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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-04-13

at sixty miles an hour.
Is A prehistoric mastodon would not
have startled min more, and a short.
time ago would scarcely have been a
more inpro Dahle sight in that desert.
1t is only few years sineethege vas.
not sight of a road across that des-
ert, except for a few rlts made by
wood wagons bewteen the river and
the mountains. Then the organized
alltomobilists OF America got busy.
and the smooth auto roads were mark
ed across the great American desert;
like straight, chalk lines 1000 miles
long. Little red and white signs then
sprang up along the way to warn the
autoists when there was an arroyo
ahead or a sudden turn, or how far
it was to the next spring OF good Wat
er. III
And. nov, where lone, creakins
wood wagon used to pass once a week
twenty-five motors cars and motor.
cycles pass every day all through the
summer. At a lone spring In the
middle Of the desert a party OF mill
lionaires from New York may camp
beside family Of Pueblo Indians or
an outfit OF cowboys. The Jack rab=
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Enforcement beyond Officers

sFgtaEl lE5 lLdllGSl llLtS lslGis Sd ~
IA little inquiry among county and
district officials the last week readily
disclosed the fact that the illicit Ii
.quor traffic is about TO becomeso prey.
salent over the country that the Off
GERS find livery hard TO cope3with the
situation. Every community seems 10
have its liquor vendors. Many of
them have been SO successful in
cheating the law that they Haunt the
traffic in the very face of i;le officers"
One newspaper suggests that the
officials there are lax III .s.r=ornance
Of their duty The editorial itself
does not suggest that, but to the CON
4Erary. almost plainly says that they
are diligent. The fault does not lie
there. 1t is simply case of not hav-
Ing enough officers to cope with the
number of laWbreakers. rae situa-
lion there does not SPEAK we'll for the
success Of the dry laws in that sec
ton. The law itself may not be at
FAULT, but the conditions suggest thar
strict enforcement in some sections
would be very costly.
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Patriotism and practicability are
combined in the effort now being
made BY the Daughters of the Ameri-
can Revolution to establish school
for vocational training for the bene-i
fit OF the children OF descendants OF;
revolutionary soldiers The school is,
TO be established upon the old Paul
Jones estate, in Halifax, North Car
DINA, which has already been taken
over by the Elizabeth AIontford Ashes
chanter of North Carolina. in order
10 preserve it for its historic value.
The school will have double pul--
pose, vocational and academic. Sew
eral courses in farming industries.
dairying, blacksmithing and other use
full trades will be Installed. A consid-5
cradle quantity of land surrounding
the old house is to be acquired, which
will he devoted to gardening in a man
enr that will give the students OPP
portunity for practical work After
the needs Of the faculty
and school, the produce will be sold.
Vocational shops Will manufacture
objects Of use and ornamental value
which will also be sold. and will con-
tribute 10 the maintenance OF the
school
IA It is known that a large number Of
the mountaineers in the southern.
states are descended from Revolution
AIRY soldiers. and their impoverished
condition has prevented their chill
dren from having any educational adj
rantagcs. This school will give them
the education which will enable them
10 best meet their home conditions
The idea Of the school originated with
Mrs George T. Smallwood of Wash
#ington. - G.. the vice president gen
|eral. and 1t has been strongly endors-
ed by Dr. r. III Claxton. United States
Commissioner Of Education
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4 IIoninr against. Hone

When elections these days do not
suit the Democratic national admin
istration. il resorts to assigning local
conditions as the cause, although no
such conditions are specifically given
After doing that, it whistles toBlseep
up its coura Ee. INDUCING in platf-
tudes and tickling itself with the as
Esertion that il is popular with tita
people.
Keeping UP its courage in the face
of8adverSe conditions, which it itself
must know are adverse. else it be-
blind. marks another Democratic in
sincerity. IT lin itselfis not deceived
but it clinSs to the last straw, the
hope OF deceiving the people by pre-
tending that it secs a bright future
isfor itself and its party
ss Thus acting it makes itself the
butt Of ridicule. The people them
selves are not only showing strong
feeling against the administrator
but are also voicing their sentiment
at the polls against it.
Wherever elections have been held
within the Year as a rule Democracy
has suffered significant defeat IF
Democracy had Won. the administers
ton would have claimed that the
elections We're endorsements or the
administration. It's. policies and its
Mnartr.kand there wonl d have been no
eSallusicn 10 local conditions as u
cause. This fact stamps its resort to
local condit tons excuse as insin-
@cere and not believed even by itself.
The administration certainly must
Il know from these elections that it has
been rebul5 ed and IN I hese rebnlSes
are merely forerunners OF what is in
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In the Forefront.

Writing In the New York SUM-
francis al. Hugo. secretary Of STATE
of the state oil .>ew York. declares
that the corporation laws OF Nes.
ork and or West Virginia are the
best in the country Primarily he
praises the New York law as the best,
but as lie shows that New York FASH
toned its law after West Virginia S.
Inc real credit belongs 10 this state.
according to Mr.. Hugo, the follow
Ing states nave enacted corporation
laws. which III the Judgment CT the
authorities have been decided TO be
best adapted to the demands and
needs or the modern corporation:
Maine: Massachusetts. Connecticut,
New York. New Jerse. Delaware,
Maryland. Virginia. West Virginia
District Of Columbia. South Dakota
and Nevada corporate charter
may be issued for an unlimited per-
#iod Of time in all OF these states, eS
cepting West Virginia. where fifty
years is the maximum life. and South
Dakota, twenty-five years.
Thenumber Of corporations organ
lied for business purposes IN these
states during last Year is shown as
follows: New York. 9.015: West
Virginia, 5000; Delaware, I.5i3::
New jersey, LBS: Massachusetts,
1904; South Dakota, 1,5o0: Mary
land. LILO: Virginia. $50; Conaec-
4ticut, 755:: Maine. SAC; Nevada. 24O.
District or Columbia, TO-
Why is it that the New York and
West Virginia corporation laws are
SO popular among business men?
Mr.. Hugo answers as<follows in the
case of the New York law. but his
answer may be taken to apply large
~ to the West Virginia law for the
reason before mentioned:
Thus, there seems to be q marked
tendency to incorporate every form
of business enterprise. whether large
or small, and the New York laws,
constituting conservative but thor
oughly modern code in the organiza-
ton and maintenance OF corporations.
equally removed from the looseness
which has characterized the corpora
ton statutes of some foreign jurisdic-
tions. and from the hnduly restric-
tive features Of others, are. proving
their attractiveness by the ever in
cerasing number Of corporations
formed under New York laws by per-
sons residing in other states and for
.eign countries.
stockholders find their interests
conserved by the statutory provisions
which give them the right to de-
mand financial statements from the
officers of their corporation. and by
the consistent attitude Of the New
York courts in holding directors ac-
countable as fiduciaries for the bena-
fit Of stockholders. Creditors are as
sured reasonable safety by the stat
utes which prohibit the impairment
of capital stock by return thereof to
n liz
patton of any kind BY the directors Il
So, it is seen that West Virginia is
in the forefront when it comes TO
helping along good business enter
prises and meeting the business man
halfs way. It is a progressive state.
and BY the same token it is a Repub-
lican state.
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store for it In 1915. However much
it may pretend to feel good over
these elections. it can not get away,
from the fact that It's degree or Ella
lion Is nothing compared with what
AZ would have been had the elections
gone - Democratic. In view Of this IL
can keep on deluding itself, ii IL
chooses, but itacan not thereby delude
~ people. What hopes 1t has or
victory in 1916 are ait very low ebb
and II can not deny that fact how
ever much it pretends to see encour-
.agement for itself in the present sit
uatfon.
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IA Charleston news despatch says
the Hon Stuart +. Reed, secretary Of
state, will be a candidate for the
5Repu blican nomination for Congress
In this new Third district. Secre-
tary Reed will prove a strong and
popular aspirant for the nomination..
and Just as strong and popular win
3uer, If nominated And this district
could not have better congressman
han Stuart f. Reed.
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afrR.iNSCO HIGHWAY

Somewhere about half way between
FL Paso. Tex. and Albuquerque. a..
y an old prospector last summer
drove his poldding, heavy laden bur-
10 out Of a canyon in the Manzano-
and onto the desert that
lies between them and the Rio Grande
valley.
The old prospector had not gone
that way for several years. and he
was surprised 10 find the desert cut
by an excellent road that consisted
oftwo smooth, hard little paths Just
right for this burro.
lie was ploddinS along one OF these
paths in perfect content hen sud-
denly he heard behind the rumble
and roar and q squawls;; his burro
pricked mp Its long and pendant ears.
opened its half closed eyes, bucked
the frying pan into the air. dumped
the pack BIZ the: roadside and started
for California on dead run The
prospector. little less amazed, Jump
ed out Of the way. as seven pas
senger touring car went hurting BY
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Need Bread.
Merit Does Not. Count.

Under recent Republican national
administrations it was the practice Of
the postoflice department. to retain
efficient postmasters in office. without
regard to their politics This merit
system was formally and repeatedly
declared by the Roosevelt administra-
lion. in all except Offices Of the first
class. and sometimes in those. John
+ Z. Lewis. OF Point Pleasant, in this
state. has been one of those efficient
#postmasters. but he is a Republican.
The appointment of his successor by
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a snecific = r,alI,nst Gods.

ar there Is such a thing as n
specific against colds. 1t is to be
found IN the sleeping porch or the
open bed room. Next to that comes
the cold sponge bath In the morn
IN e. says the Youths Companion.
Be as careful as you can. you will
occasionally take cold and when you
do YOU will find Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy q great help in enabling
you to get rid OF 1t. Try IT: Obtain.
: HE everywhere. dvertise
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IA. halllL.
.SNylGER ARRESTED.

II Clarence E. Stout and George w.
Conley deputy shcrifis went to Ll1niE
berport Monday evening and arrest
ed Basil SWiger OH a chargc or boot
Logging They took him before us
tica w. SVadswor th, OF that place.
where he. gave bond Of Is so o for his
appearance at 4 9 o'clock Thursday
morning before the same justice for
trial 4
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-04-13

List1ess primaries in Wheeling had
the Democrats Saturday. The voting
was unusually light. Those primaries
are safe indexes that Wheeling will
emulate Chicago. st. Louis, Clarks-
burg and other cities at its election
by showing that this is not Demo-
cratic year. Wheeling will give
Woodrow Wilson no vindication.
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IA Wheeling newspaper announces
that there were seventy-hye births
and seventy-five deaths in Wheeling
lii the month of March. This a fifty
hfty proposition without gain.
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~ d Egis
Monday. Tuesday and Wednesday.
April i 2, 1S and a ! -. Star by Mis-
take afternoon and evenings, Odeons
theater. ss
Monday to Friday. April 12 to 16.
inc. School Of home economics, con.
Quoted by: Miss Harriet Ellis under
Saturday, April c1ntyre ana
Heath in The Ham Tai e.tt' robinson
Grand theatcr.
IL Monday, April II 2 IS perins day
wonderful pipe organ and Paramount
picture service, Robinson Grand
theater. Ms
Monday. April ~; Twin Beds:
Robinson Grand theater. night
Saturday. April 224---'fsEI Ugh links. 4.
matinee and d night, Robinson Grand
!theater
Monday, May &C Ceremonial sesz
sion. Tau temple No. 50. Dramatic
5Orderof knights OF Khorassan. Pyth-
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+ Il375 d
:. This is to notify you that on
= and after Monday, May I, Il e15.
:. he I-anndrfes or the CITY, that's
:. TO say. rhe Sanitary Laundry
: Co.. Empire Laundry Co., and
= The Clarksburg Laundry CO..
:. have agreed to- put their respec
!. tive businesses on a strictly cash
:. basis. In other words, all laun-
!. dry will be objected for at the
!. time tits delivered
: This matter has been under
= consideration and discussion for
!. some months, and after a thor
!. oush investigation Of ;ie merits
: GI the plan. we are positive you
= VII ses the same as %e do
: aud that II Will meet with the
: approval ofour patrons.
! When one stops 10 consider
! thu. the laundry Is the only re-
:. taller that's compelled To call
!. for and deliver the package, and
! in thousands ns eases. are com
: PEELED to make many trips for
!. the COLLECTION Of the account
:. Whica IS seldom over q dollar.
: you cannot but see that we are
( compelled 10 do what we have
:. done. Oh raise prices TO offset
!. the increased expense Of collect
i lug accounts.
:. The object is not to work a
: hardship on any one. but so
: many o. our patrons have re-
!: quested that such d step be
:. taken. because they argue it is
: so much easier TO pay a small
= bill than u large one that we
+ decided to make the change.
Z and, therefore, OH and
4 after the abose date your laun-
s dry viii be collected for when
!. delivered.
: Coupon books can be obtained
i from any Of our drivers and an
s allowance OF 5 per cent will be
:. made on same
:. Trusting this plan will meet
: with your APPROVAL and hearty
: cooperation and that you will
: receive this message III the same
: spirit in which it is sent, we
!. remain, 5
: Very truly yours.
Ciaisr.ksburg LnHndt'y Co.,
: Empire Laundry Co..
Sanitary Laundry Co.
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M.l,nt tie pennle Want.

The pleasants COUNTY leader says:
What the people want is work
md wages. But free trade won't al
gow these things to happen
The Leader might have added that
The people will have IN 1916 what
they want as the Republican party
will be restored to power then.
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"A Cleaning.
The Republicans made neat
cleaning in the city election at
Clarksburg on Tuesday. Twas to
be expected though. Preston News.
Probably So.
Probably the Germans expelled Gift
ford Pinchot from Belgium on sus-
.picion that something must be wrong
With him because Of the poor show
ing he made in the Pennsylvania
senatorial race -Blueleld Telegraph
Excuse Us.
We haven't seen Il copy Of the
GlarksburE Sunday Telegram for
several weeks Don't remember OF
ever saying anything mean about
this fine Sunday edition. Would
like to get it agai IN .-----lP reston News.
Need Bread.
The following is a contribution OF
La worried business man:
It is runloreds that a certain fas-
itidious young lady of this. town
llneads bread with gloves on. This
incident may be peculiar. but there
are others. Now, We NEED bread
with our shoes on. We need bread
with our shirt on We need bread
with our pants on, and unless4w can
corral a few Of the outstanding ac-
counts that are on our books. we
will soon need bread Without a D.
thing on and this town will be 4
Garden OF Eden this season III collec-
tions don't improve very shortly.
Get busy: ration Sentinel.
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An Evening Echo.

The circumstances in which you
are placed as members Of a free and
Intelligent community, demand of
you a careful Improvement Of the
means OF knowledge you enjoy
TIE REV.8J. HAYNES.
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bit has learn ed that something faster
than himself has struck the country
and he gives the road a wide berth.
The coyote shifts the petrol laden air
and droops his tail and sneaks away
III disgust Once more man has made
the wilderness his own.
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the Wilson administration has been
announced by the Democratic press.
It is spoils now. and not merit, that
counts. 49, Charleston Mail
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sAhoy..,,' 4. came to our ears one night
From out the DrinS deen;
Alloy. Alloy: we shouted back,
And. then went back TO sleep

IN EtAlO ~ SAlO e 1hNuLElt usaIht
And. then went back to sleep.
The cook was the first to discover
1t. 5
SILVER me binniclc lights! the
ships sinkin'!' he cried.
The cabin boy dropped a liver be-
laying pin that he vas polishin and
turned pale
He rushed out on the forward
.davits. 1t was a dark and stormy
night. and high sea was running.
An able seaman was leaning against
the port Ii ght. i8
This ships sinkin cried the
cabin boy.
BY Davy Jones. she be. ex-
claimed the a Bile seaman. and made
haste to inform he quartermaster!.
BY. this time the great seas We're
washing versthe boats stern. many
OF them only to turn and wash back
again.
THE ships sinliinE Z yelled the
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New Curtains

I { I s- u , I X
All kinds Of scliln and
Net Curtains from the plain
est STYLES 10 elaborate parlor
and library designs.
VALUES THE BEST
EVER AT $l.OO, sl.25, $1.5O
sl.98, $3.50, $2.98, So. SO, and
$500 THE PAIR.
Wonderful range Of new
styles at each price IN white,
cream and ecru in all the
newest kinds OF lScrl1ns. Ut
ill. need Of Curtains be sure
to see our line before pur=
chasing elsewhere.
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he ships sinliin 81. & yelled the
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1915-02-24
Copyright 1914, by Harold MacGrath)
CHAPTER X.
The Past a Blank.

II was perfectly true that Florence
had cast herself into the sea. II had
not been an act of despair, however.
On the contrary, hope and courage had
prompted her to leap The night was
clear, with only a moderate sea run
ming. At the time the great ship was
passing the banks, and almost within
hail she saw a fishing schooner riding
gracefully a: anchor She quite read.
lily believed that if she remained on
board the George Washington she was
lost. She naturally forgot the marvel
of wireless telegraphy. No longer may
a man hide at sea.
So, with that quick thought which
was a part of her inheritance, she
seized the life buoy climbed the rail
and leaped far out. As the great. dark,
tossing sea swooped up to meet her
she noted a block of wood bobbing up
and down. She tried to avoid it, but
could not, and struck it head on. De.
spite the blow and the shoe, of the
chill water she instinctively chung to
the buoy. The wash from the mighty
propellers tossed her about hither
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and yon. from one swirl to another
like chip of wood Then everything
grew blank.
Fortunately for her the master of
the fishing schooner was at the time
standing on his quarterback by the
wheel, squirting through his glass at
the liner and envying the ease and
comfort of those on board her. The
mate, sitting on the steps and smok-
ing his turning-in pipe, saw the mas
ter lean forward suddenly, lower the
glass, then raise it again.
Lord Almighty"
whats the matter, cap'n?"
Jake, in Gods name. come ere an
take a peek through this glass. I'm
dreamin',"
--The mate jumped and took the
glass. where away, sir?"
"A pint off tn sta board bow. See
somethin' white bobbin' up?"
y. "Yessir! Looks like some one
dropped a bolster r a piller over.
board. Gods whiskers!" he
broke off.
Then amt really seein' things"
cried the master. "Hi, y lubbers!" he
yelled to the crew; "lower tn dory
They's a woman In tn water out there
! seen her leap tn rail. Look alive!
Sharp's tn word! Mate, you go
long"
The crew dropped their tasks and
sprang for the davits, and the star
board dory was lowered in shipshape
style.
II takes a good bit of seamanship
to haul a body out of the sea, into
q dancing bobtailed dory, when one
moment 1t is climbing frantically heav-
onward and the next heading for the
bottomless pit. They were very ten
der with her. They laid her out in the
bottom Of the boat, with the life buoy
as a pillow, and pulled theoretically
for the schooner. She was alive, be-
cause she breathed but she did not stir
so much as an eyelid 1t was u stiff
bit of work, too, to land her aboard
without adding to her injuries. The
master ordered the men to put her in
his own bunk, where he nearly stran-
gled her by forcing raw brandy down
her throat.
well, she's alive, anyhow"
When Florence finally opened her
eyes the gray of dawn lay on the sea,
dotted here and there by the schooners
OF the fleet, which seemed to be hang
ing in midair, as at the moment there
was visible to the eye no horizon.
Don't seem L recognize nothin'."
"Mebbe she's got a fever" suggested
the mate, rubbing his bristly chin.
Fever nothin'! Not after bein' in
tn water half an hour. Mebbe she hit
one o. them wooden floats we left.
Them dinged liners keep on crowdin'
u.s." growled Barnes. with a fisher
mans hate for the floating hotels.
Went by without a toot. See 'er.
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take hand in. So the following night
he departed for Boston, from there to
New York. He proceeded at once to
the apartment of the princess, where
Braine declared that he himself would
go to the obscure village and claim
Florence as his own child. But to
insure absolute success they would
charter Mose's yacht and steam right
up into the primitive harbor.
When Vroon left the apartment Nor
ton saw him. He was a man of i'm
pulses, and he had found by expert
ence that first impulses are generally
the best. He did not know who Vroon
was. Any man who called ON the
Princess Perigoff while Braine was
with her would be worth following.