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Sharp County record., 1915-07-16

There is talk of fair for Fulton
county, to be held at Salem in the
fall.
1t is estimated that independence
county has 800 acres of land plant
ed in strawberries.
A general cleanup of the town
has been ordered by the city coun-
Gil at Walnut Ridge.
Newark now has electric lights,
the electric plant having been put
in operation last week.
Employees of the Frisco railroad
will hold their annual picnic at
Mammoth Spring the 18th.
There are All persons of school
age in the Newark school district.
Of this number II are negroes.
Myrickville is a new postoftice in
Jackson county, The new office is
located five miles south of Tucker
man.
1t is said that arrangements are
being make by which the two banks
at Mountain View will be conSoli-
dated.
The Citizen of Mountain Home
says a movement is on foot to
build a good road from that town
to Gainesville, Mo.
The mayor of Newport has noti-
fled all property owners in that city
to cut the weeds and tall grass
about their premises.
F. C. Hoyt last week resigned as
agent for the Iron Mountain railway
company at Newark, a position he
had held for the past 18 years.
Lawrence county property is as
sesSed at $6,OO0,328, and t h e
amount of taxes collected this year
by Collector R. S. Madison was
$143,81S13.
j. H. Shelton, a farmer of near
Newport, was painfully injured a
few days ago when his saddle horse
tripped and fell on him, crushing
his shoulder.
Atty. Elbert Goodwin of Melbourne
will be a candidate for state senator
in the next primaries from the dis
trict composed of lizard, Fulton and
Baxter counties.
An item from Cotter states that
peach shipments from the White
River country will begin in a few
days. 1t is said the crop there is
the finest in years.
The Journal says that the wheat
fields around Newark are yielding
an average Of Is bushels per acre,
while some farmers are making
from IS to 38 bushels per acre.
Levi Richardson, a merchant and
farmer of Reyno, has this season
raised and threshed $500 bushels
OF wheat He shipped 5000 bushels
and kept 500 bushels to use for
seed.
Martin Jansen, an aged citizen
Sharp County record., 1915-07-16
LODGES

F. q A, M.--Evening Shade
Lodge No. l43 meets Friday
night before the third Saturday
and Saturday night before tho
hret Sunday In each month.
G. l.. Coger, W. M.
j. H. Metcalf, Sec.
r, A. M.-Rural Chapter No.
meets the third Saturday night
In each month.
I. j. Woods, II. p,
j. r. Metealf, Soc.
l. 0, o. F,-Evening Shade
Lodge No, 200 meets Wednesday
night Of each week.
W, H, Handford, N. g.
E, L, Dieketson, Sec,
REBEKAHS-Grace L o d 60
No, 345 meets the second and
fourth Friday nights In each
month.
Mise Madge Snow, N, g.
L, A, Moser, SEQ,
W. o. W.-Evening Shade
Camp No. 9s7 meets the second
aud fourth Saturday nights in
each month,
o, Q, Shaver, G. @.
E, l., Diekerson, Clerk.
Sharp County record., 1915-07-16
State of Ohio, City of Toledo, |
Tucas Countv

LuSto SOuhtyt
Frank j. Cheney makes oath that
he is senior partner of the firm of
F. j. Cheney & Co., doing business
in the City of Toledo. County and
State aforesaid, and that said firm
will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED
DOLLARS for each and every case
Of Catarrh that cannot be cured by
the u s e of HALLS CATARRH
CURE.
Frank j. Cheney.
Sworn to before me and subscrib-
ed in my presence, this 9th day of
December, A. D. 1886.
(SeaD A, W. Gleason.
Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken
internally and acts directly upon
the blood and mucous surfaces of
the system. Send for testimonials,
free.
F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio,
Sold by Druggists. 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for
constipation
Sharp County record., 1915-07-16
POLITICAL PRAYER MEETINGS

II Ia q sad day for Christianity when
the church bells call the communicates
together for q political prayer meet
Ing. Such gatherings mark the high
tide of religious political fanaticism
put bitterness into the lives Of men;
fan the flames of class hatred and de-
stroy Christian influence In the com
munlty. The spirit aetuating such
meetings Ia anarehistie, un.Christlike
and dangerous to both church and
state.
The success Of the nation Ia In the
hands OF the farmer,
Work for the best and the best will
rise up and reward you
t--=as-------=---s---------
Tenant farming 10 just one thing
after another without a pay day.
Sharp County record., 1915-07-16

Tenant farming 10 just one thing
after another without q pay day.
Sharp County record., 1915-07-16
Beauty More Than Skin Deep

A beautiful woman always has
good digestion. If your digestion
is faulty, Chamberlain's Tablets will
do you good, 0btainable every
where,
Sharp County record., 1915-07-16
The Road To Success

Patience is the long road that
leads to success.-Ruskin.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-08-02
For the Reason That Precau
tons against Them Are Not
Beinq Generally Taken.

WASHINGTON. Aug. THAI
widespread coal-mine explosions with
their large loss of life can be pre-
vented if the recommendations Of
the bureau of mines are used and If
care is taken at all times by every
one in the mine. is the assertion
made by George S. Rice, chief min
ing engineer of the bureau In re-
port made public today.
Mr. Rice goes further and declares
that mine explosions can no longer
he considered ''act of God" for
which no one is responsible. He
saws that mine arrangements are not
using the means that are at hand
to prevent explosions. especially coal
dust explosions. Despite all that
has been said and written during
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-08-02

explosions would be prevented
IF safety lamps or permissible
electric lamps were used, even In so
called nongaseous mines, II is
thought that over one-third OF all
the explosions in this country would
be prevented.
1T is observed by the, field en-
gineers of the bureau that the un-
expected presence of gas is most
important factor in the starting OF
mine explosions. In many so
called nongaseous mine. gas issued
in small feeders at the face in some
part of the mine, as a matter OF
daily occurrence, yet open lights are
used in such a mine. This IS par
ticularly a source of danger in those
Alabama and Oklahoma mines in
which much firedamp is found. Also
there are many mines, doubtless
more than half OF the mines in the
United States, in which small bodies
of gas are occasionally reported.
yet these mines are rated as non
gaseous and open lights are freely
used, despite the fact that con-
siderable portion of the explosions
have occurred in just such mines
through the ignition of a pocket of
gas by long-hame explosives or By
an open light.
N
Comparatively few of the coal
mines of the country are frankly
acknowledged to be gaseous, and
singularly enough, since the bureau
work was inaueurated in 1908, only
single explosion disaster has oc-
Cured in a mine in which safety
lamps were being used prior to an
explosion.
THE reason for greater immunity
from explosions in mines that are
ordinarily considered dangerous be
cause OF the presence of 1redamp IS
that greater care is taken i'm all re-
spects. Vigilance is not relaxed. open
lights and the use of matches Is Tor
hidden. permissible explosives are
exclusively used. and the ventilation
at the working places. at the race
is carefully maintained.
Mr.. Rice outlines in his report a
series of so-called Rock dust par
rfers" as means of stopping ex-
blossoms that have started. Ihese
barriers consist of shelves filled with
stone-dust and placed at certain
certain points in the mine. The idea
is that the force of an explosion
viii raise the stone dust into a
cloud and as there is nothing In
the stone dust 10 burn, the explosion
will be choked and smothered- Mr.
Rice. who refers to these devices as
secondary safeguards. has already
tried them out with success In the
bureaus experimental mine. and
they have been patented for the
benefit of the mining public.
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DUST EXPLOSIONS
NOT MANY FE WEIR

recent years ABOUT the prevention of
explosions, (" says MIR. Rice. lit must
he admitted that unsatisfactory prog
ress has been made in this country
in lessening the number of dust ex-
plosions. Out of 100 typical mines
examined in one state, only fifteen
were taking any precautions, and IL
only few of these was there enough
systematic humidifying or watering
to give reasonable assurance that
the coal dust. always present in 4
coal mine, was rendered nonignit-
able.
Perhaps the reason better pro-
lection is not sought in bituminous
mines in general is that coal dust
is everywhere and its presence and
danger are frequently forgotten. The
risk of an explosion seem to a min
ing man like the chance of being
struck by lightning. yet the chances
are greater than that. as indicated
by the toll of mine explosions in
this country, which has varied in
recent years from 400 to LOO
deaths per annum.
NO better illustration of the adj
vantage of carefulness can be found
than in the mines of Belgium. In
those mines great instantaneous out
bursts of infla mmable gas from the
measures into the mine workings are
frequent. sometimes SIN othering the
men, yet for the last twenty years
no explosions of any magnitude have
occurred through ignition of the
gas. though prior to 1894. when less
precautions were taken. there had
been many great disasters.
The adoption OF preventive
measures is largely in the hands OF
mine operators, but in the carry
ing out the provisions every mine
employe is concerned.
Open Flame the Cause.
without open flame of some
sort there would be no mine en-
plosicns. Permissible explosives as
recommended by the bureau for use
In gaseous mines produce some flame
hut their fame is so small and it:
Duration is so brief that If properly
used they will not ignite gas OF
dust: and if they were employed
throughout the coal mines to the
exclusion OF black powder. dyna
mite and other explosives of char
acter dangerous to use in coal min
ing. 1t is believed by bureau en-
gfueers that nearly one-half OF the
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-08-02

NEW YORK, Aug. Col.
George Harvey. who gave to the
world the famous cheaters of tortoise
trimmed gl.sses SO beloved by college
boys. is back from Missouri, where
be introduced something new. SO
they. are telling at the Fifth avenue
clubs.
Colonel Harvey went out to the
wedding OF Champ Clark's daughter
in Pike county and he showed the
residents that he was no 'piker"
for he brought along with him a
valet One of those kind of crea-
lures of vacilating tendencies who
are known as Meadows or Forbes
or James.
1t put all the natives of Bowling
Green on the qui vive SO the gossips
say and several houn 'dawgs took
one look at the valet and his funny
side lace curtain whiskers and
streaked for the tall timber. It was
intimated TO Colonel Harvey that the
only person in Missouri suggesting
Wallets are the men who dress beef.
Broadway is reviving the old and
much NOTED question: When is a
man drunk?" The revival follows
the arrest of a wrist watch wearing
-
big Forty-second street soda fountain
and fell into the gutter.
He told the judge that he was not
drunk that he only had dish OF
ice cream and became faint on ac-
count OF an attack of indigestion.
The arresting officer insisted he was
sloshed.
One humorlst decided that man
is drunk when he kisses the bar
tender good night and another one
goes still further by proclaimins
that there is an advanced stage
when. having kissed the bartender
good night, he pins water lily on
his coat.
Frederick ]. Haskins. the Wash
ington newspaperman. was in town
last week looking over Broadway
and a few of the side streets. His
friends say that he grown heavier
since the tango craze has died down.
Haskins told of a friend of his
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-08-02
O {{| EPNlI zzS&|lS@ex !.

who bought a celebrated FLYER car
recently and on the first ride Out
in the suburbs of the capitol 1T sud
denly turned turtle.
The owner hurriedly called up the
garage and asked for help. VIVA;
seems to be the natter" the garage
man asked.
Il do not know exactly" was the
reply, but think one of the cas-
tiers came off,
If George Bernard Shaw had beer
in Paterson the other day he would
have been able to see the produc.
ton OF "Androcles and the Lion
surpassed In real life. cute man
chewing lioness actually paled the
mosquito terror into significance IL
New Jersey.
Queenie is the name of the lady
beast. She is just one year old. tbs
sweet thing The other day she
truck driver. by the left pedal ex-
treinity and took out chunk.
Mooney has sued for the meal, ask
Ing $500. Expensive stuff, these
drivers legs.
Felix Gould. the owner at the
trial OF the suit, declared that he
would take the pet lfoness, who had
been publicly accused of trying to
make free lunch out OF an inno-
cent bystander, to court to prove
how gentle she is The judge didn't
seem to take to the suggestion with
any aIertness-some judges are odd
in their whims anyway.
Crying Mary" is In our midst
again after brief visit to Mr.. Black
wells Island. Crying Mary is the
most lachrymose panhandIer in the
world. She is now past seventy
but when she was about fifty an
illness had some peculiar effect on
the tear ducts which permits her to
weep copious tears whenever she
likes.
She capitalized her affection and
for years hung around the doors of
big restaurants late at night and
wept She always wanted enough to
get to Newark-and the public fell
for it to the tune of about $40 4
night.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-08-02

Postmastershfp commissions have
strong. Triadelphia; Calvin Frazee.
of Amboy. Preston county,. Okey G.
Wayne, of Reader. WetzeI county;
and William A. Wheeler. OF Teays,
Putnam county. Vacancies at L..
Greenbrier county; Russet, Calhoun
county, and Sue. Greenbrter county,
will be personally investigated by
inspectors with view to appeflt-
ments.
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WASHINGTON NOTES
,.pre,A, eoRnusponpEaeB,

WASHINGTON d. c., August g
An interesting visitor in the city
few days ago was Judge Ira ROBIN
son of the supreme court OF appears
because his name IS ap
Nearing frequently in West Virginia
newspapers just now as probable
candidate for governor. Judge Ron
inson was accompanied by Hugh
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-08-02
NOTICE

ANY person or persons having possession
of or any claim to missing Bank Book No.
a422 are requested to present same to The
Lowndes Savings Bank and Trust Com
many and submit to having said book can.
caIIed, and new book issued in lien thereof.
lTHE LOwNDES SAVINGS BANK AND
TRUST COMPANY.
By Geo L. Duncan. Treasurer.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-08-02

Former Senator Davis Elkins came
in from West Virginia and stayed a
couple of days in the city looking af-
ter business interests. From here,
he went to>New York and is guest
at the Vanderbilt.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-08-02

Mr.. and Mrs. Randolph Workman.
of Lavallette. W. Va, announce the
enga cement of their daughter, Mary
Elizabeth, and Mr.. Charles "A. Davis,
of Pittsburg and Washington, grand
son of the late Rev Charles A. Davis,
chaplain United States army.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-08-02

Mr.. and Mrs. j. Robert Anderson
and daughter, Miss Eloise, are on
trip to Maine. Mr.. Ander-
son is a former Parkersburg attor-
ney who is connected with the de-
partment of justice.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-08-02

Warder OF Grafton ana aIteI o'ay'
or two spent with friends here. Judge
Robinson left for Atlantic City me
impression created among the West
Virginians here by Judge Roolnson .
visit was that 1t is more than likely
lif public sentiment warrants IL
he will resign from the bench early In
the next year and formally enter the
contest for the gubernatorial honor.
1t is announced by the Rumseyand
Society that the model and contract
for the monument to be erected 70
James Rumsey, the inventor OF the
STEAMBOAT. on high BLUM near
|Sheperdstown overlooking the waters
of the Potomac, have been approved
by Governor Hatfield. The cost IS 10
be in the neighborhood OF Sl5,Ooo.I
most of which money was approprl-
ated by the state several years ago.
It was in the river at Shepherdstown
where Rumsey demonstrated his
achievement in the presence OF many
notable men of his day. Among the
witnesses was no less a parsonage
than George Washington. who gave
Rumsey a letter attesting his success
Rumsey's trial trip on the Potomac,
in 1856, antedated that, Of John
Fitch of New Jersey in the Delaware,
by three years, and of Fulton's Ger
mont by about twenty-one years.
James Rumsey was born in Cecil
county. Md. but resided in what is
now West Virginia for many years
But for his illness which terminated
his life in London where he went to
secure funds to perfect his inven-
ton. there seems little doubt that the
fame that as since been awarded
to Fulton would have been his with
out dispute Rumsey's body is in
TERED in West Minister Abbey.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1915-02-25

think that, without disturbing the
working of this department, consid-
cradle money could be saved by this
method.
The second scheme would be to
decrease the assessed valuations OF
property, raising the tax rate enough
to offset the decrease. This would
reduce the amount that the city OF
Lambertville is obliged to pay to the
County of Hunterdon, so that 81 1000
or SIS, 900 might be saved for local
purposes. This would pay interest
upon 500, 900 worth of bonds.
In my two letters have shown
how to raise from $4,000 to Sl4,-
600, which would leave from So, 900
to $40, 900 above the interest on the
bonds. This could be deposited in
the banks, drawing interest, and but
small portion of it would have to
be set aside each year to pay off the
bonds as they mature; or, If one-halt
this saving was set aside each year,
the bonds could be paid off in much
less than thirty years.
HENRY S. GILBERT.
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Lambertville.
The School Question.
[CoMMUNICATED]

In a recent communication to the
public referring to the Ball Ground
as a site for public school, ex-Mayor
Lauer says, The entire lot can be
drained at a nominal cost by running
pipe from the canal along the gutter
of Delaware Ave"
Here are some facts from the Of
fetal records:
The level of the water in the canal
is practically the same as high water
mark in the Delaware river. The
centre of Main street at Delaware
avenue is ten feet higher than the
water level Of the canal. The centre
of Delaware avenue at George street
is two feet higher than on Main
street.
The water level in one of the holes
dug by the engineers employed by
the Board of Education, as it stood
for many months, was about six and
a half feet below the centre of Main
street. It was, therefore, three and
a half feet above the water level IN
the canal. In order to draw any OF
this water the intake of Mayor
Lauer's pipe would have to be at
least one foot below the top of the
water level. This would leave two
and half feet fall from the Ball
Ground TO the canal. The distance
is about eleven hundred feet. The
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1915-02-25
GKee lAANZeMs1

fall in the pipe would therefore be
about two and half inches to the
100 ft. The minimum fall is gener-
ally estimated at six inches to the
100 #. Of course, in wet times the
water rises to much higher level,
and Mayor Lauer's pipe would do
some good provided we were per-
mitted to discharge into the canal,
or could carry it under or over the
same.
Fact No. 2. There is now under
the middle of the Ball Ground
trunk or covered drain, and the
water from the north end of it is
carried northerly in an open ditch,
discharged into the creek, and from
thence to the river.
The question is, what function
would be performed by Mayor
Lauer's pipe that is not already per-
formed to a better degree by the
drain already in existence
Fact No. 8. Following are some
quotations from the report of G.
Everett Hill, Civil Engineer. made
to the Common Council in 1904:
"a The sewerage of Lambert
vile is not an easy problem.
~ THE valley on the east side
of the town acts as catch drain for
the water from the hills beyond.
The soil Of this district is so satu-
rated with ground water that under
drainage of the sewers will be
necessary.
81 As relief TO these wet dis
tricts and protection to the sewers
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as we'll / have provided for some
thing more than mile of under
drains of tile, bedded in broken
stone, laid in the same trench with
the sewer and just below them, rum
ming to independent outlets in the
nearest natural water courses.
Cd THE map makes no preten-
ton of being more than a sketch
map, and the layout and profiles of
sewers must not be considered as
final recommendation"
This is the report which counsel
for the Board of Education objected
to on technical grounds at the in
vestigation, and Assistant Commits
sioner Belts refused to consider.
Of course Mr.. Hill was only
Civil Engineer, of large experience
it is true, but he did not have the
benefit of the opinion of some of
our distinguished citizens or he
might have made definite and final
recommendation 1t will be OBJ
served that he reserved the right for
further investigation.
WALTER F. HAYHURST.
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Paying Off School Bonds.
[CoMMUNICATED]

COMMUNICATED
Several business men having asked
me how | would provide for the pay
ment of the school bonds (having
proposed method of providing in
terest in my last letter. | have two
suggestions to offer:
Put the street work out on bids
instead of giving it all to one man,
and stone should be purchased where
it may be obtained the cheapest. l
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To all my old and
new customers.

| have been in the Shoemaking bust
ness for several years, and ] believe l
always give full satisfaction in repair
ing work.
| do not believe that you leave me
without any reason for pay more at
tention to my work thank any of them.
l will be pleased to see you at the
same place where you always go
and will get the best repairing work.
All work guaranteed.
Christopher Squarcia
7.2 Church Street
LambertviIle, N. J.
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1915
For the Sake Of the Memory
Of George Washington. "

GEORGE WASHINGTON, whose birthday
u anniversary we all celebrated few days ago. said
that Coryeps Ferry the keystone to the success of the
American Revolution.
How many of us who fortunate as to live IN the
Coryes Ferry Community stop to think of the duty
that is imposed upon us by this declaration?
If the Father of Our Country thought this highly of
this place. shouldn't we have much higher conception of
it than we usually do?
President Walter F. Hayhurst, of the Lambertville
Vglant Society," said today at their annual meeting that
this very good section of the country to live n even
if we are sometimes cassed "a bit behind the times
Both sides of the Delaware, whether in Penns lvania
or New jersey mighty good places to live n whether
rich or poor AS Mr. Hayhurs truly sad while there's no
spectacular boom in the community there's distressing
poverty and no closed industrial establishments
The ideals of the Coryell's Ferry Communicate ought
to be the highest in the land spiritually socially and COM
mercially Let us try.
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County Road Bonds For Sale.

There are few County Road Improvement
Bonds for sale. They are of the denomination
of $500 each, dated December 21st, ls14,payi
able in thirty years. Interest at per cent
payable semi-annually and are non-taxable.
You can have bonds held for you until April
list, next if it will be more convenient than to
take them now, but unless ordered at an early
date the issue may be sold.
WM d. BLOOM,
County Collector,
Pennington, n. j.
Jan ~, 1s15-tf