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The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-02-06

1nndscnDe ArchHects Plan to Make C~larksbuy 'The City, Beautifnl,

considerable interest has been aroused
in their work. Mr.. and Mrs. j. w.
Thorne, OF Point Comfort have COM
tracted to have their beautiful home
and grounds beautifed and are 80
much Interested in the work that they
stand ready to give their most hearty
endorsement to the work.
Other Plans Being Made.
Messrs. Wilson and Dennison, real
estate brokers' are having plans made
for some Of the properties which they
control in Clarksburg. MY. Dennison
Is much interested in this work and
will be glad to render any assistance
in his power to make Clarksburg more
beautiful.
frankie McIntire. who Is now con-
structing a commodious and beautiful
homo In the Gotf Fiaza addition Is also
having plans drawn for tho beautifica-
ton OF his grounds, Many others are
becoming interested In the work and
civic pride should he aroused to the
extent that no place should be LETT
within the boundaries Of the city that
the finger Of pride could not be point.
cd to. .s
We have in Clarksburg some OF tho
finest public school buildings, both In
architecture and finish, 0 any city Of
It's size, in the state. Situated as they
are on beautiful hillsides, surrounded
by magnificent terraces, II should be
tho pride Of every man, woman and
child to finish that to which nature
and art have already done so much
by putting in beautiful landscape ef-
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-02-06

termined upon and consistently ad-
hered to; and the chosen style must
not be varied except in wide limits
Of space.
Every item Of the composition then
must contribute 10 the perfection OF
the predominant style, or must be
vigorously Expurged,
no matter what its individual excel
lence. Unity is not to be realized un-
less the entire construction ia under
the control Of one mind and this one
mind must not only have a perfectly
clear and definite conception Of what
the finished product is to be, but must
also be attached to that ideal with
such jealous unalterableness that no
item, however desirable by itself, shall
be admitted II not in strictest har-
mony with the pervading spirit Of the
work. This means practically that a
definite plan must be made on paper.
Even in the smallest composition, such
as the painting OF a town lot or the
ornamentatlon Of a cemetery plot, a
definite plan should be decided upon
at the outset, 1t should be reduced in
full to paper and be unswervingly
followed thereafter.
The natural style is unquestlonably
the favorite in England and America,
and probably only less so in France
and Germany This means not alone
that the lands cape gardeners Of the
country practice it in preference to
other styles. but also that the laity,
composed OF people who only feel and
do not think, have a strong tendency
toward the natural style. To be sure.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-02-06

Many wise people, including Ber-
,nard Shaw, declare that 1t is always
the woman who proposes and lures
unhappy man into the bog Of matri-
mony. However that may be, It Is
only during leap year that she does
SO with the full approval and sane
ton Of even the most conservative
members Of the community.
Everyone knows this queer leap
year custom, but few realize how the
legend Of its beginning runs and with
what sanity beings it is concerned.
1t all goes back to st. Patrick. &C
cording to the story. This good saint
had pursued "all the frogs from all
the boys and banished all the var
minis" and was wandering about en-
Toying himself and taking q deserved
rest from his labors, when he met st.
Bridget. st. Bridget was in a terrible
state of mind owing to quarrels and
dissatisfaction that had arisen among
the nuns in her convent. And In the
midst of tears and walls poured out
cher troubles to st. Patrick.
The igist of her troubles was that
her nuns were tired Of waiting for
their suitors to propose and wanted
the liberty Of popping the question
themselves. 1t may be remarked that
in these early days celibacy was moi
insisted on for either nuns or priests.
st. Patrick didn't like the idea very
much. but he suggested a compro-
mise which was to the effect that the
ladies' might propose once in every
seven years. 1.
This did not satisfy st. Bridget,
who, throwing her arms around his
neck, besought him to make It one
year in four instead. Her words are
reported to have been something like
this, "Arrah, Patrick, jewel, l daurnt
60 back to the girls with such a pro-
posal, make it one year in four"
To which st. Patrick CALAMITY re-
piled: bridget, squeeze me that way
again and I'll give you leap year, the
longest one in the lot"
At which encouraging remark Bid
dy popped the question to st. Patrick,
only to meet with a rebuff. st. Pat
rick had taken a vow not to marry
So all he could do was to console
Bridget with a kiss and a silk Dress.
Ever since this time 1t has been
customary for q man who refused q
lean year proposal to salve the lady's
feelings with a kiss and a silk dress
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-02-06
Summit of Mt. Angeles
Is Eagles Own Throne

any basis, at all. to the story, the
winged monster" was merely
great eagle that was trying to pro-
tect its young from q tancled dan
ger. However, since tnat day, no
inducement great enough has ever
been within ten miles Of the "Monnt
Of Angels" They are deathly afraid.
of the spirit Of the mountain"
So much for Indian traditicn%
now for "paleface" facts. Early In
December-"on the same moon 80
the old chief OF the Siwash says, ~
the tragic happening Of long ago.,
party of even started aoa Q camp-
ing trip into the Olympic mountains,
There were two women in,the bunch
Mrs. John Carey, wife Of the leader
OF the trampers, and their daughter
Miss Mamie Carey.
Three days after leaving Port ArS
'geles, their starting point they arr
rived at timber line at tho base o.
Mount Angeles rocky peak. Ills
said that no woman had aver scaled
this precipltous peak, SO Miss Carey
determined to have the honor OF %.
complaining this feat. BY means Of
ropes, the help Of one Of the young
men Of the party and unlimited
pluck on her part Miss Carey flneliy5
reached the hard won goal,
She had a grand view, indeed; OF.
the wild country, from this dizzy
height. but had enjoyed this TOR
barely a minute, when suddenly, with
10 hoarse scream o great eAele.
swooped down upon her, With Q
scream that almost equaled that of
the huge bird of prey, The young
woman stepped backward-apd came
within an ace Of topping over Che
cliff.
Her escort leaped to her assist;
apce,, but he, was urarmed, and
doubtless both would have suffered
the same fate Of the legendary I'M
dian youths Of old, had not old man
|Carey-who stopped at the foot Of
the cliff, with the rest Of the parity
got a bead, OF, the vicious BIRD With
Ills Winchester Nh. Carey Is A
noted marksman, 50, with the report
of the rifle, the eagle gave vent to-
another piercing scream and with
wildly tapping wings settled into the
gorge, more than a thousand feet
below.
It was impossible to securel the
body Of the great bird, but,the party
|all agree that 1t was a monster In
size. Needless, to say, Miss Carey
had all the honor she cared Tor,
on that trip, therefore, the party Inn
mediately started on their return trip
TO the coast.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-02-06
BOY C0NFESSES
TO DOUBLE
CRIME
Trapped by Letter, He Admits
Killing His Employer and
a Woman.

BEAUMONT, Tex, Feb. 6.-Fate
has again played its hand, this time
breaking up a game that probably
meant q few more years Of liberty to
Albert Houchin, II years old. Houch-
in was going under the name OF w.
d. Freeman at the time Of his ar
rest.
A letter addressed to him by that
name was received at the postofice by
Ia D. W. Freeman. This d. ". Free
man, for whom the letter was not in
tended, opened the letter and read.
Dear Boy: / went there to see
you, stayed two days, but could not
find you. Don't write any letters. Big
reward out for you. Officers looking
for you. Leave state and don't write.
Enclosed find 500. Get up and tell
nothing, but do what l tell you and II
the"
Here the letter broke off as II the
writer had been Interrupted, The let
ter was postmarked Motherhood,
Tex, and five $40 were attached. D.
w. Freeman turned it back to the
postmaster, and the police were noti-
fed. Albert Houchin, alias D. w.
Freeman, was arrested a short time
thereafter when he claimed the let
ter. 9 IL
He confessed to having murdered
q. H. Hammond and Madge Dolores,
a palmist, near Los Palomas, N. NJ, on
November 81, 1915. He told the Of
fcers that Hammond, Of Hainey, as
he was called, had constantly m%istreat-
ed him. At Clyde, N. M, he said that
a woman had Joined Hammond. He
says that he was compelled to ride q
wild horse, wa thrown of against q
rock, and mentally deranged for q
time. 1t was in this condition. he
says, that he committed the crime
shooting both Hammond and the wom-
an with a 5000 Winchester. He sayl
he took about $4,000 from Hammond's
trunk and went to Cutter on horse
back, taking q train from there t.
Deming, ". M. and then to 81 Paso
Tex. us
Telegraph them to come anu Jake
me back. l want to get It over" he
told the officers.
Chief Detective Reid Tevis received
a message from Sheriff 7. R. YOUNG
Of Roswell, N, NJ, saying he, would
come for the boy. she
"This Is the best news ! have hae
since 1t happened" Houchin said wher
he was told that Sheriff Young would
beiafter him in a few days.
~ am mighty glad you, got me wher
you did" Albert told Detective Tevis
"for II you hadn't arrested me wa
Ilaithsr going to give up uaxtSwssk %
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-02-06
DISEASES SPREAD

One small germ in the home. the
chicken house, stable, or the out
houses cause the spread Of disease
and much sickness. The good house
keeper says, that Formo-Sol is the
most satisfactory d%isinfectant used for
the prevention and destruction of dis
ease germs. Price 25c. Full directions
on bottle. Not sold in drug stores
Essential Chemical Company, P. o.
Box 172, Clarksburg, W. Va.-Adver-
tisement.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-02-06
Few Cities So Beautifully En-.
doWed by Nature As is
Cfarksburg.
PRIDE AND ART ARE SEEN
Messrs. ShuIer and Barr Lo-
cate Here and Will
Beautify the City.

Few cities have been SO beautifully
endowed by nature as'has been Clarks-
burg. It's sublime hills covered with
rich yerdure, its valleys and rivers all
appeal to lovers Of nature. The people
Of C%larksburg, who are all lovers OF
nature, r spending their time.
thought and money in an effort to re-
store that which the hand Of man, in
industrial pursuits, has destroyed. No
city in the United States could have
manifested more pride and art in the
construction Of its homes than have
the people Of Clarksburg. All that is
needed now is the polishing to make
Clarksburg
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-02-06
Ten-Foot Plane over 1000 Feet
In Air Risky Place to Bat
tie for Life.

PORT TOWNSEND. Wash, Feb.
5.-"Many moons ago" 80 the tribal
legend goes, Skookum Potlatcn
Good Giver) was very much in love
with Hyais (Beautiful), a daughter
Of old Chief Seattle. And although
fighters over the edge into the abyss
lection, the old chief favored an
other youth, Metllicum (Richl, on
account OF his having offered old
Seattle three war canoes and many
many loads Of dried fish, for the prl'
vilege Of taking Hyais to his own
wlgwam.
To settle the matter, the two In
dian youths, armed with long knives
and accompanied by the friends Of
both, jlurneyed ts Mount Angeles
mount of the Angels), and on III
highest peak-on top Of which ISL
fiat space Of ten feet In diameter.
they began a fierce battle ITO death
the winner to have possession OF tht
beautiful Indian Princess. Hyais. sup,
posed to have been half-sister OIL
"Angeline."
In the midst OF this fierce com
bat, a huge winged monster arost
above the upper edge Of the peak
and with one fell swoop swept bott
a thousand feet below.
OF course, the more enlightened
man knows that, * there wa
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-02-06
BIG SWEET POTATO

JACKSON, Miss, Feb. 5.-az sweet
Of the Nancy Hall yartoy raised
by Mrs. Anna Bell Naples weighed
twenty-five pounds and measured
twenty-nine inches in circumference
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-02-06

- vi NtN IN .Hf AZ. N
Kill myself. / could not stand y any
longer. It was driving me mad"
According to the story that the boy
told the oficers. he left home last
summer With q boy named Coley
smart. They were going to New Mex
leo to get work. His parents had 2
large family, he said, and he did not
ike to have to depend on his father
At Roswell, N. M, Houchins part
der found work with a horse trader.
hammond alias Hainey. The part
her worked for Hammond. Of Hainey.
half a day and quit. He told Houchin
|that the man was mean to hin. Hou-
ohm says that he was desperately In
need Of work so heStook the Job that
|fis partner had left. and after more
|!than once being badly mistreatsd, he
Saws, and finally Becoming mentally
lderanged, he killed Hammond, or
IHainey. and the yor,5n that Wa with
him.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-02-06

"SS tI.4ut tHiN a ~ wye
J. II. McGinnis has made formal an
nouncement as q candidate for assess
or on the Republican ticket. Epl
Bee, we'll known Pennsboro merchant
is also o candidate for the Office.
Although his groundhogship ma,
not have seen his shadow on thu
second, 1t was Immediately followed
by a bitter cold spell, which indicates
that he must have had a peep at him
self somewhere near here.
Brown Hall and wife. Of McCombs
o., are visiting Mr.. Halls parents
William Hall and wife, at Cairo.
The many friends of Judge james
Newman, the former prominent Cairo
lawyer, will be panied to learn tina
his condition remains very critical
He is now making his home In Park
ersburg.
r. A. Wagner, Safe insurance man
is a business visitor in Charleston thii
week.
Charles Bee, Of Farina, Ill, who ha.
been visiting the family Of b g. Bee
at Berea, will return to his home this
week. h
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-02-06
OF II Richie
COUNTY IS
TOLD
kilograms Correspondent at
Eilensboro Writes amin
teresting News Letter.

DLIiRNBoRo, Feb. 5,-The Imperial
OIL and Gas Products Company has
completed its second well on the Willis
Keith farm, located about three miles
south of Ellenboro, and 1t Is reported
as flowing at a rate Of 200 barrels Q
day. This location is somewhat ahead
of any recent production and makes
the. location on the L H. Smith farm.
which is now rugged up ready to start,
look very good. rr1
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-02-06

v. q. Chapman and daughter, Miss
Mamie, have departed for Walworth.
Wis, where they will be guests Of
the Rev. Jerry Hicks and family.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-02-06

Harvey showalter, Of C~larksburg,
was q visitor in Richie county this
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-02-06

A public sale will be held at the
residence. of the late John Moore, near
Riddles chapel on February IL. It
will be recalled that Mr.. Moore. an
old Civil war veteran, recently COM
mitted suicide.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-02-06

as flowing at a rate Of 200 barrels q
day. This location is somewhat ahead
of any recent production and makes
which is now rugged up ready : start
look very good.
49,
A public sale Will be ned at tne
residence. Of the late John Moore, near
Riddles chapel on FeDruarya -. y
Will be recalled tnat MT. Moore, an
nitted suicide.
-
The first county examination for
diplomas in the common schools was
Principal Turner Flemlng.
y"
The regular FEBRUARY Term OF CIT
cult court Tor Rltcnle county VIII cor
ing to much sickness hrougaoul tne
county. ana the conaitlon Oh W. cou
ty roads, there VIII De no pslt July
this term, and the time Oh ue couls
Will be devoted TO cnanceIy casss'
-
Attorney Homer Adams has returned
from Cleveland, o., where he. has been
transacting legal business.
A., -
has been the guest Of her daughter.
Mrs. L. a. Richardson. at Huntsville.
Marietta, O., for several days, a guest
Of his daughter, Mrs. Harry, GjMiller,
hos rat,,rned home.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-02-06

BENJAMIN Homer, who has been ser.
iously i'll with pneumonia, is able 70
be out again.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-02-06

Brown Hall and wife. Of McCombs,
o., are visiting Mr.. Halls parents,
william Hall and wife, at Cairo.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-02-06

Mrs. Wesley DeBerry, of Terra Alta.
has been the guest Of her daughter.
Mrs. L. a. Richardson, at Huntsville.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-02-06

Attorney Homer Adams has returned
from Cleveland, o., where he has been
t~ransacting legal business.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-02-06

After a visit to the old fields about
WHIST Union, J. G. Dawson, Of the
Carter OIL Company field force, has re-
turned to his headquarters at Charles
ton.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-02-06

The first county examination for
diplomas in the common schools was
conducted here February 4 and S, by
Principal Turner Fleming.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-02-06

.Judson w. Boehm, who has been in
Marietta, O., for several days, a guest
Of his daughter, Mrs. Harry g. Miller,
has returned home.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-02-06

Miss Anna Bailey, Of Parkersburg,
who has been visiting Miss Della
Hulderman, at Harrisville, has re-
turned to her home.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1916-01-06
BUCKS COUNTY'S
MEANEST Man
Halls From Blooming Glen and Com
mitted Fiendish Torture Upon
an 0verworked Horse.
CANGRENE ROTTED ITS TONGUE

Every once in awhile somebody
reports the discovery of the mean
est man." but according to the Phila-
delphia police reports, the meanest
man in Bucks county has been dis
covered in the person of Griffith
Shaddinger, butter and egg deal.
err of Blooming Glen.
Shaddinger, at the instigation of
Friedrich Fisher, of Philadelphia,
placed a rubber band around ahorse's
tongue to make it keep on working
after it was exhausted, and it caused
gangrene, rotting away the tongue.
The police magistrate, before
whom the pair of brutes was brought
fined them $40 each. Either he was
too cowardly to send them to state
prison, or the laws of Pennsylvania
are lamentably weak.
1t would be real pleasure to
take a pair of fiends like these and,
placing good, tight rubber bands
around their own tongues, beat them
each day with blacksnake whips.
If there are any citizens with good
red blood in their veins up Blooming
Glen way they will make things SO
uncomfortable for Shaddinger that
he will seek other locations, although
who would want him as a citizen we
cannot imagine.
Bucks county's meanest man sure
ly has been found.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1916-01-06
BRYAN AsHBRooK TAYLOR.

Bryan Ashbrook Taylor was buried
from the home of his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Bryan H. Taylor, yesterday
afternoon. The funeral services
were conducted by Rev. H. A. Mac
Dublin, a former pastor of the First
Presbyterian church, assisted by
Rev. Theron Lee, the present pastor.
Interment was in Mount Hope ceme-
terry under the direction of LaBaw.
The pallbearers were: James 0. Stud
diford, Christopher F. Solliday, How
ard M. Solliday, Joseph N. Hazen,
Robert Butler and Charles F. Mar
tindell.
Mr.. Taylor, who was a salesman
for Boston rubber company, died
last Friday at Wyalusing, Pa, while
upon one of his trips. He had been
i'll about two weeks, with pneumonia,
but his condition was not considered
serious until the day of his death,
He was the only son of his parents,
and besides them is survived by his
wife, formerly Miss Marie Genevieve
Cassidy, of Chicago, to whom he was
married at Utica, N. Y. on May
6, 1915.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1916-01-06
WARREN B. CUMMINGS.

The funeral of Warren B. Cum
mings will be held from his late
home, II Jefferson street, on Satur-
day afternoon at 2.30, with Rev.
Pennington Corson. pastor of Cen
tenary M. E. church, in charge. In
terment will be in Mount Hope under
the direction of LaBaw.
Mr.. Cummings, who was 76 years
of age, died Wednesday from stroke
of paralysis. He was first stricken
on Tuesday, while at work as car
penter at the LambertviIle Rubber
company's plant, taken home in an
unconscious condition. A second at
tack on Wednesday caused his death.
He is survived by his wife and
two sons, Fred. S. and Augustus,
and daughter Miss Carrie Cum
mings.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1916-01-06
Local Music Recitals.

The first of series of recitals,
depicting music from the early
Italian to the futurist, will be held
at the home of Mrs. George f. Wood
north of New Hope, this afternoon.
when Mr.. and Mrs. Roscoe Schrader
will entertain the audience with
their talents.
Mrs. Scrader plays the piano, and
Mr.. Schrader the violin cello, and
they will cover the complete history
of music during the winter, with
recitals each Thursday afternoon.
Next weeks recital will be held
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. William
Lathrop, and the following Thurs
day at Mr.. Schrader's home, he
having moved into the house former
ly occupied by Artist G. S. Rosen,
who has built handsome home
along the river front.
These recitals will be big feature
of the winter in the New Hope
artists colony, which is already
world famous among studio follow
erS.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1916-01-06

this was when there are thousands
of dollars of delinquent taxes out.
standing, and said that he would
bring the appointment of new col
lector up at the next meeting.
City Recorder Larson reported
five cases tried and $40 in fines col
lected for December.
Councilman Percy's motion to abol-
ish the city recordership was passed
by vote of five. to three, all the
the Republicans voting in favor, and
the Democrats against the motion.
Councilman Banchoff, the fourth
Democrat, was not present.
The printing committee, of which
Councilman Russell Pedrick is chair
man. offered a resolution which was
adopted, setting forth that the COM
mittee would also act as a publicity
board, and would endeavor to have
the newspapers come to it for news,
so that they might obtain accurate
Chief George w. Arnett reported
the fire department in fine shape,
but his recommendations for certain
were laid over until the
next meeting