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"HERE SHALL THE PRESS, THE PEOPLE'S RIGHTS MAINTAIN, UNAWED BY INFLUENCE AND UNBRIBED BY GAIN." STABLISHED 1882. We print on the front page of this week's issue some resolutions passed by a large and enthusiastic meeting recently held in New York,—a beated protest against the abiding humiliation of the United States, which has been well called the "lynching mania." The resolutions presented were adopted by a unanimous vote. Preceing the resolutions the meeting was addressed by Oswald Garrison Villard, editor of the Evening Post, John Lovejoy Elliott, of the Ethical Culture Society, Mrs. Florence Kelley, Dr. W. E. B. DuBois and John Haynes Holmes. One wearies of presenting the personal protest or listening to the disjointed groups of individuals. No great wrong is ever righted except by co-operative effort, and no great radical wrong against humanity can be explicated by individual discipline or punishment. Our president, governors, legislators, both national and state, have gone mad over economic perplexities, questions of trusts and tariff, of taxes and tolls. This unit of concern is ever increasingly the dollar, whereas, by the verdict of history as well as the logic of philosophy and religion, a human being, his rights and his wrongs, constitute the true concern of the social compact. These horrible lynchings, which, alas, are not confined to any geographic section or to racial lines, indicate how far short of the true functions of government we have fallen. "The brutality of the mob," of which we hear so much, implies always the more humiliating imbecility of officers. The root of this disgrace, as well as the remedy of it, lies in the depravity of the sheriff and his posse, the officers and the representatives of the law above them and around them. And this inefficiency rests more often in a degraded estimate of the office, a coarse theory that sympathizes with rather than condemns the butchery, or a fear of those higher up today and those lower down on election days, rather than in physical cowardice. Every time a victim is burned or hung, a sheriff ought to be deposed and distraught or a governor impeached for malfeasance in office. The question of the rights of the Negro and his status under the law is one of which both the great parties are ignominiously evading. The Republican party has vacated its sacred trust, belied its history, mumbled the inspirations of its prophets and its leaders. The Democratic party has never shrived itself by frank confession of its horrible Antebellum fallacies and Post-bellum disloyalties. The political leaders of both the great parties have tried to busy themselves with questions of property, corporations and physical improvements and justify thereby evasion of the fundamental rights of a human being. In their hands the Declaration of Independence has become a thing to be denied, apologized for, the Emancipation Proclamation a military necessity to be regretted or forgotten, and the poor, tattered, befuddled "Constitution" a shield behind which wrong-doers skulk, an excuse for a lack of moral indignation, an evasion of eternal justice and a stumbling block to righteousness. Mobs argue a depravity not of individuals, but of the state. Lynchings are not accounted for by a few men brutalized by whiskey and infuriated by prejudice, but by a state corrupted with "graft" and perverted by "bosses," stupefied by the opiates offered by "wealth, "prosperity" and partisan power. For this reason we print the New York Regulation and join in the call for state action and national initiative. What is a president for, what are armies for, and the horrible Devil ships of war, if the whole machinery is inadequate to protect a fugitive from the base assaults of a few score of drunken men, no matter how venial the crime or degraded the criminal? Law exists and governments are organized for protection. Lynching parties, whether they be found in South Carolina, Pennsylvania or Illinois, represent not so much the feverish condition during the critical moment at the storm centers as the sub-normal temperature of the state; the vitality of the commonwealth is low; chill, and not fever, is the true diagnosis of such a state. Where these atrocities obtain, the fundamental sanctities of civilization are violated. If there were not other arraignment of the old parties sufficient to prove them defunct, dead to the inspirations of civilization, these unchecked lynchings, unpunished murders would be enough to prove them dead and rotten and to demand prompt burial. New issues there are that need to be beaten out on the public stump and at the ballot box, but the old issues, the eternal landmarks of justice, the inalienable rights of the individual, the sanctities of life abide, and if need be let there be new party arguments along the fundamental demands of the Decalogue, the Beatitudes and the Golden Rule.—Rev. Dr. Janken Lloyd Jones, in Unity. PLOW COTTON STALKS UNDER Should Be Cut Into Pieces and Turned Under at the Very Earliest Possible Moment. Now is the time to plow the cotton stalks under good and deep. Cut the stalks into pieces and trun them under at the earliest possible moment. In the boll weevil territory it may be necessary to cut and burn the stalks. Outside of the weevil territory it is a shame to burn the stalks at any time. In the weevil territory it is not necessary to burn the stalks where large plows and strong teams can be had and the land is comparatively clear of roots and tsumps. Plow under the stalks as soon as the cotton is picked out and plant winter cover crops. STALLS FOR HORSES. Where a number of horses are kept in the same barn the sides of the stalls should be low enough to allow them to see each other, as all horses love company. LEARNING DAIRY BUSINESS: The man who imagines he knows all there is to know about dairying without attending the short courses for dairying, at the agricultural colleges, or without reading a reliable farm paper, is making a great mistake, because no man can hold all there is to know about the dairy business. Anecdotal Literature THE JEWEL AND JEWELER. The car was crowded, and mostly by women; who were bent on shopping. There were only three or four men in the car. Three more women got in at the next stop. One of the men, a young business man, rose to offer his seat to a lady who was young and very pretty. "You are a jewel," said she, as she smiled and thanked him. "No madam," he said, "I am a jeweler and set jewels." And, in a short time, married her. Politeess paid." A well known minister, in visiting a state prison, came across a prisoner whose features seemed familiar to him. "What brought you here, my poor fellow?" he asked. "You married me to a new woman a little while ago, sir," the prisoner replied with a sigh. "Ah, I see" said the parson, "and she was domineering and extravagant, and drove you to desperate courses sir." "No," said the prisoner, "my old woman turned up." NEAT REPLY. Papa (to little tot). Are you papa's little girl?" Tot (kissing him), yes sir. Papa. Are you mamma's little girl? Tot, Yes sir. Papa—But how can you be papa's girl and mamma's girl at the same time? Tot, (after a moment't reflection.) Well, can't a nice carriage have two horses? Wife—Why George dear, what is the trouble? Husband—Oh, there was something I was going to worry about, and for the life of me, I can't think what it was. THE CHALLENGE An Irishman and a Jew were dis cussing the great men who belonged to their race which resulted in a beaten argument. Finally the Irish man said: "Ikey, listen; for every great Jew ye can name ye may pull out one of me whiskers, an' for ivory great Irishman I can name, I'll pull one of yours. Is it a go? They agreed, and Pat reached over, got hold of a whisker, pulled, and said—Robert Emmet. "Moses," said the Jew, pulling one of Pat's whiskers. "Dan O'Connel," said Pat and took another. "Abraham," said Ikey, and helped himself again. "Patrick Henry," returned Pat, with a vicious yank. "The Twelve Apostles," said the Jew, taking a handful. Pat emitted a roar of pain, grasped the Jew's beard with both hands and yelled, "The Ancient Order of Hibernians!" \* \* WHEN THE WORM WON'T TURN. Sam—"Look heah Lize, you're going too far wid me. Doan yo' Press. know dat if yo' tred on a worm it will turn?" "Lize—"Dat's all right; but if yo' eber gits dem feet ob yourn on one it won't. WINTER COURSES Short Courses January 3d to March 27th—Farmers' Course From February 1st to 16th. The College of Agriculture of West Virginia University has just issued an attractive announcement of the winter courses, which are arranged for those who can leave the farm only during the winter months. The short course runs through the winter quarter from January 2 to March 27. It is arranged to be completed in two winters; the first being devoted to general agriculture, and the second winter being spent in specializing upon animal husbandry, dairying, or horticulture. Upon completion of the two terms' work a certificate is given. The farmers' courses occur February 1 to 16, and cover general agriculture, horticulture and dairying. The first three days of these courses will be largely devoted to poultry in connection with the annual show of the Monongalia County Poultry association, which will be held in the University armory. Prof. J. As, E. Rice, of Cornell university, and Prof. Horace Atwood will both lecture on poultry. In addition to the regular instructors of the College of Agriculture, the following experts have been engaged to assist in these courses: Dr. H. P. Miller, of Delaware, O., on "Live Steek;" Prof. F. E. Bear, of Ohio State university, on "Soil Fertility;" Mr. J. H. Arnold, of the United States Department of Agriculture, on "Farm Management;" and Mr. S. W. Moore, of Elwell, W. Va., and S. H. Fulton, of Sleepy Creek, W. Va., on "Fruit Growing." During the week of February 12 to 16 the domestic science department of the university will give a one week's women's course in household economics, to which the women of the state are invited. The work will be given mostly by Miss Anna Barrows, instructor in household art in Columbia university, who has a national reputation as an authority upon this subject, who will take charge of practice work in the preparation of foods and will give demonstrations each after noon. Full information regarding these courses may be secured by dropping a post card to The College of Agriculture at Morgantown. THIS WOMAN KNEW HER RIGHTS. Charles Smith, Negro, forty five, expressman living at No. 1045 John street, and Emmagee Shifton, white, twenty-five, the man of Cincinnati, applied the other day for a marriage license. The woman had every appearance of refinement. "Where is your home?" asked the marriage clerk, Mr. Falk. "Columbus," she replied. "You will have to go up there to get the license." Falk told her. The woman had evidently secured a legal opinion, for she replied "Yes, I am a white woman, but I have made inquiries and know what my rights are. I can get a license to marry this man and in this country. The law says a woman's home for marriage purpose is wherever she is staying at the time she makes the application. The woman was right and Falk finding he could not legally bar her tried to dissuade her from marrying the Negro. "Have you considered what you are about to do," he then asked her. "Yes. I have thought of it a hundred times," she answered in a light hearted manner. The marriage license was then "Columbus," she replied. The Prince Of Peace It is a beautiful tradition that on the night on which Jesus was born angelic voices were heard singing of peace. Ever since that unforgettable night, men in increasing numbers have been trying to reproduce on the earth the song of the skies, but, alas! it is a difficult tune to carry. We live in a quarrelsome world. The air is filled with discords. Society is torn by dissensions. Every city is a scene of strife. Every village has its turmoil of squabbling and wrangling. The fountain of bitterness is always flowing. The temple of the god of ill-will is crowded evermore. It is just the kind of world that has need of Christmas; for Christmas brings to mind the song of the angels, and makes vivid the figure of One Who says, "My peace I give unto you!" Many of us pray every day, "Iby kingdom come," and Christmas nudges us with the query, "What are you doing to bring it?" Christmas comes then, with a clear and penetrating message. It has an urgent word for all querreleome girls and fighting boys. It speaks admonishingly to husbands and wives who have allowed a quick temper to spoil the year, and who find themselves slowly drifting apart. It lays its hand on masters and servants, and endeavors to draw them closer together. It reminds employers and employees that they are not foes, but brethren. It chides Labor and Capital for fighting. It whispers a sweet remembrance into the ears of all who carry in their hearts resentments and grudges. It reproves those who think diedainfully of fellow mortals who belong to another class or circle. It begs all who have become estranged to wipe out the old scores, to get rid of the old misunderstandings, to begin life over. It proclaims once more to all races and peoples that God has made of one blood all the nations of men. Christmas comes with a personal message for rulers and statesman, for diplomas and the makers of laws. It repeats to them the old message of God's love, and reminds them of a kingdom of whose increase there shall be no end. Christmas is a good time to think of international duties and responsibilities, and of what it is possible for America to do in creating a world-wide and enduring peace. Surely a Christian nation ought every year to take a new step along the road of conciliation. A Merry Christmas! Thus we speak to one another every Christmas morning. The words have music in them only when they come from a heart touched by the spirit of brotherliness and good will. This spirit was incarnate in Jesus of Nazareth, and it is through Him that God makes peace. Each succeeding celebration of the anniversary of His birth ought to spread His gentle and gracious sovereignty over wider areas of life, until the whole round earth shall sing at last the song of the angelic host; Glory to God in the highest. And on earth peace among men in whom He is well pleased. Rev. Charles E Robinson, D. D' issued. The couple were later married by Squire Domont.—New York Tribune. ———K=_=—_——=S TT AW INDEPENDENS WEEKLY NEWSPAPER Davotap To T14 4oBAL, RALIGIOUS AND Fisascia!. Us SL0PMBNT OF MUMAN- aw. Rates of Gubscription: De eat sseeecrenseesessenen once 1505 © MONENE seers eessseereemneeee TSC. J MOUS vssere creessseessrneereesen — £0C Pay for al! advertivemoats is due in advance uvlecs advertising i6 run by yearly contract, in wiica case the ad- vertiser pays ev 1y three montis. Advertising Linch one time 75c. Standiny | - : 50c. Redaced Rates to Calbs. Send for Sample Copies. peer S. i. Catford, Editor) & Proprietor Dawe: S64, and sell Phone, 60%. Mar- osburg, W. Va. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 25,711. Next in ocder will be New Yeur resolutions. We wish all ofour subscribers a Merry Cur.e.mas and a Happy New Yoar. Vo deny Moros a perdu, para- lyzed wad evifering as be is, wii no possible chunce to get well, is blacker than tho crime be is charged with committing Now that Itarriuian is dead and Doone to sieuktor him, a tale is being wold (has thas $250,000 gilt to Teddy’s 1904 cumpsigu was vot for him, &e. ‘To0 Iste. If Mr. No weott wilt send the Pioneer Press whe $500.00 out of bis firet month's selary be made it lose eizbt yeare azo, it will addsess Lim “Hon.” Eeito.t Northcott while he Teigns iu Veorzucla as this couat.y's Topresetat ive. To nccordscce with our ueval cue- tom, we will isene no Pioneer Prees next week. Wedo this because we Want to give the poor weary printers @ chance fo cattnrsey, Ouick wine and samp): cuke—thatia,ifj bey bave the good fortune to run cross ane of the good things sbove mentioned, The cflicess of tniatown, led by Provecoting Attorney Allen B. Noll, ewooped down cn Martinebarg’s reputed soft drink establisbmente lest Satarday nigbt, and when the raid was over, und reevlta bad been folly investigated, it was found that Mortinebarg was realiy not such a “dry town” after all, We don’t claim to be a ‘seer, nor the son of one, but we Lave done little quiet iaves‘iga.ing on our own book, and frow wut we bsve learncd, we are of the opinion that all persons who are inteesied in the political situation to waisant personal obser- vation, will do well to keep ther eyes on Theodore Roosevelt, of Sag amore fill, Ovster Bay, Long Island, State of New Yoik The gist of talk is that the closing of saloons ia ‘he cause of poor Chriss- mas sales. Not 60, and the talk emanates froa sealoon inirigue (o befuddle the yours in coming months. Ifthe town must depend on the ssle of nhiskey for prosperity, let the immerse wenlih of Berkeley County; i28 millions sud bilhovs ol dollars in lime stone, fruit, soil and pure water supoly to millions of homan souls, to say vaueht of its farmiog power, sink into oblivion. “Consistency thou art a jewel.” How absurd it is for Congrees to pass laws abrovativog tho editorial mileage book, given in retura for advertising the rail'uad time tables and other necessary reading matter, in tbe face of the very fact that the men who proposed and passed that bill, get and have been gettiog, in addition to their seves thousand and five hundred dollars a year selary, twenty cepts for every mile they travel on railvosds, and it ts sat: to say all got free passes in other days, snd many, no doub: do vow and the 20c mileage thrown in. The Wale Time. It is not the parpose of the editor totell a new story of Chrisimas. That hae been tried a thousand times, and a thousand times fuiled; and tbe subject is not exbsusted, but editors bave been, and are. They have eaid a thousand times all they know of it, and yet, there is a sweet inexpressi- bly glory about the assumed of a few and real by the msny, of the bi.th of a genuiae Sov of God. Destroy iaw; destroy philosophy; destroy science, ord still there exists an inkling to protect bok. Why’ The resl God 8 belind both, If the Yate time can fortify the true growth of God's decreed bu- tmaniiy, the world will ba better. Lf, however, the real Christ-birth can make bro’ hers of men, how glorious. — Beitesit: moy, we belive in the ‘real bivtu of the Soo of God, and our esndd conviction is that the cturches misrepresent Him. Tney ere ies bergs in kecping with Iis life, death aod b otherly love, from man to man, We sav: Glory to God in the bigh- esi-—peace on earth, good will to wen. There is Aruoid C. Scher:, and what's the matter with bin? Did Seisher crush bis German manhood out of him? Hope not. Come out, old fiend! You lave more backeis now (uan ever before. Swisher can't g: (he nowtuation, and if be could, ue could not be eleeved. Lt wall be cowardly in you to go into a fight to purity rovien politics, and wilt. when youesa. De thou faitiful unte death, and a crown of glory shall be there. Just a3 we predicted, W. Morgan Sboste:, the Awercan eho has been serverg as Tl essuer General of Pe via, will bave to give up bis post. Ti's is so, vecxuse Russa isa much 6. onger netion than Prigia, and for (bat reason it bebooved the Persians to aevevie to ber demands or be p.ac vcally aonibileted. It can be eaid to the credit of Sbuster and the Pers ars that both he and they have conducted tuomsclyes with wonderful fortitude, and they will go down in histo: y a3 men wlo were as brave sé ‘brave could be. Hon. George A. Laughlin, former editor of the Wheeling Inteliigenccr, and one of the beat kuown eud most Influential Republicans of the North. ern Panhandle, bas anvouveed bie candwacy for the Republican Con- greesional nomination in tho first dis'c ct, Me. Laughlin is a fine mao, a brillant journalist, and « Republi- can of note, and if it be possible for him Co secure tue hoor be Becks, we bope bo will be triumphantly elected, I is juet such men xs Mr, Laughlin who are needed in Congress, and the sooner its personnel is made up of bis kind the betier it wili be for the general populace everywhere, Jast what (be wool bu-iness mesns | to tbe fermers of eastern Ohio and Weet Virgivia may not ba entirely app ceisted by seme people. Tbe ool clip of Carroll, S'ark, Tuscara- was and Jefferson counties is over 2.500.000 pounds snoualiy, Ovio, Brooke. Hancock and Mureball coun- ties of West Virgiuia will produce nearly 2000,000 pounds a year. If tbe tari bill framed by the Demo- cratic House of Representatives bad become a law, the value of every pound of this wool would bave been reduced at least six cents. That would have meazot an sonual loss to the farme 3 of this pa:ticular section of nearly $300,000.00 a year. The veto power in the hands of Wm. H. Tatt was the only thing that pre- vented that bill from becoming a law. —Intelligeacer. Every word our good friend Kdi- tor Ozden says is xbsolutely true, here comes the whipped cream in a republican form of government— must the fermer’s wealth be looked after, to the exclusion cf the milliong of poor bard working men and wom- en? Forbid Almighty Ged! God's farmor is only cutitled to eavugh of land to live happily onjand that bap pivees should inspire and thorsughly imbue bim with (he love of the *gol- deo rule.’ Political economy sbould dot protect and enrich the farmer With bis stock on a Unousand hills, but he!p ard protect the poor fellow who bss no turm anda large family to support. Thera is eo aimch tommyrot about the cure ard destruction of eun- sumption nowadays. lis poverty’s and wealth's discace. ‘The lstier bring it on by dressing, dancing. going to theatres, Ke, and the for- mer get it for ihe want ef good homes, clothee, beds and food—. very minute something belonging to this poor clogs, too often their huts, ere being sold for taxation. Remedy these evilsaod wonders will tave beeo dove to alleviate the dregd ot this disesse, Fashions etrictly complied with, ave cursing the — world,—causine mavy forms of disesss. Think of the high heel suoes with a base 13s than ao irch io diameter and may other foolish customs, Until the fashion crazed people go buck to nu- tuce’s rules of Inw for beshb, all tut can be done, egsinst thé ils of lite, will be futile. THE BEV.IRLR. Hicks 1911 ALMANAC. The Rev. Irl R. Hicks Almana for 1912, that guardian Aceel ia hundred thousand homes, is now ready, Not many ere now willing to oe without itand the Rey. irl Rh. Hicks Magazine, Worp anp Works Tbe two are only Oxe Dottar a year. The Almanac is 35¢ postpaid, No home or office should fail to send for them, to Worp AND Works Pus. LIsuINnG Co, 2201 Locust St., Saint Louis, Mo. os BIOGRAPHY OFr EMINENT NEGRO MEN AND | WOMEN OF EUROPE AND ) THE UNITED STATES. Adapted to tbe use of Students of race history, and of Negro youth. A valuable and handy 1e'erence 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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Corrected to September 2nd, 1911. ‘Vrains leaye Martinsburg as follows: WEST BOUND No 55 Daily at 11.18 a m for Pittsburg, Gincinaanr, Louisville and St. Louis. Connects fur Romney except Sunday and at Grafton for Wheeling daily, No. 55 Daily atri.i8am for Grafton, Pittsburg akd Chicago. No 5 waily,at 3.17 p m for Grafton, Pittsbur, and Chicago, No, 7 Daily 7.37 pm tor Wheeling, Gol- umbus and Chicago. No,1 Daily at 6.16 p m for Cincinnati, Louisville and St. Louis. No 3 Daily at 2.10 a m for Cincinnati Louisville and St Louis, For Cumberland and way Stations, No 39. 5:44 p.m. No.g Daily at 51.28 p m, for Pittsburg No 15 Daily except Sunday at 6.30 am or Cumberland and intermediate sta- ions, Connects for Berkeley Springs, : EAST BOUND, i No 4 Daily at 4.19 a m for Washing ton, Baltimore, Phiiadeiphia and New York, Noto Daily 4.38 a m for Washington and Baltimore, No8 Daily at 8.51m for Washing- ton, Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York, Connects for Lexington Va,, and Hagerstown except Suaday and Freder ick. No. 40 9.58 a.m, for Washingtoa and intermediate stations. Noz Daily at to.19 a.m for Wastuag- ton, Baltimore, Vhtiadelphia and New York, No 6 Daily at 2,33 p m tor Washington Baltimore, Phiiadelpaia and New York, No 14 Daily at 3.15 pm for Washington Baltiraore, Puiladeipaie and New York. Noi2 Daily | Duquesne Limited" at 14,23 a. m. for Wasuiagtou, Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York. No 16 Daily except Sunday at 12,15 pm for Frederick, Baliimore wad all inter- mediate stations viaold line, Noi Daily except Sunday at 6.30 pm for Washington and Baltimore and ail in. termediate stations, Connects for KFiedere ick. G. W. SQUIGGINS, Gen. Pass Agent. Baltimore ala, R, S. BOUIC, Ticket Agent, Mariinsvarg, 4, Va Entered in Post Office at Martinsburg W. Va., as Second Class Matter Christmas entertainments will be held in the various churches during next week. Thompson and Thompson are in reality the bustlers of bustlers in the clothing line and their stock is up to date in style and shades. Miss Marchiel Briscoe, a teacher in the Harrisburg, Pa., Schools, will spend the Holidays with home folks at Kearneysville. Mr. James H. Levy, of Baltimore, Washington and Martinsburg, was visiting friends in the last named city during the week Miss Emily Rector, of Markham, Station, Va., has returned home after visiting her brother, Mr. Samuel Rector, and the latter's family in our city. Mr. J. H. Redmond, of Heigresville, and a man of great worth in his community, circulated among friends and attended to business in Martinsburg on Monday last. Thompson & Thompson have the largest stock, the best material and sell under the best guarantee of any clothing house in Martinsburg, test it by trying it. Mr. Daniel Compton, of Chambersburg, Pa., accompanied his wife this far en route to Uniontown, Pa., on Friday. He looked well, and many old friends here were glad to see him. Mr. J. Frank Biscoe, the well known headwaiter of the Berkeley Hotel, butchered a hog the other day that weighed three hundred and fifty pounds. A fine porker that, and a demonstration of Frank's ability to raise hogs that are hogs. Mr. William Roman, 75 years young and one of the epryest men in this country for his age, will leave there for Charles Town and other points in Jefferson County on Sunday morning. Some say he is going to see his girl, but we can't vouch for that part of it. J. Frank Thompson's clothing stock is second to none in Martinsburg. He is widely known and is generally liked and does a rushing business because he sells the best guarantees fits and material or refunds the money. Give him a call. Mrs. Hannah Veney, widow of the late John R. Veney, was united in marriage to Mr. John Lee Veney, of Lunay, Va., on Wednesday night last. The wedding occurred at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Corsey, on Burke Street, and the ceremony was performed by Rev Wm. Craven, of Charlestown, assisted by Rev. R. R. Thompson, of the same place. Messrs. William Roman and George Oliver have started a cab line, and are desirous of securing a share of the public's patronage. The driver of their cab is Charles Harden, who is well acquainted with the town, and knows how to cater to the cab trade. The new church edifice for the Ebenezer Memorial Congregation will be ready for occupancy on Sunday, and services will be held therein at that time. This is a source of much gratification to the above mentioned church members and their friends, and we congratulate them on possessing and being ready to enter one of the prettiest churches in town. Mr. R. T. Wheeler, originally of Norfolk, Virginia, but now a resident of Washington, D. C., who is representing the Eagle Stationery Company of St. Louis, Mo., is in our city selling the products of his company. He is a pleasant little gentleman and he sells a nice combination package of stationery, pencil, pen and jewelery for the small sum of 15 cents. STEVENS The Number 520, Six-Shot Repeating Shotgun at $25.00 is a hammerless gun with a solid frame. Easier to operate—quicker and smoother action than any other. 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SCHWARTZ PRINCIPAL ESTABLISHED 1864 LOUISVILLE, TN ATTORNEY AT LAW, MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA Practices in all the Courts of Va., the Supreme Court of Appeals of the United States Courts. "AS WE SEE IT." Is the Title of a Book whose author is Robert L. Baring, Esq., 609 F. Street Northwest Washington, D. A. It is excellent, and is destined to do incalculable good. In fiction it gets at facts as they exist, and outlines the real bulk of the causes of the trouble and friction between the two races. It is bound to be read the world over and will serve well its purpose. It took a strong mind and a fertile brain to plan and write this book which Henry Watterson, the great editor says is phenomenal, and will be read by as many white as colored people—just as it should be, for the real and proper settlement of the so-called problem, is interdependent—one upon the other. It is written in a time as ripe to make it almost as popular as did the period that immortalized Uncle Tom's Cabin. Get the book and read it. It only costs $1.60. Address the author as given above. WHAT IS IT? Ten year Combination Distribution Certificate of Membership as devised by the American Workmen Fraternal Insurance Company, of Washington, D. C., one of the most liberal, strongest and reliable fraternal institutions in the field. For further particulars see D. E. V. JORDAN, GEN. AGENT W.VA. ROOM 2. K. P. BUILDING CHARLESTON, — W. VA. RENOVATION OF THE WORN-OUT ORCHARDS OF THE WEST VIRGINIA FARMS. Theories Advanced By a Practical Man, Wm. H. Alderman, Professor of Horticulture, West Virginia University. Of the many causes that contribute towards the downfall of an orchard old age is the one most often ascribed, for it is an elastic term and, like charity, covereth a multitude of sins. As a matter of fact the apparent age of an apple tree depends so intimately upon the care it has received that it is impossible to say even approximately how many years an orchard may be handled with profit. Close Planting. In many cases too close planting has been the cause of an untimely end to the orchard. The trees at maturity become crowded, the branches interlock, the supply of air and sunlight necessary for existence is shut off and the lower branches die. The trees grow upward towards the open air, as in a forest, and more lower branches die, until finally the orchard resembles a huge green canopy supported upon bare poles. This struggle for existence has not been confined to the branches alone, for the roots, in their search for food and water, have wandered far and wide, until by necessity they have become trespassers upon the feeding ground of their neighbors. It is difficult to fully rejuvenate such an orchard, for the remedy—taking out alternate trees—should have been applied years before. After the branches begin to touch, to put off the thinning out of the trees means a steady falling off in the orchard's income. Pruning. The dead and decaying wood—ideal turking places for dangerous insects and fungi—should be cut out, as well as the water sprouts, crossed branches and parallel limbs. To round the tree into a symmetrical form and to stimulate growth it may be well to cut back some of the sound branches. Spraying. A policy of careful and systematic spraying should be carried out. The first year spray the dormant trees with a very strong solution of copper sulphate—say 12 pounds to 50 gallons of water or with commercial lime and sulfur at the rate of one gallon to five of water. This spray is to clean off the fungi and lichens that may be on the tree and may be omitted after the first year. Subsequent sprayings for scale, scab, codling moth, etc., will be discussed in a later article. Fertilizers. Frequently worn-out orchards will respond to fertilizers, where well-cultivated ones will not. During the first few years of regeneration, at least, it would be advisable to feed the orchard liberally with either a high-grade chemical fertilizer or barnyard manure. Shaping up an Old Tree. By far the most important thing is to place the orchard under a thorough system of cultivation. Stirring the soil sets free plant food that has before been locked up. The old soil which has been a drain upon the soil should be destroyed, so that the trees may secure all the available nourishment. In normal seasons there is only about rain enough to properly develop a crop of apples, and in years of drought the moisture has to be guarded as jealously as a miser would hoard his gold. As long as the surface of the soil is kept loosened and mellow by working, the water below will not evaporate, but let a crust form over the surface and the water will draw up and escape, as oil is drawn through a wick. Cover Crops. No system of cultivation is complete without a cover crop. This should be planted the first of August, so that it will grow and form a protecting mat over the ground during the winter. It takes up the surplus plant food in the soil instead of allowing it to waste in the air; it checks the growth of the wood and ripens it up so that it will not be injured during the winter; it returns to the soil, when plowed under in the spring, the food it borrowed in the fall and returns it in the form of life-giving humus, which in turn loosens up the soil and makes it more mellow. Cow peas, vetch, crimson clover, or these mixed with oats, rye or cowhorn turnips, make excellent cover crops. At this time young orchards are being planted throughout West Virginia by thousands of acres, but their promise is only for the future. Would it not be wise, while waiting for these newer plargings to come into bearing, to pay some attention to those old hillside orchards which for time and labor invested would yield immediate returns in fruit for home and market? POTATO GROWING IMPORTANT INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS INDUSTRY. By W. W. Sproul, a Noted and Scientific Potato Grower of Middlebrook, West Virginia. Among the corps of speakers which accompanied the Agricultural Special Train, recently run by the College of Agriculture over the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad from Huntington to Durbin, was W. W. Sproul, a noted potato grower of Middlebrook, Va. Mr. Sproul's remarks were full of valuable information. By comparing the average value per acre to the principal crops grown in West Virginia, he showed that the potato was by far the most valuable. Crop Values Per Acre in 1910. Corn ..... $17.68 Wheat ..... 12.75 Oats ..... 12.60 Buckwheat ..... 17.72 Potatoes ..... 61.63 It will be seen from these figures that the average farm value of the potato is nearly four times that of any other chop. This being the case, why should not the potato become the leading crop of this state as well as the most profitable? The potato may be grown as cheaply here as anywhere; its quality is of the best and the local markets can not be surpassed. Mr. Sproul called attention to the fact the potato requires a soil rich in humus or organic matter. He suggested that the best way to incorporate this important constituent in the soil is to plow under a crop of clover, cow peas, soja beans, or to apply a liberal coating of barnyard manure. The manure should be applied to the crop immediately preceding the potatoes, as it will cause scab when applied directly to the potato field. Emphasis was laid upon the necessity of using good seed, free from scab. He suggested that it would be most profitable to the grower to devote a small parcel of land to the breeding of better seed. In order to get the best results from any seed the tubers must be carried over, the winter in a cool place where there is no danger of freezing. If the seed potatoes are allowed to sprout before planting their vitality is greatly diminished and the yield will be lessened. An excellent method of storing seed potatoes is to dig a hole about twelve inches deep in well-drained soil; put in the potatoes, mounding them up; cover well with straw, then with a light coat of earth; after the first light freeze cover with another coat of earth, and, when this is frozen hard, cover the whole with two feet of straw or chaff. This will keep the tubers from sprouting until planting time. Mr. Sproul begins cultivating his crop before it comes up, following the rows by the ridge they make. The first cultivation is made deep to keep the soil between the rows loose. This is followed by a smoothing harrow. As the plants begin to come up a weeder is used. From this time until the vines are too large the cultivations are frequent and thorough. It is desired to keep the surface of the soil in the form of a dust much to prevent the escape of moisture. Because of the ravages of the potato beetle and the prevalence of blight, spraying is absolutely necessary for best results. Bordeaux mixture of the 5-5-50 formula is used, to which $21\%$ pounds of arsenate of lead is added as a poison. The first spraying should be applied when the vines are eight inches high, or earlier, if the bugs make an appearance. About four sprayings should be applied. The poison need not be added after the bugs have disappeared. The College of Agriculture at Morgantown will be glad to advise with potato growers as to best methods for this state and to furnish information in regard to breeding better seed, fertilizers, spraying, etc., to all who apply. 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