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J. H. McCOY, Editor and Proprietor.
VOL. XIV.
SISTERSVILLE, TYLER COUNTY, W. VA., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1898.
GENERAL
Called Upon to Do Some Plain
Talking to a
CAPTAIN OF THE GUARD,
Captain West Disgraced in the
Eyes of His Fellows.
Captain William L. West, of
New Matamoras, the commanding
officer of Company E, Seventh O.
' V. I., paid a visit to Adjutant Gen
eral Kingsley^riday afternoon, and
will have occasion to iemember
that visit for some time, as he was
forcibly called down by that official.
It seems that the captain has not
reported in strict confidence with
the law as to state property which
has been lost, and Adjutant General
Kingsley desires to get this matter
settled up as quickly as possible,
so that the state can get a final set
tlement from federal government
and be fully reimbursed for all
losses.
Captain West furnished a mem
oranda of the losses, but the law
provides for a sworu statement, as
the adjutant general is accountable
to the governor for the property,
jfc The captain said it was impossible
to prevent the loss of clothing in
the Guard. The adjutant general
>. said he knew differently.
r The captain was mad and did
not seem to care who snew it, and
proceeded to inform the adjutant
% general that he had been in the
~ Guard for fifteen years and said he
, _ _.knLew }vhat he was talking about,
but was informed in turn by the
adjutant general that he had been
in the Guard for 20 years and knew
that it was impossible to prevent
losses in some cases. The captain
made a statement which seemed to
reflect on all of the officers of the
Guard and was informed that he
made a serious mistake when he
brought all of the officers to his
level.
The Seventh never got any farth
er than Camp Alger, but Captain
West said General Kingsley had
never seen any actual service, and
therefore did not know under what
difficulties the officers labored in
keeping track of the estate proper
ty. After the captain became some
what personal, General Kingsley
said: "You are talking now to an
officer of the state about a matter
of business. That is the onlv mat
ter I would talk to you about. Let
that be distinctly understood. And
while I am talking to you, I will
keep strictly within the rules and
regulations. When I talk to you
personally it will be in a very dif
ferent manner."
After some argument Captain
West agreed to make his report
complete ana either account for the
lost stuff or pay for it, as all other !
army officers have done. ? Ohio!
State Journal.
According to a celebrated anato
mist there are upwards of 5,000,000
little glands in the human stomach.
These glands pour out the digestive
juices which dissolve or digest the
food. Indigestion is want of juice,
weakness of glands, need of help to
restore the health of these organs.
The best and most natural help is
that given by Shaker Digestive
Cordial. Natural, because it sup
plies the materials needed by the
glands to prepair the digestive
juices. Because it strengthens and
invigorates the glands and stomach
until tney are able to do their work
s alone. Shaker Digestive Cordial
cures indigestion certainly and per
mantly. It doee so by natural
means, and therein lies the secret
of its wonderful and unvaried suc
cess.
At druggists, price 10 cents to
$1.00 per bottle.
Capt. J. T. Jones, of Buffalo, who
has been in the southern part of the
state for several days looking after
some important interests, returned
to the city this morning.
INTERESTING MOTE?
Made by n Review Reporter in Ills i
Trnvels for Sewn.
Yonr correspondent has just re
turned from a trip through Tyler
and a portion ot Pleasants, Dod
dridge and Wetzel counties. Of
course Tyfer is the banner county,
as it is the wealthiest in every re
spect. It has produced more oil in
the past six years than any other
county in the state, and is today
producing more than the other
three counties combined. It also
leads the others in farming, manu
facturing, stock raising and last, but
not least, it has by far the finest ed
ucational ?facilities. It is dotted
from one end to the other with
commodious school houses, which
are kept neatly painted and are
artistic in construction. However,
we can not pass the subject of edu
cation by without expressing our
selves in regard to the salaries of
those of our teachers employed in
the interior of these counties. The
school referred to are not progress
ing as they should, for the reason
that the teachers employed, as a
rule have had little or no experi
ence. Were they experienced
they would not accept one of these
schools for the salaries they re
ceive. Xo teacher will take the
pains with scholars, who is only
half paid for bis labor, that he
would were he receiving a reason
able compensation for same. Hence
employ none but experienced teach
ers and pay them what their ability
commands, and by so doing the
schools will advance and make more
progress in four months than they
will in twenty four, with an inferior
teacher with an inferior salary.
What could you expect of a teacher
who walks two or three miles to
the school house and exposed to
all kinds of weather, pays his own
board and all other necessary ex
penses, for the pitiful sum of $25
to $30 per month. The parents of
the scholars who attend the schools
in question are the proper ones to
remedy the matter and we sin
cerely hope they will give it due
consideration. We are not a pro
fessor, but merely speaking from
our own experience and observa
tion.
We gazed with admiration on
many beautified stock farms while
driving through the country; but
the one that attracted cur attention
I was the Maxton farm, now owned
by Thomas Moore, and is situated
about one mile south of Friendly,
Tyler county. This farm is nearly
all covered with the finest of graz
ing grass, timothy, clover and blue
grass mixed. It contains five hun
dred acres, some of the fields con
taining 100 acres. Each and every
one separated by good substantial
fences. The stock barns are num
erous and are tastily arranged,
showing good judgment on the
part of Mr. Moore. We were never
very far west, but from the descrip
tion oi the western country we have
had, we imagine Mr. Moore's farm
gives one a pretty fair bird's eye
view of that country. His farm is
stocked principally with cattle,
with a few mules and horses. Mr.
Moore sold at one time in the Pitts
burg market this year, one lot of
3 year old cattle which netted him
the snug sum of $i, 800. Weareot
the opinion that it the farmers
would devote more of their attention
to stock raising, they would derive
a much greater profit from their
labors. It is true, it takes more
capital to conduct a stock farm
than it does to grain it, etc., but it
can be successfully conducted on a
very small capital and added to by
degrees. Mr. Moore has only con
ducted a stock farm a few years but
informed us there was much more
profit to be derived from one
than by merely tilling and working
the soil. He owns another valua
ble farm, four miles southeast of
your city, that contains 19 oil
wells, most all of which are now pro
ducing oil, but have declined in
production very much since they
were drilled in some three years
ago. Mr. M. has realized a good,
round sum from the oil he has al
ready sold. He has a beautiful
bouse on his stock farm, which is
situated near the county road and a
few hundred yards from the Ohio
river, which is surrounded by all
modern conveniences. His oldest
son is a prosperous merchant, of
Friendly.
We stopped over night at the
quiet little vilage of Shilo, which is
situated on the banks of Middle
Island creek, and is ten miles from,
your city. The town is divided by
the creek, and it contains three
stores, a blacksmith shopj one wool
en mill, one roller flour mill, one
two-room school house, an M. Ei
church, and has a population of
150. Messrs. Brown & Son con
ducts the woolen mill, and they
keep their mill running almost the
year round. They manufacture a
special grade of blankest, which
they have ready sale for all they
can turn out.
"Bun" Stewart conducts a gen
eral merchandise store which is
well stocked with goods. Mr.
Stewart is a popular merchant and
enjoys a good share of patronage.
Prof. Everett Martin is principal of
the public school and is a good in
structor. James Sweeney is the
jolly miller and has one ot the best
equipped mills in the county. His
[mill has a capacity of grinding 200
bushels of wheat per day. He has
the roller process for making flour
and has ready sale for all he can
make. He showed us a sample of
his flour, which in our judg
ment, would be hard to excel.
Mr. Sweeney pays 70 cents for
wheat and 40 cents for corn. He
runs his mill, on an average of
eighteen hours a da}\ "Jim" Jin
formed us the village was badly in
need of a matrimonial boom. Of
course we expressed our sympathies
and informed him we would make
mention of the matter and use our
influence to inaugurate an immedi
ate change of affairs. Therefore,
wejgive notice to all marriageable
young men, also to widowers and,
bachelors from 21 to 75 years of
age, who have sound teeth and a
good bank roll at their command
to proceed to Shiloh at once. One
luxury this village can justly boast
of and one that is one of the best
country hotel in the county. It is
called the Steele house and the ac
commodations are first-class.
There are some fine tarms in the
vicinity of Shiloh. They are situ
ated in the bend of the creek and
on each fram is erected good dwell
ings and outbuildings.
Our next stop was at Joseph Wil
liamson's, at the mouth of Sugar
creek, Pleasants county. Here we
enjoyed the hospitalities of Mr. and
Mrs. Williamson. It was our good
fortune to arrive here just at the
noon hour, and shortly after our
arrival we were invited out to din
ner, which was prepared by Mrs.
Williamson and her charming
daughter, Miss Ida. Mr. William
son conducts a general mercantile
business here, and has accumulated
quite a snug little fortune. He is
a straight-forward business man
and stands high in his county for
honesty and integrity, i
The next stop we made was at
Wick, ten miles northeast of Sugaj
creek.
On our way to Wick we drove
through the farms of Mr. Kd. Jem
ison and "Gib" Morgan. These
gentlemen join farms, which pre
sented the best appearance of any
on our way from Sugar ceek to
Wick. Their farms were clean,
their fencing in good repair, their
out-buildings ana residences were
substantial and attractive. Wick is
not so lively and "wicked" as she
was two or three years ago. How
ever, there is considerable business
transacted there yet. There are
three general stores in Wick, con
ducted respectfully by Mr. Morris,
Mr. Robert Smith and Mr. Antho
ny Smith.
In Doddridge county, we met
Mr. Chas. Stewart, who is well
known to many readers of the Re
view. Mr. Stewart is engaged in
the merchantile business, on Bi^
Flint. He is also postmaster, and
the office is known as Stewart. Mr.
Stewart owns a large tract of land
in Doddrige county, on which have
been drilled a number of good oil
and gas wells. There was a hun
dred barrel well completed on his
farm last week, and locations have
been made for more. He also has
good production in Tyler.
Charley is still as strong as ever
in the democratic faith and says
free silver is sure to win in 1900,
and that "Jack" Blair will run away
ahead of his ticket for Congress in
Doddridge. Mr. Stewart is a well
informed man on all the general
topics of the day; especially with
reference to politics is this true.
Hence, his prophecy is very encour
aging to the average democrat.
We were not impressed with the
portion of Doddiidge we passed
through. Like Wetzel, it is very
rough. * The soil looked poor and
the farms presented a neglected
[appearance.
We interviewed many prominent
men on o,ur way thror.gh Tyler in
regard to the license question, and
find that at least two-thirds are go
ing to vote for the commissioner
who is in favor of granting license.
Many of whom we talked to are
temperate, but they have arrived at
the conclusion that the sale of in
toxicants can not be prohibited in
[Tyler county, and for that reason it
is far better to grant license and let
the county reap the revenue. They
are in favor of making each saloon
man give a good bond, and also pay
a good round sum for his license.
We think this is a sensible view
of the matter, and one that every
voter should consider well on the
day of the election. In conversa
tion with a minister, who resides on
Elk Fork, he expressed himself
openly as being in favor of granting
license. He said he -was a prohi
bition man, but rather than tolerate
the low speakeasy dogeries any
'longer, he would vote for the com
missioner who was in favor ot li
cense, regardless of politics. There
are low dives operating in the
county now that will be obliged to
close in case license is granted, for
the reason they cannot give the
bond.
We met Mr. Furgus Whayley out
in Tyler county, -who was soliciting
oiders for his firm. Mr. Whayley
)is travelingJbr..thfc Columbus Boot
and Shoe company. Mr. W. is one
of the most popular salesmen that
visits Tyler, and by his courteous
manners has built up an immense
trade in this and adjoining counties
for his firm. Mr. Whayley resides
in Wheeling and for many years
traveled for Boyd, Miller & Co., of
that city. He has been speculating
in oil territory for the past five or
six years and has been quite fortu
nate. Only very recently he dis
posed of an interest in some terri
tory on Elk Fork which he held, to
R. McCormick, of your city, at a
profit of $2,000. He still holds some
valuable leases in Tyler, and Mon
roe county, Ohio.
FOUR MURDERERS
And Several Thieve* Taken lo Monnds
ville This Afternoon.
There was one of the toughest
looking lot of criminals, ranging
from murderers to sneak thieves,
passed through the city this atter
noon on their way to the peniten
tiary at Moundsville. from Mingo
county, in charge of Sheriff Keadle
and seven deputies. They were
William Hooper, Thomas Parnell,
John Hicks and Bud Wantz for
murder; the first three for ten years
and the last man for five. John
Thompson two years, for stealing
cattle; John Meade, two years for
house breaking, and Doc RadclifF,
one year for stealing cattle.
The three men who get ten
years each tor murder are negros
and they are about the worst look
ing crowd ever seen in this part of
the country.
In the same car were the three
men Captain Jim Meighen had ar
rested and was taking to New Mar
tinsville, and the whole gang were
a sorry looking crowd.
"It was almost a miracle. Bur
dock Blood Bitters cured me of a
terrible breaking out all over the
bodv. I am very grateful." Miss
Julia Filbridge, West Cornwell,
Conn.
All residents of the city are re
quested to decorate their homes in
honor ot the Knights of Pythias en
campment which will be held here
next week.
Our O. (?. C.
Our outgoing congressman spoke
what he intended for a republican
"speak" at the court house ^on last
Friday night. Our republican !
brethern didn't hire a hall, al- '
though it had been advertised for
several days in the shop windows.
They opened the old dirty court
house and turned him in and then
languidly followed. We democrats
will not treat our congressman that
way.
Eut the old court house was tree
and they let him went.
Candidate Burgess, who gener
ously blew a horn for Mr. Blair,
also blew one for himself and the
congressman. His "speak," the
boys say, was better than the speak
of tbe congressman.
The congressman is a good fel
low with troubles of his own. A
man's worst foes are often they of
his own household. He is game,
the congressman is; nobody can
deny that. He defies his enemies.
Our reporter says that he even de
fies the English language. But
our reporter may be prejudiced.
The congressman has an imita
tion ot Goff, which he renders with
feeble success. He endeavors to
start his own applause by desk
poundingand hand-cldfpping. And
this reminds us that an old court
house is reminiscent of GofFs elo
quent, -fiorid, impassioned oratory.
This was bad for the effort of the
congressman. It resulted in a damp
atmosphere worse thin frost. Oth
erwise it wasn't a bad "speak" for
the congressman "considerin"'
The congressman wants to be re
turned because he says he is now a
faithful and well trained public ser
vant. We do not believe that Mc
Kinley would swear to that. When
some of the important war meas
ures of the administration were be
ing considered we are informed by
the records that the congressman
wasn't there.
Aided by the congressman the
little boys ran the applause lor a
nickel, and the old amen repul
cans shouted a perfunctory shout
from force of habit. VA
But it wasn't on account of
congressman; don't think for
minute. It was for the G. O. P.,
the "Get Our Postmasters" party.
The congressman made promises
which it would take a whole term
to break, but he wouldn't have to
break them.
He persuaded us that we were
all rich and prosperous and happy
| on account of what he and McKin
ley had done.
He dammed the Ohio river to all
intents and purposes, not profanely
but with the same effect Finally
he quit. Cheers were proposed for
the congressman which faiied, and
then some one shonted hurrah forjUfl
the American flag and the applause
came on time. Then the baud
played Dixie. The congressman's
name on the 8th of November will
be Dough-venor, Then it will be
changed to Dennis. ? Bob Mc., in
the Wetzel Democrat. , ? ;
A Pathetic Ballad.
Father, dear father, come with
me now, for ma has some carpets
to beat; she's got all the furniture
out in the yard, from the front door
clean out to the street. The stove
must come down and be put in the
shed, and the yard must be cleared
of some grass, for its time to clean
house and the devil's to pay ? and
the front windows need some new
glass. Father, dear lather come
home with me now, and bring some
bologna and cheese, it's most
twelve o'clock and there's not] "
to eat ? I'm so hungry I'm we?
the knees. All the dinner
have will be cold scraps and
and we'll have to eat standing
too, for the table and all are oh
thejback, oh, I wish that h<
cleaning was through. Fai
dear father, come home with!
now, for ma is as mad as a
she says that you're only a lazj
thing, amHhat she-shail pa*
to work. There's painting to
and paper to hang, and the windows
and casing to scrub, for it's house
cleaning time and you've got to
come home and revel in suds and
cold grub.
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