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PYTHIANS OF WEST VIRGINIA IN 17TH ANNUAL SESSION. Elect Officers and Transact Much Business of Importance to the Order.—Parkersburg Secures the Next Meeting. With the exception of changing a few words on the endowment policy to the end that the insurance department may be placed on a more businesslike basis, and of giving policy holders the right to name their benefiaries within the law, and of the adoption of a plan by which funds are to be raised for the erection of a monument to the late Supreme Chancellor and Grand Chancellor S. W. Starks, the seventeenth annual THE LATE B. W. STARKS, To Whose Memory a Monument Will Be Erected by the Pythians. session of the Grand Lodge Knights of Pythias of West Virginia did little else but routine business. Tuesday morning of last week the officers of the Grand Lodge and Grand Court Order of Calanthe, the woman's auxiliary of the Pythians, and the delegates to the two bodies held their initial meeting of the session in the K. of R. Hall. Addresses of welcome were delivered by Grand Attorney W. W. Schaeplie on behalf of the local lodges, and Mrs. J. W. Viney, who represented the Courts of Calanthe. D. W. Perdue, of Huntington, and Mrs. Mary S. Reid, of Kimberly, responded. The two organizations then separated, the Grand Court of Calanthe going to Simpson M. E. Church where all their sessions were held. The Grand Lodge took a recess of about four hours, after the appointment of the committee on credentials and returns, to allow this committee time to make its report. In the afternoon the Grand Lodge officers read their reports, which showed that the Order had experienced its share of the hard time of the past year, being especially affected in the endowment department by the unusually large number of deaths. Grand Master of Exchequer J. M. Hazlewood reported an excess of disbursements over receipts for the year in the endowment department amounting to something over $1,000, death claims to the amount of $8,350 having been paid by him. Grand Medical Registrar Dr. C. C. Barnett recommended the adoption of a more rigid medical examination of candidates, that the death rate might be lowered by the rejection of the physically unfit. Consumption has been collecting a larger toll from the Order, he said, than any other two diseases, and, since a number W. L. THOMPSON W. J. THOMPSON. Past Grand Chancellor and S Representative. Past Grand Chancellor and Supreme Representative. of members have died of that disease within a few months of joining, he was of the opinion that the Order must take some steps to protect itself. These, with Grand Chancellor Thompson's report, which reviewed very fully the state of the Order and some of its future needs, occupied the full afternoon session. The election of officers, which had really overshadowed the other busi- mess of the Grand Lodge, cast its gloom more darkly over the session of Wednesday morning, and the forenoon of that day was spent by the opposing forces, ostensibly in the transaction of routine business, but in reality in strengthening their forces for the expected onslaught of the afternoon. Yet one or two meritorious resolutions were introduced when the time arrived for their presentation. The most important, perhaps, was that one requiring Grand Lodge officers to pay their own board and lodging while in attendance upon the session. The method in vogue worked a hardship upon the lodges in the town entertaining the grand body, for the reason that their opportunity to raise the funds necessary was confined to one day. In L. O. WILSON, Grand Chancellor of the Knights of Pythias. case of rain on that day, as has been the case frequently, the entertaining lodge or lodges found themselves holding the bag, the bottom of which it was by no means difficult to see. It was also decided that the committee on credentials meet the afternoon of the day preceding that named for the assembling of the Grand Lodge, and that all lodges make their returns of taxes and ren- J. M. HAZLEWOOD, Re-elected Fourteenth Time Grand Master of Exchequer. J. M. HAZLEWOOD, Re-elected Fourteenth Time Grand Master of Exchequer. resentatives promptly to the proper officials so that the committee may be able to make its report immediately after the opening session. In this way it is hoped that three or four hours may be saved to the Grand Lodge for the consideration of important legislation. The culmination of the struggle for place and consequent power, which began around the bier of the late Grand Chancellor Starks and continued with unabated fury about eighteen months, slightly scotched but by no means killed by the election results at Huntington last year, was reached Wednesday afternoon. Grand Chancellor Thompson had made a brave fight to retain the advantage gained by his re-election at Huntington, but was unable to stem the Wilson tide, and refused to allow his name to be presented at this meeting. He moved the unanimous election of his opponent, and, there being no opposition, the body selected L. O. Wilson, of Weston, as its standard bearer for the next year. THE ADVOCATE. CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 12, 1909. H. R. Halley, of Montgomery, was again unanimously elected Grand Keeper of Records and Seal, as was J. M. Hazlewood as Grand Master of Evchequer, a position to which he has been elected without opposition for the past fourteen years. For Grand Medical Registrar there was a hot contest between Dr. C. C. Barnett, of Huntington, and Dr. W. N. Marshall, of Keystone, the latter being the successful contestant. Rev. J. J. Turner, of Mt. Carbon; Rev. J. W. Robinson, of St. Albans, and Rev. D. C. Hunter, of Sylvia, were nominated for Grand Prelate. The honor went to Rev. Hunter. For Supreme Representatives, three to be elected, the names of James A. Campbell, Lee Johnson, J. M. Hazlewood, W. C. Carter and W. J. Thompson were presented. Campbell, Thompson and Carter having received the highest number of votes were declared elected. There was no opposition to D. W. Perdue, of Huntington, to succeed himself as Grand Lecturer, Clark, of Wheeling, was made Grand GEO. E. WANZER, Re-elected Grand Worthy Receiver of Deposits of the Calanthes. Marshall, and E. L. Morton, of Fairmont, and W. H. Harris, of Huntington, had the Grand Vice Chancellorship and Chief Deputy Grand Chancellorship handed to them respectively on silver salvers, without a dissenting voice. Friday morning was devoted entirely to the scheduled work of the being closed up and the docket cleared. At noon, the annual parade of uniform rank companies and K. of P. bands was held, after which the outing took place at Edgewood Park where the usual amusements were provided for Charleston's guests. The installation of the Grand Lodge and Grand Court officers was also held at the park and the Grand Chancellor Elect named his appointive officers, as follows: G. P. Porter, Charleston, Grand Master at Arms. H. J. Wilson, Gilliam, Grand Inner Guard. Floyd Ross, Ennis, Grand Outer Guard. Leo Johnson, Winifrede, Grand Trustee. J. F. J. Clark, Charleston Grand Trustee. Robert Harris, Montgomery, Grand Trustee. The visitors, officers and members of these two bodies did not lack for entertainment during their stay in Charleston. Monday night a reception was held in their honor at the K. of P. hall. A dance was held at the hall on Wednesday night, and the following night a boat excursion was run, while the younger people participated in a hay ride. There were receptions and dinners, galore, and nothing was left andone which might contribute to the pleasure of S. M. DAVIS, Member of the Board of Directors P. M. I. Association. the strangers within the gates of the city. The Charleston people again demonstrated their claims to being without peers as hosts and set a pace which other cities in the state will have some difficulty in equalling. Parkersburg was selected as the place for next year's meeting. "Do you remember the first dollar you ever earned, Sam?" "Dead I does; boss; my wife-guy it't me." Tenners Statesman. WHITES BLACKED AS NEGROES COMMIT A SERIOUS ORDE Night Watchman is Victim of a Conspiracy on Part of Fellow Workmen Who Disguise Themselves as Negroes. Cincinnati, O., Aug. 11.—Shortly before midnight Riley Lightel, brother of of Lindsay Lightel, the night watchman of the Queen City Coal Company's elevator, who was shot Sunday morning, was summoned to the injured man's bedside at the City Hospital, as he was in a dying condition, and not expected to survive the night. Although he knew that his hour was near, Lightel was unable to throw any further light on the mystery. Since the shooting the brother and wife have been questioning the man, as have also Heufflein and Pfug, the detectives in the case, trying to solve the mystery. With the detectives the belief has steadily grown that Lightel was the victim of a conspiracy. The watchman was wounded three times. One bullet struck the right arm, another entered the back, and lodged there, a third struck the back and passed through the abdomen. Lightet says that at the time he was walking through the coal yards, near Fifth street, when he met two men, apparently Negroes, of whom he asked their business in the yard. They told him they were on their way to a train for Louisville. When he told them to leave the yard they began to shoot. He tried to use his own gun, but it failed to work, and later Patrolmen Geoghan and Mitchell found him at Fifth and Front streets. In their investigation Detectives Heufflein and Pfug found more that is puzzling in the case. It has been known for some time that Lightet has been a particular object of dislike to the thieves that infest that neighborhood, and also to some of the men who worked about the yards. The latter often brought women into the yards after nightfall and "rushed" the beer bucket. Such men Lightet invariably reported to Riley Lightet, the brother, went over the ground, and is firmly convinced that the men who shot his brother were not Negroes at all, but white men who had blacked their faces to conceal their identity. BIG BATTLE Between Jeffries and Johnson May Take Place Abroad. New York, Aug. 9.—America is by no means certain to see the proposed Jeffries-Johnson prize fight for the heavyweight championship of the world. It is stated here by a close personal friend of Jeffries that the boiler maker's trip to Europe is not so much to take the baths at Carlsbad, but to negotiate with the National Sporting Club of London and promoters in Paris for the holding of the fight in either place. Quiet representations have come from the National Sporting Club to the effect that London would be willing to pay as much, if not more, for this fight than any other city in the world. Also several private interests in Paris have indicated a desire to submit offers for holding the fight there and it is to see exactly how much money London and Paris will offer for the fight that Jeffries has gone abroad, so it is intimated. Sam Berger, Jeffries' manager, says that if he does not hear from Jack Johnson by the end of the week he will go to California to consult with the fight clubs there and in Nevada as to possible pursues that might be offered. Although Jeffries will see Hugh McIntosh, the Australian promoter, while he is in Europe, Berger asserts that Australia would have to offer much more than any other place to induce Jeffries to go there. According to Berger, much depends upon the outcome of Johnson's fight with Ketchell in California in October. In the meantime Ketchell has an engagement here for 10 rounds with Sam Langford on September 3 which may change the outlook entirely. The offers from Savannah and Denver for the fight are not seriously considered, as neither Georgia nor UNCLE SAM IS ASKED To Protect Two Missionaries in the Congo Charged With Libel Leopoldville, Belgian Congo, Aug. 10.—A further postponement has been made in the trial of the two missionaries, Rev. William Morrison and Rev. W. H. Sheppard, on charges of libel. The hearing will now come up September 24. The United States government has been asked to take such action in behalf of these two men as would secure their protection, and M. Vanderveide, the Belgian Socialist leader, has announced his intention of going to the Congo to defend them. NEGRO JOURNALISTS TO MEET IN CONFERENCE AT LOUICVILLE. R. W. Thompson Issues Call for Meeting in Conjunction with National Negro Business League, at Louisville, Ky., August 18, 19 and 20. A few weeks ago the undersigned suggested in a number of Negro newspapers that the members of the journalistic fraternity, connected in one way or another with the National Negro Business League, take advantage of the opportunity afforded by the presence of so many of the representative editors, publishers and correspondents of the race in Louisville, Ky., under the call of the authorities of the National League, and hold a much-needed conference on the business status of their highly important profession. Many communications have been received from the craft in all sections of the country, heartily approving the suggestion and pledging earnest co-operation. At the request of influential journalists who believe the time is ripe for the formation of a definite organization, affiliated with a strong an agency for racial uplift as the National Negro Business League, I take the liberty of asking all editors, publishers and correspondents in sympathy with such a movement, to meet in conference at Louisville, Ky., August 18. It is the sense of the promoters that the discussion be limited to subjects bearing directly upon the business aspect of the newspaper profession, in harmony with the central idea of the parent body. A preliminary meeting of the committee on ways and means is called for Monday evening, Aug. 17, at the Y. M. C. A. building, 920 West Chestnut street, to develop a plan of organization, to formulate a program, and to consider other matters that will assist in perfecting a strong and useful press association. It ought to be stated, however, to avoid misunderstanding, that the organization here projected is not intended to supplant, supersede or an American business. Particulars touching time and place of meetings will be announced from time to time in the Louisville dailies and from the floor of the Business League convention. R. W. THOMPSON. 1918 11th Street, N. W. Washington, D. C. OKLAHOMA! EDITOR Held to the Federal Grand Jury for Articles Against Negroes, McAester, Okla., Aug. 10.—A. A. Harder, editor of the Red Oak Oklahoma Herald, was today held for the federal grand jury to answer a charge of violating the postal laws by sending through the mail an article "calculated to incite arson, murder or assassination." Harder referred in his newspaper to a former attempt of Negroes to locate in Red Oak, and said: "They came very near getting into serious trouble with a rope." He also, it was charged, threatened Negro invaders from Wilburton as follows: "Let this be a warning to all Niggers not to try to mix their undesirable mugs with Red Oak people." Serious trouble may follow if Harder's friends retaliate as they threaten to do. JOURNEY OF THE KENTUCKY NEGRO TO JAIL ENDS IN DEATH. Met By Lynching Party, Negro Accused of Attacking White Girl Is Hanged in Front of a Church. Hopkinsville, Ky., Aug. 10.—Judge Lynch presided at the Court that decided the fate last night of Wallace Miller, the Negro who yesterday made indecent proposals to and attempted to assault Miss Lula Wadlington, the 11-year-old daughter of Tom Wadlington, a prominent Frigg county farmer. The Negro made no attempt at lenial, merely saying when asked why he did it. "You know a Negro's nature." He was held at the Wadlington home until about 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon, when the two Wadlington boys and Milton Barber started with him to Cadiz, the county seat of Trigg county, where he was to be placed in jail. As they were riding along the road about six miles from Cadiz, and just at Mt. Tabor Church, they were met by a mob of about 50 men, who took the Negro from them and ordered the boys to return home. The mob then hanged Miller to a tree that stood close to the church and in plain view of the road. No shots were fired nor other demonstration made by the mob, which dispersed as soon as the Negro was dead. The body remained hanging to the tree until it was cut down today by relatives of the Negro. The matter was reported at Cadiz by the Wadlington boys as they returned home. RACE PROBLEM Cadiz, Ohio, Aug. 11.—Great interest is manifested in the discussion of the Race Problem by Senator Benjamin Tillman, of South Carolina, and Prof. E. W. S. Curry, of Urbana, Ohio. The contest has been arranged the Cadiz Chautauqua A. The directors of this are so wealthiest white people on Ohio. Prof. Curry will be Negro to give an official rep. Negro Hater Tillman, thousand people from parts of West Virginia and Pennsylvania be present for the great day. Senator Tillman has had his noon and Prof. Curry will today. The interest of the race is safe in Curry's hands. TRUSTEE BOARD TO MEET. The Trustee Board of the West Virginia Seminary College will meet at St. Albans August 17 at 9 o'clock a. m. and the ex-board of the West Virginia State Convention will meet at 2 o'clock p. m. on the same date. Business of importance. A full meeting of each board is necessary. BY ORDER OF THE Some Tariff Points In an interesting interview in the Intelligencer this morning, Hon. W. P. Hubbard discusses the tariff bill with special reference to its possible effect on the state of West Virginia. Incidentally, Hubbard makes two suggestions which the people will follow might satisfy their curiosity as to just what effect duties have upon the prices and quality of goods as they reach the consumer. Suggestion No. 1—WILL free hides make shoes any cheaper or at least slightly costly of the leather, the latter promises the hoof and shoe manufacture. Suggestion No. 2—Will the severe reduction in certain of the iron and steel schedules make such articles cheaper to the consumers? The farrowing argument, and the that for every penny reduction in duty there is a corresponding reduction in price. There are still a few old time protectionists who adhere to the old moorings, who think that thorough protection stimulates competition by encouraging home industries, and that, together with various other conditions might have something to do with prices. Our experience on the line indicated by Mr. Hubbard should go far beyond this question, and it may be that downward revisionists may discover that all will not work out in exact accord with their theories. It is apropos to add in this connection that it would be well for the consuming public to observe closely the effect of free oil, the advocates of the extended would "soak the Standard." The soaking is other than increased absorption and profits, the intelligence will be greatly mistaken but time will be Releasing the Insane. In his annual report Superintendent Lamb, of the Matteawan Hospital for the Criminal Insane, gives the history of thirty-four cases were legal proceedings were successful in releasing inmates from his institution. Fourteen of these persons were either later sent to prison or were released as asylum. Elight others, declared Mr. Lamb, showed such signs of mental disability as to be a domestic anxiety and burden, beee dependent on relatives, one suicide, six disappeared and one was partially self-sustaining. These figures lead the Churchman to argue that such cases should not be decided by a judge or a jury, but should be submitted to a medical commission of experts. There is a great deal of common sense in this suggestion, but still it might not fully subserve the ends of justice to give such a commission exclusive jurisdiction. Experts are prone to technicalities and are notoriously active in declaring men insane who to the world at large appear perfectly rational. Such men if they commit crimes should be sent to the penitentiary, but if they are confined in an asylum should be sent to prison upon their recovery. Brainstorms and other periods of insanity which continue only long enough to allow the victim to kill another man should not be regarded as a good defense. But in the class of cases referred to by the Churchman while there should always be an impartial disinterested medical commission employed its findings should be subject to review by a competent judge. Want to See Decision. Judge Taylor of the criminal court of Cabell county has rendered a decision that there is not statute. In West Virginia under which a person may be convicted of gambling and has dismissed several hundred alloged gambling indictments. Not only are the members of the greencloth gentry interested in the decision, but curiously awaiting the full text of the decision. If Judge Taylor is right in this, there are many judges who have erred in inflicting punishment on gamblers. COURT OF CALANTHE HOLDS A SUCCESSFUL MEETING. Woman's Auxiliary to the Prithams Makes an Excellent Showing for the Past Year's Work and Return Head. The Grand Court, Order of Calanthe, which held its ninth annual session in this city last week, was one of the most interesting in its history. On Monday evening most of the officers and delegates had arrived, and on Tuesday morning were assembled at the K. of P. hall to listen to the addresses of welcome, etc. Mrs. M. A. Viney, of Phillys Wheatley Court No. 1, delivered the welcome address in behalf of the Court, in a few well chosen and timely remarks which elicited much applause from the large crowd assembled. Miss Nellie M. Lewis, of Montgomery, was to have responded to this address but being absent, Mrs. Mary S. Reid, of Mt. Carbon, was called upon at the last moment and was fully equal to the occasion. After a few moments of laughter and humorous talk delivered in her innable [Picture of a woman with a hat and a necklace.] MRS. E. V. BEAMS, Grand Worthy Recorder of Deeds of the Order of Cadianther, manner, she responded, to the wesson's M. E. church which had been secured by the local committee, for its sessions, and proceeded to business. The Grand Worthy Counselor Sir J. R. Jefferson called the Court to order and opened in due form. After appointing the necessary committees the Court then adjourned until the afternoon. On Wednesday morning was held the annual election of officers, much interest was manifested and there was a spirited contest from start to finish. On Wednesday evening the memorial service was held at Simpson's church and was largely attended. On Thursday at 11 o'clock, a. m., the Court in a body attended the meeting of the Pythian Mutual Investment Association at the K. of P hall. On Friday morning a short session was held, after which the Court was (1) formerly adjourned to meet at Parkersburg August, 1910. The parade of the Uniform ranks, with bands from Huntington and Parkersburg, headed by our own First Regiment K. of P. band, paraded the principal streets, and disbanded at the K. of P. hall, where they boarded the cars for Edgewood Park, which had been secured by the local committee for this occasion. Here were found all kinds of amusements, skating, dancing, merry-go-rounds, etc., with refreshments in abundance, all of which was enjoyed by a large crowd until a late hour. All delegates and visitors expressed themselves as being highly pleased with the arrangements which were made for their comfort and pleasure. Thus closed the Ninth Annual Session of the Order of Scanathe, ADVOCATE—ELEVEN. ‘CORRESPONDENCE " Will take notice that if they are | in arrears a year or more, their pa- » pers will be discontinued on August 20th, unless a settlement is made , On Or before that date. : The Advocate takes this step ; in Cémpliance- with’ post&f regula- "tions, and requests that remittances : be made by postal or exptess money order, registered letter, or check. ‘ A aR ise ee PTeO. HRONOEKVERTE. * Rey. Davenport, of Williamsburg, ‘was the guest of Rey. Wm, . Jeter: son at the parsonage last week. Mrs. K. T. Moore is quite sick at her home on Frankford avenue, Migs Sadie Wood and cousin, Mrs, ‘Parks, have returned to Montgomery, after'spending two weeks here with relatives and friends. Mrs, Sarah Johnson returned (o ‘weKendreo last week, after spending ‘some time at Lewisburg. ‘Mrs. Katie Eldrige and little Miss Julla Reavely, wore guests of Mrs. Edna Woods, Wednesday. “Rev. M. Robinson filled his pulpit here Sunday and left Monday for Staunton, Va. Mrs. Arvella Miller entertained the Ladies’ Ald Wednesday afternoon at her home on Mill street. Charles Mills, Alexander Brown, Wm. Bggldston, Ernest Hopkins and Alexander “Hunter were visitors to White Sulphur Friday. Mrs. Rosa’ Cochran, Mrs. Nannie B, Rose and Miss Gracie Williams were visitors at Lewisburg Sunday. Miss Effle Callaway, of New York, “passed through here Wednesday en route to Lewisburg to visit her moth: er, Mrs. M. C. Slaughter, ‘Mrs, Annie K. Dandridge and Mrs Blanch Dandridge are attending Teachers’ Institute at Lewisburg thi week. Daniel Thompson is indisposgd. Ruffner Poindexter left Sunday fo Alderson. Ernest Banks, of Alderson, pass ed through Monday en route to Lew isburg, where he Will attend the In stitute. Miss Edith Woods was the gues of Miss Minnie V. Allen Saturday. Mrs. M. J. Brinkley and Miss Viol ‘Thompson were visiting on Summa’ street Sunday, Rey. Wm. E. Jefferson flied his appointment at Alderson Sunday. Mrs. D. R. Hickman delightfully entertained at-her home Thursday night, the Young People’s Club. ‘The guests were: Mrs. Bessie Lewis Misses Gracie, L. D. Williams, flattic Mickens, Brunette Brown, Minnie Al len, Essie Williams, Alice Bracken ridge, dith Woods, Rev. J. $. Daven. port, Rey. Wm. E. Jefferson; William Eggleston, Ernest Miller, John A. Riddle, John Ward, William Sheftey, Ruffner Poindexter and W. T. Allen. LONGAORE. AND SMITHERS The Queen Esther Clwb was enter- tained by Mry. Oatneal Monday af- Hornoon, - ReMishinents were served. Mrs. Lewis has moved from Long. acre to Beerwind. - Mr. and Mrs. B. 8. Brice were vis. iting friends last weck here. . Mrs. Ida James spent a few days in Charleston last week. Mr. €. H. Toles made a business trip to Mt. Carbon Monday. Wm. James attended the Gran¢ Lodge in Charleston, The Queen Esther Club will give an entertainment at Cannelton Mon day for the benefit of the Hill To} Seminary and College. 0. W. Pullum was visiting friend: at Mondreh Sunday. “Miss L. V. Bryant was the Sunda; guest of Miss H. E. James, { Mrs, Mamie Williams left Tuesday for Alderson to attend the Woman's State Convention. “ "John H. Smith was a Sunday gues of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. James, ‘A. J. Gay, who has been visiting felatives in Washington, D. C., anc New Jersey, has returned home. Mrs, B. B. Dalton made_a busines: trip to Pratt Saturday.“ WRC AT Aa Rev. J. W. Robinson, Floyd Wad- dy, Sr., and Rebert Parrish went to Charleston Tuesday of last week to attend the meeting of the K. of P.'s. Mites Celia Overall and Fannie ‘anham and Miss Ruffner Overall were in Charleston Friday. The True Reformer Lodge, ~ of Charleston, had their annual sermon preached here in the grove by Rev. J. W. Robinson. Bnueil Fortener, of Molden, is‘ vis iting her aunt, Mrs. Fannie Minter. Adam Harris is somewhat indis posed at this writing. 4 Miss Georgia Banks went to Mont somery Monday on business, Prince Hozannxh lectured here Friday night and will lecture here again ‘Thursday night, Ida Wilson, of Charleston, ' spent Sunday with her mother, Mrs, Elz abeth Wilson. Miss Virginia Gilmer, of Charles ton, was te guest of Miss Rhoda A Wilsou Sunday, HINTON. Rey. A, D. Lewis left the city Sun- day night for Huntington, where he will spend his vacation. A number of Hinton people spent Saturday in Talcot pienicing. — The day was very enjoyably spent fish- ing, boating, ete. The Progressive Daughters and Sons met Monday at the home of Mr. and Mrs, William Stevenson, Mrs, Jas. H. Smithers entertained ‘Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Pack and thei guests, Mrs. Powell and Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Smithers, Sunday. Cirele “a” gave a festival in the basement of the Second Baptist Church, Monday evening, Cirele “B” met at the home of Mrs. Mary Payne Tuesday evening. Dain. ty refreshments were served. Mrs. William Crockett and childrer are visiting relatives in Taleot, Mrs. Napper, of Charleston, is the guest of Mrs. Edward Lewis and Mrs. 0. B, Lee. The Missionary Society's Annua sermon was preached Wednesday night, after which refreshments were served in the basement of the chureh, CLARKSBURG. Mrs. Austin Jackson, of Wheeling, passed through Friday enroute to Buckhannon to visit her husband's relatives. On Thursday, the Elks gave a pic- nic wihch was largely attended by visitors from Grafton, Fairmont and Weston, In the afternoon an ex- cellent game of baseball was played by Weston and Grafton. ‘The Graf- ton team won by a score of 7 to 6. At night a ball followed but we are sorry to report that the pleasure of the. eyenipg. wag.amarred..by. the, mis: behaviour of same of our dwn town people. Clarksburgers in general re- gret that affairs of that nature can not. be engaged in without some “rowdies*mgking their appearance. Mrs, Frances Thomas and Julius Day are in’St.: Mary’s hospital—both having undergone serious operations, A speedy recovery is hoped for both. Mrs. Clara Dean left Sunday te visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gales at Frostburg, Md. Miss Nannie Stout and Wm, and Pearl Dabney, of Grafton, attended the Elks’ pienfe here Thursday. Lewis MeGee, of Cannonburg, is visiting relatives here. Mrs, D. H..Kyle is very ill at her home on Ben St. The delegateg and members have returned from the Grand lodge anc grand Cougt. meeting and repor splendid isthe meetings and ar excellent time socially. . Miss HatHle Washington iS visit ing with Miss. Cornelia Nickens, a Berryville Va, ~ Miss Lydia Brown, of Washing ton, D. C., ig the guest of her brother Wm. Brown, on Monticello Ave. Wayman Strange, of Connellsville Pa,, was shaking hands with friend: ‘here Sunday. | Mrs, John‘ Strange has returne after an extended visit to Winchest fer, Va) Rev. Kenney, of Emerson, O., fill- ed. the. pulpit at Mt. Zion Baptist Chuxch, Sunday. ~ Rév. 8.P, West leaves Saturday Cob Moriten to assidt in a camp hosting. His pulpit will be tilled by tev. Yateg, ‘Mrs. T. E. Ross and family will eave, this week for Pittsburg to re- salde permanently. All plang are madé for the Union 8. S. pienie to be held at the park ‘Thursday. Mrs, Lulu Brown is on tho sick list. —_—_~+.___ = KANAWHA cCrTy. ~ Mrs. Susie Lewis was visiting in Chariestan last week. ; aMra. C. C. Woods, of Boone, is the ‘guest of her niece. p= ANP& Albert Slater has moved to Aaabunte. x teratne Woods was a business vis- oF bo Charleston Saturday. Mrs.J. W. Page has returned home trom Ashland, after a pleasant visit with ‘her daughter, Mrs. Wm. Taylor. Those who were at Edgewood Park ‘from here, Friday, wero Mr. snd Mrs. F. D, Page, Misses Ivory Woods, Mary Page and U. A. Page. Mrs. W. W. Lewis and daughter, Miss Larclia, were calling on friends \t South Ruffner Friday. Miss Cornelia B. Page had as her guest last week, Mr. Trice, of Alder- aon. Mr. and Mrs, J. W. Woods and son Johnnie spent Sunday at Snow Hill, H.D. Hazlewood, of Parkersburg, spent Saturday here the guest of Mr. and Mrs. PD. Page. Nr. Whiting, of Sewell, Bent last week the guest of P. L. Jackson. F. D Page opened his school here Monday. Miss Annestine Johnson, who has yeen ill with the fever, is much im- vroved. “Miss LeTfa Bibbs, of Montgomery, is the guest of her aunt, Mrs, Joe Lawson, Mrs. Molly Wood is taking a two veoks treatment at Charleston Gen- sal Hosp'tal. G._L. cuckson was a delegate to the Grand Lodge a: Charleston last week. INSTITUTE. Mrs. Nathaniel Woods, of Mont- gomery, was the week-end guest of Mr. and Mrs. Solomon Brown, + Mrs. P. H. Lowry was the guest of her son, Mr. R. H. Lowry, Satur- day and Sunday. . . Prof. J. R. Jeffers, H. D. Hazle Wood and F. D. Cambric were guests of Prof.S. H. Guss Sunday. J. W. Washington and son, James, of Clarksburg, were Institute callers Thursday. Dr. and Mrs. J. McHenry Jones have returned from a trip through the. mest, Lillian Guss is somewhat ill at this wriung, Mrs. Dorsey and daughter, Julia, are visiting in Charleston. | Miss Martha Lipscomb, of , Clarks burg, spent Saturday and Sunday at Institute the guest of Prof. and Mrs S. H. Gus. Miss Mary Thompson left Monday for her home ip Thomas, BE. M. Burgess is attending a con- vention in Columbus, Rey. J. W. Robinson was an after- noon caller at Institute ThurYay. Mrs. W. Robinson and daughter, Miss Zanphra, have returned from a visit to Athens, Ohio. Miss Emily Moore, of Cincinnati, is the guest of Dr, and Mrs. J. Mc- Henry Jones. Mrs. Byrd Prillerman is visiting relatives at Loudon, J. R, Patton lett Saturday for Cin: cinnati, Ohio, and Louisville, Ky. Miss Rosalynd Friend is spending a week with her mother, Mrs, T. C Friend. %. Taylor Brown and W. Scott Brown wert among the Institute party that joined the Pythian outing at Fdgewood Park, Charleston. Mr. and Mrs. C. E, Mitchell lef Sunday for parts in the Bast. G. HL. Beane and Leuwood Brow spent Sunday at Institute. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Lowry enter tained Mrs, P. H. Lowry, Mr. ane | Mrs, WH. Lowry at dinner Sunday Miss Maud J. Robingon is visiting Miss Minnie Carr in Marietta, Ohio Misses Ethel and Loncllen Sprigg spent the week in Charleston, Mr. and Mrs, W. H. Lowry left for Indianapolis and Kansas City Wed nesday. W. J. Jones, C. B. Jones and A. W Curtis made a business trip to Char Heaton Tuesday. | FAYETTEVILLE, | J. R. Hale has returned from Clif- ton Forge where he has been with ‘his brother William, who got his leg cut off and arm broken by a freight train, © Revs. Harris and ‘Thurston are conducting a revival here and are progressing nicely, There has been several confessions, and there are sey eral at the anxious seat. Bernard B, Waynesboro, of Boom- cr, has been in our town for several days on business. Mins Lucy Turner is confined to her home, suffering with rheumatism. | Dewitt Moss and John Guerrant of the Moss, Guerrant & Pierce Tail- oring Co.. of Boomer, are visiting theft parents and friends here, this week, : Our baseball boys Jost to the Min- den boys, Saturday, the score being 6 to 3, “-B. H. Turner, of Thurmond, was here on business, last week. RAE ADVOCATR whats a ea PEOPLE IN SOUTH CHARLESTON NOW : THERE APRIL 1, 1907 : FACTORIES EMPLOYING OVER 400 MEN __ Dunkirk Window Glass Co. . Banner. Window Glass Co. Po Kanawha Chemical Engine Mfg. Co. ‘ Kenton Iron & Steel Co. Hemlock Lumber Co. 125 houses and other buildings in South Charleston, Church, School House, Concrete Sire Walk, Sewers, : : under constuction, Natural Gas, Everything. - s Bridge now completed and soon the trolly cars. | Buy now before the prices go up. They go up when the Ro . cars go in. Fee es Terms: 1-10 cash, balance in monthl payments to suit. ‘ . ° . “ feere for all each. eee a ‘Kanawha Land Co. Eo Room 501 Charleston National Bank Building Bell:Phone 750; Home Phone 1214 bESLiaBRemememeenenaaneanes . hwo tila cr ‘W. EL? inner omde ‘a business trip to Komore Thursday. Raben Quarla Jr., left for his home at ‘Anisted, Sunday. Johii Henderson, was a_ visitor here several days last week. Joe, Turner is seriously ill at his home. Joe Pendleton, better known as “Country”, the great ball twirler has been a ‘visftor here for a week or more. . —_—- + MT. HOPE. Rey, T. T. Brinkley, of St. Albans, delivered an interesting discourse at thé Mount Moriah M. E. Church, Sun- day afternoon, Mrs. Tarrer, of Greenstown, is vis. iting her daughter, Mrs. H. A. Scott, who continues Very ill. 'Wm. Freeman and party took a fishing trip to’New river, reporting a very nice time but no catch. ‘The Mt. Hope baseball team cross: 6d bats with the Winona team and ‘met with defeat, seore 9 to 11. ‘Miss Hettie J, Roberts has return- éA home from an extended visit to parts in Virginia. st RED SULPHUR. Rey. O. F, Harris preached a good Sermon yesterday. Willie Johnson left last week for Juawton, Mrs, Gardner 4s at home spending a few days, Mrs. Emmeline Lynne is able to be out, . ‘There willbe preaching Sunday by Rev. J. M. Roan. Joe P. and Oliver Agee left Satur- day for Terry. Miss Nellie Barbour ts the guest ef the Misses Mable and Edith John- son. : . Miss Rosa, Swopes ia the guest of Mrs. John Pack. "Miss Yula Johnson left Saturday for Union. Randolph Campbell js spending a few days here, Chas. Johnson -has returned home. Olie Hamelton has returned from Terry. oa ee » Herbert Pack i8 spending a few days at bome. | The announcement of the mar- riage of Rush McCleanen to “Mrs Figgs at Taleott, came as a surprise to his manyufrtends.bere. —pEwIsBURG. * Miss Calfe Epps, or Portsmouth Ohio, is the guest of her aunt, Mra, Mat Cartet: Rev, Moore, the blind evangelist, preached two stirring sermors at tie M. W. Church Sunday. Wm, Robinson fs home from Pitts- burg, ‘viatting His mother. _ A party made up of the following attended the horde show at White Sulphur Friday: Mrs, Elizabeth Lewis. Misses Florence and Ella Bol- ling, Mary Hamilton, Jessie Freeman, Junior Harris, Clark Lewis, E. A. Bolling, Jr., and Miss Ella Scott. Our boys defeated the strong Cov- ington team Monday and Tuesday in two of the most interesting games played here for some time. The first was a slugging match, both pitchers being hit hard. Score: 11 to 8, The second was in every way a faster game and ended 5 to 4. Mrs. A. K. Dandridge, Misses: Ab- bey Chandler, Rebecca Peck, Walter Banks, C. H. Bundy, T. G. Peck, Er- nest Banks, G, R. Crawford and Rey. Roah are attending institute herc this week, Mrs. Mattie Robinson, of Washing- ton, is here visiting relatives. Miss Florence Bolling has returned from an extensive trip to Parkers- burgand other points. ns Sallis Burkey of Charleston, is here to spend a few weeks, | Miss Effie Calloway is back from New York. Rev. Saunders is still on the sick st, nen | VPOWELLTON, Mrs. S. J. Mills reports a very pleasant trip to Charlesion, she be- ing the delegate to the grand court of Calanthe. J. 0. Fairfax and J. S. Harvey were delegates to the Grand Lodge K. of P. They reported a creditable session, Miss Sadie Allen was the guest of Miss Gertrude B. Johnson last week. Charles Mills left Tuesday for Dana to visit his brother, Mrs. Thos, Johnson reports a very pleasant trip to Norfolk. Mrs, Lucy Carter and Mrs. Harry Walker returned Saturday, after vis- iting friends for the past’ month in Virginia. Miss Margrette Pace, of Charles- ton, is on a vacation ana 'y visit- ing her sister, Mrs. Millie Erby. — —-.-—_ __ BARBOURSVILLE. Miss Bettie Minor, of Saint Al. bans, was the guest of Mrs. Annic¢ ‘Mill, Saturday and Sunday. Rev. G. P. R. Kinney preached two excellent sermons here Sunday. Mrs. Harriet Johnson spent Sun- day with her mother, Mrs. Francis ‘Peyton. Frank Goode, of Martha, was in town Snnday. Thompson Hendrix made a business (rip to Huntington Saturday, Mr. and Mra. Luke Hicks, of Hunt- ington, were the guests of relatives Sunday.» Moses Hicks and George Ifill were visiting relatives Sunday, TRE BAUER MEAT 28 AND 30 CAPITOL ST. LT aD Beef, Veal, Mutton, Pork, _ Fresh ‘Pork. Sausage . _QUR OWN MAKE, area re i) 7 Try our machine sliced Hams and Bacon OYSTERS, FISH, POULTRY The best qualities in all the popular kinds of Cheese a eh TY We want your patronage for we have complete stock in our lines and you ean get it when you want it most. | . Hiy Ua a Re NATION'S CAPITAL Thompson's National News Bureau. Washington, D. C., August 11. The program of the National Negro Business League, which has just been received from Corresponding Secretary Emmett J. Scott, embraces a multitude of good things. Every conceivable commercial and industrial activity in which the Negro may be engaged is represented by able exponents, selected with the utmost care. Some of the best of the old features are retained and many new and attractive ones are brought forward. The heart-to-heart talks presented by men who have borne the burden in the heat of the day, are highly inspirational in character and tend to encourage the faltering ones, who have made themselves believe that the fates were against them because of their color. The names of the individuals and their topics are doubtless given elsewhere in this paper. The announcements should be read with care, for few of us have any true conception of the vast scope of the constructive work that the Negro is doing in the trades, in the markets and manufacturing enterprises. The speeches of the persons in business must be heard to give anything like an accurate picture of the progress we are making. Welcome addresses will be delivered by the Governor of Kentucky, the Mayor of Louisville, by the pastor of one of the leading churches of the city, by the principal of one of the foremost schools, by the foremost lawyers of the State, and by one of the race's most active factors in business, religion and civic advancement. Other addresses of a significant nature will be presented by such noteworthy members of the Caucasian race as Hon. Henry Watterson, editor of the Courier-Journal, the exponent of the best thought of the border South; Hon. F. C. Nunemacher, president of the Louisville Board of Trade, and Hon. C. C. Stoll, member of the Louisville Board of Public Works. That these will be informing and inspiring, goes without the saying. Their very presence will give dignity and character to the organization and illustrate the esteem in which it is held by the people who "do things" in the great "Blue Grass State." For the first time in the history of the National Negro Business League, the list of speakers will include a member of the Cabinet of the President of the United States. On Wednesday night at Macauley's Theater, in addition to other pleasing exercises, the League and its friends will have the honor of hearing from Hon. Charles Nagel, Secretary of Commerce and Labor. "Mississippi Day" will be a big event, and the reports from the existing National Association of Bankers and Undertakers, and the information of the new press and bar auxiliaries, will add to the interest of the League period. Louisville society is "up to its ears," trying to outdo every other city which has heretofore entertained the League, and when the White City outing, the Friday night banquet, and the trip to Mammoth Cave, together with the numerous private functions are recounted, it is not too much to say that each delegate will go home declaring he has "had the time of his life." From the present outlook, the Louisville meeting is to be a monumental success. President W. S. Scarborough, of Wilberforce University, was in the city several days of this week, looking after the interests of his school. He is still prosecuting with great vigor the work of collecting the money for the new Girl's Dormitory and is meeting with gratifying success. Andrew Carnegie has agreed to give $17,500 when the University shall have raised a like amount, and the President is confident that enough of the fund will be guaranteed to begin the construction of the building before cold weather. The plans drawn by Architect John A. Lankford indicate that the building is to be a large and attractive one and it is expected that it will ultimately cost $50,000, as space is allowed for additions as they may be needed. It may be remarked in this connection, that when President Taft delivered the address last spring at Howard University on the occasion of the laying of the corner-stone of that institution's Carnegie Library, he inadvertently omitted the name of Wilb- If you haven't a regular, healthy movement of the body, keep your bowels open, and be well. Force, in the violent孝质 or pill poison, is dangerous. The bowels clear and clean is to keep the bowels clear and clean is to take CANDY CATHARTIO Cascade THEY WORK WHILE YOU SLEEP EAT 'EM LIKE CANDY Pleasant, Palateble, Potent, Taste Good, Do Good, Never Slicen, Weaken or Gripe; 10, 25 and 60 cents per box. Write for free sample, and book let on behalf. Address 433 Sherling Beach Commons erforce University from his list of noteworthy educational centers for the benefit of Negro youth's higher training. President Taft's attention being called to the omission by some friends of Wilberforce, the Chief Magistrate promptly sent a letter to President Scarborough, explaining how the oversight came about, and expressing his pride that so useful an institution for the making of high-grade Negro citizens existed in his native State and so very near his own home. It developed that Wilberforce's name did not appear upon the memorandum furnished to the President on the day his address was delivered; otherwise Mr. Taft would have mentioned the Ohio school along with others of its type. Wilberforelans are intensely loyal to their beloved alma mater, and are naturally sensitive over anything that might be construed into a slight. --- The "moving picture craze" is at its height among the colored people of Washington. The "Dunbar" on U street, near True Reformers Hall, is jammed at every performance, and hundreds are turned away nightly. Ralph R. Hawkins and A. H. Underdown, two experienced business men are managing the "Dunbar" and in addition have opened another house in Alexandria, across the river. Mr. Hawkins is also conducting a theater at River View, a popular pleasure resort down the Potomac. Another moving picture show is to be placed in the new building of the Colored Laborers' Building and Loan Association at 11th and U streets, when that structure is completed, and still another is planned for the corner of 12th and U streets, to be managed by Mr. G. D. Jenifer. A petition has been circulated for the erection of yet another at the southeast corner of 11th and U streets, the owner to be Mr. James F. Childs. Colored people are not admitted to the downtown establishments and the colored investors in these enterprises have a chance to make "big money"—provided they do not overdo the thing, or public taste does not take a slump. On 7th street, in colored neighborhoods, white men are operating the "Lincoln" and the "Elite" for the exclusive patronage of the Negroes, and are meeting with moderate success. A white man is now projecting an open-air show on Florida avenue, near 7th. W. Sidney Pittman is hard at work on the plans for the new Lincoln Memorial Office Building and Theater. The structure is to be monumental in character, and will rise to a height of eight stories or more. The material is to be marble and terra cotta, ornamental and plain, and the frame is to be of steel, making the building absolutely fire-proof. In architectural beauty, modern equipment and conveniences, the Lincoln building will compare favorably with any other for office and theater purposes in the national capital. The site is not yet to be revealed, but it is in the heart of the business section and is worth not less than $125,000. The building and ground will represent an investment of $400,000. Stock is still selling rapidly, and it is expected that ground will be broken in a short time. The local delegates to the National Negro Business league will include Messrs. W. Sidney Pittman, George F. Collins, Thomas L. Jones, R. W. Thompson, James A. Cobb, Cyrus Field Adams, John C. Dancy, S' H. Bolling, J. W. Lewis, J. A. Lankford, Henry E. Baker and Miss Henrietta Vinton Davis. They will begin leaving for Louisville Saturday. The Washington delegation will hold a meeting as soon as all arrive at the convention city, and it is likely that several names will be presented to the national body for offices which they are entitled by virtue of meritious service. It is claimed that under the administration of Mr. Pittman, the Washington local league leads all the rest in record of actual results attained. The rumor that President W. P. Thirkield is pursuing a policy likely to prove detrimental to the law department of Howard University is denied by prominent members of the faculty and of the several classes of the department. The increase of the tuition is explained on the ground that the equipment has been vastly improved, the salaries of certain valuable members of the faculty have been advanced and it is desired to raise the intellectual standard of the school, on general principles. It is a notorious fact that, in the past, men have been admitted to Howard Law School who had not the slightest adaptability to the study, much less the practice of law and their presence in the classes has been a nuisance and a drawback. To weed out these incompetents and to prevent the admission of others deficient in mental training, an advance in the cost has been decided upon. The best-informed friends of the school agree with Dr. Thirkield that action will inure to the benefit of the department, in that it will place a higher premium of the study of law, raise the standard to the point that a Howard diploma will not be viewed with suspicion in the states where rigid conditions are exacted of barristers and will enable the teachers to devote more time to those who actually have some chance to make headway in the legal profession. Sensible colored men who wish to take up the study of law, and show real fitness for the field they essay to enter, will have no stronger friend in the country than Wilbur Patterson Thirkfield. The action of the Board of Trustees is endorsed by the main body of the students and will stand. President Taft has gone to his summer home at Beverly, Mass. Major Brooks will follow shortly, and have general supervision over the temporary Executive mansion. In the meantime, the president's office-building here is being enlarged to double its former capacity. A large force of laborers, many of them colored, is putting in some hard work on the foundation of the new structure. Three shifts, working night and day, are employed, and it is expected that the place will be ready for President Taft when he returns in November. Mr. W. A. Galnes, Master of the United Brothers of Friendship, has been "in our midst" on business connected with his order. He saw Senator Bradley, Congressman Langley and other Kentucky leaders, and there is some suspicion that politics was talked of a little bit. While nothing was said publicly of Mr. Galnes' ambitions, there is a lurking hint that he would not refuse the office of Recorder of Deeds, should it be tendered him in proper form. In 1897, Mr. Galnes was agreed upon for Register of the Treasury and but for a chain of political complications would have been given the office. He is a man of large managerial capacity and a leader of undoubted force and influence in the political, fraternal and business life of the state. Miss Henrietta Vinton Davis, the popular elocutionist, is filling a series of engagements in and about Pittsburgh. She will attend the meeting of the National Negro Business League next week, and put in some time in Louisville and the border cities of Indiana and Kentucky. Lieut. B. O. Davis, of the 10th Cavalry, has been designated by the Secretary of War as the military instructor of the First Separate Battalion, District National Guard, for the maneuvers to begin this week near Boston. Lieut. Davis is a graduate of the High Schools of this city and has made an enviable record in the regular army of the United States. The Gen. JamesA. Buchanan, No. 111, Army and Navy Union, of which mention was made in these columns last week, as having elected three colored men as honorary members is the only garrison of the Army and Navy Union in the country that has been thoughtful enough to thus honor members of their own race. The credit for this generous offer belongs to Commander Samuel T. Henry, of Delaware, who organized the Buchanan Garrison under the most discouraging cricumstances, and by tact, energy and fidelity to the best interests of the gillant "boys in blue" has so built up the organization that in both quality and quantity it ranks with the very best in the Union. Commander Henry saw service in the Philippines and at a number of stations in this country. He won distinction as post quartermaster-sergeant and clerk in the 24th Infantry, which has long been regarded as the "crack" regiment of colored regulars in the entire army establishment. The Clarke Training School, for the instruetion of girls in domestic science, has been incorporated and placed on a firm foundation. The principal is Mrs. Addie R. Clarke, a thoroughly equipped industrial worker, and experienced in school management. The enrollment for the fall term promises to be unusually large. Lawyer Thomas L. Jones is president of the Board of Trustees. During the summer, the financial affairs of the institution are being taken care of in admirable fashion by Prof. G. L. Cardozo, of the city schools. R. W. THOMPSON. There are not a great many ball players in the American Association who could go up to the major league this fall and stick in either of the big circuits without any difficulty. There are a number of promising players in this company who might make good if things broke good for them, but there are only a few who look real heavy. Today, Arthur Kruger of Columbus, is by far the best all around "fly chaser" in the circuit. His fielding has always been astonishing, but prior to this season his batting was never strong. He certainly is clouting 'em now, and running bases like a scared jack rabbit. Orville Woodruff of Louisville, is the smartest ball player in the league and a grand in or out fielder, but only fair with the stick. If he could hit 260 up above, he would make a swell man for any team in the land. Young Ole Olson of Louisville, is the most promising infielder in the A. A., but it is doubtful if he has had enough experience to make him a good investment. Another year of polish and he will be a glittering star. There are about five twirlers who chance of failure. Olmstead of MinHall, Tom Dougherty and Chesney neapolis, Stoney McGlynn, Charley of Indianapolis looks like the best of this year's crop. There is no reason in the world why McGlynn shouldn't stick. He wasn't a whirlwind with St. Louis Take CARDUI Down the toboggan of weakness, debility and finally collapse, thousands of women slip, every year, until at the bottom, they have become nervous and physical wrecks, without health, without strength, without beauty, without everything. You can put sand on the slippery track and stop your mad slide down, by taking Cardui—at least so say thousands of other ladies who have used it, and they ought to know. 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Link of Columbus, Selby of Louisville, and Karl Robinson, of Toledo, are promising, but would be of more value if they were allowed to stay another season. Link, however, looks finished right now, and is certainly worth a bit of any magnates money. Gill, of Minneapolis is a neat first sacker, but does not appear to be as able as Jerry Freeman, Odwell or whole lot of men would be drafted or purchased and some of them may od, outside of Kruger, there are not many who could take away a good major leaguer's job. To watch Lajole play ball one is hot impressed with his work, because it is all done without effort. Balls that other second baseman would have a hard time reaching, and if they did would make the play look marvelous, are made with the greatest ease by Lajole. Nothing is ever difficult for him. He moves over the ground gracefully and without effort, picks up the ball as if it was stationary, when it is really hit like a shot, and catches throws as if he were playing beanbag. It comes natural to Lajole to do things without hit effort. He bats the same way. He does not bore a hole in the ground trying to get a toe hold, nor does he make any false motions with his bat. He just stands there and does not even swing, but just snaps at the balless it nears him. It has always been a question as to which is the greater ball player—Lajoie or Wagner. To see Wagner in action would immediately give him the verdict, because his work is so much more impressive than that of his rival, and because Hans does everything without an effort, yet he does it mighty well. If the two stars were on the team the rest of the aggregation would not have to be very classy. Percy—Why, Kitty, how fast you walk! I have been twying to overtake you foh thwee blocks. Kitty—I wasn't hurrying especially, Percy. I didn't know that you were coming.—Philadelphia Bulletin. He—So poor old Monty has been run over by a motor car. How did it happen? Goldsmith had just written the "Deserted Village." 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The tocsin here sounded should be responded to in a generous spirit, and out of the heart-to-heart exchange of views, may grow an organization that will be potential for great good to the journalistic profession and to the oppressed millions for whom it essays to speak. This movement is a furtherance of the "group system" which has been found very effective in increasing the working capacity of all large conventions. The rapid growth of the National Negro Business League emphasizes the fact that the time is not far off when a free forum for the hearing of every industrial interest can not be furnished in the three brief days of the general session. The "group system"—so thoughtfully inaugurated by the undertakers and bankers, and now pushed a notch forward by the Thompson press conference, and to be followed by another shove at the hands of Albert S. White, who proposes a bar association, offers a happily conceived outlet for the pent up enthusiasm of the delegates who must have their "say." Their progress can be brought in a lump to the parent body through the several affiliated groups. We think Mr. Thompson wise in suggesting that the discussions in the press auxiliary be held fast to the business side of the craft. Anything touching politics or the exploitation of even just grievances, is apart from the purposes of the League, and might lead to discords that would threaten the success of its specific mission. It is the business side of journalism that is weakest, and a conference designed to bolster up our struggling enterprises comes in the nick of time and meets with universal approval. It is well, also, to note that the present movement is not meant to antagonize any of the press associations, active or passive now in existence. If the conference can be made to hew to the line so admirably worked out by Mr. Thompson, it will be of vast benefit to all concerned. To insure success, the fellows who want office for individual aggrandizement, or who have personal axes to grind, should be sat upon promptly and vigorously. The embryonic press association has The Advocate's best wishes. Under the above caption the Woman's Auxiliary of the National Baptist Convention,—Miss Nannie H. Burroughs, secretary—has just issued a pamphlet which, for pertinency and common sense, has not been surpassed for a long time. For the benefit of our readers, who may be interested in the uplift of themselves and the race with which they are identified, the pamphlet is reproduced in full: The Race Problem in America has reached an acute state. Sociologists are studying and suggesting methods for its solution. Politicians are doing their best to keep the Negro a political parasite and partisan mendicant, that they may land themselves in office and keep the Negro at war with himself, and blind to his best interests. The best people in the North, and the best people in the South are becoming more solicitous about the Negro's uplift, and are asking "What can we do to help save this great mass of freedmen, whose destiny is wrapped up in ours?" Churches and schools are hard at work—prayers and lives and money are daily contributions to the enterprise. And yet, with all this help, the mass of the Negro race is untouched by the churches, and untaught by the schools. The Negro churches must WAKE UP and preach a gospel that will draw MEN in large numbers to the house of God, and must by PRECEPT and EXAMPLE leach all of the Christian virtues; thus developing in the character of their members, consistency, integrity, industry and unselfishness. Every Negro who is clean and upright must make it his business to make another Negro just like him. Every Christian must become a missionary, and do some constructive work in race-building and race-improvement, for it matters not how much is done by the friends in the North, and how much sympathy is extended by the friends in the South, there are TEN essential things, making for the uplift of the race, that we can and must do for ourselves. It matters not how poor, or how ignorant, whether we live in the North or in the South in the East, or in the West, we can do much for ourselves that will count more than the gift of THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS from friends who are anxious to see us go forward. FIRST—We can get right with God. SECOND—We can be honest, truthful, and reliable. THIRD—We can keep our BODIES CLEAN. FOURTH—We can keep our homes clean. FIFTH—We can keep our YARDS CLEAN—back and front. SIXTH—We can stop HANGING OVER THE GATE and out of the window. SEVENTH—We can BEHAVE OURSELVES better on the streets and in public carriers. EIGHTH—We can make the word "NEGRO," a synonym for "honesty," "cleanliness," "intelligence," ::industry" and "righteousness," by doing with our MIGHT what our hands find to do. NINTH—We can be LOYAL and HELPFUL, to our race, by encouraging all worthy efforts put forth for its uplift. TENTH—We can RESPECT OUR WOMEN; EDUCATE our children; and STAY OUT of the saloon and dive. We want every Negro in America to have a hand in this work. READ—RESOLVE to do your part and GET BUSY. BEHIND THE TIMES. The signing of the contract, last week, by which a colored fair association in Kentucky secures the services of the local band for a fair beginning Emancipation Day—September 22nd, and the reported engagement of the Charleston baseball club to play at Keystone, this state, on the same date, furnishes food for reflection, and gives rise to the query, "What's the matter with Charleston?" Why can we not have an Emasipation Celebration? Besides Keystone, Parkersburg and other towns of the state observe September 22d, while many of the towns in this section observe the April date. Yet Charleston, with the largest Negro population, the largest number of fraternal organizations, the largest and best band, and with every other facility for celebrating the occasion in a fitting manner, moves along in the even tenor of its way, and makes no effort to observe the natal day of the race. It is too late to do anything now for this year, even if others had not had the foresight to engage our main attractions, but it is none too soon for the patriotic, race-loving men and women of the race to begin to think out plans by which we may get in the procession, next year. It is unfortunate that the meeting at Boston, this month, of the National Medical Association is likely to be an inglorious failure because of childish bickerings between the Bay State Medical Association and the Boston local committee which it appointed to perfect arrangements. Before the announcement of the friction among the members of the profession in Massachusetts, many of the National Association were of the opinion that a mistake had been made in selecting Boston. Not that the "Hub" was not willing and able to provide entertainment and facilities for the meeting as had been found elsewhere, but because Boston is so far removed from the great body of the members were doubts entertained of the wisdom of its choice. It hardly needs to be said that the reports coming from Boston are increasing rather than allaying, this suspicion, and, unless there is a hurried getting together, the attendance upon the meeting will fall off considerably from that of former years. The Woman's Aurora, a pretentious magazinelette published at Omaha, Nehr. and "devoted to the interest of Afro-American womanhood everywhere" is the latest exchange to reach our desk. Its principles, as enunciated in its greetings to the public, are of high order, and its aims are of such a character as to merit for The Aurora success. Paul's Third Missionary Journey — Chap. xix:17—Were these twelve The Riot in Ephesus. Acts xix:23-33 persens whom Paul found at Ephesusxx:1. Verse 28—Why is it that God has conditioned all human progress and betterment, including a knowledge of the gospel, upon the zeal, ability and goodness of those who already enjoy its benefits? ENGLISH AS SHE IS SPOKE. ENGLISH AS SHE IS SPOKE. An exchange, whose bump of humor is, perhaps, more highly developed than that portion of the brain allotted to truth, alleges that the following conversation took place, recently, at Adamston, this state, between a cofed customer and an old colored store keeper. The old lady was evidently in search of eggs, and, to make her wants known, is reported to have used the language following which for picturesque English probably has not its equal among the curiosities of literature. "Ain't askin' you ain't you ain't, askin' you ain't you is, is you?" About the time President Taft is supposed to have received the open letter from the executive committee of the National Independent Political League, the press reported him as spending a lazy day. Could that letter have given him a tired feeling? DON'T STOP MY PAPER Don't stop my paper, printer; Don't strike, my name off yet; You know the cash comes slowly, And dollars hard to get; But tug a little harder Is what I mean to do, And write the diary Verse 8—Why ought, or ought not, the pulpit now, as Paul did then, to "dispute" or argue, and bring convincing proofs, compelling men's reasons, by powerful evidence, of the truths of Christianity, and not be content with simple declamation as is now so common? (This question must be answered in writing by members of the club.) Verses 9-12—Apart from the miraculous power that Paul had, what was the secret of his success? Verses 13-17—Why do some todayblaspheme the name of God, and dare the power of God; are they possessed with the devil? Verses 18-22—Does conversation always imply restitution, and the forsaking of every evil way? Somewhat Outspoken. Down in the southern counties of the state newspapers are not so careful of the tone of their remarks about the courts as in other sections. The Logan Democrat has this to say of a Cabell county jurist: "The Cabell criminal court sentenced a half-witted boy to ten years in the penitentiary for stealing a small amount of scrap iron. The jury wanted to send him to the asylum but the judge would not consent. When a verdict of guilty was rendered the court gave him the limit of the law while expressing sorrow (?) for being compelled (?) to do so. If ever there was a travesty of justice this is one. The average Cabell county sentence for taking human life is less than this judge imposed upon an irresponsible boy for taking a few pounds of old iron. Such acts as this judge has committed cause thinking men to hold some of our courts in contempt." The Bluefield Telegraph complains bitterly of the municipal court of Bluefield and the Circuit court of Mercer county. That paper says: "Section 57 of the city charter says that the term of imprisonment in default of fines shall not be for more than thirty days. The judge of the police court is sentencing the offenders to ninety days in jail. The Johnson law says a man convicted of carrying a pistol shall be fined not less than $50 nor more than $200 and six months in jail. The jail sentence is obligatory. In the Bluefield court, parties convicted are fined $20. This cannot be under the Johnson law for the jail sentence is not given. It is probably done under a city ordinance, and the charter says that in default of a fine the police judge can only imprison for thirty days. If an old ordinance allowed a longer term the passage of the new charter repealed all acts in conflict or in consistent with the charter. "Would it not be much better to levy the fines according to law? The police court can be strenuous enough when guided by the laws under which it was established and those which fix the duties of its judges. "For a long time it has been notorious for Bluefield that heavy fines were levied on persons guilty of infractions of the city ordinances. For five years the police department has boasted that it has collected enough fines to almost pay its expenses. This is not the ideal condition." Judge Taylor, of Huntington, has decided that gambling can not be prosecuted in this state. The prosecuting attorney of Cabell county was waging a great warfare against the gamblers and had succeeded in convicting many of the offenders, but the decision immediately stopped the prosecutions and the state has no recourse. This decision certainly means that gambling will flourish as never before and the state become a rendezvous for the Knights of the green cloth. Where We Are Nearness (Knoxville Journal and Tribune.) One of the difficulties encountered by the health authorities in the discharge of their duties not always agreeable is in getting the owners and occupants of private premises to observe the plain laws of hygiene; men and women assume that the condition of their private premises is a matter for their own concern only and they resent any interference on the part of those who are relied upon to preserve the health of the community. It makes some people very angry to call their attention to the presence of disease-producing filth in their cellars or in their back yards. But let an epidemic come, which by the way may have been invited and challenged, and slickness and death are matters of daily and hourly occurrence, then there is a general rush to clean up. And that is in the matter of logic at par with that of the man who proceeds to look the door securely after the horse has been stolen. If cholera or yellow fever or smallpox makes their appearance in a city, then there is little trouble in persuading people to guard against such maladies and to give what aid they can in their extinction. But tuberculosis is a slow disease, taking away its thousands upon thousands annually, and say what they will about its prevention and cure, a majority of the people turn a deaf ear to what is being said and take no thought about prevention. Gh, You, Rich Kansas Farmer. (From Washington Herald.) The proverbially rich Kansas farmer, local reports indicate, is this year to reach the height of his prosperity. The wheat harvest was never better, and it brings a dollar or so a bushel at the railway stations. If the entire crop of 80,000,000 bushels were sold at once, it could glue every man, woman and child in the United States a dollar and have enough left for seed. If the value of Kansas corn, oats, alfalfa, potatoes and sugar beets were equally distributed, it is calculated that everybody in the United States could afford a two weeks' holiday. That is but one of the states of the West that this year are smiling with prosperity. They know not the fear of money stringency, and the voice of the croaker is not heard in that land, blessed with a happy mingling of rain and sunshine. Expert statisticians predict a cotton crop of not more than 11,500,000 bales, or about 2,000,000 bales below that of last year. There has been excess of rain in the Mississippi valley, and too much dry weather in the Southeast and in Texas. The outlook is, therefore, for a higher price. This will be a condition un welcome in the market of England, where the mills in the great factory districts are curtailing productions. This will restrict consumption, especially of cheap goods made in England. The effect will be felt in this country in higher prices for better grades of goods, which will be a deterrent to the output of the mills. LEOPARDS AS DESTROYERS. Men and Domestic Animals in India Killed by Them. The number of persons reported to have been killed by wild animals in the United Provinces during 1908 was 194, as compared with 159 in the previous year and 380 in 1906. The increase was largely due to the number of persons killed by leopards in Kumaon, which rose from six to thirty-five, and by wolves in Fyzabad division. There is a man-eating leopard in Almora district on whose head a reward of no less than 500 rupees has been placed. In Bahraich district wolves are said to have taken suddenly to killing people, but as they did not form packs, it was not possible to organize measures for extirpating them. The local government advises the Bahraich people to try again, and suggests that the explanation is not correct, and, whether correct or not, it is unsatisfactory. The reported mortality from snake bite decreased from 5,080 to 4,816 persons. The number of cattle killed by wild animals is reported as 11,083, or nearly double what it was two years ago. This is probably due largely to more careful reporting. It is certain that even now a far greater number of cattle are killed that the figures suggest. Leopards are much the most destructive of wild animals, over 8,000 of the cattle being killed by the animals. Kumgon suffers worst in this matter, the deputy commissioner of Almora attributing the increased destructiveness of leopards to the wholesale slaughter of game by Gurkhas, who has thus diminished the natural food supply of the leopards. Consul Louis Hostette, of Hermosillo, notes considerable real estate activity in the Mexican State of Sonora, where several American companies are developing large plantations. The largest known species of orchids grows in Ceylon. The leaves measure up to 10 feet in length, and a single plant will have as many as 3,000 blossoms in one year. Some men are honest because they are poor and some others are poor because they are honest. No man is smart enough to tell his own son anything when he leaves college. "Not for three years, your honor." —Success Makafne. NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS We repeat for the benefit of our subscribers the law of the Post Office Department in regard to the payment of subscriptions. This notice giving those provisions was published about the first of Jan., 1908, when this law went into effect and most of our subscribers responded in compliance with the law and many who failed to do so were dropped from the list. As time has gone on it seems that this ruling of the department has been overlooked and some of our subscribers are getting delinquent beyond the time allowed by law and this is again to call their attention to the matter. "Ordered, That the postal law and regulations be amended, effective January 1, 1908, as indicated below: "Amend Section 434, paragraph 5, postal laws and regulations to read as follows; "A reasonable time will be allowed the publishers to secure renewals of subscription, but unless subscriptions are expressly renewed after the term for which they are paid, within the following periods: "They shall not be counted in the legitimate list of subscribers, and copies mailed on account thereof shall not be accepted for mailing at the second class postage rate of one cent a pound, but may be mailed at the transient second-class postage rate of one cent for each four ounces or fraction thereof, prepaid by stamps mixed. The right of a publisher to extend credit for subscriptions to his publication is not denied or questioned, but his compliance or non-compliance with this regulation will be taken in consideration in determining whether the publication is entitled to transmission at the second class postage rates." The New York Sun, alluding to this subject, says: "Hereafter, under the rulings of the department, publishers of weekly newspapers cannot carry subscribers in arrears more than one year, semi-weeklies more than six months, and daffies longer than three months. For each violation of this regulation publishers will be fined one cent for each four ounces." There are other reasons why every paper is compelled to collect from its subscribers if it expects to continue its publication. The cost of publishing a paper is CASH to the publisher. The labor which is the principal cost that goes into the Advocate is paid each Saturday night. White paper which is now possibly as high in price as it was ever known before, is a staple product and commands cash in the markets. Postage is another item that has been increased by the Post Office Department requiring postage to be paid on all papers delivered over the rural routes which formerly circulated free in the county of publication, is, as everybody knows, cash with strict regularity. ta our bank. It may be even easier than you know. A card of inquiry will bring you interesting particulars. Join thoae who know the PLEASURES OF SAVING by opening a SAVINGS ACCOUNT at the "Bank That You Can Depend Upon.' Compound Semi-annual Interest paid on Savings Deposits by the KANAWHA BANKING & TRUST COMPANY $250,000 Capital. Charleston, W. Va. Surplus, $175,000. It Is Easy We have gone to no litte to make it convenient for fruge Savings Account our bank. It may be even A card of inquiry will bring ulars. 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"All I did," said the big grain speculator, "was to take advantage of an opportunity." "Well," answered Farmer Corttossel, "that's all Captain Kidd used to do."—Washington Star. THE BANK OF THE UNITED STATES Are You Working for Money? Or is Your Money Working for You? If you are working and saving your money and putting it in a bank where you get no interest, keep ing it in a trunk or hiding it some where about your house—You Are Working For Mohcy The Pythian Mutual Investment Association was organized in order to give us an opportunity to put the money we could save together and then put it to work. The above is a picture of our building on the Capitol Square in Charleston. We have just purchased a splendid three story bleak building on one of the main business streets in the city of Huntington. The first floor is occupied by the Huntington Herald, the largest daily newspaper published in that section of the state, the second floor is used for office rooms, while the third floor is a large assembly and lodge hall. This building is sure to pay us well. After the Charleston building had been occupied only eight months our stockholders were paid a dividend of six per cent. Stock is still on sale at $10.00 per share, either paid up or on the installment plan. Ask your agent in your locality about it or write to this office. WestVa.Colored Institute Regular Normal, Academic and Commercial Courses, also Regular Courses in Agriculture, Carpentery and-House Building, Steam Fitting,Smithing,Cabinet Making, Painting and Glazing, Dressmaking, Laundering, Printing. A complete course in Military Training to Cadets. Rooms, Books, Fuel and Lights Free to Normal Students; and in addition Uniforms for State Students. We have a faculty of Twenty-two Teachers' Board only Eight Dollars per Month. Mrs. Julia Wallace, of Charleston, spent a few days here last week the guest of her sister, Mrs. Adzonia Carey. Rev. P. P. Holland passed through here Saturday eh route to Bancroft. Mr. and Mrs. Colman, Mrs. Martha Dickerson, Mrs. Eva Walker, Mr. and Mrs. Jessie Wymock and daughter, Miss Annie and Mls. Lucinda Coles attending preaching at Bancroft Sunday. W. Coles attended preaching at Bancroft Sunday. I. C. McKinney, James Duckwyler and Mrs. Ida Price attended the Grand Lodge of K. of P. and Court of Calanthe in Charleston last week. Mrs. Cornelia and Miss Florence Cole left Monday for Alderson where they will attend the Woman's Auxiliary. Mesdames Lizzie Harvey, Victoria Duckwyler and Miss Eliza Dickerson were in Charleston last week. Mrs. Bertie Parker, of Charleston, spent Sunday here. Mrs. Enima Dickerson, of Bancroft, passed through Monday en route to Alderson to attend the convention. W. M. Randolph and N. T. Terry were in Charleston last week. Mrs. Eva Walker has returned from an extended trip to Virginia. Miss Ollie Colman has returned home from Charleston. The little son of H. Woods returned from Washington, D. C., accompanied by his cousin, Frank McKinney. Mrs. Olivia Walker and children, of Charleston, are spending a few days here. Arthur Jackson, while practicing Tuesday of last week for a baseball game, wrenched his knee and has since been confined to his home. Miss Mattle, Hackley spent Sunday at Middleport, O. Former Grand Chancellor W. J. Thompson returned to his home at Thomas Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. G. P. Porter entertained at luncheon Sunday, Mrs. Lucy Severs of Wheeling, Mrs. Frank Johnson of Bellaire, and Mr. and Mrs. George E. Wanzer. Mrs. W. M. Irvin and daughter, Miss Aileen, left Monday for a visit to their home in Virginia. Mrs. Frank Johnson and Mrs. Lucy Severs left, for their homes Monday after a week's visit with Mr. and Mrs. George E. Wanzer. Mrs. Maria Alexander and daughter, Mrs. S. M. Davis, Miss. F. C. Cobb and H. B. Rice are attending the Woman's Baptist State convention at Alderson this week. Rev. Ballard Brooks filled his regular appointment at Little Zion Church, South Ruffner, Sunday. Mr. L. C. Farrar entertained at dinner Thursday Prof. Emery L. Rann, of Bluedeen; M. T. Whittico, editor of McDonald Times, and Dr. G. N. Marshall, of Keystons. Mrs. Helen Farrar entertained at dinner Saturday Mrs. J. S. Noel, of Montgomery, and Mrs. Washington, of Parkersburg. W. O. Terry and T. G. Nutter left Sunday for Detroit to attend the Grand Lodge of Elks. J. M. Hazlewood leaves. Sunday for Kansas City to audit, the accounts of the Supreme officers of the Knights of Pythias. Mr. Hazlewood is chairman of the finance committee. Mrs. Cora Brown, of Chicago, is visiting her aunt, Mrs. Mattie Moss, on Craig street. Dr. J. S. Sesson, Mrs. R. B. Walker and Miss C. L. Hairston left Sunday morning for Detroit to attend the Grand Lodge session of the Elks and Daughters of Elks. Mrs. Mattle Moss entertained, at lunch Thursday Mrs. Maggie Johnson, Mrs. Lucy Severs, of Wheelling; Miss Jenette Jones and Mrs. Carter, of Parkersburg, and Mrs. Waddy, of St. Albans. Nelson Johnson, of Sentz street, is still very ill with little hopes of recovery. Rey, S. H. Lewis, of Parkersburg, preached at St. Paul A. M. E. church Sunday night, The West Virginia Club, of which Mrs. Mattie Moss is captain, will give an entertainment Monday night in St. Paul A. M. E. Church. Rev. W. E. Walker will leave Monday for Richmond to represent Charleston Star Council No. 609 of the Independent Order of St. Lukes in the Grand Council, which meets there on August 17th. Mrs. Lillie Brown, of Parkersburg, is visiting her aunt, Mrs. Brown, of Craig street. Mrs. Mallvia Shorts, of Rock Hill, S. C., is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Viola Wright. Mrs. Sarah Alexander, of Charlotte, N. C., is visiting her sister, Mrs. S. D. Couser, on Court street. Sunday was quarterly meeting at Simpson M. E. Church. Rev. S. A. Lewis, of Parkersburg, preached in the morning and the district superintendent, Rev. G. E. Curry, preached at night and administered the holy communion, assisted by the pastor and Rev. Hardy, of Montgomery. The second quarterly conference for Simpson M. E. Church, was held Friday night, at which time Mrs. Sallie Hayden was elected to represent the Aid Society and I. M. Carper to represent the classes in the district conference at Clarksburg, beginning the 25th inst. Mrs. Lillian Jones is ill at the home on Sentz street. Mrs. M. M. A. Parker, Mrs. Maria Alexander, Mrs. Anna F. Davis and Misses F. C. Cobb and Eva Parker left Tuesday evening for Alderson to attend the Baptist state convention. Nelson Johnson remains seriously ill at his home on Sentz street. Miss Llewellyn Spriggs, of Institute, was the guest of Miss Esther Fulkus last week. Mrs. Gus Ginn, of Rendeville, O., is visiting relatives in the city. Mrs. Emma White and Mrs. H. H. Raffley, of Montgomery, were in the city Friday. Mrs. Golbert, of Ashland, Ky., was the guest of Mrs. Thomas Whittaker on Sentz street a few days last week. Mrs. Maggie Davis, of Columbus, O., is in the city the guest of relatives. Mrs. Floyd Morris was ill a few days last week. A party of young ladies and gentlemen went on a hay ride Wednesday evening of last week to Lock Six. An enjoyable evening was spent by all. The party consisted of the following: Misses Llewellyn Springgs, Antoinette Brooks, Esther Fulks, Virginia Gilmer, Hazel Lucas, Aristis Johnson and Maude Viney; Messas, F. D. Cambric, H. D. Mazlewood, T. G. Nutter, T. W. Randolph, Zack McClung and C. H. Gray. Mrs. S. R. Bullock left Saturday to visit friends at Red Sulphur Springs. Miss R. A. Wilson, of St. Albans, spent the week-end with Miss V. D. Gilmer on State street. Cary Williams and Charles Slash, of Parkersburg, were in the city Friday. Walter Penn, Jr., of Granville, O., is the guest of relatives in the city. is the guest of relatives in the city. Miss Minnie Bush, of Lewisburg, is the guest of her sister, Mrs. Freeman, on Sentz street. Nathanel Philips and Miss Anna K. Anderson were married at Cedar Grove Sunday. Mrs. J. W. Waters spent last Sunday in Huntington, being invited to assist the Ladies Aid of the M. E. Church in their rally which was a success along all lines. Mrs. M. O. Mitchell had as her guest at dinner Sunday Mr. and Mrs. E. V. Seams, of Parkersburg, and Mrs. Jones, of Powelton. Mrs. Edith Mitchell, of Switchback, was a guest at Hotel Brown last week. Mrs. Ida Jones, who was visiting Mrs. Frances Lowry, has returned to her home at Powelton. Transformations pompadours, the latest fad in hair dressing, at Mrs. Brown's, 500 Capitol street. Mrs. Maryland Dawson and daughter, Miss Bessie, left last week for Plitsburg, where they will spend the remainder of the summer visiting friends. Frank Fitzgerald has returned from Ironton, O. Mrs. Colla Overaull, of St. Albans, visited her sister, Mrs. Maryland Dawson, Tuesday. Mrs. S. H. Denson and daughter, of Covington, Va., en route to Columbus, O., spent Monday with Mrs. F. C. Brown. Miss Lena Rice entertained a few friends at whist Tuesday evening at her home on Brooks street, the occasion being in honor of Miss Warner, of Indianapolis. A dainty lunch was served to five. IMPEACHMENT TRIAL OF STATE OFFICIAL Olympia, Wash., Aug. 11.—The Washington legislature met in special session today to sit as a court of impeachment for the trial of State Insurance Commissioner John H. Shively, against whom charges were filed last June following a sensational investigation of the affairs of the state insurance department by a committee appointed by the legislature. The case against Commissioner Shively is the outgrowth of political scandals which have stirred the state of Washington for many months past and in which charges of alleged mismanagement and dishonesty in the conduct of various departments of the state government have been freely made. The articles of impeachment against the state insurance commissioner contain nearly thirty counts in all. First and foremost among the charges is that of perjury, alleged to have been committed before the Spokane county grand jury in connection with the financial status of the Pacific Live Stock Association. In the most of the other counts the insurance commissioner is accused of having conducted himself in an arbitrary way and of being guilty of extortion. Under the head of extortion he is charged with having on various occasions accepted money to permit insurance companies to do business in the state. ST. LOUIS CENTENNIAL RAPIDLY PROGRESSING ST. LOUIS CENTENNIAL RAPIDLY PROGRESSING St. Louis, Aug. 11.—Preparations are rapidly progressing for the coming Centennial of this city, and the event is arousing great interest throughout the country, especially in the middle West. The program for the Centennial celebration, which will be held here during the week from October 3 to 9 of this year, to commemorate the one hundredth anniversary of the incorporation of St. Louis, has just been issued and gives interesting information concerning the numerous features of interest which promise to make Centennial week the most remarkable period in the history of the city since the close of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. Balloon, airship and aeroplane races, under the auspices of the Aero Club of St. Louis, host of the Gordon Bennett International Balloon Race of 1907, will be among the most spectacular features of the celebration. Valuable prizes will be contested for at each one of the races. Another interesting feature will be the various pageants by which the history and progress of the city since its foundation will be incorporated. There will be a water pageant, a municipal pageant in honor of the laying of cornerstones for municipal buildings to cost $1,500,000, an educational, historical and military pageant, culminating in the cornerstone laying of the city's new $1,100,-000 public library, an industrial parade, the Velled Prophet annual pageant with special centennial features and a centennial carnival in the down-town streets. BATTLED WITH REPTILE WITH FIST AND FOOT Chester, Pa., Aug. 11.—Having no other means of defense, Councillman William W. Johnson, of Eddystone suburb, boxed a bout for his life with a hissing snake on his lawh the other morning. As long as the FREE With every cash value of Wall Paper (of $1.00 or more) An Illustrated Souvenir Directory of Charleston. 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Surplus $160,000 DON'T NEGLECT YOUR EYES bright rays of the Summer's Sun is trying to the effects of vision will grow rapidly worse. cannot afford to neglect so important an organ as get along very well with a wooden leg or false to substitute for the natural eye. finally should the eyes of the young be looked at costs nothing to have the eye examined by us. none but the most CAREFUL and SKILLFUL telling spectacle vendorss not only will probably do you harm. INST. --- Jeweler and Mfg. O. Cor. Virginia St. and CHARLESTON, W. DON'T N YOUR The bright rays of the Sunm slight defects of vision will grow You cannot afford to neglect You can get along very well with there is no substitute for the nat Especially should the eyes o fully. It costs nothing to have t Trust none but the most CA Traveling spectacle venderss you, but will probably do you har ERNST- DON'T NEGLECT YOUR EYES The bright rays of the Summer's Sun is trying to the eye and slight defects of vision will grow rapidly worse. You cannot afford to neglect so important an organ as the eye. You can get along very well with a wooden leg or false teeth, but there is no substitute for the natural eye. Especially should the eyes of the young be looked after carefully. It costs nothing to have the eye examined by us. Trust none but the most CAREFUL and SKILLFUL optician. Traveling spectacle venders not only will probably not help you, but will probably do you harm. reptile fought fair, Johnson manfully stuck to London ring rules, though at the end he had to kill the snake and three others with a club. The fight began when Johnson stepped on the snake's tail as he walked through the grays on his lawn. Instantly the reptile reared itself straight in the air and attempted to dash its fangs into the man's face. Johnson sent a straight right from the shoulder and floored the snake, but it proved a wiry adversary, and never waited for the count in coming back. This time it struck below the belt, focusing on Johnson's leg. Then Johnson delivered a savage stroke with his foot in French fighting style, and the second round likewise was his. All the time that the battle between man and reptile raged the snake kept up a hiss, that was evidently meant as a call for re-enforcements, as two other snakes appeared, and were later joined by a third. By this time Johnson had obtained a club, and succeeded in dispatching the reptiles, all of which Capital $250,000 our Earnings hardly Be Missed early deposited in the SAVINGS k ing & Trust Co. on from paying rent and pre- Annual Interest and has ON. W. VA. Surplus $100,000 NEGLECT EYES ner's Sun is trying to the eye and rapidly worse. So important an organ as the eye, a wooden leg or false teeth, but natural eye. Of the young be looked after care, the eye examined by us. REFUL and SKILLFUL optician, not only will probably not help them. Jeweler and Mfg. Optician, Cor. Virginia St. and Arcade, CHARLESTON, W. VA. measured five feet each. "It was the most terrible perience I ever had in my life," clared Mr. Johnson, in discussing I battle with the reptiles. The Mount Chapel Baptist church set apart the second Sunday in August for a rally for Hill Top Seminary and college. Rev. Randolph Blake the pulpit at 3:30 o'clock. Collection $4.95. At 7:30 o'clock Rev. W. Reese filled the stand and gave very encouraging talk, after which a collection was raised by Desmond R. H. Clay of $3.30, making a total $8.25. Homes and investments FOR SALE—1,000 square feet, inc. talk, rent and sale. and sellers. Additional properties warranted by these laws. WASHINGTON SKETON BOOK 144 pages, 1,000 pages—mobile home building, etc. town or for full information address AMERICAN REALTY CO., WASHINGTON, D.C. DEMOCRATS OF THE HOUSE IN LEADERSHIP SCRAP Washington, Aug. 11.—During the heat of the debate on the tariff bill nearly every one lost sight of the differences existing among Democratic members of the House. These differences grew out of the fight against the rules at the beginning of the extra session in which Champ Clark, minority leader, was deserted by a prosecution who followed Representative Fitzgerald of New York. The bitterness which cropped out in that fight has not abated and unless all signs fail it will grow worse instead of better. Fitzgerald's following is composed almost entirely of Northern Democrats and they make no secret of their intention to wage warfare on Clark from now on. They were regular on the tariff question, not because of the leadership of Clark, but because of party loyalty, and they probably will be regular on most of the questions they have written their notes during the Sixty-first Congress, they will be busily engaged in planning the downfall of Clark. Like Clark they are supremely confident that the next House will be Democratic, in which event they will do everything in their power to defeat WAR GAME IN TO RESEME WAR GAME IN THE NORTH TO RESEMBLE REAL THING Washington, Aug. 11.—Those stout men who belong to the District National Guard and who have lately been putting in their after-office-hours getting in trim for the coming field maneuvers on the New England coast, have knocked off and decided to take the "rest cure." What is the use of trying flesh-reducing, they argued, after they had studied brigade order No. 62, otherwise Brigadier General Harries' order prescribing the equipment, field kit, and ammunition to be carried on their coming "hike" over those undulating Massachusetts hills. The guardman who, after this trip, has any superfluous flesh left, will be used to advertise some patent flesh food. Death to obesity is the thought behind the official name "field exercises," which is the line of work mapped out for Washington's citizen soldiers, but which to them looks like a plan to train them for weight-carrying contests. According to the Little paper of instructions handed around among the boys by Colonel Smiley, each squad is to carry one pick-mattox and three spades, the front and rear rank of each squad to alternate in tooting the tools. There are other instructions that bring joy to the heart of every gardsmaster who invested money in anti-fat remedies and is anxious to come home with a narrow waist that is truly military. Those of the "old boys" and "vets" who served with Colonel Harries, now a full brigadier, in the First District of Columbia in Cuba, are telling the present soldier generation that this tour of duty up on the A little opt which will cost you probably save you a your ease of reading be sure we will cha for what new glasses tle in comparison you'll obtain. A little optical advice which will cost you nothing here, will probably save you a headache, add to your ease of reading and sewing. To be sure we will charge you something for what new glasses you need, but little in comparison with the benefit you'll obtain. C. G. BERGMAN, 231 Capitol St., Charleston, W. Va. HENRY T. M'DONALD, resident. Harper's Ferry, W. Va. —Founded in 1870— More than 400 men and women have graduate school in the state for Colored students. Magnification high. Remarkably healthful. Ample building BUILDINGS BEING ADDED TO OUR PLANT THE lar faculty of sixteen highly educated, earnest teach assistants. Our Library catalogued according to the Dewey the largest in the state. FIRST GRADE CERTIFICATES ARE GRANT BERS OF THE GRADUATING CLASSES WHO A TO THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION. Storer is in its faculty and student body. Its whole influence living. Literary Societies, Christian Organization Bands and Sane Athletics. COURSES: Academic, State Normal, Industrial For illustrated catalogue, and other printed m More than 400 men and women have graduated here. The oldest school in the state for Colored students. Magnificent location. Elevation high. Remarkably healthful. Ample buildings. THREE NEW BUILDINGS BEING ADDED TO OUR PLANT THIS YEAR. The regular faculty of sixteen highly educated, earnest teachers does not include assistants. Our Library catalogued according to the Dewey System, is one of the largest in the state. FIRST GRADE CERTIFICATES ARE GRANTED TO THOSE MEMBERS OF THE GRADUATING CLASSES WHO ARE RECOMMENDED TO THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION. Storer is interdenominational in its faculty and student body. Its whole influence is toward Christian living. Literary Societies, Christian Organizations, Medical Clubs, Bands and Sane Athletics. COURSES: Academic, State Normal, Industrial, Music. For illustrated catalogue and other printed matter write to the present minority leader for speaker. They are counting upon a sufficient number of Democratic recruits from the west to offset the strength of the Southern members who have been loyal to Clark. They will accuse Clark of having thrown away countless opportunities to make charges on the tariff bill and they will charge him. The leader is more interested in his Chauqua engagement than he is in his congressional work. Clark's pronounced favoritism to toward Southern members, the insurgent Democrats declare, will be sufficient to deprive him of the support new members not from that section. Fitzgerald will in all probability be the man selected by Clark's enemies to lead the fight, and while in New York representative's differences with leader are confined almost entirely to the fact that he will not hesitate to undertake the fight to depose Clark. He is regarded as one of the cleverest members of the House, and one whose knowledge of the rules and parliamentary law would enable him to take advantage of every opening that might be given him. THE NORTH BLE REAL THING North Shore is going to be "a little picnic compared with what we did at Santiago," but the outfit they are going to carry is well able to speak for itself. A few of the more prominent items include a rifle and siling, bayonet and scabbord, cartridge belt, suspenders, first aid packet and pouch to be worn on the small of the back, blanket, rollstrap, haversack, meat can, cup, knife, fork and spoon. No blouse or overcoat will be allowed on the hike, and there are few mourners over this fact. In addition this kit will include poncho, two, pairs of socks, towel, underwear, comb and brush, toothbrush, soap, half shelter tent, shelter tent pole and five tent pits. This is officially known as "light marching order," but some of the guardsmen are bewailing the fact that it leaves no room for various articles that have heretofore been considered indispensable in the way of the soldier's equipment, such as poker decks, hymn books, current novels, looking glasses, mineral and joy waters and cigars. Pretty tough on the guardsman who in the good old days down under the shade trees around Fort Washington could order his trunk, suit case, bureau, and a big box of wet goods shipped to the camp of instruction as "baggage." However, there is a bit of consolation held out to the District guardmen. These same conditions will prevail among the militia of New York, Connecticut and New Jersey, who will make up the "Red" army with "our boys." Also, the limit set on a day's march is fifteen miles and each marching man will be allowed six pints of water. tical advice nothing here, will a headache, add to ing and sewing. To arge you something es you need, but lit- with the benefit N. C. BRACKETT, Treasurer. can have graduated here. The oldest students. Magnificent location. Eleva- ample buildings. THREE NEW OUR PLANT THIS YEAR. The regu- ted, earnest teachers does not include going to the Dewey System, is one of ES ARE GRANTED TO THOSE MEM- MASSES WHO ARE RECOMMENDED ATION. Storer is interdenominational a whole influence is toward Christian a Organizations, Medical Clubs, Formal, Industrial, Music. LAWYERS IN DEFENSE OF JUDGE TAYLOR'S DECISION In the Huntington Gambling Cases---The Meat of the Decision is the Construction of What Constitutes a Public Gambling Place. Huntington, W. Va., Aug. 11.—E. E. Williams, George J. McComas and Lace Marcum, three well informed criminal lawyers and each an ex-prosecuting attorney, have jointly prepared a statement dealing with the gambling decisions given by Judge Taylor on Saturday. These decisions have been given signals for unwarranted expressions given with have purposely or otherwise been so framed as to reflect upon the court by which the decisions were rendered. from car mother state, and get the court to follow the Carolina or Texas decisions; but Judge Taylor was dealing with the law of West Virginia and he had before him a plain decision of the supreme court of his state and which was binding upon him and which was binding upon him and followed it as any other upright judge have done, and he in no wise deserves dissolution that it was his construction of the opinion in this Brast case which resulted in his decision. The decision needs no construction. The wayfaring man need not err therein. The state sim- The fact that these three gentlemen stand high as members of the West Virginia bar and as men of integrity and learning lends weight to their statement, and the fact that two of them are republicans and one a Democrat robs the article of all partisan significance. Not upon the assumption that Judge Taylor needs defense or that his decision needs explanation, but for the enlightenment of the public on a question about which there seems to be a general misunderstanding, the statement prepared by these attorneys is here given: Judge Taylor may not care to get into newspaper controversy with the prosecuting attorneys or any one else for that matter, over one of his rulings; but the settled criticism contained in the interview with the prosecuting attorney is so, manifestly unjust to Judge Taylor that it cannot go unnoticed. Judge Taylor's private character needs no defense. His opposition to gambling is as well known to the members of his bar as his face. "With the propriety of the prosecuting attorney's giving out an interview calculated to reflect in any degree upon the judge of the criminal court, with the question as to whether the Supreme court with the enlightenment he could give it would change the ruling in the Brast case or not and as to whether or not Judge Taylor is in any wise responsible in this instance for the helplessness of the prosecuting attorney, we will leave an indulgent public to determine, but as the counsel connected with the trial of two of the cases recently before Judge Taylor, we regard it as an act of simple justice to him to say that the scope and effect given to his decision is in our opinion wholly unwarranted and sensational in the extreme. It is said that his decision opens the doors of the city to all kinds of gambling. Such a conclusion is by no means justified. The playing of games of chance upon warriors has never been in the laws of England, Virginia or West Virginia, treated as a vice itself. There was no provision in the laws spiritual or temporal of our mother country handed down to us as the foundation of our jurisprudence. making such a practice a crime or ever denouncing a practice. Statutes, however, be passed prohibiting such a practice at certain places and under certain circumstances defined in those statutes, and it requires the exercise of but the plainest common sense to reach the conclusion that only such gaming as is prohibited by these statutes is in any wise a violation of law. We have a number of provisions in our statute against the exhibiting of gaming devices; and against gaming for certain amounts greater than $20, at hotels and at public places or public resorts. "The class of offenses before the court for trial that provoked these comments, was that of playing in a public place. Certain persons were indicted for playing in a public place and upon the trial of such a case can anything be more manifestly just than to require the state to prove, that the place named in the indictment, was at the time of the playing a public place? "In these cases it became necessary to prove that the place described was a public place and it became the duty of Judge Taylor to pass upon the legal deficiency of such testimony as was presented by the state upon this subject. "What is a public place within the meaning of this statute against gaming, has been passed on both in Virginia and in this state and has been defined to be a place where the people or the public are privileged to go without invitation. "And our court has said that the playing must be at a place so public as that the publicity of the playing will be an annoyance or nuisance to the public. It is not sufficient that some individual lady or gentleman is annoyed by the mere reputation that a certain place is a gambling room or the noise of talking or that a guest of a hotel in an adjoining building could see persons playing cards. It must be a place to which the public may resort without invitation. The object of this particular provision in the statute is perfectly plain; namely to keep the spreading of the practice by preventing its being done in public places where public might be enticed or induced to play, and to protect the sensitivity of those persons who believed that gambling was wrong and who might be passing that way. "This is no new doctrine Judge Taylor has announced. The ruling made by him was law in Virginia before this state was formed, and has been law in this state ever since its formation. The representative of the state seems to think that if he could once get before the supreme court he could induce that court to change the rules of law to which it has adhered during all the history of the state and which were inherited from our mother state, and get the court to follow the Carolina or Texas decision; but Judge Taylor was dealing with the law of West Virginia and he had before him a plain decision of the supreme court of his state and which was binding upon him and he followed it as any other unright judge would have done, and he in no wise deserves the insinuation that it was his construction of the opinion in this Brast case which resulted in his decision. The decision needs no construction. The wayfaring man need not err therein. The state simply failed to make legal proof of the publicity of the place and the court so held. Could he, as man or judge have done less? And after expressing his appreciation of the efforts of the representatives of the state and complimenting that effort as shown in his written opinion printed in Saturday's Advertiser he ill deserves the apparent effort to give the impression that he was at fault in putting the construction he did upon the laws of the state, and that this construction resulted in the acquittal of those accused. It may be said that no reflection upon Judge Taylor was intended. so if so why say in effect that unless he changes his ruling and views of the law, the gambling will run riot? It can only be meant that he was wrong in following the decisions of the state or that he did not understand, what the decision in the Brast case meant. The prosecuting attorney should know that there are many other provisions in the common law against the maintenance of common gaming houses, such as become nuisances, and playing in such houses, and in our statutes against gaming in various forms, which are in no wise involved in this decision of Judge Taylor, which was confined to the subject of gambling in a public place, and that the statement that the decision upon one phase alone of our laws against gaming will throw the city open to gamblers is not warranted, and is unjust to Judge Taylor and exaggerates his responsibility, if he has any for what he did. "The time may come when gambling of every form may be suppressed. Our wives and daughters may be prohibited from 'playing bridge whist for prizes, and members of the church from raffling off cakes. "In fact all species of gambling in clubs and private places may be wrong and the statutes should perhaps prohibit them; but they have no right, done so unless the money or thing they want for amounted in value to $20. We do not indulge in newspaper controversies and do not propose to do so in this case and as to, whether other laws should be ed further tending to suppress gambling in every form whether in public or in private it is foreign to the purpose of this article to even express an opinion." G. A. R. VETERANS MARCH AGAIN AT SALT LAKE CITY G. A. R. VETERANS MARCH AGAIN AT SALT LAKE CITY Salt Lake City, Utah, Aug. 11. The largest crowd ever assembled in Salt Lake City thronged the downtown streets this morning and witnessed the great parade of veterans, the spectacular feature of the Grand Army national encampment. With flags flying, bands playing and crowds cheering, the thousands of survivors of the army in blue took part in their forty-third encampment parade. Offices, stores and factories throughout the city were closed, and the people made the occasion a holiday. The column started shortly after 10 o'clock. Along Main street for the distance of a mile the parade countermarched and was reviewed by officials of the state and city and many distinguished guests representing all sections of the country. First in line came a squad of mounted police, followed by the grand marshal and his staff. Commander-in-Chief Nevius and invited guests followed in carriages. In the order given followed the state posts of the various states in the order of seniority: Illinois, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, New York, Ohio, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Maine, California and Nevada, Rhode Island, New Hampshire and Vermont, Department of the Potomac, Birginia and North Carolina, Maryland, Nebraska, Michigan, Iowa, Indiana, Colorado and Wyoming, Kansas, Delaware, Minnesota, Missouri, Oregon, Kentucky, West Virginia, South Dakota, Washington and Alaska, Arkansas, New Mexico, Tennessee, Louisiana and Mississippi, Florida, Texas, Montana, Idaho, Arizona, Georgia and South Carolina, Alabama, North Dakota, Oklahoma and Utah. A woman always says her shoes are too big if they hurt their feet. COLLEGE 6th St. and Penn Ave. PITTSBURGH Preparatory, Commercial, Stenography, Telegraphy, Electricity, Engineering, Drafting, Mathematics, Languages and Civil Service. Day and evening sessions, all year. Good Equipment, Best Location, Excel- leat Light, Able Faculty, Strong Course of Study, CATALOG FREE MARTIN JENNINGS CATALOG, L. L. B. Pros. REPORT UNDER WAY FOR CONGRESS THOUGHT ON CHILD LABOR Washington, Aug. 11.—The report of the Commissioner of Labor, Charles P. Neill, on the condition of women and children in industry will be presented to congress at its regular session next winter. The report is one which has been called for by resolution of congress. For months the field-agents of the office of the commissioner of labor have been busy in gathering data for the report. That data is now being compiled and the preparation of the report is in progress. Practically all the facts necessary for the report have been collected. The coming of the report will be watched with great interest all over the country, as well as by congress itself. It is expected to shed a clear light on the facts of the employment of women and children in the United States. It will be recalled that President Roosevelt was deeply interested in this question and was largely instrumental in having the investigation brought about. He was convinced that the employment of women and children under the conditions which many of them are employed under was calculated to cause the deterioration of the people of this country and was something fraught with the gravest of dangers to the future of the American people. Will Probe Condition.4. It is expected the report will also make it possible accurately to judge whether the work they are doing and the conditions under which they are doing it are as dangerous and damaging as has been represented. Commissioner Neill's report will be of the more interest for the reason that if the conditions of women and children in the industries are as serious as they are frequently said to be and as has been represented at various times before congress, there will doubtless result a strong agitation for legislation by the federal government. Legislation Probable. A renewal of the movement for federal child labor legislation is likely. It will be recalled that Senator Beveridge of Indiana, has long been urging a federal child labor law. Senator Beveridge has free time to time set before the senate portrayals of the evils of child labor in various industries and in various sections. But the legislation proposed has always run up against the constitutional difficulty of regulating child labor through the application of the interstate commerce clause of the constitution. To what degree the movement for such legislation is revived will depend on the nature of Dr. Neill's report. That the report will show many conditions which call for a remedy will without much question be proven correct. Not only in congress but in the state legislatures, will it attract notice. If no federal legislation results, it is likely at least to further the movement for more strict legislation touching the labor of women and children by the states. ECONOMIC ERROR IN MATTERS OF HYGEINE Washington, Aug. 11.—A special problem undertaken by the national commission on the conservation of health is the relief of those who are incapable for work. There is a considerable number of these in various parts of the country. At one end of the social scale is the tramp, who doesn't work from choice, and at the other end is the man whose inherited wealth makes his life useless and idle. Some kind of work would bring health and happiness in both cases, but the commission on the conservation of national vitality did not suffer a vision mind, but those who suffer a fatigue, as people in the South are victims of the "hook worm," or those who suffer a auto-intoxication. People of this kind are at a low degree of efficiency and little reaffair it. Over exertion through a working day of undue length also produces a state of overfatigue and incites to excesses in the use of means for deadening fatigue, says the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. A part of the mission of the commission on health is therefore to enhance the economic value of human life and endeavor by conserving health and efficiency. "There are probably constantly ill in the United States about 3,000,000 persons," says this commission. If the majority of these were well and active there would be a great saving in economic value to society. By tables, more or less conjectural, because no adequate statistics of earnings are available, it is estimated that the economic value of earnings who succumbs to preventable death is less $1,700 net worth less cost of maintenance. Applying this to the annual postponable deaths, estimated at 630,000, the annual waste becomes about $1,000,000,000. This represents the annual loss of potential earnings cut off by death. When the same principle of estimate is applied to the 3,000,000 persons always on the sick list the further loss of $500,000,000 is found, making the aggregate economic loss from death and disease to be $1,500,000,000, at a very low estimate. Suppose this could be saved by the reduction of disease and mortality. As one line of the general conservation program, it would mean a great increase in wealth. But wealth distributed equitably on some principle conducting to general social welfare means progress in all other directions, as well as in the means to maintain a healthy life. As a question of national efficiency and sec- PASS TITLE FOR COAL LAND HELD BY THREEROADS Morgantown, W. V., Aug. 11.—A deed conveying title to all of the West Virginia coal lands, mining rights, etc., held by the Union Trust Company of Pittsburg for the Baltimore & Ohio, the Pennsylvania and the Pittsburg & Lake Erie, was received and placed on record in the county clerk's office this morning. The property is being transferred by the trust company to the Union Trust Company at Pittsburg as trustee, the company, as trustee and committee representing that part of the Kanawha Syndicate controlled by the B. & O. and the Pennsylvania. All of this red tape merely represents a new division of the Little Kanawha property, the B. & O. and the Pennsylvania taking up the coal and mineral rights while the P. & L. E. gets as its share the railroad properties, including the Buckhannon & Northern. The coal lying in Monongalia county that is involved in the deal consists of the big tract known as the Guffey coal and is located in Clay and Battelle districts, the greater part being located in Clay. The tract comprises some 4,600 acres that was bought up in small parcels about 1900 by J. M. Guffey, of Pittsburg, In 1903 Mr. Guffey sold the property, 59 separate deeds being recorded in the transfer, to the St. Louis Trust company. The price paid in this transfer was $218,478.99. A short time later the property was bought by the Union Trust Company of Pittsburg, the consideration being "$1,400 per app." Now the company is transferring the property to itself as trustee for a different set of owners. The deed was resolved in small this morning from Arthur B. Blah secretary of the Buckhannon & Norfolk As soon as it is recorded on the deed books the document will be returned to the B. & N. secretary at Parkersburg. In addition to the Monongalia property title is being passed roar all of the coal land and mining rights owned by the syndicate in Marlon and Wetzel counties. The Wetzel county property lies near the Monongalia district at the western end of Batelle district. The actual transfer of the property indicates that the division of the syndicate properties has been concluded and is regarded as significant of development on the West Slide. Outside the Big Fence Manager McCloskey, of Milwaukee, has signed Jack Warner, the old New York catcher. Eddie Karger, the old Cardinal pitcher, is making a nice showing with the Boston Americans. Pitcher Durham, who was given a trial by the Giants, has been turned back to Toronto by the Columbus club. It begins to look as though the Detroit Tigers will have the fight of their lives to cap the American league pennant. Frank Allen, the Southern college pitcher secured by Detroit, struck out 18 men in a recent game at Memphis. It is said now that both Cleveland and Pittsburgh will be invaded by the American association next season. The Denver team of the Western league recently made twenty-five hits in one game and scored ten runs in one inning. Jack Dunn and his Baltimore team are leading a dog's life in the Eastern league. Every team in the league is putting it over the Orioles. Roger Bresnahan is able to sleep like a kid now that his St. Louis Cardinals are winning their share of the games. The New York Americans have taken quite a brace since their return home. Taking a brace helps, but taking games is plea a la mode. There was a time when major league clubs carried but one pitcher, Nowadays one can see three or four flingers used by a team in one afternoon. Christy Mathewson was lucky in the opening game of the last series at Chicago. The Reds gathered 15 hits off the Giant star but lost the game 7 to 6. Rumor has it that a big shakeup is due in Washington. It seems they have a baseball team in the national capital managed by one Cantillon, Sir Joseph Cantillon to be exact, but the fans of Washington are not sure Umpire McLaughlin, who was chased six or nine miles by Lynn, Mass., fans the other day, has a voice that gets 'em going and coming. With a crash that sounds like the drum, cymbals and heavy brass the player 'balls," followed soon afterwards by a roar that is intended for "strike," but more resembles the old rusty hinges on the back gate. With the Fighters. Young Corbett, one of the greatest fighters that ever raised an arm, is broke in California. "Honey" Mellody must have picked up quite a bit of French while in Paris. He shrugs his shoulders when talking. Some of those best informed still believe there never will be a fight between Jim Jeffries and Jack Johnson. A California promoter is trying to arrange another match between Al Kaufman and Jim Barry. The last bout between these two was a piece of cheese. A cat may look at a king, but the average man would rather look at four aces any time. nomic saving and such problem which has to do with the health and happiness of future generations the work of the national commission on health looms up big with tremendous possibilities. We have a new line of GAS STAND LAMPS Come in and look them over COFFEY Plumbing Co. Quarrier St., near Capitol Multiplying Anilversaries. (From Kansas City, Journal) With the passage of the first decade of the twentieth century there is ushered in a continuous performance of anniversaries. The tencentary of the discovery of Lake Champlain and the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the founding of Greenwich have just been celebrated. These big figures prove that the United States is really "getting on" in the matter of years. The four hundredth anniversary of the discovery of America has already been celebrated, and in a few years there will arrive the first of a long series of events occurring, 200, 250, 300 and 400 years ago. It will be only a little more than another decade before the three hundredth year since the landing of the Pilgrims will be celebrated. In 1915 will come the three hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the oldest city in the United States, while a few years later will bring the four hundredth anniversary of the great epochal discoveries of the Mississippi, the Pacific Ocean, etc. 'In the meantime there has already been begun a long series of fiftieth anniversaries.' Half a century ago this December John Brown was hanged, and that inaugurates the long list of Civil War semicentennial. Coincidentally will come the centennials of the important events of the War of 1812 and the semicentennial of the strategic happenings of the Civil War. He—It was a frightful moment when I received your letter telling me of the insuperable obstacle to our marriage. I would have shot myself, but I had no money to buy a reveror. She—Dearcast, if only you had let me know.—Simplicissimus. Notice of Stockholders' Meeting of The Charleston, Montgomery and Eastern Railroad Company. Notice is hereby given that there will be a meeting of the stockholders of the Charleston, Montgomery & Eastern Railway Company, a corporation created under the laws of the State of West Virginia, by virtue of a charter issued by the Secretary of State of said State, bearing date the 8th day of July, 1909, at the office of Avis & Hardy, in Charleston, Kanawha County, West Virginia, on Saturday, the 14th day of August, 1909, at 10:30 o'clock A. M., for the purpose of perfecting the organization and corporation, electing directors and adopting or amending by-laws if necessary, and the transaction of such other business as may be legally done at such meeting. Witness our hands this 21st day of July, 1909. WALTER C. HARDY, T. MAIRS, IVORY C. JORDAN, A. E. SCHERR, H. D. MAY, 7-22-4t Stockholder. This is one of the objects of this great Beneficial and Protective work. cial and Protective organization and Lodge aims to know the condition in a financial way, as well as morally and industrially, of every member, colored as well as different opportunities. Self Bettermatter Equal Opportunities, Self Bettermatter among the things for which our members work. Self Bettermatter Chartered Co-operative Society in every sense your occupation, be you married or single, employer or employee, it will be greatly to your advance, help them when sick or disabled, and where work, help them when sick or disabled, and where Big Cash Benefits At death of membri, $100 cash is paid to beneficiaries, death of wife, or other beneficiary, membri, for the care of baby or baby, $8. There are many other benefits not for membri, but in both cases, Membership is also both soe姨, including boys and girls over 15 years old. No discriminatory treatment is given to membri. Over 40,000 men and women have already joined our ranks, having found this the best institution in existence. We invite you to join. Send me for copy of official paper the "I-L-Home Office" card. If you join promptly, we will give you authority to represent us in your local office, for which we will pay you liberally. We also need our banking representatives who can enter our entire banking system during traveling expenses. Write at once. The *I-L-H* Grand Lodge 105 I-L-Bldg, Daxter, Ohio