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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-03
HALE COUNTY FAIR
 |. DECLARES DIVIDEND
Gin House Burns at Mound ville-Murphy-Percy
 Cards Out

Greensboro. November 2.--(Speeial.) At a meeting of the Hale County Fair as sociation reports were handed in by the officials and money set aside to pay all bills against the association. It was found that the gate receipts and money from concessions to the side shows was more than sufficient to meet the indebtedness of the association and dividend of pel cent was declared in favor of the stock holders and several hundred dollars were passed to the surplus fund.
 The fair association is much gratifea at the unexpected success and promises far better exhibition for 1913.
 The gin house of Edgar Elliott of Moundville was destroyed by fire a few days since. About 100 bales of cotton was lost the total loss amounting to about s1o,Ooo.
 The open season for shooting cartridges begun Friday and many of Greensboro's $ sportsmen have gone hunting.
 Mir Matthew Holson Murphy's friends in Greensboro have received invitations to his marriage to Miss Ellen Percy on November H.
 MT. Murphys hosts of friends here ten- der their congratulations. Mrs Murphy and Miss Grace mother and sister of MT. Murphy, have sailed from Genoa, and will land in New York November 6. in order to be present at the marriage.
 The newly elected officials of Greens boro will be sworn in and are as follows Mayor, H. A. Taylor; councilmen, R. fl,-tat n I1 ~I1t, J. P. Northrup and Ira Majors. c. Stol- lenwerck was elected treasurer and Ira Majors secretary. both without salary. L. J. Lawson was elected tax assessor and collector. J. H. James city attorney and W. Stokes marshal.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-03

The open season for shooting pa @tridges begun Friday and many of Greensboro's sportsmen have gone hunting
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-03
The Cotton Bill

The Payne bill claimed to be a reduc- ton on cottons; Deliver claimed that 1t was a raise. as did the democrats. At the end of the first year of the opera ton of the law it was found at the treasury that the Payne rates on ordinary cotton goods were nearly per cent higher than the Dingley rates for the preced- ing year, and that on mercerized goods the advance was nearly per cent Thus
 )olliver and the democrats were proved
 be right and the republicans wrong.
 The democrats in 1911 passed a cotton
 oduction bill reducing the average rates of the Payne law 4S12 per cent to the gen eral level of 27 per cent. or a little less than one-half Domestic cotton goods are used in this country to the extent of s4b3. : O0oO0J. If the whole 8 per cent redrc- tion could have been saved. the people would have kept more than sls5.co0, 900 pe, annum in their pockets. If only one-half or even 20 per cent is added 70 the pric
 then the saving woud1 have8 been fror.i
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-03
Reciprocity With Canada

'The President negotiated a reciprocity treaty with Canada by which both coun- tries were to lower their tariff walls on certain articles, each to the other and reciprocally, The "standpat' republicans were opposed to the measure and would have killed it but for the democrats, who, believing that 1t was reduction of the tariff voted for 1t and carried 1t through Canada. however. turned it down. Had it become a law 1t would have saved the American people from s5O,0oo,OO0 to $1OO, 100000 per annum.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-03

The city authorities have just had the city books audited and find that the town owes about s21 ,000 and has due it about S100O0 from one source and another.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-05-27
GRADUATING CLOTHES.

The time may even come when u
will not be good form for a girl
whose father gets $500 n day TO have
a $50 graduating outfit, Such a state
Of public sentiment seems almost ii
dream. but there are more and more
people who think so. One OF the
great reasons why so large a proper
ton of high school pupils drop out be-
fore graduation. is the dread bill for
clothes and other expenses connected
with the hnal scholastic pomposities
There was a time when one gown
would enable a girl to get by and
as the dress was wearable for a num-
Der OF years. the net cost was not so
very big.
Then came the custom OF "Proms"
and class days and social functions
outside the exercises OF distributing
diplomas. for which. according to
some esoter.c reason, the graduating
gown was wholly unsuitable. and one
OF more additional became necessary.
And that was only n preliminary TO
trimmings OF bouquets. gloves. dance
tickets. souvenir gifts. etc.
How enormously our American cost
OF living. for which We overturn the
mighty from their seats. and hold
conventions and spend money on in
vestigating committees. Is due 10 the
common desire 20 pass for something
We are not, In the days Of Poor
Richard 5 Almanac. thrift vas counted
as virtue. like temperance. charity
and chastity. Now u seems 10 be
regarded a. a vice.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-05-27
THE STANDARD OIL CASE.

Whether or not the Standard Oil
Company has been practically dis
solved. or whether the trust still ex-
lists and operates In defiance Of Law.
will be demonstrated by the case Of
the Waters Pierce Company, original
ing In the state Of Missouri. Officers
and stockholders OF the Waters
Pierce Company make the direct
charge that the Rockefeller interests
OF the Standard OIL Company are still
trying 20 exercise absolute control
over their corporation. This case
logically results from the suit brought
b. the government Tor the d ISOLATION
OF the Standard oil Company As a
result OF that suit. the STANDARD OIL
Company was not only dissolved into
th.rty-one different corporations. but
constituent companies we're enioined
not 10 combine in restraint OF trade
not 70 crush competition. not 10 unite
20 maintain prices or Otherwise 20
destroy tho effective and separate
Identities Of the various companies.
In other words the dissolution of the
Standard oil Company did NOT end the
proceedings. The government sought
n condition of affairs that would re-.
store competition 10 the oil business.
and further violations o. the statutes
whether by The Standard OH Com.
pany Itself or BY re subsidiaries. is
a new oHense and can BE- punished.
The Waters Pierce case IS the FIRST
action eTecf.ng tho new condition ~
the Standard OH rompans. End Tho
result ~ that case Is likely 20 shor
how effective has been fhe efforts 20
destroy rho Standards grip upon the
al business
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-05-27
THE MEMORIES OF MEMORIAL
DAY.

In these days when competition Is
speeding up mems powers 10 their
highest gear, IL is natural enough that
the workingman should turn on a holt
day to the ball game rather than to
the burial ground. This ignoring OF
a past so vital TO the veteran. as re-
hected at the smaller attendance seen
At both the National and Confederate
Memorial day observances. must seem
a sign OF frivolity and insratitude TO
the men who offered their lives in that
passionate sectional conflict.
II one has not the patience or the
patriotism to hear the words of the
orator, or the sentiment to lay a
flower on the grave OF some veteran.
al least something can he done in
every home to tell the children about
II.
Tell them what their grandfathers
and grandmothers did TO sustain an
unselish cause. Don't forget grand
mas part. Perhaps it was the
greater. No young man can possibly
feel what that moment must have
been. when the veterans. threats
choking. tried in vain to say good by,
and took their last looks at weeping
wives and daughters
II is harder TO get the citizen OF
1912 to turn out TO the caucuses on a
rainy night. TO save his state and
country from grafters. than n vas TO
persuade the boys OF 81 to stand up
10 be shot at,
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-05-27
METHODIST LEADERS RETIRE

There is something pathetic about
the enforced retirement Of the bishops
Of the Methodist church nr. James
VI buckley. the venerable editor o,
the Christian Advocate" who has
reached his seventy-sixth year. IL now
marked as one whose services IRE
likely 10 be dispensed with. For
many years DR.. Buckley has been
termed the "Archb shop OF Meth
dism. but infrmi,y and old age have
crept upon him The Methodist church
is great military organization. More
iaon ans other Protestant church. =
LAYS stress upon discipline. upon sys-
tema'c organization and demands
obedience 10 the orders Of fts au-hor..
ties The Methods minister is A
member Of a great army. and in The
hands Of his chiefs 70 10 moved hirher
and thifher. 20 be assigned 10 this
work or that work So the relentless
demands OF effective ORGANIZATION
forces even the chiefs % the great
church 20 retirement The rule is
stern and unyieiding u IS lacking In
sentiment. but IL makes for eniciency
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-05-27
MONROE COUNTY
NAMES DELEGATES.

Special Dispatch 30 the Intelligence.
WoODSFIELD. O. May 2e-The
Republican county convention. held at
this place Saturday by duly elected
al'ernates and delegates selected the
following delegates and alternates to
the Republican state and judicial con
yentions:
Delegates 70 State Conventional.
l. Rates and r. a letters. Woods
field. Frank Tyler. Darlington Alter.
mates. ". &. Mooney and +. VI
Martin. Woodsheld. and G. G. Danford.
Doherty. These delegates we're I'M
instructed. but are presumably for
President Taft. although by some IL
IS claimed that Tyler Is a friend OF
Roosevelt Al least two Of the alter
mates are strong Taft advocates
Messrs. Mooney and Martin.
Delegates to Circuit Court Conven.
tion r ?. Sears. W. ". Cooke aud
A. L. Bates. all OF Woodsfeld Al
ternates: r 4. letters. ". d. Rich.
ner and G. ". Brown. all Of Woods
field
Delegates 70 the qth-i4th Senatorial
Convention-R. +. Sears. Woodsfeld:
Frank Tyler Darlington: Dr. J. w
Reed. Reallsville. r. f. Holland. Nil
tonsburg. C. l.. OblinRer. Lewisville.
and william Kent. Doherty Alter.
mates. J +. NeuenschWander. Hanni
bal. p u. McChesney. Woodsfeld: C.
=. Julien. Woodsheld. G. Thomson
Antioch. Dr. s. G. Griffith. Sardis
Delegates 10 Common Pleas Judicial
Convention-R r. Sears. ". u Rich
ner and q. s Buchanan. all ~ Woods
field. Alternates. = p. Rose. Clar
ingfon. Bert Highlands. Woodsneld
L. &. Claus. williamsburg
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-05-27
DECIDE ON SALE
County Commissionsrs VII Act on -.
ution 20 sell Pswiky atoch ~
MsstinT This Morning

a rather imu1rtart md unusually boz
fersaf.rn ursfnr ~ Che board 90 COVE
1' asInuera uII hr hold t.Ia morning
rn1 fur Important MATTERS w|f come
Uu .r opinions fH DO given Ir rrnarguf.
.Hr ATTORNEY ffanf.Hr W. ffauHfan
vi' give nia orIr.on on tre legality ~
allowing tIc use of the countys name
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-05-27
soWs PECULIAR POLITICS.

Some queer political do.nEs are
coming 20 rho front Iu Tho gube-
material contest 4 fss days AGO n
statement vas sent 0l' from Sisters
vile to 'be 'Tor thar Dr 49, % fiat
field bad declared himself zoo favor ~
The prohibition amendment This
statement vas widely circulated anil
vas actively used i1 anti prohibition
cen'ers u.e Wheeling. psrkersburx
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-05-27

a
icident
haven't -
My friend asked he had the
rite that
properly should
-~--e S'N-'
otake
fcI havea
in
western Telegraph
he
OF
Pittsburgh. - N "O1
remarkable
OF
development
e'~'"' NNN''"' i'eNe7
But time
be
through
Copyright 1912. r J. rights
Mr. Edwards
e-' -"" '""ue " "ie"'
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-05-27

and Huntington. for the purpose OF
injuring DIR. Hatneld's chances for
nomination. Now comes the Sisters
Vile Daily OIL Review and makes this
attack upon Dr.-Hatneld:
Dr. u. u. Hatfield. candidate for gov
ernor. ir whlskey candidate. out and
out. according 20 dslssate. who were IN
paisn IL being managed by Sam Walker.
a saloon keeper. OF welch. w. Va. -
saloonist OF the lienaghn stripe. All
the saloons In Mcdowell county are
good authority that Hatheld's campaign
viii cost = mint OF money.
The Sistersv.lio Rsssilants OF DR..
Hatfield. or TO put Il differently. the
slstersville advocates Of Mr.. Swisher's
nomination. should attempt TO harmon
!ze with each other. An attack one
week up a candidate alleging that he
Is prohib!tionist. followed by an at
tack the next week upon the same
candidate alleging that he II a mem.
Der OF whlskey ring. 10 not likely 70
impress the public with the sincerity
OF the assaillng parties. and while the
discussion OF the prohibition question
in connection with the gubernatorial
nomination is going on why not as
certain. II possible. the attitude o,
both Mr.. Swisher and Mr.. Dillon upon
the same subject.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-05-27

'n a sait AGAINST tfs g. az q line 20
compel 10 to build spur up through
Iark View and tre other viii he on trs
legality ~ selling tre stock of TIE
county 'n The peuf.v raurHau
Earmera members ~ Tire brarI -
trade ohio valley AGO. tfIn. Uua.ursa
Mrna Association aud other rrEHnira-
lions ere heartily ln favor ~ fre sale =
fHr afu.k tH aurfv fra proceeds fn good
roads. Tho rnHruIfaaI fs.sHa OH a mae
'ur'fr ~ tferr af least row favor the
sale and F VIII HbrIr hr fnnr q
Prosecutor iiaudiau decided that "a ~
loEaL
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-05-27

Mrs. r Branf. ll5 paden street.
Parkersburg. " Va, had an attack NJ
laErippe which left her bad kidney
trouble. and che suffered much severe
pain and hackache Then she hoard
o. Foley kidney Pills and says.
After taking them n short time the
pain left my back and am again
able 10 do my own homework Foley
kidney Pills helped mo wonderfully"
For sale by John Coleman co.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-05-27

Some one is spending Io' ~
money on this campaign. but OF
course. this is being done by patriots
0ho are imuo'atinr their wealth on
the altar ~ their country without
hope ~ return
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-05-27
UNCLE WALT: The Poet Philosopher.


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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-05-27

Senator Stone saws tho language NJ
'h" presidential candidate is like tho
vernacuiar ~ tho f-h mar,et This
's necessary while tao voters arc
having the scales removed from Their
eyes.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-05-27

Roth President Taft and Theodore
Roosevelt announce that they can get
along without the votes ~ New
Jersey Under the circumstances 90
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-05-27

The vomcns vote did not make
much difference .u tho california pri.
mary bur anyway the women got a
chance 70 show their spring hats.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-05-27

they PINNED
write-some day
Years heard this conversation take place be-
tween Mr.. Mitchell and q mutual friend at time when
we had come across the tuihor OF The Reveres Of
bachelor poknE among the leaves chestnut trees
his estate outside OF New Haven Conn for the pur-
pore or finding nuts for little girl who him
when bought this place said Mr. Mitchell,
had just returned from consulate at Venice.
the purposes had IN view in cc2inE quiet and
beautiful spot that might have leisure absolute
~ peaceful surroundings in which write my great book
] hope Il will be.
When I In Venice I deterrnInsh ~ urtta . hia
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-05-27

From tho sounds from ffo political
roodsh"1 some ono .s getting a
spanking. baf there .s doubt which
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-05-27

might be the graceful thing FOR them
10 rc'.r" and leave New Jersey for
LaFollctfe.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-05-27

one is Father. and which ha, hold Of
'h" business end ~ the single
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-05-27

The above H cut OF Harry vorkingmsn o.,
VINO candidate Tor the Republican
House o. DELEGATES Labor is
cent lodge \ a W has
RE stands Of vauev
''S '1s'
"h'e an ardent labor
active campaign viii a " ~ "N'"9 al
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-05-27
NEW NEWS OF YESTERDAY
(By e. ]. Edwards.)

ON SATURDAY financing
~ through the pocrasnaon the
The History That TX Marvel Planned to Write and Didn't
leading bankers Of C War days had intimate personal knowledge
Donald Mitchell Thomas
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-05-27
Graduation Gifts

Unprecedented choice in
Jewelry, Gloves, Hose,
Neckwear, Toilet Articles,
Perfumes, Fans, Parasols,
Leather Goods and other ac-
ceptable gift mediums.
Williams news., 1912-02-24
Education.

What is education? Emerson says that the greatest teacher is not the teacher who supplies the pupil with the most facts, but the one in whose presence the pupil becomes a better person. The great secret of educa- tion lies in respecting the wants of the pupil. It is not for us to say what another shall know or even do. That part of the game of life is chosen and foreordained and the pupil alone holds the key to his own needs. Emerson begs us to respect the child He re iterates his plea to respect and wait and see the new product of nature develop. We are not to be too much the pupils parent. We are not to be too often in his solitude. We are to let him alone. Give the pupil an op- portunity to exercise and express his every faculty, and then-hands off
Williams news., 1912-02-24
LIKED CONTACT WITH GOLD
Peculiar Vagaries That Have Affected Men Possessed of Sudden and
 Great Wealth.

A Parisian journalist who had spec ulated in railway shares won 100000 francs as the result of a lucky ven ture. Drawing it in gold, he proceed ed to hotel, emptied the bags of gold in the bed and went to sleep liter ally in the sands of Pactolus. The man was so crazed by his good for tune, that he found indescribable pleasure in reveling in golden bath.
 Paganini, the violinist, when he re- ceived the proceeds of his concerts Che insisted upon being paid in gold), used to wash his hands in sovereigns. A French novelist, Soulie, wrote book called '"The Memoirs of the Devil" It was successful the pub fishers paid him for the first volume $10,000 in gold. The author carried the gold to his bedroom, poured it into foot bath. and enjoyed for half an hour the excitement of moving his feet to and fro in bath of gold coins, smoking meanwhile the biggest of Havanas.
 A Chicago merchant of great wealth, believing certain symptoms in dicated that he would become insane, consulted a specialist and under his advice became an inmate of private asylum. For twelve years there his recreation was piling up gold coins and then knocking them over At times he washed his hands in gold eagles and half eagles. At the end Of the long seclusion he returned to his business and in twelve months con- firmed the thoroughness of his recov- cry by amassing s5O0,O00.
Williams news., 1912-02-24
EASY ONE FOR ~PRoPHET"
Congressman Coined Epigram and Stated Absolute Fact in One
 Brief Word.

Congressman Homer Bulb of Ne vada was famed in his day at Wash ington as a raconteur and epigram- matist. Whenever he sat down in the lobby of the Dingle house, his head quarters at the capital, he was sure to gather about him in no time group of friends and acquaintances and to convulse them over and over again with his sallies.
 One of these, the butt of which was Senator Montgomery Twell, is par ticularly well remembered by the Dingle's Old Guard.
 The senator entered the hotel one evening, looked long and solemnly at the skies, which were cloudy, and then remarked to Congressman Bulb in a tone of railery:
 Well, Bulb, know you pride your self on being prophet. What sort of day do you think we'll have to- morrow?"
 "Wednesday" replied Congressman Bulb.
 Among those who heard him was Col Anthony Batherswyck, the civil war veteran, who lost no time in tell ing the quip all over Washington.
Williams news., 1912-02-24
WEAKEST "eo TO THE WALL"
Universal Law of Nature for All Species Is the Survival of
 the Fittest.

Tn community of foxes the most cunning fox would survive; in a pack of wolves the wiliest and strongest wolf; while in community of ants, those that had the least power of in telligent cooperation would be the first to become extinct And it is equally obvious that the interpreta- tion of the world selection must vary in every grade of life, with every rise in intelligence-intelligence being, in normal circumstances, the prime fac tor which determines selection. Our garden roses would soon degenerate were not the selective intelligence of the gardener brought into play. Hence, intelligence whether self-determining or brought into play from without, is obviously one of the conditions which determine fitness. But there are even higher determining conditions than in- telligence, for intelligence alone may manifest itself in mere cunning. The qualities of prudence, temperance, fidelity, sympathy, cooperation, self sacrifice for common good-all these are amongst the determining condi- tions of fitness, for a people that has these qualities will always be able to hold its own against an imprudent, incorporate, unfaithful, unsympa- thetic and selfish people. ."-Ramsden Balmforth.
Williams news., 1912-02-24
SCIENTIFIC POINT CLEARED UP
Size of Water Particles Now Known to Change With the Age
 of Clouds.

It seems rather singular to speak of the "age of clouds"-of 'old clouds" and young clouds" yet it really ap- pears that such a distinction can be made, and that the discovery. as so frequently happens in matters scien- tific, was based upon a preceding mis- take.
 The conclusion was reached years ago in scientific quarters that the density of a cloud was proportioned to the number of water particles it con tained, the water particles, in turn. depending upon the particles of dust present. Later, however, these same authorities ascertained that their first conclusion was wrong, and that in many clouds the density falls far short of proportionality with the number of water particles. Further investiga- tion points to the fact that the size of the water particles changes with the "age" of the cloud. The clouds upon which the first observations were made must, it is thought, have been old clouds, and in them the water particles, being comparatively large. appeared to be proportional to the density But the later observations were made upon newly-formed or young clouds, in which the particles were small in size.
Williams news., 1912-02-24
About Thimbies.

The thimble was at first worn on the thumb, and for that reason was called a thumb bell, which later be- came humble and finally thimble. It was invented by the Dutch, and brought to England in 1895. : The first thimbles were made of iron or brass; later came those of sill yer, gold, steel, horn, ivory, pearl and glass. The Chinese make beautiful thimbles of carved pearl, with gold binding and ends.
 One of the most gorgeous thimbles ever seen was a bridal gift from the king of Siam to hrs queen; it was made of gold, shaped like lotus bud. and was thickly studded with dia- monds, arranged so as to spell the queens name.