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OLDEST WOMAN M WEST VIRGINIA "AUNT POLLY" DEVEES BORN AT POINT PLEASANT IN 1804?HER FAMILY PATRIOTIC. Paiikeisbucg, W. Va., Oct. SO.? Wert Yargima's oldest woman, and periapt Ohio's also, is "'Aunt Polly" Dewees, who belongs to both states, spe?fiigpirt.rf her time in Ohio *nd put ia West Virginia. She re?Hy belongs t? the "Little Woun trin State," because she was bom in wfcat is sow West Virginia in the old days when this state had not left the parent -stem?the Old Dominion. "Aunt Polly.,"" as everyone calk her; her real name is Maiy Margaret Mc Lane Dewees?was born in the old Van Metre settlement near Point Pleasant, June 10, 1804. She is therefore something like 105 years ?and five months of age. Despite this feet Mrs. Dewees is as sprv as a school girL During the recent Ma son County Fair "Aunt Polly" beat any girl there in hopping around over the grounds. She can beat most young women of twenty in do ing housework and can cook enough to feed a lumber camp. Her pies are the talk of the whole section where she lives. Aunt Polly,"' moreover did a fine crazy quilt after she pass ed the hundredth milestone. ' MUST SERVE OUT PRISON TERM GOVERNOR REFUSES TO EXTEND EX ECUTIVE CLEMENCY IN CASE OF MASON COUNTY BOY. Governor Glasscock, on the recom mendation of Pardon Attorney Waugh refuses to interfere with the sentence of the Circuit Court of Ma son county which gave Grover Cre means, a mere boy, five vears_in the penitentiary upon his conviction of voluntary manslaughter. On the 29th of March, 1905, Gro ver Cremeans, a boy of sixteen years was tried for the murder of John Smith, in Hannon district, Mason county, and was convicted of second degree murder. He was sentenced to sixteen years in prison and the case was appealed to Supreme Court of Appeals, where error was found in the lower court and the case remand ed. At the September term of court in 190", Cremeans was again placed on trial and this time found guiltv of voluntary manslaughter. Creameans then filed his petition asking that the forty months he served in the Mason county jail be deducted from his sen tence. The case had the full and earnest consideration of the ]>ardon attornev. The relatives of the boy made pa thetic appeals for clemency and the trial Judge and the Prosecuting At torney advised against the extension of the clemency. The crime of which Tie was convicted was very serious and it wasjbelieved that the youth of the defendant was taken into consid eration by the jury which found him guilty. STATE MEETING OF PHYSICIANS. The state board ofhealth will hold their annualfmeeting at Parkersburg, Nov. 9, 10 and 11, the main feature of the meeting will be the examin ing of many applicants for practicing medicine in this state. The meet ing will be held at the Chancelloi Hotel. VETERANS DYING RAPIDLY. Washington, |D. C., Oct. 27.? Death's invasion of the ranks of vet erans caused 48,312 names to tx dropped from the pension rolls ofth< United States last year. Of thfc number, 82,831 were survivors o the Civil War. The total loss of the pension roll from all was 51 ? 681. Sunday was an ideal autumn day Aunt Polly's " family has been a j Patriotic one. Her fkther was a sol dier in the war of 1818 and receivedj a quarter section of land in reward i for his services. He lived until he was nearly 100,-earsold. He raised! j 11 children, all of whom have cross- ' <d to the other side except your Aunt: ? Polly Mrs. Dewees was first married to a man named Board. Three child-1 : ren were born to this union. All are i dead. She was married to Isaac N. N. Dewees after the death of her; first husband, and to them were born six children. She had four sons fn : the Union army. At present she lives with W. S. Dewees, one of her I two surviving sons, near Mt. Alto,: in Athens county, O. Another son,' i Melvin M. Dewees, took high hon- 1 ors in photography at the Chicago World's Fair 1S9S. ? Mrs. Dewees has 14 grandchildren, 19 /treat-grandchildren and one great great-grandchild, now two vears old "Aunt Polly" is good for many vears, so says she, so say her neigh 1 bors. BODY OF SUICIDE RECOVERED YES TERDAY. | The towboat Sam Brown, [wirt of the coal fleet which p^sed here Thursday, was delayed for several i hours on account of a tragedy enact I cd here. Just as the boat passed under the Ohio river bridge John Gaybeak, a boatman, leaped over board and drifted under one of the | barges and drowned. ! Graybeak's body was found near ? Glen-wood yesterday*. i When the man leaped from the deck of the boat a stop was made and several houre were spent in try ing to recover the body of the drown-1 ed man. All efforts were fruitless,! however, and t!\e boat proceeded in ! the wake of the remainder of the fleet. Other members of the crew stated , that Gravbeak had been drinking' heavily. He had made two other at- j tempts to drown himself on the trip, i it is said, but had been recovered by! the boatmen. This time he passed ! under one of the barges almost im mediately after striking the water1 ; and rescue was impossible. The unfortunate man's home was | at Pittsburg, and the body will prob-1 ably be sent there. BROWS PENSIONS j THE FOLLOWING ISA LIST OF PEN SIONS RECENTLY ALLOWED. Thomas J. Sampson, of Glen wood, j inc"?se of pension from $17 to ?24 ? per month. Nancy B. Fisher, widow of Gideon Fisher, of Buffalo, W. Va., widows original pension of $12 from Julv S 1909. ' ' Jerome Plants, of Greer, increase jof pension from $12 to SlT per month. Lewis D. Allen, of Point Pleasant, increase of pension from $17 to ?24 per month. I Sarah J. Martin, widow of Preston Martin, of Ben Lomond, accrued pension due her deceased husband at date of death. Henrietta Johnson, widow of Asa | S. Johnson, of Condee, widows origi nal pension of ?12 per month, from July 21, 1909, also the accrued pen sion due her deceased husband at date of his death. The baptism of a young lady in j the Ohio river last Sunday nigkt, at 1 North Point Pleasant, drew quite a large gathering. Every subscriber should closely ex amine the label on their paper. GOOD PRICES FOR TOBACCO WEST TOBOA CMC H MM. ESCE AS PRODUCER. A dispatch from Hootiii]iton s*ys: I Gradually coming into the lime light daring the past five years as a tobac co producing region, Southern West Virginia has at last assumed suffici ent importance in this respect to in vite battle between, the trust and the independent tobacco industries of the country. Five years ago the tobac co growing industry in this section was so light that it attracted no'at tention from the great tobacco cen- ! tens. The few hogsheads that were! produced at that time were usually. shipped to Louisville, by steamboat, j where the product commanded a fair j price, but such a thing as soliciting' the crop had not been heard of. This year, however, it is different. Then the tobacco territory was con fined to a slight acreage In Lincoln county. Now there are great barns of tobacco in Cabell, Putnam, Lin coln, Mason and Wayne counties. On one farm in Mason county, near Gallipolis Fern-, a field of fifty acres was grown. The tobacco cut in the counties named will, this year, bring an immense quantity of money into this territory, and the quantity and quality of the crop are such as to ex cite the keenest interest among buy ers for the big manufactories. Henry Blumen, representing a Lynchburg manufactory, arrived in Huntington last night, and will spend the next ten days in southern West Virginia, engaging tobacco for his firm. Letters received by local grow ers indicate that two representatives of the American Tobacco Company will be here Wednesday, and then will be started the race between the trust and the independents fbi' the capture of the West Virginia crop. The Lynchburg man, having two days advantage of the trust men, will probably succeed in making a number of heavy purchases before I his rivals come on the scene, but when they do come it will be two toi one for the trust men, and they will be able to cover twice as much ter-! ritorv as their rival. Many farmers seem to be disposed ! to hold their crops, believing that prices will advance betore the first of the year. The West Virginia pro duct this year, compares favorably j with the crops of the long-tried to-! bacco growing sections of the coun- ' try, and the prices offered are al ready considered fair. Present conditions are such as to demand the construction of a ware house, somewhere in the West Vir ginia district, and various parties now j have this project under considera tion. It is looked upon as an abso- ' lute certainty that a warehouse of lib eral dimensions will be erected either at Point Pleasant or Huntington. Huntington, all concede, is the logi cal location for the warehouse, but there seems to be a prospect that Point Pleasant will also erect one, and will act independent of any ac tion that Huntington may take. Last week three barn burnings oc curred in West Virginia, one of the i barns burned, and the biggest of the three, was in Mason county, another in Putnam, and a small barn in Lin coln county. There has been some ; speculation as to the origin of these j fires. Incendiarism is strongly sus pectcd in two of the cases, but per ; sonal grievances are believed to have I been the motive, and not any feel I ing with reference to the troubles ; which have agitated the Kentucky and Tennessee tobacco regions. ? Coxey, who marched to Washing ton some years ago with an army of unemployed, is now riding in an automobile. There is a widespread movement all over the country for improved highways. There is certainly a great need for better highways. IMPROVED WATERWAYS. . ? ?* The culmination of tie campaign for improved waterways will be, reached in Washington, D. C., when! the National Rivers and Harbors Congress meets December next. ; President Taft, who will be the cen ! tral figure at this national conven tion, has made more extensive plans for a personal inspection of the rivers and canals of the United States than any other chief executive in the his i tory of the country. He ? not only nuking a water trip from St. Louis to New Orleans to be present at the Lakes-to-the-Gulf Waterway conven tion, but * ill be in Norfolk, Va.,and deliver an address before the Atlantic Deep Waterways convention. These two conventions represent particular projects for waterway development and naturally precede the National Rivers and Harbors convention, which for a number of years hits been meet ing in the capital city of the nation. President Taft will have as his as sociates on a most extensive program: two members of the cabinet, Secre tary Dickinson, of the "war depart ment of commerce and labor, both of whom, by reason of the portfolios which they hold are intimately asso ciated with the waterways of the country. In addition to these distin guished citizens, addresses will be made by the German ambassador, Count J. H. von Bernstorff; Governor i Judson S. Harmon, of Ohio; Governor Hadlev, of Missouri, and editors of leading newspapers representing the several sections of the country. It is also expected that in view of the prom inence of this national convention, whose one object is to improve the waterways of the United States, that i the Canadian government will be rep resented either by Sir Wilfred Laurier, premier, or Earl Gray, the governor ! general, efiorts with that end in view being already under way. ! ""f15ie*object of the National Rivers and Harbors Congress is to educatc the people to the importance of the fact that the national government, having assumed the control and im provement of the riven and harbors of the country, is unequivocally bound to discharge these obligations prompt ly and by sound business methods, that the great natural waterways may be made to do their share in the work of transportation. Interest in the forthcoming conven tion is on the increase and it is con fidently believed in the capital that there will be 5,000 delegates in at tendance, Secretary Frank Ellison of the congress having assurances from governors of states, mayors of cities and officials of commercial bodies that the movement for a broad ond com prehensive policy of waterway devel- ! opment is spreading throughout the country, due in large part to the cam paign inaugurated by the National I Rivers and Harbors Ccngress.?Padu cah News-Democrat. APPEALS TO ALL CLASSES. Searching the realm of fiction for j material for a great play, Mrs. South worth's "The Hidden Hand," ap , ]>ears to many to offer more fine op ! portunities than any other story. It appealed so strongly to one of the leading modern actors, Eugene Moore, that he made a new drama tization. This new drama of "The Hidden Hand" was immediately pro duced by Fred G. Conrad, owner of numerous successful attractions, and will be seen at HoofTs Opera House, j Nov. 9th. With the madcap Capitola and the arch-villian of stage villains. Black Donald, as the leading strong dram atic characters Mr. Mooreevident ly has constructed a drama chock full of American life. Comedy, pathos and romance arc constant, rivals for the interest of the audience. The picturesque Bine Ridge Moun tain scenery is cleverly reproduced. When a man prolongs _his hand shakes with a modest girl it is apt to make her blush. MM FROM TREES CABLE GOCNTYIANTO REVOLUTIONIZE DAIRY BUSINESS. j '> ' According to the Huntington Ad- j vertiser, t Cabell county man intends to revolutioni*e the dairy industry of that county. He proposes to furnish his patrons with cowless milk, and j there will not be a single cow in hisj heard, if it can be called a herd. His! product will be purely vegetable, but: he will probably have to consult the j pure food law before he *ells it as j milk, that is, as milk as it is commonly j understood. Instead pf herds of cattjf, i the gentle bossie will be absent. In' her place, his dairy will consist of an orchard of trees, and milking will be the simple process of making an in cision in the bark of tree and catch ing the precious fluid in pails. The ^ product is pure vegetable milk, rich and nutritious and a valuable food product, but there is some question as to its buttermaking capabilities. Any rate, there is no danger of the existing dairies going out of business all at once, or even soon. The Adver tiser savs: "There stands in the lobby of the Huntington theater one of the most remarkable specimens of the world s flora ever discovered. The scientific name of this plant would be under stood bv so few that it is omitted here, and the less technical term of milk tree is substituted. The speci- j men now on exhibition is about eight ieet in height and the main bole is two inches in diameter. Beginning at a height of one foot from the root, a myriad of sponge-like branches strike out from every direction. In spite of the number and size of these offshoots, the tree maintains its size until near the top, where an umbrella like canopy of branches spreads above, j "The specimen now on exhibition ^ is potted, but the tree is quite capable, of surviving in the open. The milk tree is aptly named. By making an incision in one of the branches asteady flow of rich, thick milk, breaks forth, the sack-like bark seeming to be almost to the bursting point with the milky fluid. "This much for description of the \ plant iself. "Mr. Gainer, manager of the thea ter. is the owner of the plant. It j * # ; has been demonstrated that the main branches, if clipped close to the body of the tree, will live if planted in moist earth, take root and grow j with remarkable rapidity. It is said ! that a full-grown tree, if properly cared for, will produce four quarts of rich milk a day. This product is palatable, and a chemical analysis I shows it to be entirely wholesome. "Mr.Gainer recently purchased a! number of lots and it is said by some of his closest friends that he intends to establish a milk ranch, upon] which he will grow the milk tree and j market its product. Mr. Gainer owns j two lots, each 30x200 feet. It is j estimated that this space will accom-1 modate 4,000 milk trees of average! size. With this number of trees! showing a production of four quarts daily the output of the 'rauch would approximate 8,000 gallons per day. '"The butter making qualities of the fluid have uot yet been tested. One milk tree required as much water as the average cow, but one of the1 peculiar qualities of its product is that it absolutely refuses to coalesce with water. The instant water is poured into the fluid a sort of rubber shield I forms on the surface leaving the water standing clear above. WEDDING. ' Invitations are out for the wed ding of Miss Ennalia Van Denmanto Hon. James Capehart, of Point Pleas ant, W. Va., to occur on Thursday evening, November 4, at 6 :S0 o'clock at St. Peter's Episcopal Church, fol lowed by a reception at the home of parents, Mr. and Mrs. John D. Van Denman, on North Sandusky street. Delaware, O.?Cincinnati Enquirer. BREWERYLICENSE GRANTED BY CHARLESTON COUNCIL WITH CERTAIN RESIRJCITONi $83; s V$>Sa m '?4 'w Councilmen Stephenson and Robins voted last night to allow the brewery here to run, providing none of theit product is sold in Kanawha county I am a dry man and don't ? like tc see whiskey or beer sold at all, bat I am not so radical as to want to des troy peoples' property," said Coun cilman Sam Stephenson at the meet ing of the city council last night. And if the brewery people give us a pledge not to sell their product in Kanawha county and if certain of the wet ' councilmen whom I know and whose word I would just as soon have as a gold bond, will stand by us in refusing them license in 19J0 it they break their promise, I will change my vote." Mr. Stephenson : concluded in speaking of the request " of the Kanawna Brewing Company that the council concur with the 4 board of affairs in granting the license. At a former meeting of the city council the vote on granting the p brewery license stood SO to 20, but the announcement of the vote was postponed until last night in orter to allow Councilmen Stephenson and Robins and others to investigate the justice of the brewer's claims. After much discussion at the meeting Messrs. Stephenson and Rob'ins ? ere fully satisfied that the brewers would not break their word and changed their,votes to grant the company license if they would execute a writ ten agreement not to sell their pro- V.i duct in this city or county. The votes was then announced by President MacCorkle as being 22 to 18 in favor of license for the brewery. VK Much Discussion. When the brewery question came up Mr. Stephenson arose and explain* ed his position. He said .he was at heart a dry man and did not believe in the liquor traffic, but that he also ~ believed the brewers who came to this city and have invested more than $800,000 in a business here had a right to some consideration, and that if they did not sell in dry territory and disposed of their product where the traffic is licensed they cannot in jure the city and will have some chance to prevent their investment from becoming a total loss to them. Mr. Stephenson made the stipula tion, however, that he would have to have the pgpmise of the wet council men that if the brewers violated the treaty" that all would see to it that they receive no license in 1910. Captain S. B. Avis, on behalf ot the brewers, addressed the council. He said that the brewers had proved themselves to be good citizens, law ! abiding and conservative and that with the future of their business at stake not only would not, but could not afford to break their word. He | said, moreover, that they will be glad for the people to closely observe the way they will keep faith with the ; parties to the agreement. | Mr. Stephenson asked for a roll call of the " wets'' present who would I stand by the agreement with the brewers and the following members declared with Messrs. Stephenson | and Robins that if the brewers vio ! lated the agreement they would see j that no license be granted them in 1910: Carr, Carrol, Daniels, Frist, Gardner, Gebbart, Grosscup, Isccas, Jeffers, Leaehman, Froth, N'earman, Popp Slack, Smith, Stuart, Scherr jantJ MacCorkle. Mr. Singleton did not vote, saying he was a wet man and would not bind himself br any promise. The brewing company will probab ly be given license today.?Charles ton Daily Gazette. Justice Peckham having been re moved by death from the federal supreme bench the Parkersburg Dis patch-News names Judge Alston G. Dayton as a suitable man to succeed him. Dayton is all right, but we believe most West Virginians would rather see Judge Goff promoted to this office. M i