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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-22

- VuuiiffeS as EXECUTOR.
+. LaWton Crutchfield Qualified yes,erd,y
IN tho Cnnncery Court as executor OF w a.
Meredith The estate Is valued at $4,000
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-22
Thirty DAYS on Roads.

Edgar Morgan was found guilty in III,
Hnstinss Court yesterday the charge Of
assault and battery and sentenced By judea
RICHARDSON to pay fine OF So and servo
thirty days. On the roads.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-10-16
TREMENDOUS
Ovation is Given Senator
White in Campaign Open
ina Rally at. Wheeling.

WHEELING. Oct. 16--Amid scenes
of enthusiasm seldom, If ever, equai-
led in the annals Of Ohio county poll
tics-certainly not In recent years
the Republican congressional cam
paign was Launched here last night.
Following a street demonstration the
ardor of VIII. II was not .iampened IN
the slightest by the inclement wealth
err. mammoth rally was held in the
Carol club At this meeting, the I'M
portant issues of the campaign were
discussed at length by Senator George
E. White, Republican candidate LOT
Congress from the First district, and
Hon. Joseph H. Gaines, Of Charles
ton, former congressman from the
Third district.
So suspicious was the launching OF
the campaign that 1t augurs well Tor
Republican success at the polls in No
vember The popularity OF the He
publican candidate was evidenced by
the tremendous ovation given him
upon the occasion of his first public
speech since his acceptance OF the
nomination. The manner in which
the vast audience applauded to an
echo every telling point brought out
by the speakers presages the truth OF
the statement of Senator White who
said: IT will be the newt renresenta-
tive in congress from the First con-
gressional district Of West Virginia.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-10-16
MR.. SOUTHERN
Widely Known Citizen Of the
County is Dead at Home on
Shinn's Run.

George w. Southern. one Of the
best known citizens OF Clay district.
Is dead at his home on Shinnis run.
His death was due to fnfirmities. He
was In his seventy-eighth year
Mr.. Southern was one of the pion-
eer citizens of the district, and was e
successful nurseryman and farmer
The deceased man is survived by
his wife and the following children:
Charles r. Southern, Bruce Southern.
Floyd Southern. Gilmore Southern an
Melville Southern Five children
are dead. He was a brother of Sam
rel s., and Edmund Southern. and
Mrs. Matilda Morrison, wife of Thorn
as Morrison and Mrs. Mary Amos,
both Of whom reside near CIarksburg.
Mr.. Southern was very highly re-
spected citizen who Will be greatly
missed in this community He was
an active member Of the Baptist
church.
George w Southern was the son OF
samuel Southern, who was born In
February, 1904. and who died Feb
ruary 10, 1875. Samuel southern
lived in eastern Virginia in early life
butNlater IN this state. He was the
frst man to plant a nursery in what
is now West Virginia.
The funeral will be in the Baptist
church near his home at 1922 o'clock
tomorrow morning and the burial
will be at the Shinnston cemetery.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-10-16
TERRIBLE DEED.
Of An EpiIeptic is Done ir
Doddridge County Jail at
West Union.

The West Union Record gives the
following details of the suicide OF
man named Brown Hudkins, who
committed suicide in jail there sever
At the age Of three years, Hudkins
met with some accident, and since
that time he has been the victim OF
epilepsy, which greatly affected his
mind, and recently he had been grow
ing worse. An effort had been made
to send him to the Weston asylum,
but owing to the fact that he mad
been pronounced an incurable, this In
stitution would not receive him, and
he was held here awaiting the action
Of the next session OF the county
court to send him to the West Viz
glnia Asylum at Huntington.
It is not known definitely at what
time the tragedy occurred, but just
as the clock struck eleven some per-
sons living near the jail heard n:m
groaning and making quite noise,
hut as this was not unusual when he
was in one of his customary fits, moth
ing strange was thought of 1t, until
the greusome sight presented itself
on the following morning at the
breakfast hour. He had cut the jug
ular vein and had stabbed his throat
in various other places. besides cut
ting his wrist. and he lay upon the
floor cold and stiff in death. From
the dried condition of the blood upon
his clothing he had evidently been
dead for hours.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-10-16
CAMPAIGN
Speeches by Member Of Con-
qress from State Scheduled
Next Few Days.
tnr A,,eerArEp .Rsss,

WASHINGTON, Oct. 16.-By the
end of the week West Virginia will
be absolutely unrepresented In the
lower House of Congress and the cam
paigning for reelection by members
will be on in full swing. Every
mem Der from the state is candidate
for reelection except James A.
Hughes, and with the one exception
every member of the delegation In
before the end of the week. Satur-
days meetings take some of the mem
bers into their first campaign work
It became known recently that.
whether there is an adjournment or
not. mem bers of the House would not
be held as closely as heretofore after
this week and immediate engage
m ents were made by members IN their
districts.
Congressman Moss and Hughes
have been away for some time, re-
CARELESS of the resolution docking all
absentees and revoking all leaves OF
absence The resolution has now
been revoked and the pay OF absen-
tees will go on just as though tney
were present. This has not been the
main consideration with members
who have remained here, but they
felt that their duty was here rather
than In a campaign and here they
stayed while there was any legisla-
tive work to be done. The House
has reached a point where 1t can
snare some of the members most of
the time and there has been great
exodus. Congressman Nelly opened
up Friday night at Shinnston; Con
eressmen Brown, Avis and Suther-
land make their first speeches on
Ga tnrdav All the West Virginia
members will be within reach should
they be needed here and In that re-
snect are more fortunate than mem
hers who cannot take chance on go
ing as far away from Washington as
their districts, lest they shouiu De
needed here.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-10-16
mrs. MILLER DEAD
We'll Known Lady Passes Away
after An Illness of Dropsi-
cal Trouble.

Mrs. John Miller. aged 50 years.
passed away at her home on the
Goff farm north of the city at
O'Clock Friday morning after lin
gering Hines of dropsical trouble.
The deceased woman Is survived
by her husband and several children.
Funeral services win be held at 2
O'Clock Saturday afternoon at the
home. The Rev. Henry T. McClel
land. of the First Presbyterian
church will have charge of the SER
vices. The body will be taken TO
Pennsboro Sunday morning on NO. .
and the burial will take place there
upon the arrival of the train.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-10-16
Speaker is Secretary Of State
Board of Health and An
Able Talker.

DR.. S. L. Jepson. secretary OF the
state board of health. spoke at
Thursday nights session of the
local medical society on The
Medical Society-Its Benefits and
Obligations" The first object OF
the medical society is to act as
clearing house for all new and pro-
Eressive ideas. No physician can
hope to keep abreast Of of the times
unless he has access to the ideas
other men. In the company OF other
professional co-workers he can
breach his own ideas. hear them dis
Icussed freely and SO while teaching
others learn himself.
The members of a society, by
standing together for mutual pro-
lection in malpractice suits are able
to impress blackmaffsfs or badly adj
yfsed claimants and unprofeSs1onai
and conscienceless lawyers of the
futility of falsely accusing physic-
ian to extort money.
The medical society owes the
greatest duty to the public at large.
First of all it should educate the
public in the sanitary laws: it should
advise the authorities as to sewer
age, drainage, water and milk sup
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-10-16
DR JFPSON ADDRESSES
HOME MEDICAL SOCIET z.

Cancer viii soon take first place
as the cause Of death of people al
the prime OF life, IL the present ratio
| Il kept mn. One result of educating
the public will be that cases VIII De
brought to the attention Of the sur
geon early. for cancer can only De
cured by earIy and complete excision:
Last but not least It Is the duty of
the medical society to warn the pub
lie of linscrupulous practitioners and
other fraudulent concerns which
prey upon the sick and helpless Not
only do these frauds prey upon the
pocket of the patient, but they cause
him to let the time go by which may
mean the difference between life and
Death
DR.. Jepson made a nnaI appeal to
the physicians to get into the nrst
line of progress, to attend the socl-
ETY. meetings and be numbered
2 mone the doctors who do things.
And NAV every member OF the soci-
ETY. who conducts himself In the light
of the fact that, when LIES htful
fever is over, God will not ask him
from college you are graduate,
what honorary degree you have, Wnat
scientific discoveries you have made.
what medals you have won. He Will
ask you If you have tried to make
your work, your profession, IOu.
world the better. He will ask you II
you have worked with your brother
or against him.
In the discussion that followed the
meeting 1T was gratifying to DIS
Golden and Jepson to learn that while
typhoid fever was the scourge OF
West Virginia. Clarksburg could rest
assured that whoever used It's DRINK
ing water would be free from Typhoid
fever as long as our filtration PLAN
remains at its present high grade OF
efficiency. So far not a case OF ty-
phold fever has been traced to our
city water. while several have been
traced to polluted wells.
The members Of the local society
present were: DR.. Maloy, Shinnston;
DIR. Matheny, and DR.. Nutter, Enter
prise: DIR. Showalter, DR.. G. R. Og-
den, Dr. Cooke. DR.. Cherry, DR.. VII
lis, DR.. c. T. Arnett. Clarksburg; DE-.
Brown, Wilsonburg: DR.. c. N. Sla-
ter. DR.. S. NJ. Mason. DR.. G. o. Post.
DR.. A. T. Post, DR.. Peck. Dr. Z. NJ.
Hood. DIR. CASTOR, DR.. j. e. Sloan
Clarksburg.
The visiting physicians were: DR..
w. w. Golden, Elkfns; DR.. S. l.. Jep-
son, Wheeling; DR.. Cox. Shinnston;
DIR. Lind and DR.. Black. Professor
Burdette, superintendent of the city
schools. and Attorney Harvey +.
Smith.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-10-16
LUTHERAN SYNOD
.0f This States to Be in Annual
Meeting at Keyser Sew
eral DAYS.

The Evangelical Lutheran Synod
of est Virginia convened in Keyser
last evening and the various churches
throughout West Virginia have sent
their delegates to the gathering of
churchmen. Each church is repre-
sented by both minister and laymen
fro mthe church body.
The synod will remain in session
for several days and many items of
Importance will receive attention by
the churchmen at this session. The
Rev. w. L. Heuser of the local church
has. gone to Keyser to attend the
synodical session.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-10-16
CANAL TRAFFIC
Blocked by Landslide in the Big
Cut Will Be Reopened
within a Week.

WARRINGTON. Oct. 16.-Colonel
Goethals cabled the war department
today that traffic through the Panama
canal, blocked by a landslide Wednes-
day night, will be opened within
week. The official report on the slide
was brief. ..There has been break
In the east bank of the canal near
Gold Hill" Colonel Goethals cabled.
sHThe canal is blocked about 1,00O
feet. Unless there are further move
ments we will have it opened fer traf-
&c in about week..
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-10-16
SOCIAL AND Personal
Willing Workers Meet

BRIDGEPORT, Oct. 16-The Will
ling Workers society of the Bridge
port Methodist Protestant church.
held an important meeting at the
home Of Mrs NJ. d. Teter, Thursday
afternoon. At the close of the bust
ness session refreshments ere served
by the hostess, Mrs. Teter, assisted
by Miss Dezzie Lawson Those pres
emit were Rev. and Mrs. J. j. Phillips,
Mrs. ]. G.. Lawson, Mrs. P. K. Stout,
Mrs. E. D. Reed, Mrs. A. S. Whitehill.
Mrs. John Lancaster, Mrs. w. H.
Payne, Mrs. C. A. Lason, Mrs. c. s..
Bartlett, Mrs Ray Busler, Mrs. NJ. d.
Teter, and Misses Nellie Stout and
Dezzie Lawson. The next regular
meeting will be held at the home OF
Mrs. George Parr.
Mr.. and Mrs R. 7. Lowndes went
to New York Thursday evening where
they will meet Mrs. George w. Por-
arrive in New York Saturday from
Europe where she has been since the
war broke out.
Mai. F. NJ Ashcraft, of Wolf Sum-
NIT, visited the city Friday.
]. D, Pickens, of Quiet Dell, was
here Friday.
James H. Hurry. Of Bridgeport. was
here Friday
Mayor viii H. Cole returned this
morning from a several days business
trip to Philadelphia and other east
ern cities.
ADD PERS .. -. -. 49,.
Fred S. Knisley, of Lost Creek, VS.
tied the city Friday.
Col. Smith Hood, OF Fairmont a
member OF Governor Hatfeld's stan,
was here today
Mrs Martha Devaughn and daugh-
ter, Miss Stella. of washing ton. Pa.
are visitors at the home of Mrs. Dor
sey H. Parrill at Parril Court
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-10-16
BASKETBALL GAMES
At s.. Marys High School Gymnas.
Jun This Evening

The St Marys high school basket
hall Ave will play the Cosmos CLUB
ave on the st. Marys gymnasium Ioor
at s:15 o'clock Friday evening. Botn
teams are evenly matched and GOOD
fast game is expected. The Two teat "a
met last Friday night ana tne -
Merys boys won the contest by
score ~ 10 to 6 in a fast and snappy
pame. A small admission will be
charged.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-10-16
AGED WOMAN VERY ILL

Mrs. Riblett, wife of George J. Rib
lett. one of the aged and well known
residents of Shinnston, is critically Ill
at her home, and her recovery is
doubtful unless there is a change for
the better within short time
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-10-16
no HOLD EXERCIsEs

Commencement services will be
Held in the Bridgeport Methodist
Protestant church Sunday evening,
october %, in which eight person 3.
who have completed the teacher 8
training course in the Sunday school.
viii receive diplomas. An interesting
0rogram Is being prepared.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-10-16
TYPHOID FEVER
Causes Death Of Ray woodward Of
Baltimore Street.

Ray woodward, aged % years, Of
Baltimore street Glen Elk teamster
in the employ OF the Palace Furni-
tfre and Piano company died In a
local hospital Thursday night after an
Illness of typhoid fever. The deceased
man Is survived by his wife and one
child. No funeral arrangements have
been made as yet
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-10-16
WOMEN AD-READERs.

only those women who do not read
lads" regularly and with understand
ing are ever impressed with an oner
merely because of the Low PRICE
quoted. To the educated buyer tne
~ course: and q PART Of the induce
ment to buy, but not the whole of the
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-10-16
MARRIAGE LICENSES

Marriage licenses have been Issued
- CharIes W. Hulderman and Losha
W Hartley and Horace c. Hill and
Ada H. Donahue.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-10-16
QUAIL SEASON NoT OPEN.

The Telegram was in error in an
nouncinr that the quail season
opened October Is. 1t will be IN
lawful to kill quail before that date.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-10-16
NO ARRESTS.

For the thirc SUCCESSIVE day there
was no session of police court this
morning, city police having madesnC
arrests Ia the last twenty four hours.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-10-16

FOR RENT-One four room cottage,
call at sos Clay street
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-10-16
PRICE $675 AND 500
EAsT MAIN sTREET

Six room cottage ON lot 34x10S
feet. House nicely finished, hot and
cold water. cement walks and close
to paved streets.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-10-16
VIRGINIA STREET

we have a ave room cottage with
bath, pantry and basement. House
finished In oak with cabinet mantels
Nice lot with chicken house and gar
den. Ten minutes walk to court
house.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-10-16
COLONIAL HEIGHTS

. have two lots left in this addition
that are bargains. These lots are
lose in and If purchased at the pres
ant prices will be sure to make mon
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-10-16
PRICE $1,000

on terms.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-02

ing He was up before breakfast
every day, promenading the deck with
her in the fresh salt air | would
slide back my window and hear their
laughter as they passed. above the
throb of the engines and the wash
Of the sea Sometimes they would
look in upon me and joke, and Alma
would say:
And how's Margaret Mary this
morning"
our seats in the saloon had been
changed Now we sat with Alma at
the captains table. and. though |
sorely missed the doctors racy talk
about Martin Conrad, | was charmed
by Alma's bright wit and the fund Of
her personal anecdotes. She seemed
to know nearly everybody My hus-
band knew everybody also, and their
conversation never tagged
Something of the wonderful and
worshipful feeling had had for Alma
at the Sacred Heart came back to me.
and as for my husband il seemed to
me that | was seeing him for the first
time
lie persuaded the captain 10 give a
dance on our last night at sea so the
awnings We're spread, the electric
lights were turned on, and the deck
of the shlp became a scene of en-
chantment.
My husband and Alma led off. He
danced beautifully. and she was
dressed to perfection Not being a
dancer myself, stood with the cap
tain in the darkness outside, looking
in on them in the bright and dazzling
circle while the moon rays were
sweeping the waters like a silver fan
and the little waves were beating the
ships side with friendly pats.
| was almost happy. IL my sim
plicity was feeling grateful to Alma
for having wrought this eXtraurdi-
nary change, so that when, on our ar
rival at Port said. my husband said:
s'Your friend Madame Lier has
made no arrangements for her rooms
at Cairo-hadn't | better telegraph to
our hotel, dear?" l answered, Yes"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-02
Rare and Refreshing.

faded with the continual rush after
pleasure and notoriety, the society
woman sent for her physician
Doctor, I'm sickening for some
thing" she said despairingly.
Nonsense"
"Oh, but 1 am. Every night about
II o'clock have such a horribly sleepy
feeling come over me. No matter
whether I'm at the opera, dinner party
or any function, IT'S as much as can
do to keep awake at that hour"
"My dear lady, 1 think l can give
you prescription that will cure you
of that feeling for ever"
And the good woman went her way,
happy and contented. thinking 1oyously
of the good times in store for her.
This was the prescription that ar
rived later:
Bed from 10 at night till the next
morning. Repeat dose once in "a hours
if symptoms recur."
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-02
|Daysey Mayme
andHer olks
By FRANCES L. GARsIDE

lTHERE were two guests in tbo
parlor at the home Of L.vsanao.
John Appleton, both uncles ~
Daysey Mayme.
one sat on the very edge Of tbs
lounge. Nervous and apprehensive. he
looked as if all his life he had had M
more show than a rabbit in snow +,,ro
The other, fat and ponderous over
| flowed the largest chair in the ronr,
1t Is not necessary to name his rroto
type further than to say that a great
many fortunes have been made in
canning them.
1t was the nervous mans turn
little fiustered at being the center of
attention, he related, in Thin
i squeaky voice:
THAT reminds me. Out in CalIfor-
MIA In the early days a certain nar
took sick in a mining camp and died
The boys decided to give him funer-
al by importing hearse from the
next town.
THE procession was winding over
the hill; the hearse in front, with a
lot Of cowboys on bronchos and mules
in the rear, when the team attached
to the hearse frightened, bolted and
ran away.
"A racel The mourners We're quick
to see the opportunity, and. digging
their spurs in their mounts, Started
up, overtaking the hearse team before
1t reached the cemetery gates.
THE miner to whom fell the task
of acquainting the widow back East
of her bereavement recounted the
mans illness and death, and the run.
away, Wishing to assuage her grief
ne added; It will no doubt be a
comfort to you madam, to learn that
the CORPSE WON"
The nervous man waited for laugh
ter, but there wasn't a ripple After
a silence that seemed as mournful as
the tomb, the big, ponderous and pom
pous man overlooked his chair some
more, and. in voice that could have
been heard away off in Tomorrow.
said
Il am the pin who put the pin in
pinnacle"
Daysey Mayme gave roar that
shook the chandelier. Then she tit
tered, and giggled. and rppled, and
choked and sputtered, and shook.
Then she began at the beginning
and did it all again, while the nervous
man looked both frightened and dazed
and the fat man looked complacent
THE pin in pinnacle" she shrieked.
Was anything ever so funny?"
Moral and also Explanation: The
! man who told the first story was poor
kin, and the man who told the second
had dollar marks all over him. No
enc laughs at poor kins jokes.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-02
THE WOMAN THOU GAVEST NE R R a e S 7=75 Century
DyAsht. 1914. International News Service

about the reverend mother the Rev
erend Mother Mildred" Sister Angela
and Father Giovanni not to speak of
myself, whom she had always thought
Of as Margaret Mary because | had
looked so innocent anu nunlike
and now you are married." she
said Married so splendldly, too!
Mother was Interested What a lucky
girl you are! Everyb body says your
husband is so handsome and charm
Ing. He is, isn't he2"
! was doing my utmost to put the
best face upon my condition without
betraying the facts of Stimulating
sentiments which | could not feel.
when a boat from the shore pulled
up at the ships side, and my husband
stepped on the deck.
In his usual morose manner he was
about to pass without speaking on
his way to his stateroom, when his
eyes fell on Alma sitting beside me.
Then he stopped and looked at US.
and stepping up, he said, In tone |
had never heard from him before
Mary, my dear, VIII you present
me TO your friend p
] hesitated. and then, with quiV =
ering Of the lips. did so. But some
thing told me as I introduced my
husband TO Alma, and Alma to my
husband. and they stood looking into
each others eyes and holding each
others hands (tor Alma had risen
and was sitting between them
that this was the most momentous In
oident Of my life thus far-that for
good or I'll my hour had struck and
! could almost hear the bell.