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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-08-29
PRETTY WEDDING
AT BELLAIRE
TODAY WILL BE INTERESTING
SOCIAL EVENT,
Robinson-MecieiIand Nuptials TO BE
Celebrsted-6enerai Social
Notes.

oG
Celebrated-cenerai Social
Notes.
A wedding OF more than usual inter.
est VIII De solemnized this afternoon
s.< O'Clock at the home OF Dr. and
MIS-. j.. =. McClelland OF Belmont
street. Bellaire. when their daughter.
Mss Blanche. becomes the bride of
MI. III. Robinson Of Martins Ferry.
Inc ceremony will be performed By
rev. j. NJ. Potter. pastor OF the Vance
memorial church at Woodsdale. and
VIII De witnessed by only the Intimate
friends and immediate relatives OF the
young people. Mrs. Kline Jordan of
Mars. Pa. will be matron OF honor and
MI. Ross Robinson. a brother OF the
groom Will act as best man. Mrs
John Bayne of this city will preside
NJ h piano.
The house has been prettily dec.
DRAFTED FOR the occasion. the colors,
PINK and white predominating. The
ceremony VIII be prettily arranged.
I'M evening the newly-wedded con.
pie VIII leave on an extended weddInr
tour. which will include many noin,s
or interest about the lakes. They will
De at home TO their many friends
aiter october !. In a handsomely fur
hisned residence at Martins Ferry.
botn Young people are prominent
MISS McClelland is a beautiful and ac
complished wound lady. and n mn
stefan OF unusual ability. Mr.. Robin
Is a ~well-known Newspaper man
neing editor OF the Ohio Valley Nev,
at Martins Ferry.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-08-29

sever visitors who are guests in the
city. Many interesting diversions
were enjoyed during the evening and
at a conventional hour a dainty lunch.
con was served.
The party was made up OF:
Misses: Nell Heedy.
virginia Tancill. Marie Shields.
OF 81. Louis Mo. Nell
Mildred Hitchcock. Marie Rarth.
Philadelphia. Pa Messrs:
Clara Patterson. wiifred Booher.
AlIianee. o.. Henry Compton.
iteoecca Sately. LLOYD Arnol
c~oNlngton. Ky. william White.
ireie Ienrtott. Ben Peabody.
1oiedo. o Byron Henderson.
agnes hraddock. MILFORD mmOn
Loretta Mouriot. Ralph Williams.
ANNA Mourfot. Harry McCamic,
Anna Garrison. OF wellsburg.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-08-29

In the nature Of a lawn party. at her
home on South Chapiine street. The
lawn was beautifully decorated and
Illuminated with Japanese lanterns.
and after a pleasant evening. refresh
ments were served. Those in the
party were: Misses Catherine Gill.
gan. Virginia Wingertcr. Elsie Col.
mar. Charlotte Henry. Minnie Beneke,
Emma Snyder. Stella Stab. Margaret
Gilligan. Olga Colmar. Carrie Zoeck.
Ter. Mary Welty. Laura Becker. Ger.
trude Stauver. Theresa Stauver. Der.
tie kleiner: Messrs. George Kraatz.
w. s. Miller. Edward Weidebusch.
Tom Garden. Harry Smith. Pat Ober-
man. William Blair. William Beneke.
Harry Miller. Carl S~catterday. Jack
F~rissel'. John Zoeckler. Clarence
Luiz. Otto Wagner.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-08-29

Miss Helen Cornelius OF WellShurg'
a party Of about eighty at the Hud-
son House in W~ellsburR asst evening
in honor Of Miss Belle McCill. a Sept
ember bride TO be.
The AFFAIR was very elaborate and
many out OF town guests We're present.
\ -four course -nner IA served and
music was furnished BY Kemp's or
chestra.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-08-29
Engagement Announced.

At a prettily arranged party given
Tuesday evening by Misses Myrtle
and Stella Stab. of South Chapline
street. the engagement OF their sis.
ter. Miss Elsie Stab. to Mr.. Robert
Williams was announced. The wed.
ding will occur the latter part OF next
month. Both young people are prom.
inent. The guests at the affair Tues.
day evening were Misses Margaret
Rietz. Ida Fette. Bertha Acker. Lena
Frohme. Clementine Bell. Clara
Friedrichs. Theresa Anderson. Minnie
Niebergall Cora Davis. Minnie Kloke.
Alice Snodgrass. Louisa Friedrichs.
Bess Hood. Myrtle and Stella Staib.
Mrs. John Cunningham and Miss Min
ME Hart. of Cambridge. o., and Miss
Vile.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-08-29
NJ orrls-Smith.

Al the home OF the brides parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Morris. OF Grav-
ell Hill. Wednesday afternoon. oc-
Cured the marriage OF their daughter
Miss Nettie. to Mr.. Albert Smith. OF
Messiah. n. Y. formerly employed at
h Carnegie Steel Company OF Bel
laire. The ceremony vas performed
at 4 o'clock by Rev. w. p. McCor-
mack. pastor OF the United Presbyte.
rian church of Bellaire. After an
elaborate wedding supper the young
couple left on an extended wedding
trip and will reside IN Messiah. n.
Y. The bride 70 one OF the most prom.
inent young people OF the vicinity in
which she lives. while Mr.. Smith is
also well known inc has a large cir
Gle OF friends In this city.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-08-29
To Give Supper.

Team No. 2 OF Christ Lutheran
church. Mozart Hin. will give a sup
per from 5 TO s O'Clock this evening
n the Sunday school rooms OF the
church. Everybody invited.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-08-29

Entertained For Visitors.
MISS Marie Barth most delightfully."-
entertained Wednesday evening ar her
nome in Moundsville, complinetarv >,
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-08-29

Surprise yourself by trying Smoky
City Laundry Flakes. Perfumed Starch
Tablets free. Ash your grocer. sc.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-23
Widow of Murdered Man Talks of the Sorrows Brought Upon Her O'NEAL GOES OVER ENTIRE SITUATION
 
 Visits Scene of Assassination and Confers With Citizens-AstOund- ing Developments in Case
 Have Been Tinted At

With barred head, Gov Emmet O'Neal stood in the presence of Mrs Felix J. FL lard whose husband was assassinated last Monday at her modest farm home three miles from Lewsburg yesterday and condoled with her over the tragedies that have bowed her in grief and whitened her hair
 Ho promised that every power within the means of the great state of Alabama would be eXerted to bring. to justice the murderer of her husband. Governor o'Neal, with Sheriff Walter k McAdory. George H. Bodeker, chief of police of Bir- ningham, and Walter l.. Metcalf, the sheriff's right hand man, braved the ele- ments yesterday morning and paid a visit through the bloody beat which has stirred this community with it's reign of lawless- ness. They went from Birmingham to Lewisburg, turned to the left, travelled the horse shoe bend on "Ellard" road past Walker chapel to the Elard home and on to Coalburg.
 The visit of Governor ONeal, accom- panied by the three prominent officers. lent additional encouraging interest to the hope of every law abiding citizen in Lewlsburg that something would be done at once to put an end to the reign Of lawlessness that has been rampant in that
 . ,.,,,,,,,,itxy fa,. many months
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-23
AT THE HOTELS

J.. B. Hooper of Oakman is registered at the Metropolitan.
 T. Fl. Williams of TallaLcga is stopping at the Metropolitan.
 r c. Edmonds of York is at the Metro poltan.
 o. w. Julian of Tuseumbia Is registered at the Morris.
 J. C. Billings of Marvel is at the Morris. V. B. Atkins of Selma is stopping at the Morris
 G. B. Heitt of New Orleans is at the Florence.
 J. ". Mallory of Anniston Is registered at the Florence.
 P J. Hopkins of Clanton is at the Flor ence.
 r. J. Brnkmeyer of New orleans is reg istered at the 1Tilman
 ]. w. Shepard of Berry is stopping at the Hilman
 E. S. Mitchell of Atlanta is among the arrivals at the Hllman.
 j. W. Jenkins of Louisville, Ky, is reg istered at the Birmingham
 o. S. ThaSkelton of Cleveland, O., is registered at the Birmingham.
 T E. Pagan of Atlanta is among those registered at the Birmingham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-23
LIFE THREATENED
 BECAUSE OF ACTIVITY

Since undertaking the work of doing all 1 could to maintain law and order in Beat 2, my life has been frequentlv threatened, but feel 1t my duty 10 do all within my power to restore peace and safety to the community in which my home Is located While l realize some cowardy assassin may yet shoot me from behind still 1 must refuse 10 let gang of such desperadoes run me from the home 1 have worked and paid for, and away from loyal friends whom l can as- sist.
 ''1t has been falsely said that my wife whom I placed in the hospital for the in- sane al Tuscaloosa was not insane. but such false and malicious statements will clan Of the hospital at Tuscaloosa. and Dr. Blair of Coalburg, where resided for eight Nears and where my home still is located. My unfortunate wife and | are the parents of three children, all boys, and aged F. and years, respec- lively. II has been erroneously and false ly said they were in the Orphans home. bur since being deprived of the loving, terder care of their devoted mother. I have placed them in a school in Mo bile, where they receive the best of care.
 Tn conclusion I must say, regardless of threats and all else, I shall to the best of my knowledge and ability do my duty as every good citizen should so that fin ally Beat 22 will no longer he famous and infamous as Bloody Beat 22,' but will be known as peaceful Beat %, where peace and happiness reign. Very respectfully, "T. A. DUNCAN"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-23

has been done SO far is but a sample of what Is to follow,
 While 1 am in jail today. and at the same time feeling good, even though the bill of fare at this hotel is hardly equal to that of the Hotel Hillman. yet no one can justly complain as 10 it's quality or quantity, and l feel l will be freed to- morrow.
 T feel satisfied that the sheriffs force is doing it's full duty. Deputy Sheriff Henry Cole has been an especially hard worker in the interest of the people of Beat % and they should never forget his services which have been of great value.
 The gang, whose ringleaders I have caused 10 be put in jail, has been well and strongly organized. For q number of years this gang of outlaws has been running the beat. and law abiding citi- zens have been in fear Many people both black and white, have been forced through fear of these outlaws, 10 move away to places where they felt their lives and families would he safe. This gang was so well organized that when a mem be- was arrested such false testimony was produced in establishing an aibi as to secure his freedom. In fact, they often Joked of what they called their swearing machine and 1t has been my good for tune to put a sprag into same. Now the swearing machine will go to pieces, as it's engineers are in jail.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-23

Declaring that the ringleaders of the lawless element of Beat % are now in jail, and that he was determined to pur- sue them until they had been punished Teck A. Duncan, arrested in connection with the assassination of Felix J. El- lard last Monday, broke the silence that has been maintained by the men arrested by issuing a formal signed statement yes terday.
 In his statement Duncan refers to the gang as being imprisoned and repeat edlv asserts that his life has been more than once in the balance on account oi his constant opposition to the gang lie eaid yesterday that he did not want 'o he nhotographed with the gang Tn tne JsI,, as he called them did not want ms plo,saS p,ss in appear with their pictures ana auuee that they had threatened to stap ms ss ont, if he ever came in reach'' ror lla' reason when his statement was takeh Ses- terday he declined to stay In the roo,ns iaiI yard with another one of those a rested in connection with the recent hiii- i,,c. ;r Reat %
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-23
HALPIN TO TAKE
 CHARGE OF WORK
Salvation Army Will Extend Well come to New Officers at Hall
 Tomorrow Night

Adit William Halpin of the Salvation Army, who has been appointed as di- visional secretary of the gulf division, VIII take charge of the division head quarters. Clarke building, Twentieth street, and all the affairs of the division. The adiutant and Mrs. Halpin with En- Voy and Mrs Ferguson and Envoy Black stack will be given a welcome to Brming- ham by the local corps and a number of officers who are working in other branches of the Salvation Army in this city
 , experience. The welcome meeting will be )oorGucted in the Salvation Army hall on Twentieth street, 2l6 Clarke building, OH March 2l s p. m. Friends are invited
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-23
Building Permits

Building Inspector w. O. Mathews is- sued the following permits yesterday morning:
 s2500-To R. P McDavid for a one story brick building at Fourth avenue and Seventeenth street, north.
 Sl20o-To Charles Mayer for a one story frame building at Woodlawn at Cedar sta- ton.
 s2o00-To the East Birmingham Fertilizer company for repairs on their building in East Birmingham.
 sl030-To F. M. Savage for one story frame building at ll05 North Lawn street. s250o-To DIV. C. Yarbrought for two story frame building at 13ll South Cullum street.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-23
FIVE MEN NOW IN JAIL
 TN LEWISBURG AFFAIR

Five men arc now in the Jefferson county jail awaiting the outcome of the coroneYs inquest ,his morning. They are. in the order of their ar rest, Teck. A. Duncan. l. F. Coker, H.. J. Arnold, Henry Burford and Jim Put nam. They are all hopeful that they will be "weeded out at the inquest which promises to be a rigid one.
 Putnam, the last man arrested, was taken into custody Thursday night at Dolomite and was brought to the city. The fact that he was arrested WAS kept secret. however, until yesterday morning about II o'clock. owing to work the officers had to do on the case Much optimism was heard throughout The city yesterday regard Ing the case. inasmuch as Governor
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-23
BURDENS NOT GREATER
 THAN CHILDREN GAN BEAR

"You know He promised not to make the burden of His children greater than they could bear. l am trusting that my sorrows will not be any greater than they are now l thought before all this came upon me that l knew what the sorrows or others were l know now that 1t could not be- No one can realize the oVerpoWer- ing sorrow and the heartache that mas been mine during the past few weeks.
 My eldest son. you know, was killed on a Sunday, and brought home corpse having left only a very short time be- fore Then followed reign of appre- heDsion and misery simply indescribable. Then. Monday night they brought home my husband, the victim of an assassin bullet. Last Sunday was my husband birthday He was 51 years of age. He was killed on the very next day. We held a. little celebration on his birthday. He was murdered the day following" Mrs Ellard, can't you furnish some in- formations to the officers about this kill ing? Surely you must have some idea who assassnated your husband?' she was asked.
 NO, I cannot" she replied. "I have opinions. of course. They filter through my mind sometimes. but I have absolutely no reason for them. I have told what l suspected to the officers, and l hope they catch the man.
 Mrs Ellard, Gov. Emmett ONeal is here, and he says that every power in the possession of the state will be used to apprehend these people," she was in- formed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-23
GOVERNOR GOES OVER
 THE WHOLE SITUATION

The governor was made familiar with the territory. He spoke with im- plossiveness about the. rough and wild country and spoke feelngly when toll that the widow of the man slain and the mother of another man slain was waiting, hoping and watching for some thing to be done.
 Mrs Ellard, whose husband fell by an assassin's bullet last Monday, was seen yesterday at her home surrounded by friends and others, bowed down with grief. Her son was killed only few months ago, and it is believed that II was in an effort to avenge the death or the son that the elder Ellard lost his lie. She said that her only hope was m God, and quoted: His love sustaineth me-
 Ihe murmuring of that scriptural quo tatfon from the mouth of the lonely widow whose weight of sorrow must be almost overpowering sounded as the lingering hope of a most faithful Christian,
 T have only God to look to now, she told an Age-Herald reporter, while she gazed over a knoll to an apple orchard bursting forth into spring blooms.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-23
Petition States 1t Cannot Continue at the Rates
 Now in Force
FULENWIDER MAKES
 FORMAL STATEMENT
Colonel Gentry of Bell Company Says He Has Nothing to Do With Any Action Taken by the
 Peoples Company

What may prove the beginning of the end of two telephone companies here was a petition filed yesterday before the city commission on behalf of the Peoples Telephone company that the franchises of that corporation be an nulled.
 The petition was filed on behalf of the Peoples Telephone company by Walker Percy, general counsel, and will he acted upon next Tuesday. Officials of the Peoples company announced that the business of operating the lndepend- ent line was unprofitable, and unless a great deal more money Is invested in the business further losses will be sus- talned In the petition 1t is set forth that the lack of long distance lines prevents the earning power of the com pany from becoming greater and that as an application for an increase of local rates would be unwise the com pany must cease operations May 1 is set for the time of cessation.
 Col. W. T. Gentry, president of the Southern Bell company, 10 which com pany the citizens would turn for tele- phone service if the Peoples were to go out of business, was here yester- day and gave out this statement
 "The Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph company has absolutely no agreement, implied, expressed or direct, or any understanding, verbal or other wise, with the Peoples Home Telephone and Telegraph company for the aequi- sition of that companys physical prop critics. We have no official advice that the company intends to cease op- eratlons.
 T have no hesitation in saying, how ever, in this connection that if the Peoples Telephone company does cease operations the Bell companys estab- lished policy to acquire telephone would lead our company into looking to the acquire ment of the Peoples telephone physical holdings"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-23
SIGNED STATEMENT
 IS ISSUED BY DUNCAN
he statement of Duncan follows:

"1Ounty Jdll'
 birmingham, March 22' lsl-. "As inc public interest is now cen'ereu oo Reat 22. which has become famous and infamous as Bloody Beat NO. ~ write a few lines that the unihiorileu public may be enlightened o- years ago, and while a child moved to Greenvilie county, South Carolina rom whence moved to Jefferson county Ala- bama. in 1895, and located at GriihestoMn, n in Beat 2s, which is 15 miles nortnWese of Birmingham; was married while llVihg there. In 1903 l removed to Coaiourg' where I resided until last November, when the anarchistic crowd nave causeu ls'1,l to be placed in jail ran me away thious II fear of my childpen's safety.
 .I do not deny that l am the man "ho has caused the rngleaders of the gang u be placed where they cannot harm any one. I worked hard to run down the gang which had been creating reign of blood and terror in Beat 22.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-23
TRYING TO PUT AN
 END TO LAWLESSNESS

well, l hope that he finds them," she replied. You know 1t is mighty hard to sit here and think that my husband was shot down in the most cowardly manner and no one has been found that knows anything about it. My husband was try inc his best to find out about this lawless- ness and put an end to. it. His reward was brutal assassination while returning
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-23

ONeal has taken a personal hand in it. Many seem to think that now a cessation of hostilities, so to speak, Is in order in regard to the Lewisburg carnival of crime.
 None of the officials working on ths case N i'll talk for publication.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-23
Strike Fever Spread;np

Pragu. Bohemia, March 22.-rhe feel ing in favor of strike among Ihs strikers Of Bohemia is spreading. espe- cially in the mining region of Bruix, where work is 10 be suspended Monday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-23
Cattlemen to Meet in Fl paso

Fort Worth. March H.-E1 Paso was decided upon as the next meeting place of the Cattle Rasers' association of Texas at the closing session of the as- sociation here
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-23
Marriage License

The following marriage license was is- sued at the probate office yesterday;
 David 0. stanfll of Selma to Miss Bes- sic F. Loekhart.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-23
Gen. John w. Noble Dead

St Louis, March 22.-Gen. John W. Noble, who was Secretary of the Interior in President HarrIson's cabinet, died here tooay. He had been sick 30 days.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-23

"BIRMTNGHAM sPECIAL,' THE NEW YOR< TRAIN. ONE HOUR QUICKEST
 TIME. LEAVES 9;30 A. M. SOUTHERN RAILWAls
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-23
Fulenwider's Statement

President A l.. Fulenwider of the Peoples Telephone company said yes terday that his company al time intended to add electric lighting service to the telephone service, in an effort to recuperate telephone losses, bttt that such a scheme was now out of the question, hence the desire of the man agement to annu the franchises. In explanation he gave out this official statement:
 When my associates and myself bought the Peoples Home Telephone company we had intended to add an other line Of business, that of electric lighting. However we find that this would entail a much larger outlay of additional capital than we care to in- vest and in addition competition would probably be so keen that we would not be justified in making so large an in Yestment.
 "The telephone business itself Is not profitable to us. IL would require at least s250.000 additional capital to cover The territory adequately, and with the low rates that we obtain for service such an addition would clear y not he profitable.
 "A telephone plant practically wears out every 10 years, requiring installa- tion of a great deal of new equipment. TO maintain plant under such condi- tions would cost more than we could afford to invest
 Tn addition. we believe that the peo- pie of Birmingham do not want two tel ephone systems. They have shown this clearly by their lack of patronage of the Peoples company Apparently they agree with Comm issoner Lane-that the tele- phone is a natural monopoly
 Our attorneys, after spending great deal of time and study on the proposition. believe that the course we have outlined Is well within the provisions of the con stltution of the state on the subject.
 We have every reason to believe that our petition will be granted as all three commissioners have more than once ex- pressed their desire to see the telephone systems unite. if 1t could be done le-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-23
LESS BOLD MEMBERS
 ARE STILL AT LARGE

sWblle I hope there will be no more murders commmitted in Beat 22 as the gangs ringleaders are now behind the bars. vet a number of less bold mem bers are yet at large. l feel the puolc has nothing to fear from them, as they lack the nerve of their leaders. l have evidence to convict these lesser mem hers of a number of non-capital fel- onies. and that fact is sufficient to fright en and deter them from committing fur ther offenses since deprived of their lead CTS.
 Among the offenses they have been re- peatedly guilty Nof is buying old. broken down mules for practically nothing, put ting new shoes on them and then causing them to be killed by locomotives on the Southern and Louisville and Nashville railroads. afterward making false claims as to value, for they claimed 10 have col lected s150 to s200 for said aged and de- crepit mules. Then they also broke into magazines and storehouses. from which they stole powder. dynamite and shoes, which they pedded around the country. They even wore some of the shoes, but took the precaution to cut out and off all marks.