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VOLUME 47. POINT PLEASANT.
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POINT
BELIEF
IN FUTURE SUCCESS OF DEMOCRATIC
PARTY CLOiG TO CLEVELAND. !
Utica, N. Y., October 14.?E.
Prentiss Bailer, veteran editor of the
Utica Observer, and close friend of
Grover Cleveland, tonight prints in
his newspaper the text of a letter he
received from the former President a
few days before Mr. Cleveland went;
to Princeton, N. J., where he later!
died, and which Editor Bailey be
lieves is the last letter of any length I
or importance that Cleveland wrote.'
The former President's letter to
Mr. Bailey is dated at Princeton, N. i
J., March 14,1908, and its contents
are particularly interesting in the.
light of the controversy precipitated
a year ago by the so-called Cleve
land letter produced by Broughton
Brandenburg, which subsequently
was alleged to have been a forgery.
and for selling which Brandenburg
was prosecuted in New York.
Pictured Geveland as Hopeless.
The letter which Brandenburg gave
to the public made it appear early in
the last Presidential year that Mr.
Cleveland, becoming hopeless of his,
party, here turned the eulogist of:
Taft, the then expected nominee of
the Republicans.
Brandenburg testified at his trial!
this year that the letter was signed!
by the President and given to him:
about the 8th of March, 1908. The!
letter, which is given below, was'
written to the editor of the Observer '
six days later than that date, and it i
shows that former President was still
with his party, and, instead of hav- j
ing Taft in mind, was contemplating'
with satisfaction the possible nomi-:
nation of the late John A. Johnson,
of Minnesota, for the Presidency by
the Democrats.
(The letter in part follows:
/ 'I have read with a great deal of
?satisfaction your last exceedingly
friendly letter.
Regarding you as one of my"oId
est and best personal friends, as well
as one of the staunch, political com
rades still remaining to wage warfare i
in the Democratic cause, your solici
tude concerning my health and the
kind expression contained in your
letter are most gratifying.
Recalling Past Contests.
"I often recall past political con
tests and those who were prominent |
as leaders in days past in winning
Democratic victories. I do not know :
but your thoughts are often led in:
the same direction, and if they are j
you must feel the same surprise that'
I do in being able to recall so few
who vet survive.
*?
It does not seem to me that the
successors of these old leaders natu
rally give rise to great confidence or
hope. Still, I cannot rid myself of
the idea that our party, which has
stood so many clashes with our polit
ical opponents, is not doomed at this
time to sink to a condition of useless
and lasting decadence.
"Light is Still Brighter."
"In my last letter to you 1 ex
pressed myself as seeing some light
ahead for Democracy. I cannot help
feeling th:s time that the light is
still brighter. It does seem to me
that movements have been set in
motion which, though not at the
present time of large dimensions,
promise final relief from the burden
which so long has weighed us down.
"I have lately conje to the con
clusion that our best hope rests up
on the nomination of Johnson, of
Minnesota. The prospects, to mv
mind, appear as bright with him as
.our leader as with any other, and,
whether we meet with success or
not, I beiieve with such a leader we
shall take a long step in the way oi
of returning to our old creed and the
old policies and the old plan of or
ganization, which heretofore haw
led us to'victory.
"I received a letter a few dayi
ago from Judge Donahue, of Ne*
York, an old war-hone of Democra
cv, now S4 years old, but still in the
! practice of his profession.
Expected to See Victory.
"He said to me that, though he
was, by a number of years older
than I, he not only hoped but ex
> pected to live to see a Democratic
President in the White House.
"I often think that, with'my 71
years to be completed in four days
now, such a hope and expectation on*
my part can hardly reasonably be en
tertained, but I confess that 1 am
somewhat ashamed of such pessimis
tic feeling when I read the cheery
and confident words contained in this
veteran's letter.
"l do not want you to suppose
that a feeling of pessimism toward
political affairs is habitual with me. \
On the contrary, such a condition of j
mind is quite infrequent and so tem- ;
porary that it yields quickly to abet
ter mood and a settled conviction ,
-hat our party before many years
will march from the darkness to the
full light of glorious achievement."^
WOMAN SUES FOR BIG-DAMAGES.
Mrs. Amelia Batterson, of Mason .
City, has entered suit in the common ,
pleas court of Lawrence county
against W. A. Murdock, Jr., of Iron
ton, for $10,303, damages alleged
to have been caused by being thrown
from her buggy by a horse which she
was driving becoming frightened at
an automobile driven by W- A. Mur
dock, Jr.
In her petition, filed by Attorneys j
A. P. Miller, M. S. Bebster and Jed ;
B. Bibbee, Mrs. Batterson alleges ',
that on September 11 of last year]
she was driving a horse along the.
Chester-Rutland highway, when she
was met by an automobile driven by
the junior Murdock; that just after
she had crossed the Jack Martin
bridge her horse caught sight of the
approaching machine, becoming j
frightened and unmanageable; that
when the machine was yet several j
hundred yards away, but coming at
a high rate of speed she called loud
ly and waved her hands, hoping,
thereby ro cause the driver of the 1
machine to stop in time to prevent
accident; that instead of stopping
his machine the driver continued to j
approach at a high rate of speed,
that the horse turned suddenly at j
right angles, causing the plaintiff to
be thrown violently to the gronnd;
that as a result of the accident the
thigh bone of the plaintiffs right
leg was broken and a compound frac- j
ture'resulted at or near the middle
of the leg; that as a result she was
confined to her bed continuously
from September 11. 1908, ro Jan
uary 1, 1909; that as a permanent
result of these injuries she has be
come a cripple for life, and that she
will be compelled to use crutches
for the most of her natural life; that
as a result of the accident the plain
tiff is damaged to the extent of $10,
000, and that during her enforced
i confinement she has bees put to an
expense of SS0S; wherefore she de
mands judgment for the ?10,303,
, with costs.
j A story is told of a Fayette Coun
] ty lawyer who, retiring from active
I practice of his profession, built him
self a delightful residence on a com
manding eminence. The house had
not yet received a name, and the
; knight of Blackstone had suggested
to him such poetic names as Dun
I Glen, Dun Cain, Dun Nevis, Dun
i Bruce, Dun Edin, etc. Meeting an
old client, poor and crusty,the lawyei
1 mentioned these craggy names and
? ! asked the erstwhile client to suggest
one when gleefully, and with the air
of a man who had at last conqured,
the poor and needy client suggested
that the lawyer call the bouse * Dun
Robin."'
OF COPKSE NOT. v
"I see where a writer says: 'Good
by to the fairy tale.' "
"Are ail the married men dead?'
Drifting with the tide is one wa:
.' to get where you don't want to go.
LEVIES. |
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STATE, COUNTY AND BDNKPALHIES.
r?. ? :w
Forty-three cities in West Vfcgin
!a have total levies, including state
and municipal taxes, exceeding qoc
dollar an the hundred dollars valua
tion of taxable property, and Charl
eston, the capital city of thestate,
is thirty-second in the list, with a to
tal levy for all purposes of $1.18, ac
cording to a statement compiled at
the state tax commissioner's office.
The complied statement shows
that Wheeling, the metropolis oftbe
state, has a total levy of less than
one dollar.
The following statement shows the
various levies:
Ravenswood 81 70 ?
Sutton : 1 69
St. Albans 1 54
ICenova. ... 1 48i
Sistersville A 45
Blucfield 1 40
Princeton 1 40>
Ronceverte 1 381
Hinton _ 1 37
Huntington 1 37
Guyandotte 1 351
Point Pleasant 1 33
Grafton 1 SSl
Ceredo 1 SS\
Salem.... ? 1 33
Marlinton 1 32i
Thomas I 32
Philippi 1 31 ?
Cameron 1 31
Spencer 1 30
New Cumberland 1 28i
Burns%ille X 1 27|
Mannington 1 2aJ
Elkins 1 25l
Buckhnnnon 1
Chester 1 21
Fairmont 1 20
Parsons 1 18i
Shinnston V1 18
Charleston 1 18
Davis - ? 1 ll>'
Belington 1 11 i
Weston 1 11
Wellsburg 1 07 i
St. Marvs 1 07 i
Keyser I 05i
Martinsburg 1 05i
Morgantown 1 04
Piedmont 1 03?
Parkersburg 1 OSl
Moundsville 1 00?
PEARY PAID BY UNCLE SAM.
It oecrurrs to some inquisitive peo
ple that they might properly inquire
if Commander Peary was in the pay
and service of the United States Gov
ernment while on his trip to the pole.
If so, he is entitled to all the emolu
ments from the publication of his j
story, his books, lectures, etc., based i
on his journey? It is said that Com-;
mander Peary, while in the pay of
the Government, has for the last doz-?
en years done little else than exploit!
i himself as a polar explorer and that
on his recent trip the Government
had assigned him to report tidal ob
servations in the arctic regions. No
one ?wishes to detract from any of the
credit that belongs to Peary, and we
all hope that he has discovered the
pole, either at first or second finder:
yet we cannot escape the conclusion i
that a good deal of the courage we
attribute to polar discoverers has be- '
hind it a decided hankering after
. what the Good Book calls ''filthy:
lucre."?Leslie Weekly. .
BRAVE DOG
The dog population of Huntington
was decreased by one today. This
decrease was due to the belief on the
jjart of a bold bad canine that it was
his duty to stop Chief Church from
going to the east end to a fire. The
; big bay mare which pulls the chief s
buggy was making a great spring up
Fourth avenue when the pup in ques
tion with several others made a rush
at the procession. The other dogs
were cautious and did not let their
valor get away with their discretion
but the one which passed away got
in front of the horse and stoped.
The horse did not stop and that was
all there was to it, until the. garbage
man came and took away the remains.
1?Huntington Advertiser.
celebration OCTOBER 10. 1874.
(PUBLISHED 1876).
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Taken from "Atkinson's HUtoryof
the Kauawha. Valiev," contributed
by Delia A. MeCnUoch.
On the 10th of October, 1874, *
grand celebration of the 100th an
niversary of the battle of Point Pleas
ant took place. The day *?s beau
tiful, the son smiled upon the vast
multitude who had assembled to wit
ness the anniversary celebration of
the Ust battle of the frontier, and
die first battle of the Revolution.
Brass bands were present,-*?"1*
the number the Cornstalk Band of
Point Pleksant.
Sweet music rolled upon the air,
able orations were delivered. The
people listened as though the words
spoken were divine. The patriotic
sons who fell upon the field of blood
100 years before were appropriately j
extolled for their noble and manly|
virtues. It was a grand occasion and j
an effort worth v of the noble citizens j
of Mason county.
Jt will be remembered for many ,
years in the future, as having an in
timate and inseparable connection
with the battle itself, reviving old
memories, well nigh obscured by the
dust of time.
A movement was then put on foot
to secure a fund sufficient to raise a
monument over the graves of the he
roes, who fell in the battle of Point
Pleasant. This was an appropriate
movement, and every good citizen
should be interested in its success.
Rev. W. E. Hill, of Point Pleas
ant, had been rectSitly appointed by
Governor John Jacob, of West Vir-,
ginia, to solicit the co-operation of
the Legislatures of Virginia, Ohio
and Kentucky in the erection of a
suitable monument to commemorate
the decisive battle ofPoint Pleasant,
and he is now at work and hopes to
succeed in the accomplishment of his
'VH ? ? - - - "? ? ? "
object*
The design of the monument when
completed, indicates that it will be
an elegant structure. There will be
engraved upon its -"alls. ">e ii?mes
of the heroes who fell in the battle.j
There is also to be a slab in the
basement,"in Memoriam of the j
great atd brave Indian Chieftain,;
Cornstalk, who was treacherously j
and brutally murdered a few years
after the battle, (Nov. 8, 177") and
whose remains lie buried in the Court
House yard at Point Pleasant.
A GOOD MAN GONE.
The announcement of the death of
Rev. Father E. M. Hickey, of St.
Xavier's Catholic church of Parkers- j
burg, which occurred last week, fol
lowing an illness of some weeks,
duration, has been very regretfully ,
received throughout every section of
the State in which lie was known,
and his acquaintance and good works
covered quite a large territory. Fath- |
er Hickey was a priest for" 41> years.
He was a classmate of Cardinal Gib- j
bons ond of Bishop Kain, of St.
Louis, and was held in high regard
by both of these dignitaries of his
church. His 49 years of priesthood
were also 49 years of great good to
his fellow-men of all creeds and den
ominations. Of a very kindly na
.ure, warm-hearted, charitable al
most to a fault, he was the ready and
unerring adviser, the friend in rime
of need, the counsellor in bereave
ment. He never let an opportunity
go by to do the work of the Master
! here on earth. His passing is deep
; ly deplored by people of all creeds
who enjoyed the privilege of bis ac
quaintance, and his memory will be
held in fond recollection for years to
come because of the great good he
accomplished throughout his life
I time.
temperance rally.
There will be a temperance rally
at Hooff Opera House, Thursday
all day, October 21. Rev. Baker, ol
Columbus, Ohio, and others, will ad
dress the meeting. Gov. Glasscock
promised to be present. Every"
body invited.
AN OLD LANDMARK
WHICH HAS BEEN PONIED OUT THE
1KAVELER A TBODSAHD HIES.
Anent the sensational case of Mrs.
Mary Ferrell, who is being held to
answer to an indictment before the
grand jury at Williamson, there is
one interesting feature which has
thus far escaped notice, and which
calls to mind the origin of the Mc
Coy-Hatfield feud which resulted in
the death of more than fifty men be
fore it subsided.
The residence which it is alleged
that Mrs. Ferrell bunted is said to
be the one which was occupied by
Harrison Hatfield, the first man to
lose h"s life in the famous vendetta.
The residence occupied the high
ground at .the lower end of the little
town of Matewan, and was surround
ed by an old apple orchard, planted
by Hatfield. It will be remembered
that Hatfield was shot by a member
of the McCoy faction, while attend
ing a law suit, as a witness, where a
hog was the property at issue. He
was mortally wounded, but was con
veyed to his home, some two miles
further up the Tug river, where he
lingered for a day and a night before
he died. In the meantime three of
the McCoys were arrested and held
in an old building on the opposite
side of the river, in Kentucky, but
in plain view of the Hatfield resi
dence, awaiting the results of Hat
field's wounds. When Hatfield died
it was only a few hours until a great
crowd of his friends collected and
crossing the river took the McCoys
from the officers and taking them a
short distance up the river, opposite
the uppter end of the present town
of Matewan, they confined the pris
oners by tying them to a dogwood
bush when their bodies were all rid
dled with bullets.
The burning of the Ferrill resi
dence is the passing of an old land
mark which -has been pointed out
possibly a thousand times, as the
home of the original victim of the
great fued which at one time almost
threatened to engage two states in
the civil war.
HE COMMANDED THE FIRST FLEETWOOD
IN 1866.
Commodore Charles M. Hollo way,
of Cincinnati, was a Gallipolis visitor
for a couple of days. The Commo
dore was at one time at the head of
the famous White Collar Line of big
sidewheel boats that ran from Cin
cinnati to Pomerov. He is said to
have been the most successful and
ablest manager the line ever had.
Commodore Holloway, we are told,
formed the first Combine or salt trust
in the palmy days of the Pomeroy
Bend. The salt trust was one of the
first ever formed in this country.
The Commodore, who is a man well
along in years, was a practical boat
man, and commanded the first Fleet
wood, in 1866. He is an uncle of
clerks Charles Henry Holloway and
James C. Holloway of the Green
wood, and Capt. Peter Holloway,
pilot on the Tacoma. Commodore
Holloway has many warm friends
along the river. He has been suc
cessful in business on shore since re
tiring from the river, several years
jback.?Gallipolis Cor.. Waterways
| Journal.
The Holloways are among our
most respected citizens, men and
women alike, being enthusiastic in
every progressive move of this hust
ling * little - river city. Commodore
Holloway is well known here and is
j remembered not only as a courteous
"land-lubber * with his "land legs"'
on, but a seamon with "sea legs"
on that made every one, who sailed
on any of the good ships he-com
manded feel as much at home as
though he or shCwere in their own
little "home castle.
Scientists tell us we shall brush
through the tip of the comet's tail
nest May. Let us hope no thought
less person will tie a tin can to it.
MAY UTS TRIBE INCREASE
The government statement that t^e
Indians of the United States .have in
creased numerically by the substan
tial total of 40,000 in the last twent i
years cannot fail to (ire pleasure'to
their white brother Americans. The
value of the Indian, individually, .to
kind of Indian he may be.'f^heSioox
or the Iroquois, having been civilized,
the state depends, of course, upon
them to make an admirable and high
ly desirable citizen, for aborigines of
these types possess courage, energy,
no mean quality of mental ability and
splendid physiques. The Digger jbr
the Flathead on the other hand,
xmld not be so warmly welcomed.
But from a purely ethnological
itandpoint, the increase of the red
mans numbers is unequivocally a" \
consummation devoutly to be wishecL
He is a distinct race having little in '
common with any of the t?ther grand
divisions of humanity. Considered as
ii whole, without regard to the wide
tribal variations, he hns imbred in.
him some qualities which would en- \ ?
rich humanity could they be dissem
mated.
And Inst, but not least, the Indian's
Iierprtuation is to be desired as the
white man's late attempt to make
some amends for the great wrong
which he has done the red man dur
ing nearly five centuries.
THE COST OF LIVING.
The Chicago labor unions have com
plied statistics on wages and the cost
>f living \Vhich are almost startling,
rhey ask that their facts and figures
>>e mnde a supplement to the report .
which the Department of Commerce
?nd Labor is now preparing on'the
occupation and risks of workingmen.
These figures show that the cost of
living has doubled since 1904, while
wages have increased only 3 percent.
The net result is a decrease of SO per .
rent in wages, through the reduction
in purchasing power. In other words,
wages of $70 a month in 1904 were
equivalent to wages of $100 a month
today.
No doubt the increase in the. cost
of living in the preceding five years,
was as great proportionately as-in the
period convered in the investigations
of the Chicago labor unions. Work
ingmen have been compelled to pay
more each year for the necessaries of
life, without having more money
with which to buy. Wages have
stood still and the cost .of living has
advanced by leaps and bounds.?
Wheeling Register.
Money covered Atlantic street,
Norfolk, Va., one day recontly, as
the leaves of the forest the ground,
and newsboys, draymen, bootblacks,
and street sweepers looked upon the
scene as an evidence of the milleniei
dawn. A bag containing 6,000
nickels was being transferred from
one bank to another, and it burst in
the middle orf the street, and the
nickels rolled far and wide. But two
policemen were on the job, and with
the aid of a faithful street sweeper
succeeded it making the crowd under
stand that it had not rained money
for the benefit of the multitude.
The street sweeper swept the money
into piles, and bank clerics collected .
it into other bags. It is said that
not a nickel was lost.
WITH APOLOGIES TO SUNFLOWER PHI
LOSOPHY.
You don't hear much about Mon
day being wash day any more, do
you?
What has become of the old-fash
ion boot-jack that our fathers' used,
and that always could be found in
the chimney corner?
We have looked and looked in vain
lately for the candy kisses, all wrap
ped in colored paper that we ate
when a child.
? .
Have you seen any of your neigh
? bors lately making lye in a big black
| kettle in their back yard.