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West Virginia is not the only
State that is after the tax fakers.
The Ohio taxpayers are on the war
path ami hot on the trail of the
takers.
The Naval Court at Annapolis is
naving a great time trying the boys
for hazing. The Court’s investiga
tion of the hazing is not of the
white washing sort. Many of the
cadets who have been fountl guilty
have been expelled from thd Aca
demy.
Town Topic, of "Fads and Fan
cies” fame, the society journal
which made the "400” cough up to
see their name in print, is suing
Norman Hapgood, editor of Col
lier’s Weekly, for criminal libel.
From the evidence so far produced
Hapgood seems to have the best of
the argument and won the suit.
Another old Kingwood boy tries
his hand at the newspaper business.
We note that I. R. Mattingly, a son
of Squire Simeon Mattingly of near
Howesville, this county, is the new
editor of The Messenger, published
at Elizabeth, the 'county seat of
Wirt county. He succeeds J. B.
Badger in the editorial chair of that
paper. Mr. Mattingly located in
Parkersburg a number of years ago
to practice law, but seems to have
changed his location and business.
Senator Spooner, of Wisconsin,
has blossomed out as a defender of
President Roosevelt. The reason
is apparent. Senator LaFollett,
who hails from the same Stato, and
who has the proud distinction of
beating the Wisconsin State Ma
chine at the Presidential election,
is the the idol of the Wisconsin peo
ple, and Spooner feels that he must
do something to gam favor with the
Wisconsin people who turned him
down. He will find out, however,
that his stage play will not fool
them.
The Yellow Jacket keeps barking
at the moon because of ita silvery
rays and growls and snaps and
snarls all day long at Democracy
like a little yaller dog wanting the
passers by to notice it. In ancient
times a common scold was taken
out and ducked in a frog pond two
or three times or their tongue split
and their leg run through it and we
recommend similar treatment for
the crank that runs the harrangue
machine down in the Tar Heel sec
tion and if that don’t suffice, let it
be tar from head to heel and plenty
of goose feathers thrown in.
The Empress Glass Factory is
the latest industry to be established
in Grafton. We are glad to note
this evidence of forging ahead.
There is not a town in the State
whose growth has been more on a
permanent basis than Grafton. It
has never been a “boom” town.
It explodes too readily and causes
a financial loss. Give us the old
fashioned homemade permanent in
dustries that come to stay. They
are worth a thousand “boom" in
dustries.
There is another thing the Graf
ton people are to be congratulated
on and that is they are not afraid
to invest their own money.
The State capital municipal au
thorities are giving the gamblers
more than a run for their money.
Charleston has always been noted
for its corrupt politics and dens.
The gambling joints have been
closed and the light fingered gen
teries have been ordered *to go to
work or leave town. This is rather
tough on the "profession,” but the
town will be the gainer thereby.
The Charleston municipal authori
ties have our consent to investigate
the Stale Machine and see if they
cannot prove a moving case against
it. We dislike to wait until the
November election to show the Ma
chine that it must move on.
The Wheeling Intelligencer has
been publishing a list of tax payers
of that city and county, who saved
money in the payment of their taxes
for 1905, all owing to the great
b'essings of the tax laws which do
not go into effect till this year ex
cept for the reduction of the State
tax which was quite an item saved
on a large amount of property un
der the old valuation. As a very
effective offset to this the Register
is publishing a list of properties and
the increased amount of taxes on
the same for 1906, under the new
valuation of three times what the
property was heretofore even
though the State tax is still further
reduced to say nothing of the coun* 1
ty, district and rnun.cipal taxes.
AX HONOR UtEJOHn CVINVEI.L
This year the voters of this sena
torial district will be called upon to
elect a senator to succeed John J.
Cornwell, of Hampshire county.
We are not advised as to Mr. Corn
well’s wishes as to re-election, but
if the people of this district are con
sulted they will demand his reten
tion in that important position.
There is not another man in the dis
trict who is so well qualified tor the
position. He is free from all en
tangling alliances with the railroads
and other corporations and has
shown himself the champion of the
people. He is honest, courageous
and able, just such a man as the
Democratic party needs in the Sen
ate and must have. We are for
John J. Cornwell—first, last and all
the time, not because he is a clever
fellow and a personal friend, but be
cause he is a man of all the district
for the place.—Martinsburg States
man.
It would be a fatal mistake to not
return John Cornwell to State Sen
ate. He is the one man in the State
that the State Machine fears. As
Senator and a candidate for Gov.
ernor he exposed the rotteness of
the Machine from oue end of the
State to the other. Throughout the
State the people have learned to
honor anil respect John Cornwell.
This was demonstrated by the mag
nificent race he nude for the Gov
ernorship. Had it not been for
the popularity of Theodore Roose
velt John Cornwell would have been
enected Governor by a handsome
majority.
The people of Mr. Cornwell’s
district should see to it that he is re
turned to the Senate. As a private
in the ranks Mr. Cornwell cannot
ignore the wishes of the people
throughout the State if it is as pro
nounced as in his own district. He
has been “weighed in the balance
and not found wanting."
To return John Cornwell to the
Senate will be a bitter pill for the
State Machine. But this is the kind
of men we must send to the Legis
lature and State Senate. Men whom
the Machine heartily despises for
their honesty.
TWO CEM K. K. FARE.
At Columbus, Ohio, the effect of
cutting off railroad passes from
members of the Legislature appeared
in the senate Friday, when without
a word of discussion and without a
dissenting vote, the Rathbun bill
was passed, making 2 cents a mile
the maximum rate of passenger fare
that can be charged. The bill was
reported from the committee, with
recommendation of passage.
Not a railroad lobbyist was pres
ent. The House Committee on
Railroads had a similar bill under
consideration and postponed action
for one week. This delay so in
censed the members of that branch
that threats of a motion to remove
the chairman were made.
Two-cent fare bills have been
presented to every legislature for
many years, but could never before
be brought to a vote.
The same bill was up in the West
Virginia Legislature last winter but
was downed by the lobbyist and the
free use of passes by the members
and almost everybody connected
with the Legislature. However it
will be up again next winter and we
hope it will pass this time.
DAWMON ■▲CHINE WARNED.
The Republican state committee
is going right along preparing to
hog the whole business of managing
next fall's campaign for the party.
But are we sure it is for the party?
Rather, it is plain to be seen that
the committee’s unheard of activity
is an off year and its arrogation of
authority that rightly belongs to
congressional and county commit
tees, is for the purpose of benefiting
individual ambition and clothing
the officeholders organization with
more absolute power than it has
heretofore had. We just want to
send a note of warning to the office
holders who are concluding affairs
with a high-handedness that is most
galling and with a total disregard of
the sentiment of the people of the
party, that they are sowing the wind
and will reap the whirlwind.—Park
ersburg Digpatch-News. (Rep.)
'Ihe Dispatch-News is wise in
leaving nothing to chance for which
forethought can provide. It is a
matter of history now that it was
the arbitrary ruling of the Executive
Committee that flim-flamed Col.
Chas. F. Teeter out of the nomina
tion for Governor. Dispensing with
the credential committee (something
unheard of) enabled the Machine to
nominate Dawson. After this piece
I of highway political robbery the
Machine cannot be trusted.
KCIJI'ftEM FOII 15M)fl.
There will be five eclipse* in r906,
three of the sun and two of the
moon The first will be a total one
of the moon on the night of hebru
ary 8 and will be visible in North
and South America. The begin
ning of the eclipse will be at 1:57
a. m., on the 9th, ending at 3:36.
The second it a partial eclipse of
the sun on hebruary *3, invisible in
the United States. The third is a
partial eclipse of the sun on July 21,
not visible in the United States.
The fourth is a total eclipse of
the moon on August 19, not visible
in the United States except in
Alaska.
OFFICE l^AU LOXU CHASE.
Secret Herr Ire Van Followed Ills man
all the way to Florida and even
Went to Cuba After II lin.
From the Parkersburg Dispatch-News.
I). F. Hartman, of Terra Alta, in
dicted by the last Federal grand
jury which was adjourned a week
ago, for counterfeiting monies of
the United States, was held under
$3,000 bond yesterday to answer to
the indictment at the June term of
United States court here. He was
unable to provide bond and was re
manded to jail.
Hartman was brought in Sunday
from Key West, Florida, where he
was arrested by Charles E. Wright,
of the secret service of the govern
ment. Wright was assigned to make
an investigation of Hartman’s case,
on information. At that time Hart
man was running a merry go round
and some other carnival perform
ances. Mr. Wright found out what
he wanted to know in the immediate
vicinty and then left for Florida
where he learned that his man was
holding out. He scoured the Ever,
glade State and finally went to Cuba.
Hartman was arrested at Key
West on the secret service man’s
cable orders from Cuba, he having
learned that his man had left the
island after his arrival on a certain
steamer. The orders were carried
out and when he returned to Key
West Hartman was in custody.
Hartman was then brought here
and entered a plea of not guilty as
mentioned above. He had once
gotten out of United States territory
but made a fatal mistake by return
ing.
Once before Hartman was similar
ly charged. P. J. Crogan, of King
wood, appeared for him and cleared
him before the Federal jury. He
is alleged to have made and passed
United States coins of the denomi
nations of nickels, dimes, quarters
and halves. These were cast up
out of metal, it is said, much as a
press sterotyper casts up a page.
The work was very crude and easily
detected.
THE HOME AND TIIE GOYERMM ENT.
The qaestions which are settled
at the ballot box are questions which
concern every home, and they are
not merely questions of banking
and currency and tariff. Pure food,
pure water, pure milk, clean streets,
proper protection of the rights of
children, good schools, good in
fluences and surroundings in which
to bring up children—all these are
questions ef government, all these
specially concern women, and all
these are settled through the ballot
box. While banking and currency
and tariff and other commercial
questions specially touch man’s side
of life and need his brain and his
interest and his vote for their solu
tion, these other questions specially
touch woman’s side of life and need
her brain and her interest and her
vote for their best solution. The
State is but the home on a larger
scale. It is one sided, imperfect
home which has no woman in it,and
is necessarily must be a one sided,
imperfect State which shuts women
out from participation in its affairs.
The interests which men specially
care for in the individual home are
neglected in the State. We lead
the world in manufacturing, but 15
per cent of the food we eat is adul
terated; we have a great Navy and
are ready to appropriate untold
millions tor a canal to aid com
merce, but the census of 1900
showed that 10 per cent of our
population could not read or write,
and in our great cities thousands of
children are every year turned away
from the schools because there are
neither seats nor teachers for them.
If all the interests of life are to be
well cared for, women must stand
side by side with men in the larger
home of the State as now they stand
side by side with men in the smaller
home of the household.
The Journal remarked last week
that The Argus had said mean
things about the Preston Republi
can and its editor for a long time
but had dropped the subject since
the Republican had gone after The
leader so heavy and intimates that
The Argus had lost its nerve.
The Journal does not know very
much at best, but it knows a whole
lot more than the above statement
and is simply trying to divert the
attention of The Argus to editor
Reed in order to escape special at
tention itself. The facts are, as
every one knows who has been read*
mg the papers tha» the Republican
got more than enough a long time ago
and quit and as we could not draw
them out any more we had to let up
on Editor Reed. It has been his
move for some time and so long as
he declines to move the game is
blocked. Wc trust that we have
sense enough to quit when the other
fellow has enough. The Republi
can opened the game by trying to
make a home r in, but never got to
first even. Editor Reed thought to
make himself solid with the ring by
trying to help the Journal out, but
he is a wiser and sadder mao.
“FIlillTmj JOE” HHEELEK.
Another old veteran of two war*
has answered to the last roll call.
Brig. Gen. Joseph Wheeler on the
retired list of the Regular Army
died of pneumonia last Thursday
evening at the home of his sister,
Mrs. Sterling Smith, No. 173 Col
umbia Heights, Brooklyn. He was
sixty-nine years old.
All of his children were about the
old warrior as he lay dying. When
they were summoned to his bedside
for what they knew to be the last
farewell the veteran greeted each
with a nod; he had not the strength
♦o speak. There were Mrs. Smith,
his sister, and his children—Major
Joseph Wheeler, Jr., of West
Point; Mrs. W. J. Harris, of Wash
ington, and Anna, I.ucilla and Car
rie Wheeler, the latter two having
been summoned from their home in
Alabama two days before.
Joseph Wheeler was born in Au
gusta, Ga., in 1836. He was sent
to Wyst Point in 1854, and at the
then five years’ course he was grad
uated. The records of that institu
tion indicate that he was not more
than mediocre in his work. But the
little Georgian was known as a young
man with no end or grit. Diminu
tive as he was, he was ever ready to
defend himself or any of his friends.
When the break came between
the North and South Wheeler was
one of the first of the Southern of
ficers in the United States army to
resign his commission and volunteer
his services to the army of the Con
federacy. He entered as Colonel
of the Nineteenth Alabama Infantry.
At the battle of Shiloh he was in
command of a brigade, and won
high praise from his superiors for
conspicuous gallantry.
Soon after this historic battle
Gen. Whee'.er was transferred to the
cavalry, and early in 1862 he was
placed in command of that arm of
the service under Gen. Braxton
Bragg, In the West. In the great
Confederate charge at the battle of
Chickamauga, in 1863, it was Gen.
Whee'er who led the cavalry.
In the campaign against Sherman
in Georgia, Gen. Wheeler so dis
tinguished himself that he was later
appointed a lieutenant general, and
at the close of the great conflict he
was in command of the cavalry that
was operating with the forces of
Gen. Josepn E. Johnston.
The funeral services over the re
mains of Gen Wheeler were held
Sunday in New York and a very
imposing procession escorted the
body to the train. The funeral
party arrived in Washington that
night under military escort and on
Monday the burial took place at
Arlington Cemetery.
When the Spanish American War
broke out Gen. Wheeler was one of
the first to volunteer and was ap
pointed a General by President
McKinley.
The Journal is still worried over
some of The Argus advertising
matter. Our editorial matter has
caused it enough worry to brink
on chronic insomnia and in order
to create a diversion it is now find
ing fault with theadvertisingcolumns
of The Argus. The Journal spent
a good part of the summer trying
to make trouble for us about the
county advertising and was mad
because the law gave it to us in
spite of the gang who would keep
us from getting if possible. This
same gang did knock us out of the
very best of our advertising by per
suading the Judge of the Court here
to order that none of the Cncuit
Court advertising should be pub
lishedin the Argus, one of the most
outrageous orders ever passed by any
public official, and ever since, this
same gang has been trying to beat us
out of more of our advertising and
would take it all away from us if
they could._
The Englehart Woolen Mill Co.
of Guseman, W. Va., wdl receive
sealed bids, until Feb. t, 1906 for
the erection of their main mill build
ing, at their plant in Guseman, W.
Va. Building is of frame structure
covered with galvanized iron, and
composition roof, the Company
furnishing all material. Plans and
Specifications can be seen at their
office after Jan. is, 1906. Bids to
be accompanied with bond equal to
bid. The Company reserves the
tight to refuse any or all bids.
4t J. M. Enoi.ehart, Sec.
SpringTerm-1906.
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Directs Special Attention to its
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Opens March 14th.
The Splendid New College Build
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Through the very large variety of
Departments, Courses and subjects,
Its strong faculty in close personal
touch with the students, and its un
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this is the real “School of the
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Unusually excellent advantages
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Send post card for New Cata
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DEATH OP THE DEAN OP KINO A.
Christian IX, the aged King of
Denmark, dean of the crowned
heads of Europe, father of King
George of Greece, of Queen Alex-,
andra, of Great Britain and Ireland,
and of the Dowager Duchess Maria
Fedovora, of Russia, g-andfather of
King Haakon VII, of Norway, and
related by blood or by marriage to
most of the European rulers, died
with startling suddenness in the
Atnalienborg palace at Copenhagen,
Denmark, Monday noon. The as
cension of his successor, Prince
Frederick, his eldest son, who will
be known as Frederick VIII was
proclaimed next day.
It had been known for sometime
that King Christian’s health was
failing. H i s physicians recom
mended a change of air and the
king decided to take their advice.
It was his intention to go south in
the near future, acompanied by the
Dowager Empress of Russia.
Christian IX, king of Denmark,
was born April 8, 1818, and was the
fourth son of the late Duke William
of Schles wig-Hols tein-Sonderburg
Glucksburg and of Princess I.ouise
of Hesse Cassel. He was appoint
ed to the succession of the crown
of Denmark by the treaty of Lon
don of May 8, 1852, and by the
Danish law of succession of July
31, 1855. He succeeded to the
throne on on the death of King
Frederick VII, November 15, 1863,
and married May 26, 1842, Queen
Louisa the daughter of Landgrave
William of Hass-Cassel. She was
born in 1817 and died in 1898.
Prince Frederick the oldest son of
the late King Christian, who suc
ceeds to the throne, was born June
3. 1843, and was married July 28,
1869, Princess daughter of King
Charles XV, of Sweeden and Nor
way. Their second son, who mar
ried Princess Maud, of England, is
now king of Norway. .
The late King Christian’s eldest
daughter is Queen Alexandra, of
England, and his second son Prince
William was elected king of Greece,
under the title of George I, in i863.
Another daughter of the late
King Christian, Maria Dagmar, is
the Dowager Empress of Russia,
Marie Fedorovna, who married
Alexander III, of Russia. He died
November 1, 1894, and his son,
Nicholas, is now Emperor of Rus
sia.
Princess Thyra, third daughter of
King Christian, is Duchess of Cum
berland. Her husband claims the
throne of Hanover.
Prince Waldemar, the youngest
of the children of King Christian,
married tae Princess Marie of Or
leans, eldest daughter of the Due de
Chartres.
Finally, a grandson of King Chris
tian, Prince George of Greece, is
high commissioner of the powers in
Crete. The prince has been men
tioned as likely to be bethrothed to
Princess Victoria of England,
daughter of King Ijbiward.
11AU EXPLOSION.
Two Irishmen Almost Killed nt the
Tunnel Ne«r Albrlglitmlle.
From The Morgantown Post.
KI ward Pickett and Patrick McUiaw,
two Irishmem employed by the Pittsburg
contractor who it building the tnnnel near
Alhiighisville on the extension of the M. &
K. railroad, were thrown nearly 40 feet and
suffered severe burns about the face and
hands Saturday afteinoon as a result of a
premature explosion of powder. The men
were brought here on the noon train and
taken to Pittsburg this afternoon for treat
ment.
The men were blasting. A hole haa been
made and the first blast wnich consisted of
a heavy charge of dynamite used to spring
the hole preparatory to setting off the charge
of powder, went off all right hut when the
powder was lowered there was sufficient heat
left in the hole to ignite the powder and a
mammoth explosion took place with the two
men standing directly above the charge, ar
ranging the fuse. They were thrown 15 or
30 feet in the air, and when picked up were
nearly 40 feet from the hole into which the
charge was lowered.
Medical attention was summoned at once
and the faces and hands of the men were
bound up. Their faces were burned beyond
recognition, and their suffering was intense.
II. If. Stanton, one of the superintend
ents of the tunnel, brought the men here.
They wete taken to the Pleasant* corner
restaurant to await, the afternoon train upon
which they were taken to Pittsburg where
they will lie placed in Mercy hospital. The
men came from Byron, a small station just
outside of Clarksburg.
THE II YUftll) TKl'ST EDITOR.
______
When the Democratic editor of j
the News and Intelligencer attempts '
to speak for the Republican party
he not only assumes a privilege to
which he has not the slightest reas- '
unable claim, but he attempts to
place the party in a position which
is not endorsed by its ablest leaders,
nor by the business tneu of the state
generally. The News editor assumes
that the new laws are perfect in
every detail, and that changes in
them or additions to them will never
be necssary. When a Democratic
editor presumes to dictate the poli
cies of the Republican parly for
reasons best known to himself and a
few others, he cannot be expected
to be so very particular about the
nature of his contentions so long as
they serve his personal ends. — Park
ersburg Dispatch News. (Rep.)
We print the above to show the
Journal that when It attempts to read
the Preston Leader and the insur
gents out of the party that it is
treading on dangerous ground.
From the above it appears that the
Republican papers and insurgents
who are £ghting the Machine object
to the Democratic editor of the
News and Intelligencer "running
the Republican party of West Vir
ginia.”
DILLON’S KlNDKRMAltl KN,
Tax Commissioner Dillon’s kin
dergarten failed to be the great
school of instruction that it was so
loudly proclained when announced.
Of course the assessing of dumb an
imals and farming implements (as
the farmer will be called upon to
pay the heaviest portion of the
taxes) was touched upon, but no
real work was done. The only im
portant feature of the whole shoot
ing match was that the assessors
should not fail to use every effort to
locate and assess every piece of
property.—Clarksburg News.
It is unfortunate that the farmers
cannot hide anything from the as
sessor. The assessors in 1905 did
not overlook anything the farmers
possessed, that was assessable under
the law. From their kindergarten
schooling we are to infer that they
must use every precaution and see
that the assessment under the new
laws does not overlook old speck.
Is the News certain that the kin
dergarten schooling did not teach a
good lesson in politics? The Ma
chine had an excellent oppoitunity
to interview the assessors and give
them a few points in “practical pol
itics.”
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320 Juliana Street, .... Parkersburg, W. Va.
I Will Send You FREE
One Sample Bottle of Rye Whiskey!
I *' y°u are a judge of Rye Whiskey, I want your opinion of mine. I am
1 willing to pay the price.
I firmly believe you will say that Forst’s Rye Whiskev is the best you
ever tried. Anyhow, I’ll take the chance !
I am also convinced that the fret bottle will be a better advertisement
for me than any amount of printed matter I might send you.
Because, if you are a judge of quality, the sample will absolutely
prove that 1 <yst s Rye is real Rye Whiskey, made from the finest long
grain tye, aged in charred casks for seven years, unadulterated and free
fiom fusil oil.
I am in the heart of the famous Monongahela Rye Whiskey region,
hor that reason I can furnish real rye whiskey, of rare flavor and perfect
purity, at much less than the price usually asked by mail-order houses for
cheap corn whiskey.
Here in Pittsburg, where everybody knows about my whiskey, it has
a reputation unsurpassed. My ambition is to make Forst’s Rye Whiskey
a household word throughout the land.
My plan of advertising is new, and if the goods were not the finest—
so exceptional iu merit and so low in price as to win me many thousands
of regular customers—the very liberality of my selling plan would soon
bring upon me a tremendous loss. •
But you can test my whiskey in any way you choose—you can com
pare it with whiskies that sell for a great deal more—and I stand or fall
on the results of the free trial.
My proposition is fair and square and I want you to be fair with me.
I will do this :
On receipt of #3.00 (#3.75 if order comes from Ariz., Cal., Colo.,
Idaho, Mont., N. Mex., Ore.,Wyo., Wash, or Utah), I will ship, Express
Prepaid, 4 Full Quarts and an Extra Free Sample Bottle ol
1<orst’s Bye \\ liiskey, packed in plain box, with no indication of
contents.
Try the F ree Brittle, which contains the same identical whiskey as
the quart bottles, and if you are not more than pleased with its rich, mel
low flavor and satisfied of its absolute purity, simply return the four ftfll
bottles, with unbroken seals, at my expense, and back will come your <3
without complaint or quibble. I will ship 2\ quarts and free sample,
freight prepaid, to the western states and territories named above, for
f 18.00. I will refund every cent jf it is not thoroughly satisfactory.
Isn’t that fair ? Isn’t it all the proof you could possibly ask that I
mean every word I say ? You can look up my commercial rating in Dun
or Bradstreet, or ask any bank in Pittsburg as to my responsibility.
And I am legally bound by this adveitisement to do just exactly as I
agree.
Remit by money order, draft or currency. I would like to send you a book I have just
had printed, entitled “Cornin’ Through the Rye." Oood reading for a long evening.
MORRIS FOllST, ‘<*01 Smith field St., PITTSBURG, PA.
Closing Out Sale!
I am closing out to QUIT THE MER
CANTILE BUSINESS. Must move my
Stock of Goods between now and
March 10th.
Stock consists of a General Line of
about $4,000 to $5,000.
Clothing 10 to 25 per cent off.
Dry Goods “ “ “ “ 44 ••
Shoes - “ 44 “ “ “ «
Hats & Caps 25 to 60 “ “ “
Rubber Goods below present Whole
sale Prices This is a GENUINE SALE.
Will also sell all or any part of my,
Store Fixtures, consisting ol Safe,’
Desks, Office Chairs, Show Cases,
Scales, Refrigerator, Etc.
j. l. mckenzie,
Howesville, W. Va.