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ordering the addreiu of your pnpf-r
changed alwaya give the old a* well
netv addreu. II your paper
II Slot received regularly. notify on,
and alwaya give pontofflcr, county
and Mate.
System In ft SurfW.
Notwithstanding the sensational
reports sent out from the capital
cfty that the accounting system In
this' state Instituted the first ot the
has proved a failure, there are
reasonable assurances that the new
14W and system are a hucccbs. Only
a halt year has been had In which to
dithonstrate the benefits ot the sys
tem, but even In that brief period
it! tt claimed .by those who are li\
touch with the system's' operation,
aftlendld were the results.
Governor Glasscock Is not perturb
ed over the reports and a few objec
tions to the system. The governor
Bays, "I have the greatest faith In
the ultimate success of the uniform
accounting act and consider It one
ot the best pieces of recent legisla
tion. By the first of the year I be
lieve the people of West Virginia
will have observed the beneficent
results of the new law and that tha
wisdom of the legislature In en
acting such a measure will be made
evident to all."
There Is not that wide difference
?between the laws or Ohio and West
Virginia some claim, and, as the sys
tem Is laregly based on that used id
Ohio, assurance Is derived from the
system's operations in Ohio,
where millions of dollars have
been saved for the people. In Sev
eral Instances In that state thousands
of dollars kept Illegally, though pos
"slbly not lnteutloanally, from the
county treasuries by officials have
been returned. In short, an account
ing'exacts care and correctness in
the business ot the counties.
? So far under the new law two re
ports have been made to the state
tax commissioner, 1'n which there Is
sufficient evidence to show that th'j
act has been successful. For In
stance, justices of the peace have re
ported large fees collected and turn
ed Into the treasury the first half
year, where last year the amount of
fines collected was ridiculously
small. In this connection the state
tax-commissioner's office .promises a
statement at an early date showing
thcTsalutary effects of the new law.
Doubtless It Is true that in a few
places smooth operation does not yet
obtain, but like all new and radical
changes the rough places will lie
found and straightened out. In the
maiti there Is every indication that
the system as Installed by Mr. WIU1
son will measure up to the require
ments fully, and, with due care and
diligence by the state tax commission
er's office with the aid of another ex
pert, whose services were secured
when Mr. WUUsou declined to ac-l
cept a permanent position in the tax
commissioner's office, the system will
soon be properly adapted to the en
tire state.
There Is no occasion for alarm or
an extra seslon of the legislature, as
Eeen now, because ot the new system
and, It Is not at all probable that
any change would be made In the;
law, If the legislature were to meei.,|
unless it be to make the law more
perfect, If found not flexible enough
to meet every condition. Certainly
the law would not be repealed in
tdto.
State's Proposed Celebration.
Senators, congressmen, the gov
ernor, other state ofllclati and the
newspapers generally ot the state
are emphatic In expressions ot ap
proval ot the suggestion made by the
Wetzel Republican that West Vlr
Rlna holil a semi-centennial celebra
tKm In the shape ot a world's fair.
Snch universal approval ought to
ehd In a realization ot the suggestion
and signifies even nt this early date
that there would be united co-opera
tion with the state officials In cele
brating an Important period in the
life- of the state. Agitation of the
.Subject Is not too early and certainly
not improper as the object sought Is
worthy of the state's best effort. Col.
Jltihn iE. Day. editor of the Wetzel
Republican, who sprang the happy
thought of a celebration, says he ap
preciates the complimentary refer
ences to him. but asks that personal
ity be eliminated and that the sub
ject matter bo vigorously pushed in
order'to obtain that degree of pro
gress and development that will
readily admit of action by the legis
lature nt" Its next session. On this
point the Republican says:
: .JET
ly agitation: of. the semi
la begun advisedly, (or
the reason that it must be brought
to the 'attention of the neit iegtela
ture In an e(feetire and convincing
Wanner io be officially sanctioned,
and to make some provision for fbe
state's participation In tjie .^celebra
tion or this Important event. As
the meeting of the next legislature
will be In 1011. It will be aeen that
little enough time will be left to
prepare for the carrying out of any
ambitious program that may be de
cided upon.
In this proposition the Republican
knows no North, South, East or
Westi it matters not with this paper
&h4re the' celebration Is held, Just
so It Is certain that It will be held?
that.Is the gum and substance of oi.r
personal Interest. Therefore, we
earnestly urge upon the papers of
the etate a lively and Interesting
consideration of the scheme so that
It may not die of neglect or perish
through Indifference.
Outlook In Bright.
Of the Democratic newspapers
those which through partisan mists
fall to see any hope for the business
future of the touritry should ponder
over the following taken from the
Henry Clews letter of the end of the
week and raaylie they will be en
abled to see a ray of hope for the
country:
Events of the week were general
ly of a favorable nature. Progress
Is still the order of the day In In
dustrial circles, and many of our
manufacturing plants are now run
ning at or near their full capacity.
The press of orders for rallrdad and
other constructive work has 1jeen so
urgent that the steel trade contin
ues particularly active; the output
of pig iron during the first half of
the current year having been 11,
000,000 tons, compared with 6,000,
000 tons during the same time In
1908. This does not show n full re
sumption of old time activity, the
record output for the first half of
1907 being 13,400.000 tons; tout the
result for the last six months cer
tainly Indicates most gratifying recu
peration.
The great textile Interests of the
country are also In a very satisfac
tory condition. Owing to the exten
sive curtailment of production which
prevailed last year afte^ the panic,
there are few signes of oversupply
In any direction; in fact, scarcity Is
the rule. Prices are high, too high
In some particulars, because con
sumption Is being visibly restrain
ed thereby; yet there Is a general
absence of speculation in the textile
trades, and a larg distribution of
fabrics Is confidently anticipated dur.
Ing the balance of the year.
In other departments of trade and
Industry the outlook Is also favor
able. Production is rapidly regain
ing normal proportions; labor Is gen
erally well employed, and complaints
are few. The country continues, of
course, upon a high level basis, And
there are no indications of any early
change In this respect, for the sim
ple reason that, speaking In general
terms, supply has not yet exceeded
demand; and the Inflationary effect
of cheap money Is becoming more
and more evident.
Charleston's Force.
Frnm time to time city newspa
pers In the states where alleged
prohibition obtains contain glowing
accounts or its failure and there is
a disposition to take these accounts
with a grain of salt, many believing
that they are possibly biased because
nf some influence ot a financial or
other cluyacter. But .when newspa
pers closer home contain similar ac
counts of conditions, which any
home man may Investigate with lit
tle time and trouble, there Is a
growing faith In the accounts given
by the metropolitan newspapers. As
an example. Charleston newspapers
are claiming miserable failure of
prohibition in the capital city in
this state and being on the ground
Miey ought to be in position to
kno-v. It is hlgly improbable they
would willingly or wilfully deceive
their readers and certainly there is
no good reason why they should be
"Influenced" and no way In which
they could conceal attempts to de
ceive the people. However, prohi
bition there has not had time for
a fair test and judgment should not
be passed as yet. It Is interesting to
read the summing up thug far and
the following from a Charleston
newspaper contains its estimate of
the change from licensed Charleston
to what Is known as prohibition: ,
To what extent the elimination of
the saloon will prohibit the sale and
use of whlBkey and beer In the city
of Charleston Is beginning to lie
shown by.'the activity of dealers In
that commodity In other towns adja
cent to Charleston where the licens
ing of the business prevails.
It la possible for any one to pur
chase beer or whiskey In Hunting
ton, 'Montgomery, Point Pleasant or
any other point and have It shipped
into this city, the only restriction 'be-1
ting that it must be consigned for In
dividual use. This will glve.oppojtj^
-I*
nity ror. tte unlawlul friipb 4n the
st uif. and within a reasonable length
if time we'may expecC'wltii corifl
dence ttid reign of the speakeasy,
the bootlegger and -the tramp out
law. .
?ffiM Will S?-ta.
An "enterprising" ne^Bpaper cor
respondent, made the belated dlscovr
ery that- Prink WMIson, who super
Intended the Installing ot the books
in the-couhty offlcen under the saterv
act, had gone out of state service
abd ihat a man named <?over had
been engaged as ah Assistant In the
state tax commissioner's office. it
appears that upon making this be
lated discovery, he at once -Jumped
to the conclusion that the work of
Mr. -WMIson and the books Installed
had proved a failure and that a new
set of books was to take the place
of those In use'at this' tlme. 'whlch
would necessarily ^meqn great cost
to the estate. He 'went so far as to
figure It out to a nicety, making an
even fifty thousand dollars as the
amount.
Several newspapers seem to have
been misled by the correspondent
and are taking it for granted that
the system has proved a failure, .but
such a view Is not taken .by those
who ought to he in position to
know. For Instance, 1)0 th the gov
ernor end tne state tax commissioner
see no occasion for alarm and they
are confident the system will fully
vindicate itself before the end of the
year and prove a wise piece of legis
lation. There Is assuredly no reason
Bven'to suspect that either of these
officials would undertake to deceive
the people fcnd every reason to ?be
lieve that they are dealing with the
subject honstly and have expressed
themselves fairly. They both give
iiit the Information that there will
lie no desertion of -the system but
both are eager wherever it Is neces
sary, if at all, to smooth out the
rough places'. On this subject the
Charleston Mail very nicely sets
Torth the intention of the governor
and the tax commissioner in the fol
lowing editorial, after having pub
lished statements from both:
Governor Glassscock and Tax
Commissioner Townsend have made
It clear and unmistakable that there
Is nothing the matter with the uni
form system ot accounting law, at
present In force in the state, and
that there is to be no let-up In the
effort to have it fully and completely
Installed In every department of the
public service. .
The fact that In one or two in
stances the system inaugurated was
found to be faulty in the matter of
detail only, will not deter those in
authority from going right along
with their efforts to Install the sys
tem throughout the state and in all
departments of the public service .
It would have been surprising in
deed if the entire transformation
from the old amlloose methods 10
the new and accurate system of ac
counting should have been brought
about without some fault finding, and
even failures In the details. 'But ad
vantage will be taken- of the failures
and in this respect the Improvement
will be all the more effective.
As to the charge that there has
been a great loss to the state by rea
son of the Installation of useless
books and systems which can not be
used, that is all bosh. Some few
changes will be advised but the Iobb
In this respect In Inconsequential In
comparison to the saving that has al
ready been .accomplished by reason
of this system.
There Is nothing the matter with
the uniform accounting system with
an honest oljlclal, and the law will
vindicate Itself when Tully establish
ed.
Sow Forest Assistants.
Forty-Beven young graduates of
nine American Forest schools have
Just received appointments as Forest
Assltants In the 'United States For
est Service. But five of these ap
pointees have been assigned to
the Washington office, the other for
ty-two receiving appointments in the
six administrative districts of the
West. These men have secured
their appointments as a result of
passing the regular civil service ex
amination, which Is the only ovenue
of employment as a forester under
the government.
Forest assistants are men who
have completed their preliminary
training for the profession of for
estry, as the graduates of taw or
medicine have completed theirs, and
are ready to enter upon practical
work. Until they have gained ex
perience, however, tholr positions are
necessarily subordinate. They are
at the foot of the ladder and -must
prove their fitness to mount higher.
The government pays them J1.000 a
year at the start.
On the national forests the forest
assistant orten nets as technical ad
I Vlser to- the supervMors In charge,
who are western men experienced In
all practical matters, but usually
without a school training In the
science of forest^ Or they may be
assigned to the study of some par
ticular problem Which needs to be In
the kilnpi 3ii
most out of anjr given
land, it calls lor studies aad exp?ri
menti. both sclentiflc iiid practical,
much like''tb?M which "have to be
made in the interests of good farm
management, and' the forest assistant
Is prepared to valuable . work
along this line. '" t
There is a growing Interest In the
profession of forestry nMkaod -nwny
young.men ar? asking how to get
Into it, and what It promises. Clif
ford Plncjibt, United stU8> forester.
In an address to ' the" "graduating
class in forestry at Harvard Univer
sity this yew, said:
"The government and the country
need more men'trained in the knowl
edge of forestry, and it offers oppor
tunity to make a man's life loom
large and to'account for much
among the -many phases of human
endeavor. To ibe a good forester a
man should combine somethln of the
naturalist with a good deal of the
business man. To know how to use
the forest .be must be able to> study
It. "He must 'have, therefore, the
power of "observation, a fondness for
nature, and an- ability to penetrate
her secrets. .He must be resource
ful, able to stand by himself, willing
to undergo the privation's of rough
life, and capable of commanding the
respect of rough men ,who quickly
recognize virility and genuineness of
character, 'but will not tolefate pre
tense or the assumption of superior
ity. A forester should 'be sound in
mind and body, and should make
the fullest college preparation for
the service. This service means a
free, vigorous life In- the open air,
an a clear, straight, fine, whole
some manly condition of life."
Emmett Ancell Says Colored
* Men Took $85 from
Him.
Buck Ogden, colored, was arrest
ed by Constable iC. L. Ford and Po
liceman Charles Lee In a' Pike street
saloon Tuesday morning and taken
to jail to await a hearing In Justic
to jail > to await a hearin In Justice
charri.'of robbing Emmett Ancell of
$S5 while the latter was asleep in
a stable In Traders alley the night
betbrff, It is alleged by Ancell that
Ogden ?nd 'Another colored fellow
slept' with "HfriP'ita the staWe and
some- tline in the night one or both
of iheitT, took fthe 'money from a
pcoket of his coat. The same charge
has been lodged against the other
colored fellow and officers are look
ing for him.
PREFER PRISON.
London, England. July 12?Fif
tpen snfTragettes, who wore arrested
during a raid on the House of Com
mons June 29, went to prison tor a
?ninnth today rather than pay lines
Inflicted by a Bow street magis
trate.
DICKEY PRESIDENT.
CHARLESTON, July 13.?The state
board of health met here last night
and organized by electing Dr. J. I->.
?Dickey of Wheeling, . president, and
Dr. H. A. Bnrbee, ot iPolnt Pleasant,
secretary. Seventy-five applicants be
gan taking the examination for medi
cal license today.
COMMISSIONER'S SALE OF
VALUABLE REAL' ESTATE.
By virtue of a decree of the circuit
court of Harrison county, rendered on
the 24th day of May, 1909, In the
Chancery Cause of the State of West
Virginia against James XI. Morris and
others, I will as special commissioner,
sell at public outcry ot the front door
of t'he court house of said county, on
the
14TII DAY OF AUGUST, 1909,
commencing at 1 o'clock p. m., that
certain tract or parcel ot land situate
on t'he head waters of Orass Run, Ten
Mile District, Harrison Obunty, West
Virginia, bounded and described .as
follows:
Beginning at a White Oak corner to
lands of Nathan Goff,'thence due East
9111 feet , to Maiple and pointer; thence
N. 38 E. 1183 feet to Chestnut:
thence S. 3 E. 1013 feet to Hickory,
In line of J. W. Marsh; thence N. 67.
W. 210 feet <t? a Gum; thence S. 87 4B
W. 1410 feet to stake: thence S. 47 E.
396 feet to White Oak; thence N.
75 45 W. 1950 feet to Walnut, Hick
ory and Chestnut Oak; thence S. 4%
W. 536 feet to Stone Pile; thence N.
64 30 W. 796 feet to a Chestnut Oak:
thence N. 60 10 E. 536 feet to Stake
with pointers; thence S. 84 E. 330 feet
to Hickory, gone; thence N. 32 E. 130
feet to Chestnut pointers; thence S.
65 E. 693 feet to Hickory, gone;
thence S. 83 E. 800 feet to White Oak,
ttie 'place of beginning, f containing
23.29 acres.
The above described land will 1>e of
fered for sale flrst in parcels of 10.28
acres, 6.65 acres. 2.70 acres, 3.31
acres, and .35 acre, the said parcels
corresponding to the amounts within
the enclosure of the several defend
ants. then salB land will be offered as
a whole, and win be sold according to
; whichever method will realize the
most therefor.,
Terms of Sale:?Cash In hand on
day of sale.
W. M. CONAWAY,
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FurnUhers to Women Who Know
We h^ve very special prices ftjis week, as we will
have some special values lall aloiig the line. We,
have been going over the stock and find we have I
too much of som? goods, and bttiers the sizes are |
broken and we are making room for the regular |
Midsummer Sale. |
The following are some of the things you will |
find special for the day : Skirts, Voiles, Panamas; in !
Black, Brown and Blue,, Wash Skirts, Linen, Linene,
in White, Blue, etc., Diick Skirts, Black and Blue,
Lawn Shirt Waist Suits, All Summer Wash Suits,
Waists, Hose, Corsets, Ribbons, Lawns, Percales
and Calicoes, all of which will interest you.
The Irwin-Lockwood Co,
WATER WAYS ARE
FULL OF DEFECTS
As Pointed Out by Commis
sioner Smith in Report
to President.
WASHINGTON, D. C., July at
tack ot -practical, and cammferolal
linity in tlie entire inland water sys
tem of tihe United Stat6a 1s the .prin
cipal text of Part 1 ot the report on
Transportation of Water, now sub
mitted to the President by Herbert
Knox Smith, Commissioner of Corpor
ations of the Department of Com
merce and Labdr: The Commissioner
dilates In Ills letter of transmittal up
on the facts that while the United
States has altogether a total of about
r.,800 miles of river navigation of six
I feet depth and over, iind more than
?> uoo miles of canals, these, totals are
broken up Into a targe
related parts by reason of different,
depths and different conditions, and
that the diverse nature of the floating
equipment Increases this lack of or
ganization. Many vessels are built for
special traffic or local conditions, and
are thus often not ??Interchangeable
over different, even though connect
ing. routes. In general, the
sloner shows primarily the ration In
which the .Inland waterways (rl\ora
and channels) stand to the whole
transportation system of the c0""'ry
While waterways are subject .VV?* *
limitations, they have nevertheless
great possibilities; they are not car
rying anything like their proper share
of the country's traffic. This, the
Commissioner points out. Is a broad
economic defect of serious disadvan
tage to the entire business of the
country, and -he gives some ot the
reasons for this condition.
??Through" freight constitutes a
great part of the country's traffic. A
reasonable share .of such through
freight is essential to the succ.?s of
the water system. Inland waterways
cannot prosper generally on merelj
local traffic. Out the water system,
unorganized and divided as It Is by di
versities of channels and equipment,
I, greatly at a disadvantage In com
pemion with the rail system for this
through traffic. For the rail system
of the country Is standardized, physi
cally unified, and Its control largely
centralized, and Is thus well adapted
to handle through freight.
The channels of the country Illus
trate an extreme case of waterway
decline. About 4,600 miles of canals
have been contracted. Over ?tw-half
of this mileage, costing more than
580 000,000, has been abandoned, and
canal traffic (excepting that of some
short ship canals) has steadily
^The3 report olso calls attention
briefly to the very unsatisfactory con
dition of water terminals (to be
treated more fully in another part ot
the report, now In preparation), a
matter of the .highest, Importance In
transportation. Terminal Improve
ment on waterways is one of the flrst
requirements, and Is entirely b ??
It is noted that European countries
have in many cases distributed the
cost ot waterway improvement upon
localities in some ratio wltt. th<. bene-,
i flu received, while very little of that
aort has been done in this country.
The report also sets forth the steady
advance of stream over sail power
and tihe tendency toward corporate
ownership of stream tonnage. ?pecl?I
ly the larger vessels. In J?B,flie
average sl?e of vessels owned by Indi
viduals was 11S tons, and by corpor
.tttlons 526 tons. Operating expense?,
( Vi <?*> J ? !-V'' ^ - 1-1
so far as obtained, averaged about
80 per cent of the gross earnings.
The lowest ratio of operating coats
was on the ibu'lk cor go vessels of the
Great Lakes, the highest that of the
packet lines on tho-MisalaoIppl system
and southern rivers.
This report Will be or great value
In the present movement 'fdr an In
telligent and effective Improvement or
the country's watenways. ., It points
out the possibilities of water' trans
portatlom the UrniHatlons existing
thereon, the reasons, for .their present
Inefficiency, and the lines along which
action toward Improvement can prop
erly be taken. It demonstrates, final
ly, the necessity of dealing with the
waterways under a broad arid compre
hensive plan rather than by 'localities
antd sections.
LOCATIONS MADE
. ? ' ? 11 ?
By New Concern for Gas
Wells on Brown and
Flynn Farms.
The Union Gas & Carbon Company
has made two locations on the 300
acres of gas territory it recently pur
chased of John W. Brown for $30,
000 and which Is situated at'Wllso'n
burg and one location on John T.
Flynn's farm of fourteen adres, w.hich
the company has undor lease.. The
purchase of Brown Includes his
half interest li the property of the
Beacom Carbon Csmpany nnd a gas
well In operation on the. Brown
farm. The Union fias & Carbon
Company !s composed of Senator Jo
seph H. McDermott of Morgantown.
and local and olher capitalists and"1
Senator JfCDermott Is the president j
of the company.
BUYS BURKE'S SALOOV.
Peter McNeil, of Elklns, with I
fourteen years In the saloon busi
ness, has purchased Thomas W.
Burke's saloon on North Fourth
street and will have complete charge
of It as soon as the transfer of the
lloenso can he made.
NEW POfcTMASTKnS.
WASHINGTON*. T>. C.. July J3._
Postmasters appointed: Chaffee, Min
eral county. Robert A. C. Howard:
IjOwsvllle. Monongalia county. Robert
D. Batterfleld.
IN LOCAL MARKET
What Has to Be Paid for
Table Things in
the City.
The following retail Price's .prevail
In the local produce market:
Bermuda onions. 8c lb.
Bananas, 20c dox.
Beets, 5c per bunch.
Country butter, 28c lb.
Creamery butter 36c lb.
Cantaloupes 10c and 15c.
New cabbage, 3c lb.
Carrots, 10c.
Cucumbers, 2 for "5c.
California navals, 40 to EOo do*.
Cocoanuts, 10c.
ISggs, 30c dozen. {
Irish potatoes, 35c pk.
Lettuce 16c lb.
Onions, 20c and 25c gallon. '
Pineapples, 20c.
Raspberries, 2 boxes for 2Ec.
Spring onions, 2 bunches, lie.
Tomatoes, lot lb.' ''
Apples, 26c gallon.
Water' melons, 40c. .
Chicken^?dressed, 18c lb.; not
dressed, 14c lb.
Spring chickens?dressed, 36c lb.;
not dressed, 25c lb.
suifBH
For the 'New 'Railroad in the
Eastern Section of the
State.
FRANKLIN, W. Va.. July 14.?A
New York syndicate has had com
pleted a survey of a rallriad'IGO mlln
In length, to be built from a point on
the* Chesapeake & Ohio railroad tip
Jackson's river valley, following th?
foot hills east of the river to the di
vide at Monterey; thence down the
east bank iof Che South branch of the
Potomac, via Franklin, Petersburg
and MaysvlMe, W. Va'., to Kayson. on
the Baltimore Ohio.- Tho road Is
projected to cross (he counties of
Bath and 'Highland, In Virginia, and
Pendleton, Grant, Hardy and Mineral
In West Virginia. The grade Is a"
easy one. at no place exceeding one
and one-quarter <per cent., and the
cost of' construction ( will be about
135,000 per mile. ''!The aggregate
cost Is placed approximately at J7.
000.000. Rights of way have already
been secured aloni much of the line.
especSally Jn Batth and Highland coun
ties hi Virgin li and Pendleton county
In West Virginia.' ' % '
T. ft LE MASTERS,
iaao
Watches, Clocks and Fonntain
Pens SOLD AT COST
Byes'tested and fitted with
glasses f2.50.
138 W. Main Street,
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