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substantial plurality for the Republi
can candidates-state, congressional,
and for president. l believe we shall
elect six members of the House, q
United States Senator and the COVER
nor. We are having a very spirited
contest now among the Republican
candidates for governor and the
senate, but when the nominations are
made there will be no bitterness, and
the Republican will line up a united
organization.
There is no basis In the report that
Governor Hatfield has recently de,
clared his preference for Justice
Hughes. Some months ago the gov.
ernor suggested that he would prefer
Hughes, but he has not, according to
my best information, made any decla,
ration since the state convention re.
garding a preference.
Sin West Virginia the national Is,
sue Of greatest importance In the next
election will be a high protective tar.
if. West Virginia Is a protection
state because Of her vast coal re.
sources. her lumber. tin plate, glass
and pottery interests. We produced
last year more glass than any other
individual section in the world, / be.
lieve. Our deposits are enormous, our
forests among the most important in
this country, while in recent years we
have taken a leading place in the man.
ufacture Of tin plate and pottery.
Necessarily we are deeply interested
in the tariff, and the people are for
that party that protects our interests.
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FOR THE COMMON GOOD.

N time of much war talk, let us discuss peace a little
while.
= The American branch Of the League of Nations
to Enforce Peace will hold its first annual national assem-.
blage in Washington. May 2s.27.
The league is not q stopthe-war movement, neither is
It an undergraduates organization, nor is It a peace.at.
anyprice endeayor. ~
1t proposes to secure the maintenance OF peace after
the close Of the present war by the use of economic and
military force.
It urged that the time has come to devise and create a
working union Of sovereign nations to establish peace
among themselves and to guarantee It by all known and
available sanctions at their command, to the end that
civilization may be conserved, and the progress Of man.
kind in comfort, enlightenment and happiness may con.
tinue. r.
1t proposes a judicial tribunal for hearing and judging
upon the merits Of questions arising between signatory
powers against any one of their number that goes to war
or commits acts Of hostility. and conferences between
the signatory powers to formulate and codlfy the rules
Of international law.
The league claims this warrant from history:
Throughout 5000 years of recorded history, peace has
always been made and kept, when made and kept at all,
by the superior power Of superior number acting in I'm.
ity for the common good.
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WASHINGTON NEWS =
GOSSIP ~ szzszEs szsszs s.lza:

WASHINGTON, D. c.. May H.
There will be no trouble about the del
egatesE chosen at the delegate conven.
tons to be held in West Virginia last
week being promptly seated at the
Republican national convention to be
held in Chicago next month, accord,
ing to National Committeeman Virgil
J.. Highland. The Clarksburg banker.
politician, who spent a few hours In
Washington, talked like one who
knew what he was talking about. Mr..
Highland holds that the seven dele.
gate conventions were representative
enough OF party sentiment in the state
TO entitle the delegates nominated or
eeuggested" to the voters In the pri.
mary, 70 warrant their credentials be.
ing promptly issued to them. The
convention, itself, acting itself or
through the National committee or the
committee on credentials, is the su.
preme Judge OF its own membership,
and West Virginia will, according to
Mi. Highland be legally and properly
represented on the floor OF the con.
Sention when National Chairman Hill.
- raps for "order'' on the morning OF
June q.
Although here for a short time, and
busy on tmportant business during the
hours OF his stay, National Committee.
man Highland was showered with con.
gr%atulations by his Washington
friends. His election to succeed him.
self Is assured by the action Of the
Wheeling convention which unani.
mously endorsed him and as unani.
mcusly instructed the delegates to the
National Convention to Ere.elect him q
member Of the National Committee to
serve the ensuing four years. Accord.
ing to reports from all sections Of the
btate. the Wheeling convention did no
uct that met with heartier approval
from the rank and file. Highland is
widely known by Republican voters,
highly esteemed by them, and popu.
larry liked. He Is one OF the few po.
iitical leaders In the state Of whom Il
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has been frequently declared that, It
affects his personal relationship less
than Is usually the case when he finds
himself arrayed at times against lead.
ers with whom upon other occasions
he fought side by side.
The important business which Ma.
tional Committeeman Highland has in
hand now, and which will keep him
engaged and somewhat worried up un.
til the time the "big show at Chica.
go opens, is arranging for the com.
Portable transportation Of West Vir.
ginians to Chicago. their hotel accom-.
modations at the hotel selected for the
headquarters Of the states delegation,
supplying the delegates and alternates
with tickets and badges to which they
are entitled, and trying to secure en-.
trance to the convention hall for as
many West Virginia Republicans as
1t is possible for him by hook and
crook and the powerful influence OF
his position on the comittee to get
tickets for. This last is the part Of
the job that he already confesses has
him worried. The reason Is that al.
ready three or four times as many re-
quests have been made on him for
tickets Of admission as he can under
the most favorable circumstances
ply with. As a matter Of fact. there
never were SO many West Virginia
Republicans who wanted to attend q
national convention Of their party as
there are this year. BY the same to.
ken there will be more disappointed
than ever before. There isn't the
faintest chance Of the supply OF tick
cts that Mr.. Highland AN secure for
West Virginians coming anywhere
near squaring with the demand. I'll
do the best ] can" he declared today,
adding as an after thought-"and an.
gels can do no more"
Discussing political affairs in the
state, Mr. Highland said:
! have no doubt as TO the result
OF the election in the state next No.
vember. West Virginia VIII give .
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Monongalia Musings

- 1t appears that the substance OF
Germany's reply is: We will do bet.
ter but YOU must ask John Bull to
reform also.
- Voltaires motto was, Always at
work" The motto Of a great many is,
always loafing.
Four years ago, Theodore the
Great i want to be, was demanding
the recall Of Theodore is the one i'm.
he recall Of Theodore I sthe one i'm.
portant thing. As Shakespeare says,
There is a difference between a grub
and a butterfly, yet your butterfly was
once a grub"
Tho following revised definition
Of bandit will be appreciated by Black.
stones disciples: A bandit Is q man
who holds people up and Sdependsson
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RUFF STUFF
bYI

When interviewed yesterday on the
election many prominent Democrats
smiled and took It gamely, all except
the mayor who is still ranting about
1t.
A P%ittsgurgher was choked to death
py his collar. Perhaps he wore a
nincoompoop tie and his collar got
sore at the thing.
Mrs. Della Hager went the way OF
the deserving yesterday.
t14 bTGS
Wed like to know IL in this Safety
First exhibit the railroad companies
will exhibit the bacteria which can
be found in all this drinking water
which runs through black dirty hoses.
Referring again to the Second dis.
trict where does this dope come from
that on account Of good weather the
Democrats were not out? This indi-
Gates that many Of the farmers would
prefer bushel Of potatoes to Sam,
sar's own county went for Bowers.
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What we're getting at Is that a man
is no hero In his domiciliary hangout.
Frinstance, the Italians think so little
of Caruso they even refuse to allow
him TO be killed with regular soldiers.
When Is a Mate not a mate?
When Judge Vincent annuls the
marriage. :
There's some difference in the two
situations-the Edith Caveil and the
Markiewicz.
Little drops of water,
Little grains of sand-such is the
daily program on u streets.
When in the course Of human events
It becomes necessary to wear straw
hats then and then alone 1t is time
enough.
Sheriff Conaway's grand sweep Of
the anti.Yost clan availeth him
naught.
Some one remarked that the Times
! report of the election in Martinsburg
reminded him Of the Marion county
style.
We have $4,000 troops to fight Mex
leo with. Bryan's million over
night" army will not be called until
the Japs take Shagtown and the Ger
mans torpedo Joetown.
There's one way the High track
team overlooked for getting funds.
They should take a few lessons in
practical finance from the Mexicans.
There seems to be quite a discus.
sion about the city as to what a doodle
bug is.
We think they are something for
which We must save a couple for
father"
Editor Ruff Stuff: What is the best
thing for corns in hot weather? Mag
Toache.
Wear tight shoes and keep the feet
out Of water for two weeks.
Lots of classy goods at the Choral
Society.
Levin says he does the 100 In
1912. That's levin EN- all behind.
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There Might Have Bean.

A Boston minister who alupyus
breaches TO large congregations 1aaae.
Ianctimonious, psalm singing. Spro-'
iessed Christians who have no real
iteligion in their makeup Q target for
ais Wit. a little boy who heard him
remarked after he returned home
rom the morning service: "Mother.
! shouldn't have thought Doctor Blank
would have spoken that way about
shristians this morning. Thers might
laye been some of them In churohS-
exchange
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county. We further behave that uncessins effort from
now until election day viii bring a browning victory.
All together now, friends. let us Join Il; a long. hard
great Republican landslide Is practically certain ali over
the state and nation, and Marion county wants to be
counted in on 81.
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Another evidence Of good city workmanship was shown
out Locust avenue yesterday morning. Some city
workers dug a hole in the street and then filed it in with
loose dirt and placed a few loose bricks over the clay
An automobile passing up the avenue sunk into the mire
narrowly averting great damage to the car. Some bone.
head work by the city fathers.
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Mayor Bowen reamrked yesterday that the election o,
Bowers was a crime against progress and a distinct step
backwards. II anybody is walking backwards it is the
Mayor of Fairmont.
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Anxious One: You say you are worried because the
landlord is going to raise your rent. Which brings to
memory a reply a friend Of ours made to his landlord
when he threatened to raise his rent: well, I am glad
you are, for I can't"
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Constant Reader: The Yost Law says nothing about
stewed prunes. Go right ahead and serve them to your
boarders. The boarders may howl but the authorities
won't bother you.
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Woods and Bowers broke even. The Democratic Press
elected Woods before the election, and the people elected
Bowers at the polls.
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Gollehon but a new trial by fury was
asked by Tabor's counsel. This trial
was granted yesterday the Jury up
held the first verdict and awarded
Hatcher the saddle, The saddle a
valued at SIS, which Tabor Is claimed
to have paid the negro for Il, hut the
costs Of the trial and counsel fees
will total up almost two hundred dol
lars. Thirty-one witnesses testified
at the hearing and almost that many
more had been summoned. TABOR VIII
have to bear the costs Of both triais.
'Ihos, I. Scott represented the plain
tiff, W. r. Hatcher.
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BITS OF
STATE NEWS

That there are now more than l5..
600 legal voters in Harrison county
was shown by figures compiled by the
county court. which on Monday com.
pleted the registration Of voters. with
precinct No. 4 of Sardis district not
yet In. the total number OF voters reg.
istered in the county is 15,040., It ia
estimated that there are about 1880
voters in the one precinct not yet re.
ported, bringing the total registration
OF the county to about 1920.
The Democrat published at Glen.
vile. Giimer county. writes that Coun.
ty Superintendent Hays has received
returns from the first Uniform Exam.
nation. or the n hundred and. sew.
enty.two applicants, one received a
first grade, Miss Phala Woods, OF
Nicholas county; seven received mum.
Der two's; twenty-five received mum.
Der three's, and one hundred and
forty.two received no certificates. II
should be noted, however, that a large
number OF the one hundred and forty.
two made an average sufficient for
certificates but fell below the mini.
mum on some one branch.
The annual convention Of the Welt
Virginia State Medical Society, which
will meet in Wheeling, May 1918, win
have one OF the strongest programs
they ever have had in the history a.
the society. Some Of the greatest
speakers in the medical profession
will be in attendance and address
the members of the society. Among
the speakers, who will be present on.
that occasion are: Dr.. A. w. Free.
man. Of Washington, D. c., a repre.
sentative Of the United States Sur.
geon Generals Office; DR.. w. q, Grille.
OF Cleveland, Ohio; Dr.. w. Payne
iBabeock. of Philadelphia; DR.. y. Shell.
ton HorseleyJ of Richmond, Va; and
DR.. Llwellyn +. Barker, OF Baltimore.
Accordinr to the Braxton Democrat
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Just now 1t looks as II Speaker was not SO badly treat.
ed as was first supposed when he was shifted to cleve.
land.
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Let's recruit a regiment of New York and Chicago gun
men, send them down to exterminate the v~illistas, and
keep 'em there till there's not a bandit or a gunman left!
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The Lady next door wants to know why congress don't
e1pel Philly Buster-if all her husband and the boarders
say Is SO.
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Woods was in town yesterday accepting sympathy from
friends.
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Yale bequeathed s5s9yooO.oo. Same philanthropic gent
should vii, them 6 football team.
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At dropping cases the State is sure good.
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The way things look now there is not much use for
the Democrats to have a ticket in the field at the general
election.
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The Mexican situation gets more nerve.wracking every
day.
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Safety First" Can't go wrong following that motto
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Colonel Joe Fuccy, the well known
railroad contractor, Of Weston, was in
Sutton Tuesday and closed a deal by
which G, c. Davis and B. s. Berry,
Of Flatwoods, became the owners OF
the Fuccy farm on Holly river. This
farm contains 500 acres OF fine lana,
100 Of which Is improved and is bot
tom land The remainder Is covereS
with virgin timber, there being on the
tract some Of the finest poplar tim.
Der In this state. Messrs. Davis and
Berry will manufacture the timber on
this land at once, and after the tim
Der is removed the land will be con.
verted into q stock and fruit farm. It
will be one OF the very best farms
in Braxton. The price paid for the
land was $40 per acre.
For tho! second time W. r. Hatcher.
Fof Bluefleld, was awarded a saddle,
The ownership Of which has been In
dispute between, him and Hugh Tabor
for almost O year. Tabor said he pur.
chased the saddle from o negro on the
road near BramwellE In July, last.
Hatcher, however, claimed the saddle,
WIS either lost or stolen from him and.
brought suit In the magistrates court
before Squire James II. Gollehon. He
was awarded the saddle by Squire
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ACCORDING to the Braxton Democrat
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sar,'sl own county went for Bowers.
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attend. 1t will be recalled that some

attend. 1t will be recalled that some
months ago, when Gen. Frierson de
clined to file custer suits against five
members of the County Court, Mr.
PEBBLES, attorney for the prosecutors
appealed to Attorney-General Thomp
son to act.
In one case the Encouragement de-
clined to file a suit, that against JUS
tice CT the Peace ]. A. Grove No final
action has been taken in the others,
although the opinion is general that
Gen. Thompson would follow his hold
ing in the Grove case and decline to
act.
In the meantime Acknowledgement
Frierson filed an custer suit against
Road Commissioner John H. Murphy
and Mr.. PEBBLES filed one against Road
Commissioner High and one against
Justice John B. Brooks. The Hight
case has been tried and is now in the
bosom of the court. The Brooks case
is set for trial next Thursday. 1t is
that the purpose of the
conference is to go over generally the
law with respect to matters alleged
against the officials under charges
with a view to getting an understand
ing Of the construction placed thereon
by the Encouragement Of the state.
1t was suggested in legal circles that
that the tendency of this con-
terence might cause a further delay
in the decision of the court in the
Hight case, but this is not believed
to be the case and it is expected that
Judge Turner will read his opinion in
hat case Saturday.
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. ssseesssss esess
0 DEATHS AND FUNERALS. Z
0 o oee0eee - 0 0oe0ss
Mary Elizabeth Huckaby.

Mary Elizabeth Huckaby, the infant
Of Mr.. and Mrs. William Huckaby and
granddaughter of MIR. and Mrs. R. S.
Hardison, died on Friday night at the
residence of the parents, eight miles
out on the Bear Creek pike, after an
illness of a few days. Prayer was
said at the grave by DR.. F. C. Sowell
at o'clock Saturday and the in
terment was in the family square.
Maury Undertaking Company in
charge.
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ATTORNEYS TO HOLD
A CONFERENCE UPON
CUSTER LITIGATION
GENERALS THOMPSON, FRIERSoN
AND Mr.. PEBBLES WILL MEET
AT NASHVILLE.
TO DISCUSS LEGAL QUESTIONS
Believed That Purpose Of Meeting Is
To Get the Opinion Of States Law
Officer on Mooted Issues of Law
Involved.

There viii be a conference tomor.
row at Nashville between Attorney
General Frank M. Thompson, of the
state Attorney G General Horace Frier-
son, Jr., Of this circuit and Thomas H.
PEBBLES, who is active in suits against
officials in this county, at which the
law with respect to the matters
charged in the custer suits in Naury
county will be discussed.
Discussing the proposed conference
this morning, Attorney-General Frier-
son stated that some time ago the At
torney General of the state, Hon.
Frank M. Thompson had stated that
he would like to have a conference
with him. The conference having
been arranged he would be glad to
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ALUMNI BANQUET Of
GRIO|RON TEAM At
BRANHAM 3 HUGHES
WILL BE HELD IN ALUMNI HALL
ON TOMORROW NIGHTIN
SPRING HILL.
won -FOUR GAMES; LOST FOUR
Season Has Not Been An Especially
Brilliant, Although a Very Credta.
BILE one-Jesse Medley Will Retire
AS Captan-To Name Successor.

Everything is in readiness for the
big annual banquet of the football
team of Branham & Hughes School
which will be held tomorrow night in
the Alumni Hall of the new school
building. The season for the team
has not been altogether as successful
as many in the past, but toward the
end OF the schedule some of the loss.
es in the early part of the season
were retrieved.
The team during its season won four
games and lost four games. II did not
suffer any very discreditable defeats.
however, playing good ball even when
It's opponents took the major part of the
score AT the banquet tomorrow night
Jesse Neeley, the captain. will take
his farewell from the team with which
he has been such a conspicuous factor
for the past four years.
Prof. Clifford Ragsdale win act as
postmaster at the banquet. In addi,
ton to the members of the club and
other students large number Of the
friends and supporters of the team
VIII be present. A new captain will
be elected.
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Mrs. Addie e. Smith.

The many friends and relatives Of
Mrs. Addie f. Smith will be grieved
to head of her death which occurred
suddenly in Orlando, Fla, Tuesday,
December 5th. Mrs. Smith was a near
relatives of the late Capt. ]. H. Fus-
sell, J. A.Chapman Mrs. S. w. Steele
and Mrs. Frank Alexander. The re-
mains will be carried to Chicago and
inferred in lakewood cemetery Friday
morning, December eighth.
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JUBILEE SINGERS
AT SPRING HILL
WILL APPEAR ON NEXT TUESDAY
NIGHT AT BRANHAM AND
HUGHES SCHOOL.

Under the auspices of the EpWor'h
League of the Methodist church d.
Spring Hill, the Jubilee Singers Will
appear next Tuesday night at Bran,
ham & Hughes School, From the pro-
ceeds the Epworth League will TO
ceive half, using it toward their cam
paign to support a special mission III
China, which will cost approximately
500 during the coming year. ln0
league is in most fiourishing conuF
ton.
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AT WOODROW
PROCEEDS FOR BENEFIT OF THE
SCHOOL-MUSIC FOR THE
OCCASION.

On Friday night, Dec. Is, there will
be an entertainment given, consisting
of readings, drills and sketches. Music
for the occasion furnished by the
music class of the school. Admission,
10 cents. Proceeds for the benefit OF
the school. 1t