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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-06-18

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craft, Sam Leeper, Dalton Simon
Fred w. Rapp, Kenna4 Clark, John A
Clark, Jr., Robert Morgan, Frank Nee
ly. Rush Miller, r. Davis, Morris Head
Peck Hayes, Thomas s. Raymond
Everett Bremen, Bert Knight, Birch
Butcher, ]. o. McNeely, NJ. E. Elem.
ing, L. B. Canoe, Bob Morrison, Elmer
Daley, Charles W. Munden, o. F.
Tough, Earl H. Smith, Turk Linn
Harold Hutchinson, Charles. Wise, Joe
Conner, Charles D. Barry, A. Il. wat.
son, Fred Lamp, Dale Thompson.
The above LIST Of prominent men
throughout several States, all friends
OF the late Lou Hunt, shows that there
is already an interest displayed in the
benefit game to be played at South
Side Park on the afternoon Of June
9th.
The meeting to arrange for the bene.
fit game, the proceeds Of which will go
to Lou Hunts widow, was held last
night in the Watson building in the
rooms OF the Fairmont Chamber OF
Commerce, and the rooms were crowd.
ed by the fans and friends OF Hunt
who were present.
The game will be played at South
Side Park, between the teams OF the
Fairmont and Clarksburg Independent
clubs, and the game will be reality
from start to finish, with some OF the
4, best players that the two cities have
even turned out.
The meeting last night was high.
ly enthusiast one, and the work OF the
evening was very successful, most Of
the arrangements being completed
last night.
To-day 5000 tickets will be printed
and placed In the hands OF the differ.
ent members OF the committee appoint.
ed last night, and the committeeman
will attempt to dispose OF all OF the
tickets in their possession.
Lou Hunt had hundreds OF friends
throughout this city and this section
81 the country, who, though unable 10
be present at the game. will want to
buy one or moro tickets Just to assist
In the good work.
Record breaking crowds for city
he size OF Fairmont are looked for al
he game, and II the indications are
read correctly, then these record
breaking crowds will be a reality in.
Itead OF an expectation, as every man
who has heard Of the project in. the
past week that II has been talked OF
has said that he intended to be pres
ent at the game. Tickets will be on
sale at several Of the different stores
In this city, as well as being in the
hands OF the committeeman, and all
will have chance to purchase one or
more seats.
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ADDRESS |: Of HON. ON B. |. BUTCHER {;
At. D. A. R. MEMORIAL SERVICES

who heard the prayers OF Washington,
In the darkest hour OF the Revolution,
at Valley Forge; and, who smiled on
the same Continental veterans al
Yorktown, in the pomp Of victory, In
the presence OF the official represen.
tatives OF the then two greatest and
proudest rival military nations in the
world-England and France.
Surely II there is Valhalla. to
which have gone those who fought,
and ruled, and loved, and sailed, and
made our world" Washington and his
soldiers are there.
And oftimes cometh our wise Lord
God,
Master OF every trade.
Who tells them tales OF His daily toll
or Edens newly made,
And they rise to their feet as He
passes by.
Gentlemen unafraid." ,
The observation OF Flag Day Is sin
gularly appropriate, as day, In
which to honor the memories Of those
whose valor, and endurance. and spir
1t, established the right OF the Stars
and Stripes to appear as the emblem
OF an ew star in the galaxy Of the ma
tons OF the world Its flashing folds
, If red and white and blue, with thir.
cen stars and thirteen stripes was ar
attractive and simple design, un
tnown before that time, but when un
urfed, became the hope OF the op.
tpressed in all the world; and, ha.
ilnce stood for the blessings OF liber
ny, the anticipation OF which. nervet
/ 1.-The hearts OF those whose names ant
leeds are. here now SO proudly recall
'd,-to deeds OF daring and courage
lander otherwise. most discouragint
conditions. With the Coat OF Arms o.!
he ancient Washington family as c
,attern, and the nimble fingers OF Bet
BY Ross at work, there was created s
new thing under the sum-" that was
destined to quicken the blood In tho
hearts OF millions yet unborn; bright,
en- the pail of many n gallant warrior,
as his dead body Is borne on the last
march, to final rest; inspired Francis
Scott Key, prisoner, OF Fortress
Monroe. while Through tho dark night,
BY the lightnings red glare" he coulc
see the star spangled banner still
there" TO compose, that immortal song
now heard round the world; and, when
sung Or played brings every patriotic
American to his feet, with acclama.
tons OF Joy and pride.
The observance of this day. by the
Daughters OF the American Revolu,
ton Is also most appropriate. In fact
this character OF effort Is one OF the
prime objects OF this great patriotic
organization of women. The. William
Raymond chapter Of ,the. Daughters Of
the American Revolution does honor
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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-06-18
WOMAN K,IjL-LEp,l

PARKERsBURGeA bolt OF light.
ming during SUNDAY afternoons severe
electrical storm swept over this
section struck the Ogden Baptist
Chapel, two miles north Of this city
tore out one whole end Of the ediilce
and instantly killed Mrs. John Elsnan
who had come there to attend the att
ernoon services. Mrs. Philip Knestferi
and Clark Hall, the only other two
persons who were in the church at the
time escaped Injury. Mrs. Knessler
was momentarily blinded by the brill.
liant flash of the lightning btu was not
stunned the effect being but mometi-
tary while Mr.. Hall was hardly affect
ed at all.
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when ne enlisted, and applied for a
pension May q. 1918, at the age OF
Ga years as resident OF Monongalia
county, Va. He was buried near the
Marion county line west OF the Mo.
nongahela river, about one mile east
from the Fairmont and Morgantown
pike. His remains We're removed 10
the Heck cemetery near Rivesville,
May 80, 1912, by a number OF his de.
scendants. and an appropriate monu.
ment will be erected 10 his honor
there. rr.E
az william Nichols, who served in
the Pennsylvania Rangers as a private
from 177S to 1888, and died November
30, 1S43, near Fairmont, and is buried
in the Clelland cemetery near the Jam.
lson Coal company's plant at Barrack-
vile.
t5t Peter Miller, at whose grave We
stand, was born at Woodbury., N. j.,
May Is, 1859 and is now buried in
Woodawn cemetery in the lot OF Mr..
Frank E. Nichols. one OF his descend.
ants. having been moved from farm
graveyard at the end OF Locust ave-
nue., where the present car line turns
toward Warrington, on the hill in the
rear Of the lot lately owned by John
EVerhart.
He was in number of battles
among them White Plains and Long
Island, and was discharged in New
York.
1t Is altogether hitting that the
Daughters OF the American RevoluY
ton shall, on Flag Day, publicly pay
tribute and honor to the names OF all
Revolutionary soldiers and especially
those buried In our own county Of
Marion.
What manner Of men were they?
large or small. tall or short, bearded OF
clean shaven, blond or dark: what was
their general appearance? These and
many other questions are In vain,
There Is no answer. We know but lii
tie more than their names, and the
fact that In the hour OF greatest trial
they placed themselves ut the service
OF their country, to be used as those
in authority found use for them-even
to the shedding Of blood and the sac.
rifice of life itself. Can mortal man
do more? Yet how soon they have
persisted and returned to the dust.
But, having become a part OF the
immortal struggle for human liberty,
like their leader. Washington, they
'were not born TO die"
The descendants OF these MEN are
among our best citizens. many OF them
owning and occupying the same lands,
located by their Revolutionary fore.
bears.
The world takes great interest and
great expense is constantly Incurred
in studying the characteristics and re.
cording and correlating every item OF
the ancient history Of the Greeks.
Romans, Egyptians, and other ancient
people. tracing them back to barabr-
ism, but how little interest most Of
us show in our ancestors who were
strong, hardy, brave and true men and
women, often highly educated, and
believers in the Christian religion, who
left their homes in the most civilized
nations Of the world for, consciepee's
sake! !.
We need not 10 BIO ashamed Of them
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-06-18
STATE: NEWS
MAN DEAD.

WELLsRURG ~ John Martin, e
prominent resident of Bethany, was
found dead in bed. Mr.. Martin had
been in perfect health up to the time
Of his sudden demise. He Will be re-
membered as a witness in the famous
Gunlon trial held in this city recently.
MIR, Martin, who was Sc years OF age,
was well and fayora6iy known
throughout this city and Bethany.
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to its name, and to the name and char.
acter Of that ioyabie( seif.sacrificiIg
public servant, who literally gave
himself" to the service OF his coun.
try; BY faithfully serving the people
OF his day in securing new homes
West of;the A1Ieghenys, in the Mo.
nongahela Valley as their advisor in
the location OF their lands and homes,
as surveyor OF the lands, engineer Of
their highways, arbitrator in settling
:he validity OF their toma? hawk or
posaession rights; and as soldier in
defehse OF their homes.
| There were ''land sharks" in his day
as there have been since, and William
Raymond had almost unlimited oppor.
tunity TO collide with them, and be.
come rich land pirate" but lie
passed through that ordeal with nc
smell OF fire on his garments" The
stories OF him are all to the effect that
he served the poor and the rich alike
honestly and faithfully; and, frequent
y without compensation, and only for
ahe' small fees provided by the stat
ites OF that frugal time. He prac
ticed that old time hospitality that. fed
all Corners. at his own house, which
unfortunately for his financial for
tunes) was some distance from the
own tavern, which made 1t convent
mt for those seeking his services and
idvice, to accept his hospitality, rath
er than seek the public house. some
distance away.
The general subject OF rewards fol
service, faithfully performed, Is per
haps not pertinent here: but when We
consider the fine halo that surrounds
his good name, growing brighter as
he years go by and the long list oil
high class men and women. who in
herted his good name, and who have
In each generation, since his day, In
he Virginias and other States. both
n the paternal name, and in the
names Of families into which they
married., become highly distinguished
could he have chosen n better part
a good name is rather to be chosen
han great riches. Ben Adams name
ed all the rest"
Q) Richard Price, buried on the old
Price farm near William c. Parkcrs
in Paw Paw district, Marion county
Two of his granlsons. William Price
and U. NJ. Price reside in this county
t2) Samuel Dudley, Revolutionary
soldier, was born in Clifford, Connecti'
tcut. February "a. 1763,- and died on
Dunkard Mill Run, Marion county
July 2S, 1850. His wife was Margaret
MeDougal. whom he married in 1901,
She was born June II, 1881, and died
on Dunkard Mill Run, December 81,
lS41. He is buried in the Dudley
cemetery near Gilboa on the same farm
he owned after he migrated from Con.
nectlcut here, sometime after the
Revolution.
(3) Youst Heck, the ancestor OF the
Hecks In Paw Paw district, enlisted in
ITS. and served 20 months as a Revo-
tnttonary soldier under Captain Henry
crlst and Colonel Stewart OF the 18th
PENNSYLVANIA Regiment and was in the
battles of Long Island. White PLAINS
lrpnhHlll, Germantown and brandy,
wine lie resided in Berks county, Pa,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-06-18
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.

GRAFToN-A meeting Of the ,exs
ecutlve committee Of the West VIZ:
ginia Board of Trade is called for
June the Gath at Grafton. "A number
of important matters will be consld.
cred at this Meeting among which VIII
be the matter OF an exhibition at the
Chicago land show to be held next
fall. y.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-06-18
CIGARETTES BARRED.

PARSONS = The town OF Parsons
has barred the cigarette, from within
Its borders, and hereafter 1t win be a
misdemeanoE to have or dispose Of the
festive nail. The town has q mayor.
and is planning a rigid e6forcsmsntiol
the law. 4
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-06-18

s. Black, A. D. Simon, Clark Evans,
Fred Smith, Fred Heimick, George
.Duer, Frank Richie, George Cross,
James Canning, Johnny Ray, Edward
D. Slack, o. A. Wood, John IIatrlng,
ton. G. c. Ditner, ,Erapks MorSanj lrch
'isrownfeid, Frank sfiGnt ef. N; T. Ash
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-06-18
AGED MAN DEAD.

PARKERsBURG- Capt. VIM. Kraft.
one 81 the old and highly respected
residents Of the city, passed away Sun
day morning at the family residence
at 1875 Eighth street, surrounded by
members OF his family.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-06-18
TO MEET AT WHEELING.

WHEELING -, The West virginia
State Education Association opens To-.
morrow at Wheeling ana Will continue
through Friday. Hundreds Of ednca-5
tors from different sections OF the
State will attend this gathering.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-06-18
ENDS LIFE.

PARKERsBURG - Upon retlFnlhg
to her home in this city with her two.
children from an absence OF several
days on a visit 10 Marietta, o., Mrs.,
Frank Harper found her husband lying
on the floor in his bed room In d POOL
Of blood with bullet hole through his.
head.
The Holbrook news., 1912-04-05
poo Under Arrest.

A dog thief-not a dog stealer, but a dog which had been trained to steal has been arrested by the French pc lice. He was caught Zen fragrant de It," we read, when he was in the act of stealing pair of lady's shoes from an establishment in Noisy-le-Sec. His procedure was so cunning that 1t left no doubt among the police that the dogs was no "untutored mind"
 Nothing could be drawn from the animal at the police office, so it was decided to shut him up without food. After some hours confinement the dog was released and police cyclist was in readiness to follow the dog home. But the "best laid schemes of mice and men gang aft agley."
 The dog when liberated instead of rushing home deliberately walked to the other side of the road, and there sat down on doorstep and awaited events, every now and again throw ing suspicious glances at the police in waiting. Finding that there was no chance of the dog going home he was again taken into the police office and sent to the fourriere. where he met an untimely end.
The Holbrook news., 1912-04-05
MIsanthropy. or cautIonY

On his return from a winter holiday the greatest buttonholer in London was telling his acquaintances at his club in Pail Mall that he had been occupying a house at Davos, not far from MT. Labouchere, who, he added, was in very melancholy state.
 q am truly sorry for that" said one of his hearers. Whats the matter with him?"
 Well" replied the bore, q was out walking one day, when I saw Labou- chere coming down the lane toward me. The moment he caught sight of me he darted into a fir wood which was close by, and he hid behind g. tree till had passed on. Oh, very sad, ndeed!"-Youth's Companion.
The Holbrook news., 1912-04-05
Proof of the Man shakespeare.

Sir Sidney Lee, the eminent Shake lspearean scholar, indorses the conclu, sions of Ernest Law, who has endeav. ored to prove that certain documents in the public record office in London relating to Shakespeare, which were long supposed to be impudent forg- cries, are, after all, genuine. The documents concern the production ot some of Shakespeare's plays at the courts of Queen Elizabeth and King James. Sir Sidney remarked in @ speech at the annual meeting of the Shakespeare birthday trustees that ''the fact that in these documents Shakespeare is mentioned categorical Iy as the poet which made the plays' should be specially interesting, if a little disappointing to certain per sons, who think that there is no genu- inc contemporary evidence of the ez. istence of any such author"
The Holbrook news., 1912-04-05
INSANE PEOPLE ARE CUNNING
Guide at 8loominedale Asylum DiscoV- cred a Lunatic by Chance Remark
 He Let Fall.

Several New York school teachers paid a visit to Bloomingda1e insane asylum and were approached by man who showed them about the grounds In the course of his remarks he dwelt with particular emphasis on the fact that some insane people were of such cunning that they could not discover Iheir condition except by some strange remark let fall by chance.
 After two pleasant hours spent in the company of their guide the teach CTS were about to return, when one of them, wishing to take not too abrupt leave, remarked:
 "Time must pass slowly here foryou among the lunatics?"
 There is where you are wrong" re- piled the man. 'T am engaged i've hours day in my life work"
 How interesting" cooed the teach CTS.
 The man produced roll of manu- script.
 See, am making an index to Web ster's dictionary Springfield Repub- ican.
The Holbrook news., 1912-04-05

necklaces which are worn by. men and women and which form the most elab- crate and costly pieces of Navajo jew elry. These necklaces consist of beads of silver, ranging from the size of a pea to globules an inch in diameter. The larger beads are finished with pendant-like projections, cleverly graduated as to size. The larger beads, with these pendants. hang on the breast, and generally very striking effect is secured by alternating the beads with turquoise or bits of coral The cost of such a necklace varies according to the workmanship repre- sented in the beads and the value of the coral or turquoise that is used to set of the silver
 Most of the articles made by the Navajo silversmith are sold to mem bers of the tribe, for probably no other people in the world have such Q fondness for jewelry, especially Of massive design. The Navajo likes plen- ty of precious metal in his jewelry. The wire bracelets and rings are all right for the Americans who stray across the reservation. but the Navajo wears five or six heavy silver rings, with turquoise settings, bracelet or two, sometimes four or five inches in width and correspondingly heavy, a belt of huge silver discs about his waist, a massive silver necklace on his breast, elaborate silver mountingB on his bridle, jacket buttons made of dimes, and huge turquoise earrings dangling from the lobes of his ears. These. with the inevitable Navajo blanket, about his shoulders, go long way toward making the Navajo a strikingly picturesque figure.
The Holbrook news., 1912-04-05
WIcKEDEST OF CITIES
CRIME EASY AND CONNECTS HAP
 PY IN IRKUTsK, SIBERIA.
Thousands of Russian FeIons Visit the City Annually to ReveI, Unmo- tested, In Robbery and
 Murderous Outraqes.

San Francisco.-What San Francis co was in '49 when 1t fiourished as the gilded city of western America, Irkutsk, the largest town in sibera, metropolis of the Asiatic gold fields. is today, with additional trimmings. Residence in Irkutsk is not quite . rest cure for the nerves. With a pop ulation of 120,000, crammed into : picturesque bend on the Angara river, 1t produces some 100 or more murders or murderous assaults each year, with ten arrests or so, four convictions with sentences of a matter of a few days in the city jail. Those are last years figures, and with a throb of civic pride the natives tell that 1911 was quite an oil year.
 Of the tens of thousands of con victs in Sibera, large proportion visit Irkutsk at the expiration of their terms, anxious to get few weeks of enjoyment before making plans for the future. Every Russian subject, equally with the foreigner, must have passport At the end of their terms dangerous convicts receive a ''black passport" which generally prevents their getting employment.
 They become beggars by day and cut-throats by night. Their "black passports are just what they need to get on the right side of the police in Irkutsk and soon they are back to their old tricks of robbing and mur- dering right and left. Finally when they have acquired little coin they leave for parts unknown, sometimes the victims of the very police who protected them.
 The city's policing is done partly by the municipal authorities and partly by private patrolmen, subsidized by property owners. The private con- stables deserve special mention, for they walk the streets. and make the nights hideous by clattering a power ful wooden bell, to warn burglars not to sin while they are near. The main streets of the city are lighted, but the side streets are not, making these a happy hunting ground for burglars. Timid householders, without any ob- lection on the part of the police, fire shot from their bedroom windows just to show possible lurking burglars there is gun in the house.
 One fine day last year there were 22 assorted murders and attempts at murder at Irkutsk. A vigilance com mittee was recommended. Ex-convicts and delegates of murderers rolled in their dozens and volunteered their services. In few days there was such wave of crime that respectable men went gunning for. the vigilance committee and cleaned it out Then Cossacks, sent to guard the govern ment laboratory in which much gold was stored, turned robbers themselves and carried away the gold, going tc the additional trouble of wrecking the place. Much of it found it's way into China in the corpses of Chinamen who were being sent home to be buried
The Holbrook news., 1912-04-05
AmerIcan AIrs.

A woman recently back from for eign parts has grievance against the way in which military bands there play American airs, states the New York Press. To begin with, says this woman, two-thirds of the bands and orchestras of Europe think Dixie" is the national air, and this mistake is not difficult to comprehend, as ap- plause generally greets this tune. Next in popularity comes Columbia, Gem of tEe Ocean," and, strange to say, then comes "Old Dan Tucker"
 No amount of approximation avails to change this notion. "The Star Spangled Banner" is reserved for sol emn occasions, and it must be con fessed Americans are not wildly en- thusiastic over it. Not one in a thou sand remembers three lines of the verses, not even the school children who shout them every day. Mary land" is popular, but the tune is that of the old Presbyterian hymn, 'Beulah Land," and may be heard wherever Scotch and English folks gather.