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mOL FAIRMONT, WEST VIKGIN1A, FBI DAY, DECEMBEK 21, 1906. , NUMBER 2Qp/ J
CHAR6E OF F
OUT FIRST PUBLIC
STATEMENT
? Will Take Care of
!A11 Depositors ^
fNESBURG, Pa, Dee. 21.?The |et
atlon charging Vlc^Presldent rot
irt, of the closed Formers' and toe
*' Notional Bank, with forgery, Fa
is. withdrawn to-day, as the '
burg Trust Company, which |nf
rosecuting the case, late last ths
received twenty thousand dol- Ea
he amount of the two notes al- [ns
to be forged. In spite of all re- mu
othe contrary, no warrant was er
yesterday for the arrest of p|?
irt, nor was there any arrest. re(
nehart gave out hit first public tl)(
bnt today, In which he makes |]n
is defense of his action. "I an,
greed," he said, "to taki care of pa
depoiltors and I personally will t]](
oonslble to the sum of one mil- (h(
idergarten J
Gives Program
E8TING EXERCISES AT SEC- "ot
) WARD BUILDING UNDER ,M
DIRECTION OF MRS. th(
! This morning at tlie Public School f(j[
Kindergarten appropriate. Cg.rlstflias
exercises were held which were attended
by a number of parents of- the
pupils and their small friends; The
prog^enjjjie consisted of songs and
recl'tatlons by the children mid an exhjhlt
of their school work was a feature'which
greatly Interested the parents.
The most pleasant part of the
entertainment to the children was the
treat which was distributed, consist- 1
ing of .candy and fruit. This after- J*
noon In most of the rooms appropriate 1
exercises arc being held. The puplis "
have been practicing for several weeks
for these closing exercises and some ~
excellent programmes are being preLaundry
bags, necktie*, gloves, bed- 1
room slippers, cushions, suspenders, et'
night robes, dress shirts and hose, rr'
make suitable gifts ftr men; all at Po
Beckman's. x a 1
diamond with A. B. Scott i Co. Wi
^RESCUERS HAVE REACHED ENTOf
? MAN AN!
nat-oncinrwr r? n?lifn...tn n^? lit
I *' 1 UrtlXljllOC JJCiiJU, vouiuima, Lfti;
tunnel for the last thirteen days, will 1
; have reached Hicks and were'able t(
with him. But little digging remain%i
man can he brought out Preparation
' bratlon? Hicks Is apparentls^uninjure
i<: made before bringing him ijno' light t
It was learned yesterday that Hlc:
glnla, A. 0. Hicks, of Matewan, a town
State on the Norfolk and Western re
fc effort be spared to rescue Hicks from
STATE SENATO
AT HIS KOMI
Was Well Known F
I Ana ropuiar > *
|>;V .-.CHARLESTON, Dec. Sl.-r.rrot re- cl<
fe great was expressed at the capital over I"
?f? the death ot Senator J. D. Porter, elect- pit
' I . ed last November to represent the th
(y'v'J'Ifth district, composed'of die coun- en
ties of Lincoln, Putnam and Cahcll, *'?
who died of consumption after n a
; ' month's illness at his home at Mvrla. "t
f: lii Lincoln county. Mr. Porter was ?e
? fifty-two years old and a very estlmu?k,
hie man, having held a number of po
jjSiES; sltions ot honor and trust that were
iddnferred Upon Mm through merit. j'1
B|||fc HUNTINGTON. Dec. 21,-Senator- "
?'ect J. B. Porter, of the Fifth senator- flt
Rf 1"I district, died Wednesday morning br
Hbrae ln Lincoln county and was w
pSaMv^m-lod. yesterday afternoon by the
^ Masonic lodge of Hamlin. Senator
Porter's death was due to tuberculoids ?
SO]
,rt Studio j
Is Very Busy'
88 NETTIE BARTLETT IS TURN |
ING OUT MANY HANDSOME
WORKS OF ART.
1'he art studio of Miss Nettie Bartlott
i been rushed through the holidays
1 many handsome pieces of liaud
nled work have been turneil out; ^
id painted china seems to lend in (
or. ' (
t good many pieces of Miss Bartt's
work are on exhibition In her
>ms and she has one painting that (
ik first premium at the Clarksburg .
Ir'
I'liere la a good deal more to mnk- j
; a nice piece of hand painted china a
in applying the paint with the brush. c
ch piece Is put through several bau- ,
; processes In a large china kiln
de especially for that purpose. Aftthe
paint is applied it Is then I
ced Into this kiln and heated to n I
I boat the color being baked into
) ware. This process' is gone
ough with after eacli color Is used
.1 when the painting is finished, the
Int being of a mineral substance,
t reproduction becomes a part ol *
s china, through this repeated l>a!:?
; process, and is as durable, as (be
>na Itself.
Miss Bartlett will lake up the Inaction
of her class again after tho '
lldays and w-lll no doubt do a good *
tl toward developing the latent, art J
Iter pupils. If being tutored by a
npetent. thorough and practical v
icher will be of any advantage to t
>m.
lllss Bartlett lias been malting
no very handsome calendars also
llie holiday season.
FROZEN OVER
SEA OF AZOV AND RUSSIAN
PEASANTS ARE SUFFERING a
TERRIBLY.
3DESSA, Russia. Dec. 21.?The slid- I
n Intensely cold snap has effused
tilde suffering among the peasants
the rural districts of Russia. Tho
tiro country is now ico bound. The (
a of Azov, an arm of the Black sea,
frozen over and navigation closed.
Beautiful Floral Tribute.
Mrs. J. C. Stealey yesterday recelva
handsome floral offering from the ,
ends of her (laughter, Bertha, at 0
whatan College. The offering "was
beautiful one. It wus delayed and v
led to reach here for the funeral t
idnesday afternoon. 6
,
ABED I
) HE WILL SOON BE FREE.
L. B. Hicks, entombed in the
ie taken out to-day. Rescuers
rpass waiter to him and talk I
to be done before the Imprisoned j
s are making for a great cele- J
d. Special precautions will be \
ind air outside the tunnel. I
ks has a brother in West'VIr- j
in the southern section of the j
aJ. The brother wired that no \
his most perilous position alive. |
R-ELECTDIES
E IN HAMLIN
>m which lie had been ti sufferer for
number of years. He was a native
Wayne county and was fifty-two
ars of ace. In 1888-ho was elected
erift of Lincoln county, serving n i
rm of four years. In 1894 lie was
icted to the House of Delegates and I
1900 was again elected sheriff, com- i
etlns the second term In 1905. In i
e November election he was eltosSlntn
Senator by the people of
e Fifth district. In politics he was
staunch Republican and was one of t
e most popular nten in the southern
ctlon of the State
A Card of Thanka.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Stanley wish to
ank their many friends and neigh- 1
irs, for their lcindness during the
:kness and death of their daughter, I
las Bertha Stealey. They helped
sr. by their presence and gifts of 1
iwers, to hear her sufferings. Her '
mncr niso i nanus mem ior inetr 1
ndneBs to her.
WITHDRAWN
CURT JETT
OUND GUILTY BY JURY FOR ASSASSINATION
OF JAME8 COCKERELL
AND WAS GIVEN A LIFE
SENTENCE IN THE PENITENTIARY,
CYNTHIANA, N. Y., Dec. 21.?Curt
ett was found guilty by the Jury tolay
and was given a life sentence In
he penitentiary for the assassination
if Jaines Cockerell, lu Jackson, Ky.,
Ive years ago, While Judge Betta
tas pronouncing the sentence, Jett tnerrupted
and told him that he was
he only Judge that ever gave him a
quare deal, and then thanked the jury,
ett, who Is already serving a life
entence for the murder of J. M. Marum,
will bo taken to the penitentiary
his afternoon.
CONFERENCE OF
EDUCATORS
ITATE SUPERINTENDENT MILLER
CALLS A MEETING AT CHARLESTON
IN JANUARY.
CHARLESTON. Dec. 21.?Superln-j
endent ThomnsC. Miller has Issued a
?U n nnttfoponpo nf ?dtlP?tf\rS tcv
ie held In this city on January 17 andj
S and the indications are that there |
rill be a large attendance. A gener,1
invitation is extended to sttperinendents,
principals and teachers and
t is announced that there will be a
ound table discussion on various maters
of general Interest. Administrate
work and the duties of those in
havge of schools and school affairs
rill also be considered. Another obec't
of the conference is to further
cquaintance among those engaged in
he work. These meetings will be held
n the office of Superintendent Miller
it the State House.
JIRGE LINE OF DRUGS
ill BILLINGSLEA'S
-ARGER STOCK IS CARRIED THAN
MOST PEOPLE ARE
AWARE OF.
Probably the largest line of drugs
arried by any dealer in the city is
o be found at E. A. Blllingelea's place
f business. A much larger stock of
oods is carried by this firm than one
rould think. There are places that
ine does not sec wnen entering me
itore and all these places are filled up.
The basement of the store Is unmown
to a majority of the people of
lie city. It Is 22 feet by 72 feet and
:ontains several rooms. In the basenent
Is the sample room, the packing
oom, the laboratory, where medicines
ire. made, the still room, and storage
ooms. Much of the basement Is shelvtd
and slocked. All the medicinal
vines and liquors are kept In the basenent
and are sold only on prescrlpIon
from a doctor. A Pull line of
Ight chemicals Is carried. Heavy
hemicals are not carried because the
rade of the city does not demand
hem.
Even the office which Is back of the
description room Is filled up with
dock.
To the right of the drug store propjr
Is a long narorw hall that Is filled
ip with largo bottles and boxes. In
his hallway Is the crutch department.
In the main part of the store Is carded
a complete line of drugs. The pab
snt medicines handled by Mr. Billingslea
are of the old line that sell on their
merit The largest and most complete
line of trusses to be found in the city
It displayed In the truss cases. In
lact a better line Is not carried by any
retailer in the Stale.
Mr. Billlngslen has conducted his
business for a number of years and
'? ** nuKlin Ic troll n/intinIntnrl with his
reputation for (air dealing.
ONLY BORROWED I
?
Were Florist Fleming's Christmas
Thees?Were Returned Last
Night.
A couple of local newspaper men
who work of a night were seen returning
Florist Fleming's Christmas
trees after they found out that Mr.
Fleming liad located the guilty parties.
They claim that the trees were only
borrowed, but It would be hard to conrlnce
Mr. Fleming that such was thecase.
Popular Xmai presents at very reasonable
prices; ores that wMl be^p^
UNKNOWN MAN
ATTEMPTSTOKILL
CHICAGO JOOGE
Two Shots Fired
But Both Missed
CHICAGO, in.. Dec. 21.?An unknown
man attempted to assassinate
Probate Judge Catting, In the Criminal
Court building elevator this morning.
Two shots were Sred, both missing
the judge. Tiie would-be assassin
was arrested. Approaching Jiidge Cutting,
he said: "If you don't open that
estate, I will kill you." A by-stander
knocked the muzzle of the revolver
upwards and both bullets passed
through the car roof. The prisoner is
said to be apparently Insane, fifty
vpars of age, and well dressed. Tito
name given to the police Is Frank S.
Ellerbrook, German American, residing
at Elghtteen, North California avenue.
He claims to have had an estate
In probate court eight years aud
being unable to get satisfaction from
Judge Cutting, decided to remove hiru
and get a Judge that would give him
some action. The value of the estate
is thirty thousand dollars, he says.
AT OLD TRICK
WILL DRUMMOND CAUGHT AND
LODGED IN JAIL AGAIN FOR
STEALING.
Will Drummond, the man that stole
an umbrella from is. a. leiqcii, was m
bis old pranks yesterday afternoon. He
filched a pair otyshoes from Randall
and Company. C. F. Randall chased
the culprit and succeeded in having
him landed In jail. This morning Randall
tried tqget-a warrant for Drummond's
arrest,, but.for tome reason he
did not get It, The city 'authorities
thought that it was a case where the
county should act. Policemen say that
they are getting tired of running down
men and when they have them tlie
county refuses to act In tlie matter..
Mavtln Thompson Is in the city jail.
He stole a pair .of boots from C. B.
' Highland yesterday afternoon.
I Mrs. A. B. South
Died Yesterday
I WASHINGTON. Pa., Dec. 21.?Mrs.
Amannda Biddle South, widow of Essiway
South, died yesterday at Amity,
I aged KG years. These children are living:
Mrs. Estella Ldntz, Blacksvllle.
W. Va.; Dr. Genevieve South ParkersI
>"?" 11' Vo A liiltovoflo Srmtlt
U.tlfti, ..........v.... ww..
Blnclisville, and Sylvanus E. and Dr.
Robert B. South, of Washington county
Miss Adallne Johnson, a teacher in
tho public schools, will leave this afternoon
for her home in Mannlngton.
She trill go to Columbus, Ohio, on
Monday to spent! Christmas with Miss
Ida Kittle, of this city.
Christmas Treat for School Children.
The annual Christmas tree and
treat which is given to the Fleming
school children by Miss Elizabeth
Watson Is being held this afternoon..
A large tree laden with bags of candy,
oranges and nuts is the most attractive
feature of the entertainment
and a pretty gift will be presented to
each child. The school children loole
forward to this treat from year to year.
8pee!sl prices on witches at W. A.
Fisher's.
Fashionable bracelets at A. B. Scott
& Co. '
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THE WEATHER.
I
| Colder To-morrow.
I
| WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 21.
| ?Forecast for West Virginia?
| Snow to-night; Saturday, snow j
| flurries and colder.
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4? MOB OF SIXTY LYNCHEp a' N
4. ANNAPOLIS AT T
__
.J. ANNAPOLIS, Mil., .Dec. 21.?Hen
oreil, vruo commium a reiomous ?=
-J. vllle, last Friday, and who had con
4* jail here about 3 o'clock this mornln
and lynched. He was strung up tc
J. bullets. The mob met with but lit
4? the jail and. the police permitted: t
+ Mm* p**J? ot *
EDUCATIONAL
COAL DEAL
LAST OF THE COKING COAL ACREAGE
IN THE "OLD CONNELLS
VILLE DISTRICT" BOUGHT BY
THE SOUTH FAYETTE COKE
COMPANY AT UNIONTOWN,
PITTSBURG, Dec. 21.?The last of
the coking coal acreage in the "old
Connellsvllle district" was sold yesterday
to the South Fayette Coke Co.
of Fayette county, and a plant of 50
ovens will be constructed at once at a
cost of about $160,000. The new ovens
It Is promised will be the best ever
erected In the Connellsvllle district.
The plot purchased by the company
embraces 17% acres and the coal vein
lr many places crops out to the surface.
It adjoins the property purchased by
the company some time ago, bat the
tract being too small to successfully
operate n plant the officers of the company
decided to wait until It secured
litis new acreage. If the weather continues
moderate the company expects
to hnve the new plant in operation bynext
spring.
The sale was made yesterday by
Wade H. Echard, of Uniontown, after
the plot had been surveyed and the
ccal veins tested by the engineers of
the South Fayette Coke Company. It
was found that the entire acreage was
r!ch In tlie best kind of coking coal
autl the deal was quickly consummated.
Two lines of railroad connect
near the site of the proposed plants
It Is said that }?,OPO an "acre whs '
paid for the acreage involved. Tho :
South Fayette Coke Company, of
which J. W. Abraham Is president,
operates a number of plants in the i
ConnellsvIIle coke regions, among :
them being the Fretts and the Emery
plants.
A meeting of the stockholders and
officers of- the Plekands-SIagee Coke ,
Company was held yesterday afternoon
In the offices of the company In
the Frlek building annex. Rcpresen- tatives
of the company from Chicago
anil Fayette county were present.
None of them would give any information
as to the meeting, but It was .
. '--1 1 f/SH tho I
learned mat 11 uuu uee.* umcu u.v
purpose of dlscusslug the increase ;oh
capital stock awl coal acreage In tjle
section of the country in which It Is
notv operating.
THINK THEY
HAVE CLEWS
COUNTY DETECTIVES ASK FOR
ARRESTS OF MEN IN ST.
LOUIS.
PITTSBURG. Dec. 21.?At the request
of the Allegheny county detectives
the St. Louis police are seeking
George Mack anil a companion known i
only as "Tom," said to be wanted In
PiMshurtr for murder. SnurreJ on by
an offer of $1,000 reward for the capture
of the two men, the St. Louis police
are scouring every Incoming
freight and passenger train. The rail- i
road yards In East 3t. Louis are being
covered by a special force of men under
Detectives Schenk and Brennnn
of St. Louis.
It Is understood the county detectives
will try to connect suspects with
the McMillan murder case. They
have been working hard on the case
lately and are said to believe they
have excellent clews to the whereabouts
of the right mem
The city police are working on different
clews.
First Exercises In New Auditorium.
The High school had its first exorcises
In the new auditorium this moraine.
An interesting programme was
carried out. School closed for the holiday
vacation and most of the teachers
have gone to their homes.
Largest stock of watches In the city
at Fisher's.
Beckman's furs are not surpassed In
quality or prices. x
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EGRO AT *
HREE O'CLOCK THI9 MORNING. .j.
. ' .J.
ry Davis, alias Henry Chambers, col- tj.
isault on Mrs. John Reld, of Browns- >5<
ifessed Iiia crime, was taken from
g by a mob of sixty masked men >j>
> a tree and the body riddled with ].
.tie resistance from the officials at
Jhe^ob to have Its own way. }
. DIRECTORY T
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Laid to Rest by i
Loving Hands
R6MAIN8 OP "UNCLE JOHN" MASON
WERE BURIED IN THE
MA80N CEMETERY
TO-DAY.
Mr. 'John Mason, who died on
Wednesday. Decern her 19/i. at his T
home at Orangevllle. Morion county. '
had reached the advanced age of 85
years. His death was due to diseases
Incident to old age. His wife, who
was formerly Miss Mary Jane Richardson,
survives htm with seven chlldren,
namely. A. M. Mason, of Orange- a[
vtllp, R. E. Mason, of Fairmont, Mrs. m
Mary Robin soft, wife of Dudley Robinson,
of Qrnngevtlle, Mrs. S. W. Cun- f(l
nlngham. of Peoria, this State. Mrs. w
Malissa Cunningham, widow of Gideon a
Cunningham, who resided at homo, .)(
Mrs. Armntha Minor, wife of J. W. C(
Minor, of Wyntt. and Mrs. Elzlna Cun- g,
nlngham, wife of J. M. Cunningham, of n|
Fairmont. A daughter. Mrs. Amanda 0|
Boggess, died In 1892 In fireensvllle,
S. C. Mr. Mason, better known as
"Uncle John." was a consistent member
of the United Brethom church and j,(
was greatly beloved by both young '
and old. Hla death has fallen heavily N
on his family and many friends. His N
last message to bis children was, "Do
nnt ffrtflva ten me T Vm nil rijrbt." All I
during Ills Illness he was' extremely N
patient and never complained of his
sufferiA'-The: family wishes to tlianlc N
his oiifSe, Mr. John Moore, for faithful
attaffiiance and Uie many friends N
who mfltlfed them in every possible
manuiji^ The funeral services took T
place this morning at 11 o'clock at
the White Oalt Chapel, and were con- T
ducted by Rev. Stewart and Rev. H. R.
Hess, the latter of Fairmont. The Interment
was made In the Mason cemetery.
The funeral services were largely
attended by friends nnd relatives
of the deceased-.- ? T
M'CABEJUNERAL I
SIMPLICITY MARKED OBSEQUIES
OVER DECEASED BISHOP OF N'
METHODIST 6HURCH.
NEW YORK. Dec. 21,-Simpliclty 1
marked the services at the funeral of A
the late Bishop C. C. McCabe, In St. ''
Paul's Methodist church last night.
The casket, covered with black cloth, ^
with an.American flag spread across
(hp-too was borne Into the church anil ^
was met by the pallbearers and the
officiating clergy.
Bishop Andrews paid affectionate
tribute to the dead bishop. The Rev.
Dr. Buckley added his tribute of
praise. At the close of the service
the body, lay in state until early this c
morning, when it was taken to Philadelphia.
There it lay in state in the
old Arch street Methodist church un- ^
til noon, when It was put on a train j.
for Chicago and accompanied by members
of the family. T
A funeral service will be bel.l in A
the First Methodist church,lEvanston,
probably on Saturday afternoon. A
Diamnods at any price at A. B. Scott
I Co.
Shafer's Studio it independent of .
weather conditions. First class work
guaranteed. 200-12t B
FALL TERM A1
CAME TO AC
... '
Teachers Leave
c
For Vacation "
c
The work for the fall torm at the g
Normal school closed today. The c
teachers and students after & term of
very satisfactory work have closed p
the school for the holiday vacation, p
The attendance for the fall term was
larger than It lias been for several \
past years. The work closed with the
term examinations. It
Principal Fleming has established
an Innovation in the school. Any stu- h
dent not missing classes more than C
Ave times and having a class standing
of 90 per cent.'in any branches will
not be required to take an eStamina- 11
lion in those subjects.
Miss Maynle Ware will spend her *
vacation with her parents In Huntington.
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CONCERNING TRE i
: *~? >' .^|
CHARLESTON, Dec.
ndent Thomas C. Mlller'B edacaUott^^H
mtains a list of the faculties of all |
late educational Institutions, the n
lines of all teachers in graded schools J
?ar ending June 30, 1906. will be craB
toted from the
p o ^
mcnts of teachers' fund;>1.964,8Sl,>9|j|
educational Icstltu
BCIIOOI iiiupuuj ?
vernge monthly salary
for teachers In ail
limber of youths of ' ,|i'--vaW|B
eebool age .(emimer- j
ated) 342,064--H
irollraent in schools. .
verage attendance 173,7ljflH
?r cent, of attendance
based on enrollment...
Pocket books and card caeea at A. 8
' NORMAL
IPSE TP-PHI
omo In Senneca Fulla In New York. ^j^Hj
IhrlKinias at her home! in UanoimH
111
Impel that he waa contemplating on ]
oing- to Florida. He haa not fully'dfeS
Miss Ora McCuskey, teacher In the, SB
Ion at Cameron and Wellabnrg. ;\|!
Miss Blanche Dornan will go toSaMB
MUb Stella. Hntata wlM
Twenty-tour Ptiotoi for 25 eenti at
ave your amllai recorded at 312