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"HERE SHALL THE PRESS, THE PEOPLE'S RIGHTS MAINTAIN, UNAWED BY INFLUENCE AND UNERISED BY GAIN." Department of Archives, Ca W. Va. "HERE SHALL THE ESTABLISHED 1882. FIRST WARSHIP TO PASS CANAL Selection of the Oregon Is Most Appropriate. HER MURRY TRIP RECALLED Necessity of Transferring the Vessel From Pacific to Atlantic In Short Time During Spanish War Pointed Out Great Need of Panama Canal. Washington.—The Oregon, on which Secretary of the Navy Daniels plans to confer the honor of being the first battleship to go through the Panama canal, is now in Puget sound getting the finishing touches on her $1,000,000 modernization treatment. She is being fitted with every convenience and improvement. The Oregon is one of the three oldest battleships in the navy, the two others being the Indiana and the Massachusetts. All three are sister ships. Their keels were laid in 1891. The Oregon THE FORTRESS OF THE SEA BATTLESHIP OREGON. was built at the Union Iron works, San Francisco, and was launched in 1893. The blowing up of the Maine in Havana harbor on March 15 rendered it imperative for the government to assemble the strongest naval force possible in the West Indies, in anticipation of war with Spain. It was that emergency—with the battleship Oregon so near and yet so far—that caused Uncle Sam to determine to build the Panama canal. As it was, there was nothing to do but to order the Oregon around Cape Horn, involving a journey of over 13,000 miles. Captain Clark got on March 15 the order to make the voyage, and on March 19 he started from San Francisco. He made the run to Callao, Peru, 4,400 miles, at thirteen knots average speed. Coaling there, he hastened on down the west coast of South America and steamed at full speed through the strait of Magellan, slackening not for rocks nor darkness nor wind nor ice in that stormy, treacherous passage. When the Oregon reached Rio he received a cable from Washington saying war between Spain and the United States had been declared. The department advised him to finger awhile at Rio, but he pushed on to Bahia, where Washington wired suggesting disabling his engines if necessary in order to avoid being denied shelter at a neutral port. It was feared at that time that the Spanish fleet, then on its way west across the Atlantic, would pounce on the Oregon and destroy it. "Come on; we believe you can do it," finally cabled the navy department to Captain Clark. He assembled his officers and crew on deck, read them the message and told them he believed the Oregon could lick the whole Spanish fleet. Anyway, he'd take a chance at it, and away he went, right on up the east coast of South America, with every gun and every officer and every ALL THE PRESS, THE PEOPLE' MRTINSBURG, W. man ready for instant action At Barbados Captain Clark got word from Washington that the Spanish fleet had arrived somewhere in those waters and was lying in wait. The captain adopted the ruse of pretending to scurry back to Brazil. He stewed south, then west, and by making a wide detour in the Atlantic he passed around the Spanish fleet and on May 23, sixty-five days after leaving San Francisco, the Oregon, gray as an old scagull, appeared at Jupiter inlet, Florida. COUNTESS, A NUN, IS DEAD. Sister Mary Alexandrine, Aged Eighty- one, Attached to Bavarian Court. Wilmington, Del.—Sister Mary Alexandrine, in the Order of the Visitation for forty-five years and in the Convent of the Visitation here for twenty-one years, died at the institution. Sister Mary Alexandrine was eighty-one years old and had been mother superior of the convent for twelve years. The fact that a woman of high birth had long been a sister in the convent was not known outside the institution. She was born in Bavaria, April 19, 1832. She was a daughter of Count Theobal De Butler and Countess Victorine Kuedorfer De Butler Von Haimhausen of Munich. In her youth she was maid of honor at one of the Bavarian courts. WILL HASTEN VOTE ON THE TARIFF BILL Members of Senate Prepare to Abbreviate Speeches. Washington.—There are indications that the Underwood-Simmons tariff bill debate may be materially shortened. Republican senators are preparing their speeches in abbreviated form and will require much less time than at first anticipated. The Democrats are being urged to desist from arguing and to refrain from active participation in the discussion. President Wilson has let it be known that he would like to see the new tariff act in operation at the earliest possible date. He is pleading with senate leaders to minimize speechmaking and hasten the bill along to the final vote. In the opinion of the president every day of delay and unsettled conditions is injurious to the business of the country. The actual taking effect of the new tariff will have a tendency to remove all uncertainty and permit business men to go ahead with their affairs on the new basis. DEER FALLS ON SHOOTER. Charging Animal, Twice Shot, Dies on Prostrate Hunter. Pescadero, Cal.—Two gun shots failed to stop the onward course of a buck, and the huntsman, Walter T. Thompson, was injured when he was thrown to the ground and plioned under the carcass of the deer. Thompson was standing near the top of a ridge awaiting the approach of the deer. A buck weighing 160 pounds bounded over the ridge, chased by the dogs, and Thompson fired at fifty yards. The buck did not stop, and at ten yards the hunter fired again. Before he could step aside the buck had rushed into him. Otto Parker pulled the carcass off his companion's body. SPURNS $10,000 FOR GIRL. Farmer's Son Refuses to Collect Prize For Giving Her Up. Sioux Falls, Ia.—An offer of $10,000 if he would give up the girl he loved and enlist in the United States navy apparently has been refused by Charles Jason, son of a wealthy rancher near Niobrora, Neb. The older Jason left a check for $10; 000 at the recruiting station here to be turned over to his son the moment he enlisted. The son said he would think it over, but he has failed to return. He is believed to have gone to St. Paul, where his sweetheart lives. SATURDAY. SEATTLE MAYOR FOR MARTIAL LAW COURT CHECKED HIS PLANS Disorder of Sailors Was Directed at Industrial Workers of the World, Who Were Conducting Strike at the Time—Great Damage Wrought. Seattle, Wash.—Following tipping and disorder by sailors from the Pacific reserve fleet Mayor George E. Cotterill issued an order suppressing the Seattle Times, a newspaper, unless proofs of all its contents should be first submitted to him. The newspaper secured an injunction against the mayor and gained a decision in court, and no edition of the paper was held up. The mayor took the ground that the Times in a "garbled account" of the address of Secretary Daniels of the navy department with reference to driving out the apostles of the red flag had incited the sailors to disorder. The disorder followed a strike led by the Industrial Workers of the World. Mayor Cotterill also issued an order closing the subcouns, saying the police had received information that another attack on the Industrial Workers had been planned by soldiers on leave from army posts about the city. He said 1930 GEORGE P. COTTERILL, MAYOR OF SEATTLE he was determined to keep the saloons closed until after the Potlatch festival crowd had dispersed. The judge, however, also set aside this order of the mayor, and the drinking places were literally patronized. Still another order by the mayor directed that all street meetings be stopped. This none the less did not prevent a big crowd gathering when some fifty soldiers assembled on First avenue. The soldiers predicted further trouble, but were themselves careful not to start any demonstration. The damage done by sailors will not exceed $8,000. In their excitement the sailors demolished a Salvation Army meeting room, having been told it was the quarters of a branch of the Industrial Workers. By the light of matches the sailors began to break chairs and benches. One stout sailor hurled an organ off the platform and then, seizing a heavy chair, proceeded to demolish the organ. Suddenly one of the men, tearing down a motto, "God Is Love," from the wall, started back and said, "Boys, we're all wrong." Some of the sailors shouted to their comrades to stop the smashing, and word was passed that the place was a Salvation Army meeting room. Most of the men thereat left the place. Mayor Cotterill's action in assuming Press. BY INFLUENCE AND UNERISED H UGUST 9, 1913. NO full control of the city was much like a declaration of martial law. He preceded his stringent orders by a proclamation. AVIATOR UP 12,950 FEET. Frank Burnside Sots New American Altitude Mark at Bath, N. Y. Bath, N. Y.—Frank Burnside, an aviator, set a new American altitude record by reaching an altitude of 12,950 feet. The previous American record was 11,680 feet and was made by Lincoln Beachey at Chicago two years ago. Burnside was in the air one hour and forty minutes. The flight was witnessed by crowds of spectators, who followed him with the naked eye as long as possible and then trained glasses upon him until he was lost in the clouds. Burnside suffered greatly from cold as he ascended, although he was dressed in winter clothing. The thermometer registered 92 degrees as he left the ground and descended to 30 degrees at 12,030 feet. Family of Four Waike 4,500 miles. Spokane, Wash.-Carrying their size quantity of laggage, camp and provisions in a wheelbarrow of light tonnage, Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Tubbs and their two sons, aged eleven and nine years, have started on a 1,500 mile walk from Sandpoint, Lahoe, fifty miles east of Spokane, to Minneapolis. ONE SQUIRREL DID IT ALL. Brought Out Police and Lured Two Men Near Death. Atlantic City, N. J.—Two men were nearly fatally shocked, police reserves were called out and business temporarily suspended in the center of the city because of the antics of a gray squirrel which escaped from a store, climbed a telegraph pole and then walked over a vole of wile along the main thoroughfare of the city. The two men had a close call when they climbed poles and tried to capture the squirrel. Thereafter a squel of police followed its trail to keep others from climbing the poles. At night the squirrel camped on a pole on the board walk. Next day he was electrocuted while endevorning to go back over the route he covered. Hard Cider In Cistern. Bonner Springs, Kan.—The discovery of a clistera filled with hard cider on a farm near Bonner Springs has solved a mystery that has bullied the law officers of Wyandotte county for more than a year. Frequent complaints had been filed with the prosecuting attorney that many men and boys in this vicinity were being ruined by strong drink, but the utmost vigilance failed to disclose the source of liquor supply. The clistera was found by one of the prosecutor's assistants, disguised as a farm band. The farmer who owned the clistera was enjoined from selling or making elder, and the clistera and its contents were destroyed. MILLIONAIRE DAY WORKER. Yalo Man Puts In Long Hours at Rubber Factory. Boston.—Dinner pail in hand, young Elisha S. Converse. Yale student and a millionaire son of a multimillionaire, steps from his Boncon street home into a costly automobile, dries over to a Maiden rubber shoe factory and toils nine hours in a room where the temperature is hardly ever less than 100 degrees. This happens every weekday. Young Converse is determined to learn his father's business from top to bottom, but instead of beginning at the top he has begun at the bottom. The father is Colonel Harry E. Converse of Marion, rubber manufacturer and prominent vachisman. Sometimes young Converse has to handle redhot heels which he puts on the rubber shoes. He swings big shears, too, with which he cuts off the corners of the heels. All in all, his work at his bench in the heel room is considered a pretty hot job. Thompson and Thompson are in regular theaters of heels in the clothing line and those work is up to date in such theaters. GENERAL CHANGES IN POSTAL SYSTEM Parcel Post Rates to Be Reduced Beginning Aug.15. CARRY HEAVIER PACKAGES. Maximum Weight to Be Twenty Pounds—Postmaster General Exports Eventually to Make It a Hundred Pounds—Government Buys Autos For Delivery Purposes. Washington.—Plans for the extension, improvement and reduction in rates of the parcel post were announced by Postmaster General Burleson, the charges, which are to become effective on Aug. 15, include an increase from eleven pounds to twenty pounds in the maximum weight of parcels; a material reduction in the postage rates in the first and second zones, the abandonment of the parcel post map as a means of computing rates and the substitution for it of a rate chart individualized to every postoffice in the United States. The plans contemplate the purchase of a large number of automobiles to be used exclusively for the delivery of parcel post matter. While for the present the maximum weight limit of twenty pounds and the reduction in rates will apply only to P. Photo by American Press Association. POSTAL SERVICE GENERAL BURLESON. the first and second zones, from any given postoffice—a distance of about 150 miles—the changes directed constitute the first long step toward a universal extension of the system and a general reduction in the rate of postage on parcel matter. "It is my expectation and belief," mild the postmaster general, "that eventually—and it may be fifteen or twenty years—the postal service will handle practically all of the small package transportation business in the United States. The maximum weight limit, extended now from eleven to twenty pounds, I expect to see increased to 199 pounds, and experience may demonstrate the prerequisite ability of handling the current business at even lower rates than we now propose. "In the making of extensions and reductions of rates it is necessary for us to proceed with caution, so as to afford ample opportunity to prepare for the increased business. For that reason we have made the changes proposed apply only to the first and second zones. I appreciate fully the sentiment for an increase in the weight limit and a reduction in rates to all zones, but it is necessary for us in a sense to feel our way." --- Uthaphe he who desires to die so long as these remind to him one sacrifice to make, love joy to create, troubles to prevent, tears to dry - Madam Swe, chin NO.23 dhe Disney Press Dev: THD TO 1MH MCBAL,LALIGIONS AT FINANC AL DEVELOMANT OF HUMA - ™ Rates OF SuBSCKIPTION. 6 MODhB ~ ceeceeeerene TSC BMONUDB...yeeeee seer AUC Pay for all advertisements ie due in advance unleew adyertising is run by yexrly contract, in which case the ad- Yertiser pays every three months. Advertising 1 inch one time 75c. Standing . : 50c. Reduced Rates to Clabs. Sen) for Sample Copies. By J.B. Clifford, Edioe & Proprictor Drawe. 869, and doll ’Phore,101K Mar. asl-erg, W. Va. BATURDAY, AUGUST 9, 1915 Wise man is Hoo, John W. Davis, whe foreseeing the bendwriting ox the wail, ncoyp's 8 fat plum, know ing bia reelection would be impozsi ble. ‘Toe hungry democrats are getting the fa: of tbe lomb here ond there, and oil we have to avy is, that you ere fools if you don’t kick tae life ou: cf civil service and get every. thing i. wigbt, for it won't come your wuy soon upgain. As un old eieter recently eaid encot oampmeetingss—‘ Yea, it’e Towocd in the Summer, and oat cf wo:d in the wipter.” Yun’re right — be biggeat bumbug :4 the Shen. endoab Valley, Ifthe better olaee hed oll the money thia class of Ne- grove bace given to jimcrowing rail roxdefolly w hundred thoneend fifty cre farms could be owned, worked and well stocked, Bowever, if you wautto see big mouth protrude, advice bim not to do it sgain, - Tbe Bible—great book, way back in the duety and murky ages, it most bave looked down to this time, sow Woodrow Wilson, as Preaident of ‘hia country, avd caationed us to bowers of wolvey in sheep’s clotbing. He could and should go down in history ag the SPINELESS Presi dcot, and the pooreat imitator ip Amerios, for example bis Lracoln: like Gettyeburg speeob, bia month ejir, don’t seem to realize tbat Roosevelt is natural, end euggeative of the man’s greatpese and giuying qualities, The Blackest Of Blots. Tlow a human boing can become so low as to foil away a mother’s babe.and Favish it. as wasdone by ap inhuman ‘white monster ip this city, is inconcciy- able. And how decent human beings can and do revolt at the wisest.and only proper thing todo with such. fiends— castrate them and brand their forehuads witha large red-hot letter K., is also inconceivable. Law always bas, or should haven dual end in view in’ its pivisbment for crimes—to rot only meke the crimioal better, but prevent if Powsivle tho repetition ‘of “the crime. Yould not castration and the branding do both? Will killing bim les-vn the sMliction of the paronts—of such ox Jesus ssid—''Suffer to come unto me and forbid them not. for of fuch ia tho kingdom of heaven? Bs wive and do that which will bring a life time Temorse to him and Jet bim be an object Jesson to others of his type. Low bord it ie to make the sin blind ere. A year or 60 ago, it was decreed that colored people could nor enjoy themeclves at Chevy Cbase, D. U0. Soon saereafter, while some of the color phobee were playing o gem on Sucday, lightning strook one ond mede bim black us eny bl-ok mun soa ever oaw. 8o, eince Woodrow Wilson, who told the Negroos if he got into the White House, they never would for ge’ bim, beodrawn the color live tigb'er than ever—even in the de per'ments where peace and pleasure beve reigned for fifty and more yenre, lightning etrack one of tbe meanest of Negro haters, it ia gaid, threw bie ems around a Negro, and esid: *O God! save ua.” Todeed they gay, the whole of them from the highest to the lowest, forgot afi sbeu heir and akine, O Lora! key cruding down yout convert Has oeen trying for yesra to fied Out the ereret of colored people giv ing ratirouds barrele of money ane nually, oud there er+m3 to be one prevailing canec—"to see our friends and loved ones.” Why not be truer to your home friends end loved ones? Charity h+ging at bome, ae doea the growth of everything poble—moral- ity, cleanlineea, indastry, economy and the religion tbat leato and bless cathe world, The beme is tbe place where pood schsole, good charchee, good governments and good courte are miade—forall of which the whole world iv coercing. Steepsth--When the life of Daniel Webster Rodrick went out the night of the Cth inet oneef the beat men iu ‘this city, coased for al. time to speak, of to ba ween On our arcets again. A man fonder of his family, with noblor_pur- poses in view, cleaner hinds and higher adiniration for the good in humanity, never lived in Martinsburg. Deception wan no partof his nature, he despwed falashood,and loved viriue. Had he and Dire. Rodrick been on the Titanic thay would have gone down under those hweet rtraios—"Nearer My Gad to ‘Vhee? as did Mr. Straua and. wife, for they loved mo truer than theae two. Their home was adove cove and if the world was eo devotedly paired off. the “Swest Fields of Eden,” and the b'oou- ing tee of hfe cou'd’ not excel thie earth Farewall sweet friend for euch you've uiwaya been to ur, Through the thoughtless action of some person circulating a damaging report about the unsoundne-s of the Bank of Martinsburg. of winch Son. dohn J. Hetzelis president, that well Kuown institution was besieged by an army of swall depositors on ‘Thursday, who demanded Uheir money. ‘They were paid, and givea lo understand that the bank is as sound Guancially as it is pos- sible for it tobe ‘Lhe bauking business is an intricate profe ‘63.01, aud what are guilt edge securities toa’ real banker, May appeal io the misinformed and lay miid aS of no consequences. ‘Therefore 1 behooves any and all individuals to ayail them-elves of the opportunities heid cut to them to ob win information about the soundness of a bank before doing it what way prove to be irrepara. bie harm. ‘There ought to be some way to reach a person with the strong arm of ts law who wantonly circulates false statements about a sound bank, because like a good inan or woman, it: chiof asset is it3 character tor fair’ and honest dealing. The editor of thie poper takes no ateck in tbe various celebrations of tbe freedom of the Negroes to be beld in different sections of the country, ‘roe, to bavea declared tbem free was commendable, but for the declarers to stand by with arms folded,oay nothing and allow o woree slavery to take tbe plocelof that that caosed the war, leaves aa nothing to celebrate—-onlegs it is the wronge inflioted on ug, Agitation and dying contention is what sbould be con jotantly going on everywhere, and. if ‘néed ber the Negroes shonld shoo! aod die and keep it op antil they bave whats it will be an hovor te celebrate, and then the beet celebra. too tbat Oop oocar should be daty from tan to man and @ pledge tc God to be a8 noble aa possible, I belleve in freedom of epocch, first, Iast and all the time, I know «nd uoderstand that there isa clags of people who cannot hire a ball to present their views to the public, and there is po ressoa why they sbould be kept from teliing their story to ail who want to bear, Tiere is a limit, however, to which such people should go, and there is a limit which they will not be sllowed to exceed, This limit is the bounds of decency. When 2 street spesker becomes inde- cont, vile or uoressooably abusive of any person or clase it is time to call a balt, Sucu speskers do more to hurt any caveo thau tuey do to bene. fit it, ond they are intrading on tbe tigbto of the majority, As to strikes, Tresiize that the working class basa tight to mske its demands, but I object to the use of violence or force in settling any problem. T object also to persons who heave no interest, directly or indirectly, excep’ to dis- urb snd abuee, interfering in any strike or labor trouble. Ii is enovgi for those dircetly interested to figbt the battle feirly and not caliin dis injerested disturbera, who do not know the honnds of dcecney or eiv ity of fairacss.-fMisyor Albee of Portiand, Oregon, The sentencing of a white man to the penitentiory for the killing of hie wife in Andalusia, Alabama, last week, bus brought to light ove of the meanest snd wost dastardly acts on record. Mrs Noble Spicer, a white woman was murdered and a colored men named Green wes auapected and a few Lours later he was lyoched,tho husband of the woman lesdiog the mob, In conrse of time the truth wes revealed and it turned out thot Spicer bad hired the colored mon Green, who was bis chauffeur, to wurder his wif, He could casi’y orouse the community agesinet the colored man to cooceal his own sets and organize the mob to lynch bia He thougit the matter ended here bat suspicion would not down and Spicer was urrested nnd all tbcee facta wore brought out at his trial and be was sentenced to the peniten- tisry for life. This is one of the strongest erguments egainst lynch- inge, Fair trials would io many execs bring cut the facte in the case and those who ore guilty would rarely ever escape severe punish- ment.—Ameriesn Baptist. VARIOUS TOPICS DISCUSSED IN AN ABLE MANNER. Mr. Hditor:—It hes been some time since ] bave written unytbing for the preea, In the Jaai six moaths many trying avd bitter thiog bave happened to prevent me from writing The loee of a devoted wife, and tbe responsibility of rigbting family matters have had their effect, end i am just now trying toget down to eolid ground egain. But thece thinge mast of necessity be, bence we take op tbe task resolved to make the beet of it. I bed promised to write ap the work at the ologe of the seseon, bat was biodered for the ‘reasone stated above. Prof, T. W. Gordy the tal- ented apd bustling Principal ie spendiog hie vacation st Atlantic City. Mra, Nellie CO. Bell, the assistant, hes jost returned home from Chey- ney Iostitute, where ehe attended tbe eummer echool. She is bigbly elated over the success of her efforts sod feels that ebe hae gained ~maoh valuable information, No one eboald be surprised at the turn of uffsirs at the National Capi tal. The lesson the ‘colored man ia getting will be of great service to bim, Is is just what wae to be expeoted. Tho demoorate are firmly jin tbe saddle end will ride to an ignominicas fall, while the warring fecsions of once glorious repablicen | Persy will come together with parer borposes and imbued with priaciples of justice to the faithfol Negro. What the Negro did at the leat election, waa dope with # fall knowl- edge of iis meaning, As tho late Jobo K. Gowen onoe said: It ia sometimes peceasary to reform a party with 3 cleb. The old party, or more strictly speaking, the new repob‘ican party will prefit. by the lesson tbua tangbt. Wecen bot ;bonor J.C. Napier for bie manly stand. By bis actin reeigoing rather |tboo bend to those Negro hating Southrovs should endear bim to tbe [entire rece. Hate off to Jobn O, Nopier! We never bed any faith in Bishop Walters’ polities! leadership. Yn fact we failed to vce bow be oould | debbie in dirty, rotten democratic politios aud keep bis ministerial ee free from contemination. The |New York Age now piotares bim on ibended knees, begging President | Wilson for promised favora, Vain \effort. Batter go biok to bie district jpod look efter the woala of hie peopis, | The fact ia, the Negro is foolisn to lexpeot any real good thing from that leonrce, We should be snpremely eatiefied in having assisted io bring: |ing the repnblican party to ite senees, | The Molbsil dicolosores reveal startling atate of effsireand it sbows jost bow far this side of perfection ji the bossted Anglo Saxon. Good | Men and troe have been mercilerely | Slonghtrred, simply beravse they refused to betray the trosta confided itothem by cheir eonariteenies Agony the un + ie tho brace » )Courag°oug Pearre of thie (Allegan: \ County, For bia loyalty to bis party and bie constituents who are largely lub. oring people he was driven from the position that he filled with conspicug ous ability. Tbe truth bas now come out; and he is largely the gainerin the estimation of all well well thinking people. We take cif our bat to Col, Pearre and congratu late bim on hia loyalty aod fidelity to the people whom he represented. We trust that greater honors swait him, Frostburg, Md. J. W. Jackson, Literature By W.G. Cugrar ; TEARS, Luke Wright, while precticing law at Momphie, was engaged to defend aman for murder, while bis son was the etate prosecutor. In bis final argument the elder Wright, pleading feelingly with tbe jury to free his client, wept copious= ly. Ashe finished his epeeoh and eat down, wiping his eyes,the youngs er Wright rose to close the case fur the commonwealth. “Gentlemen of the jury,” he began, Iam overcome with admiration for my fatber. Hebas powers which even I, his aon, did not suspect he posaeased. You bebeld him shedding teare for bis client, who, I am in- formed, bas paid him only a emall fee. Gentlemen cf the jury, I never before knew my father could weep in court for less than five tuoueand dol lors.” 2% Tue Home Or Trortag. Uocle Joe Canvon, at a recent republican luncheon in Danville, tilted a little higher the cigar in tbe corner of his mouth and said grimly: “These muckraking writers call mensamos. Well, gentlemen, truth lies at the bottom of a well, bat that does not necessarily mean ao ink- well.” ° x * Tux Compose. Jone—*Nellie, who is your favor- ite music composer?” Nellio— Why Jane, it ia some- body whose tunes you ‘can’t remem- ber, and whose name you can’t pro- nonnce.” =x Wo Wou.tpn'r, There was s bevy of girle on the veranda. First girl—"Horace tells me be stopped smoking to plese me,” Second girl—' Jack tells mez he stopped on my sccount." Third girl—“ William gave me to understand that I was tho cause of him stopping.” Silence for a few minutes, when a man epoko up: “Never mind, girls, if I conld please a regiment of girls, I'd stop t00."” * ox PHEREBVERANOE, Atao Easter breakfast John D, Rockefeller, Jr, ovce ssid: “Tne tosd to euccess is called Pereever- ance; for perseverance conquzrs ev- erything. Bat, with a smile, be took up on Easter egg, and added: “Let us rewember, that a hen on, an egg of poreclain perceveres too.” THE SOUTH’S CARE (OF THE NEGRO. Tho recent fire in Mississippi, which reeulted in tue burning to death of thirty five convicts is terri= ble to relate. The papers baye fully explained bow they were caged with no way of escape; which fully dem- Ovstroves the fect how carelessly the coovicta are protected, even though they be convicts, Those in authority found relief by euying that some ot them were desperate criminels sery- ing loog terma. The thought burns in wy breast and tare at wy beart to see how the Soush teste ite people. Toere ist Daliond ugder the eva (rapeciatly civ ilized, cbristianized) that treats ite- people io sucha way. The South. claims the privilege to know how to deal with the Negro. Let as see if. it does. Here is a people striving upwarde- under sil kinds of cdds. ‘That people is disfranchised; ostra- cised; “jim crow-d;" must ride on the last cats in Luc Breet cers; arrested: for the least offense, for which he must pey large fines and serve long terms in prison, segregated; can only live in certain sectione; must work. for small wages; lynched. The Ne- gro is treated worse thao the Japa— nese, Chinese, Indian or any of tho.e people who come here in hordes from flurope and Asia, The wonder is,if the white man resliz-s that be is doing right toward the Negro from the stendpoint of eenscience, To fully understand 4botber’s position, put yourself ix. tbat one’s place. Let the white man put himeelf in the place of the Negro and witb bis thousand years of ad- vancement let him see if he wilt stand what the Negro bas. There is very mach discontent among vations and peoplea of the. world today. What ie the reason? Lynchburg, Va. B.S. Ce. J.R. CLIFFORD, ATTORNEY AT LAW. MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA sey-Practicesin all the Courts of W Va., tbe Sapreme Ooart of Appealo: and the United States Coarta, on Oe tWiore 2 0me a” RAILROAD. Corrected to Dec: 1st. 1912, Trains leaye Martinsburg as follows WEST BOUND No 55 Da lyat (1.21 am for Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Louisville and St. Lorin Connects tor Romney except Sunday and at Grafton for Wheling No 15 Datiy at 1150 a m for Graftomas Pittsburg snd Chicago, No § Daily, at 3.17 p m for Grafton, Pittsbu and Chicago. No, 7 Daily 7.42 p m for Wheeling, Ool- umbus and Chicago. No, 1 Daily at 6.20 p m ror Cincinnati Louisville and St, Louis. No 3 Daily at 2.86 a m for Cincinnath Louisville and St Lonis, 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 mi: for Cumberland and intermediate sta- tions, Connects for Berkeiey Springs. EAST BOUND. No 4 Daily at 4.19 a. m for Washing. ton, Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York, No to Daily 6.26 a m for Washingtor.. and Baitimore, No8 Daily at 10.37 a m for Wa'shing- ton, Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York, Connects for Lexington Va., aad.’ Hegerstown except Sunday and Freder- ick. No. 40. 9.41 a. m, for Washington and « intermediate stations No 2 Daily at 10.17 am for Washing-- ton, Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York, No 6 Daily at 2,38 p m for Washington. Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York. -_No 14 Daily at 8.09 p m for Washington ‘Baltirsore, Philadelphia and New York. — Norz Daily “Duquesne Limited” at 12,23 a. m. for Washington, Baltimore,, Philadelphia and New York. No 16 Daily except Sunday at 11,55 4m for Frederick, Baltimore aad all inter- ‘mediate statians viaold line, No 18 Daily except Sunday at 6.30 pm for Washington and Baltimore and all in- termediate stations, Connects for,Freder-- ick. G, W. SQUIGGINS, Gen, Pass Agent. Baltimor~ od. R, S. BOUIC Ticket Agent, Martinsburg, W. Ve F WHAT IS IT? Ten year Combination Distrib- ution Certificate of Membership. as devised by the American Workmen Fraternal Insurance Company, of Washington, D, C., one of the most liberal, strongest and reliable fraternal. institutions in the field, For further particulars see DEY, JORDAN, GEN AGENT, W.VA. Room 2 K.P. Butrnwa. CHARLESTON, .- W, VA. Bateredin Post Umce at hiartinsbarg . Va..as Secoud Ciass Matter —==—= SR ‘The Jast uniform examination for be yeor 1913 bas been held. re Mra, Estella Baiicy visited her arbend’s perente ot Fort Myer, irgivia, on Sanday last. She re- Orte a enjoyable trip, aS ee The infent obild of Mr. and Mre, james F. Oarter waa badly barned in Widoesday afternoon, At the Hreeen¢ tims, though, we are told ket it is slowly improving. eA RN Mr. eod Mre, Jobu Hanion end hildren were week end guests of r.ond Mre, Alexander Henion at be old home placs in Falling Wa- ers, They report a rogal time. Rev, John H. Reed is again in Mar- instury with bis gospel tent, which he “48 pitched on the vacant lot near the Id Ball Park, and he appears prepared carry war into the enemy’s country liwho attend these meetings will ear sound doctrine, and good music, nd we encourage everybody to go. FIFTY DOLLARS REWARD The ebove amount will be paid to Dy one who will furnish information leading to tbe arrest and conviction f tbe person who poizoned the fine ird dog belonging to the editor etween the houre of ten and twelve Vclock on Satarday, July 26 <<a Rev, Willem Oraven, the well pewn and popular pastor of the barles Towo Baptist Churob, was caller on Martinsburg friends last atorday. Sonday Augnat 10th, a tand reopening will be beld at bie borcb, it baving undergone a com. ete and costly renovation from jottom so top. Mr. Deniel Oole, formerly of this ity, bat vow of Wasbington, vieited riende in Martinsburg aad Shenan- loab Janctioa, daring the week. looked well, end was warmly teeted by acqaaintanoes, On or bout the 15:b of Anguet, Mr, Oole ill take up bis residence in Pena- 8, Where be will work for the new overaor. Miss Helen Clifford, who recently sed through here, en route from Vashington, D.C.,to Mechanicsburg, ’a., where she was the guest of Mr, od Mrs. J. Paul Clifford, has sent us venir post cards from Chicago, in hich city she now is, and where she is lhe honee guest of Mrs John J. Healy, ho is one of the finest ladies in the nd. When a mere girl, Miss Clifford a8 4 member of the household of Mrs. ealy, and their meeting now,.after all hese years, is a source of great pleasure both. As is known to most residents f Chicago, Mrs. Healy's is one of the irst families in tbat city, her late hus. nd, Hon. Jobn J. Healy, having been Jlerk of the Appellate Court and Sup- rintendent of Station “M,” one of the ost jmportant postal divisions there. VALUE OF LEMONS. Lepon juico will; Prevent diphtheria. Care « sors throat or cough. Cure a felon, Diive awey a sick headache, Cure malaria. |. Beautify the complexion. Moke tbe hair finffy. Fors sore throat, gargle with ure, undiluted, uneweetened lemon ice For a congh or cold mix equal arts of lemon juice and étrained joney.and take a,tableapoonful every ar. For « sick beadsche mix one ‘part won juice snd two parte boiling ster and sip 6 teacupful as hot as jossible every two bours, For maleria mix the juice of balf » moo with two tablespoonfuls of eter ands little sugar and drink ree times a day. For « felon cuvcff the end of a mon, stick the finger into the bole ind bind it ov, Let it etay for a day riwo,when it will be ready to Wee. For the complexion mix equal arte of rose water and glycerin and lip a cut lemon into this and rab the ce with it, After it dries rab with 14 cream. For the hair add the juice of o oo to she last rinsing water of « £0 p00. NEGRU YEAR BUOK, 1913. Lhe “Fiftieth Anniversary fii tion“ of the Negro Year Book was put on seleonor about July 15:h, Ao attempt bas been made to make Vbie edition of the book a miniature encyclopedia of the Negro rece. The autbor, Monroe N. Work,who has charge of Records and Research at the Tuskegee Normal and Indas- trial Inetitute, bas enlarged, reviaed, indexed avd brougbt all the ficte about the Negroia Awerics down to date. Every vame, fact, or event, which anyone interested in the progress of tbe race needs to know, will almost certainly be recorded or referred to io this book. Anew avd complete index makes all these facts which were formerly sometimes lost sight of under chapter headings, easily accessible, Anenlerged and cure- fully classified list of articlea and publications on the Negro furnishes the reader with references to any phase of Negro life cr the Negro problem. Ifthere is anything about the Negro which you went to kuow and do not find’ recorded in this book, write to the editor, enclosing a stamped envelope, and he will either tell you what it is or indicate where the information may be found, Some special features of the 1913 Negro Year Book sre: A review of the progress of the rece during the past fifty year; The Negro in 1862 and 1912, Fifty years of Negro progress; A summary of current events; Tbe race problem in America, Europe, aod Africa; Progress of the Negro in the chureh, education, business and the professions, ‘The latest cenens statistice: ‘The movement and dislocation of the Negro population; The Negro and disease, vital ata tistics in town and country; Negro crime and Negro lynchinge; Negro farms and farmers. Directories: Names and locations of Negro banks, ech ools, periodicals, and ben- evolent and fraternal, and national organizations. The Negro in history: The priocipal nemes and dates in the history of the American Negro; Legal definition of a Negro in different states; Civil statue in different states of Negro io elavery and freedom; Lege! discriminstiove of the vari- ous Blates against the Negro. The price per copy will be the ssme as for the 1912 edition, 25 conte; by mail 30 cents. A consid. erable reduction will be made to Persone desiring ten or more copies Address the NEGRO YRAR ROOF cn STATEMENT OF THE OWNER. SHIP, MANAGEMENT, CIRCU- LATION, ETC., of Pioneer Press, published weekly at Martinsburg, W. Va., required by the Act of August 24, 1912, Editor J. R. Clifford, Martinsburg, W. Va. Managing Editor, J. R. Clifford,Mar tinsburg, W. Va. Business Manager, J. R. Clifford, ‘Martinsburg, W. Va, | Publisher, J. R. Clifford, Martins burg, W. Va. Owner, J. (I. Clifford, Martinsburg, W.Va. Known bondholders, mortgagees, and other security holders, holding 1 per cent or more of total amount of bonds, mortgages, or other accesso- ries: None. J. R. Clifford. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 28th day of July 1913. . E. A. Hobbs, Notary Public. My Commission as Notary Vubtie ox. pires eb, 8, 1919, SUMMER SCHOOL Ar THE WEST VIRGINIA COLOK ED INSTITUTE. Commences June 16, 1913, and Lasts Sev- en Weeks. Two Main Coursss: Teachers Review and Professional. Ex - penses Low. For further information, write Prof. Byrd Prillerman, Insti. tute, W. Va. HOWA RD 2 UNIVERSITY, WASHINGTON, D.C. STEPHEN M, NEWMAN, D. D PRESIDENT. Located in Capitol of the Nation. Caw pus of over twenty acres. Advin- tages unsurpassed. Modern sesentiic and general equipment. New Carnegie Library. New Science Wall, acuity of over one hundred, 1382 students from 37 states and 10 other countries. Unusual opportunities for sell-support. No young man or wowan of euerey ot capacity need be deprived of its advai- tages. THE COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES. Devoted to liberal studies. Courses in nglish, Mathematics, Latin, Gress, French, Germau, Physics, Chemistry Biology, History, Philosophy, aud use Social Sciences, such as are given in Use best approved colleges. 16 professurs. Kelly Miller, A. M., Dean. THE TEACHERS’ COLLEGE, Special opportunities for teachers Regular college courses in Psycholuzy. Pedagogy, Education, &c., with deyree of A. 15.5’ Pedagogical courses leading to Ph. B. degree. High-grade courses in Normal Training. Music, Mavusi Arts, and Domestic Sciences. Gradn- ates belped to positions. Lewis B. Movie A.M., Ph. D., Dean. THE ACADEMY. Faculty of 13, Three courses of four years each. High grade preparatory school. George J. Cummings, A. M1, Dean. | THE COMMERCIAL COLLEGE. -_ Courees in Bookkeeping, Stenography Commercial Law, History, Civics, ce. Business aud English bigh school ‘eda. cation combined. George W. Cook, A. M. Dean, SCHOOL OF MANUAL ARTS AND APPLIED SCIENCES, Furinshes thorough courses. Six istructors. Offers four-year courses in Mechanical and Civil Eugineering, and Architecture. * fs Professional Schoois TUE SCHOOLOF THEOLOGY. Interdenominational. Five profes- sors. Broad and thorough co. “6s, Ad- vantages of connection with a great University. Students’ Aid. Low ex- penses, Isaac Clark, D.D., Dean. THE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE. Forty-nine professors. Modern lab- oratories aud equipment. Connected witb new Freedmen’s Hospital, costing half million dollars. Clinical facilities not surpassed in America. Post-grad- uate School and Polyclinic. 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. &., Dean, 420 5th street N. W. For catalogue and special information address Dean of Department. Wanted—Cosmopolitan Magazine requires the services of a represen. ‘ative in Martinsburg to look s{ter subscription renewals avd to extend circulation by special methods which bave proved unusually successful, salary and commission. Previous experience desirable but ucy s98en tial, Whole time or spare time. Ad- dress, with referencs H. C, Camp- bell, Coemopolite — sJagazine, 1879 Broadway, New ¢ City STOMACH TROUBLE FOR FIVE YEARS [xon. Hae = y BALEABLE— Be 4 | SELU-POINTING = A Waramerless Gun with Solid Frame. Easiest operating and smooth- est action. | THE STEVENS Repeating Shotgun N 4 LISTING | le. = 7 ar $35.80, 520 A cveverywuera’as. “Superb for Trap oF | Field.” | Vay } Mate in’ five styles Bre Ke sesceibeatin Stovens rs Shotgun Catalog. Za Have your Dealer show » i A youa Stevens Repeater. “Weim 3. STEVENS ARNIS & : ai TOOL COMPANY, } a i (Guicore: rails, BASS. 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In addition to bicyle repairing, Ido repairing of all Winds, and ain tee only man it town woo repaicn Roe. clea. taking other medicines. 1 decided ta: take his advice, aithough I did not have any confidence in it. Ihave now been taking Black-Draught for three months, and it has cured me— haven't had those awful sick headaches since J began using it. I am so thankful for what Black- Draught has done for me.”” Thedford’s Black-Draught has been found a very valuable medicine for de- rangements of the stomach and liver. It is composed of pure, vegetable herbs, contains no dangerous ingredients, and acts gently, yet surely. Ji can be freely used by young and old, and should be kept in every family chest. Get a package today. One of the Convicts Told Clancy That Fellow Prisoner Started Fire Out of "Pure Devilishness"—Leaders of Riot Transferred to Another Prison. Ossining, N. Y.—Following a fire in Sing Sing prison, the old structure in which many New York state prisoners are now confined, serious rioting and mutiny occurred among the convicts prior to the removal of the leaders of the disturbances to Auburn prison, a new state institution. The total damage caused by two fires, one of which beyond doubt was of incendiary origin, amounts to 520,000. The trouble at the prison followed close after the appointment of John N. Clancy as warlord to succeed ex-Warden Kennedy, who has been indicted since his removal from office. The new warlord, however, was quick to act, and the trouble was soon quelled, although several hundred convicts were confined in their cells for several days and kept on a diet of bread and water. Efforts were made during an investigation which followed to ascertain the names of the convicts who were responsible for starting the fire in the prison. Several of the convicts were called in as witnesses. One of the men ```markdown ``` 1913, by American Press Association stated that he heard that the fire was started out of "pure devilishness" by one of the prisoners. It was learned that cocaine has come into the prison in considerable quantities in the sheets purchased for their cots by the convicts. These sheets are soaked in cocaine, and so are the leaves of books brought in to the prisoners. The prisoners suck the sheets or the leaves of the books to get the drug. Since the fire, it was said, much cocaine had come into the prison in spite of the vigilance of the warden and keepers. It was said that this had been responsible for much of the trouble. It was termed also that the leaders of the disturbance were locked up in the so called "coolers." There are ten of these coolers, and they were all full. They are outside of the cell block, on a level with the Hudson river, and are dark, dump cells seven feet long, six feet seven inches in height and three feet three inches wide. They have two doors, the first of wire and the outside one of wood. In the doors there are two little holes for ventilation, but they do not admit any light. These coolers figured in the presentments returned by the grand jury last June, and in view of this some surprise was expressed that Warden Clancy had made use of them. BANK FOR NEEDY POETS. Genius Can Draw Checks Without Making Deposit. Paris.—All Paris knows that many struggling French poets, authors and artists have come to the capital only to succumb in the struggle to exist on the monastery grounds in high early days. Starvation and illness have done for them because they would not enough to live, but the path to artistic fame will in the future be made easier. A poet in need will be able to apply to the "poets' bank" and have his immediate wants relieved. The bank is the idea of a number of young writers who have been successful. It will extend financial aid to poetly poets and authors during their period of wooing fame. Lightning Moves House. Fort Smith, Ark.-In an electrical aterm the home of J. W. Baxter of Fayetteville, a member of the state legislature, was struck by lightning five times within an hour. The first both knocked off a chimney. The second entered through a telephone and knocked Baxter unconscious. He had hardly been received before the third knocked his wife senseless. The fourth stunned his mother, and the fifth knocked the house from its foundations. POISONS WIFE, KILLS SELF. Hotel Proprietor, Jealous, Puts Drug In Her Coffee. Allertown, Pa.—Shocking toll was paid to jealousy when Francis Rhodes of Lehighton killed himself after making an unsuccessful attempt to poison his wife. Rhodes was formerly a truthman. Several years ago he lost his left arm in an accident and after long litigation secured a verdict of $6,000. 'This money he invested in a hotel property, doing a flourishing business. In a jealous rage he broke two of his wife's ribs. After supper Mrs. Rhodes became violently ill, and a physician diagnosed it as a case of poisoning. Mrs. Rhodes said the poison had been administered by her husband in coffee she drank. Rhodes' body was found in a barn. BOCUS LORD, CONVICT, SEEKS FULL PARDON "Lord Barrington" Begins a Fight For Froedom. Jefferson City, Mo.—"Lord" Barrington (F. A. Barrington Seymour), who is serving a life sentence in the penitentiary for the murder of James P. McCann near St. Louis in 1902, has renewed his efforts to regain his liberty. Barrington was convicted in St. Louis county and was sentenced to be hanged. Governor Folk commuted the death sentence to life imprisonment. Barrington's trump card in the formal hearing will be the production of an alfidavit made by Cecil Rollins, a son of James Rollins of St. Louis, to the effect that James P. Maybray, who was arrested at Council Bluffs for using the mails to defraud, was in fact James P. McCann. Barrington in his life history said he was born June 10, 1864, at Barrackpore, Lengal, East India. He claims to be a graduate of Eton college, of Christ Church college and of Sandhurst Military college. He says he saw service in the British army in Afghanistan, Barmah and South Africa. He came to Montreal in February, 1902, he says, accompanied by a sister, later visiting several eastern cities, among them Washington, where his sister died suddenly. With a letter of introduction to the world's fair commissioners from Sir Michael Herbert, he came to St. Louis in November, 1902. Under the belief that Barrington was a titled and wealthy Englishman, a Miss Cochran of Kansas City, Kan., married him. She left him before he was arrested for the murder of McCann. WIFE HIDES HIS WOODEN LEG Docs It to Enable Service on Him of Divorce Papers. Joliet, Ill.—Rosa Novak, twenty years old, who married Anton Kurdiana of Detroit here about a month ago, took off her husband's wooden leg and kept it hidden until he was served with papers notifying him of her suit for divorce. Mrs. Kurdiana had been told by a friend that no papers could be served on Kurdiana if he left the state and the suit would fail. When he awoke he found his artificial limb gone and shouted from a hotel window for help. His bride would not tell the police where she had hidden the support until a deputy sheriff arrived with the notice of her suit. LOSES 3 SONS IN ACCIDENTS. LOSES 3 SONS IN ACCIDENTS. Flying Ax Kills Baby, and Mule Kicks Others to Death. Birmingham, Ala--George Hogg, a farmer, of Searle, Tusculoosa county, lost three of them in a fire last day. While he was out to wood his ax new from the handle and struck his in-front on his knee of killing him. 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