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The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-08-01
Straight as a Single.


We venture to suggest the nomi-
nation of President Woodrow Will
son, of Princeton University, as the
Democratic candidate for President
of the United States. 49, Harper S
Weekly of March IL, 1860
We have a shrewd suspicion that
the Democrats of New Jersey will
nominate Woodrow Wilson as their
candidate for Governor in 1910, with
q view to presenting his name to the
Democratic Convention in 1912
CHarper's Weekly of November %
1909
We now expect to see Woodrow
Wilson elected Governor of New
Jersey in 1910. (Harper's Weekly
of May Is, 1903.
~.
At, the expiration of sixteer
months since the above appeared II
this place we perceive no occasion
to revise our calculations. Mr.. vii
sons majority will be forty thou
sand (Harper's Weekly Of Sep
TENDER "a, 1910.
v.
We now fully anticipate the nom
ination of Woodrow Wilson for Pres
ident of the United States by tn
Democratic National Convention o
1912, as against William H. Taft
Republican candidate Harper
Weekly of November 10, 1910.
We end this series Of prophesie
with prediction that Woodrow
Wilson will be duly elected Presiden
OF the United States in Novembe
next. George Harvey IN Harper
Weekly
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-08-01
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The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-08-01

A quotation from one OF Woodrow
Wilson's books that Congress is a
mass-m meeting OF more or less idle
persons, raAseu laugh in the Sen
ate; which shows that Senators are
not devoid OF a sense of humor, even
when the joke is Oh themselves.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-08-01

OF course, I shall vote for the pro-
posed amendment to our constitu-
ton prohibiting the manufacture
and sale of intoxicating liquors with
in the state | could not do other
wise and be true to my calling. The
drink habit and every agency that
contributes to it are Numerically
opposed to the things that our
schools stand for,-Thos, F. Hodges,
President of State University
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-08-01
Notice to the Public.

This Is to give notice to all per-
SONS that will not be responsible
for any debts contracted by anyone
unless an order Is produced with my
signature. No one Is authorized to
make any KIND Of debt for me, nor
will | be responsible or pay any OF
such debts.
u AGvnpc
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-08-01

DO you believe that vote for
the ratification of the prohibition
amendment IS a contribution to the
moral, social and econom c interests
of the state?" To this question /
am asked for an answer. In my
opinion there can be but one answer
by any fair minded, observing per-
son, who has the love and welfare of
his fellowmen at heart. When we
consider the fact that poverty, deg
radiation, want and crime are logical
and practical results Of the liquor
traffic. and that on the other hand,
in all the history of the traffic, no
good in any form or shape has come
from it to the family or community,
my answer must be, and is, une-
Quivocally in the Affirmative c.
McWhorter, FM-Judge Suprt me Court
OF Appeals West Virginia
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-08-01
LODGE DIRECTORY.

4 RACOMA TRIBE No. 70, I.O.R.M
N Meets every Fridays Sleep; visit
ing Chiefs are cordially welcomed.
JNo. N. FORTUNE Sachem
j. RANDALL STRANGE, Chief OF
Records
G. f. WINGo, &. ofW.
G. H. ROACH, d. g. S.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-08-01
w. c. I. U. COLUMN.
Prominent West Virginia Men Favor
Ratification of Prohibition
Amendment.

Temperance Is sanity, health,
wealth and power in an individual
or in a nation. For this reason, |
shall vote for the Prohibition Amend
ment submitted in west virginia 49,
Frank Cox, Ex-Judge of the Supreme
Court of Appeals of West Virginia.
If the state by her laws counte-
nance lawlessness she cannot expect
her citizens to be law abiding; If
she licenses liquor selling she must
expect liquor drinking with all its
attendant evils of drunkenness, pow
erty, insanity and crime. There is
and can be no middle ground.
1t is just as moral and logical for
the, state to license the highwayman
to rob and murder as it is to license
the saloon keeper to make drunkards
of men and prostitutes Of women.
| favor the adoption Of the Prohi-
bition Amendment, and pray God
daily that it may carry-4Alston G.
Dayton, Judge Of the United States
District Court, Northern District of
West Virginia.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-08-01

We now expect to see Woodrow
Wilson elected Governor of New
Jersey in 1910 ~ (Harper's Weekly
of May is, 1903.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-08-01

Committeeman for Wyoming County
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1912-08-16
TO JAIL TO SHIELD FATHER
Boy Thief Wouldn't Even Reveal
Name to Escape Penalty on
Theft Charge.

Atlantic City, N. J.-Harry Stein.
sixteen years old. of No. S07 Green
wood avenue, Jenkintown, Pa, was be-
fore Judge E. A. Higbee in the Jul
venile court on the charge Of having
stolen 81 from William Shayne of No.
1912 Parrish street, Philadelphia.
Shayne told how he had befriended
the BOY here three weeks ago, giving
him food and shelter after finding him
penniless and half-starved on the
street, only to wake up one morning
and find him missing and the money
gone The court was inclined toward
leniency.
Write to your father, get 81, return
it to Shayne, and I'll let you go on pa
role" Judge Higbee said.
The boy refused TO do this or even
reveal his fathers name, SO the judge
sentenced him to six years In the
jamestown reformatory. The boy
took the sentence stoically.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1912-08-16
HOW MANY OF US
Fail to Select Food Nature Demands
to Ward of Ailments?

A KY. lady, speaking about food,
says: Il was accustomed to eating
all kinds of ordinary food until, for
some reason, indigestion and nervous
prostration set in.
After / had run down. seriously
my attention was called to the neces-
sity of some change in my diet, and
! discontinued my ordinary breakfast
and began using Grape-Nuts with a
good quantity Of rich cream.
|. In a few days my condition
changed in a remarkable way, and
began to have a strength that ! had
never been possessed of before, a
vigor of body and poise Of mind that
amazed me It was entirely new in
my experience.
my former attacks OF indigestion
had been accompanied by heat flashes,
and many times my condition was dis
tressing with blind spells Of dizziness,
rush of blood TO the head aud neural
gfc pains in the chest.
"Since using Grape-Nuts alone for
breakfast / have been free from these
troubles, except at times when have
INDUCED in rich, greasy foods in guam
tity, then / would be warned by a
pain under the left shoulder blade, and
unless needed the warning the old
trouble would come back, but when
finally got to know where these trou-
bles originated returned to my Grape
Nuts and cream and the pain and dis
turbance left very quickly.
Il am now in prime health as a
result Of my use of Grape-Nuts" Name
given by Postum Co, Battle Creek,
Mich.
There's a reason" and It is ex-
planned in the little book, 1.-THE Road
to MELVILLE" in pkgs.
Ever read the ahOve Ietterf A new
one appears from time TO time. They
are genuine, true, and full Of human
interest.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1912-08-16
WILD DEER DIMES IN GARDEN
Enjoys Meal Of Physicians lettuce.
Then Dashes Back into the
Forest

LenoX. Nashville on the lawn
at Halidon hall, in Stockhridge. Dr.
William Gilman Thompson saw a wild
deer stalk down the mountainside
nearbS. enter his garden, nibble al the
lettuce for few moments and make
off to the forest again All last sea-
son there were three or four deer
about Halidon hall. and several times
this month Dr. Thompson's employees
had 10 drive them of the estate
DR. Thompson has forbidden any
one to shoot the animals ALTHOUGH
they have a right to do so under the
law of this state The physician said
he wished the deer would keep out oil
his garden Halidon hall is about q
mile and half from Stoekbridge Cen.
ter. A part of the estate is beautf.
full mountain forest.
That two moose supposed to have
escaped from the Harry Payne Whit
ney game preserve on October noun
tain. are at large in the wiids of the
town Of Washington was proved by
Fred Schultz. who says he saw them
just west of his house As he ap
preached they ran into the woods
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1912-08-16
OLD HERMIT IS Ill

Schooley changed so that the young
sters who saw him come to town once
a year to pay his taxes knew him as
the wild man of Borneo."
The old farmhouse, built in colonial
days, fell into decay under his neglect.
Dust that has been years in collecting
covers everything. Judging from APP
pearances, Asa Schooley never moved
the furnishings following his broth
er's death. He apparently slept for
years on the same feathered bed
When the ticking wore away, he did
not change it for one of nearly a dozen
mattresses in good condition found
stored in an upper room. Nor did he
change the bed coverings. although
mahogany chests and bureaus were
found to be packed full of fine bed
linens. quilts and spreads
For illumination at night the old
man went back to tallow dips, which
he made for himself in an antique
mold. He is believed by neighbors to
have subsisted almost entirely upon
honey from his big colony of bees.
fruit and what poultry and the few
vegetables he could raise on his farm.
How he managed 10 exist through Sc
we're winters they cannot understand.
The bees alone of the creatures on
the farm show signs OF care and the
hives apparently contain several hun
bred pounds of honey.
Thus the old mans illness was I'M
known to neighbors until woman
walking along the road heard sobs and
groans and found Schooley lying in
field.
Schooley is said to have niece re
siding in a nearby town and one or
two distant relatives. who.l attorneys
are trying to find
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1912-08-16

chosen according to the social status
of the criminal
There are two executioners. One is
hidden in some brushwood, while the
other, dressed in vivid red, conducts
the criminal to the place Of sacrifice,
hicding him be seated on banana
leaves. lin order to be entirely sepa.
rated from earth" The condemned
man is then put into position, await,
ing the axe. Earth is put in his
ears. For two hours or more NOTHING
happens. Siamese law demands thai
the criminal shall bow hsi bead volun.
tarily TO the axe. This he does final.
~ frcm sheer exhaustion. and lrnnedi.
ately headsman No. rushes from his
hiding place and does the rest. The
executioners are then sprayed with
holy water and otherwise purified
from contact with the victims soul.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1912-08-16
Last of SChooleys Found Near
Death on Farm.
Aged Man is Last Member Of an Old
Family in New Jersey-Has Lived
Alone Since Death of His
Brother.

New Lisbon. N. jim the tumble
down farmhouse where Asa Schooley,
an aged farmer and a descendant OF
one of Burlington county's oldest fam
flies, lived for years as a hermit amid
surroundings that seemed to indicate
direct poverty, a commissioner APP
pointed by the court has unearthed a
small fortune in old coins, antique
plate and chinaware. That consider
able money is hidden about the old
home is the belief of neighbors, who
recall that Schooley and his brother
made good income from their farm
nd to their knowledge for years spent
not cent outside the taxes.
Asa Schooley was found nearly dead
In a field on his farm recently, when
after days of suffering without medi-
cal attendance he was dragging him
self toward the public highway to
seek aid. He is now a ward of the
county in the asylum at New Lisbon.
and the county court has ordered that
his estate be converted into cash.
Since his brother Joseph died many
years ago Asa Schooley has been the
sole occupant of the homestead farm,
abou. three miles from Burlington, on
the Columbus road. The brother was
missing for several days before neigh
bors learned IRON Asa that he was
dead. Then Asa Schooley tried TO pre-.
vent the men from committing the
body to grave.
Il fear the living more than the
dead" he shouted as they lifted the
corpse from the bed where Joseph
had died. He can do me no harm. but
others who are living can and Will
Following his brothers death Asa
Schooley shut himself away from the
world. and some glimpses of how this
man, apparently driven mad by bitter
ness of mind, existed during the in
tervening years are being uncovered
by Attorney Reginald Branch OF Bur
hngton, who was appointed by Judge
Horner to settle up the estate.
From a man of pleasing appearance
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1912-08-16
Heredity Shown At School

average were the best scholars. aud
vice versa.
Generally speaking, the children's
records followed those of the mother
more closely than those OF the IA.
Their Wherever the father, however.
possessed distinctly better abilities
than the mother the children without
exception tended to favor the male
parent From this Dr. Peters con
ciudes that the greater intellectual
faculties exercise a stronger heredi-
tary influence on the offspring than
the lesser ones.
A curious point In the statistical
tables prepared by Dr. Peters from
his material is that for reading and
writing the marks gained by children
corresponded closely to those OF the
parents; for arithmetic. less so; for
grammar. again less. and least Of all
for Scripture"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1912-08-16
That One Tnlnq Lacklno.

Lady Augusta Gregory, the able an,
ardent apostle of the modern Irisj
movement, is fond of telling the fol
lowing real Irish story:
1t was the wedding day of Pat an,
Bridget. and they were having
church wedding. 1t was a grand AT
fair, Pat was dressed with paten
leather shoes, white vest and flaming
tie. Bridget shone attractively il
many colors. The ceremony was over
and the happy pair walked down th'
aisle, out into the street, where {
great crowd greeted them with delight
Once seated within the cab, Bridge
leaned over to Pat and said, in lou,
whisper, Och, Pat, if we could ONLY
have stood on the sidewalk and watch
ed ourselves pass. wouldn't 1t hav,
been hiviin"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1912-08-16
HER LITTLE HAND IN HIS
Mr.. Pickles. Explanation as to Reason
Somewhat 0ispeIled the Odor
of Romance.

henne and Pecke were two henpeck
ed married men. The other day they
met, and. after a few casual remarks
concerning the weather, the subject
OF women and unfortunate husbands
was perhaps ally-discussed. To
Henne, however, suddenly came
thoughts OF years ago. when he was
q happy bachelor. and (unconsciously
OF what Fate had in store for him)
was walking out" a girl who was.
later on, destined to bring him sor.
row and misery.
Fecke, seeing a "far-away" look in
ms companions eyes, inquired the
meaning. Henne retorted dramat-
ically, 4 was just then thinking, old
Fellow, of those happy days long ago
when used to hold that girls hand
IN mine for hours when"
But the equally unfortunate Peckel
suddenly cut his companion short byI
exclaiming: why, that's nothingl
Cheer upl Do you know, only yes,|
terday | held my wife's hand for threel
solid hours"
"What?' said the startled Henne.
Yes, it's fact" resumed PeckeS
sorrowfully; and | declare If I'd led
loose she'd have killed me- Londorf
Tit,Bits.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1912-08-16
Deductions From the Study Of the
Records of Three Generations
Published.

Berlin.-Do children inherit their
mental gifts or shortcomings from
parents or grandparents? The Ques-
ton is discussed in an article pub
lished In the German Umschau by DR..
w. Peters.
With characteristic German thor
oughness the author has visited most
of the state primary schools In Ger
many and Austria with the object oil
gaining information on this point py
comparing the school reports OF par
ents and grandparents, where avail
Bile. with those of the present day
school child He has complete sets OF
records of three generations, with the
following results:
When botn parents had good to av-
erage school records TO their credit.
7e per cent. of their offspring pro-
duced the same. while the rest, "a per
cent, fell In various degrees below
the average.
When one parent had good and
the other a poor record, SO per cent
of their children furnished good re-
ports and Al per cent inferior ones.
When both parents we're distinctly
below the average, only Ss per cent.
of their progeny turned out well ana
60 per cent badly.
The dependence of children on their
parents in this respect seems. there
fore. to be fairly well proved Dr.
Peters, however, also found that when
parents we're equal those children
whose grandparents were above the
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1912-08-16
Badly Frightened Fish.

5 IT was never so known before"
says Rankin Dunfre. local angler,
who wasn't angling on the occasion in
point Il was crossing the bridge near
home swinging my lantern, for the
night was dark. ! heard a. great
splash, got down on the bank with
my lantern TO see the cause, and 10
and behold 16-inch fish lay founder
Ing in the weeds. The lantern must
have scared him out of the water
don't you think Philadelphia Rec
ord.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1912-08-16
slain With wheelbarrow.

Milan, Italy.--A live man was bound
TO a wheelbarrow with sailors scarf
and belt and both were then hurled
from the pier head into the sea at Sa-
vona This new and barbarous form
of murder was discovered by a party
OF bathers who CHANGED to see the
body and the barrow at the bottom
OF the sea in twenty feet OF water.
The police were promptly informed,
but so far they have found no clew
to the identity either Of the victim
or Of his murderers.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1912-08-16
Warted Minute Evidence.

0rfla, the celebrated doctor, being
examined as an expert" on capital
trial, was asked by the president
whether he could tell what quantity
OF arsenic was requisite to kill fly.
The doctor replied
Certainly. Nj lie President. But
] must know beforehand the age OF
the fly, its sex. its temperament. its
condition and habit of body. whether
married or single, widow or spinster,
widower or bachelor. When satisfied
on these points can answer your
question
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1912-08-16
DYING MAN IS MARRIED
German, Suddenly Stricken, Sends for
GirI-ceremony Is Performed
In Hospital.

Berlin.-A pathetic marriage cere
mony took place In a Budapest hos
pital A German singer named Erdes.
who was appearing in the Hungarian
capital, was suddenly taken III a few
days ago. He telegrarhed to his
sweetheart in Frankfort to come TO
him. The girl started at once and
arrived in Budapest. They we're mar
RED Immediately in the hospital ward.
and Erdos died an hour after the cere
mony.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1912-08-16
Sure of Himself

aren't you afraid you may become
a slave to the smoking habit?"
mo. / can quit whenever | want
to-
How do you know that? Have you
ever tried 1t
No: but I've cured myself OF the
habit of voting for every candidate
who is nominated by the political
party to which | belong, and man
must have a strong will to do that"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1912-08-16

To be sweet and clean, every won
an should use Paxtine in sponge bath
ing II eradicates perspiration and
all other body doors. At druggists.
csc box or sent postpaid on receipt Of
price by The Paxton Toilet Co, Bos-
ton, Mass
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1912-08-16
Doc keeps watch for Master

Philadelphia.-Th tnat Oswald
Saeber, the young master. was still In
tbs Northwest General hospital. Gypsy,
French poodle. kept constant
vigil outside the institution for four
weeks
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1912-08-16
BEHEADING IS LONG AFFAIR
Victim Is First Fed--Not Until He
Voluntarily Bows His Head Does
the Axe Fall.

Partisan execution in Siam is an
extraordinary business, according to
correspondent of the Chronique Medi-
cale The doomed man. awakened at
dawn, is led In chains to the temple,
where candles are lit around him. He
is exhorted TO think of nothing, 10
disassociate his mind from mundane
affairs and is given the best meal OF
his life. the menu being carefully
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1912-08-16
lacks orIaInalltY.

"BillSins tells me that he has lately
subscribed for a new thought maya
zine"
Il hope its perusal will inspire him
with some new thoughts. Nobody
talks about the weather more than
Bilkins does"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1912-08-16
Consistent.

"Your friend is very particular
about conformity in all things. isn't
he?"
Yes, indeed When he went on his
last spree the family We're in mourn.
ing and he saw only black snakes
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1912-08-16
Homely Philosophy.

After all, 1t isn't always those with
the loudest voices that have the best
things TO say, said the little brown
hen"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1912-08-16

Relieves and cures itching, torturinR die
eases of the skin and mucous mem brane.
superior Pile Cure. Is aud 10 cents, by
druggists, For frer sample write To j. W
Cole Co., Black River Falls. Wis.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1912-08-16

Mrs winsow's Soothing Syrup for Children
ieethipg, softens the gums, reduces infiamma-
ton, aiiays pain, cures wind collie 25c "A bottle
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1912-08-16

Even wisdom dispenser shouldn't
prolong the performance until people
get weary.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1912-08-16

A cat may have nine lives. but &
COW can kick the bucket dozen times
and continue to hold her job.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1912-08-16

The kind of reform most needed is
the kind that will not go thousand
miles away from home to begin work
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1912-08-16

1t takes a woman to cry over her
inability to find something to laugh at.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1912-08-16

and chapping, and impart in single
night that velvety softness and white
ness so much desired by women. For
those whose occupations tend to in.
jure the hands, Cuticura Soap and Gu.
ticura Ointment are wonderful.
Cuticma Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world Sample of each
free. with S2.p. Skin Book. Address
postcard "Cuticura, Dept, l.. Boston"