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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-11-04
GREAT MYSTERY STORY

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BOTH SIDES CONFIDENT.

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 4.-Lead-
ers OF the opposing forces which
have been working for the election
Of candidates for district attorney.
register Of wills, receiver Of taxes
city treasurer, members of council
and other Offices in this city last
night expressed confidence that
their respective candidates would be
successful at the polls. Republican
candidates addressed the members OF
the city committee and made pre-
dictions OF majorities ranging from
10000 to 10000.
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weather, so it is expected heavy
vote will be cast.
In anticipation of an attempt by
Tammany to vote thousands Of float
csr and reepaters, several hundred
warrants, have been prepared in the
district attorneys office.
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Elections are
CONTINUED from Page one.)

four, districts. the Third Massachp;
sets, Thirteenth gan& SF$fntiett
New York and Third Maryland,
Many cities choose new Officers, not
ably New YORK., Philadelphia and
Cincinnati. ......
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there wouldn't be enough money u
go around.
The mcEt conservative thing in the
world is a thermometer.
When woman looks as though she
had a great sorrow and sighcs in n
detected manner, you can bet that
her corset Is too tight.
Consistency is the only jewel a wo-
man hasn't any use for.
When father wants winter over
coat, and mother wants a winter hat
you can always place nice little bet
on mother.
After you get used to homely
girl. h. doesn't loOE so homely.
4 woman never can understand
Why it is that the later her hus'
Land works down town at night
.,nc I"ss money lie has on pay day.
Lingerie used TO be a political
wogi I, sod To hint of dainty frill7
md riu,ry ana lcrc and muslin aud
rmliot deg Il pressed cverytlin !;
HAT uas essentially feminine. h1u
.o5a~ lia-crl" means corset cover
and q. nutnn auit-Enquircr
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FUGITIVE CAPTURED

Observation-Disclosures Grateh Crock
OFT, who was tried in this county for
the murder of Miss Carrie Crabtree,
81 years ago, convicted oy q fury of
murder in the first degree and escaped
Jail after sentence was passed upon
him. has been apprehended al Dallas.
Texas. Sheriff Hamilton has gone to
that city to bring him back,
Crockett shot Miss Crabtree in At
Of jealousy. After killing Miss Crab
tree who was a beautiful young woman
with many suffers, Crockett fed, but
was arrested after thrilling chase
during which several shots were ex.
changed.
1t is said after Crockett's escape he
lived at Graham. Va. over the State
line. for several weeks, sarbed as Il
woman.
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MINISTER lAeoRs

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES it is
possible for a minister Of the gospel
10 have trade 10 fall back on when
the golden shcckles in the collection
Mate gre not as numerous as desired.
Rev. Earnest Reveal, pastor of the
scnwamp FRESH! terrain church. is one
Of these ministers who has a trade
that is profitable to him when he de-
sIres TO don overaIls. He is some
tricklayer and often worEs at his old
trade for a few weeks when he needs
a little extra money. He can now b.
spen laying brick by the side Of he
swiftest union man, aud Earnest be-
longs to the Union. Va
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CAUSE OF THE FLOODS
AstroIosy Insists That Planetary In
fIuences Are to Blame.

The Oldest tnhabitant agrees that
the March moon was much too far
south. He never before saw Luna ex.
actIy overhead--at the zenith. EIe ex.
pcctcd some great elemental disturb.
mcc. And astrology? From March 23
10 ~ the planets Mars, Saturn,
Uranus. Venus. Neptune and the moon
We're all In what is known as watery
signs, and the sun Itself had only just
passed out Of the watery Pisces de-
grees on March %. With all the i'm.
POI tant planets in AQuarius Taurus,
Scorpio and Cancer and the sun just
emerging from Pisces the denotation
was extraordinary foods.
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ftrs ch q 8 iai u tind6f. fI
tie stei enent heensa fotsot item about.
HoRard's presence on the dtyan2 be-
hind the, screen. AllSteneE might have
detected the heavy breathing cithe
sleeper, but even Alicia herself was
too preoccupied to notice It. Ulder-
wood extended his arms pleadingly:
"Allcla-for the sake of auld lang
syne!"
"Auld lang syne," she retorted II
want to forget the past. The old mem
cries are distasteful. NY. only object
In coming here tonight was to, make
the situation plain to you and to ask
you to promise me not to-carry out
your threat to kill yourself. Why
should you kill yourself? Only towards
do that. Because you are in trouble?
That is the towards way out. Leave
New York. Go where you are not
known. You are still young. Begin
life over again. somewhere else" Ad'
vancIng toward him. she went on;
III you will do this 4. will help you.
1never want to SEE YoA again. but III
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Then rs ana Ifnderp fnoa mt drinl ils
shd q lkink ana be hid i eep:
He; t6odg6t he had hs6td I ans
Yoise voice he knsW. Perhaps thSt
was only . dream. He must have
been asleep Some time, bechase the
lights were out and. seemingly. every
body had gone TO bed. +'He wondered
what the noise which started him
could have been. Suddenly he heard
q groan. He listened tntently, but al
was still. The silence was uncenny.
Now thoroughly frightened, How.
ard cautiously CROPPED his way about
trying to find the electric button. he
had no idea what time It was. It
must be very late. What an ass he
was to drink so much! He wondered
what Annie would say when he didn't
return. He was a hound to let her
sit up and worry like that. well. this
would be lesson to him--t was the
last time he'd ever touch asdrdp. OF
course, he had promised her the same
thing a hundred times before, but this
time he meant 1t. His drinking was
always getting him into some TOOL
scrape or other.
He was gradually working his way
along the room! when suddenly he
stumbled over something on the floor.
It was a man lying PROSTATE. stoop'
ing. he recognized the figure.
"Why-l'S Underworld" he Ell,
claimed
At fret lie believed his classmate
was ASLEEP Nyet considered 1t. strange
that, he should have selected 80 TN.
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srlTR oli5 q rolaa0'

-
sc lucas Court S, g
Frank ]. Cheney max oathsIlias %
is senior partner ot ne arm n y J.
Cheney Co., doing business ~ Ille city
Of Toledo. comfy aud state aioscaaid.
and that said firm VIII pay tlessaln g {
ONE HUNDRED poLIsAIis ioF eaeh
aud every case of Catarrh that cannot
be cured by the use al tiail's t:assrra
Cure FRANK y Gitf y:
sworn to before ne and subscribed
in my presence. this 9th day, otIeselil-
Der, a. ID. 1856
A. W. GLEAsoN
tseaD Notary Pnbllc
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken inter
nally, and acts directly on the hlooa
and mucous surfaces Of the system.
Send for testimonials free.
FL. CHENEY \ CO. Toledo 2.
Sold BY all druggists. 7bc
Take Halls Family Pulls for colissl !
patton.
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Children Cry.
FOR FLETcHER'S
G ~ 3 TO e Ia
NOTICE 70 CONTRACTORS

wv ~ SSlNNNNFNSNSttNe' nlllt
Sealed proposals Will be received by
the County Court Of Marion County.
West Virginia, until twelve o'clock
noonr April 10. 1918, aud opened at one
thirty o'clock p. IN. the same day. for 4
tho construction Of 32.7 miles DREAD
Including grading. etc, in Warrington
District, Marion County, according TO
tie plans and specifications prapared
by ]. Russell Wilson, Civil Engineer,
Washington, Pr.
Plans and specifications will be
found in the Office of the Engineer.
National Bank Of Warrington Build.
ing Warrington, west Virginia, 16$
South Main street, washington, Pa
and the Office OF the County Clerk,
Fairiuont, West VIrglnta. Ne.
No bid will be considered unless acs
companied by certified check Of not
less than two t2) per cent OF the bidt
drawn payable to the order Of the
County Court Of Marion County. The
successful bidder Is required to fur.
nish bond satisfactory to the County
Court, after due notice Of the accept
ance Of his proposal.
The right is reserved totrsjest any
or all bids.
JOHN F. PHlLLll 4.
Clerk County Court, Marion County,
West Virginia. l1
q SS.4:10a
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BOY KILLED

NEW MART1NSvILL5 - Harry
Walters, employed as caTy'ln boy
at the New Martinsville factory was
run down and killed by the B. & o.
freight train 80. 70. while returning
from work with three companions.
Walters was aged IA. This makes the
nth person killed at this particular
spot in the pastyear.
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EsUNNY SOUTH ARRIVED

1.-THE Sunny South floating theater,
toWed by the steamer Wabash, ar
,rixed at tile local dock last evening
and viii give d performance tonight.
The music rendered by the caliope has
ATTRACTED alarge crowded. visitors to
the t1rst ward bridge, today, where a
Rood view Of the beat may be had.
II ~ EtEsIlsN ~
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SCHOOL COY KILLED

KEYsER-Ches Idleman, aged II
years. Residing near Elk Garden, was
killed. Young l0lGman went
Into school building TO get a pack
age he had forgotten when-a heavy
sash dropped on him, breaking his
neck.
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CHAPTER VIII,
"Hello! What's that?"

. Hello! What's that?"
Startled out OF his Gargantuan
slumber by the revolvers loud report,
Howard sat up with a jump and
rubbed his eyes. On the other side
OF the screen, concealed from his OBJ
servation, there was heavy crash OF
a body falling with chair-then all
was quiet.
Scared, not knowing where he was
Howard Jumped TO his feet. For q
moment he stood still, trying TO col
lect his senses. 1t was too dark to
discern anything plainly, but he could
tlimIy make out outlines Of. aesthetic
furniture and bibelots All, he re-
melnbercd now! He'wa In Under.
woods apartment. 49,
Rubbing his eyes. he tried to recall
how be came there, and slowly his be-
rnddled brain began to work. He re-
melnhered that he needed $1,000: and
that he had called on Robert I lder.
wood to try and borrow the money.
Yes. he recalled that perfectly well.
, . -. ~
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Got some hard.ts.sell property
All the more reason for determined
campaign of classified adyertisiag. 81
course. "hard.to,sell property Is tlsuais
ly very desirable for some purpose, g
someone.
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S TATE NEWS.
THIRTEEN STILLS

MISUNDERSTANDING lne last ten
days 10 stills have been Nptured and
destroyed by revenue officers in Dick.
erson aud Wise counties. just across
the Virginia line.
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The Willingness 20 pay ), more for
things than Is necessary = one OF. the Il
traits OF character which .Ad readers
out groR. completely. r ~
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1T wouldn't PAY ANY merchant to
advertise unless heecoald really make
4, pay YOU to read his ads and buy
hls ADVERTISED goaas. X
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il yoa.haye property to sell, ."classt
fed advertising" viii Gnat!a you to sell
1t somewhere near "on lime" -PerhQps
even ilrhulf the time'yous baye .antlcl.'
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How long must the placard in thu
window gather dust before you begin
to ADVERTISE for a tepant'
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FARMERS PARCEL PosTAos.

S. c. Brown EegAorns. is pers75cl
Buzz Rock, is per $i,0O. White Ssan1i
dottes, 115 per $500,
r.. L. 4sATTERFlELD
Z. Err. No. 5. FairmOnt, w NO a I
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MapIs ayrup.

Maple syrup, pure nome made,
postal card brings you any. amount de-
sired at 20 cents per quart. A. b RUE,
Ri. 4, Box 6S, FalrmQnt, w. Yas
Tos a limited time ads Of this nature
will be accepted tee Of charge B3Stae
West YlrginIan. ~ n !,
The Yale expositor., 1913-10-30

estate dealers are just the ones that
do il.
We do not expect to be in Braden-
town permanently and will write you
again when we move.
Your Friend,
Harry A. Williams.
o
Detroit, Oct. %, 1913.
Mr.. j. A. Menzies,
Dear Sir and Bro. We are all well
and enjoying life in the city "Where
Life is Worth Living" | hope you
and yours are well and happy. We are
having some nice rainy weather this
week
Ishould liked to have gone to Yale
during the Homecoming" but could
not possibly get away as / was too
busy at the time.
Enclosed you will find =. q. money
order for $500 for my subscription to
the Expositor as L enjoy reading the
happenings of the little city and the
comings and goings of the people |
know. Ii keeps me posted each week
of the doings I'm the burg.
Give my kindest and best regards to
the boys and with best wishes for you
and yours remain
Respectfully yours,
Charles Blackford.
657 SprinQWells ave
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Letters From Former Yaleites
Bradentown, Fla, Oct. %, L


Mr. j. A. MenZies,
Yale, Mich.
Dear Mr. Menzies:-
VIII you kindly change my address
and send my paper to BradentOwn, Fla,
instead of Fort Denaud.
We have seen a great deal of Florida
i'm the last six weeks and shall be glad
to furnish interested parties In Yale
such information as | have gained if
they drop me line. We visited LutZ
and saw our old friends, the Goheens,
and Lowell Monroe and wife. They
all seem happy i'm their new homes.
also saw Mr.. brakes winter residence.
Tell him he better get his hoe and rake
and come start his garden.
We spent three weeks on three diff
ferent homesteads i'm the woods OF
southern Florida and people having
the idea that snakes are very numerous
should get the idea out OF their heads
There are snakes there but in three
weeks hunting and tramping the woods
and swamps saw but one little ground
RATHER and one black snake. Many peo-
pie have lived there year without see
ing a RATHER and as for mosquitoes,
they are no worse than in any woods In
Michigan. While at LutZ we scarcely
saw mosquito and there are none in
the towns, although there may be some
i'm the wet season during the summer.
Parties contemplating the purchase
of land must get good advice before
buying. There is saying here that
the Southerners make living by skin
ming allegators i'm the summer and
Northerners in the winter and the real
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AS 1t Is To-day.

DO you know The Youths COmpan
ion as it is to-day enlarged, improved,
broadened i'm its reach of human in
terests? You may remember it as it
was. You ought to know it as 1t is
now. You will be surprised at what a
wears reading of The Companion will
do for your family. No American
monthly magazine offers such quaint
ity of reading, and it comes weekly,
too.
Father can find no better editorial
page published. With its impartial
comment, its Nature and Science, 1t
will keep busy man well Informed.
The Family Page, the Boys Page, the
Girls Page, and Children's Page, in
addition to eight serial stories and $50
other stories for all the family, suggest
the lavish promise for years reading,
and every line is published with a
purpose.
mo other American periodical covers
the same field of interest or offers such
a quantity of reading at as low cost.
No other publication furnishes more
inspiration or entertainment, or enjoys
greater confidence.
If you are not familiar with The
Companion as il is to-day, let us send
you the Announcement for 1914, with
sample copies containing the opening
chapters of A. ). Piers great boarding
school story, Ellis Fathers Son."
New subscribers who send $500 for
the iifty-two issues of 1914 will receive
free the remaining issues of 1913, and
copy of The Companion Practical
Home Calender i'm addition.
THE YOUTHS COMPANION,
l44 Berkeley St., Boston, Mass.
New subscriptions Received at this
Office.
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HERE AND THERE.

Forestville reports big potato crop
this season.
A steam heating plant will be placed
in the CrOswell SCHOOL, building by II.
A. Nichols.
The 26th Sanlac county Sunday
School convention will be held in Car
sonville November 6 and I.
The citizen of North Branch are
quite confident that the waterworks
question will be submitted to vote soon
The fountain and iron fence which
adorn the post office grounds in Port
Huron, are for sale. Who wants to
buy?
Snover is still hiking along. A
creamery is to be put up and there is
demand for at least a hundred new
houses.
Wallace Reynolds has been appoint
ed postmaster at Peck, TO fill the va
cancy caused by the death of T. G..
Graham
James Wright of Deckerville tried to
Kill himself by taking rough on rats.
His lie was saved with the stomach
pump but he has been placed in the
state hospital as an insane man.
students in the Northwestern Uni.
versity of Chicago are using for study
at present 1000 teeth extracted by DR..
II. f.. Watkins of Nassar, and shipped
to Chicago for the purpose named.
Lila Jonas, daughter of one of Ca
pac's leading merchants, was married
last week to p. Harold shoemaker, son
of Rev. i. :. shoemaker, who was
/ in h. oh
eral years ago.
Mrs. Janett Campbell, an Armada
woman 30 years of age, fell out of a
two story window while cleaning
windows for Mrs. b. G. Preston, and
the only injury received besides the
thorough shaking up, was dislocated
wrist.
The Pere Marquette is now ready to
build new depot in Port Huron to
take the place OF the one destroyed by
fire two years ago The new one will
be located on the railroads property
between Court and Water street and
must be finished by January.
The Ballentine Dry Goods Co. of
Port Huron, celebrated its 3Sth ami
versary of business last week. An
excellent record of success has been
made by this pioneer concern and the
business interests have expanded and
enlarged until today the Ballentine
Company occupies the three stories of
its own building and also floor over
the kresge store.
Word has been received by Sheriff
Names that Mrs. sullivan, the insane
woman suspected of poisoning her
husband and husbands brother, and
who was confined in Pontiac asylum,
escaping from there last week, had
passed through Chicago and was on
her way TO California where she has a
son residing 1t is not known as yet
what action the asylum authorities will
take
The Methodist, Presbyterian, Baptist
and Evangelical ministers of Caro-,
have made a public announcement to
the effect that no one will hereafter be
received into any of these churches as
members who play cards or dance.
rhe following is the position taken by
them, ave desire TO state emphatically
that we will not knowingly receive into
the fellowship of our respective
churches any who are not willing for
the sake of Christ and the church to
give up all such diversions as cannot
be used in the name of the Lord Jesus,
including those mentioned above
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Hom's ThIs2

We offer One Hundred Dollars Re.
ward for any case of Catarrh that can
not be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
f. j. Cheney * Co, Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known Il.
j. Cheney for the last Is years, and be-
lieve him perfectly honorable in all
business transactions, and financially
able to carry out any obligations made
by his firm.
WALDING, KINNAN q MARVIN,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internal
ly, acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system. Testi-
monials sent free. Price, 75c. per bot
tie. Sold by all Druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipa-
ton.
fAd,,o~.;.n,,o..
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a Marvelou. ESCAPE

AMY little boy had a marvellous es-
cape" writes T.. r. Bastiams, of Prince
Albert, Cape of Good Hope. ut occur
red i'm the middle of the night. He got
a very severe attack of Group. Stuck
would have it, | had large bottle of
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy i'm the
house. After following the directions
for an hour and twenty minutes he
was through all danger" Sold by
Grant Holden.
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EARN For SALE

| have good 80 acre farm within
six miles of Yale that quick purchas-
er can get for $1,000 less than value.
All under cultivation. Good buildings:
good fences, orchard and well. One of
the finest farms in st. Clair Co. Must
be sold at once as owner has moved
away. For particulars and terms call
on n. B. Herbert, Yale. 23-
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have for service at my farm miles
south Of Yale a registered o. 1. q. Boar
Terms Sl.00, payable at time of service.
Also some good breeding ewes for SALE
Geo, Shearer. 30.2
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AnnIeR For Sala

Hand picked Baldwin or Spie apples
for sale. Call or address Geo. benjamin,
miles west of Yale. 2S.2
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Two top buggies and surrey, nearly
new. All bargains. George Mcintyre,
Yale. 30
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ADVERTISEMENT


Thoroughbred Nyreshire bull calf ell.
iglble to registration. Robt. Carson, 3
miles west and 4 mile south of Yale.
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Rogers Cough Drops are good
for the Stomach, Throat d Lungs
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FOR SALE

657 Springwells ave.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1913-10-02
1.-TWO OLD CONFEDERATES"
Assisted by Quartette AT St. Mary
Hall Tonight.

Though their chief object, of
course, is to entertain and provide q
pie asant evenings amusement for
Southern people, yet the 1.-TWO Old
Confederates, Col. Tom Booker and
Capt. Tony Miller, who will appear
at st. Mary's Hall, Duke of Glouces-
ter street, this evening, are doing a
definite and generally appreciated
work in preserving fading ante bel
lum memories and in incidentally
bringing about better understand
ing betwe en- the races.
1t falls to the lot of few enter
tanners to win not only the applause
of audiences that have enjoyed their
programs but also the recognition and
avowed support Of distinguish d men
interested in the welfare of the couu-
try. In this respect the "TwJ Old
Confederates" have a unique record
and the secret of their lasting popu-
larity probably lies in this fact-that
behind all their fun-making and song.
singing there is something worth
the while.
ut DibBIdHi tbuiEHb VIII ut ~ pl-
cal of ante-bellum days. To the
younger generation il will bring a
faithful picture of days in Dixie be.
fore the war to the old-time South
erner recollection of memories of
long ago; TO TIE amusement seeker,
pure and simple an evening of rare
pleasure with ante-bellum yarns,
banjo gymnastics and songs by the
most thoroughly negro quartette in
the country.
The young ladies of St. Mary's
parish will sell homemade candy to-
night during the intermission and
prior to the entertainment by the
"Two Old Confederates. Delicious
homemade candy of all kinds will be
on sale, so carry along your pocket
b Ioks and be prepared.