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He is very fond of Samson and Har-
ry---calls them his partners. We love
this big awkward giant. His feet are
set in the straight way and We think
that he lis going TO make his mark in
the world
You said you would come out next
disappoint us. / think it would almost
break my heart I am counting the
days. Don't be afraid of fever and
ague. Sapington's pills cure it in three
or four days. l would take the steam
boat at Pittsburg, the roads in Ohio
steamer up the Illinois river at Al
ton and get off at Beardstown and
drive across country If we knew
when you were coming Samson or Abe
would meet YOU Give our love to all
the folks and friends.
Yours affectionately,
Sarah and Samson"
1t had been cold winter and not
easy to keep comfortable in the little
house In the worst weather Sam
son had used to get up at night to
keep the fire going. Late in January
a wind from the southeast melted the
snow and warmed the air of the mid
lands SO that, for 81 week or so, it
seemed as il spring We're come. One
night OF this week Sambo aWoke the
. family with his barking. A strong
wind was rushing across the plains
and roaring over the cabin and wall
ing in its chimney. Suddenly there
was rap on its door. When Samson
opened it he saw in the moonlight q
young colored man and woman stand.
ing near the doorstep
is dis Mistah Traylor:" the young
man asked.
1T is said Samson What can L
do for you?'
''Mas'r, de good Lord done fetched
US here to ask you TO help" said the
negro. "We be nigh wone out with cold
an hungah, sub, deed we be-
Samson asked them in and put wood
on the fire. and Sarah got up and made
some hot tea and brought food from
the cupboard and gave it TO the stran-
gers. who sat shivering in the freight.
They were a good-looking pair, the
young woman being almost white.
They were man and wife. The latter
stopped eating and moaned and shook
with emotion as her husband told
their story. Their master had died
the year before and they had been
brought to st. Louis TO be sold in the
slave market. There they had es-
capped by night and gone to the house
OF an old friend of their former owner
who lived north of the city on the
river shore. He had taken pity on
them and brought them across the
Mississippi and started them on the
north road with letter to Elijah
LoFejoy Of Alton and a supply of food.
Since then they had been hiding days
i'll the swamps and thickets and had
Travelled by night. Mr.. Lovejoy had
sent them to Erastus Wright Of
Springfield, and Mr. Wright had given
them the name of Samson Traylor and
the location. Of his cabin. From there
they We're bound for the house of John
Peasley, in Hopedale, Tazewell county.
Lovejoy had asked them to keep the
letter with which they had begun
their travels. The letter stated that
their late master had often expressed
II srr I. 4 ~.
dom when he should pass away He
had left no will and since his death the
two had fallen into the hands of his
nephew, despotic, violent young
drunkard Of the name of Biggs
NNnnlr
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CHAPTER vi.
Prairie Cabin and Stirring Ad-
venture on the Underground Rail.
road About the Time II Began Op-
sratsons.

| road About the Time IL Began Op-
| srattons.
When SamSon paid Mr.. Gollaher, a
''detector" came with the latter TO look
ut the money before it was accepted.
There were many counterfeitS and bills
good only at certain discount OF
face value going about those days and
the detectOr was in great request. Di-
rsctly after moving in, Samson dug a
well and lined it with a hollow log.
then he and Harry began their fall
blowing. Day after day for weeks
they paced with their turning burrows
until a hundred acres, stretching half
a mile to the west and we'll to the
north OF the house, were black with
them. Fever and ague descended up
on the little home in the early winter.
In letter to her brother, dated
January 4th. 1892 Sarah writes:
I'VE have been longing for news
from home, but not word has come
from you. 1t don't seem as If we could
stand 1t unless we hear from you or
some OF the folks once in a while
We are not dead just because we are
a thousand miles away. We want to
hear from you. Please write and let
us know how father and mother are
and all the news We have all been
sick with the fever and ague. 1t is a
beautiful country and tine soil is very
rich. but there is some sickness. Sam
S0n and l were both sick at the same
time. ! never knew Samson to give
up before. He couldn't go on, his head
ached so. Little Joe helped me get
the fire started and brought some wa
ter and waited on us. Harry Needles
had gone away to Springfield for Mr..
oftut with Il drove Of hogs. Two 9th
er boys are with him. He is going TO
buy a new suit. He is q very proud
boy. Joe and Betsey got back with
the doctor at nine. That night Abe
Lincoln came and sat up with us and
gave rs our medicine and kept the
fire going. 1t was comcal to see him
lying beside Joe in his trundle bed,
with his long legs sticking over the
end of it and his feet standing on the
MOOR about yard from the bed. He
was spread all over the place. He
talked about religion and his views
would. shock most Of our friends in the
East. He doesn't believe In the kind
OF Heaven that the ministers talk
about or any eternal hell. He says
that nobody knows anything about the
hereafter, except that God is kind
and forglving father and that all men
are His children. He says that we
can only serve God by serving each
other. he seems to think that every
man, good or bad. black or white, rich
or poor, is his brother. He thinks
that Henry Clay, next TO Daniel Web
ster, Is the greatest man in the coun-
try. He is studying hard. Expects to
go out and make speeches for Clay
next summer. He is quite severe in
his talk against General Jackson. He
and Samson agree In politics and re-
ugl0n. They are good deal. alike
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PROPER"
and said: "You deserve vote OF
thanks. That man and his friends
have made me more trouble than all
the rest Of the drinking men put to-
gether."
And / am making trouble for my
self said Samson. Il have made my
self ashamed. | am no fighting man,
| was never in such muss on pub
lie street before and with Gods help
it will never happen again"
where do you iive?" the officer
asked.
I'm New Salem"
81 wish it was here. We need men
like YOU
Samson wrote in his diary.
"On the way home my heart was
sore. | prayed in silence that God
would forgive me for my bad example
TO the boy | promised that | would
given me. In my old home / would
have been disgraced by it, The min
lister would have preached Of the de-
Struction that follows the violent man
to put him down; the people would
have looked askance at me. Deacon
Somers would have called me aside
to look into my SOUL. and Judge
Grandy and his wife would not have
invited me to their parties. Here it's
different A chap who can take the
Ia in hon Is, nd hri11.
man to his senses. even if he has to
hit him over the head, is looked up to.
It's a reckless country. You feel it as
soon as YOU get here. In time. fear,
/ shall be as headlong as the rest Of
them. Some way the news Of my act
has got here from Springfield. Sarah
was kind of cut up. Jack kelso has
nicknamed me The man with the iron
arms, and Abe, who is better man
every way, laughs at my embarrass-
ment and says l ought to feel honored.
For one thing Jack Armstrong has
become good citizen. HIS wife has
foxed d pair of breecbas for Abe.
They say McNoll has left the country.
There has been no devLtry here since
that day. | guess the gang is broken
up--too much iron in it's way
Sarah enjoyed fixing up the cabin.
Jack Kelso had given her some deer
and buffalo skins to lay on the floors.
The upper rooms reached by stick
ladder, had its two beds, one Of which
Harry occupied The children slept
below in trundle bed that was
pushed under the larger one when it
was made up III the morning.
Some time Tn going to put in a
windIetrap and get rid o that stick
ladder Samson had said
Sarah had all the arts Of the New
England home maker. Under her
hand the cabin, in color, atmosphere
and general neatness, would have de
lighted higher taste than was to be
found on the prairies, save in the
brain of Keso, who really had some
acquaintance with beauty. TO be sure
the bed was in one corner, spread
with its epper cover knit of gray yarn
harnomZing in color with the bark
of the log walls. A handsome dark
brown buffalo robe lay beside it. The
rife and powder horn were hung
above the mantel. The fireplace had
Its crane Of wrought iron.
Every one in the little village came
to the house warming. The people
were in their best clothes The women
wore dresses of new calico-saye Mrs.
Doctor Allen, who wore black silk
dress which had come with her from
her late home in Lexington BIN
Kelso came in q dress of red muslin
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THE COED SAYS

That the authorities of New York
City must be extremely careless to al
low bulls and. bears to roam the streets
in the financial district where little
children might be endangered,
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Headaches, coated tongue sour
stomach, no appetite, bad breath, PIN
pies. clogged bowels-Ugh These are
natures danger signals remove the
cause, eliminate the poisons from the
liver, kidneys and bowels-HOLLIS-
TER'S GOLDEN NUGGET TABLETS
will do the job Guaranteed Griffin S
Drug store
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rose and said
Mr.. kelso's remarks, especially the
part which applied to me. remind me
of the story OF the prosperous grocer
Of Jolier. One Saturday night he and
his boys were busy selling sausage.
Suddenly in came a man with whom
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cred around them clapped their hands
and shouted, "Hurrah for the
stranger !''
A constable took Samsons hand
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SYNOPSIS.

Betsey, travel by wagon from their home
in Vergennes, VT, to the West, the land
of plenty. Their destination is the Coun-
try OF the Sangamon, in Illinois
CHAPTER II.--At Niagara Falls they
meet g party Of immigrants, among them
a youth named John Mcneil, who also
decides to go to the Sangamon country.
All OF the party suffer from fever and
agus Garah's ministrations save the life
Of a youth Harry Needles. in the last
stages OF fever, and he accompanies the
T'raylors. They reach New Salem, Illinois.
ard are welcomed by young Abe Lin
coin.
CHAPTER II1.-Among the Traylors'
first acQuaintances are LAncoln's friends,
Jack Kelso and his pretty daughter BIN,
10 years or age
CHAPTER TV.-Samson decides TO To-
cate at New Salem, and begins building
his house. Led by Jack Armstrong,
rowdies attempt to break up the proceed
ings. Lincoln thrashes Armstrong. Young
Harry Needles strikes Bap McNoll. Of
the Armstrong crowd, and McNoll threat
ems vengeance.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-01-10
Mrs. Peoples Held
In County Jail

Mrs. Leola Peoples, colored, Is
held without bond In the county
jail on a charge Of killing her four
year and five months old son by
shooting him in the head with a
shot gun.
The shooting occurred at the
Peoples home on Chiefton Hill
near the city at 8 o'clock yester-
day afternoon and at $3.50 o'clock
Deputy Sheriffs Charles Bartha-
low and Edward Hawkins placed
Mrs. Peoples under arrest and
brought her to the county Jail.
County Coroner ]. L. Blocher was
notified and went ito! the scene
OF the shooting and after making
an Investigation had the childs
body removed to a local. under
taking company's establ blishment
and prepared for burial.
According to Deputy Sheriff
Charles Barthalowl who made the
arrest Mrs. Peoples did not seem,
to realize what she had done, her
actions were such that would lead
the officers to think that she was
mentally unbalanced. In discus.
sing insurance on the child Mrs.
Peoples told Deputy Barthalow
that her mother carried the insur-
ance on the child and that per-.
sonally she would not receive
any benefit by the ichilds death.
T:es grand Jury now IN session
will investigate the case and Cor
oner Blocher will probably hold
an inquest late today or tomor-
row over the remains Of the child.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-01-10
Little Doing At
Police Station

Off agin, on agin. gone agtn
Finnegan has nothing on Mayor W.
W. Conaway's police court. Mon-
day morning was one of the larg-
est sessions held In recent weeks
while today everything was quiet,
the only prisoners to face his hon
or being Ora Davis and Margaret
Washington, colored women ar.
rested by county officers when
they raided a house on Robinson
street Sunday evening.
The colored women and white
man giving his name as D. G.
Palmer were found In a room at
the house on Robinson street when
the county officers were searching
for moonshine whisky. Prosecuting
Attorney Amos turned the case
over TO the city authosities for
prosecution.
Chief Snider swore out a war
rant charging the trio with com.
hitting adultery. When tried be.
fore the Mayor the charge adultery
was dropped against Ora Harris
and she was fined $40 and costs
for being drunk. The adultery
charge was sustained against Pal.
n1er who was not present in court
and the Washington woman and
they were fined $50 each.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-01-10

Fog Prevents the Driver
From Seeing Train;
Fatal Crash, Result
nv Associated Pressl /


u vANWERT Ohio, Jan. TO-
Three children were instantly
Killed and 81 others were injured
this morning when q school bus
was hit by an east bound Pennsyl.
vania fast freight three miles east
of here nt Colby Crossing.
Nine OF the children were seri.
lously injured and two OF them are
Not expected to live. Twelve Of the
children were only slightly injured
and were taken 10 their homes.
The deadsare:
Lucille Faeiiler, aged nine: Jes-
sic Fackler, aged II, sister OF Lu.
cila: May Imler, ageds7.
Those fatally injured and expect.
ed % die are Joseph 0verholt, aged
i7. the driver and John sstegeman,
aged II. ~ ~
The accident ncclIred atga cross.
ing inst ashaIf mile from q central.
] zed school. ,rhe bus driver. Joseph
! 9verhoIt, stopped the bus ut the
kdrossing got ont and looked un and
down the track. Not seeing the
Approaching train because Of /
hsayy fog, iie started TO drive across
the track when the engine struck
the bus. n
Twentyfpur children were in til.
bns and All that were not instantly.
killed we're more or less injured.
Three ambnlances and Unavailable
physicians were called from Van.
won. The nine more seriously in.
1ured children were taken to the
vanTort count hospital for treat.
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REPEAL { l::'ll OF DRY
MEASURE ASKED
Governor Edwards Wants a
Substitute for Van Ness
Enforcement Act
tRy Aasoclatad prassl \

ft ~ \ n ~ 9bttASrN EIEHbS sst Il
TRENTON, N. j., Jan. II. Re
peal OF the Van Ness prohibition
enforcement net which he eifarac-
tertzed as an instrument Of OPP
preston, and. subj stitttion OF q
less drastic act providing Jury
trial tor all alleged yiolators, was
urged By, Governor Edwards In his
second annual message to. the
New Jersey legislature today. I
THE belief that the surest pro
lection against judicial and other
forms Of oppression and tyranny
lies in the right Of trial by jury
said the message. us soswell set
tied in the minds kof our people
that attempts TO encroach 1pon or
destroy that privilege can have
but one effect, namely, to breed
suspicion OF the motives OF legis-
lators and contempt for law"
i The Governor suggested adop-
tior of resolution alling on con-
gress to prohibit hearing by fed.
ar6I judges ot cases decided, By
the ptats utility board urged q
tofI E cont tax on oline for motor
Syeii lcles for state highway pur.
poses; and asked for abolition OF
the state police act and enact
nent Of d law providing for trial
before "a state chnnceI Ilor koe per.
sons held In cont empt BY the Oh an
cary court, as u result of labor
trouble BE also I'd dyocated, q
law prohibiting night work for
women and limiting treir hours of
work % eight
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POINTED ADVICE
GIVEN ABOUT LOCAL
BUSINESS CONDITION
Law Enforcement Paramount; Must
Have Cooperation and Fairness
in Seeking Return to Pre-aar
Basis Of Living Costs

Judge 3. NJ. showaltefin
at the opening of the Januaf,
morning touched upon various
the citizens Of this city, and,
course ofhis able address CARR
He made q strong appeal
the prohibition laws and urge
tion in bringing about an end
In speaking Of the general ,crir
ing over the country, Judge
institutions can be. perpetuateC
fabric can only be maintained,
throughta prompt emf,
- ~ = '
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EIGHT HOURDAY
ANDOVERTIME
These Are Leading Points
Sought by the Rail
Clerks Organization
rBy Associated Press1

CHICAGO, Jan. 10. = Extra pay
for overtime work and the eight
hour day we're the principal points
sought by railroad clerks in con.
troversies over the rules Of the
clerks national agreement which
were up for consideration by the
United States Railroad Labor board
today The board expected to com.
plete its draft Of new rules within
two weeks and PRONUNCIATION OF a
new set Of rules to replace the
agreement made under federal con.
troll. Is looked for by February l.
Eight rules of the old agreement
affect the clerks pay and these
rules have been the subject Of the
greatest disagreement in .negotia.
tions during the last few months.
Like the national agreements Of
other groups OF railroad employees
the clerks agreement was ordered
replaced by new rules which the
board directed the employees and
the carriers to draw up by agree
ment. The disagreements resulting
from such negotiations were re-
ferred to the board.
Forty.four roads submitted dis
agreements on rule 81 calling for
time and one-half pay after eight
hours work, which the clerks wish
continued.
The large majority OF carriers de-
sire to abolish time and one.half for
Sunday and holiday work, also, ex.
cept after ten hours.
Monthly and weekly basis OF pay
are sought by about two.thirds OF
the roads involved as opposed to a
daily rate basis which the EN-.
ployes ask to be continued. Anoth.
er rule which the employees ask to
be retained provides three hours
Continued on page t9ur)
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.BE.TTER|LOAD|NG
SHONN.MONDAY
. OVER REGION
Ten More Mines Work
ing in Region Than
on Monday
991 EMPT|ES ORDERED
Tradesnen to and Fro
On Business and
Pleasure

Daily coal loading in Northern
West Virginia on Monday agsre.
gated 953 cars. The production was
as follows: B. & o. System-Mo-
nongah division, AIS cars; Charles.
ton division, 55 cars; Connellsyille
division, II cars; Cumberland di.
vision, 80 cars; Western Maryland
system-Wyatt-Helen' Run branch
|97 cars: Belington & Weaver
branch, IL cars; Morgantown &
Kingwood, Il cars; Morgantown& &
Wheeling, IS cars.
Operations along the Mononga
hela railway in Pennsylvania on
Monday loaded 1874 cars Of coal.
Personal Mention.
Samuel ID. Brady, OF the Brady
Coal Corporation, left last night
for Baltimore TO attend confer
ence Of the coal operators along the
Western Maryland railway In the
Cumberland. Piedmont fieldss 3 \,
w. E. Watson Jr., Falrmontl a
Claye lanf Ena1 conn III y. md q ann
.. Barns OF the, Hite Earns Coal
company, left last nigh on a ten
days trip to French Lick Springs,
Ind. They were accompanied by
Attorney q. Fay Hartley.
Howard w. Showalter, Diamond
Coal company, left last night on a
trip to points IN Illinois.
Claude ]. Ryan, Hepzibah, Harrl.
son county, general superintendent,
Hutchinson Coal company, left on
Sunday night for a trip to Mt. Glenn.
ems, Mich. He will spend ten days
or two weeks there. sa
Geological Survey.
Production Of coal, Ignite aud
coke during the last week In the
year, ending December 81, 1921,
was approximately 5,9s0,o0O tons
against 7,06S.000 tons and Z 7,450, 900
for the weeks ending December
nth and 24th, respectively, accord.
ing to the o. s. Geological Survey
For the week ending December
"a the mines worked 40.4 per cent.
Of full time production. Percent.
ages for other fields were as fol.
lows: West Virginia - Winding
Gulf, 1873 per cent: Kanawha, 1912
per cent; New River, 22.1 per cent. !;
Pocahontas, SIS per cent: Tug Riv.
er, 35.s per cent: Logan, 3S.t per
cent; Kenova.Thacker, BAL per
cent. Other fields showed these
percentages: Pittsburgh, 2S.4 per
cent; Southern Ohio, III per cent;
Northern and Central Ohio, 34.j
per cent: Indiana, 1877 per cent. !:
Illinois, 44.5 per cent; Westmore.
land, 46.6 per cent: Central Penn.
sylvania, 43.9 per cent; Somerset,
SCI per cent: Cumberland.Pied
mont, 4S.4 per cent; Iowa, 6S.9 per
cent; Kansas, Ais per cent; Mis-.
souri, 5s.s per cent; Colorado, 65.4
per cent.
Daily Shipments.
on the Monongah division, B. q
o., on Monday. there were 36 cars OF
coal shipped to Curtis Bay. To the
tCon. InVed on pREs IetTl
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GRE BRITAIN is
B0UN|iDtT'.OIF
Endorsement Of Cabinet on
Cannes Program
Expected
tBy Associated Press1

CANNES. France, Jan. 10.-No-
tice Of endorsement by the British
cabinet Of the written pledge bind.
ing Great Britain immedi lately to
aid France 70 the fun extent Of her
military andynayalHesources in case
of aggression by Germany Is en-.
pected from London by tonight.
The pact agreed on by Premiers
eriand and Lloyd George were tells
graphed 70 the British capital last
night.
The council planned to recess to-
day untfl five p. m. while a sub com
inittee engages in the delicate task
nt framing an Invitation to the
ertEscointng international economic
.5scnference 10 q country. which has
already formally accepted. This
situation arose from the action Of
the Russian soviet government
(Ccntinned on page tourl 4
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|! ! NO. NO.
WAGE REDUCTION /.
President Of Miners Union
Says Cut Would Not
Stimulate Business
tRy Alsselatsd pres.l

CHARLESTON, w: va, jan. II 10
"A wage reduction wouidsnot
bring additional employment to
miners, John Z. Lewis, prGaldents.
Of the United Nine Workers OF
America. declsrel last night il u
statement setting forth positively
that there would he no alodifca-
ti6h. OF the existing wage scale In
district IL of that organization.
People do not buy coal merely
because Il Is cheap. he said, and
lowering wages would mean only
lowering TIE earning capacity OF
the miner He sanounced that the
United Mine workets would resist
any attempt here or elsewhere by
operators to abrogRte wage provi-
sions In existing contracts, and he.
described as fallaei eious claims of
operators That. "a Sredpction was
necessary to enable them to, COM
with other fields. n
Mr.. Lewis, who, was on hisiway.
to Wasa'ngton stopped here, to,
meet officials 3nt district IL and
other districts IN the state, and
discussed condit itions witch he said
were not confined alone to this
state but, were general through the
country His statement on wage
reductions t6llews; IA
There will be NO m odification of
the existing wage scale tetWean
miners and operatars In district
IL. The agreement expires on
March. 31st of the, present year
and ntiisthat time e binding tipon
tae operators AMI miners and tue
government of the United States
The government is i party To- the
present agreement and the United
Mine tEorkets expect goyernnAn-
tai 90 opel alton Ia kesping aus ltso.
visions intact. The operators OF,
West Virgin as we'll as the
operators 81 other coal producing
ri. 5tssntilae II "a ID ~ se..s1 4,