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Sharp County record., 1912-12-13
Jesup

Clay Rogers of Cave City was in
QKn this week.
stave factory is being con-
tIucted at Smithville.
.Qur school is progressing nicely.
bas an enrolment Of seventy.
zzhursday you could date your
Eter l2-l2-12. Can't do it again
odn.
andrews g. Taylor Mercantile Co.
having a great sale of goods
NY Saturday.
pot Fortenberry has taken Elmo
h's place in the Andrews g. Tay-
mercantile establishment.
here will be box supper given
by the band boys for their
Pitt on the night of December
omer Warwick and sister, Miss
who are attending school at
oden, spent a few days with
pe folks lately.
Isaac Huskey's family of
wberry was here Saturday and
pay visiting Mrs. Huskey's sis
Mrs. Van Rogers,
barley Sparks and Jerome Stall
p made a trip to Imboden We'd
ay They were hauling freight
andrews & Taylor.
inton Allen and wife of Walnut
E spent a couple Of days this
with Mrs, Aliens sister, Mrs.
Hey Sparks.
erdie Mullen has his stock of
III the new store, He will
charge Of the post Office at the
Of the year
en Rodgers has recently added
room to his residence, which
|'|' much to the looks and com
of the house.
Fondma" Davis left lately for
county, where she will spend
Inter with her daughter, Mrs.
ter Pickett,
extra session Of circuit court
peeun at Walnut Ridge Mon
pr the trial Of Doc Driver for
Hing Of John Bieeers, marshal
y town.
Sharp County record., 1912-12-13
Cave City

Brewer Bros shipped a car OF
cattle last week.
DR.. G. T. Lamar is suffering from
q severe attack of erysipelas.
Postmaster J. 7. Jones had busl-
mess at Batesville one day last
Eweek.
Miss Ruth Ball, who has been i'll
@for some time, is not improving
much.
Miss Minnie Stone of Maxvllle
has taken charge Of the central Of
lice here.
Mrs. F. H. Champion is at Bates
lille this week, visiting her sister,
Mrs. Knowles.
Brewer Bros. have bought and
Y|sbipped something over 1900 head
+ cattle since July 5.
F. H. Copeland of Ellington, Mo-,
Vas here Monday looking around
With a view Of locating.
Mrs. G. W. Brewer and and Mrs.
ID, G. Brewer spent last week visit
be- friends at Batesville.
W. F. Lamar has built a new
\ horch on the north side of his resi-
5ence, adding to its appearance and
6omfort.
H L, R. Laman of Alton, Mo-, was
ere on business last week, return
q home Monday. Grant Brewer
'companied him home.
w. H. Davidson has built an i'm
ense bridge across the branch in
Dnt of his new blacksmith shop
convenience of vehicles
sDr. and Mrs. T. G. Burge were at
btesville several days last week at
e bedside of Tollie Burge, who is
ery low with typhoid fever and
Implications.
Last Saturday as Christopher
ewart was returning home from
atesville on mule he met an au-
mobile. The mule became fright
6ied and threw his rider to the
" 1r0und, almost breaking his neck
h "a rendering him unconscious for
N Neral hours. He was taken to the
VA " me Of Mr.. Masner, near which
\ |nce he was passing, and a physi-
C|nn was summoned from Bates
N e, who dressed the wounds. His
\! i1her, W. T. Stewart, brought him
h4me as soon as he could be moved
/, nnd he is getting along very nice
Sharp County record., 1912-12-13
Appreciate tn, Paper

A. X. Price, Ellen, Texas.-We
couldn't live in Texas without the
Record. 1t comes like a letter
from home each Tuesday.
H. V. Underwood, King Mills
Good luck to you and the Record,
The paper gets better all the time.
Sharp County record., 1912-12-13
MaXVilIe

Our school Is moving along nice
ly.
G. W. Boles has sold his farm to
W, T. Witten.
John r, Bray was at Evening
Shade Friday on business
I. r. Woodbridge of Fate, Texas,
Sharp County record., 1912-12-13
Improvement At Bear Creek

James W. and Henry Young are
engaged in painting the Bear Creek
school building, which has a Farm
ers' Union hall above, three miles
west Of town,
Sharp County record., 1912-12-13
How's This

We offer One Hundred Dollars re-
ward for any case Of Catarrh that
cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure.
F, J, Cheney & Co., Toledo, 0.
We, the undersigned, have known
+, j, Cheney for the last fifteen
years, and believe him perfectly
honorable In all business transac-
tions and financially able to carry
out any obligations made by his
firm.
National Bank Of Commerce,
Toledo, O.
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken In
ternally, acting directly upon the
blood and mucous surfaces Of the
system. Testimonials sent free.
Price rs cents per bottle. Sold by
all druggists,
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-09-26
Why? That,s the Question.

A letter written by Gov. Glass
cock to James S. Lakin, member of
the State Board of Control and
Chairman of the Republican State
Committee, has been made public
by Mr.. Lakin. The letter grants
Mr.. Lakin a leave of absence as
member Of the State Board Of Con-
troll, from September to Novem-
Der 5. In the course of the letter
the Governor explains that Mr.. La
kin's services are not required by
the board which he says can get
along perfectly we'll without Mr..
Lakin's presence and that the eA
pense of keeping him in service
with the rest of the Board will De
entirely unnecessary.
The question has been raised as
to why Mr.. Lakin should be en-
ployed as a member Of the Board
Of Control at all IL his services are
not necessary and why should he be
paid $1,000 a year for work which
he can abandon at pleasure for two
months at time with the approval
of the governors
1T would appear that the $4,000
the salary which the state pays to
Mr.. Lakin, is given more as po-
litical reward than as pay for SER
vices rendered, II it is possible for
the work to go on just as well with
out Mr. Lakin as with him. The
State law requires that member
Of the State Board of Control de-
vote his entire time to the work of
his Office, contemplating that his
presence may be made necessary at
any moment to consider matters
which may arise unexpectedly The
governor must have implicit conf
.dence in the other two members of
the Board if he feels that the SER
vices of Mr. Lakin are not necessary.
Possibly in his next message to the
legislature he will recommend the
saving of $4,000 year for the
state by abolishing Mr.. Lakin's DO
sition on the Board of Control since
he has gone on record as stating
that Mr.. Lakin's services are not
required and that it is not rieces-
sary to pay him to keep him on the
Job
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-09-26
WHY YOU SHOULD ELECT BEA-
VERS.
To Congress Instead of Hughes in
This District.

his D1Stf1cI.
: A tariff law can only be changed
by an act of Congress and any bill
amending the tariff law must orig
mate in the House of Representa-
tives. If the voters desire any
change made in any tariff law it is
clearly their duty to see that rep
resentatives are sent to Congress
who will represent their views and
act accordingly. No voter for ex-
ample who desires to see the tariff
duties reduced could consistently
vote for high tariff candidate for
Congress. The Progressive plat \
form says: 1--WE condemn the Payne
Aldrich bill as unjust to the peo-
pie The Republican organization
is in the hands of those who have
Keep, the promise OF necessary re-
vision downward" James A..
Hughes was nominated for Congress
on a platform which is reactionary
throughout and contains the follow
ing tariff plank, THE Republican
tariff policy has been of the great
ess tenefit to the country, develop
ing our resources, diversifying our
industries and protecting our work
men against competition with
cheaper labor abroad, thus estab-
fishing for our wage earners the
American standard of living"
1t is upon this latter platform
that Mr.. Hughes stands as he is a
supporter of President Taft and ia
yors the platform of the Republi-
can or Re-actionary party. The
Progressive platform which con-
dennis the fayne-Aldrich bill and
says the Republicans cannot again
he trusted to keep any pvonise Us
to downward revision of the tariff
I Is entirely contrary to the platform
on which the Republican candidate
stands and differs so materially
from the Progressive idea of what
should be done with the tariff al
expressed in the Progressive plat.
| form that it would seem that nc
Progressive could consistently vote
for candidate standing upon this
platform.
| If the Progressives want the tar
/ iff reduced and declare in theil
platform that the Republicans can
not again be trusted to- reduce it
there Is but one thing left for then
to do, and that is to vote for can
didate for Congress who is known
to be in favor of tariff reduction
and this candidate will be found up
on the Democratic ticket in thu
person of James F. Beavers.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-09-26
THOMPSON ON THE AMEND
MENT QUESTION.
Will Administer the Law as an
Honest Man.

Honest Man.
! Asserting that his personal views
as to the merits of the prohibition
amendment are of no public eonse-
quence, but that the people have a
right to inquire as to what his of
fetal attitude would be toward it if
he were elected, William r. Thomp-
son, Democratic nominee for Gov
ernor, has made known his position
in no uncertain terms. The state
ment as to his attitude on the p>o-
hibitiop amendment was made in
every one of Mr. Thompson's speech
es last week. At Elizabeth in his
speech last Saturday he said:
81 have received many letters
from many parts of the State as to
my position on the prohibition
amendment. This is the second
time this amendment has been sub
mitted to the voters of this State
and each time 1t has been submitted
by Democratic legislature. The
Democratic party has always be-
lieved and believes now that the
people should rule; and whenever
reasonable number of citizens OF
the State ask for an opportunity to
vote upon any vital question, that
opportunity should be given to them.
This is a social and moral question
and one vitality affecting every citi-
zen Of the State. 1t should there
fore be passed upon free from any
entanglem and divorced from all
questions which might distract the
attention of the voters from the
moral question involved. For. that
reason the Democratic party has
made no declaration on this sub
iect in its platform. As the candi-
date Of that party, l have no au-
thority to add or detract from the
platform of the convention which
OF this question are not of import
ance and could not affect the deter
of the question one way
or the other There is one ques-
ton, however. about which every
advocate of the adoption of the
dHtHuiu6ul, dS well DIS every NOlth
in this State, has right to inquire
and to be informed, and that is,
whether or not, If elected, | would
enforce the law OF the State This
is but another way OF inquiring as
to whether or not am an honest
man. And upon this question | am
willing to stand or fall by the testi-
mony OF my neighbars and ac-
nuaintances. I do. however, say
that If sthe amendment should be
adopted and I should be elected, !
will use all honorable means to
make 1t effective and will endeavor
to the utmost of my ability to see
that every law passed in pursuance
thereof Is faithfully and honestly
executed in the spirit as we'll as in
the letter of the law"
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-09-26

checked girl. No one can imagine the
confidence have in DIR. Miles Heart
Remedy A. r. CANON, Worth. NO.
The unbounded confidence Mr..
Canon has in DIR. Miles Heart REM
edy is shared by thousands of
others who know its value from
experience. Many heart disorders
yield to treatment, if the treatment
is right. If you are bothered with
short breath, fainting spells, swell
ing of feet or ankles, pains about
the heart and shoulder blades, PAL
pitation, weak and hungry spells,
you should begin using DR.. Miles
Heart Remedy at once. Profit by
the experience of others while you
may.
Or. Miles Heart Remedy ID sold and
guaranteed BY all drugsIsts.
MILES MEDICAL CO.. ElJ<harf,YInH
4
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-09-26

lis on the map and grows more hay
to the acre than does Augusta and
very much bigger men. A venerable
and no doubt veracious, lady of
stanton insists that Woodrow
was born there. but an equally VEN
cradle and veracious lady Of Farm
Vile stands sponsor for the fact
that he first saw the light Of day at
High Hill, the home Of The late DR..
w. s. Morton. The war is on and
Cumberland will never lower its flag
or abandon any inch Of ground
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-09-26

4 The Government now has in It's
vaults gold to the amount Of ST.
221 100000 A large part of this
is in coin or bullion held against
gold certificates scattered through
the country. OF what is known as
free gold" there is in the treasury
probably 5000 900, 600. Under any
adequate banking system this free
gold" would be at the ser"ice of the
business of the country If there
We're a stress and it was decided
that the government should come to
the rescue the only means of util-
izing this hoard would be for the
Secretary of the Treasury to depos-
1t in the banks. Why should it not
be at the service Of the country al
all times?
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-09-26

Gov, wilson is receiving warm
and reassuring welcome in the West
the developments as set forth by
the special correspondents being Of
character to show that the voters
Of that section are genuinely inter
ested in the democratic candidate
for president BY way of putting a
finishing touch on this phase Of the
trip the New York Evening Posts
man writes:
Alexander F. Manning, the negro
ibodyguard, who has travelled with
every democratic presidential can
didate since 1892, and, he says, has
never lost an emmbrella de-
clared that the enthusiasm for Will
son exceeded anything he hai ever
seen before, even on William ].
Rryan's tours.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-09-26
The Birthplace Of Wilson.

The birthplace of Woodrow Will
SON may yet be the subject of Ho-
meric controversy. Was he born in
Augusta county. or Cumberland
In Virginia the county line is a
matter of prodigious Importance
such as can hardly be appreciated in
most northern states. The Appo-
mattox Times-Virginian reports:
Staunton is as mad as a March
hare at the claim of Cumberland as
being the birthplace of Woodrow
Wilson. It's amusing to watch the
squirming and they will have to
squirm, but the fact remains
Cumberland will not let go Wilson
as native. The Stanton papers
have gotten to be red in the face
and sneeringly mention Cumberland
as somewhere on the map in cen
trail Virginia." : Cumberland
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-09-26
HOLDS TEDDY FALSE CHIEF.
Prohibition Leader Denounces Pro-
gressive Claims.

Prohibition Leader Denounces Pro-
gressive Claims.
In a, speech at Wilmington, Del
Eugene w. Chain, Prohibition can
didate for president, said he had
heard reports that he had gone
over to Roosevelt"
That's not true he declared.
II am a real progressive, not hum
bug trying to paddle into Office on
ramshackle raft constructed of
good planks, bad planks and beer
kegs.
'fMr. Roosevelt, standing for some
good things, is standing for some
bad things He likewise is standing
for whole lot of things the ordi-
nary man does not suspect at all
Anyone who knows his record of
trust protection, campaign scandals,
high tariff and reactionary leader
ship will not be fooled by his sud
den out-of-office conversion to sun
dry popular measures.
Ellis position on the whiskey
question is plain. At Chicago. when
he was processing his faith and in
viting questions, someone asked
him how he stood on the liquor is
sue He fired UP at once and said
%, go to and then came pause.
Anyone who has ever watched a
man try to start balky mule knows
what the finishing word would have
been. But he thought better of it
and lamely concluded, Oh, go to a
primary school"
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-09-26

1t looks like the Republicans are
trying to drive those who became
members of the Progressive party
entirely out of the old Republican
party. If the Republicans do not
consider the Progresstves good
enough to remain in the Republic
can party as was indicated by the
removal of Mr.. Edwards from the
committee, what right have they to
ask the votes of the Progressives for
the Republican candidates?
The Republicans want nothing to
do with the Progressives yet they
would have them vote the Repmbli-
can State ticket after having been
deliberately kicked out Of the Re-
publican party. How can the
Roosevelt people do anything of the
kind?
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-09-26

The banks of the country are not
weak. They are strong. But the
banking system is weak because t.
banks may cooperate. The strength
of all the banks should be behind
each of them. When trouble comes
the banks cannot join together for
the common, defense. Each must
look out for itself. When bank
Jocks out for itself, 1t does so by
gathering in all the cash it can,
and keeping it. Then We have mon
ey stringency and panic.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-09-26

Credit is the latest ally of the
devil 1t Is the great tempter. 1t Is
responsible for half the extraya-
gance of modern life. The two
words charge it have done more
harm than any others in the LAM
guage, have led to a vast amount
of unnecessary buying. They have
developed talent for extravaganza
in our people. They have created
large and growing sisterhood and
Of dead-beats. They
have led to bankruptcy and slow
pay and bad debts. They have
raised the cost of everything we
require because the tradesman COM
pels US to pay his uncollected ac-
counts They are added to your
bills and mine. Irving Bachel-
Ter, in Charge It,
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-09-26
Postmaster-General Hitehcoex

Postmaster-Gener Hitchcock is
prepared to establish t limited free
delivery service at post-of'iees Of
the second and third class. The ex-
periments will effect deliveries to
nearly 90,000.0o0 now obliged to
call at the local post-offices for their
mail An appropriation of 800.
600 was made by Congress for ex-
detrimental free deliveries in small
communities, the amount to. be ey-
pended at any one Office not to ex-
coed $500 a year. Delivery by car
rer is now confined to places having
"a population of 10 900 or more.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-09-26
Why the Bulldog?

Waitah." said Colonel Clay, as
he glanced around the dining room
OF the big hotel, you all kin bring
me a Kentucky breakfast"
"And what is that. sir?" asked
the waiter
Bring me. big steak a bulldog
and quart of bourbon whiskey."
But why do you order a bull
dog? asked the waiter,
ITO eat the steak, suh." replied
the colonel.-Augusta Herald.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-09-26

Both as to number of vessels and
weight of guns. the Atlantic feet
which mobilizes in New York har-
Dor. beginning October IL, will sur
pass the German feet which Emper-
or William Monday reviewed off
Heliogoland in the North sea. OF
the 1872 American ships to be mob
ilized next month, "a are battle
ships, as against 20 German battle
ships assembled Monday in the
German review.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-09-26

A COW owned by a Pennsylvania
farmer bears the silhouet Of a hui
man head and shoulders. The like
ness is said to be remarkable, and.
what is more remarkable, is said to
be that of Mark Twain, who died
the day the animal was born. A
photograph shows certainly per-
feet silhouet, ut the resemblance
to Mark Twain is largely a matter
of the imagination.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-09-26

1t is hardly necessary for us or
anybody else to boost Williamson at
this time The town is boosting it's
own self with the great development
that is in progress hereabouts. We
have the greatest industrial prog
ress known in the State with peace
full surroundings and contentment
in every quarter.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-09-26

The. only way for the Bull Moos-
ers Of this State to vindieate their
principles is to vote the Democratic
ticket. The Democratic ticket is
the nearest like their Progressive
ideas of anything in sight.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-09-26

Independent Republicans and Bull
Moosers should have no hesitancy
in voting the Democratic ticket this
year When they do this they will
rebuke Taft and Roosevelt for the
conditions they have both brought
upon the masses in this State.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-09-26

BIedsoe speak at Pennsboro, West
Union, Weston. Buckhannon, Phil
ippi, Belington, Huttonsyille and
Elkins, reaching the latter place for
Saturday night.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-09-26

The grand jury summoned in the
johnson lynching case in Mercer
county found no indictments and
adjourned to the next term of the
criminal court Probably that was
the best thing to do.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-09-26

They certainly kicked Mr.. Edwards
out of the Republican party with a
hard thump. Maybe it is better for
him that he is out Now if he will
come out under his true colors and
drop the State Republican machine,
he will stand in clearer light be-
fore the people.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-09-26

bed near a window
20 she could get
her breath. One
doctor said. Poor
child, she is likely
to fall dead any
time A friend
told me DIR. Miles
Heart Remedy had
cured her father,
SO / tried 1t, and
she began to im-
prove. She took
a great many bot
ties. but she u
spared to me to-
dav a fat ro4y
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-09-26

William ]. Bryan has written to
the democratic headquarters in
New York city to say that Gov Will
sons reputation of James Smith,
Jr., as the democratic candidate for
United States senator from New
Jersey was the. brayest thing a
candidate for the presidency ever
did"
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-09-26

Roosevelt's running mate got the
name of Hungry Hi' because when
charged with accepting a retainer
from pat" Calhoun he said "One
u INST eat. Philadelphia Record.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-09-26

II Colonel Roosevelt had hit the
trusts one-tenth as hard while Pres
ident as he has while seeking a
third term, there would not DE a
trust breathing today. -Kfrksville
(Mo.) Democrat.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-09-26
Roosevelt Saws.

at has been said: oh, we'll, Of
course. this is bad, but you should
stay in the party and reform it,"
The only way you can reform that
kind Of men is with club"
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Read this paper for the news.
Subscribe for your county paper.
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Heart Disease Almost
Fatal to Young Girl

MY daughter, when thirteen years
old, was stricken with heart trouble.
She was so bad We had to place her
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-09-26
JUDICIAL.

For Judge of 22d Judicial District:
CHARLES II. JONES,
of Mingo County.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-09-26
FOR SALE.

A two story residence in East
Williamson, near to business, will be
sold cheap for cash If you want to
procure home; now is your OPP
portunity. Reason for selling l am
going east. Write to or call on
SAM CALIGIURI,
Box 1876. Williamson w. Va.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-09-26
MINGO COUNTY TICKET.

MINGU COUNTY TT NET.
For Prosecuting Attorney:
S. d. Stokes,
For the Legislature:
HI WILLIAMSON.
For Sheriff:
LEE CURRY.
For Assessor:
ROBERT L. HARRIS.
For Member of County Court:
WILLIAM T. MEADE.