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The Pioneer Press. "HERE SHALL THE PRESS, THE PEOPLE'S RIGHTS MAINTAIN, UNAWED BY INFLUENCE AND UNBRIBED BY GAIN." Department of Arhives, Q W. Vs. ESTABLISHED 1882. Power Of The Church Those people who flay the churches on the score of their uselessness, who espouse with enthusiasm clubs, lodges, etc., because they "do things" will do well to read Lyman Abbott's article in the January Ladies' Home Journal under the caption, "Whereio Do the People Fail to Understand the Church." Admitting that "the churches are often cursed by a spirit of church timidity," still they are now, and have always been, "practical benevolent association." Is he not right when he claims that the church was the first distributor of charity, the first builder of hospitals and asylums, the first to minister to the sick and suffering, the first founder of schools for the education of common people? And with all its shortcomings, is he not right when he claims that it is the churches that are sending doctors and teachers to foreign lands, that are introducing medicine and surgery into China, India and Africa; that are establishing primary education for children, and colleges for adults where there are none? Of course it was the church that set going the pathetic, but, under the circumstances, impatiently necessary Christian and Sanitary Commissions during the Civil War. He makes out an equally commanding claim for the church as the center of home movements. He claims that Dr. Lyman Beecher's "Six Sermons on Temperance" were among the causes which brought about the great temperance movement in this country; and that the petition signed by three thousand clergymen of New England against the Nebraska Bill allowing the extension of slavery, was one of the most potent influences brought to bear upon the Congress of that day. He thinks also "That no single paper published has done so much to call attention to the needs of wisely directed social reform as Pope Leo XIII's Encyclical on Socialism." He further calls attention to the comprehensive programs for social reform put forth by nearly all of the denominations of today, and by the Federation of Churches. He might also add that at the present time the church is almost exclusively the only social organization that systematically tries to keep together the members of the home, husband, wife and children. All the other would be philanthropic, social and reformatory organizations start out with a primal indignity to democracy. The women's clubs exclude the men; the men's clubs are impracticable, inconvenient, if not undesirable places for women except on special "ladies' nights" which are conceived after the same pattern as the "gentlemen's nights" in women's clubs. On nights when they all put their silliest foot forward, and offer the most frivolous programs. And neither men's nor women's clubs have any place for children except on their party occasions. The churches try hard to obliterate the galling lines of wealth, sex and race. Even the most creed bound is at the same time the most democratic institution achieved by MALL THE PRESS, THE PEOPLE MARTINSBURG, W. man. We refer, of course, to the Catholic Church, which has successfully lifted the cross over warring nations, discordant races and turbulent interests. Pauper and millionaire, peasant and prince, black and white are welcome at her altars to receive her benedictions. "Give the devil his dues" is an old maxim full of ethical import. While you are about it try and give the church its duee.—Unity, Chicago. CALL TO THE CHURCHES. The churches must stand: For equal rights and complete justice for all men in all stations of life. For the protection of the family by the single standard of purity, uniform divorce laws, proper regulation of marriage and proper housing. For the fullest possible development for every child, especially by the provision of proper education and recreation. For the abolition of child labor. For such regulation of the conditions of toil for women as shall safeguard the physical and moral health of the community. For the abatement and prevention of poverty. For the protection of the individual and society from the social, economic and moral waste of the liquor traffic. For the protection of the worker from dangerous machinery, occupational diseases and mortality. For the right of all men to the opportunity for self-maintenance, for safeguarding this right against encroachments of every kind, and for the protection of workers from the hardships of enforced unemployment. For suitable provision for the old age of workers and for those incapacitated by injury. For the principle of conciliation and arbitration in industrial disputes. For the gradual and reasonable reduction of the hours of labor to the lowest practicable point, and for that degree of leisure for all which is a condition of the highest human life. For a living wage as a minimum in every industry and for the highest wage that each industry can afford. For the most equitable division of the product of industry that can ultimately be devised —The Program Adopted by the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America. MISS O'REILLY RESOURCEFUL It was Mamie Riley again when Mary Boyle O'Reilly, the famous Boston social worker, went to Washington to tell a house committee about the pitiful plight into which the greed of certain employers has thrown the women and children who pack canned vegetables products of New York state. Her moving tale of the miseries of the people of the canneries wrought upon the feelings of congressmen. When the wealthy Miss O'Reilly left the comforts of her Boston surroundings to investigate the canneries of New York state, she did her hair up in a tight knot, donned a cheap calico dress and went among the canneries people seeking work. She was known as plain Mamie Riley. Anecdotal Literature ALMOST CREDIBLE. Secretary Wilson, of the Department of Agriculture, was talking on the Mauritania about the record crops of 1912. "These wonderful crops," he said, are almost enough to make you believe the crosscut saw story. A farmer sent his hired man to a neighbor's with a note, saving: "Friend Smith, will you please lend me your croescut saw, as I wish to cut a watermelon up, so as to get it into my dray." The neighbor wrote back: "Friend Jones, I would be glad to lend you my saw, but it has just got stuck into a cantaloup." A MISUNDERSTANDING. Albert J. Beveridge, himself a one-time reporter, related the following incident in the experience of a fellow reporter: This reporter went to a house one day after a wedding, and said to the servant who answered his ring, "Can you let me have some details, please, of yesterday's wedding ceremony." The servant frowned and, replied: "No! I can't, they eat every crumb! and I think you ought to be ashamed, an able-bodied young man like you, going around for cold tails!" PLAYING HER CABDS. Tommy—"May I stay up a little longer tonight?" Ethel—"What do you want to stay up for?" Tommy—"I want to see you and Mr. Green playing cards." Mr. Green—"But we are not going to play cards." Tommy—"Oh yes you are, for I heard Mamma say to Ethel, that everything depended on the way in which she played her cards tonight. DRY TOWNS. A prohibitionist at a dinner, in advocating the cause, remarked— "There is nothing like total abstinence for encouraging thrift and for making people get on." A lady, smiling, said: Its in dry towns, you know, that people prepare most diligently for a rainy day." * * TURNING THEM AWAY. Miss Inex Milholland, the suffra-gist detests the male firt. At a luncheon in Newport a male firt sneered at woman suffrage, and said,—"Woman doesn't want a vote—she wants a husband." "Nonsense," said Miss Milholland. "It's a fact, the first continued. The way the average woman worships man is amazing: Why, I myself have turned away fifty women's heads. "Away from you?" said Miss Milholland. "Pa, ought anybody to sail in the teeth of the wind?" 'I suppose, sonnie, they have to if they are at the mouth of the river." George W. Perkins, at a dinner in VOL. 31. The U. S. Senate The senatorial contests are being decided in favor of thoroughly competent men. Idaho renews the commission of Mr. Borah, Massachusetts promotes Mr. Weeks. Maine confirms the choice made at the primaries and elects Mr. Burleigh. Colorado chooses two men widely known and experienced in affairs. No delay. No scandal. Everything done in the open, and according to Hoyle. These elections are particularly praiseworthy at this time. In the first place, the Senate after March 4 will show a very close division. The Democrats—when all stand together—will "have it" by only one or two. So that, in the maneuvering, parliamentary and otherwise, experience will count. It will be to the advantage of both parties and to the country that Senators know their way around. In the second place, the business that will come before the State immediately is vital to the public welfare. If the tariff is revised in bungling fashion, the cost may be heavy. If the trusts get the better of the bargain in legislation affecting them, discontent among the mascars arising out of the monoply may greatly increase. And unless the reform proposed for the currency is wisely shaped, the present situation, bad as it is had better be continued. For, of the three problems, that of the currency is the most delicate and calls for the most careful solution. In both these aspects of the case, therefore, the present demand in the Senate is for experience and demonstrated competency in legislation. A man who knows how has much the advantage of one who is beginning an apprenticeship. Mr. Borah is a master mechanic, while Mr. Weeks and Mr. Burleigh, because of their long service in the House, will take up their tasks with full understanding of their new surroundings. If now New Hampshire, Illinois, Tennessee and West Virginia will consider their opportunities and obligations in this light, and pick men more with regard to the settlement of present paramount national issues than of local factional squabbles, which should be handled in some other way, they will do well by themselves and by everybody. Good men are available in all these states. Why not take matters out of the rings, and appeal to a higher and broader sense of duty, citing what other states have just done, and what is expected of the states yet to act? The Senate, always an important and interesting body, will focus unusual attention for the next two years at least. The Democratic margin will be so narrow the party's leaders in that body will have to be sleeplessly vigilant.—Washington Star. O jealousyl thou ugliest flound of belly thy deadly venom prays on my vitale, turns the healthful hue of my fresh cheek to baggard sillowness and drinks my spirit up.—Hannah More. Chicago, said of laziness,—"Laziness is the rarest of the vices of the American business men. Few, indeed, there are who resemble Bob Meed. Bob Meed kept a grocery store in my native Chicago. A little girl came in one day and said: TO THE MEMORY OF DR. McC. SIMPSON. THE LUTH OF AFRICA'S TRIBE BY A. A. WHITMAN. To The Courier. When Israel Sat by Babel's stream and wept, The heathen said, "Sing one of Zion's songs." But tuneless lay the lyre of those who slept, Where Sharon smiled, and Oreb vigil kept, For Holy song to Holy ears belongs. So when her iron clutch the Slave Power reached, And sable generations captive held; When Wrong the gospel of endurance preached. The Lute of Africa's tribe, tho' oft be-seeched, In all its wild sweet warblings never swelled. And yet when Freedom's lispings o'er it stole, Soft as the breath of undefiled morn, A wandering accent from its string's would stroll, Thus wasgour Simpson—man of song and soul, And stalwart energies—to bless us born. When all the Nation's sky was overcast By one dark cloud of deepening misery, His soaring vision mounted thro' the blast. And from behind the gloom approaching fast, Beheld the glorious sun of Liberty. He sang exultant, "Let the banner wavel" And cheering freeman fired by his zeal, Helped snatch their country from Rebellion's grave. Looked through brave tears upon the injured slave, And raised the battle arm to break his gyves of steel. But hushed the Bard, his harp no longer sings The woes and longings of a shackled mind, For Death's cold fingers swept its trembling strings. And shut the bosom of its murmurings Forever on the hearing of mankind The bird that dips his flight in yonder sun. May fall and spread his plumage on the plain; But when immortal mind its work has done On earth; in Heaven a higher sphere begun, It can never downward turn again. Of him whose harp now lies by Death unstrung, A harp that once his lowly brethren cheered— Mayn't we then say, that sainted choirs among, An everlasting theme inspires his tongue, Where slaves ne'er groan, and Death is never feared? Yes, he is harping on the "Sea of Glass," Where saints begin, and Angels join the strain. While worlds in one profound eternal bass, Sing thro' their orbs illumined as they pass. And constellations catch the long refrain. Zanesville, Ohio, April '877. NO. 45 AN INDEPENDENT WEEKLY NEWSPAPER REVIVED TO THE MORAL, RELIGIOUS AND FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF HUMAN-ARK. Pay for all advertisements is due in advance unless advertising is run by yearly contract, in which case the advertiser pays every three months. Advertising 1 inch one time 75c. Standing 50c. J. R. Clifford, Editor & Proprietor Drawer 869, and Bell 'Phone, 60K Marl- tsburg, W. Va. SATURDAY, JAN'Y, 25.1913. John O. Schenk, the millionaire pork packer, of Wheeling, whose wife, Laura Farsworth Schenk, was tried for attempting to poison him, has been granted an absolute divorce from her, along with the custody of their two children. Furthermore, Mr. Schenk will not have to pay his divorced wife any alimony, which, if all things that be said of her are true, is but just and proper. We have been informed that Mr. W. T. Ferguson will be made Grand Marshal of the colored division of the inaugural parade. We cannot vouch for the truth or falsity of the rumor, but it is our opinion that should the gentleman mentioned above be selected, no mistake will be made. Calm, suave, and of a commanding mien, Mr. Ferguson is put forward by The Pioneer Press as the man for the Grand Marshalship. In deference to the wishes of President-elect Woodrow Wilson there will be no inaugural ball this year. Mr. Wilson has suggested that a public reception be held instead, and while it does not exactly suit the devotees of the time-honored custom of tripping the light fantastic toe, we guess Woodrow will have his way. So much for having moral courage, and the manhood to back it up with a persuasive personality. If we are to judge by the divorces that are being granted these days, it would appear that money and happiness don't go together. There is hardly a day that you pick up a newspaper without an account of a divorce proceeding therein, and almost invariably the marital troubles that are aired, belong to the rich. Of course we don't mean to say that the poor have no troubles, but unless appearances are deceptive, theirs are small as compared with those of the rich. The Senate continues to fritter away time, the bone of contention being the Presidency, and a most unseemly and ridiculous scramble has been the result. This should not be, and if the voters of this State use their power wisely, never will there be a duplication of the scenes enacted in Charleston during the legislatures of 1911 and 1913. What we need is a Lieutenant Governor, and when the State Senate is in session, he could be its presiding officer, which would forever hereafter do away with all such disgraceful scenes as are now occurring at Charleston. We were of the opinion that the governor of New York, Hon. William Sulzer, would make an excellent servant of the people, and if his beginning of the duties which are conaceted with his office be taken as a sample, ours will not prove to be an incorrect estimate. He has already inaugurated some needed reforms, and he promises more just as soon as he can give them his attention. In conclusion, the Press is sorry to be compelled to say that there are so few men like Sulzer, for his kind are sorely needed in public life. The Pioneer Press would suggest that Coleman Blease, governor of South Carolina, change his name and call himself "To Hell With The Constitution" Blease. While somewhat inelegent, the proposed change would be quite forcible. Through the courtesy of Hon. H. C. Lodge, United States Senator from Massachusetts, the Pioneer Press is in receipt of Senate document No. 890, entitled "Sugar At a Glance." It is a comprehensive and entertaining production, being an exhaustive study of the best sugar industry, and is well worthy a careful perusal. Anyone who is fortunate enough to come into possession of this book cannot be otherwise than benefited by the information it contains. Chairman Pujo, of the Money Trust Investigating Committee, is having a time with William Rockefeller. The latter claims he is too ill to appear before the committee, and Mr. Pujo appears incredulous when it comes to believing Mr. Rockefeller. In the meantime, the magnate remains at Palm Beach, Florida, while boards of inquiry, and certificates of physicians as to Mr. Rockefeller's condition are playing an important part in the affair. After all has been said and done, we would be pleased if anyone will tell us what earthly good this investigation will do, anyway. About all that can result from it will be the notoriety Chairman Pujo gets from its deliberations. Daniel Chain, the Negro sentenced to serve five years in the penitentiary for obstructing trains during the occupation of Cabin Creek by the militia, and who was granted a parole by Governor Glassock, has been returned to Moundsville by order of the governor. This is as it should be, because Chain, unmindful of the mercy shown to him by the governor, betook himself back to Cabin Creek and kicked up additional trouble, which makes him deserve just exactly what the governor gave him. Ingratitude and freshness has deprived Chain of his liberty, and he has no one to blame for his predicament but himself. Others who are under parole should take warning from the case of Chain, and see that they don't get where he is. Governor Coleman Blease, the notorious chief executive of South Carolina, is at it, again. His rage is occasioned this time because he is sore over the selection of William E. Gonzales, editor of the Columbia State, as South Carolina's representative in inaugural affairs. He has averred that none of the Palmetto State's militia shall take part in the ceremonies attendant upon the inauguration of Woodrow Wilson, and if barahness counts for anything, he means what he says. Hear him rank: "Knowing full well," says Mr. Blease, "who will have full charge of the South Carolina part of the inauguration—William E. Gonzales—and knowing that it will be his pleasure to place the Governor of South Carolina in any embarrassing position on that occasion in which he could place me, I do not propose for the South Carolina troops to go to Washington and be mistreated or treated discourteously because of their commander-in-chief." The Morgantown Post Chronicle issued a handsome industrial edition on January 10. As an advertisement for Monongalia's metropolis, it is a distinct success, and easily outdistances any previous effort made along that line. As a triumph of the printer's art, it is hard to beat, from any possible standpoint, being made up of seventy-two pages of interesting reading matter, with fine illustrations and views of business places in and around Morgantown. With the issue of January 22, the Ceredo Advance reached the twenty-seventh year of its existence. This is a record attained by but few week lies in West Virginia, and during all of that time The Advance has never let an opportunity pass to serve its county, the State and the Nation at large. It has never been half-hearted in any of its work, but has always entered into it with a zeet that bespoke true Americanism, and a determination to do right, no matter what the consequences. In these days, when sharp practices seem to be at a premium, it is like a ray of sunshine out of a cloudy sky to find a paper like the Advance anywhere, now. Its editor, T. T. McDougall, is a bright light in his section of the State, and The Press hopes his future newspaper experience will far and away overtop anything that he has ever yet done along that line. No better offer to farmers, and gardeners could be made. Any and every one who will send one dollar and fifty cents to the Pioneer Press will not only get it for a year, but also two hundred and fifty first class cold-framed and guaranteed frost-proof cabbage plants free. They are grown by that well known firm, Wm. C. Geraty Co. of South Carolina. The subscriber to pay mail charges only a few cents,Editor. While our respect for Jack Johnson is at a low ebb, it is an invariable rule with us to be fair. Therefore, it gives this paper pleasure to announce that it is mindful of the apparent fairness shown to Jack by Federal Judge Carpenter, at Ohioago, recently, when the District Attorney wanted to have him recommitted to prison, and that, too, when Jack was already under a thirty thousand dollar bond. The Judge's action was in line with the ruling of an impartial jurist, but ordinarily, when a Negro's fate is at stake, the reverse is true, and that is why we give credit where it is due. WHERE THE PEOPLE SAY. The legislature of Nebraska is largely Democratic, but yesterday the legislature elected George W. Norris, Republican, to represent it in the United States senate. Nebraska is a progressive state in which the people are permitted to say whom they want in the senate. The Democratic legislature would have much preferred to elect one of their own political faith, but a state law providea for a senatorial primary, and in last year's primary the voters of Nebraska indicated a preference for Mr. Norris. The members of the legislature were pledged to support the primary choice, giving the law the same effect as if it provided for direct popular election of United States Senators. While the Republicans profited by the senatorial primary in Nebraska, the Democrats profited by a similar law in another western state a few days ago, when the conditions were reversed and a Democrat was unopposed for seasor in a Republican legislature. West Virginia has no such progressive law on its statute books; if it had there would probably be more attention paid just now to the business of the legislature and less to politics. The selection of a senator would have been made by the people long ago, and there would be nothing left for the lawmakers to do but to ratify the popular choice.—Wheeling Register. For cleaning, drying and pressing clothes. Mr. C. E. Cordner has one of the best outfits and does the finest guaranteed work of any one in the state. Place of business Winchester Ave., P. O. 609.—Both Phones. NEGRO BOY GETS, FORTUNE. Not long ago President James R. Dudley of the A. & M. College of Greensboro, North Carolina, was approached by a young Negro in another state, who wanted to work his way thru this college. The president, being impressed by the young man's keen intellectuality arranged for his admission to the college under the terms he asked for. From that time to this he has been diligently working and studying. A few days ago he received the message that the old French gentleman for whom he worked before he entered college had died leaving a will, recently probated, of $101,000, the deceased's bank account, to his former servant. This young man is unspoiled by his good fortune and desires as little publicity as possible. He refuses to give his name to the press and is as yet working as he did before the fortune came to him. After being on trial for his life for two days in the circuit court here, John Knadler, accused of the murder of his father, Murman M. Knadler, was acquitted by the jury late Tuesday afternoon on the first ballot, the jury agreeing unanimously. NEW FARMING TOO POPULAR "After years of striving, scientific agriculture has become too popular," says Dean Eugene Davenport of the College of Agriculture of the University of Illinois, to a reporter of the St. Louis Republic. "The demand for scientific information," he added, is "reflected by the demands for talks at institutes, for bulletins and for letters of advice on farming problems. "Our letter files are crowded with letters from persons who want to help in the cause of scientific agriculture. Palpitless preachers, broken down journalists, bankrupt business men and others offer their services as soil experts, explaining that they have been reared on a farm. "Up to fifteen years ago the farmer boy did not consider it worth while to attend the college of agriculture. Today the farmers have learned that scientific agriculture is a necessity. "The farmer is not a hayseed, but a beady, alert business man. By this I mean the Middle West farmer, for the New England farmer only wants to make a living for himself, his wife and his horse. The Middle West farmer wants to make money. "Yet agriculture is an old science. George III. was more interested in its study than he was in oppressing the colonists, as tradition says. Miobigan had the first agricultural college." AN INDIAN STOIQ. In 1854, when the Wyandotte Indians were the owners and principal inhabitants of the East half of what is now Wyandotte county, and as there were no legally constituted courts of justice, the chiefs of the tribes were de facto the court of last resort, and to them was delegated the duty of serving as both judge and jury, said A. W. Stubbs, while in a reminiscent mood the other day. During the years mentioned a young Indian by the name of White Crow killed another member of the tribe by the name of Sin suwat. White Crow was arrested, a council of chiefs headed by Tauromee, the head chief, was called, and without any of the civilized court technicalities or delays the young man was found guilty of murder, and the decree of the court was that at the end of a period of 60 days he should be shot. The 60 days' interim was allowed in order that the young man might have time to arrange his worldly affairs and prepare for death, and he was not placed in jail nor even under guard, but simply told when to appear to meet his fate. The place selected for the execution was on Jersey Creek, near where the ruins of the old mill stand in Kansas City, Kansas. Six members of the tribe were chosen as executioners, in three of whose hands were placed fully loaded rifles, and three with powder only. At the appointed time, in the presence of a large concourse of his people, young White Crow walked boldly out in front of the armed posse and stoically met his death.—Kansas City Journal. USE OF PACKAGE MEDICINE SHOWS STEADY GROWTH The use of proprietary or prepared medicine is steadily increasing among all classes of society, and this in spite of the organized and well-financed fight of the American Medical Association against it. The reason is not far to seek. Prepared medicine is simply one phase of the standardizing process which is going on in all lines of industry; and the public is growing better and better informed in regard to health and the means of securing and maintaining it. People know more about themselves, their bodies and functions, than they ever did before; and why they are sick if they become so. Prepared medicine has staudardized the treatment for a large proportion of the ordinary ailments and common ills. So that people do not feel the need of calling in a doctor to tell what is the matter with them when they already know, or to charge them two dollars for a prescription when the same or a better one already compounded and ready for use can be had for less than half the money. WOUNDED, WALKS FOUR MILES. After receiving bullet wounds which perforated his intestines in 14 places and badly shattered his left knee, James Stepp, an 18 year old miner at Thacker, in Mingo county, Sunday, walked across the mountains four miles to the nearest doctor. He was taken to Matewan and operated upon, but there is no hope for his recovery. The shooting is alleged to have been done by William Pontne, constable and mine foreman of the Thacker Coal Company, when Stepp attempted to escape after having been arrested for a misdemeanor. President-elect Wilson will probably continue as governor of New Jersey until March 1st. When he leaves for Washington he expects to travel as an ordinary private citizen in a regular parlor car with other passengers, accompanied by his wife and three daughters. "I do not expect to go to Washington until March 3rd," said Governor Wilson today. "Of course I do not expect to have a special car for the trip. We will go down during the day and stop for the night of the third with my cousin, John Wilson at the Shoreham hotel." When asked if there would be any committee or escorta Governor Wilson said: "There will be nothing of that kind. There will be no one in the party except Mrs. Wilson, myself and three daughters." MR. WAUGHS APPLES GONE. While a session of federal court was in progress at Parkersburg, a barrel of apples presented to H. Roy Waugh, United States district attorney, by a friend in Martinsburg, which had been opened a day before, disappeared as if by magie. The apples were in Mr. Waugh's private office, and as he was absent, everyone around the building became possessed with the idea that the fruit was there for his especial benefit. When Mr. Waugh returned he had the pleasure of gazing into the dept of an empty barrel, to which the aroma of the splendid fruit still clung. altered in Post Office at Martinsburg f.a., as Second Class Matter r. H. S. Krumbine writes The she is having the time of his life in there. Bompson and Thompson are in city the bustlers of bustlers in clothing line and their stock up to date in style and shades. s. Albert F. Clifford, is spend some time in Uniontown, Pa., she is visiting her sister, Mrs. Faqus. allow the crowd to Fletchera to End Grocery. Everything and to a sanitary condition no 287K. P. R. Fletcher, Pro- ter. r. Abraham L. Miller, the well on contracting hauler and all ad hustler, paid a flying business to Jefferson County the other essrs. John H., and John A. are, two well known gentlemen of Inwood and Gerardstown neigh- hoods, were noticed upon the date of our city the other day. iss Mary Beane, of Keyser, W. stopped off en route home from imore, the other day and spent hours as the guest of her broth- Rev. Samuel M. Beane. Sue sad well and friends gladly greet- er. r. George D. Baker, of Harris, Pa., and his little daughter lred, were the over Sunday of Measra. George W. and ers Green. Mr. Baker looked and informed us that he is doing wise in the Pennsylvania Capital. r. Charles Marshall, the popular Martin Street barber and Man-of Marshall's Orchestra, is some- improved, after being on the list for a week or more. Hisial recovery is highly gratifying is hosts of friends. r. William Spears, the dance proprietor and bicycle repairer, ordered a brand new Ford auto-ile, Model 1913, and it is expect that ere long, he will be breaking e' local auto records for speedy' as he is called by his intimates, claver fellow and they take deit in hailing him as the first auto-ile owner of color in the city. While plugging a tooth for Pierce Morgan, a New York dentist, him about the destitution of a her woman with 13 children. He is what he wrote the doctor a day: "Dear Doctor: You hurt like the devil yesterday, but your story about the widow and her children helped me some. Inad find check for $1,000, which he turn over to the washer woman tell her she was a fool to have 13 children." the president of the Chinese Reicic, Yuan Schi Kai, recently suplised the newspaper King Bao, oh undoubtedly was the oldest ar in the world. For 1,500 years as reported the more important is not only of China, but also of sign countries. At a time when art of printing and journalism as yet unknown in Europe, the nese Gong-Chung invented a nee for making types from lead silver, and in the year 400 A.D. paper King Bao was printed, and since been issued regularly untiltily. The first edition was tated on ten sheets of yellow silk, ty tied together, and was thus to all the high officials of the nese Empire. J. R.CLIFFORD. ATTORNEY AT LAW RTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA Practices in all the Courta of W the Supreme Court of Appeals the United States Courts. HOSPITAL ON THE RAIL HOSPITAL ON THE RAIL GOOD IDEA HAS BEEN EVOLVED IN SWITZERLAND. Invalid Who Can Afford to Pay the Price Can Travel in Perfect Comfort on These New Style of Cars. When people of means have a member of the family who is extremely ill, yet desires to travel, either from their home to some famous health resort or from some resort back to their home, practically throughout Europe, Switzerland can furnish a "traveling hospital" for them. ```markdown ``` These travelling hospitals are railroad cars, with every modern equipment, and as the railroad gauge is standard for the most part throughout the continent, this car may be hauled over any line of railroad. As the government of Switzerland owns its railroads, these travelling hospitals or hospital cars are federal property, always ready to be leased to any one who has the price. For a long time these cars have been operated, and they have been found to be a good investment, being in considerable demand at almost all times of the year. The slick room is located in the middle of the long car. It is finished in white enamel, with rounding corners to avoid all possibilities of dirt and germs, and every modern hospital appliance is to be found in it, from its white iron bed, sectional mattress and removable stretcher-like springs to the antiseptic leather couch and easy chair and adjoining lavatories. There is also a room for the nurse and a couch for an emergency bed, operating table and linen closet. A kitchenette with electric cooking appliances is beyond the nurse's room, and there is also a heated baggage room, where domestics may find cots for sleeping. All doors are ball-bearing and noiseless, and the whole thing is about as perfect an arrangement as far as details go, as could be found in any hospital. Patients have made trips from the tip of Italy's "boot" clear to the northern German provinces without the least ill effects from the journey. Much Detail In Work Ten movements are involved in the delivery of a special train order: Telegraphing the order to the stations; writing down of the order as received; repetition of the order by the station operator to the dispatcher; O. K. on the transmission by the dispatcher; acknowledgment of the O. K. by the operator; comparing copies with the recipients of the order and receiving their signatures; telegraphing the signatures to the dispatcher; acknowledgment of the signatures and permission to deliver order; indorsement of this reply on the order, and final delivery of the order to the trainmen. Not until the final step in this round has been taken is the order considered complete. After it has been finally sealed the operator makes triplicate tissue copies, one of which he hands to the conductor, one to the engineer and the third he keeps himself. Some roads demand that the conductor read his copy to the engineer in the presence of the operator. On some it is the custom to deliver the order only to the conductor. When his order has been carried out the dispatcher draws a blue penell line through his copy book and signs his initials. If he is relieved before all steps have been completed his relief signs the order to show that he understands it. The process of making orders and delivering them is as simple as a primer after a little experience. But when freight is heavy and excursions are running, the business of a division entails many combinations. Caution Causes Delays. Delays on the rail in winter are caused as much by caution as anything else. All operators are warned to run no risks during extreme cold weather. Sometimes the cold prevents the automatic signals from properly working. The expense of operating a railroad during extreme cold weather is enormous. Fuel bills are greatly increased and revenues are reduced because of the nonmovement of perishable commodities. This winter has been extremely cold, rather than one with quantities of snow. There are instances where one night fall of snow will represent $100,000 of expense to a railroad the next day. It is not uncommon that the item of clearing a railroad system of snow will represent from $600,000 to $1,500,000 in a single winter. Notwithstanding all this, passenger traffic has moved with considerable freedom and certainly a minimum amount of discomfort to the traveling public. Storage battery locomotives, entirely automatic in the operation, have been in operation for some time in the cities of Germany. HOWARD UNIVERSITY, WASHINGTON, D. C. STEPHEN M. NEWMAN, D. D. PRESIDENT. 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. 1382 students from 37 states and 10 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. Kehy Miller, A. M., Dean. THE TEACHERS' COLLEGES. 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., Ph. 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. Course in Bookkeeping, Stenography Commercial Law, History, Civics, &c. Business and English high school education combined. George W. Cook, A. M. Dean. SCHOOL OF MANUAL ARTS AND APPLIED SCIENCES. Furinshes thorough courses. Six instructors. Offers four-year courses in Mechanical and Civil Engineering, and Architecture. Professional Schools THE SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY. Interdenominational. Five professors. Broad and thorough courses. Advantage of connection with a great University. Students' Aid. Low expenses, Isaac Clark, D.D., Dean. THE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE. 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 Polychronic. Edward A. Balloch, M. D., Dean, 5th and W. Streets N. W., W. C. McNeill, M. D., Secretary, 901 R St., N. W. THE SCHOOL OF LAW. 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 5th street N. W. For catalogue and special information address Dean or Department. THE MOST ACCURATE .22 CALIBER Repeating Rifle in the WORLD. Made in two models: one for .29 Short R. F. cartridges—the other for .23 Long Rifle R. F. STEVENS "VISIBLE LOADING" RIFLE NO. 70. LIST PRICE $8.00 Handles 14—.99 Short and 19—.92 long rifle cartridges. Send for handsomely illustrated Rifle Catalog and "How to Shoot Well". Order Stevens Rifles—Pistols and Shotguns from your Dealer. J. STEVENS ARMS & TOOL COMPANY, P. O. Box 5004, CHICOPEE FALLS, MASS. BIOGRAPHY OF 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. Price one dollar per volume—$1.00. Cash must invariably accompany all orders postage paid. Good live agents wanted for West Virginia No sample outfits. Stamps not accepted. For further information and terms to Agents, Address, John E. Bruce Grit, Author and Pub Sunnyslope Cottage, Yonkers, N. Y. WHY OWN WEBSTER'S NEW INTERNATIONAL DICTIONARY THE KERRIAN WEBSTER? Bocenza is a NEW CREATION, covering every field of the world's thought, action and culture. The only new unbridged dictionary in many years. Because it defines over 400,000 Words; more than ever before appeared between two covers, 400 Pages, 600 Illustrations. Because it is the only dictionary with the new divided page. A "Stroke of Genius." Because it is an encyclopedia in a single volume. Because it is accepted by the Courts, Schools and Press as the one supreme authority. Because he who knows What knows. Let us tell you about this new work. ```markdown ``` CHARESTON, WEST VA. Town who repairs Recycler Stubborn Case "I was under the treat Mrs. R. L. Phillips, of India, nounced my case a very streness. I was not able to take Cardui. I used it about one week. Now, the severe pain, that has gone, and I don't suffer in a long time, and cannot TAKE CARDUI. "I was under the treatment of two doctors," writes Mrs. R. L. Phillips, of Indian Valley, Va., "and they pronounced my case a very stubborn one, of womanly weakness. I was not able to sit up, when I commenced to take Cardui. I used it about one week, before I saw much change. Now, the severe pain, that had been in my side for years, has gone, and I don't suffer at all. I am feeling better than in a long time, and cannot speak too highly of Cardui." TAKE CARDUI The Woman's Tonic if you are one of those ailing women who suffer from any of the troubles so common to women. Cardui is a builder of womanly strength. Composed of purely vegetable ingredients, it acts quickly on the womanly system, building up womanly strength, toning up the womanly nerves, and regulating the womanly system. Cardui has been in successful use for more than 50 years. Thousands of ladies have written to tell of the benefit they received from it. Try it for your troubles. Begin today. Write to: Ladies' Advisory Dept., Chattanooga Medicine Co., Chattanooga, Tenn., for Special Instructions, and 64-page book, "Home Treatment for Women." sent free. 152 Refers to J. R. Clifford, Esq. Editor Pioneer Press. HOTEL BROWN Mme. M. L. JOHNSON GRADUATE SCAUP SPECIALIST AND HAIR CULTURIST Manicuring, Facial, Soap Message and Scientific Soap Treating. ```markdown ``` Use Johnson's Shampoo Cream, for shampooing the scalp and hair. It cleanses and beautifies. Per Jar, ..... 266 Use Johnson's Medicated Soap, for the complexion, shaving, shampooing and skin diseases. Per Cake, ..... 266 Use Johnson's Cream of Camphor. It beautifies the face, hands and neck. Relieves headache and neuralgia and will gradually lighten the skin. Per Bot. 80s. Use Johnson's Sure Hair Dye. Changes the grayed hair dark after a few applications. Per Bottle, ..... $1.00 We are the Pioneer manufacturers of Scientific Hair Preparations in the United States. We also make Wigs, Switches, Pomps, Coronet Braids, Puffs and front Parts to match your hair. Best workmanship. Lowest prices. Send 10c for a large sample jar of Johnson's Hair Food and terms to Agenta. Write your letter to 681 Shawmut Avenue, Boston, Mass. Please mention this paper. WILLIAM SPEARS' BICYCLES 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 band bicycles, good as new. In addition to bicycle repairing, I do repairing of all kinds, and am the only man in town who repairs bicycles. FROST PROOF CABBAGE PLANTS GUARANTEED TO SATISFY CUSTOMERS FROM THE ORIGINAL CABBAGE PLANT GROWERS EAST AFTER WAREFIELD, GROUNDLE LAND TREE, CINEMATIC WINDOW, ALCOHOL CROWSHELL, CHURCH TREEWOOD, DOWN LARGE AND FATAL CABBAGE Estate established 1868. Paid in Capital Stock $30,000.00 We grew the first FROST PROOF PLANTS in 1868. Now have over twenty thousand satisfied customers. We have grown and sold more cabbage plants than all other plants in southern States combined. WHY? Our plants must please or we send your money back. Order now. It is time to set these plants in your section to get extra early cabbage, and they are the ones that sell for the most money. WE SOW THREE TONS OF CABBAGE SEED PER SEASON. Earn Your Plants for a Slight Service—Ask Us Now! Prices on Cabbage and Postage Paid 20 cents per 100 plants. By express, buyer paying express charges, which under special rate is very low, 500 for $1.00, 1,000 to 4,000 $1.50 per thousand; 5000 to 10,000 $1.25 per thousand; 10,000 and over $1.00 per thousand. WM. C. GERATY, CO., Box 138 Yonges Island, S. C. The Marlin NEW MODEL 29 Repeating Rifle The gun to use for rabbits, squirrels, hawks, crows and all small game. Here's the rifle you have been waiting for—an up-to-date .22 caliber repeater that handles without change or adjustment .22 short, .22 long and .22 long-rifle cartridges of all makes and styles, yet sells at the surprisingly low price of $8.50. The solid-top and side ejection are always a protection, keep shells, powder and gases from your face, allow instant repeat shots. Quick take-down construction—easily cleaned—takes little space and brings greatest pleasure at small expense. Learn more about the full Marlin line. Send 3 The Marlin Firearms Co. stamps postage for the 136 page Marlin catalog. Willow Street Now Haven, Conn. ```markdown ``` BALTIMORE & OILK RAILROAD. Corrected to Dec. 1st, 1913. Trains leave Martinsburg as follows: WEST BOUND No 55 Daily at 11:24 a.m for Pitsburg Cincinnati, Louisville and St. Louis Connect for Comney except St. Louis and and at Grafton for Wheeling No. 15 Daily at 11:50 a.m Grafton Pitsburg and Chicago. No. 5 Daily at 3:17 p.m for Grafton Pittsburgh and Chicago. No. 7 Daily 7:42 p.m for Wheeling, Columbus and Chicago. No. 1 Daily at 6:20 p.m for Cincinnati Louisville and St. Louis. No 3 Daily at 2.36 a m for Cincinnati Louisville and St Louis. For Cumberland and way Stations, No 39, 5.37 p. m. No 9 Daily at 11.28 p m; for Pittsburg No 23 Daily except Sunday at 6.30 a or Cumberland and intermediate sta- ons. Connects for Berkeley Springs. EAST BOUND. No 16 Daily except Sunday at 11.55 a.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 inter- mediate stations, Connects for Frederick. G. W. SQUIGGINS, Gen. Pass Agent. Baltimore, Md. Mattinsburg, W. 18 SALESMAN WANTED to look after our interest in Berkeley and adjacent counties. Salary or Commission. Address Lincoln Oil Co. Cleveland, Ohio. Wanted—Cosmopolitan Magazine requires the services of a representative in Martinsburg to look after subscription renewals and to extend circulation by social methods which have proved unusually successful. salary and commission. Previous experience desirable but essential. Whole time or spare time. Address, with refences. H. C. Campbell, Cosmopolitan Magazine, 1819 Broadway, New York. Baltimore & Ohio Rail-Road 3 TOURS TO FLORIDA VIA WASHINGTON ROUND $46.25 ALL TRIP EXPENSFS JANUARY 28 Via Seaboard Line Railway FEBRUARY 11 Via Southern Railway FEBRUARY 28 Via Atlantic Coast Line BOOKLEF GIVING FULL INFORMATION AT TICKET OFFICES. THE KEYSER, MOOREFIELD AND PETERSBURG STAGE LINE Runs daily except Sunday. Persons wishing to travel in the direction mentioned will find it a great convenience and very cheap—the round rip only $3, and the distance being to either place and back, 87 miles Persons traveling it once, will never forget the kindness of the proprieto Mr. George Shank. OVER 65 YEARS' EXPERIENCE PATENTS TRADE MARKS DESIGNS COPYRIGHTS & C. Anyone sending a sketch and description may quickly ascertain our common free whether an invention is probably patentable. Communica- tionist or patent attorney (INHIBITION on Patents sent to Oleast agency) may receive Patents taken through Munn & Co. receive special notice, without charge, in the Scientific American. A handsomely Illustrated weekly. Largest circulation of any scientific journal. Terms. $3 a ear, four months. $L. Sold by all nowadearers. WILM & Co. 361 Broadway, New York Broadway Office, 65 E. F. St., Washington D. C. Marlin NEW MODEL 29 Repeating Rifle The gun to use for rabbits, squirrels, hawks, crows and all small game. The New York Tribune Twice-A-Week 6 1/2 Months for 35 Cents. FULLY COVERING Presidential Campaign THIRTY-FIVE CENTS WANTED--A RIDER IN EACH TOWN and district to ride and exhibit "Ranger" bicycle furnished by us. Our account money fast. Write for full particulars and special NO MONEY REQUIRED until you receive bicycle. We ship to anyone anywhere in the in advance, prepay freight, and allow TEN DAY when time you may ride the bicycle and pay. If you are shi not perfectly satisfied or bicycle ship I back to us at our expense and FACTORY PRICES We furnish the high possible to make a actual factory cost. You save 10 to 25 mili- ing direct of us and have the manufacture bicycle. DO NOT BUY a bicycle or a pair until you receive our catalogues and fee prices and remarkable special offers to rider agen- YOU WILL BE ASTONISHED when you u fully low prices we can make you this year. We money than any other factory. We附签 with it. BICYCLE DEAL can sell our bicycles under your own name. Orders filled the day received. BECOND NAND BICYCLES. We do not regularly handle second a number of hand taken in trade by our Chicago retail stores. These ranging from 80 to 90 or 90. Descriptive bargain lists mailed free. COASTER-BRAKES, equipment of all kinds at half the regular $1000 Hedgethorn Puncture-P Self-healing Tires A SAMPLE TO INTRODUC The regular retail price of these tires to 10.00 or less. possible to make at one small profit about actual factory cost. You save $10 to $25 middlemen's profits by buying direct of the manufacturer's guarantee behind your bicycle. DO NOT BUY a bicycle or a pair of tires from anyone at any price until you receive our logos and learn our unhard of factory prices and remarkable special offers on costs. YOU WILL BE ASTONISHED when our luxurious products are available. WILL BE ASTONISHED when you receive our beautiful catalogue and fully two prices we can make you this year. We sell the highest grade bicycles for less than many other factory. We wear satisfied with $1.00 price and factory cost. BICYCLE DEALER, can sell our bicycles under your own name plate at double our prices. Orders filled the day received. SECOND HAND BICYCLES. We do not regularly handle second hand bicycles, but usually have a number on hand taken in trade by our Chicago retail stores. These we clear out promptly at prices ranging from $2 to $4 or $10. Descriptive bargain lists mailed free. COASTER-BRAKES, single wheels, imported roller shaping and models part 111 of only $4.90 per pair. All orders shipped same makes the price $4.90 per pair) if you send FULL CASH n runs to risk! Inland orders an order as the stress may be not satisfactory on examination. We will perfectly reliable order a pair of these tires, you will find that this will pick you up any tire you have ever used or seen at any price you want. You will give us your order. We want table tire offer. any kind of any prices until you need for a pair of Hedgather n runs on approval and trial at the special introductory Adry Catalog we which describes and quotes all makes and day. DO NOT THINK OF BUYING a bicycle or a pair of n runs you know the new and wonderful we are making. COMPANY, CHICAGO, ILL: 10.00 A MONTH -- That's almost $10.00 a Day day letter is received. We ship C, O, D or only $2.50 per pair. We allow each discount of 10 percent (sharply marked $2.50 per pair) with ONLINE and onloose this advertisement. You run no risk in sending a returned at OUR address, and any reason they are not satisfactory on examination and money seat to us is safe in a hatch. If you order a pair of these tires, you must run farther, wear better, lack longer and look darker. If you have you will be so well pleased that when you want a blower you will you to send me a mail order as once, hence this remarkable tire offer. IF YOU NEED TIRES you may kindly say price multi you price quoted above; or write for our big Fire and Bunker Catalogue which describes kinds of tires above half the usual prices. DO NOT WAIT We do NOT think of it only costs a postal to learn everything. Write is BOW. J. L. MEAD CYCLE COMPANY, CH WHY NOT MAKE $200.00 A MONTH $50.00 a Week, almost $10.00 day letter is received. We ship C. O. D. on april. You do not pay a coat until you have it handed and found them strictly as represented. We will mail WITH ORDER and encloses this per cent (mariety making the price $6.55 per pair) if you send FULL CASH returned at OUR expense if for any reason they are not in stock in risk as an order as the order may be longer, was less safe as in a bank. If you order a pair of shoes and will that they will ride easier, was faster, was less finger and lookiner than any tire you have ever used or price. We know that you will be so well fingered and lookiner than any tire you will give as your order. you to send us a trial order at once, hence this remarkable tire offer. IF YOU NEED TIRES don't buy any kind of any price and you send a pair of Hogdenshore price quoted above; or write for our big tire and Sundry Catalogue which describes and quotes all makes and kinds of tires above half the initial price. DO NOT WAIT but write as a portal today. DO NOT THINK OF BUYING a bicycle or a pair of If only costs a portal to learn everything. Write it BOW. J. L. MEAD CYCLE COMPANY CHICAGO, IL. $50.00 a Week, almost $10.00 a Day Selling Victor Safes and fire-proof boxes to merchants, doctors, lawyers, dentists and welder of doctors, all of whom realize the need of a safe, do not know how easy it is to own one. Salesmen declare our position of the best, clean-cut money-making opportunities ever received. Without previous experience YOU can duplicate the success of others. Our handsomely illustrated 200-page catalog will allow you to present the subject to customers in as diplomatic way. were piloting them through our factory. Men appointed as consultant receive advice and instructions for selling safes, giving examining taking points which it is impossible for a prospective customer to deny. Why should you be the first to apply from your vicinity before someone else gets the territory? can favor only one salesman out of each locality. The 25th anniversary of our company was celebrated by erecting the most modern sale factory in the world. Wide- awake men who received our special selling inducement, rendered it necessary to double our output. We are spending many thousands of dollars en- larging our sales organization, but to learn all particulars, it will cost you only the price of a postal card. Ask for Catalogue 16 T. THE VICTOR SAFE & LOCK CO. Our New Home. Capacity 20,000 Safes Annually. SPECIAL OFFER Pays for the New York Tribune Twice-a-Week from NOW until after election (up to November 15) This period will cover the entire Presidential Campaign and extend over the election several weeks. THE TRIBUNE issued on Tuesdays and Fridays contains ALL the latest cable and telegraph news of the world up to the hour of going to press, as well as all the latest reliable POLITICAL and general news. It is a complete and satisfactory newspaper for the busy man SPECIAL OFFER Any person sending in the names and address of FOUR subscribers, accompanied by $140, will receive a copy of the paper sent to his own address for 31 months free of charge. In other words, FIVE subscriptions will be sent at the price of FOUR provided the five names and addresses accompanied by the cash are received at the same time. Make remittance in some form of draft, check or Money Order and always address THE TRIBUNE, Tribune Building, New York City. We have hundreds of letters from satisfied customers stating that the tires have only been pumped up once or twice in a whole season. They weigh no more than an ordinary tire, the puncture resisting qualities being given by several layers of thin, specially prepared fabric on the tread. The regular price of these tires is $10.00 per pair, but for advertising purposes we are making a special factory price. ```markdown ``` THE POST FOUNTAIN PEN, PRICE $3, AND THE PIONEER PRESS 1 YEAR,TWO DOLLARS OUR MAGNIFICENT PROPOSITION Notice the thick rubbertread "A" and puncture stripe "B" and "D" also rim cuttle "H" and rim cuttle rim cutting. This tire will suit any other make—BOFT, ELASTIC and EASY RIDING. ```markdown ``` The 25th anniversary of our company was celebrated by erecting the most modern safefactory in the world. Wide-swake men who received our special selling inducement, relied on necessary to double our output. We are spending many thousands of dollars enlarging our sales organization, but to learn all particulars, it will cost you only the price of a postal card. Ask for Catalogue 16 T. THE VICTOR SAFE & LOCK CO. CINCINNATI, OHIO --- ```markdown ``` For Thirty Years THE PIONEER PRESS Has been the leader in this State and Nation for the grand and noble fight that is being waged for the amelioration of the condition of the Negro. The PIONEER PRESS was never known to lag or trifle in any matter where the interest of the race was involved. For this characteristic, THE PRESS should have the unswerving support and encouragement of Negroes everywhere. It contains reliable news, interesting editorials and clever special articles. It is safely recommended to you as a perfect newspaper for the home and family. IT LEADS in the quantity of original matter which it furnishes its patrons. IT LEADS in its spicy editorials and fearless sayings. IT LEADS in its general, local and miscellany pages. TAKEN all in all, we don't feel that we are exaggerating when we state that The PIONEER PRESS is one of the best all around weekly papers in this country today. WE ARE not alone in making this statement, for some of the best and most prominent men of the United States have done likewise. These persons above referred to, were not confined to one particular race, either, but to both. THE PIONEER PRESS Has the LARGEST city circulation— The LARGEST Foreign circulation— The LARGEST domestic and general circulation— The LARGEST county and rural circulation of any Negro newspaper in the United States— Has the LARGEST Anglo Saxon circulation— WHY IS THE ABOVE SO? BECAUSE it is the pioneer of this section in blazing the way for truth, honesty, piety and frugality and all other requisites that are necessary for the making of manly men and womanly women of all races. BECAUSE it merits support and gets it is proof positive that people know a good thing when they see it. BECAUSE of its unique and original qualities the PIONEER PRESS has a noticeable exclusiveness enjoyed by no other paper in the class wherein it circulates. The Pioneer Press With its generally large and intelligent circulation will bring ABUNDANT AND PROFITABLE RETURNS. TO ITS ADVERTISERS. Viewed from the standpoint of news merit, circulation or advertising power, THE PIONEER PRESS is the peer of its competitors and stands forth as a brilliant example of successful modern newspaper methods.