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Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-05-08
sTRIkEs At NoRRIsToWN.

Norristown, Pa, April SU-Tne
strikes in this city and vicinity in
volve iron and steel companies 0ne
wooden mill at Bridgeport and the Gas
and Electric Company at Conshohock-
en-. The strikers are nearly all fof-
eigners but American Workmen al u,
also affected. Az the wooden mill,
where 1900 people are on str1Ke, ene
company has offered 10 per cent IN
crease in all departments but the
strikers are holding out for ~ per
cent increase.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-05-08
...SUPPOSE.

/ Suppose you were doing business
among very simple-minded but indus
trious people inhabiting rich country.
Suppose you took advantage of their
simple minds by stuffing them, with
stories about the benefit of dealing ex-
clusively with you. Suppose you sue
ceeded SO well in bambooZling them
that they would actually levy high pro-
tective tariff duties to prevent anyone
else from selling to them. Wouldn't
that make you feel good?
Suppose they were SO extremely
simple-minded that they would take
fright at most absurd stories you would
tell them of the awful consequences
to follow removal or the tariff or even
from thinking about removing it. Sup
pose you were able to keep them in
this terror stricken condition for
years, so that they meekly permitted
you to pick their pockets, believing
some dreadful harm was being kept
away thereby. Suppose as a result
you found yourself growing richer and
richer, while most of your dupes could
only live from and to mouth. Wouldn't
you laugh in your sleeve at the poor
fools?
But suppose that when everything
seemed lovely from your point of view,
some pestiferous busybodies came
along, caught on to your game and
started to put the simple-minded people
wise. Wouldn't you howl? Wouldn't
you start to weave new fairy tales in
which you would represent the busy
bodies as horribly wicked persons plan
ming to calimisly destroy the simple
minded ones? Wouldn't you try to
feign Indifference regarding yourself,
but pretend to be much concerned over
possible consequences to the simple
minded ones? Wouldn't you loudly
warn your dupes against listening to
the busybodies?
Suppose the busybodies finally sue
ceeded in instilling enough wisdom in
realize how you had fooled them. Sup
to some of the simple minds to let them
pose you noticed the number of those
getting wise increased from day to day.
Wouldn't you get scared? Wouldn't
you tremble lest your graft be stopped?
Wouldn't the prospect of getting no
thing more that you did not earn be
terrible to contemplate? Wouldn't you
get desperate and shrek out your
blood-curdling fairy tale predictions
more loudly than ever?
Suppose enough of the simple mind
ed ones became impressed by what the
busybodies said to be able to make
some cuts in the high tariff. Suppose
they actually started to do this.
Wouldn't that make you frantic?
Wouldn't you long for something to
happen lire the eclipse that enabled
Columbus to scare the Indians?
Wouldn't you try to frame up some bo-
gus evidence of the fulfillment OF your
doleful prophecies?
Just put yourself in the place of any
protected monopofist and see if you
would not do this very thing. Even if
the pending tariff bill did deal tender
~ with your particular graft of even if
your privilege was one ont founded on
the tariff you would be scared just the
same. You would be afraid lest the re-
form would not stop with wiping out
/ the graft of a few; you would dread
| the educational erect of the slightest
Istep in the direction of free trade and
1.-THE single tax. Unless you are one
lof those who win not uphold evils from
which you profit, You would resort to
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all the mendacious, deceptive and fran
tic methods which men like Nathan
EolwalI. William Wood and other bene-
f1ciaries of tariff robbery the now en-
ploying.
But that is no reason why you snouio
let them fool you any longer.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-05-08
FULTON.

NrlUNAL PINE CAFE-Traveler
SEphlied Everyt hing LIST class House
neatly rented Your patronage solicit.
81 A Smaltxer. Prop.
SANK OF FULTON-"The Bank Where
Money Crows" w. II. NicholR. Proat
Otto Sekenk Vice Prest H W. Camp.
nell Cashier Directorsi Otto Schenk
B Irvine. Louis Sax. NJ Friesmuth
Henry l. Roth. Geo Zoeckler. ". 3
H"Se, Jr " H Nichols. G. D.t Bonar
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-05-08
Want Shorter Hours

Toledo, Ohio, April 3o.-The machin-
fsts and handy men at the Warner Man
ufacturing Company's plant are on
strike because the concern refused to
reduce the hours Of labor from ten to
nine. There are about ITS involved
While strike breakers are being
brought in. yet there is being great DIFF
ficulty experienced in getting men to
take the places Of the strikers.
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Get Shorter Day

Portland, Ore, April 3O.-After many
years of continuous effort the Meat
Cutters Union has secured the clos
ing of nearly all meat markets of this
city at s O'Clock p. m. All the leading
markets, including several nonunion
houses, are now closing promptly at
the hour mentioned.
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THE M1AJORITY PRINTERY can print
anything FROM the size 81 ! nosta1e
.5ss to the side 81 houss-m6ro &
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-05-08

s.lseril. = .hs Majority.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-05-08

Paronlas. 1As advartlIsr. q 81.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-05-08

rE0PLEs CAFE-up- to-Date Union
5000 Union Wines, Liquors and Cigars
OF the Best Sax Bros, Fulton.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-20

will John w. Cobb. who sent part,.
of the Cobb genealogy, send his adj
dress to William II. Cobb. Eikins, W.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-20
SECOND VIRGINIA CAVALRY.

irving Whitehead began tho second
paper on the war record OF the Second
virginia Cavalry at tho regular meet
ing Oh the kirkwood-Otey Chapter, L.
ID. q. yesterday at the home OF Mrs
d. c. jackson. He began by stating
mat the cavalry was allowed a short
period OF rest after they had returned
from the Chambersburg raid, that hos
tiiities began on tho morning of Oc-
tooer 10. 1852. by the advance OF two
feocral columns. one under General
fiumphr!es from Shepherdstown to
Smlthheld, and the other under Han
cock from Harper's Ferry to Charles
town. An account OF the cavalry
operations from this time to the battle
of keileyvjlie was gone into. includ-
Ing the engagement near tho village OF
occoquan. where Lieutenant Colonel
). '" Watts, in command of one SQUAD
ron of the Second Virginia Cavalry.
met and routed a full regiment OF
pennsylvania cavalry. driving them
BACK TWO miles, killing and capturing
great number OF them In this fight
coioheI Watts received q yunshot
N''' "'''NH temporarily disabled
him.
The speaker next took up the battle
OF kelieyville. giving II detailed ac-
count OF this engagement and stated
mat Fitz Lee. in command OF 500
Cohtedcrate horscmcn. met and defeat
ed General Averill. who had not less
than $500 men and six pieces OF ar
uilery. Tie fiShtisg wEI described as
severe, and the Federais were driven
back across the Rappahannock. The
battle of charlottesville WAS then
considered and discussed at consider
able length, Mr. Whitehead stating that
he wished TO straighten uu: much
mooted subject, to-wit the position
occupied By the Second Virginia Cav
airy during the movement OF Jackson's
command around the Federal right
rear. lie said that. as Jackson's army
moved forward. the Second Virginia
Cavalry rode at Its head, and quoted
from a letter from General Munford
in which the latter said: My regiment
WIS all the cavalry Jackson required -
Mr.. Whitehead then stated that Jack
son prefexred Munford and the Second
Virginia Cavalry for tho delicate work
Of acting as advance guard OF his
command because Munford and some
Virginia Cavalry were. V Vi l. men,
and personally known to jackson. who
said to General Munford: The Vir-
ginia Military Institute Will be heard
from to day" These memorable words
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are OIL the Ezekiel statue OF Jackson
ut the V. NJ 1.
Mr.. Whitehead next gave a descrip-
ton OF tho battles OF Fleetwood or
Brandy Station. Aide, the cavalry fight
at Rummels barn. near Gettysburg,
told of the deNat and stampede OF the
Federal cavalry. which has been termed
the auckland Races. gave an account
of Clusters raid on Charlottesville. and
told how Captain N. NJ. Moorman. with
three batteries OF Confederates. blurred
Custer, In command of 1900 Federal
cavalry and saved the town Of Char
lottesvllle
The Wilderness campaign was dis
cussed and an account given Of the
severe fighting on the Todd's Tavern
Road, where Wickham's cavalry bril-
gade, OF which the Second virginia
was part engaged In desperate
conflict with Federal infantry corps
and held their position until Long
street reached Spotsylvana. In this
bloody battle Henry D. Yancey. n
I.ynchourg boy. and n member OF Com
pany G. volunteered to carry the regi-
mental flag and was killed. Mr. White
head spoke OF him as "a gallant lad
The cavalry engagements at Beaver
Dam Station. In which the Fifth Squad
ron under Captain Whitehead met and
defeated full regiment OF United
State regulars was gone into. the bat
tie Of Ashland was described and an
account given of the battle OF Yellow.
Tavern. in which General j. r. B.
stuart was KILL He next gave an
account of the severe cavalry fight a;
Haws shop in which Companies II and
G had thrilling experience. being
forced. in order to prevent capture, to
run the gauntlet between two infantry
brigades of Fedcrals across an open
field, not more than a hundred yards
wide He then took up the battle OF
Trevillians and showed how Sheridan,
while on n raid, the object of which was
the destruction of Lynchburg, General
Lees reserve supply depot. was met by
Hampton. with vastly Inferior force
and defeated Thus" said Mr.. White
head. "I,ynchburg was saved, for had
not Hampton defeated him at Trevil-
lians. Sheridan would have passed on
through charlottesville, Nelson and
Amherst Counties, and once his guns
were planted on Amherst Heights
nothing could have saved the city
Hunter. with a vastly superior force.
over three times that of General Early,
only awaited tho sound OF Sheridan
guns to make tho attack. Had Sheri-
dan been i'm position Early would have
been crlese.-Lynchburg Advance.
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Ga. and 1t is thought both were re-
leased shortly afterward.
The Last OF the Sumter.


leased shortly afterward.
The Last OF the Sumter.
Meanwhile. the Florida and Alabama
we're making their famous cruises,
and. the Confederate authorities hav-
ing neither men nor money with
which to send the sumter to sea again.
determined TO sci! her. Accordingly.
despite the protests OF the Union con-
SUI. the Sumter was advertised for
sale, and sold to the highest bidder.
The Union government held the sale
invalid, and instructed all Union yes
sells to seize her If caught on the high
seas. The English merchant who
bought her was too wary for this,
however, and. with the Sumter's ira
ditional good luck, took her TO sea In
the teeth or hurricane, and, outwit-
ting the United States Ship Chippewa
on guard outside. made good mis- es-
cape TO the Thames River
Inc career of the Sumter-now
called the Gibraltar-as "A man-of- war
was not at an end: but as a merchant
steamer she continued to win fame for
serseif and her owners as one OF the
speediest ships engaged in European
trade. until she sank off the coast OF
france during "a heavy gale
Ihus was brought To "a close the
career of the famous little ship sum
ter named in honor OF the historic
fort which guards the entrance to
'harieston Iiar6or--a career that is {,
Just source of pride to all officers and
men of the navy OF this reunited coun-
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WANTED.

Hampton tGen. Wade) and His cavaiary.
Land Wc Love. Vols. ] and q. Southern
Biyoluac. First Series. Memoirs OF tho Con-
Tolerate War for independence, by Heros
Won Borcke. Address Vim. a. Vincent, SCI
THE Rookery," Chicago.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-20
THE ADVENTUROUS CRUISE
OF THE c.. S. S. SUMTER
Captain Semmes's Little Craft Speedy and Staunch
Won Name and Fame in Seas Infested With
Northern VesSelS-Her End
The First OF Its Kind.

on the iifty-seventh page. and the let
| ters, Y and Y. being blinds
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Editor Genealogical Column: az
WIN some of your readers be. so lsind.5
who married Mary, daughter OF f.Js,hs,sS
and Catherine (Pendleton) Taylor, and. Z
sister OF Catherine Taylor, VINO ma ~
penns were to John Penn, ssignef q a sss
the Declaration of Indeperd ence, nd q;
Abrnm Penn. colonel In tho ReV0su@
Roanoke. Va . 49, nv Az
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VIII you kindly insert an inquiry
for the parents and grandparents OF
John Carter Wood. who married Susan
Ciarnctt. MISS ARCLrErs' : "
Ills Leahy Avenue, Galveston, Tex:
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-06-21
OUR SATURDAY
SHORT STORY

row. must impose upon you the
ness ot huslpcss. aud ! may say
humanity or right ! spoke 60 you
about this five years ago.
but you would not listen YOU were
In hurry for coaching trip. !
think Tho subject has come up
again Tho property
"Oh. property" interrupted hin
ker. Dear MIR Oldport. think YOU
mentioned tomorrow. l4ota have
Il all at ono doso tomorrow aisnR
lures and property and snappy
rubber bands and that smelly seal.
ing.waN and all Have luncheon
With me- Well. III Try 90 rcmom-
Der 20 drop In at eleven tomorrow.
Morning
The thinker wealth was In lands,
tcnemcnts and horeditamcnts. as
tho legal phrase Coca. Lawyer Old
port had once taken Alexander In
his little pulmonary gasoline run
about 10 sec the many buildings
and rows OF buildings that he own.
ed In tho city. For Alexander was
sole heir. They had amused Blink.
or worry much Tho houses looked
so Incapable OF producing tho big
sums OF money that Lawyer Old
port kept pillng up in banks for
him 90 spend.
In the evening nllnker went 20
one OF his clubs. intending 20 dine.
Nobody was there except some old
fogies playing whist Everybody
was out Of town But hero he was
kopt In like a school boy 20 write
his name over and over on pieces
OF paper His wounds were deep
nlinker turned hls back on tho
sogies. and said TO the club stew
ard. who had come forward with
some nonsense about cold fresh
salmon roe
"symous. I'm going TO Concy
Island lie said Il as one might
say. Airs OFF. I'm going to Jump
into the river.
Tho joke pleased symons He
laughed within sixteenth OF note
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BRICkDUST ROW :: :

was n puzzled look In them, ms
though she did not understand
him
What's wrong about me meet
ing folloEs?" abe asked. wonder
ingly.
Everything he answered. al
most savagely why don't you
entertain your company In the
house whcro you liver In II
neccsaary 10 pick up Tom, Dick
aud Harry on the streetgf'
She kept her absolutely In
RenuouB eyes upon his.
n YOU could see tho place
whore live you wouldn't ask that
! ! live In Brickdust Row. They call
/ II that because there's red dust
from the bricks crumblIng over
everything I've lived there for
moro than four years There's no
place 90 receive company. You
cant havo anybody come 10 your
room. What else IL there 20 dot A
girl has got to meet men. hash I
she7"
Yes" he aaid. hoarfely. "A
girl has got 20 meet has got 20
meet the men"
The first time one spoke TO me
on the street" she continued, u
ran home and cried all night But
/ YOU get used TO II meet good
many nice fellows at church. | 10
on rainy days and stand In the
vastibule until one comes up with
an umbrella wish there was n
parlor. 80 could ask you TO call.
Mr.. Blinker-ar are you really sure II
isn't Smith. now"
The boat landed safely Blinker
had confused impression Of walk
ing with the girl through quiet
crosstown streets until she stopped
at corner and held out her hand.
Il live just one more block over.
she said Thank you for very
pleasant afternoon
Blinker muttered something and
plunged northward TN he found a
cab. A big. gray church doomed
slowly at his right. Bllnkor shook
hts fist at Il through tho window
Il gave you thousand dollars
last week" he cried under his
breath. and she meets them ia
your doors There is something
wrong, there II something wrong.
At II the next day Blinkcr
signed hts name 30 times with a
new pen provided by Lawyer Old
port.
Now LET me go 10 the woods.
he said surlily
you are not looking well" said
Lawyer Oldport. The trip will do
you good. But listen. II you will.
TO that little matter OF business OF
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Illustrated Especially for This
Newspaper by Dan Sayrc
croesbcck

Copyright Nv Doubleday rese Q co..
Rllnker was displcased 4 man
OF less culture and poiso and wealth
would have sworn. But Blinker al
ways remembered that he was u
gentleman a thing that no gentle
man should do. So he merely
looked bored while he rode tn a
hausom 70 the center OF disturb
Gnce. which was tho Broadway Of
flee OF Lawyer Oldport agent for
the Blinker estate.
4 don't see" said plinkor. why
| should always be signing con.
founded papers am packed. ana
was to have left for tho North
Woods this morning. Now ] must
wait until tomorrow. | hate night
trains. My best rarors are. OF
course, a. the bottom OF some uni.
dentifiahle trunk. II is n plot 70
drive me TO bay rum and mono
loguolng barber. Give mo a pen
that doesn't scratch. | hate pens
that scratch"
Sit down" said double-chinned.
gray Lawyer Oldport. The worst
has not been told you oh, the
rich The papers are not ready 60
sign They will Do laid before you
tomorrow al eleven You will miss
another day. Twice shall tho bar
Der tweak the helpless nose Of a
Bllnker. Re thankful that your sor'
rows do not embrace a haircut
II, said Blinker. rising. the act
did not involve moro signing OF
papers would take my business
out OF your hands al once. Give
me a cigar. please.
n" said Lawyer Oldport. u
had cared 10 see an old friends son
gulped down at one mouthful by
sharks would have ordered you
to take Il away long ago. Now,
let's quit fooling. Alexander. Be
sides the grinding task OF signing
your name some 30 times tomor'
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THE BEST STORY o. HENRY
WROTE In ALL HIS CAkFFp

brick"
blinker Interrupted him VITA
loud. disrordan' laugh. wa
Brickduat Row for an eva,
dred. he cried. And .n ~
Have ! guessed rightg" IVA
The tenants have sons
name for IT, Rald Lawyer ~. Hi
Blinfcr arose and jamrnssy wa
down 10 his eyes. ""is
DO what you pleas, with o..
said harghly. "Remodel a..
IT, raze Il ~ the ground m, N'
It's TOO late. / tell you ia M a =
It's too late. It's TOO late" =" ~
THE END.
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which ! spoke 10 you yesterday. and
also five years ago There are
some buildings, 10 In number. ~
which there are new fiyeyoar leases
70 be signed. Your father contem.
plated change IN the lease prOvi-
slonH, but never made II. IIe In
tended that the parlorg OF these
houses should not be sub-let. but
that the tenants should be allowed
70 use them for reception rooms.
These houses aro IN tho shopping
district. and are mainly tenanted
By young working girls AZ II r.
they are forced 10 seek compan-
ionship outside This row ~ red
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tell in min.te n fellow is one
who r. likely TO get fresh
What do you mean by fresh = ="
why. try 70 kiss you me. !
mean"
DO any OF them try thAt7" asked
Hllnker. clonchlng his teeth
Sure. All men do You know
that"
DO you allow thom7"
some Not many They won't
take you out anywhere unless you
do J."
She turned her head and looked
bcarchiqgly AT Blinkor. Her eyes
were as innocent as a chlld's There
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OF tho audlbillty permitted by tho
laws governing employees
Certainly. sir. he Uttered "Of
course. sir. | think can see you
Mt Conoy. Mir Thinker"
hlinker got paper and looked
NJ tho movements OF Sunday steam.
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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-01-18
BIG FIRE AT PINEWOOD.
Felder Bros Store Reduced to Ashes
boy Has Narrow Escape from
Death.

PinewOOd, Jan. 15.-This morning
at $50 o'clock Fielder Bros store was
found to be on fire and was soon in
ashes. If the wind had been blow
ing from the north or west it is
likely 1t would have Jwept the town.
A. G. Stacks two-story brick store
caught several times, but was prompt
ly extinguished by the bucket brigade.
Capt. Lee Morris, A. c. L. section
master, was one among the first to
see the blaze. He had to run a quar-
ter Of a mile and ring the church
bell, which is used in case of fires.
X. M Johnson lost the contents Of his
meat market. The Pinewood Tele-
phone Exchange lost a telephone and
has two poles badly scorched. AL
most to the hour sixty days ago a va
cant store was burned and an adjoin-
ing building full Of cotton seed. Field
ed Bros was composed of Mr.. r. Lee
Fielder of st. Matthews and +. A.
FIELDER, manager, of this place.
Last evening Sam Williams colored,
drove a fine mare Of Jeff James right
In front Of A. c. l.. passenger train
No. 80 from Augusta and the animal
was so badly injured that it had to be
killed. The boy received a few
bruises which are not serious The
boy saw the train, stopped the horse
and then whipped up and tried to
cross ahead of the train when the en-
gine struck the team with the above
mentioned results. The train was in
charge Of Engineer Divine and Con-
ductor Jones. The train was brought
to standstill in two coach lengths
after it struck.
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4 Mere Sian.

young lawyer in a Southern town
was sitting in his office one day when
an old negro who had belonged to the
lawyers father. came in and hailed
him.
"Mistah Campbell" he said, Use
done got in little mess count Of my
ole oman, and | wants you to please
sub, to come long over to de cote
mount to nothin' but dey is talkin
bout swearing out a writ and sendin
de constabies after me-"
What is the natter" asked the
awyer.
We'll, suh," said the old man, you
know whut a aggerVatin' niger oman
dat wife q mine is? Dis mawnin' at
breakfus' she kept on argufyin' and
'sputin' wild me ontwell ! up and slap
her. OATS all it is; l des slapped her
'longsidc ne haid onc't to correct her.
Leaving the old man in his office the
found that the woman was in a hos
pital, reported as dangerously injured,
and that charge Of assault with in
tent to Kill had been lodged against
the husband. He hurried back
Now. Uncle like" he asked, IF you
want mo to defend you, you've got to
a n, 10,