
q uaoit yt separating himself from the
truth Alr Sunday had to be al tLc
Lutu' neiCr- he could separate himself
. sao,.i ~. me reason why you do not
-ePaIated yourself from the truth ia
you nave never been anywhere near ~
MI. sunday says. Poverty againa,
prosperity. aud sObriety against drunk.
You say. that you are against drunk
ehness and stand for sobrfety and tenn
peIance IN all things. You lie. You
are not temperate in your denunclations
against Mr.. Sunday. You do NOT want
10 regulate the saloons. you want the
saloon 90 regulate you.
Honesty against thievery II there
one dishonest. contemptible thief
lower down than another N h. The one
49, 80 pu ,i, Iooze into man. icOni-
NoIauam Lincoln ana breaches crime FOR
tnf purpose OF hoOfWinklng mankind
NAV tney may ROB wives. and children
% lhe money that God intended 20 FUR
DISH ihem With food and clothing All
.uch men as these are against prohibi-
Every thief murderer. and gambler.
OBJECTS 20 being prohibited from carry.
Ing on their devillsh work
Not Against Anarchy.
Men of yuur stripe do not Ueffevs IN
prohibiting any thinE at all. even an
your BELIEF Us 10 eivc TIE degii Co., you
free reign
you cay guu are not headed FOR he'll
AMI have not looked uu tire time table
.nh nave not studied The climatic confI-
ious ~ nat country so. you Do NOT
have p lunf uy fnf Timetable When
mon advocates ANARCHY. believe In ffrsra-.
ihE trs worst - 90 evils. they are going
Il Il u 1
not real a. time table
You ray s0u have known r1of aafo4n
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SKIN ON HAND BROKE
= IN DEEP CRACKS
Bed and vey painfsl. Would Throb
and Burn. Could Not Sleep. Hand
Swollen and Stif. Used Boz Of
Cut'cura Ointment With Cuticura
Soap. Hand Well, Cracks Healed.

ttchn>if. Ne - Aeoat . r-.r are
e>r.n 90 have troabl- With my night hand.
1he ~hoie INSIDE a the hand began 20 cr.ck.
1he sam - dry. thick ard hard ana then
ero<e cut IN dep cracks which bied and
ver- very pslnful rhey would throb and
pain ne. and burn 90 that could not sis>p
nirhss The nssh ~as . peculiar red color
ana the hand vas swollen and felt stin
Tor six moaths ! tined . great many
cin>rcnt remedies. but none % than did any
GOOD Finally I commenced using cnticurs
Sop and caticura Ointment. Prom the very
starr ! found IL xas helping me. The cracks
soon began 20 heal and before bad used
one box % the Cuticura Ointment. together
with the cuticura Soap. my hand vas well.
the cracks all healed. and the skin soft as
before the trouble began. Six months have
Ms. c. w. Norten. Nov. 81. 1911.
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GIRL OF II CURED OF PIMPLES
BY Cuticura Ointment.

Dover West. y. s. when I was abou:
twelve or thirteen. my face broke out with
pimples. They came out In groups and caused
great dishgurement. After trying many
remedies without success. I saw the Cuticura
Ointment advertised and I sent for q box
In . week saw q great change in my face.
and 10 rendered . complete cure. Nov you
cen not tell ever had pimples." (Signedl
Miss Mabel NoraSh. Mar. 81. 1911.
Cuticurs Soap and Ointment are sold
every where. sample Of each mailed free.
with 32-p. book. Address. "Cuticura, "
Dept. T. Boston. Tender-faced men should
shave with Cutlcura Soap Shaving Stick.
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SERMON TONIGHT
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trolley and there await the arrival OF
male contingent. All will wear ap.
propriate badges
The Junior order Of United Ameri-
can Mechanics will come along. at
least three hundred strong for the tab
ernacle meeting this evening. The
Mechanics will meet at the corner OF
Twenty-seventh and Chapline streets
shortly after 6 o'clock, and they will
march to the tabernacle in q body.
wearing badges.
On this evening the evangelist will
deliver a special sermon and one of
the largest evening congregations in
the history of the revival is expected
TO be present.
LOOKING FORWARD TO
THE FARGO CAMPAIGN
Already preparations are being
made by the Sunday party for the long
flight TO Fargo. Each day letters and
kilograms are being received from the
Tar west giving cheering news of the
arrangements for the reception OF the
Sunday parry
Mr.. Gill. the Sunday advance agent.
Writes that the campaign promises to
: De one of the most successful vet held
prayer meetings. are now being held
in hundreds OF homes in Fargo.
PERSONAL WORKERS
LEAGUE MEETING TODAY
Today at noon the members of the
Personal Workers league will meet AT
the Y. VI. {. a. Rev. Mr.. Peacock. OF
the Sunday party will deliver an ad
dress at this meeting. Each dav NJ
noon the members OF this league will
meet at the Y VI. &. 4. and plans are
being arranged 10 continue these meet
ings after the close of the revival.
Miss Miller will today at noon adj
dress the business women az the Pres.
byterian church. These meetings will
also be continued at the close OF the
campaign. Several OF the local factor.
les Will be visited by Rev. Peacock and
Homer Rodeheaver during the week.
where non day meetings will be held
Following are the sermons delivered
AZ Wellsburg. yesterday by Rev. Mr.
Sunday 10 the school children and q,
the Presbyterian church:
At the School.
After being introduced at the
school auditr.Hm Mr. Sunday said.
Il like TO see boys and girls who are
polite. Everybody likes them and they
viii be preferred by business man.
Everybody likes a boy who tells the
truth. He told them the story OF a
boy. who heard the plans OF the Con.
federate generals and who was taken
before Governor Cirtus Of PennsyIvan.
In 20 tell his story. He was a boy.
who told the truth
LEARN to do common things IN an
uncommon way" he told how ne had
-when a boy gotten the position OF ian.
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CoOutiuusa On B.s. Easv.n5
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At the School.
JUST A HINT

Don your chandeliers look pretty had7
Woudnt you have them raftrfsIaT ~
the cost Wns reasonable Phone be n-
drop a. a card and have our renreaerts-
s. costs you VIII certainly have ITO WORK
done. We 40 100 kinds ~ plating. POLISH
inE AMI art metal work a satlsrrrt.rv
Sob guHraufefI
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Wheeling Plating &
Polishing Works,
Corner Boff ara Ausy IS.
This One Is Just to Let Jeff Catch up


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inge~ay neicdy 90 th-tr beauties
$40 -hieA h2d lined he b.r1es q
thelr .urrou
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AVIAT0RS FLY
AT CHICAGO
GLENN X. MARTIN FEATURED
THE EVENTS AT THE
MEET YESTERDAY.
HE MAKES A GRACEFUL SLIDE
FROM ALTITUDE OF ONE
THOUSAND FEET.

CHICAGO. Sept. 12.-For the pic
turesque flights and thrilling de-
scents. Glenn ~. Martin. IN bi-
plane won the chief honors In the avi-
alton meet here today The opening
event Of the meet. which Is held this
year on the prairies west Of Chicago.
al Cicrco. was contest for the best
landing at "a given spot from an alti-
tude Of 1000 feet with the motor
stopped
Starting from an altitude Of 1000
feet. after he had been prevented from
ascending higher by signals from tho
judges stard. Martin stopped his
motor just at sunset and a graceful
glide landed % feet from the plate
marked. n flag not much bigger than
"A handkerchief. other instances
made by the contestants were:
Max Lille. second. 50 feet; Dolloyd
Thompson. 50 feet: and George Me-
stach. 1O6 feet. All few in BIZ
planes.
In dropping into a post Office"
from 100 feet while in flights bags
with mail. Anthony Janus. In a Beno-
ist bi-plGne won first prize. The bag
he dropped came within 49h feet Of
the receptacle.
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CONTEST WILL
OF MILLIONS
NoNooENARiAN LEAVES BULK
OF TWENTY MILLION DOL
LARS TO HIS WIFE
HIS WIFE WAS a NURSE AND
WAS SIXTY YEARS THE
JUNIOR OF THE
HIIQnAAn


NEW YORK. Sept. is-The Tor.
tune OF the late nonoEenarian. John
:. Lyle. merchant. said 20 aggregate
f2O,0OO.O0O became a matter OF con.
test today with the fling BY relatives
OF petition protesting against the
prObating OF the viii whereby he lef;
the bulk OF the estate 10 his widow.
a former nurse. who was sixty years
his junior
Mrs. Lyle was Julia Gertrude Han.
non. She was a nurse In the Pres.
byterian hospital several years ago
and was employed 90 attend Mr. Lyle
after his wife died if is charged
that his viii was frnudulontiy oh.
tained through undue influence on tho
par of the nurse Attorneys for the
coniestinE relatives declare that they
have been unable 10 md any record
Of a marriaEe purnorfed between Mr
Lyle and Miss iii >-.on In Yonkers. ~
Y. on september 90. 1910.
Chauncey % Parker. of counsel fnr
the Lyle estate. said tonight that the
records of tho church of fhe immacu
late Conception IN Yonkers show thai
the Two uere married in that city on
that date
o. sas said further on behalf of fhf
estate thar its value had been rrossiy
e1aEEsrnfed and that fhe fact that
Mr I.yle left f1Nn. 600 fo hIa nrai
vife's relatives and ffc5.ooo fo Neu
York charities uae "a negative of
any undue Influence
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TAFT HAS A
BUSY TIME
BUSIEST DAY he HAS SPENT
siNc1 ARalvIko AT
BEVERLY THIS YEAR.
ATTORNEY GENERAL, MEMBERS
OF CABINET AND OTHERS
HAVE CONFERENCES
TALKS ON MANY IMPORTANT
MATTERS AMONG THEM THE
MEXICAN SITUATION

BEVERLY. Mass. Sept. f2-This
was the busiest day President Taft
has spent In Beverly this summer.
He vas In conference from the time
he returned from the Myopia links
through luncheon until long after
dark. He talked with two members
OF his cabinet. Attorney General Wick
ersham AMI Secretary OF the Treasury
MacNeagh. Chandler 4. Anderson
the counsellor for the state depart
ment. the head of the presidents
economy and efficiency commission
y. A Cleveland. a few committees
from nearhy towns. and posed again
for the moving picture men.
In odd moments he dictated import
ant kilograms and received others in
Guiding one from Chairman TIilles or
the Republican committee congratul-
ating him on political news 81 the
day
Mr.. Wickersham told the president
Of a conference held earlier IN the
day with the United States District
Attorney French. OF Boston. about the
prosecution OF the United shoe Ma
chinery company. The proceedings
so far have been conducted behind
closed doors. The attorney general
characterized them a. star chamber
proceedings" and said that such act
ion was ~urEeard o." lie declared
before he left Beverly Tor his home
I'm New York that he intended 10 60
deeply into the trited States SSoe
case when he returns 20 Washing
ton
Mr.. Anderson has been on leave
from the state department. but dis
cus-ed the Mexican situation with the
president. his view Of conditions
there was encouraging and he was
said TO have told the president the
matters were no more grave than
have been Tor months
Secretary McNeaEh had several
matters TO take up with the president
one he regarded a. most important
was the question OF loaning 20 banks
In the west money from the United
States trearury 20 be used In moving
the crops He probably will an
nounee a decision IN the matter with
In the next few days
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FUNERAL OF
THE MIKADO
EMPEROR OF The ERA OF EN-
I'SHTeNMENT is TO BE LAID
TO LAST REST.
MALE A MILLION PEOPLE WILL
WATCH THE FUNERAL
CoRTEGE PASS.
OFFICIAL REPRESENTATION oE
EVERY COUNTRY is NOW
IN TOXIC.

TOXIC. Sept. 13.-Funeral cere.
monies Of the late Emperor Mufsubito
OF japan. known as the Emperor Of
the Ira OF Enlightenment began 10.
day amid surroundings in which con.
Jury old rites and customs were min.
Eled With modern military dieplav
rom the most extreme points of
Japan subjects have been aeeemblinr
~ Toxic. ~ midnight crowds had
gathered along the route of the pro.
e ssion- police Gordon was estab.
hshed, shutting OF the streets through
which the body Of the emperor will be-
transported. and upon which IL is esd.
mated half a million people will b.
accommodated. a reservation va
provided for ! 600 foreigners. both res.
ldeuts and visitors 81 the rcuuoef ~
baron Yoshiro Sakafanf tho mavor
soon after mldnight Officials proceeded
10 the palace in preparation for the
early ceremony
Oflcial representatives ~ every
country have come 10 Toxic 20 par
ticipate IN the solemnities. Amonq
them were several princes represent.
inE many countries and special am
bassadors commissioned 10 convey
tho condolences Of Republic prcsi
dents. The list included Phrander
a.. Knox. Secretary Of state of th,
United States who was accompanied
BY RansfOrd y. Miller. chief of tho
FAR eastern section Of the State Do
partment AZ Washington. Rear Admf
raj Alfred Reynolds United States
Navy. and Brigadicr General John J
Pershing. United states Army Mem
bers Of the regular foreign diplomat
ic body wcru present IN their unt
forms. the bri'ilancy % which was set
on by the modest court or evening
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MARTINSBURG
Is AGAIN WET
COUNTY COURT GRANTS EIGHT
SALOON LICENSES.
Legal sqBsbble 10 Settled and Eight
Licenses Have Been Granted
20 Sell Liquor.
Special Dispatch 70 the IureIiirsncer.

HIfilAA AilNIaNNN TO fNf lufeAllEeufers
MART1NSBURG. W Va. Sept ~.
After having been dry" for the
past fourteen months. Martlnsburg
aFaln became wet" today when
eight saloons were granted license BY
the county court Following the city
election last May the council granted
liquor licenses 90 eight applicants. but
the county refused 10 issue the State
permits
An appeal was taken 70 the supreme
Court of the state and several days
aro the Superior Court granted writs
of mandamus 90 compel the county
court 20 issue licenses TO cell nquor.
The court held that the city council.
under its new charter. has sole rirht
to grant or refuse liquor license not
only in the city but within radius
Of two miles of tho corporate limits.
The writs were served to-day. the ~
ccnses we're granted and the 81 oons
opened Tor business this evening
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STEPS OFF CAR
TO Her DEATH
MRS. FLORENCE AYERS or
ELKtNS MEETS VIOLENT
DEATH AT FbtRMONT.
WHEN TIE CAR PASSED HER
STATION SHE STEPPED OFF
IT BACKWARDS

Special Dispatch fo the Intelligence
FATRMONT. ". va. Sept ~ Mrs
Florence Ayers. ~ F1kins. was fatally
injured toniGht when she stepped from
swiftly moving street car and was
thrown 20 the paved street Mrs
Ayers vas attending the fair and visit
inE relatives She was on the Fair
Ground car and started 10 Ect on ir
The First ward The car passed her
station md she stepped from the car
backwards. The back of her head hf.
The bricks and her skull was fractured
She d. ffill unconscious and cannot
recover Mrs Ayers is the wife a. Wr
Oscar Ayers. n prominent business
man of Elkins. anf is related 10 prom
incuf families in fhis city