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"HERE SHALL THE PRESS, THE PEOPLE'S RIGHTS MAINTAIN, UNAWED BY INFLUENCE AND UNBRIBED BY GAIN." ESTABLISHED 1882. AN ORIGINAL SHORT STORY FOR BOYS. BY JOHN E. BRUCE GRIT. Continued from Pioneer Press of September 6th., 1913. We will not go into the details here, of the finding of Phillip's mother by Mr. Lermonte, nor tell how inexpressibly happy it made her when she learned through this kind hearted man that her boy still lived, and that he was with kind friends in a foreign land. We have not the space to write, nor do we think our readers will have the patience to read all the particulars which culminated in the sending of Mrs. Eagleston to England, as a first class passenger, on the Sister Ship of the Heron—The Blue Bird. We shall sketch briefly the happy meeting of mother and son, after a lapse of years in a strange land, and among strangers whose hearts were filled with love for their fellow man. When Mrs. Eagleston arrived in England she was taken direct to the home of the Misses. Coverdale, in Grosevenor Square, where she was received by these good ladies, and welcomed as cordially as though they had known her all their lives. She was accepted and treated as an equal, and their greetings, and their treatment of her was so cordial and sincere—so free from pretense and cant, that she at once forgot that she was of a different race and realized that she was only a woman. Seated in a comfortable arm chair in the cosy bounoir, of the eldest of these ladies, she told them the story of her life covering a period of some twenty years up to the time of the birth of her boy Phillip, from whom her inhuman master, the father of her son, had sold her when the boy was but three years of age. It is not necessary here to go into all these details showing the brutality and depravity of the "superior race" in its dealings with a race which it regards as inferior. Boys who read this story should not allow themselves to feel inferior, because white boys treat them as inferiors, nor to believe that because the charge of inferiority is made in books and newspapers published by white men, that it is so. There is no superior—no inferior race. God made all races of one blood. When you study the higher mathematics you will learn that things equal to the same thing, are equal to each other. Your success in the world depends not on the color of your skin, the texture of your hair, nor the shape of your head, but on the use which you make of the brains which God has put into your head. There is no excellence attained by any white boy to which any black boy may not attain by study and application—human intellect is colorless, race is merely an incident. The sisters listened sympathetically to Mrs. Eagleton's pathetic recital of the tragedy of her life for almost an hour, when the butler announced Mr. Fred. Marston and his pupil Phillip, who were to dine that day with the Misses. Coverdale and their brother. The visitors were ushered into the handsome drawing room whither the Miss Cverdale and Mrs. Engleson shortly prepared to meet them. Phillip whose mental and physical transformation had undergone so great a change in the few months he had been under the care of Mr. Marson, was now neatly dressed in a comfortable suit of dark material. His southern brogue had given place to a more elegant and correct form of expression, and his manners were those of a boy born to the purple. When he entered the drawing room with his teacher, his mother, in whom the mother love was too strong to control her actions in such a moment, rushed upon him with both her arms outstretched and hugged him to her bosom, smothering him with kisses and bathing his handsome face with tears of joy. "My child! My dear child! My love! My life! I never more expected to hold you to my bosom to gaze into your innocent face. But God in his infinite mercy, his boundless love and sympathy has brought us together again. Praise the Lord, for his mercy, endureth forever, she exclaimed in an excess of Joy, and Bless Oh Lord these dear kind people who have through thy direction brought us across the Red Sea into the promised land. Truly 'there is no God, save the Lord.' The Misses. Coverdale, their brother and Mr. Marston were interested spectators of the scene being enacted before them by this Rachael who had for long years mourned her first born, because it was not possible for her to receive any information, and was now permitted to be comforted in the presence of him whom she had long thought was either dead or sold into some far state. We will leave Phillip and his mother to the privacy they deserved in a moment so full of meaning to both. The ladies and gentlemen withdrew to another room, leaving the happy mother and her equally happy and astonished son to themselves. Dinner now being ready, the butler struck the huge Chinese gong which hung in the hall to call the guests and the family to partake of it. Miss Claudine Coverdale went to the drawing room for Phillip and his mother, and drawing her arm through that of Mrs. Eagleston she said: 'Come dear, you must be hungry now. We are going to dinner. Come Phillip, she said patting him on the head. Take us to dinner,' and putting the little fellow in the middle, they walked arm and arm into the dining room OLD COLLIER FOR SALE Was a Merchant Ship Purchased For Use in Spanish War. Washington.—The collier Alexander, one of the many merchant ships purchased for the Spanish-American war, has been stricken from the naval list and is for sale. The vessel was built in England in 1894, is a steel schooner of 1,181 tons displacement, 343 feet long and forty-two foot beam and is fitted out with 1,000 horsepower vertical triple engines. For some years past the Alexander has served as a fuel ship for the Asiatic fleet. At present she is lying off Olongapo, Philippines. Boy of Three Lost Two Days In Wilds. Muskogee, Okla.—After tramping two days over the mountains without food, Oran Trammell, a three-year-old boy who had wandered away from a construction camp at Woodstan, was found by James Payne, an old hunter. Payne declined the reward of $500 offered by J. T. Trammell, the child's father. The country through which the child wandered was infested with wolves and wildcats. FINDS METHOD OF PROLONGING LIFE Cells Are Made to Reproduce After Death. Dr. Alexis Carrel Announces Discovery of Remarkable Advancement In Science—Possible That Old Age May Be Postponed by Use of Method—Shown That Cell Survives After Death. New York.—The earlier experiments upon the preservation of life in animal tissues after removal from the gross organism have set Dr. Alexis Carrel at the Rockefeller institute at the threshold of a more important discovery. These experiments established the facts that not only could connective tissues be preserved permanently in a condition of active life, but that, under certain easily controlled conditions, growth could take place. In Dr. Carrel's laboratory cells have been proliferating rapidly for more than fifteen months after their re A. $ \textcircled{1} $1913, by American Press Association. moval from the organism of which they had formed a part. Hitherto all tissue when removed from the animal organism has been meat. These researches established the fact that such tissue may continue to grow indefinitely. As this discovery became more familiar to the investigator it was discovered that a constant relation existed between the rate of growth of the cell and the composition of the medium in which it is preserved. This fact, Dr. Carrel now announces, indicated that certain coll phenomena of the higher animals, such as multiplication, growth and senility, might now be investigated profitably. At first blocked by lack of proper method, this investigation has now become possible through the discovery of a technique which permits strains of connective tissue to multiply indefinitely in the test tubes, like micro-organisms. In the report now issued it may be taken that the mention of senility is intended to foreshadow an ultimate object of this line of profound study. That would seem to mean that this research is advancing toward the discovery of some means of postponing the approach of old age. But Dr. Carrel says nothing of the sort. He confines himself to a rigidly detailed statement of experiments. The results of this series of researches have the interest that they prove conclusively that Dr. Carrel has taken yet one more step toward the goal of his inquiry. His earlier reports established the sufficiently startling fact that the death of the gross organism by no means entailed the simultaneous death of the component parts. The first conclusion reached was the proof of life after death—the survival Press. Y INFLUENCE AND UNBRIBED B PTEMBER 13 1913. of the cell. The later investigation has established a knowledge of the characteristics of the growth of connective tissue. This has led to a new result—the indefinite proliferation of a strain of connective tissue cells outside of the organism. The strain of connective tissue originally obtained from a fragment of chicken embryo heart, which had been pulsating in the test tube for 104 days, was still actively alive after sixteen months of independent life and more than 190 passages. The rate of proliferation of the connective tissue sixteen months old equaled and even exceeded that of fresh connective tissue taken from an eight day old embryo. "It appears, therefore," Dr. Carrel reports, "that time has no effect on the tissues isolated from the organism and preserved by means of the technique described. During the sixteenth month of life in vitro the cells increased rapidly in number and were able in a short time to produce a large quantity of new tissues." Name For New Battleship. Washington.—In honor of his natty state Secretary Daniels probably will name battleship No. 39, building at the New York navy yard, the North Carolina. The name of the crusher North Carolina will be changed to the Asheville, Charlotte or Winston-Salem. PRIORITY OF DEATH TO FIX GREAT ESTATE Relatives of Aged Couple Fight For $1,000,000 Fortune. Springfield, Mass.—Disposition of a $1,000,000 estate hinges on whether Sherman D. Porter or his wife died first in a grade crossing accident at South Deerfield. According to the medical examiners, both were killed instantly. Relatives on both sides are aligned for a legal fight. The case may be further complicated if Mr. Porter's will makes a substantial bequest to his chauffeur, who was for many years in his service and whom the railroad company blames for the accident. Since the fatality the Porter home has been visited by relatives who were never entertained there in the lifetime of Mr. and Mrs. Porter. He was eighty and his wife much younger. If it can be established that his death occurred an instant before hers, her relatives would become heirs to the estate. His relatives intimate that the will bears a codicil which alters the provisions of the instrument if her death should occur before his. Under old court rulings, when husband and wife perished together, the wife was presumed to have died first, being the weaker of the two, but later rulings have been based on close inquiry into all the circumstances. The relative ages of the two, it is said, may become determining factors in the Porter case. Mr. Porter made a fortune in the candy business and at the time of his death was president of the Kibbe Bros.' Manufacturing company, wholesale confectioners and importers. TO JAIL TO SAVE FATHER. Rough Rider Sacrifices His Liberty. Mother Caught Gun Man. Craig, Colo.-Eugene H. Decker and Clarence E. Decker, father and son, who were tried at this term of the district court on the charge of horse stealing, were found guilty and innocent respectively. The son is one of the most widely known cow men and rough riders in this country. The horse was the property of Isa H. Olmstead. Young Decker pleaded guilty in order to free his aged father of complicity in the crime. His mother single handed captured William Morgan, the notorious Hole-in-the-Wall gun man, last fall after Morgan had for three weeks eluded sheriff parties in three counties. Y GAIN." VOI. 32 NO. 28. TO TRAIN GIRLS IN OPEN AIR SEVEN YEARS Eleven Years to Determine Outcome of New Experiment. Philadelphia.—A Philadelphia college will this fall give the students the first chance that has ever been offered by an educational institution in America for instruction that will tend to make girls physically perfect above everything else. According to the dean of the college, it will take eleven years to ascertain whether the plan is going to prove a success. They will take twenty young girls as nearly perfection physically as they can get and ranging between ten and twelve years of age and train them for seven years in elementary subjects and bring them up as women should be educated. The girls will be trained in the open all the time, they will have all kinds of physical exercises and outdoor life, and when they leave they will have not only a perfect physical condition to aid them, but they will have learned all the rudiments of English, Latin, French and German, to solve simple and original algebra problems, to draw, to model, to appreciate pictures, to interpret music by rhythmic movements and to express musical impressions by dancing. FIRST WIFE'S SPIRIT IN PLOT, HE ASSERTS Advised Him to Transfer Property to No.2, Veteran Says. St. Louis.- Stephen F. Garlock's determination to expose an alleged conspiracy between his wife of the flesh, Mary, and the materialized spirit of his first wife, was revealed when he started an action for a divorce. He is sixty nine years old and a civil war veteran. His principal charge is that his wife inveigled him into a spiritualistic sence and there called up the spirit of his dead wife, who advised him to transfer his real estate to the living wife. The petition does not set out in detail all that transpired at the scence. It recites that when he refused to sign away his property as directed by the spirit of his first wife the second wife, in the presence of all the real and materialized spirits, called him "an uneducated, unrefined and ignorant fool," causing him great humiliation. It was through the influence of a daughter by his first marriage that he was prevented from signing the deed, according to Mr. Garlock. The petition alleges that, falling to get his property in this way, Mrs. Garlock persuaded him to give a note to her for $500, secured by deed of trust on real estate, and that a week later she had the locks on the doors of his room changed and bolted him out. BASEBALL BY WIRELESS. Service Given to Sailors In Navy Is a Great Success. Washington.—The United States aerial "news service," whereby officers and men on United States warships far out at sea are kept informed each night of the baseball scores and other items of interest, has proved a great success. Reports to the navy department from the battleship Illinois, which has just returned to home waters with a big party of midshipmen, declare that the reports were picked up readily by the vessel when it was 2,175 nautical miles out at sea from the navy's powerful station at Arlington, Va., and 2,610 miles distant from the station at Key West. The battleship also reported intercepting wireless messages from European stations. AN INDEPENDENT WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DIVIDED TO THE MORAT, KBLIGIOUS A V. INMANAL DEVELOPMENT OF HUMA. RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION. 6 months .75c 3 months .40c 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. Reduced Rates to Clubs. Sent for Sample Copies. J. R. Clifford, Editor & Proprietor Drawer 809, and Bell 'Phone,101K Mar. tinsburg, W. Va. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13'13. The lawyers are still milking Thaw. Surely the way of the transgressor is hard. We have a man on the judicial bench who is fair like to all, and with it he is learned in the law, dignified and capable. How our young men can loaf and sleep away their sowing and reaping time, and then boast of developing into Dumaa and Balzace, we can't conceive. Post yourself a little better Mr. C. for the editor can prove clearly that Alexander Hamilton was half a Negro. He was born in the West Indies. His father was white and his mother black. It is a rare thing to see a man who served as General in the war of the rebellion and who was Secretary of the Navy 32 years ago, now go to the United States Senate the peer of any therein. We hope for a rare treat,—that he may go from there to the White House. Mr. John E. Bruce's "Original Short Story for Boys," is one of the most entertaining narratives it has ever been our privilege to read. Not only is this story by the famous New Yorker valuable from the standpoint of excellence, but there are lessons to be learned from reading it, which, if well learned, will remain with one for life. By way of a little tribute to the noted author, we take pride in saying that Negroes should consider themselves fortunate in claiming him as their own. The conviction of Caminetti and Digga, the two California white men charged with white slavery, in that they took two young women from California to Reno, Nevada, for immoral purposes, is sufficient vindication for Former District Attorney McNabb, of California and shows conclusively that he knew whoreof he stood when he said that under his regime there would be no delay in the trials of Caminetti and Digge. It is to be hoped that President Wilson and Attorney General McReynolds will profit by their experiences in this now notorious affair, and never hereafter make the mistake of being too hasty. Rosevelt dined Harry Burleigh and gave him the guest chamber of the Executive Mansion of New York, when Governor thereof; contended three hours in the 1884 National Convention at Chicago, for John R. Lunch to be made temporary chairman of that convention and won; dined with Booker T. Washington in the White House; appointed Charles W. Anderson of New York, to one of the best places a Negro ever held; stood true as the needle to the pole by Dr. Crum; caused Lewis to get the place that made it possible for him to be made Assistant United States Attorney General. Troun out another who has been President who has done as much. Can't trust him? Why? With most of our preachers, the bigger rascals they are the more they are lifted up and held up. It is just as easy for them to lay off their ministerial robes to do dirt as it was for Cardinal Richelieu to discard the lion's skin and don that of the fox, but mark our word, their judgment day will face them in this life, for a strong feeling of withered be the arm and blasted be the band that destroys decent womanhood is raging. Very sorry we failed to see our old friend, Editor John Mitchell at Philadelphia. We got our fill on Thursday night, and suppose our friend must have gotten his during that day. However, in that well written editorial about the sophistry of that League, our master editor, John Mitchell, Jr., concluding his write up, asks: "who will take his place?" meaning Booker Washington. Our answer is, Banker and Editor John Mitchell has eminent qualifications for leadership, if the place needed to be filled, but if cunning demanded it, and the devil took it, he could do the race no more harm than Booker T. Washington has. Relative to Dr. Bowen's lecture, he should eliminate his reference to the Indian. No discoverer ever found a more friendly people than the Pilgrims did in the Indians. It was the cruel way in which they were treated that made them "cruel." How an ex slave stolen from his fatherland can denounce an Indian driven to the wilds from his, we can't understand. The next time Dr. Bowen goes to Washington we suggest that he take a field glass and look at what capes and crowns the nation's Capitol. It is the statue of an Indian, and it shows that they are respected for their bravery. "True they have done nothing for this country" as he said. Granted. He said the Negro has. Also granted but what recompense has the latter gotten for it? What the Negro needs is some of the Indian's bravery. Has the Dr. forgotten how and when the Negroes and Indians of Virginia were disfranchised, how Negroes folded their arms while a hundred Indians marched to Richmond demanded and got back their rights? William J Gaynor A typical American in many respects, an ardent New Yorker, an aggressive personality, a man whose affiliations were in all cases dictated by himself and not by others, independent without being opposed to the political organization, and again independent of the organization and ready to shovel it to the grave, a man of intellectual brilliance, but a little out of balance, a disappointment at times to the friends of reform and at other times going beyond the apparent needs of reform, the late mayor of New York was a man of distinctive qualities. No one could possibly mistake him for any one else. He was a man to himself in the qualities of his character and the methods of his public service. The late Mayor Gaynor was bitterly attacked and held nq to the condemnation of the community by his enemies. His ability to wield a pen dipped in vitriol made him a fearless and able disputant. So that he was always able to carry the end of argument as well as the end of effort to his own satisfaction and to the satisfaction of his friends. His career in politics was that of a stormy petrel, but he was not buffetted by the winds of political favor or adversity to no purpose. The end death of Mayor Gaynor upon shipboard enroute for Europe for rest and recuperation, preparatory to entering upon an aggressive campaign, leaves the political situation much muddled, and as the fusionists no longer have their forces divided by the independent candidate cy of Gaynor with an anti-Murphy platform the outlook for defeating the tiger becomes much brighter. The Gaynor forces can hardly rally around any one to take his place with an independent ticket. Mr. Gaynor was in many respects likable. Testy in outward aspect and bristling at times, he had, as many such characters have, a warm heart. His real nature was shown at the time of his shooting by the disgruntled city laborer upon ship board. Then appeared the sublimity of his philosophy of life and the monguanimity of his real nature. His death as an indirect result of the bullet of the assassin will evoke tributes even from political enemies who have not failed to see the good in him that most persons believe was not only paramount, but was a moving motive of his human sentiment:—Baltimore American. COMMANDER RUSSEL O K. Philadelphia—Declaring that the Constitution of the United States had no color line to it and that neither had the constitution of the Army and Navy Union, National Commander George Russell Downs declared Capt, John C. Daley, department commander of the District of Columbia, out of order this afternoon when the latter attempted to introduce a resolution which it was said, was designed to corrogate the white and colored members of the Army and Navy Union. Captain Daley, who is a captain of police in Washington, took the floor at the business session of the encampment, and was about to offer his resignation when other members and delegates from various sections of the United States refused to listen. Cries of "Sit down!" "Out of order?" and other remarks were made, when National Commander Downs put an end to the uproar by vigorously rapping for order. "The black man has won his right to be in the ranks of the army and navy," said Commander Downs, "by standing up with us shoulder to shoulder and fighting for the preservation of the country." SOMEBODY'S SISTER In our old school reader was a poem entitled "Somebody'a Mother." It told of an old woman helped across the busy, elipvery street by a bright laddie who returned to the merry group of his fellows to say; "She's somebody's mother, boys, you know, For all she is aged and poor and slow." I wish a rhyme could be given us on 'Somebody's Sister,' to stir the noblest imaginations of our youths and elevate their demeanor toward every young woman they meet. Somebody's sister is walking by the street corner where you and your chums are congregating tonight. You are feeling merry, with a bit of loose change in your pocket and the day's work over. A group of young fellows will recklessly make remarks about a passing woman in the evening, which one young man, alone wouldn't think of expressing next morning. Set the bound of decency against your buoyency. The next women to happen along may be your sister or your sweetheart. If your chum, not knowing, should offer her an insult, there would be trouble, wouldn't there? SEGREGATION SCORED In certain government departments in Washington Negro and white employees have been segregated under the present administration. The Negro clerks in the bureau of engraving and printing, the treasury department and the post office department are separated from the white clerks, working in different rooms or compartments. To this the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People object. Although it is asserted that the segregation was for a kindly purp seeth association makes the strong and incontrovertible point that its real effect is to make government service by Negroes a matter of injury to their self respect. Men and women should not be discriminated against by a government whose laws guarantee equality in citizenship to all. Once the stress of affairs, now heavy upon him, has lessened somewhat, the President could do no better than cause a revocation of the hateful orders which have caused race prejudice to become senselessly inflamed again.—Chicago Inter Ocean. Anecdotal Literature BY W. G. THE SENTINEL. When a sentinel is set upon the watch, he must not leave his post without the commandant's leave. God bath set us in a watch, and we must not leave our ground till we have done all that is enjoined upon us. The instance of a sentinel in Pompeii, whose skeleton was found erect at the city gate, when all but he had fled, is an example of obedience and faithfulness to the death, and should be copied by all of us in life. If the earth should reel, it is our duty to keep our place. RAVENS LOVE THE SCENT OF CARRION. If you would be free from ain, avoid the temptations that lead to it. If ravens or crows be driven away from carrion, they love to remain within scent of it. This is a grim parable, but all too true. If human nature cannot yield an ell to self-indulgence it will give its full incb. Those, who dare not enter the devil's house, linger long and lovingly around the door. The old woman, in the fable, who could not find wine in the jar, loved yet to small at it. To avoid sin, avoid temptation. He who stands in the way of sinners, will soon run with them. THE POINT OF VIEW. Frank S. Black, when governor of New York was once examining a young man who applied for the post of stenographer, as follows: Governor—"What state are you from?" Applicant—"I'm from the first state in the union." Governor—"New York state, eh?" Applicant—"No sir; Alabama." Governor—"But Alabama isn't the first state in the Union." Applicant—"Alphabetically speaking, sir—alphabetically speaking sir." The Earl of Morley, on his return from Jamaica, remained a while in New York, and at a dinner there he told a story about the self-confidence of a young English statesman. "This youth," said he ought to get on. He works hard and nothing ever feezes him. He wanted recently to push a bill that had little support from his own party. A friend, however, said to him in a drawling voice. "But suppose, my boy, this bill should cause your party to throw you overboard." "Well, in that case, old chap," be replied, "I'm quite sure I'd have strength enough to swim across to the other side." GOING TO STAY A little tot was overjoyed over a recent addition to the family, and rushed out of the house to tell the news to a passing neighbor. 'Oh you don't know what we've got in our house today?' 'What is it?' 'It's a new baby brother,' and one waited to see the effect of her words on the neighbor. "You don't say so—is he going to stay?" "I guess so, he's got his things off." LAST OF CROW INDIANS. Lake Metimop Dies on Reservation Near Saginaw, Mich. Saginaw, Mich.—Lake Metimop, said to be the last of the Crow Indians, died on a reservation near Saginaw. For many decades he was closely associated with the Crow reservation, and for some time had been its only living founder. He had been blind for the last three years. While some people doubted that the Indian was as old as he claimed to be 107 years, it was believed that he was Michigan's oldest inhabitant. Metimop, better known as Met Wop, settled in the Saginaw valley before white men commenced to colonize that section. Although quite a leader, he was considered more of a farmer than a fighter. BECOMES RICH IN A DAY. Widow, Support of Four Children, Is Heir of Brother-in-law. Los Angeles, Cal.-Mrs. B. A. T. Jones, a widow supporting four children by working as a copyist in county offices here, is a millionaire. William Jones, a brother of the woman's husband, died in Australia. He left to his brother's widow an estato which is estimated to reach the million mark. Jones, a Welshman, and his wife came here many years ago. Wanted—Cosmopolitan Magazine requires the services of a representative in Martiusburg 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. C. Campbell, Cosmopolitan Magazine, 1879 Broadway, New York City. FIFTY DOLLARS REWARD The above amount will be paid to anyone who will furnish information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person who poisoned the fine bird dog belonging to the editor between the hours of ten and twelve o'clock on Saturday, July 26 BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD. BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD. Corrected to Deci 1st. 1912. Trains leave Martinsburg as follows No 55 Daily at 11:41 a.m for Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Louisville and St. Louis Connects for Romney except Sunday and at Grafton for Wheling No 15 Daily at 11:50 a.m for Grafton Pittsburg and Chicago, No 15 Daily at 11:50 a.m for Grafton Pittsburg and Chicago, No 5 Daily, at 3.17 p m for Grafton, Pittsburgh and Chicago. No, 7 Daily 7.42 p m for Wheeling,Col- umbus and Chicago. No, 1 Daily at 6.20 p m for Cincinnati Louisville and St. Louis. No 3 Daily at 8.36 a m for Cincinnati Louisville and St Louis. For Cumberland and way Stations, No 19 5.37 p. m. No.9 Daily at 11.28 p. m: for Pittsburg No 23 Daily except Sunday at 6.30 a m for Cumberland and intermediate stations. Connects for Rocklay Savings No 16 Daily except Sunday at 11.55 a.m. for Frederick, Baltimore and all intermediate stations via old line. No 18 Daily except Sunday at 6.30 p.m. for Washington and Baltimore and all intermediate stations, Connects for Frederick. G. W. SQUIGGINS, Gen. Pass Agent. Baltimore. R. S. BOUIC, Ticket Agent. Martinsburg, W. Va. Entered in Post Office at Martinsburg W. Va., as Second Class Matter Mrs. Arwilda Hart, a well known lady of Kearneysville, circulated among friends and a tended to business in Martineburg the other day. Mrs. Hannah J. Jefferson, of Winchester, has been the guest during the week of Mrs. Sallie Hopewell, her sister. Mrs. Charles N. Johnson and little daughter, of Washington, are the guests of Mrs. Phyllie Carter, of W. Barke Street, respectively their mother and grandmother. Mrs. Harry Duvall and little daughter, of Philadelphia, came here from that city to be present at the funeral of Mrs. Lettie Green, her late husband's aunt. Mr. Richard Reed, and his son Elwood, have returned from Hancock, in which place they visited relatives and friends, and had a highly enjoyable time. Deputy United States Marshal E D Hupp, of Parkereburg, is dead. He was a familiar figure in Northern District Federal Courts, and his failure to be seen therein in future will be a source of regret to people in every section of the State. Dr. George W. Baylie is home again after spending a well earned vacation in Virginia. During his absence he visited in Front Royal, Warrenton, Alexandria, Richmond, and last but not least, the Baylie home in Faquier County, Virginia. Mies Lucinda Shorters, a popular school marm of Washington, D. C. and a very pleasant lady, has been the house guest of Miss Birdie Keets for the last few days. Side trips and various other diversions have made Miss Shorter's stay in our city a pleasurable one. Mrs. Nannie Ross has returned home after a pleasant and profitable summer spent at Pen Mar. When talked with, she can give a graphic account of the famous Blue Mountain House fire, and its safe guessing that it will be an ever present memory with her. Mrs. Mont Truman departed this life Wednesday, and her funeral was held from the home place near Nipot town on Friday. Interment in Mt. Hope Cemetery. The deceased is survived by Mr. James Stewart, a son, of Piedmont, and other relatives who have our sympathy in their loss. The funeral of Mrs. Lettie Green was held from Mount Zion M. E. Church on Monday afternoon at three o'clock her pastor, Rev. Samuel M. Beere, officiating. The large number of people attending Mrs. Green's funeral was a forceful reminder of the esteem in which she was held by people of both races who had known the deceased practically all her life. Mr. T. E. Spielman, Advertising Manager of the Great Hagerstawn InterState Fair and Horse Show, was in our city for the purpose of advertising this famous exhibition Monday last. He understands his business, is a good mixer, and if Martinsburgers don't attend the fair, it will not be his fault because he certainly did give publicity to his town's greatest annual drawing card, around here. Meadames. Mary Brent and Annie Washington, native Martineburgers, but for years residents of Pittsburg, are in our city for a short stay, having been called here by the death of their sount, Mrs. Lettie Green. The two ladies above named are well known to most Martineburgers, and while their home coming is a source of pleasure to friends, they are nevertheless very sorry that their errand was one fraught with so much sadness. NEGRO YEAR BOOK, 1913. The "Fiftieth Anniversary Edition" of the Negro Year Book was put on sale on or about July 15th. An attempt has been made to make this edition of the book a miniature encyclopedia of the Negro race. The author, Monroe N. Work, who has charge of Records and Research at the Tuzkegee Normal and Industrial Institute, has enlarged, revised, indexed and brought all the facts about the Negro in America down to date. Every name, fact, or event, which anyone interested in the progress of the race needs to know, will almost certainly be recorded or referred to in this book. A now and complete index makes all these facts which were formerly sometimes lost eight of under chapter headings, easily accessible. An enlarged and carefully classified list of articles and publications on the Negro furnishes the reader with references to any phase of Negro life or the Negro problem. If there is anything about the Negro which you want to know 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 are: A review of the progress of the race during the past fifty years: Fifty years of Negro progress; A summary of current events; The race problem in America, Europe, and Africa; Progress of the Negro in the church, education, business and the professions. The latest census statistics: The movement and dislocation of the Negro population; The Negro and disease, vital stat istics in town and country; Negro crime and Negro lynchings; Negro farms and farmers. Directories: Names and locations of Negro banks, schools, periodicals, and benevolent and fraternal, and national organizations. The Negro in history: The principal names and dates in the history of the American Negro; Legal definition of a Negro in different states; Civil status in different states of Negro in slavery and freedom; Legal discriminations of the various states against the Negro. The price per copy will be the same as for the 1912 edition, 25 cents; by mail 30 cents. A considerable reduction will be made to persons desiring ten or more copies NEGRO YEAR BOOK CO. FREE TUBERCULOSIS EXIIIB IT. The Anti-Tuberculosis League of West Virginia is about to send a car through the state with a free tuberculosis exhibit. It is the intention to visit one or more places in each county and lectures will be given in all counties which cannot be reached by the exhibit car. Moving picture men have expressed their willingness to show slides and moving pictures on tuberculosis. The B. & O. railroad has given a car and free transportation on all their lines and branches in the state. Other railroads which have granted this same concession are the Chesapeake and Ohio; Norfolk and Western, Kanawha and Michigan, Western Maryland and the Coal and Coke. Dr. Harriet B. Jones will prec de the car a week or ten days and deliver lectures in all the places the car will stop and in surrounding towns if it is desired and a place procured for her lecture. Lecture and exhibit will be free. Talks will also be given to the school children: It is the intention to give the people of West Virginia in every part of the state a necessary knowledge which will lead to the stamping out of a disease which is destroying the very flower of our womanhood and manhood, killing more people than typhoid fever, scarlet fever and diphtheria. It is the cause of one seventh of our deaths. Will you help in every way you can? The exhibit will start the fifteenth of September and during the months of September, October, November and December it will visit the southern part of the state. During the winter the demonstrator, Dr. Thurman Gilleepy will visit those towns which cannot be reached by the car delivering lectures and distributing literature. In the spring another part of the state will be visited, in the fall another and so on until the entire state is covered. If it seems long in coming to your section do not be discouraged for it will certainly get there. Mr. Henry Hopewell, the well known proprietor of the Berkeley Hotel Barbershop, tells us that while in Shepherdstown recently he went bass fishing, and was successful in landing a fine two and half pounder. He thinks it fine sport, and his belief is shared by every angler who has tried to capture the wily black bass. 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 aregiven in the best approved colleges. 16 professors. Kelly Muller, A. M., Dean. THE TEACHERS' COLLEGE Special opportunities for teachers. Regular college courses in Psychology, Pedagogy, Education, &c., with degree of A. B.; Pedagogical courses leading to Ph. B. degree. High-grade courses in Normal Training, Music, Manual Arts, and Domestic Sciences. Graduates helped to positions. Lewis B. Moore A. M., 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. Courses 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. Furinishes 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 co. es. 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 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.B., Dean 420 5th street N. W. For catalogue and special information address Dean of Department. Saved Girl's Life "I want to tell you what wonderful benefit I have received from the use of Thedford's Black-Draught," writes Mrs. Sylvania Woods, of Clifton Mills, Ky. "It certainly has no equal for la gripe, bad colds, liver and stomach troubles. I firmly believe Black-Draught saved my little girl's life. When she had the measles, they went in on her, but one good dose of Thedford's Black-Draught made them break out, and she has had no more trouble. I shall never be without THEDFORD'S BLACK-DRAUGHT in my home." For constipation, indigestion, headache, dizziness, malaria, chills and fever, billiousness, and all similar ailments, Thedford's Black-Draught has proved itself a safe, reliable, gentle and valuable remedy. If you suffer from any of these complaints, try Black-Draught. It is a medicine of known merit. Seventy-five years of splendid success proves its value. Good for young and old. For sale everywhere. Price 25 cents. BIG GAME HUNTERS' FIRST Choice and Big enough for the biggest game of North America. STEVENS "High Power" Repeating Rifle No. 425. List Price $20.00 .25-.30-.35-.32 and .35 calibers Use Room, Auto-Loading Cartridges SURE FIRE HO GALKS HO JAMS Our "High Power" Rules also furnished in fancy grudges. Ask your Dealer. Send for handsome, new Rifle Catalog. J. STEVENS ARMS & TOOL COMPANY, P. O. Dox 5004 CHICOPEE FALLS, MASSACHUSETTS Are You a Woman? Take Cardui The Woman's Tenis FOR SALE AT ALL DRUGSTORES BIOGRAPHY ON EMINENT NEGRO MEN AND WOMEN OF EUROPE AND THE UNITED STATES. Adapted to the use of Students of race history, and of Negro youth. A valuable and handy reference book with questions and answers. Is printed on heavy paper in good, large clear type. And compactly bound in boards. A copy of this book should be in every Negro home. 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 Publisher Sunnyslope Cottage, Yonkers, N. Y. Refers to J. R. Clifford, Esq. Editor Pioneer Press. Saved C "I want to tell you wh celved from the use of Th Mrs. Sylvanla Woods, of C "It certainly has no e liver and stomach troubles. ```markdown ``` The above got represents Mno. Johnson as she is today, with her own NATURAL HAIR cultivated by the use of our own Hair Ramadan. She can do for you when she can dress for herself and thousands of others in every part of this country. Use Johnson's Hair Food, for growing hair on bald hair and have temples. It makes hard, dry hair; soft, moist, glossy and luxurient. Per Jar, .500c. Use Johnson's Hair Grower, for invigorating, Strengthening. Nourishing the Roots and Stimulating the Hair growth. For Hobbie, .500c. We are the pioneer manufacturers of Scientific Hair Preparations in the United States. We also make Wigs, Switches, Pumps, Cornet Braids, Puffs and front Parts to match your hair. Best workmanship. Lowest prices. Send 10% for a large sample jar of Johnson's Hair Food and terms to Agents. Write your letter to WILLIAM SPEARS' BICYCLE REPAIR SHOP. Repairing wheels of all kinds putting in new chalk, hangers, &c. And is my specialty. Don't bother with old hangers, come to Spears and get them at reasonable prices, also brakes and other countries. Second hand bicycles bought and sold, now have on hand 10 second hand bicycles, good as new. In addition to bicycle repairing, I do repairing of all kinds, and am the only man in town who repairs bicycles. Attorney Announces He Is to Be Tried Again in Szabo Case. Goshen, N. Y.-Burton W. Gibson, who has been tried twice by Orange county jurists on the charge of having caused the death of Mrs. Rosa Menschik Szabo on Greenwood lake on July 16, 1912, will soon be tried again. Robert H. Elder, his attorney, said that District Attorney J. D. Wilson, Jr., of Newburg, intended placing Gibson on trial for a third time at the term of the supreme court to convene in Goshen in the latter part of October. He said he would be Gibson's attorney again and that Henry Kohl of Newburg and Jacob J. Singer of Jerser City would be associated with him. A conference will be held by Gibson's lawyers, when the case will be discussed in detail. Mr. Elder said an entire now defense would be entered at the third trial, which, in his opinion, would be more favorable to Gibson than the defense in either of the two trials in which the jurors disagreed. Gibson is in good health. He exercises daily with dumbbells. AVIATOR LOOPS THE LOOP. French Aeroplanist Turns Somersault In the Air With Safety. Juvisy, France.—A French aviator named Pegoud "looped the loop" while flying at a height of 1,500 feet in his aeroplane. He afterward descended without injury. Pegoud, who recently caused a sensation by dropping safely from an aeroplane with a parachute, had announced that he intended to turn a somersault in the air with his aeroplane, and his movements after his ascent were followed closely by a large body of observers. When Pegoud had reached a height of about 3,000 feet he turned the nose of his machine straight toward the earth and darted downward with his motor working at full power. After plunging about 1,200 feet with frightful velocity Pegoud changed the position of his rudder and caused the aeroplane to turn a complete vertical circle. The machine then glided down in a huge spiral volplane and alighted gently on the ground. DEATH SENTENCE FOR DOG Passed on it by Judge For Having Bitten Little Girl. Chicago.—A dog has been sentenced to death by Municipal Judge David Sullivan in the South Chicago court. The animal belongs to Michael Ronaine, who was arraigned on a charge of disorderly conduct on complaint of Mrs. Anna McMannon. She charged that the dog had bitten her daughter Virginia, eight years old, and that Ronaine refused to turn over the animal to the dog pound. "I'll give up the dog whenever the police demand it," Ronaine told the judge. "All right," replied the court, "the police are ordered to take the animal to the dog pound, and I sentence the dog to be shot and killed there." GOES CRAZY AT OPERATION. Burgeon Suddenly Loses Mind and Patient Is Killed. Cincinnati, O.—A distressing story was told in probate court by the wife of Dr. William R. Dabney, a Marietta physician, before he was committed to Longview hospital upon the application of his wife. Mrs. Dabney told the court physician that the first signs of mental trouble were exhibited by her husband while he was performing a surgical operation in a Marietta hospital. He slashed right and left with his operating knife, and employees of the hospital had to take him in charge. The patient, she said, was the unfortunate victim of his sudden madness and was killed. The wife said that she took her husband to Canada, hoping that rest would restore his reason. But he did not get much better and was brought to Cincinnati a short time ago. BRAVEST OF CHICAGO'S FORCE Patrolman McDermott Wins Harrison and Tree Medal. Chicago.—Patrolman James M. McDermott was officially declared the bravest of the force when the civil service commission awarded him the Harrison and Tree medal for 1012. This is the highest honor that can be given to a policeman by the city. McDermott arrested a murderer who had crawled beneath a house and threatened to shoot any one who came after him. The policeman pried off some boards at the bottom of the building and squeezed his way in the darkness to where the criminal lay. As he advanced, the man twice pulled the trigger of his revolver, but the cartridges failed to explode. The mechanism of the weapon had become clogged by dirt. The commission decided that this was the bravest deed of the year. OUR MAGNIFICENT PROPOSITION ```markdown ``` 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 trip only $3, and the distance being to either place and back, 87 miles. Persons traveling it once, will never forget the kindness of the proprietor For cleaning, dyeing 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. WHAT IS IT? WHAT IS IT? 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COULD SCARCELY WALK ABOUT 12-Gauge Hammerless "Pump" Guns The Marlin hammerless 12-gaugo repeating shotgun, Model 28, is a fine-appearing, beautifully balanced gun, without any objectionable humps or bumps; no holes on top for gas to blow out through or water to get in; can't freeze up with rain, snow, or sleet; it's solid steel breech (not a shell of wood) permits a thoroughly symmetrical gun without sacrificing strength or safety; it is the safest breech-loading gun ever built. It is Hammerless with Solid Steel Breech (inside as well as out)—Solid Top—Side Ejection—Matted Barrel (which costs $4.00 extra on other guns)—Press Button Cartridge Release—(to remove loaded cartridges quickly from magazine without working through action) Double Extractors—Take-Down Feature—Trigger and Hammer Safety. Handles rapidly; guaranteed in shooting ability; price standard Grade "A" gun, $22.60. If you shoot a rifle, pistol or shotgun, you should have a copy of the Ideal Hand Book—160 pages of useful information for shooters. It tells all about powders, bullets, primers and reloading tools for all standard rifle, pistol and shotgun ammunition; how to measure powders accurately; shows you how to cut your ammunition expense in half and do more and better shooting. This book is free to any shooter who will send three stamps postage to The Marlin Firearms Co., 42 Willow St. New Haven, Conn. WANTER-A RIDER AGENT BEACH TOWN and district to ride and exhibit a sample Latest Model bicycle furnished by us. Our agents everywhere are making mountain bikes full specifications and special for attention. NO MONEY DEPOSIT DIRECED until you receive and approve of your bicycle. We ship bicycles in the U. S. without a cent deposit in advance, prepay freight, and allow YOUR BAYS FREE TRIAL during which time you may ride the bicycle and do any test you wish. If you are to a not perfectly satisfied or do not want to keep the bicycle in ship's back at our expense and you will not be billed for FACTORY PRICES. We furnish the highest grade bicycles it is. IT IS possible to make at one small profit in actual factory cost. You save $10 to $15 middleness's profits by buying just the equipment you have 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 catalogues and learn our unheard of factory prices and remarkable specs to rider agents. WILL BE ASTONISHED and you receive our beautiful catalogue julipa low prices we can make you this year. We sell your superb models at the wonder- less many other factory. We are satisfied with $1.00 profit above bicycles for BICYCLE DEALER, you can sell your bicycles under your own name plate at double our prices. Orders filled the day received. WE DO NOT regularly handle second hand bicycles, but usually have number land in trade by our Chicago retail stores. Those we clear out promptly at prices ranging from $3 to $8 or $10. DESCRIPTIVE bargains listed in catalog. imported roller chalets and pedals, parts, repairs and enquiries. day letter is received. We ship C. O. D. on approval. All orders shipped same day letter is found them strictly as represented. We do not pay a cent until you we will show a date. WITH ORDER and oneline that is 40 per cent (thereby making the price $4.50 per pair) if you send FULL CASH returned at OUR expense if for any reason your order may be not callable on examination. We are perfectly willing and money sent to us is safe in a bank. If you send a pair of these tires, you will find that they will ride run faster, wear better, last longer and look better than you have ever used or seen at any prices. We will be so well pleased that when you wish a bicycle you will give us your order. We want you to send us airtime at once, hence this remarkable tire offer. IF YOU NEED TIRES don't buy any kind at any price until you send for a pair of Hodgethorn price quoted above; or write for our big Tire and Fundry Catalogue which describes and quotes all makes and DO NOT WAIT but write us a post today. DO NOT THINK OF If only costs a postal to turn every form an envelope until you know the new and voucher codes we are making. BIG GAME HUNTER'S FIRST CHOICE and Big enough for the biggest game of North America. STEVEN'S "High Power" Repeating Rifle No. 425. List Price . . . $20.00 25.-30.-32 and .35 calibers Use Rem. Auto-Loading Cartridges SURE FIRE NO BULKS NO JAMS Our "High Power" Rifle also furnished in fancy grades. Ask your Dealer. Send for handsome, new Rifle Catalog. J. STEVEN'S ARMS & TOOL COMPANY, P. O. Box 5004 CHICOPEE FALLS, MASSACHUSETTS And For Three Summers Mrs. Vincent Was Unable to Attend to Any of Her Housework. Pleasant Hill, N. 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A RIDER AGENT district to ride and exhibit a sample Latest Model bikes by us. Our agents everywhere are making all particulars and special offer at once. Until you receive and approve of your anyone anywhere in the U. S. without a cent deposit, and allow THE DAYS FREE TRIAL during ride the bicycle and put it to any test you wish, perfectly satisfied or do not wish to keep the at our expense and you will not be out one cent. We wish you the highest grade bicycles it is possible to make at one small profit above you save $10 or $5 middlemen's profit by buy-we allow the highest grade bicycles for a bicycle or a pair of tires from anyone at any catalogues and learn our unheard of factory offers to rider agents. when you receive our beautiful catalogue and study our sport models at the wonder-you this year. We are satisfied with the highest grade bicycles for story. 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