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The Pioneer Press. ESTABLISHED 1882. African Poet Is A Genius I have recently received from Monrovia, Liberia, through the courtesy and kindness of Mr. A. Milton Diggs, of Liberia College, two small volumes of poems written by Edwin Barclay, one entitled, "Gradus AD Parnassum." the other "Leaves from Love's Garden." Of their literary merit and value I think there will be but one opinion, viz., that they are of an exceptionally high order of excellence and show their author to be a man of rare literary talents. Here is one entitled "The Race-Soul." It carries a deep meaning and will I am sure appeal to all Negroes who are of the race racy. Say, what O what of the great race soul, The soul of the black and free,— The soul that throbs 'midst the deepest gloom With a true immortality? Yes the world rolls on, and the ages pass And life with its thunderous tread Keeps pace with the rhythm of the soul's deep song As we steadily forge ahead! While it throbs and throbs and the dom- inant hand Strikes the chords of affections pure, There's never the ghost of a pase desire. Or materialistic woe! Grasp the wrath of your noon-night dream! The black man treads in a surer field Where no traitorous beauties gleam And he measures arms—but not with men Of a "base and low design" Who ever rejoice in the clink of gold And the sparkle of ruddy wine. Yes he measures arms, ay, but not with those Who murder the weak and small; But he mounts the heights of a pure delight When he pities the woes of all! O the fulsome ring of the battle shout, Wakes no echoes in his breast; For the black man hates the turbulent field— The brood field of a great unrest Give place, O man of the ashen face, How low to immutable laws. For the Earth belongs to the soul that works. The will of the Great First Cause. I think there will be little difficuity in interpreting the poet's meaning. The "man of the ashen face" will certainly grasp it quickly. I give a stanza from "A Song of Faith" showing the deep religious fervor of this poet. O God, our help through all the past. Our shelter from the world's fierce blast. To thee in supplication, now, Thy lowly children bow: If thou refuse thy gracious ear, Ah, whither shall we go? Ah whither shall our burdens bear From out this world of woe? Deepest woe? Hear Q hear. Hear him sing of Liberty. "THE LONE STAR." When Freedom raised her glowing form On Montserrado's verdant height, She set within the dome of night, 'Midst lowering skies and thunder storm The Star of Liberty! And seizing from the waking morn, Its burnished shield of golden flame. She lifted it in her proud name, And roused a nation long forlorn To nobier destiny. This is fine I think. DAWN. Far in the East the Sun whose lambent flames Peep through the purple gauze which hides away Things unseen from those already past Upright his brow: The while fair, impus Department of Archives, Cha RE. SHALL THE PRESS, THE PEOPLE MARTINSBURG, W. of light Roll up the filmy sheet twixt Night and Day And drowsy Nature dons her dew decked crown Awakening all to life and work and Love. THE DEATH OF FAITH. Toll, toll, toll Ye solemn bells of night! Let your wild requiem roll Far o'er the earth with might. Toll, toll, toll, Toll for the death of truth and right! Toll for the birth of errors night Toll ye the rampant joy of sin! Toll, for the good that might have been. Toll, toll, toll Toll ye from brazen throats your ire, Let the wild clang our rising higher. Shriek loudly out life's wild despair; For Faith and Hope lay dying where Irreverent lusts control the soul. John E Bruce-Grit. Youkers, New York. NOTICE TO PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS: Notice to Public Service Corporations: The Board of Public Works of the State of West Virginia will be in session in the Governor's rooms, in the State Capitol, at Charleston, on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, May 1, 2 and 3, 1911, for the purpose of hearing all who desire to be heard concerning assessments of steam and street railroads, toll bridges, car lines, pipe lines, telegraph and telephone lines and express companies, doing business in the State of West Virginia, or located therein. On Monday, May 1, the Board will receive representatives of express companies, and steam railroads; Tuesday, May 2, street railroads, toll bridges and car liner; Wednesday, May 3, pipe lines, telephone and telegraph lines. The sessions will begin at 10 o'clock in the forenoon of each day. Written statements or briefs filed with the Secretary before May 5, 1911, will be considered by the Board. Persons who appear and make oral statements may also file documents or briefs relative to matters proper to be considered by the Board of Public Works in making the assessments, for the year 1911, provided to be made by Chapter 29 of the Code of West Virginia. Persons desiring to be heard will please notify the Secretary as soon as possible, stating on which of the days above named they can be present, in order that arrangements may be made to accommodate the representatives of the different interests as expeditiously as possible. Secretary Board of Public Works. BOY SCOUT BOOKS This Boy Scout movement is creating considerable interest throughout the country; hardly a newspaper or magazine escapes some mention of it; it is yet in its infancy and literature on the subject is in great demand. Hurst & Co., the well known publishers of popular priced books, have issued the first volume of their "Boy Scout Series," by Lieut. Howard Payson, entitled; "THE BOY SCOUTS OF THE EAGLE PATROL." Whether you are a Boy Scout or not, you will want this thrilling volume; every wide-awake, healthy boy should own a copy. Price, including postage, 50 cents. From your bookseller, or mail orders to HURST & CO., 395 Broadway, New York. Anecdotal Literature Anecdotal Literature NOT AT HOME. The late Mr. Wilberforce, Esq., often instructed his servant, when he did not want to be annoyed by a visitor, to use the usual conventional "Not at home." A tedious visitor had, nevertheless, been suffered by the servant to intrude upon his busiest hours. He indignantly demanded why the intruder was left in, "Why did you not say I was not at home?" "I did Sir," said the servant, "but he looked so hard at me, as much as to say, 'I know that you are telling me a lie,' so that I was a hamed, and let him in." STRONG BEER Inspector Dow of Crippen notoriety told a Buffalo reporter that he was most impressed in America by the grandeur of Niagara Falls and the sobriety of the American people. To which the Scotland yard detective replied: "We have no such sobriety across the water. Our slums of a Saturday night are horrible. It's the beer you see. British beer is almost as strong as American whiskey, as the following story proves: Two British beer drinkers were seated together in a saloon. One said to the other: "I've been very sick George. For two days little snakes and frogs and lizards were crawling all over me." "Been sick!" said George; "why, man, you're sick still. Pink swarms of them are crawling all over you now." COMPENSATION. Sam.—"Wot is this 'ere compensation, Bill?" Bill.—Well, it's like this. If yer blind, ye hear the better." Sam—Oh, I see. For instance, if a feller's born with one leg shorter'n the other, then the other leg is longer." \* \* NO 'IUNES. Proud Mother—"Sit down to the piano, Maria, and play some of the tunes you heard at the concert, yesterday." Maria—Ma, there weren't any tunes. That was all classical music." Bad habits are as infectious as the plague. The idle make those idle with whom they associate. The vicious libertine debauches or corrupts the innocent till he too corrupts. The quarrelsome creates broils wherever they intrude. Gamesters make gamesterr; and thieves make thieves. There is a tendency in nature to cause everything where it is possible to produce its like. An eminent French artist put on the door of his study— "Those that are idle are always troublesome to those that are occupied." CHIPS. We would cling to the joys of youth, but they are gone beyond recall. We would hold fast to the pleas- ures of life that once were ours, but they drain away as through a sieve. The heart growe weary when we have to say "Good By," to youth. When a person is under a cloud if ever so innocent, false friends grow falser, and the once friends become cold. Every broken illusion leaves in its place a painful wound. When you are poor you are traumpled upon like a worm, while others trample upon venal carpets. The largest and most valuable nugget was found in Australia, weighing 184 pounds 8 oz. Troy, and worth $41,000. AVERTS AWFUL TRAGEDY. Timely advice given Mrs. C. Willoughby, of Marengo, Wis. (R. No. 1) prevented a dreadful tragedy and saved two lives. Doctors had said her frightful cough was a "consumption cough and do little to help her." After many remedies failed her aunt urged her to take King's New Disease, "I have been using it for some time," she wrote "and the awful cough has almost gone. It also caved my little boy when taken with a severe bronchial trouble." This matchless medicine has no equal for throat and lung troubles. Price 50c and $1 00. Trial bottle free. Guaranteed by all christians. JACOB A RIIS SOUNDS IMPORT TANT WARNING. The problem of the children is the problem of the State. As we mould the children of the toiling masses in our cities, so we shape the destiny of the State which they will rule in their turn, taking the reins from our hands. In proportion as we neglect or pass them by, the blame for bad government to come rests upon us. From The Children of the Poor, by Jacob A. Riis. THE ETIQUETTE OF TIPS John Henry William Rebm, of Chicago, who, with Henry Hanginsen, another Chicago waiter, will pass the summer in Europe, traveling on the proceeds of tips paid him, gave the following precepts on tipping today. He plans to follow them in giving his own money away. When dining alone, 10 cents. When dining with a woman, 25 cents. When entertaining a party, 50 cents or more. When in doubt, 10 per cent of bill. Deduct accordingly when the waiter refuses to emile. Never offer a tip until after service is over. Be liberal, but don't overdo it. Rebm will take his wife and two daughters on the trip. They will sail on the Lusatania in the best quarters available, and for three months will "do" Europe in style. "A waiter should receive $50 a week' in tip," said Rebm, in telling of his experience as a Chicago waiter. "Sometimes when politics is on a waiter can get as much as $10 a day, but other times it runs nearer $5. But it isn't so much getting the tips as saving them that counts." Rehm did not disclose the amount of his savings, but he admitted he had three cottages in Michigan, another cottage in Edgewater, besides the one in which he lives, and some city bonds.—New York Times. Fatigue Causes Varied Ailments Fatigue Causes Varied Ailments Fatigue is a strong factor in causing disease and accidents, declared Dr. Frederick S. Lee, in a lecture at the Teachers College last night. The prevalence of nervous ailments among skilled workers is due, he asserted, to excessive fatigue. He added: "There is no known antidote for fatigue except rest. When the muscles are subjected to excessive strain fatigue is felt on the brain, and excessive brain work results in muscular fatigue." Dr. Lee said that in the University of Pennsylvania a year ago, rabbits were inoculated with disease germs. All the rabbits which had been fatigued died. All the others lived. "Fatigue diminishes the strength of the agencies in the body, by which it defends itself against disease," said Dr. Leo, who said that the factors which cause fatigue and consequently are responsible in a measure for the nervous diseases and accidents among workingmen are closeness of attention, speed, and monotony. Piece work, he added; is one of the bane of modern industrial conditions, because it excessively fatigues the worker by urging him to work at too great a speed. A tired worker is more likely to have an accident, he said, because his attention is distracted. In France it has been found that most accidents occur in the periods of greatest fatigue, near noon and late in the afternoon. Dr. Lee urged that workingmen be protected from fatigue. The object should be not the quantity of work but quality.—New York Times No. Never. Its foolish to fear a fancied evil, when there are real and deadly perils to guard agents in swamps and marshes, bayous, and lowlands. These are the malaria germs that cause ague, chills and fever, weakness, aches in the bones and muscles and may induce deadly typhoid. But Electric Bitters destroys and casts out these vicious germs from the blood. "Three bottles drove all the malaria from my system," wrote Wm. Fretwell, of Lucams, N.C. "and I've had fine health ever since." Use this safe, sure remedy only. 50c at all druggists. The best place to get your watch clock or jewelry repaired in this town is at Mr. J. W. Bratt's. His prices are very reasonable, and his workmanship the best. ONIONS AND OLIVE OIL AS PREVENTIVES OF DISEASE. Dr. Frederick A. Kraft, the Socialist healer commissioner, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, believes that he has discovered that the use of onions and olive oil is a prevention of scarlet fever and diphtheria. The department will start in an effort to prove whether this is true or not. It is a fact that districts where onions are largely used have been free from these dis ases in the past year, more so than higher class portions of the city. AN INDEPENDENT WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE MORAL, RELIGIOUS AND FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF HUMAN X. Rates of Subscription: 1 year.....$1,50; 6 months.....75c. 5 months.....40c. Pay for all advertisements is dues in advance unless advertising is run by yearly contract, in which case the ad- vertiser pays every three months. Advertising 1 inch one time 75c. Standing.....50c. Reduced Rates to Culbs. Send for Sample Copies. J. R. Clifford, Editor & Proprietor Drawer: 869, and Bell Phone, 60K Martisburg, W. Va. SATURDAY, APRIL 29 1910 Poor old Ben Tillman is rapidly going crazy—would to God that every true Christian of the race could unite in prayer for the restoration of his faculties and for all that vast army of our race be caused to be murdered, scarred, and outraged by his hellish counsel, and that is sure to surround his dying, in order that he might confess to the world the death of a human devil. The Martinsburg Board of Trade held its annual banquet on Thursday night. It was quite an enjoyable affair, and all those present enjoyed themselves. Prominent among the out of town speakers were Senator Chilton and Congressman Brown. Both are fine speakers and the occasion was heightened by their presence. Former Senator Charles James Faulkner has resigned as president of the Young Men's Christian Association. He gives as his reason for so doing the fact that his large law practice in Washington and elsewhere occupies almost all his time, therefore rendering further retention of the position impracticable. The Senator, being such a thorough man, has made an excellent president, and the place made vacant by him will be hard to fill. --- Some time ago John E. Bruce, the well known newspaper correspondent, had something creditable to say in our columns about Mr. Edwin Barclay, who is reputed to be the most distinguished poet in Africa. This week Mr. Bruce favors us with some of his poetry, and it will be found in another part of the current issue. To us it appears to have the sound of real poetry, and we think will repay anyone who takes the time to give it a careful and critical perusal. William Jennings Bryan traveled the world over and gathered some ideal eggs, came home and hatched them, and to be sure of their growth, fed the chicks only on the yolk of sound argumentative eggs. The chicks did well and the demand for them was almost universal, and Mr. Bryan was much talked of for President. Liter on Theodore Roosevelt crossed the ocean blue, and traversed the globe. He too found some eggs and brought them home and set them but only one hatched with big spure, and began to crow in the east, flopped and crowed over the west, till the thing grew desperate, and flying back to the state of New York and by winning a Sherman skirmish, it decided that on the 6th of November 1910, it would be called the world over the greatest and gossest cock on earth, but on that day it died—poor Teddy—Long live Bryan. Attorney Thomas L Higgins, Clarkburg's well known and brainy colored lawyer, proposes to establish a colored newspaper in that city. We understand that the first issue of the new publication will make its initial bow to the public about the first week in May. The Pioneer Press wishes Mr. Higgins and his associates in the new venture a success, and hopes it will prove a blessing to the community which it is going to serve. earlier Stripling, the convicted murderer who was carried back to Georgia after having escaped from jail and served as Chief of Police of Danville, Virginia, for several terms, has been refused a pardon by Governor Brown. In taking this action Georgia's Chief Executive has shown true respect for the law and has endorsed himself to the good thinking people everywhere. Of course it is rather hard for a man to have to spend the balance of his natural life in prison, but Stripling has earned the punishment which has been meted out to him, and there is nothing for him to do but undergo it. When a man futherlessly murders three of his fellows, two white and one colored, he may expect to reap what he sows, "because your sins will surely find you out," no matter how much you try to hide them. In refusing Stripling's application for a pardon, Governor Brown went counter to the wishes of many of his constituents, and unmoved by the maudlin sympathy given him, the governor did his duty. Gentleman-desperadoes of the Stripling sort are too numerous in this country anyway, and the sooner there is a falling off in their number, the better for everybody. Since the resignation of Mr. Frank S Emmert from the Board of Affairs of the City of Martinsburg, we have heard the names of several gentlemen mentioned in connection with the vacancy occasioned. Without any disparagement to the others mentioned, the name of Mr. Robert L. Snodgrass sourds especially good to us. As everyone in Martinsburg knows, he is the well known drug-gist of the Northern section of this town, and on account of his keen foresight, fine business ability and general excellence of character we know of no better man to fill the vacancy on the Board of Affairs than Mr. Snodgrass. We don't know that Mr. Snodgrass could be persuaded to accept a place on the Board of Affairs, because he has so much private business to claim his attention, but if he is, Mayor Caskey would do the town and himself credit by appointing him. The incident in which a Miss Beers figured at the U. S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, shows to what an alarming extent the American people are traveling in their efforts to follow the lead of Europeans in snobbishness. The idea of an American girl, being snubbed at an American institution, supported by the general populace, simply because she has to earn her living. Why, there was a time, when such a thing would have been unheard of in this country, but times have changed and people with them, and that is why we are permitted to witness a Naval Academy Commandant informing a midshipman that a young lady is not the fit person to escort to a "hop" because she works. In view of the various circumstances connected with this unfortunate affair, and the consequent embarrassment to all parties concerned, it is fitting that the Secretary of the Navy has ordered that Miss Beers be extended an apology, and that the incident close. At the same time it will be a fine thing if the Naval Academy is forever free hereafter from any such ridiculous spectacle as the one of which we treat above. The Executive Committee of the National Independent Political League, of which Bishop A. Walters was President and J. Milton Waldron, D. D., is National Organizer. held a two days session in Washington, the Nation's Capital, Monday and Tuesday last. Matters of vital importance were discussed and sound conclusions reached. It has strictly fallen in line with the doctrine of John Boyle O'Reilly—use political parties as a club to beat the brains out of prejudice. With this league, there can be no compromise. Both parties felt our force in the last election,—one in going down, the other in going up. Men we are, and the party that offers us the more, and treats us the best may stay up. From which shall we have it? R. or D? Massachusetts has passed a law and governor Foss has signed it, and every other state in this union should fall in line and do the same. No difference how just and right man's causes may be, and no difference how glaringly their rights in our courts from the lowest to the highest are played with, should they or their attorneys speak as men in a free government have a right, any court can, to cover its infringement and cow the parties, send the citizen to jail for "contempt of court." Thank God the law that Massachusetts has just passed takes it out of the hands of the Courts, and hereafter no difference what goes on in a court room between attorneys and judges, or citizens and judges, a judge is powerless to send him to jail unless he be tried by a jury and found guilty, and then he has the right of appeal, from the lowest to the highest court. United States of America Executive Department. A PROCLAMATION. I, William E. Glasecock, Governor of the State of West Virginia, by virtue of the authority conferred upon me by section seven of article seven of the Constitution of said State, do hereby convoke the Legislature in extraordinary session, to meet in its chambers, in the Capitol, in the City of Charleston, in said State, at noon, on Tuesday, the sixteenth day of May, A. D. 1911, to act and enter upon the following named business: First. To pass an act for the holding of primary elections for the nomination by political parties of candidates for public office, including the office of United States Senator; and in connection therewith, to provide for the selection of political party committees and the holding of political party conventions. Second. To amend and re-enact chapter 22 of the Acts of the Extraordinary Session of 1908, commonly known as the "Corrupt Practice Act," or to pass other act or acts having the general purpose and object of that act; that is, to prohibit bribery and all other corrupt acts and practices in or about any election, general, special, or primary, or about any canous, convention or meeting for the nomination or selection of candidates for public office, including candidates for the office of United States Senator, or of members of a committee of any political party; to prohibit the undue, lavish, or corrupt use of money in or about any such election, or in or about the choosing of candidates for public office, including the office of United States Senator, or the members of political party committees. Third. To pass an act or acts appropriating money to pay the compensation and mileage of the members, and the compensation of the officers, clerks and other attaches of the Legislature, and the other expenses of the Legislature for this extraordinary session. Given under my hand and the Great Seal of the State, at the Capitol, in the City of Charleston, this eighteenth day of April, A. D. 1911, and in the forty-eighth year of the State. Wm. E Glasscock. By the Governor: Stuart F. Reed. Secretary of State. TELEPHONES O. K. ON B, & O. The report from Clarksburg, W. Va., stating that the telephone service installed some months ago by the Baltimore and Ohio railroad in connection with train, dispatching, having proven unsatisfactory had been discontinued, was brought to the attention of Charles Salden, superintendent of telegraph, who denied positively that such a course had been decided upon. This report evidently grew out of a change recently made in the method of dispatching over a portion of the Monongah Division of our line in the mining district of West Virginia. Some time ago, the Baltimore and Ohio installed the telephone system of dispatching on a section of its line between Salem and Parkersburg, W. Va., when it was deemed advisable, owing to the volume of traffic, to divide the division between Grafton and Parkersburg into two dispatching district's. Traffic on this section of the line has fallen off, however, to the extent that the dispatching is again being handled at Grafton for the entire division, and the telephone service between Salem and Parkersburg has been temporarily suspended, its further extension over this territory. The Baltimore and Ohio recently installed a telephone system of train dispatching covering an entire dispatching district on the Monongah Division where numerous trains are handled, and the system has proven so much more satisfactory than the telegraph as to assure its extension to other sections of the road, in fact I believe the telephone is certain to be adopted in general railroad operation." WILLIAM SPEARS' BICYCLE REPAIR SHOP. Repairing wheels of all kinds putting in new crank hangers, &c. &c., is my specialty. Don't bother with old hangers, come to Spears and get them at reasonable prices, also tires and other sundries. Second hand bicycles bought and sold. I now have on hand 10 second hand bicycles, good as new. In addition to bicycle repairing, I do repairing of all kinds, and am the only man in town who repairs Racycles. Over $12,000 in Prizes in the NEW-YORK TRIBUNE'S Great Proverb Contest JUST STARTING You may enter contest at any time during next two months. If not a reader of The Tribune order it from your local dealer. By mail two months $1.40. ADDRESS: New-York Tribune NEW YORK CITY. ATTORNEY AT LAW MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA Practices in all the Courts of Va. Va., the Supreme Court of Appeal and the United States Courts. Corrected to November 27th, 1910. Trains leave Martinsburg as follows. WEST BOUND No 55 Daily at 11.18 a m for Pittsburg: Cincinnati, Louisville and St. Louis. Connects for Romney except Sunday and at Grafton for Wheeling daily. No 55 Daily at 11.18 a m for Grafton, Pittsburg and Chicago. No 5 Daily, at 3.27 p m for Grafton, Pittsburg and Chicago. No, 7 Daily 7.37 p m for Wheeling, Columbus and Chicago. No, 1 Daily at 6.16 p m for Cincinnati, Louisville and St. Louis. No 2 Daily at 2.10 a m for Cincinnati Louisville and St Louis. For Cumberland and way Stations, No. 39.5.44 p. m. No.9 Daily at 11.28 p.m; for Pittsburg No.15 Daily except Sunday at 6.30 a.m or Cumberland and intermediate stations. Connects for Berkeley Springs. EAST BOUND. No 10 Daily except Sunday at 12.15 p.m for Frederick, Baltimore and all inter- mediate stations via old line. No 18 Daily except Sunday at 6.30 p.m for Washington and Baltimore and all intermediate stations, Connects for Frederick. C. W. BASSETT, Gen. Pass Agent. Martinsburg, W. Va HOWARD UNIVERSITY WASHINGTON, D.C. Located in Capitol of the Nation. Campus of over twenty acres. Advantages unsurpassed. Modern scientific and general equipment. New Carnegie Library. New Science Hall. Faculty of over one hundred. 1252 students from 35 states and 11 other countries. Unusual opportunities for self-support. No young man or woman of energy or capacity need be deprived of its advantages. THE COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES. Devoted to liberal studies. Courses in English, Mathematics, Latin, Greek, French, German, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, History, Philosophy, and the Social Sciences, such as are given in the best approved colleges. 16 professors, Kelly Maitner, A. M., Dean. THE TEACHERS' COLLEGE. Special opportunities for teachers. Regular college courses in Psychology. Pedagogy, Education, &c., with degree of A. B.; Pedagogical courses leading to Ph. B. degree. High-grade courses in Normal Training, Music, Manual Arts, and Domestic Sciences. Graduates helped to positions. Lewis B. Moore A. M., Pn. D., Dean. THE ACADEMY. Faculty of 13. Three courses of four years each. High grade preparatory school. George J. Cummings, A. M. Dean. THE COMMERCIAL COLLEGE. Courses in Bookkeeping, Stenography Commercial Law, History, Civics, &c. Business and English high school education combined. George W. Cook, A. M. Deau. SCHOOL OF MANUAL ARTS AND APPLIED SCIENCES. Furmshes thorough courses. Six instructors. Offers two-year limited courses in Mechanical and Civil Engineering. Professional Schools THE SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY. Interdenominational. Five professors. Broad and thorough courses. Advantages of connection with a great University. Students' Aid. Low expenses, Isaac Clark, D.D., Dean. THE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE. Medical, Dental and Pharmaceutical Colleges. Forty-nine professors. Modern laboratories and equipment. Connected with new Freedmen's Hospital, costing half million dollars. Clinical facilities not surpassed in America. Post-graduate School and Polyclinic. Edward. A. Bailoch, M. D., Dean, 5th and W. Strees N. W. W. C. McNeill, M. D. Secretary, 901 R St., N. W. Faculty of eight. Courses of three years, giving a thorough knowledge of theory and practice of law. Occupies own building opposite the court house. Benjamin F. Leighton, LL.B., Dean, 420 8th street N. W. Catalogue and special information catalogue and special information address Dean of Department Entered in Post Office at Martinsburg V. Va., as Second Class Matter Mrs. William Spears, who has been quite sick, is not much better, and her condition is causing her friends much alarm. Wanted—Honest Virginia girls (colored). for good homes. Address Mrs. C. Murphy, 1718 Union Ave Altoona, Pa. Miss Lillian Carter is able to be around after having been confined to her home for a long time, which fact is highly pleasing to her numerous friends. Rev. H. B. Harmon, who died recently in Winchester, was a widely known Free Baptist minister, and has hosts of friends throughout the Shenandoah Valley who bemoan his taking off. GIVES AID TO STRIKERS. Sometimes liver, kidneys and bowels seem to go on a strike and refuse to work right. Then you need those pleasant little strike breakers —Dr. King's New Life Pills—to give them natural aid and gently compel proper action. Excellent health soon follows. Try them. 25c at all druggists. Mrs. Caroline Burrell, and her daughter Miss Jessie, spent two or three days with the editor and family last week, having stopped over en route from Berryville, Va., to Atlantic City, N.J. Mrs. C. M. Lusitall has opened up a ladies' hair dressing parlor at 614 West Burke Street. She would like for all who need anything in her line, to give her a call, inspect her goods and learn her prices before going elsewhere. IT'S EQUAL DON'T EXIST. No one has ever made a salve,ointment or balm to compare with Bucklen's Arnica Salve. It's the one perfect healer of Cuts, Corns, Burns, Bruises, Sores, Scal'd's, Boils, Ucers, Eczema, Salt Rheum. For sore eyes, Chapped Hands or Sprains its supreme. Unrivaled for Piles. Try it. Only 25c at all druggists. The congregation and friends of the Ebenezer Baptist Church are making extensive preparations to entertain the preachers and delegates who attend the Baptist Union, which meets at Ebenezer Church today and tomorrow. BRING YOUR FURNITURE To me, or let me know and I will call for it, and it will be promptly repaired. Charges are as low as good workmanship will permit. I also repair bicycles, clocks, graphophones, umbrellas &c. I respectfully solicit a share of the public patronage. Leonard D. Lemen A Good home for a good girl to do general housework. If she chooses to do the washing she will be paid $4 per week; if not, $3. The kind and fine people wanting such a girl as mentioned above, live in Clarkesburg, and if the girl desired wishes to go the editor of this paper will, if she has not the necessary car fare, advance it. Rev. C. MacRae Louistall, a native of British Goians, and a man of pleasing presence is spending some time in this city. In addition to ministerial work, Mr. Louistall seems earnestly interested in humanity in general, and the Negro in particular, and through his methods of procedure, results are bound to be attained. In order to get better acquainted with this gentleman, who impresses us favorably, Martinsburgers have a cordial invitation to hear him speak at Dudley Free Baptist Church on tomorrow (Sunday) morning. THE REV. IRL R. HICKS 1911 ALMANAC. The Rev. Irl R. Hicks Almanac for 1911, that guardian Angel in a hundred thousand homes, is now ready. Not many are now willing to be without it and the Rev. Irl R. Hicks Magazine, WORD AND WORKS. The two are only ONE DOLLAR a year. The Almanac is 35c postpaid. No home or office should fail to send for them, to WORD AND WORKS PUBLISHING CO. 2201 Locust St., Saint Louis, Mo. BIOGRAPHY ON EMINENT NEGRO MEN AND WOMEN OF EUROPE AND THE UNITED STATES. Adapted to the use of Students of race history, and of Negro youth. A valuable and handy reference book with questions and answers. Is printed on heavy paper in good, large clear type. And compactly bound in boards. A copy of this book should be in every Negro home. 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