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Oil and Gas.

The prospects for an extension to
the 30.foot development on Dents run,
Warrington district, Marion county,
w. Va, are not encouraging, on a
south and west line. The Delmar OIL
company has drilled No. 90 on the A.
J. Hays farm six feet into the sand
and has no show for n producer. This
: well Is only one location south of
J. J. Allen & Co.'S gusher on the Hig.
ginbotham farm. No. % on the A. ].
Hays farm, located short distance
west Of the gusher, completed last
month, came In a buster. When start
ed both locations looked like win.
ners. To the northwest OF the Higgin.
botham farm we'll. H. W. Bartlett's
well on the 2. e. Batson far, complet.
cd more than month ago, Is still
holding UP at 265 barrels a day.
The shadow sand territory cintinues
70 furnish few good producers. on
Sugar creek, Lafayette district, Pleas.
ants county, the American Oil Devel.
opment company drilled Its No. IA on
the Mary Edgell farm into the Keener
sand and It is showing for a 40-barrel
producer. In Union district, Berry
& Co. arc drilling q test on the D.
( Wells farm and the Columbia Oil
company has moved drilling machine
to location on the N. W. Wells farm.
On Steer creek, an affiuent OF the
Little kanawha river in Sherman dis.
trict, Calhoun county, the Hope Nat
ural Gas company has now drilled its
test on the Daniel Huffman and vii
liam s. Barnes farm through the Big
1ntun sand but failed to get an In
crease In production. They found 1853
feet OF Big Intun sand at this well
and 1t has been put to pumping and
producing about 20 barrels a day, On
the same stream and in the same dis.
trtct, the Ohio Fuel Oil company has
strated to drill test on the G. l..
Cabot lot.
! Son Little Creek, Spencer district.
Roane county. G. L. Cabot completed
Q tg Injun gasser on the Amanda E.
Goebel farm. On the Little Kauawha
river, Center district, Calhoun county.
q. L. Cabot drilled his test on the j.
s. Silcott farm into the salt sand and
developed fair gas pressure.
On the Little Kanawha river, Sher.
man district, Calhoun county, the
Hope Natural Gas company has the
,oHS completed for a test on the s. G..
out Rice far mand Is building a rig
20 the Granville Rice farm. On Hard.
way run. Washington district, the
same company has the rig material on
the ground for tests on the tee Hop.
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Pittsburgh

PITTSBURGH, Aug. 14.-Last week
on the Pittsburgh Stock Exchange
was marked with the establishment
Of three new high records and one
low record, decided decrease In the
total number OF stocks sold, from
66,173 Of the week before, to 1906
and an Increase OF the total amount OF
bonds sold from S23,500 the week be.
fore to $4,000.
The issues that made the new high
records were Harbison.Walker Re.
Factories common, 100; Union Nat.
ural Gas, 155, and Manufacturers
Light and Heat, o.. Consolidated Ice
preferred made the new low record,
Is. Indeed. 1t was brilliant week
for the oil and gas group. HARRISON
Walker. besides making a new high
record. declared an extra dividend and
was listed on New York Stock Elk.
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FINANCE, OIL AND Gas

kins and /. "A. 1senhart farms. On Frog.
en- Camp run, Curtis district, Roane
county. the United Fuel Gas company
has a rig completed on the G. H. Par.
rish farm and is rigging up to drill
a test on the Marcellus Hart farm.
On Elk fork in the same district, the
same company is starting test on the
David A. Ice farm. On Flat fork,
Harper district. Roane county, Charles
Simms & CT. are starting on the D. L.
Gandee farm.
On Little Creek, Spencer district,
Goft & Heck have rig completed and
starting to drill on the Louisa J..
Hedges farm. On Kinchloe creek, I'm.
ion district, Harrison county, the
Reserve Gas company is due in the
Gordon sand at test on the Croker
Hall farm. On West Fork river II,
the same district, the vesper Gas
company is drilling In the ig Injun
sand on the G. NJ. Thompson farm.
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MEETINGS

Notice is hereby given that, at a
meeting Of the stockholders OF the An.
abelle Coal & Coke Company, a cor.
poration created and organized under
the laws OF West Virginia, held at
Clarksburg. Harrison county, West
Virginia. on the 22nd day OF July, a. D.,
1916, the following resolution was
adopted:
Resolved, First, that the Annabelle
Coal & Coke Company, corporation
created and organized under the laws
OF the state of West Virginia, does
hereby discontinue business as a cor.
poration and surrenders 20 Eaid state
its charter and corporate franchises
The board OF directors will proceed to
convert the property, chooses In action
and all assets Of this corporation into
cash. and pay off and discharge all its
debts, liabilities and obligations; and
after fully discliarging all such debts,
liabilities and obligations, divide the
remainder among the stockholders
pro rata with their several holdings OF
stock, but no such payment shall he
made TO any stakeholder until after
the publication of the notice herein.
after provided"
Given under my hand this the 22nd
day Of July a. D., 1916.
Attest: MELVIN G. sPERRy,
Secretary.
w. ORA BOWERS.
President OF said corporation.
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New York

NEW YORK, Aug. 14.-When sat.
lurday's session OF the speculative
stock market In Wall street began
its operations the movements in the
various divisions displayed consid.
cradle mixture OF strength and weak,
ness; but in less than quarter Of an
hour there was no mistaking the fact
that heavy tone had taken posses
sion Of the market. and nearly all the
important issues ranged below Fri
days closing figure.
This condition OF the market was
undoubtedly produced by the arrival
of the crisis in the railroad labor sit.
uation, the fact that the brotherhoods
would refuse arbitration having be,
come known to the trading elemen,
very early.
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HOUSES FOR RENT

FOR RENT-Eight room house fur.
Eished complete, four bed rooms
an bath. Reception hall with tele-
phone, parlor with piano. large din.
ing room. kitchen and pantry. Large
porches. Good water. Ten minutes
walk from business section. VIII
lease to quick reliable renter till
March 81, 1915. House has been new.
ly painted and papcred. Call Bell
phone 1881. S.7.6t. No. 1919.
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sheriff's commission (esti-
mated .....-....... $4,000
For q teachers holding no.
one certificates for s monsIl 10000

Sheriff's commission (esti-
For @e s. .s.sssr. .- holding No 5000
one certificates for smons.1i, 1900
Total expenditures (. !. sia;s 500
Amount TO be raised by
levy .................. 1o,7s1.42
It appearing to the board OF educa.
ton that the total valuation OF ali tax.
able property in this district, accord.
ing to the last assessment thereof, Is
s3,760,203.o0: being real estate to the
value Of s2,7e3,0l5.00; personal prop.
erty to the value OF s590,321.00; and
railroad and other property assessed
by the board Of public works to the
value OF s406,s7600; as certified to
this board by the officer whose duty Il
Is to make such report, and II appear.
ing from the foregoing estimates that
1t is necessary to raise by levy, az.
ter deductlng all credits, s5,759.62 for
building purposes and sl0,761.4a for
teachers purposes: therefore Il Is de.
termined that levy on each One
Hundred Dollars valuation Of Fifteen
cents (l5c) for building and Twenty.
lIlHe CehlS t-SCl luz lSdCHSIs puEpubeS
will be necessary TO produce the esti.
mated amount as aforesaid for the en-.
suing fiscal year.
State OF West Virginia,
County OF Marion.
District OF Union Ind. to.wit:
I. v. II. Cornwell, secretary of thu
board Of education in and for Union
Ind. district OF said county and state.
do hereby certify that the foregoing
is true copy from the records OF an
order made and entered by said board
on the eighth day of August. 1916.
Given under my hand this ninth
day OF August, 1916.
VI. H. CoRNWELL.
Secretary Board of Education. Union
Ind. School District, Marion Coun
", W. Va.
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Best to Humor Him.

Enrolment Specialist-Yes, madam,
your husband is suffering from tenn.
pcrary alteration, due to overwork.
The form Of his mania is quite com.
mon.
Wife-Yes, he insists that be is a
millionaire.
Eminent Specialist-And he wants
to pay me $500 for my advice. Well
have to humor him, you know.
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MEN WANTED as motormen and con.
dustors. Steady work and good wag,
es for sober, Intelligent, industrious
young men. Apply in person, Employ.
ment bureau, 435 Sixth avenue. pitts
burgh, Mondays, Wednesdays and Fri.
days, between Q a. m. and p. M. Re.
quirements: Age % TO 40 years. height
5 feet Z inches or over. Weight $40
pounds or over. Must have good eye
sight and hearing. Must be able 10
read and write. Satisfactory refer.
ences as to sobriety, honesty and prev.
ious employment required. Pittsburgh
Railway Co.. Syst No 1917
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"Two fellows declare that they can.
not live without her."
"And which has she decided to mar.
ry?"
"The rich one. She says the other
could get into heaven easier IL he
s1ould really die" - Boston Tran.
script.
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FOR SALE-Small farm at bargain
to quick buyer. Near new paved
road, 8 miles from Fairmont. Good
dwelling. Suitable for trucking. Ap.
ply P. o. Box 537, Fairmont, ". Va.
S.l4.3t No 1882
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FOR SALE-At S12 Cleveland Ave
5.room house and lot. stable, well OF
good water. VIII trade for country
property. Inquire F. A. Dodd. Fair.
mont, Ri, !. S-l0.4t. No. 1926
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ROOMS TO RENT

FOR RENT-Rooms with or without
light housekeeping. Apply Az
Jackson street. Aug 11-3t No. 1927
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BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

Good Bookblndlng That's the only
kind we do. No matter how small or
how large the book, We bind them we'll.
gairmont Printing & Publishing Co.
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Grain and Produce.

r CHICAGO, Aug. 14.-Almost com.
plete escape Of the Canadian crop ,ast
might from expected serious damage
by frost tended to ease down to some
extent the wheat market here. Clos.
( ing prices, although unsettled, were
nc to 1c net lower. with September
at S1.42M 01.43. and December at
= s1.4091.40A. Corn wound up NC to
Inc higher, and oats gained nc TO
Nc. Provisions finished at q range
varying from zoe decline to q rise
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FOR SALE

FOR SALE-A general store, good
business, price reasonable. Must
sell on account OF establishing larger
business elsewhere. Apply Box 1873
Baxter, W. Va. S.l2.3t. No. 1928
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State Of West Virginia,
County Of EMarion.
Dlstrict Of Union md. School
tO.wit.

District OF Union Ind. School,
to.wit:
At regular session OF the board
Of education Of Union Ind. School dis
trict OF Marion county held at the
regular meeting place thereof, on the
second Tuesday in August. 1916, pres.
ent: Harry Shaw, president Of said
board Of education, and Stephen Van.
Glider, commissioner.
In accordance with Chapter 81. Acts
1915, amending section q, chapter 81,
Acts 1908, the board of education pro.
ceeded to make up an estimate OF the
amount necessary to be levied for the
current fiscal year, to cover all dis.
trict debts and liabilities payable dur.
ing the year, including the probable
expenditures for district purposes, and
proper allowances for delinquent tax.
es, expenses OF collection and contin.
gencies, but deducting the money in
the treasury applicable to the service
OF the year claims doth determine and
estimate the several amounts to be
levied as follows:
BUILDING FUND ESTIMATE
Estimated Receipts
The amount due, and the amount
that will become due and collectible
from every source, except from the
levy of taxes to be made for the cur.
rent fiscal year.
Amount due from Sheriff ...s 20l.5s
Redemptions ESTIMATED. 5000
Total receipts ..........s 251.5S
Estimated Disbursements
The debts and demands owed By
the district as q whole and payable out
Of the building fund.
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HELP WANTEp-MALE
>~~~-~-~~N~~c~>~~>

Y ITED-Experienced grocery
clerk. Apply Four States Mercan.
tile Co., Annabelle. S.7.6t 1915
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SITUATION wANTED-Female

wANTED-Position as cook in hotel.
restaurant or boarding house. Ex.
perience. $50 View Ave.
S.l4.st No. 1881
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Deep mystery Of American Politics.
A young woman taking n civil sesv-
ice examination went into Mysteries
when she read on her paper: "N'ho
were the frat five vlce-presidentsT
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FOR RENT-Two nice f1rnished
rooms for light housekeeping.
Ground floor. porch. Call 711.W.Gon.
solidated phone. S.12.6t No. 1929
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FOR RENT-Furnished rooms for
light housekeeping. Gas and cleo.
trio lights. $50 View avenue
s.14.st No. 1880
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Estimated Receipts
The amount due, and the amount
that will become due and collectible
from every source, except from the
levy OF taxes to be made for the cur
rent fiscal year.
Balance due fund from
Sheriff NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. 12S.0s
Redemptlons ESTIMATED ... 10000
Due from general school
fund (enumeration) 80. 1,3l5.50
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FURNISHED ROOMS

FOR RENT-with or without light.
housekeeping. IL Rhea terrace.
S.4.tf M 1911
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HELP.gANTED-FEMALE
WANTEbgA girl for general house,
work. Apply Bell Phone 6slJ.
s.s.tt. No. 1925
MONEY TO LOAN

THE BUCKEYE SAVING ANDlLoAN
company OF Bellalre, O., has money
TO loan on desirable real estate. SEQ
Paul G.. Armstrong. Attorney. 41sa2
Trust Bldg, 9TH Floor, Fairmont w.
Va.
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w. ORA BOWERS.
President of said corporation.
7-31; S-7-15-22
The broad ax., 1916-09-09
1.-THE NEGRO soLDIERs.'

On Feb. 9th, 1909, the bill tg do
justice to the Negro soldiers. who Sere
discharged by President Roosevelt land
forever debarred from holding Eany
civil position under the federal golern-
ment, who in later years were Aven
innocent Of attempting to "shootshp"
Brownsville in 1906, was up in the
House Of Representatives for disc Using
and on calling the roll William Sllzer
like a brave and true blue liberty low
ing free American answered present at
the same time standing on his feet and
with all eyes riveted upon him hS very
eloquently delivered the follhwing
short grafton on "The Negro Sol
diers."
Mr.. Sulzer said:
"Mr. Speaker: We have no Drawer
soldiers in the Republic than theSNegro
troops. I am in favor Of doing Justice
to those Negro soldiers. They ORE en-.
titled to it, They never have mad .
square deal in or out Of Court
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of struggle for higher and better
things, from poor farm boy to the
Governorship of the greatest State in
the Union, is an epic poem.
Mr.. Sulzer is of large stature, stand
ing over six feet in height, with a
weight of 1s5 pounds, which he car
ries with the graee'of trained athlete.
He is abstemious; has sandy hair, and
steel blue eyes that look straight into
yours and read your innermost
thoughts. During the war with Spain
he organized a regiment of volunteers
and was elected colonel, but for
political reasons it was not called into
active service.
Mr.: Sulzer has been an extensive
traveller, and has seen much of the
World. In 1908 he married Miss Clara
Roedelheim, of Philadelphia, and they
live in the Old Home, of the late Gen
eral "Joe" Hooker, the corner of
Fifth avenue and Ninth street, in the
heart of the Governors Old Congress.
sional District, New York City.
The Governor is S2d degree Mason,
has held all the honors in the craft,
and years ago became a life member.
He is a member of Lloyd Aspinwall
Post, G. A. R.; the Army and Navy
Union; the Eagles; the Loyal Order of
Moose; the League to secure World
Peace; the Pioneers of Alaska; the
Arctic Brotherhood; Manhattan Club;
Press Club; Masonic Club; and other
social clubs in Washington and New
York City. His most profitable read.
ing has been history, philosophy, and
political economy; and his advice to
young men is to work hard, cultivate
igood habits, have a motive in life, and
"a positive determination to succeed.
Mr.. Sulzer is very busy man, but
his spare hours are spent in writing
book on "Political Economy" which
his friends believe will be a standard
textbook on economic principles. His
rugged honesty, his loyalty to his
friends, his fearless devotion to every
duty, his fidelity to principle, his abil,
ity as a champion Of the oppressed in
every land and in every cline have
made his name household word among
the people Of America, and as an
Apostle Of Liberty forever enshrined
him in the hearts Of humanity.
The broad ax., 1916-09-09

"The innocent should not be pun.
ished for the guilty. I voted in favor
Of this bill in the Committee on Mill
tary Affairs, and I shall vote to pass
it through the House. It is honest and
it is just.
"It will do justice to the innocent
men. IF we fail to do justice in this
case, we will be false to ourselves, and
false to every principle that we revere.
If we refuse to do justice to the
Colored soldiers who are innocent, We
will violate every tenet Of our boosted
love Of fair play. In my opinion, II
this bill becomes law, no guilty man
will be able to re-enlist in the army,
and no innocent man should be pre-
vented from doing so.
al have no race prejudice. wss'
to say that I am now, always have
been, and I trust always shall be, u
favor Of justice to all men-hers and
everywhere throughout the world
without regard to race or to creed. Fa
justice all seasons summer, and "
places q temple
The broad ax., 1916-09-09

for the people instead of Invisible Gov
eminent; could not be bought or
bullied and had set in motion the
machinery of justice to send political
grafters to prison. As one of the bosses
put it after the trial: 1--WE had to
put him out or he would put Us In"
that if the bosses did not
remove the Governor, the Governor
would send them to prison for robbing
taxpayers.
Just so soon as the Governor was
removed, in the latter part of October,
1913, the people reelected him to the
Legislature, on an independent ticket,
by a majority Of 5 to ! against all
other candidates. This was the Gov
ernor's vindication, and a fitting re-
buke to the bosses and their manikins
in the "Murphy Court Of Infamy."
Besides the Governor, in a series Of
memorable speeches, addressed to the
largest crowds which ever assembled in
New York, told the true story Of the
Tammany rottenness in the State, with
the result that the entire Tammany
ticket was defeated by an avalanche
Of ballots from the indignant voters.
Mr.. SulEer did things in the Legisla-
ture Of 1s14-and made good. That
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proved; nevertheless the marionettes in
the Court of the Bosses were s'or-
dered" to GUST the Governor, because,
they said, his campaign statement of
election expenses was irregular, not
withstanding that it was shown to be
in accordance with the law.
The constitution and laws of New
York declare the Governor can only be
removed "for wilful and corrupt mis-
conduct In ONCE" The conspirators in
the "Murphy Court of Infamy" re-
moved the Governor on a fimsy charge
of something he is alleged to have
omitted to do long prior to his in
auguration-and even this charge was
shown to be absolutely false.
Mr.. Sulzer is the first man in the
history of the world to be removed
from a great elective Office by q
"Packed Star Chamber Political
Court" for an alleged trivial derelic-
ton committed, or omitted, before he
took Office. The illegality and the alb
surdity Of the Murphy proceeding must
be as apparent to the layman as it Is
to the lawyer. The so-called Quack
trial was a travesty on Justice.
The truth Of the matter is that the
Governor refused to be bossed; worked
The broad ax., 1916-09-09

fall he ran for Governor on the Ameri-
can-Prohibition ticket and polled 1877
600 votes, more than six times the nor
NAL prohibition vote. and succeeded in
defeating every Tammany candidate
running for Office in the State.
Mr.. Sulzer's record speaks for it.
self. 1t is a monument of human en-
deavor in the vineyard Of the people.
1t needs no eulogy. He is the author
of more good laws for mankind than
any man to-day in America. He has
run seventeen times for high public
office, and was never defeated before
the people but onee-in 1914. He is
absolutely honest; fearless; true blue;
an intense American; genuine states
man; a man who does things; a great
reformer; and the most eloquent
champion of a righteous cause in our
land.
Mr.. Sulzer is a plodder who makes
progress; thinker who acts; an orator
who talks facts; leader who leads; a
legislator who legislates; and a states.
man who knows the difference between
right and wrong; has the courage of
his convictions; and dares to do the
right regardless of personal conse.
quenees.
Mr.. Sulzer is a radical. When a thing
is wrong he wants to remedy the evil
by destroying it root and branch. He
is the greatest Progressive in America
and his record proves 1T. He has
always been a quarter of a century
ahead of the times. He is popular
with all sorts of conditions of people
because of his inherent honesty, his
generosity, and his affable manners and
sunshiny disposition. No wonder he is
so successful as a vote-getter, and that
his loyal followers call him "Plain
Bill''-and the "Friend of Man.
and that they love him for the enel
mics he has made.
Governor Sulzer is "Commoner 4
through and through. The more yt!s
know him, the more you see Of hia
the more you study him at close ran
the more you like him, and the m9 f
you appreciate what he has done, HAd
glory in his trials and his triuml:Ns
He needs no defense. His record Il.
as clean as a hound g tooth. His caS Ter
The broad ax., 1916-09-09

DR.. Machinery ]. Brown, whose of
fees are located at 1902 South State
street, phones, Douglas sO7s-Auto.
1884, is one of the best-liked doctors
in this city. He is always jovial and
at all times conducts himself like a
high-elass gentleman. At the present
time his practice is limited to diseases
of the eye and ear.