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"HERE SMALL THE PRESS, THE PEOPLE'S RIGHTS MAINTAIN, UNAWED BY INFLUENCE AND UNBRIBED BY GAIN." The ESTABLISHED 1882. Mr. Jackson On Rack Again Mr. Jackson On Rack Again In your issue of the 18th., Bro. J. W. Jackson attempted to defend the Bull Moose party and I feel constrained to congratulate him upon his ability to make a good argument on a bad case. Bro. Jackson denies that the Bull Moose party was brought into existence to gratify the ambition of Mr. Roosevelt, and tries to substantiate his assertion by stating that because of the enroachment of special privileges, the throttling of the government by the money powers, this storm had been impending for the last five or six years. With all of his satuteness, Bro. Jackson failed to see that this so-called discontentment would go back two years in the Roosevelt administration. Continuing Bro. Jackson says that Mr. Roosevelt and his friends went to Chicago last June to fight squarely and openly the battle for Progressive principles within the party. You are mistaken, my brother, he went there to fight for Theodore Roosevelt, and stood for no principle that was worth standing for that was not a part of the record of the Republican party. Senator Root is referred to as the great apostle of special privileges and Mr. Roosevelt as the friend of the masses. If Mr. Roosevelt is the reformer that Bro. Jackson claims him to be, we would like to know why he appointed the "apostle of special privilege"—Mr. Root, to the most exalted position in his official family, that of Secretary of State. We will say for Mr. Jackson's information that notwithstanding the fact that Mr. Roosevelt is opposed to the money powers, the trusts and the bosses, it is a matter of history that in 1904, he had the largest campaign fund in the history of political campaigns. I am holding my breath to see if Bro. Jackson is willing to say the "people" gave him this money. Mr. Taft stands for the classes, says Mr. Jackson. I venture the assertion that no two public men over stood closer together nor understood each other better than Mr. Taft and Mr. Roosevelt, and if Mr. Taft stands for the classes, as Mr. Jackson says, it would be underestimating Mr. Roosevelt's intelligence to say he did not know it when he used the power of his office to make him President. Being a member of the National Convention in 1908, the methods used by the Roosevelt administration to have Mr. Taft nominated came under our personal observation. We remember that when the twenty thousand people in the gallery started a Roosevelt demonstration that stopped the wheels of the convention for forty nine minutes, Mr. Roosevelt sat at Washington with his hand on the situation and contended for the nomination of Mr. Taft. Whether Mr. Jackson will concede it or not, it is a fact well known by most people, that in the estimation of Mr. Roosevelt, Mr. Taft was a scholar statesman, and a gentleman Department of Archives, Oa Lippon, W. Va. WE SMALL THE PRESS, THE PEOPLE MARTINSBURG, W. until he had the endacity to get between Mr. Roosevelt and the goal of his ambition. We stated that with a few exceptions leaders of the Progressive party were men who had gotten all they could hope for as Republicans, and are willing to stake their fortunes with the new party because they have everything to gain and nothing to lose. Mr. Jackson takes issue with us on this statement and names three men to prove the contrary—Johnson, Beveridge and Glasscock. Mr. Beveridge was defeated for United States Senator three years ago and was repudiated as a candidate for governor at the last election. Mr. Glassock has never been thought of by any state convention with the governorship, but was nominated four years ago by the State Committee because Mr. Dawson wanted to reward him for the service he rendered him (Dawson) in killing the republican party in West Virginia in 1904. Of course Mr. Glassock does not expect such a contingency in West Virginia again, hence his Bull Moose proclivities. We started out with the hope of converting, Bro. Jackson, but we are now convinced that "Ephraim is joined to his idol." W. J. Thompson, Thomas, W. Va. THE YOUTH'S COMPANION FOR 1913. The Youth's Companion appeals to every interest of family life, from housekeeping to athletics. It begins with stories of youthful vim and vigor, with articles which disclose the secrets of successful play in the great games, with charming tales of life at the girls' colleges. But the Companion does not surrender those readers when they have entered the more serious paths of life. Motbore will welcome the page for little children and the weekly doctor's article. Fathers will find the important news of the day as it is, and as it is rumored to be. The entire household will appreciate the sketches which touch gently on common foibles or caricature eccentricity. In short, for less than four cents a week The Companion brings into the home clean entertainment, pure inspiration, fine ideals, increase of knowledge. Names rarely seen in tables of contents will be found in The Companion's Announcement for 1913, which will be sent upon request:—with samples of the paper, to those not familiar with it. Every new subscriber for 1913 will receive free, The Companion Window Transparency and Calendar for 1913, in rich, translucent colors—the most beautiful of all Companion souvenirs. THE YOUTH'S COMPANION 144 Berkeley St., Boston, Mass. New Subscriptions Received at this Office. For cleaning, dyeing and pressing clothes, Mr. C. H. Cordner has one of the best outfits and does the finest guaranteed work of any one in the state. Place of business, Winchester Ava., P. O. 609.—Both Phones. SATURDAY, A Tribute To John H. Hunt The father of our worthy colored townman, John H. Hunt, was born a slave in old Virginia 68 years ago. After the war he went to Uniontown, Pennsylvania, and there in 1871 the son first saw the light. In 1892, when he had just attained his majority, John II. Hunt came to Morgentown as a cook for Mrs. D. H. Stein. After six months he opened a restaurant for himself under what is now the Peabody Hotel. After another half year, he opened the Palace Restaurant, where the Farmers and Merchants' Bank now stands. Here he remained four years. It was a reward of the university students, and Mr. Hunt became known far and wide as a restaurateur. Since those days he has often been accepted by business and professional men who were once his student customers. Another move was to Sines, where his restaurant was the first building erected. After an experience of ten years he changed to the ice cream business, and in this pursuit he is still engaged. He was the first man in this city to introduce ice cream cones, hokey pokey, and a traveling wagon. Beginning the new business with one small hand freezer, he is now a wholesale dealer in ice cream. His plant on Beachurch Avenue has so entirely sanitary equipment run by an electric motor. The daily capacity is 400 gallons. The yearly output has run as high as 15,050 gallons of a high grade article. John H. Hust is active in other lines. For four years he supplied Storgantown with ice from Docker's Creek. He owns his own home on a short street named for himself, a portion of which is land donated by him to the city. He owns several other items of real estate within Morgantown, and is the proprietor of the valuable suburban property known as Roger's Keon. Furthermore, he holds under lease the private ground at Jerome Park. This resort is high and eighty, is well shaded by native trees and by several huge boulders. It is equipped with pavilion, merry-go-round and other attractions. At Jerome Heights, beyond Jerome Park, he has opened a new addition and is selling lots at a moderate price where good judges of property thought the outlook unfavorable. Mr. Hunt is entirely a self made man, yet his remarkable career has not been one of continued success. For ten years he had an uphill struggle, ending with a business reverse. But though at the time he could pay but 75 cents on the dollar, he afterward paid the remaining 25 cents. Today, John H. Hurt is known and respected throughout Morgantown as a thoroughly honest and upright citizen, who favors any meritorious enterprise looking to the welfare of his adopted city. He has an excellent rating at the banks, and is a member of the Board of Trade as well as the Business Men's Protective Association.—Morgantown Post-Chronicle Industrial Supplement. Memorials to Abraham Lincoln are multiplying, but no achievement of artiat in bronze, marble, or on VOL. 31. NO. 46 Anecdotal Literature BY W. G. A politician in New York said the other day: "Superfluous millions will only buy superfluities. Money is not the whole of life. I can wear only one suit of clothes at a time, eat only one meal at a time, and inhabit only one house at a time; and when I die, I can't take a dollar with me." This remark was quoted to Samuel T. Johnson, the Columbus capitalist, by a reporter, together with Therau's famous saying: "Men labor under a mistake. The butter part of man is soon plowed into the soil for compost. By a seeming necessity, they are employed, as it says in an old book, laying up treasures which moth and rust will corrupt, and thieves break through and steal." Mr. Johnson listened with a smile. He stood in his office in his shirt-sleeves, studying the tape that streamed from a ticker. "That," said he, "is all good straight talk, and every syllable of it is true; but you can take my word for it, young man, money ain't going out of fashion just yet, all the same." "Why did you give that servant such a fine letter of recommendation?" asked one woman. "I was willing," said the other, "to do anything to get her to go away peaceably." Woodrow Wilson was being congratulated at Spring Lake on his singular ability as a speaker." "You have had little training on the platform," the reporter said, "How do you account, sir, for this excellence?" "Wilberforce," said Gov. Wilson, emilie, "defined the difference between a good and a bad speaker thus: "The good speaker has something to say. The bad speaker has to say something." Voter—"What is your idea of a perfect system of government?" Candidate—"Oh, I wouldn't give a complete outline in advance." "After my election I expect to make most of it up as I go along." The late Col. Sanders was canvassing in Montana for votes for himself for governor. He came to a little settlement not yet named. "I am running for governor, will you vote for me, my friend?" "No!" "Well," said Sanders, producing a bottle, will you have a drink? "You bet," said the man. And that is the way the town got the name Ubt. canvas, can adequately commemorate the simple, loving Commoner. Nothing could be more fitting or beautiful in conception, or more desirable in realization, than Lincoln Hall, which is to be dedicated on the Campus of the State University of Illinois, on the one hundred and fourth anniversary of his birth, February 12th, 1913. The walls are to be decorated with fitting memorial panels, tablets, inscriptions, etc. But the crowning glory of the building will lie in the fact that it is to be devoted to the study of the humanities, those things that relate to the well being of man and the development of the spirit.—Unity. CELIA RARKER WOOLLEY ON CURSE OF PREJUDICE. "We praise the Colored man and cursever; him for his progress since emancipation, ourselves for the and rendered him. It is all right to so, yet the question of importance to me is. When are we going to emancipate ourselves from the prejudices which we have against him? We tell him he has done well and is doing well, having contributed to literature, science and art as other races; yet when he asks for a chance to earn an honest living in our factories and shops, we refuse him. Not that he is incapable or unkillful, but because of the fact that we white people are yet slaves to prejudices and should emancipate ourselves. Ninety-nine out of 100 are such slaves. I am now speaking to you men of business who can give the Negro a chance who will. For example: a baritone in a New York choir was a highly trained Colored singer. Other members of the choir notified the leader that unless the Colored man was discharged they would leave the choir. The leader informed them that he was sorry that he was unable to dispense with the services of the Colored baritone singer. And the choir was continued as before. Wherever the whites have threatened to leave, wherever the employer has had courage to inform them that he is sorry, but if they will go he would have to fill their places, to meet every case they have failed to leave. Only jobs give on the Negro are janitors, porters and waiters, regardless of qualifications. The white people are daily closing the door of opportunity against the Negro. Professional schools, business schools, kindergarten schools are unjust to the Negro. All the Negro makes now is justice and nothing more." INTERNATIONAL PEACE (Plank submitted by Charles E. Beals to the Federal Council of Churches of Christian America for insertion in its platform, and adopted by the Council, at the morning session, Monday, December 9, 1912) The Council favors the organization of a Church Peace League in America, the annual observance of Peace Sunday by the churches, and the memorializing of the Third Hugue Conference in behalf of the establishment of a permanent court of international justice and the adoption of such other measures as shall render war unnecessary and impossible. It calls upon Christian men and women to unite in a demand that the teaching and spirit of Jehovah be applied in international relations by our national Congress and Department of State. Bx W. Q. STILL FASHIONABLN. * A HOLD UP. THE GOOD SPEAKER * * EXTEMPOR. THE NAMING OF UBET. 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It is bat natural for people to receive thie Jatest report with a large degree of fncredulity, because Menelek has been, according to ramor,dead about five orsix times in the last ten yeare, Well, if be is dead, and there osn be such a condition, we will bet be ie a lively corpse, _ The euffragettes in London, Eng- Jand, ere, ag we eee it, hurting their obances to get what they want, It is all right to be determined, bat for @ borde of women to amesh windows, destroy mall, commis aseaulte, aud cause pendemonium to reign in gen- eral, je going a bit too far. These ouffragettes may not view things as they ought to at this time, but ere many more yeare they will see the error of their ways. Miao Nannie Barronghe, the great Baptist women, so we are informed, ‘binke there are too many Negro sational organizations, We don’t, On tbe other hand, though, it ie our Opinion that the ones which we do have, ere too inactive. That's the trouble, and ae we seo it, that ia all ‘bere ia to it. If we had five huadred besrty and active organizations, they could all find work to do, beceure we are ten or fifteen million strong, and are ip continnel need of having our sffaira properly looked after. While the great and poworfal United States government is doing ¢0 mach investigating these dave, it would be a fine thing for it to take a whsok at the Pallman Oompany, aad moke inqoiry astowby that fabu- louely rich concern don’t pay ite poor overworked and helf starved Negro portore living wages? For, it ie» eshamefal and inoontrovortible foct that these faithfal servants are only coabled to live through the generosity of the traveling publio, There is one thing certain, and Ybat ia, Hon. Woodrow Wilson is an ad:pt st keeping bie own confidencs with regard to hia Cabinet sppoiat- men(s This shows wisdom, for, if the people of the United Biates were trastful enough of him to give bim the bigbest office within their power, itis quite probable that be bee a eutiicieot amount; of judgment to select men who will be real aids to him in carrying om the affairs of this great goverament durimg the foor years be is to reside in Wesh- fogton. The Wost Virginia Legislature is bury a8 we go to prose balloting for ® United States Senator. So fnr, thvagh, co one bas been so lncky as to carry off the Senatorial toga, but ere some one is elected, we hops there will be no disgraceful deadlock, and all the ridiculous features that go with it, Well, the solore had better make good of this opportunity tobe in the public eye, because, uniese ol) signe fail, foolishness in conn:ction with the convening of the Wee: Virginia Legislature bids far y Ss dee thing of tha oe The armistice bas been terminated between the Balkan States and the Turke, and the war goes merrily on. Bay what you will or may, while outoumbered, the Torks are making 8 grim resistance which bas cbham- pioned the world's admirstion. You can malign the old Tork all you want to, but be isa born fighter, and if you don't think so, why juat ask the Allies. Ibis pewspaper guesip that Gov. Wilson bas decided to retain the Negro employees of the White House, This may be so, and it may not, but it is eure guessing that the worthies referred to above, wart to remain right were they are. And wo don’t blame them elther, becouse the salaries they are paid, look very good to the average wage earner who gets one dollar and a half dey, out of which bas to come his daily board bill. Womsn is playing an important part in educational work in this couctry, a facteasily evidenced by the news account, appearing else- where in these columus, which was prepared by the United States Bu rean of Education, This is somo- whit, surprising, posribly to the average wind, but it means, to the person who carefully scrutinizes mattere, that women, in probably a large mesaure, are bet.or adapted to educational uplift than men. This ie bo new condition either, butis one ot many yeare etanding. Of course there are plenty of men with excep- tlonal ability as educators, but in this day women seem to outstrip them, and unless they beetir them- selves, the gentler sex will eoon bave themoathe dend ron ae regards ‘matters educational. Tbe governor of Vermont bas vee toed a bill which wag enacted fer the purpose of aterilizicg criminals, insane anbjects, physically deficient persone and andesirablea generally. Opivion is divided 18 to the wisdom of the governor in doing as he did, some siding with bim and otbere egainet him. If we bad any recourse in the matter, our plan would bavo been to let the bill become effective, Hed thie been done, Vermont would G0 On record aa the most progressive stete in the Uniom, and ber praises would have been sung from ocesn to coean. Sterilization for all the low- eretrate of bumanity is bound to come, and no matter what bindrences pow seem to be In ite way, ae sure as tbe enn shinee, it ie on actoal avent- Dality, And when jt does become legal everywhere, watch how the bomen race will grow, proeper and become more powerfol than it bas over been before, — Oongressman Roddemberry, the colebrated Georgia orsoker congress- moan, bae hed another ene of those periodioal atteoke of Negrophobia for which he is famone. Toie time he ia enraged beoauce a Negro mar- ried a white girl in Chiongo, As result of bis rege, this Southern bloffer and bally aired himealf to ‘snob an extent in Congress the other day that he both amused and dia- ‘gosted his collosguee with his cense- less rantings, Sroh » creature og Roddenberry bas clearly proven that he is, io an unwertby Tepresentative of the State from which he comes, and 4 veritablo disgraca to tbe coun- try which nambere bim among isc poseeasions, When thie bypocritioal old rascal is showing bis apparent hatred for colored people, and prat- iog abont intermarriage, miscegena tion and other metters over which be becomes “righteonaly indignant,” vomebody ought to op and ask bim abont the millions of malattoes who inhabit the South, and for whoee presence there, nine times ont of ten, joet enob old rip rosring forces os Roddenberry bas sbown himaslf to he, are retponaible, "O consiatency thon arte jemeil” bat thon knowes unt rue ef (be R bores 4epa Genera) Rosslie Jones, the noted soffragette, will lead « purade of women eoffragistein Wethiogton, on Monday, Merch 3rd, the day before ‘beineugorotiex, bie parede bide feirto be the greateet im which women heve participated since the entoblisbment of this Repablie, and ia doubtless proposed for the porpoee of ebowing tc whet on extent tbe atroggle for woman anffrage bas Progresced. While weare not an exponent of votes fer wemen, we ere, nevertheless, open to convic:ivw, end can reedily appreciate any offair which gives promise of being well mapeged,therefore we wish the girls, old maids end madame all the pieae- ure, and whatever else they get out ef the merch they intend to moke in the Capitol of tbe Nation. Of one thing we ore enre, ond that is, the method of the Amoricam ooffragetica lavaetly @upsrior to that of their Ecglich sisvers. Oa our front page we publish ao article which wae taken from the Morgantown Post Obronicle Indus- trial Supplement. I: treats of Mr, John H. Hunt, thas city’s wholesale and retail ice cream menufacturor, and clearly shows bow highly be In esteemed by his fellow townemen- Ia addition to the write. up of which mention is made above, fine views of Mr. Hunt's handsome home and bis cspacious ice cream facicry meet the geze of thoce who are permitted so see the Chronicle supplement All that to said of Mr. Hunt bears ‘careful investigation, and it gives ue Pleasure to say that mo fiser mao ‘ban he is to be found anywoere. It has been our privilege to ;know him for upwards of twenty years, aod daring all of that time wo have never kaown bim to shirk hie duty, or be false to a friend, It iss pleasure to know a men of bis many fine parts, aod well might West Viruinis, Mo- aongslia County and Morgaatown be proud of the faes that they can pumber him as their own. His praise could be sung indefinitely, but we will reach a conolusion, and eay more power to John H. Hoat. A MESSAGE TO MINISTERS. Dr. Gonsenlos, in a meosege to the ministers as they began their full work, spoke of the impression made Upon bim by the Scotoh and Seotob. Englioh preachers during the paet summer, They insies on reality, he ssid; they preach areal message to Teal men and women, They do not think it enongh to master @ enbject iptellectaally, critically, and bistori- celly, from the eoboler’s etandpoint: Stodente they are, but with them o meesage most be s part of their life. Is muet have the quality, the flevor or the passion, of an experience. If tbey talk sbout temptation and de liverance from it, the message must beve in it the valoe ef & deliveranco ahich they bave felt, Lf they dis- cnse the forgivenass of sin, it most be bo mere theory or doctrine, but the joy of a forgiveness which thoy bove known, So through all their sermons, the bead, or key, {e more ‘than an intellectual disoovery, it is comething else, Aod this is the message which I ‘Want to givo tothe paatore of the day, Preachers mugs experience the trotb which they proclaim. They ‘cannot go into their stndies snd ‘bom troths or ideas out of books, and tbenm go and proclaim them sro- ‘Ond band to their people and expect grent rescits, Experience ospnos be borrowed, end witboat it a sermon ie only @ eecond-bend effair. We can ‘not bave renewed strength in the ‘palpit until we have men who have Tealized in themeelvea the value of ‘what they are proclaiming, I do nos «sy that we do mot already have ‘many such mea, bat what I say is, thet we baye more of them and more of it, | A lot of people ere restless end Get whet toey want by upsetting whotis. Everything ia to be done from tbe onteide, nothing from the inside of bomeo patare. The all importact duty of the minister of be present day iv to ebow the people tbat the only eetisfuctory and per- Moneot way of improvement is throagbe traceform+d bamanity.” —Urepho in ‘ne Advance. CAPABLE MAN ON THE JOB. Rise of G Dabayo Agbobi as Civil En< ginoor at Lagos. Lagos, West Africa.—@G. Debayo Agbebi, a young African gentleman who was graduated in 1911 with nigh honors from the University of Bir mingham, England, as a civil engineer, has been singularly honored by the British government with an appolnt- ment as a native assistant engincer in the public works department at Lagos, West Africa, at a salary of £250 por Year, with a rising by annual incre ments of £10 to £250 per year withous quarters. Mr. Agbebl was highly indorsed for ¢blg position by leading firmg in Bin Rene ee = - eo Re. oa Bees ad ae 3 BE RES. ° Ona ee ee ee ca ee Rien ii Reon Lie ory re it ps ek PORES nS ; DAG ee ee ee Fs Z Ree ace aoe i Bak a (S ee See moran acc ORATOR RG : So oS os aa Cs Bry a @, DPBAYO AGBEBL mingham and Stafford by whom he hag been employed as a curb engineer. One ef bis indorsements reads as followe Messrs. W. J. Whittall & Bon, Lancaster Btreet. Birmingham, July % 192 ‘We beg to say that Mr. G. Debayo Am bebi, who came to us from Birmingham university, was engaged as engineer (for six months) to supervise the steel work onstruction of the new carbon works and press shops at the General [leotric com rR. Witton; the oxtension of engineer~ 1 works for the Armorduct company, ‘Witton; new cellarage and extension of bottling stores at Mossrs. Ansells’ brew- ery, Aston; aleo the new factory for Messrs. Canning company; extension of Messrs. Ward's factory with re-enforced eoncreto floors, etc.; extension of Mossra, A. & F. Parks’ works over canal, etc, IN Dartmouth street, with re-enforced con- crete bridge. The total cost of these works exceed £30,000. ‘Mr. Agbebi gave every satisfaction both to ourselves and to the engineers and ar ebitects concerned tm the various worka ‘Ho left us at tho end of April to go to the public works department of the Birming- ham corporation. Mr. Agbebi compiled » Ust of calculations of re-onforced concrete which we found most useful. W. J. WHITTALL & BOM. Let tho black boys of American take fresh hope, aim high and hit the mark ss thts young African yet. in bis teens has done. These aw tho men to whom Africa is looking to hasten the coming of a better and a brighter day. Mr, Agbebi will be located at Lagos, z the west coust, and will enter upon @uties in January, TRAVELING MEN FOR WOODROW WILSON. He Has a Record of Making Good Mis Promises to Votere ‘The traveling man Js a Hve wire. ‘Traveling men are decided factors in Moling public sentiment, No other class of men come in mora forceful contact with the actaal condi- tion of the high cost of Hving without a corresponding increase in salartes. The traveling men need Governor ‘Wilson for their precident because his record Is that of making good promiaes and then honestly fulfilling them. ~ Forelosningdvcing and pressing clothes, Mr. KE. Cordner has one of the host on fi sand daca the finest graranteod work ef ary ona in the etnte, Placed’ hnutness tt incheater : a WANTS TO BE 160. Unole Natben Adkine, of Dorothy, who, if be lives ontil Jane 15, will be 108 yeare of age and who ie now abedding bie third set of teeth, hee en ambition ce live until he ie 150 ‘yoare old. Despite bis great age, the old man. ie aa spry we many of 50 or 55 years. He marokesevery dey to the anion commissary end draws hie daily ratione, Mre, Adkine, the third, accompanies him,bat be walke withe out assistance and carries tio eupp.g: of food bome with bim. K-eouva. morning, bie wes the firat belios im tbe box, and he predicted Wileon’e: election by a tremendous mejority. Ho hee a feins recollection of the: war of 1812, and ie as ceen ae o brier on events along in 1820 aad 1835. He considered Williem Hen: ty Harrison the grestest man thie: counity ever produced. Talking with a friend be said> “I pave always ased tubsccoin some form or other, and bave net suse tained any injary therefrom, bat I. do not attribute my greay age and strength to that, I think my long, and bealtbfal life hae been due more- to continual exercise thar» anything. elae” Every day, rain or shine, “Uncle: Natban,” and » peck of fox honnde- temble over the biile for an bour or two, efter which a rub down in olive oil 1a token, and a few light gymnas- uce follow, “Texpect to live at least 150- jears,” ho ayo, “and Tam doing my part to preserve myorif,” WOMEN IN THE PUBLIO: SCHOOLS. How women have «dvanced from. the edocetional ranks to the nighess admiaiatrative positions im the pub- le schools is interestingly revealed in figures juss compiled by the Uni- sed States Buresa of Edacasion, Four States—Colorado, Ideho, Waek- iagton and Wyoming have women at. the bead of their State achnol ays- tems, and there are now 495 women county euperimtendents in the Uni~ ted States, nearly double tbe aumber of ten years ago. In some States women appear to bave almost a mouoply of the higher positions in the pablic. school sys- tem. Wyoming basa worsan Btate superintendent; the depnty Siate euperiotendent is a woman; and of. tLe fuurtcen counties in the State, all. bat one are directed educationally by women, In Moctana, whero shere. are thirty Counties, only one maa ite. reported as holding the position ef: coupsy superintendent, Tuo increase in the number ef women county superintendents is. most conspicuous in the Weat, but ie. pot cosfined to thas scciion, New York reporte 42 women "district superiutendemts,” as againas 1B. “school commissioners” in 1900, Other Stu:es showing marked in- creases sre—Lowa, from 13 im 1900. to 4410 1912; Kaneas, from 26 ia 1900 to 49 in 1912, Nobraeks, from 10 so 42 in she same period; Nosh. D.kots trou 10 to 24; Oklahoma, %, vo 14, 1a only two Siates ie a dew oroese reported—Tennossee had 9 in 1900 acd only 5 in 1912, aad Use. hae one less than a decade ago. No better offer to farmers, and gardners 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 bun+ dred and fifty first class cold= framed and guaranteed froste. proof cabbage plants free, They are grown by that well known firm, Wm. C. Geraty Co, of South Carolina, The sub- acriber to pay mail charges—- ony & few cents,-—fditor, Entered in Post Office at Martinsburg W. Va., as Second Class Matter A protracted meeting is being held at Dudley Baptist Church, it having begun Monday night last. As a result of the smallpox scare, a large number of people are complaining of very sore arms, they having been vaccinated. Rev. Samuel M. Beane, has gone to Baltimore, where he went to fill the pulpit of a fellow member of the Washington Conference. Mr. James W. Walker, the school teacher at Darksville was in town the other day. His errand was a business one, but he throw a little pleasure in for good measure. Mrs. Emma Davis, of Harrisburg' is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Rhodes Warrick, at their home, corner Samuel and Henry Streets. She looks well. News reached here on Monday last that Perry Scott, Jr., had been run over by an automobile. At last accounts, he was reported as resting easily, and his recovery is expected. If you want anything done in the paper hanging, painting or repairing line, see Mr. Thomas W. Carter, Henry Street. His prices are reasonable and his work is first class. Mrs. Lilly Roman has gone to Anniston, Alabama, in which place she will be employed during the balance of the winter. We hope her trip may prove both pleasant and profitable. The Ground Hog devotes are loud in the praise of his hogship as a weather prophet, and now that the weather is cold, and has been since the second day of the month, they are proclaiming, "I told you so!" People have been worrying about the probable scarcity of natural ice, but if the weather keeps cold like it has been for the past four or five days, there need be no further worry along that line. James Reed, twell known to all Martinisburgers, and a member of Marshall's Orchestra, is sick at his home on College Street, and his many friends are somewhat alarmed about his condition. Mr. J. W. Jackson, our good friend from Frostburg, has the sympathy of the Press in the loss of his niece, Cora Carroll. Death is no respecter of persons, therefore the bereaved relatives of this sweet child can console themselves in the thought that what is their loss is Cora's gain. So far, Martinsburg has received no word that she will be included in the list of cities which will be granted cheap rates to the inauguration. It ought to be given due consideration, though, because it is one of the most important shipping centers along the B. & O., and deserves adequate consideration. Mr. John W. Corsey, the well known school teacher, has greatly improved his West Burke Street property, having erected a spacious porch and bow window thereto. We congratulate him on his spirit of progression, and would like to see more of our people do like he has done. Five nervy people were baptized in the Tuscarora Creek early last Sunday morning by Rev. George H. Carter, and it now rests upon them to live a life consistent with the professions made by them. We hope they will never lag on their journey, because, if they mean to "keep the faith," they have done the best thing they ever did yet. J. B. CLIFFORD. MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA Practices in all the Courts of Va., the Supreme Court of Appeals and the United States Court. CORA. On Sunday the 19th ult. when returning from the hospital at Cumberland, whither I had gone to visit my wife, the telegraph messenger informed me that a sad message awaited me at my home. Immediately I guessed its import. Something said: Cora is dead, and thus it was. Little Cora Carroll, a beloved niece had in the morning of life flitted away to take up her everlasting abode in that cloudless clime where sorrow and sickness are unknown. From our finite viewpoint, it seems a pity that one so young could not be permitted to live out her life. This feeling is only human, but were it possible for us to take a glimpse into the infinite we would doubtless understand it very clearly. God has mercifully blinded our eyes to the things we should not know, hence we are compelled to walk by faith and rest in hope that sometime in the dim future we will understand it better. During our young manhood days, Cora's father and I were inseparable companions, we often talked and planned for the future, little knowing the joys and sorrows it held in store for us. Our children came, and we were filled with hope and anticipation for their future; well being. In our family garden they began to grow into beautiful flowers, only to be plucked by the cruel hand of death, and all we could do was to bow our heads in humble submission to the will of Him who doeth all things well. For the past two summers this bright and intelligent girl came up from her home at Garfield, D. C., and spent a few week in our home. Her's was a sunny nature, and she soon made many sincere friends. We all loved her because she scattered sunshine wherever she went. But the Master has exercised his right and plucked this flower and given it an abiding place amid the heavenly glories. We will miss her, But we'll greet her. We will know her Frostburg, Md. TILLMAN ROASTS BLEASE. On his inauguration day, beginning his second term as governor, Cole L. Blease was attacked in a message from Senator Benjamin R. Tillman, read before the general assembly of South Carolina, as "a low type of man, who does not realize and cannot conceive how any one else can be honorable, clean, and above board." Replying to charges of hypocrisy, jealousy, and senility made against him recently by Gov. Blease, the venerable senator called into play all the fury and power of invective which in his younger days won for him the sobriquet of "pitchfork Ben," and denounced the executive in numerous terms. Here is how he characterizes Mr. Blease: "Catilina among the Romans, and Aaron Burr among the Americans are the only other men I have ever read of who were equal to Blease in bamboozling the people. He has persuaded thousands of good South Carolinians, honest, clean, patriotic citizens, into believing that he is their best friend and that Tillman's mantle has fallen on his shoulders. He is a past master in the art of a demagogue. He knows full well that when the angry passions of the masses are aroused, they lose their reason. "He desires to come to the Senate as he boasted he would do at Richmond, in December last and feels obligatory on him to aggravate conditions in South Carolina as much as possible. Whether this is the right way to electioneer or not will be shown by the results of the next senatorial primaries." Wanted—Cosmopolitan Magazine requires the services of a representative in Martinsburg to look after subscription renewals and to extend circulation by special methods which have proved unusually successful, salary and commission. Previous experience desirable but not essential. Whole time or spare time. Address, with reference H. O. Campbell, Cosmopolitan Magazine, 1819 Broadway, New City. 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. 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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 coats. Advantages 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 Polychlinic. 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. 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Wireless telegraphy has developed so marvelously that the Navy Department is confident that the scout cruiser Salem, which sails next Saturday on an experimental trip, will be able to keep in communication with the government's high power station at Arlington, Va., throughout her voyage across the Atlantic. Likewise, it is believed that eventually this station will be able to send messages to any American warship, no matter in what part of the world she may be, using relays when the ship is more than 3,000 or 4,000 miles away. Wireless lighthouses soon will add to the safety of the seas by sending out waves from which a skipper may read the position of his vessel without the aid of the sun and in the most dense of fogs. In one foreign city all the street and tower clocks are being equipped with antennae, so that they can be kept in unison by a master timepiece which radiates the Hertzian waves. Wireless still in its swaddling clothes, is working wonders.—Boston Globe. 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