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"HERE SHALL THE PRESS, THE PEOPLE'S RIGHTS MAINTAIN, UNAWED BY INFLUENCE AND UNBRIBED BY GAIN." The ESTABLISHED 1882. N. I. P. L. Fake Avers Barnett N. I. P. L. Fake Avers Barnett The Devil's Rag Baby, headed by the Rev. Byron Gunner, with its stolen garments of a year, paraded its Satanic Majesty in the City of Boston, under the name of the N. I P. League. This consummate fraud advertised to hold a convention Sept. 17-18 in this city, and the Boston Guardian editor is fully cognizant of this monstrous gang of fakire, he being one of the number of five or six, who are parties to this disgraceful fraud. I, a little less than a year ago, called public attention to these deduced fakire, but for fear that the public has forgotten this band of schemers, I ask of you the favor of your columns to brand these contra-bands as they deserve, as they are but a band of falsifiers, they having no right whatever in the name of the N. I. P. League, for this reason. On July 3, 4 and 5, 1912, a convention of delegates with recognized credentials of the N. I. P. League, convened in the City of Philadelphia and elected its officers, namely the following. John R. Clifford, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, President. Mr. Clifford was also elected at the new 12th Baptist Church, on Shawmut Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts, in August 1911, and reelected in Philadelphia in July 1912. Other officers were Rev. J. W. Wiley of Newport, R. I., first Vice President, I. D. Barnett, of Boston, 2nd Vice President, Rev. Mr. Jones of Philadelphia, Treasurer. On the executive committee the following were elected, Rev. Dr. Moore of Philadelphia, C. H. Plummer of Boston, Rev. Dr. Davidson of Philadelphia and the Rev. Dr. Smith of Providence, R. I. There are other officers, whose names at this moment I cannot recall. In the midst of election of officers, these fakers withdrew from the convention, namely Trotter, Morris, Gunner, Waldron and Johnson. This little clique of five men went to some one's house and formed themselves some sort of committee, there after parading themselves to the public as the N. I. P. League. These men have absolutely no standing as the N.I.P. League. They are a gang of frauds. I am at a loss to understand how such a lot of men, not lunatics, could make such a ridiculous claim. Most of us have been taught to respect the ministers who stand in our pulpits. We would like to give them what that word "Minister" implies and it is our duty, without a doubt, to do the right thing all the time. Among this illegitimate band of fakers, there are two men who stand in our pulpite as teachers of truth. They may attempt to teach that to others, but they are a long way from doing it in this case. Rev. Gunner knows that he is only the head of a fake organization. Rev. Waldron also cannot be mistaken. It is fair to assume that the main purpose of this little band of fakers was cash and public office. Most of them have camped on the steps of the White House, sending up their plaintive cries, since the close of the election last November. They have been dogging the steps of the Presi- dent from his private residence at New Jersey to Washington, doubtless inhearsing to him the very important work done by them. Any one knowing some of these men knows that they could not influence one vote and it is doubtful if some of these 5 or 6 plotters even cast their own votes for Wilson. Rev. Gunner and Rev. Waldron ought to have some stamp of manhood, or backbone enough, as ministers, to get away from an organization known by them to be sailing under false colors. The people of Boston, only last winter, were hoodwinked into the support of an organization given the name of the Lincoln Memorial Society. That Society proved a sham and a disgrace, such as Boston had never witnessed, at least by the Negro race. The name of Lincoln was dishonored and the raca plundered. It seems to me that the colored people ought not to be hoodwinked into the support of another company of fakers, a featherless lot of buzzards. Not even a name for themselves. They directed their first steps to the home of the democrat nominee in New Jersey, to make known to him their very sudden conversion from weak kneed republicans to new born democrats, the conversion being so very sudden that they felt it unsafe to travel by rail or water back to the old Bay State before letting him know how much they loved a good old Virginia democrat, and if he would only give them a little odd change to aid them on their journey over the burning sands of New Jersey they would make an effort to reach the till at the democratic national headquarters in New York City and again make known their conversion and the awful struggle to reach the promised land. These weather beaten, storm tossed, footsore Pilgrims were still in need, and it was important that they get their application in early, and size up the democratic cash drawer. These new converts were very much in the line of converts for cash Reaching Boston, they opened up what they termed their headquarters and started in to bleed the democratic state and national committee. At the state committee, they were informed that a certain colored man attended to that end. At the national committee headquarters they sought and found a little cash. The national committee asked of the State Committee to have C. H. Plummer lend a hand, but Plummer, knowing the very unsavory record of these false profits, the committee were informed that he would do what he could through the state committee, but could in no way feel safe in allowing himself to act with men with stolen colors. At the close of the election, these fakers could not make a creditable return for money expended by the national committee and proved what they are, an unrepentant lot of fakers lined up for cash and any stray crumb in sight.—I. D. Barnett, in Cambridge, (Mass.,) Advocate. San Quentin, Cal.-With the time at his disposal in the last eleven months of his seven year term for burglary, F. J. McCalla, a prisoner employed as a waiter for the officers' table at the prison here, has perfected a patent non-refillable bottle device which he as serts will ret him a fortune upon his release two years hence. The device can be fitted to any bottle. Pioneer Invents Nonrefillable Bottle. U.S. ARMY NEEDS MANY AVIATORS Training Necessary to Develop the Service. MUST FOSTER OWN SYSTEM Head of Signal Corps Appeals For Strengthening of That Branch of Service—Civiliane Cannot Be Depended on to Develop the Science For Military Usee. Washington. From the office of Brigadier General George B. Serwen, U. S. A., chief signal officer of the army, a statement has been issued on aviation in the army in the course of which it is stated that the flying situation in the United States, viewed strictly from a military standpoint, is in a critical condition. The statement is in a way an appeal to congress. The vulnerability of the Panama canal to aerial attack is pointed out, and the prophecy is made that aerial navigation is on the point of assuming enormous proportions. "In regard to aviation it may be noted," the statement reads, "that throughout the country the number of civilians who have heretofore undertaken to fly heavier than air machines for their own pleasure, for sport or for money making is fast diminishing and that it is doubtful whether in the event of war a score of men capable of making flights useful to an army could be obtained from civil life. But aviation, which may be considered a sport by the people of the country at large, is to the army a vital necessity. The time for serious effort in this new military science is at hand. "The situation is critical, and the army must, for its own protection, train a sufficient number of its officers. ```markdown ``` CAPTAIN CHANDLER, ONE OF BEST KNOWN ARMY AVIATORS. In the handling of its aeroplanes and in reconnaissance work. The army must look to itself and to the men of the organized militia to supply a reasonable number of officers for military aviation in case of necessity.* This necessity may arise at any moment. It is not a question so much of supplying aviators for a great war as it is for supplying these military scouts to accompany expeditionary forces or any military movement that may be undertaken, and also to provide a reasonable number for the defense from aerial attack of such vulnerable positions as Corregidor island in the Philippines, and the Panama canal. "The work performed by the signal corps in aviation during the past few years has been inconspicuous. But it has been very great. Something has Press. BY INFLUENCE AND UNBRIBED IN OCTOBER 4, 1913 been created from nothing since the summer of 1909, when Orville Wright succeeded in winning a bonus of $5,000 offered by the signal corps for a flight of five miles out and five miles back from Fort Myer, Va. Much data has been compiled on the strength of materials, aerial forces, uses of radio telegraphy as applied to aeronautics, but most of all the knowledge of engines for aeroplanes and the proper types of these machines have been carefully worked out and valuable results have been obtained through the efforts of officers of the signal corps and those associated with them. Everything is prepared now for rapid progress and practical results if the encouragement asked from congress is extended. "The pilot of the aeroplane, for whom we all have the highest respect, is the fighting man of the machine. He is the man behind the gun, but from the nature of things he must be a young, venturesome officer, generally without the knowledge of administrative and technical matters, which can only come with years of experience and study, and then only to men of a certain type of mentality." In conclusion, the signal corps officials give the opinion that the work of aeronautics in the United States army should be carried out along its present lines of development, and that the work should receive every reasonable aid and encouragement by congress. GEM MESSAGE BY PIGEON. Carrier Flies From Vessel to Shore Valuables Being Found. Philadelphia.—When she discovered that she had left valuable jewelry in a bag at a hotel Mrs. Daniel H. Ferguson, on the British steamer Glenesk, outside the Delaware capes, liberated a carrier pigeon, which returned to the home cote on the Ferguson farm, Fairview, at Mendonhall, Pa., with a message telling of the loss. The hotel was communicated with, and the jewelry was obtained and put in the office safe. Mr. and Mrs. Ferguson started for New Castle, New Brunswick, and left one bag to be stored in the baggage room of the hotel until their return. Through a mistake the jewel box was placed in the bag. The pigeon that carried the message was being taken with others by Mr. Ferguson to friends in New Brunswick. MARRIED BY PHONE. Ohio Magistrate Accommodates Eager Young Couple. Dayton, O.—"Do you, Louis Motzel"—"Number, please"—"Take Florence Igou"—"They don't answer"—"Oh, central, please get off the line. We're trying to get married." Louis Motzel and Florence Igou had their troubles getting married over the telephone here, but Dan Cupid finally got the phone plugs in their proper places on the switchboard, and Squire Kochne was able to finish the ceremony. Motzel and Miss Igou had found two magistrates absent from their offices, and when they reached the office of Kochne, only to find him gone, they located him at a construction camp three miles from the city, and he readily consented to tie the knot by phone. PACIFIC DRYDOCK. Work to Be Resumed Shortly Is Opinion In Washington. Washington.—Work upon the giant drydock at Pearl Harbor, the site of the great naval base the United States is establishing in the Pacific, probably will be resumed in the near future. Secretary of the Navy Daniels announced that Alfred Noble of New York, the engineering specialist retained to render an opinion as to the advisability of going ahead with the construction of the dock, has reported that the project is quite feasible. The Pearl Harbor drydock is to cost several million dollars, according to estimates. Work on the dock was well advanced when the coral foundation of the dock yielded to water pressure from below and caused an upheaval of the floor and walls, practically ruining all that had been done. Pay your subscription BY GAIN." VOL. 32 NO. 31. Anecdotal Literature BY W. G. THE GREATEST STAR. In the early days of the nineteenth century, Somerset County Pennsylvania (the native county of the writer) had the reputation of having very able and prominent lawyers. Among these were the Ogles. The elder Ogle happened, on one occasion, to be employed by a plain German farmer to an important trial. Mr. Ogle gained the case for his client, who in his joy, thanked his lawyer, and desiring to compliment him, said, "Mr. Ogle you are the greatest liar in Smyers." Taking this as no insult, Mr. Ogle was about to present it when a friend of the old farm stopped up, and said: "Mr. Ogle please flet me explain: My friend is keen no insult, but a complimen; for on account of his German brugge, he pronounced the word lawyer liar." ° * * HE KNEW HER Lady—"I wish to buy a nice present for my husband." D.aler—(politely) "The 10 cent counter is over youder by the window." CLOSE FIGURING. Wife—"Mike, your wages is 10 cents short this week." Mike—"Yis, Mary Ann. We had an explosion on Tuesday, an' th' fourman docked me for the time I was in the air." GREAT SPEED. Dick—'That more, when she was young, could beat the coal train on an eight mile's run.' Nick—'That's nothing. On my ranch in the west I happened to be five miles from the house one day when I noticed a heavy thunderstorm almost upon me. Jumping upon my pony, we started at break-neck speed for the house. and, do you know that pony raced the storm so closely that I didn't feel a drop of rain, while my dog, only twenty yards behind, had to swim all the way.' INVESTMENT. Mr. Stax—"There is a quarter for you. Now, in some respects, you are a happier and more independent man than I am." Mendicant—"I bag pardon, I can't understand." Mr. Stax—"I refer to the fact that you can invest your entire capital as you choose without answering any question of competition or restraint of trade." "Twas the man with the check-book; I heard him complain, "Oh, what shall I do In another campaign? How shall I get rid Of my surplus cash, When they're all keeping tab On expenditures rash? Detectives will haunt me Wherever I go, And then I'll be called To tell all I know. The poor man may join In the fight for control, But where's the chance For the man with a roll?" AM INDEPENDENT WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DIVIDED TO THE MORAL, RELIGIOUS A7 FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF HUMA 1. RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION. 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. Sen. for Sample Copies. S. B. Clifford, Editor & Proprietor Drawer 809, and Bell'Phone,101K Mar. Insburg, W. Va. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4 1913 Louisville, Miss., Sept. 21—Because he frightened a white woman in her home by his strange actions, Henry Crosby, a Negro, was lynched last night.—Boston Herald. Meyers in Massachusetts does worse and is nominated as a Republican candidate for the Legislature—and partly by colored men? (?) votes. Can you beat it?—Cambridge, (Mass.) Advocate. No doubts Trotter had a hand in it. If any man has his picture, taken in Philadelphia at the N. I. P. L., he can plainly see his ambition to be in the lime light. And as Trotter's father was a democrat and he is and has always been one, and the conduct of Henry Crosby was democratic, Trotter and his old standby—Johnson who is a better expert at reversing singular for plural verbs and vice versa, then any Negro in Massachusetts we've ever met, it is possible they supported him. --- "Why oppose the Republican party?" Why prune and cut off a tree? Because it fails to bear fruit and unless pruned or cut back, would die. Just as trees need the doctoring started because of their condition, so did the once G.O.P., and the quicker its remnant fall in line, and support the Progressives and keep on the right road, the better for all concerned. The Progressives have no thought of going back whence they started "Oward Christian Soldiers" is the slogan, and if they have to defeat them in an off year to win in the on year, be it so. Our contention for years is now on foot. The North and West are to come together on an honest basis to nominate a president. The Southern States where frauds rob men of their rights, and men go to conventions and force candidates on said electorates of the North and West, are to be ignored, Good start. Will the party to be purified also cut off the scores of whites who go to Congress through the same fraud that necessitates this action? If not, your reformation will be hypocrisy. Keep in mind you colons that, nothing is settled till it is settled right. Hon. Moorfield Storey, Prof. William Pickens and Dr. Booker T. Washington all agree that we are progressing, and that this is not the time to abuse the Chief Executive of the Nation. Prof. Pickens also agrees with the Wizard of Tuskegee that "the Negro is by no means the man farthest down." The Wizard of Tuskegee in his latest book "Is the Negro having a chance," also agrees with Prof. Pickens that we could be far better off than we are. An great men agree on common senses things.—Cambridge, (Mass.) Advocate. The Pioneer Press believes that if Garrison lived at this time, he would not only abuse him, but to that extent that he would be dragged through the streets of Washington, D.C. It is not only a great pity, but a crime that will be exposed in time, and that is, the poor deluded Negroes advocate Booker T. Washington as their guide. If Messrs. Pickens and Story see it in that light they too are to be likewise pitied. The Late H C. Berry During the War of the Rebellion at Moorefield, Hardy County, (then Virginia) the following two "generals" were born and lived. In Phillip Shear's store one night they got into an argument, and it was settled by a decision that it be fought out on a chosen battlefield with elings and four wooden cannon. A blacksmith named Newhouse made two cannon for one of the "generals" and another blacksmith named Yokum, made the other two. The cannon were bound with iron bands. After a month's drilling and preparation the battle on town hill, about a mile south of Moorefield took place. Half of the soldiers were white, the rest colored. The battle had gone on for about an hour—during which time two charges had been made, and had a dozen pretty badly wounded. The colored "general" preceding what wea to be an intrepid charge, overloaded one of his cannon, causing it to burst, and hurt two of his men and so confused the others, that they retreated in bad order with the whites close on their heels. Up to that time the colored troops had the better of the fight. They were run to, and through the South Branch of the Potomac. The officers were H. C. Berry and J. R. Chifford and from that time on we were called "generals." We have talked it over and laughed heartily many a time, and until last Monday have always calmed each other as "general." We have always been friends, and were when at war. Let it be hoped that he and "Ant" Ann Davis met on the banks of the Jordan, and embraced each other forever. He loved that old colored woman, bugged and kissed her every time he went to Moorefield long as he lived. Peace to his ashes—rest to his soul. Now God-like To Be True Diaz of Mexico loved his people and country and served both nobly, yet he was driven from home, but how glorious to be called back, and how forcibly John Howard Payne's immortal song comes home to him. Mexico never had a grander man at her head, and it was because of his opposition to the increase of wrong that he was deposed, and on the other hand it was because of his intrepid honesty that he was by his foes recalled. Square on the color line. All human beings are men alike to him, and few, if any living man has more real world-wide friends. He is an able scholar and a splendid statesman. Once in his life, his foes had planned to take his life and a big reward was offered for him. He took refuge on a steamer with an old friendly captain. By some unknown cause, he was located as having boarded the ship he was on, and at a certain place armed soldiers boarded the vessel and began to search for him. The Captain bid him well, but the search was so rigid fear stole on him that something had better be done. So he told Diaz that when he neared a certain island, the boat would be taken as close to it as was possible and he lowered to water and was to swim to the island. Diaz was a great swimmer. When secretly lowered, off swam Diaz, and the captain had the ship checked up to watch the end of his swimming friend. He reached the shore, but at no place for a mile could anywhere be found to get on land. Being tired and discouraged, Diaz turned and swam toward the boat. Getting to the ship the usual alarm—"Man overboard" was given, and the sailors rushed to his aid. Getting him on board the Captain grabbed him, cursed and kicked him down the hatchway and told him to stay there till he told him to come out. This happened in the midst of his searching foes, and Diaz was saved. --- To run a country newspaper one should have the constitution of a long cared mule, the nerve of Teddy Roosevelt, the self control of the ancient martyre, the capacity of a bookkeeper for detail, the ability to "stand off" the bill collector,—a cob pipe, a pair of shears, a paste pot, a high education and a railroad pass. With all these qualifications as the late lamented Bill Nye would say, "fair time may be made on a gentle grade."—Ex. ```markdown ``` It does not seem out of place if the people of Baltimore would go a few years back and see in truth, what the colored people have done for that city. And in that looking backward seek themselves; where are Rayner and Gorman, who fought the Negroes' progress so tenaciously? And while in the background, ask your selves, and if possible answer, why Baltimore was gutted by fire in the very heat of those two men's tirades to destroy the Negroes? Truly, "God works in a mysterious way, his wonders to perform." Negroes! be honest, do right and David like, you'll see your foot fall on the right and left. Don't get discouraged because it seems so dark just now. If you had made no progress you'd have no opposition. The world is full of fine people and they are sure to rule this world. Illustration: The 5th of July 1913, a colored lady was taken from Williamport, Grant County, West Virginia to Petersburg in a buggy. On getting, where the horse got scared, began to kick and broke her left ankle very badly. It happened in front of a hotel, wherein she was taken and cared for for weeks like a queen. Two doctors attended her daily and friends and strangers called on her, perfumed her room with flowers, and crowded her stand with all kinds of edibles. When her limb had healed enough to be put in plaster paris and her sister attempted to take her to Cumberland, Md., and getting as far as Romney, West Virginia, she was not able to walk, and the people—colored and white, seemed shy of assistance, but strange, and who can tell why, a white man she knew nothing of stepped up and asked what was the matter and when told she had a broken limb, he asked: "Are you the lady who was hurt in Petersburg and have been staying with my sister?" Yes sir, was the reply. Without another word, he took her in his arms, carried her from one train to another, and being ahead of time, sat there with her on his lap and in his arms, facing the gaze of all the bystanders for ten or fifteen minutes, and finally carried her into the train, got her a seat and told of his sister's high esteem and devotion to her, bade her goodbye and went about his business. This happened in that "rebel town" Romney, West Virginia. The man's name is Borah and the colored girl Otelia Kent. Take courage, and go on. HON, HARRY CUMMINGS'S GREAT SPEECH. --- When the segregation ordinance was being made "law" by the Baltimore Democratic City Council less Thursday evening, there was no man in that town who did more to defeat the passage of that iniquitous measure than Hon. Harry S. Cummings, the brainy and eloquent colored member of the Baltimore Council. His speech which he made against the illegal legislation aimed at our people, was expressive, brave, and a demonstration that Mr. Cummings is a man of courageous mien. He said: While I know that it is not within my power to prevent the passage of this ordinance, yet I feel it my duty toward my people and toward the cause of justice to oppose it by my voice and vote. This ordinance, like the others of its kind, is trying to do the impossible thing; that is, to thwart and hinder human progress. Neither prejudice, ill feeling nor temporary power can eventually prevent the triumph of justice or stop the tide of progress to which all humanity aspires. The attempt of a people to better the conditions of their home life, to bring health and happiness to them selves and children should be encouraged rather than make them the --- object of derision and contempt, and make them the victims of unjust and unconstitutional laws. I admit that there is a sentiment in favor of this legislation, but I submit it is unfair and unjust to my struggling people. Aye, it is unfair and unjust to the great number of white taxpayers whose properties, long vacant by the drift of population, and who are compelled to pay their taxes on these vacant houses, to have the additional burden which this law imposes, making it a crime to receive rent from a certain class of citizens. I admit that the ablest, the best and the most ingenious legal talent of our city and state has been called into play to devise a law which will meet the test of our highest state and federal courts, but their labors will eventually go for naught, for the simple reason that it is an attempt to find a lawful way to do an unlawful thing. Remarkable Fortitude of Frank, Awaiting Death. No law like this one, which permits a citizen to own property, and denies to him the right to enjoy it, can stand the test of our state or United States Constitutions. I venture the prediction that this ordinance, like its predecessors, will fail and be declared unconstitutional when it is taken, as it surely will be, to the highest court in the land. " } IME WILL ADJUST ALL THINGS " No one deprecates more than I any semblance of bitter feeling and race antagonism, and no one will go for ther than I to alley them, and this sentiment is shared by the thoughtful, conservative and law abiding people of my race, who are endeavoring to conform to the highest ideals in education, religion and morality, so that they may fully measure up to the highest standard of citizenship. If in the most of these temporary disturbances cooler heads and better judgments prevail, then all will go well. I am not the least alarmed or discouraged. I am optimistic and fully believe that time will adjust all these things, and it is my earnest hope and belief, with prejudice toward none, but peace and good will toward all, that soon the sentiment which underlies this ordinance will pass away, and that we all, regardless of race or creed, will work to gether for the common good and the ownward progress of our beloved city and state. BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD. Conqeted to Dec. 1st, 1912. Trains leave Martinsburg as follows. WHY DO YOU LOVE YOUR DOG? 1. He doesn't talk back to you. 2. He thinks whatever you do is all right. 3: You don't have to make company of him. 4. He eat's what's set before him and asks no questions. 5. He will follow you to the end of the earth. 6. He never sulks when you mistreat him. 7. He tries to please you. 8. You have no rival in his affections—his love is all yours. 9. He respects your moods. 10. He never tells you his troubles. 11. He never pries into your secrets. 12. He is polite and thanks you with his tail for every kind word you see fit to give him. 13. He will fight for you. 14. He miseries you when you are away. 15: He rejoices when you return. 16. He is faithful unto death. 17. He does what you tell him without knowing why. 18. He is jealous of the attention you show others. you. No 6 Daily at 2.38 p m for Washington Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York. No 14 Daily at 3.09 p m for Washington Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York. No 12 Daily "Duquesne Limited" at 12.23 a.m. for Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York. 19. He trusts you to the uttermost with a faith that is wonderful, blind, inexplicable. Published by the New York Women's League for Animals. DOG? CONDEMNED TO DIE, CONDUCTS BUSINESS Atlanta, Ga.-Leo M. Frank, sentenced to be hanged Oct. 10 for the murder of Mary Phagan, continues to manage in jail the affairs of the National Penal company, of which he was superintendent and at whose plant the girl was killed. However, he will not be hanged Oct. 19 because the motion for a new trial will be heard, and if the decision is adverse the case will be carried to the supreme court. It may be a year before his fate is definitely determined. His wife has visited him daily since the end of the trial and has assisted him in going over the mass of testimony. When at the trial Solicitor Dorsey declared she had never gone to the police station to see him and cited the fact to the jury as an indication that she knew Frank was guilty she leaned forward in an excited protest, but under the law she could not testify. She is determined in the event of a new trial—and she is confident one is coming—to in some way show that she never for a moment doubted her husband's innocence. Mrs. Rea Frank, his mother, joined in the jail conferences for awhile, but finally she was obliged to return to Brooklyn, where her aged husband is critically ill. She expects to return when argument is made for a new trial before Judge Roan. Solicitor Dorsey is directing the work of detectives who are trying to find new evidence to strengthen the case of the state should a new trial be ordered. --- Wanted.—Cosmopolitan Magazine requires the services of a representative in artinsburg 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 City. AMERICAN CENTER WEST BOUND No 55 Daily at 11:21 a.m for Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Louisville and St. Louis Connects for Romney except Sunday and at Grafton for Wheliug No 15 Daily at 11:50 a.m for Grafton Pittsburg and Chicago, o. No 5 Daily, at 3.17 p.m. for Grafton, Pittsburgh and Chicago. No, 7 Daily 7.42 p m for Wheeling, Columbus and Chicago. No, 1 Daily at 6.20 p m for Cincinnati Louisville and St. Louis. No 3 Daily at 2.36 a m for Cincinnati Louisville and St Louis. For Cumberland and way Stations, No 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 Berkeley Springs. FAST BOUND. No 4 Daily at 4.19 a.m for Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York, No 10 Daily 6.26 a.m for Washington and Baltimore, No 8 Daily at 10.37 a.m for Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York, Connects for Lexington Va., and Hagerstown except Sunday and Frederick. No 2 Daily at 10:17 a.m for Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York. No 16 Daily except Sunday at 11,55 a m for Frederick, Baltimore and all inter- mediate stations via old line. No 18 Daily except Sunday at 6.30 p m for Washington and Baltimore and all inter- mediate stations, Connects for, Frederick. G. W. SQUIGGINS, Gen. Pass Agent. Baltimore, Md. R. S. BOUIC, Ticket Agent, Martinsburg, W. V. Entered in Post Office at Martinsburg W. Va., as Second Class Matter Mr. Branson Carter is again at home after a prolonged absence in adjoining states. Friends are glad to see him. Mr. James Roman, Martinsburg's only coal and wood dealer of color, has purchased another horse, thereby adding to his facilities for filling orders on short notice. Give him a call. I anybody don't believe Mrs. M. Page can make good pies, we advise him to visit her cosy little restaurant on North Charles Street, near the Auburn Wagon Works and try zone. Rev. George H. Carter, pastor of Ebenezer Memorial Baptist Church, has returned to his duties here after an extensive trip through Virginia and the Southernmost portion of this State. He reports a royal time. We didn't know until the other day that Mr. Rhodes Warrick was a carpenter, but from the quick way in which he put up that stable on the rear of his lot he must be one or something skin thereto, because the work certainly is well done. The following young people have gone to Harper's Ferry, where they will attend Storer College: Missee. Ethel Kirk, Huda Hopewell, Brent Lee, Jeanette Ford, Ollia Warrick, Ethel Johnson and Master Lewis Ford. Mr. Jacob Turner, one of the best known and most popular residents of Martin'sburg, is gojourning with his daughter, Mrs. Sallie Lee, at her home in Philadelphia, and we learn he is having one of the times of his life. Mrs. Katie Folks, knowing that poor printers are always hungry, sent them some of the best lemon pie Tuesday it has ever been their good fortune to seek their teeth into. We thank this good lady for her kindness. Rev. Nelson Williams, a widely known local preacher of Shenandoah City, Va., met with a sad accident at the Blair Limestone Quatriies on Tuesday last when a car, which he was unloading of coke, was jammed by an engine, and his life was crushed out. CURRENT WINDS WATCH. nepiece Lost In Stream Two Years Ago Found Running. Unontown, Pa.—That a swift current in a mountain trout stream kept his gold watch wound up and running for a full two years is the assertion of Albert Miller of Chalk Hill, who lost his timekeeper in the stream two years ago. When the watch was picked out of the sand by Mrs. Miller near the spot where her husband lost it the dial showed nearly the correct time. Mrs. Miller, while gathering wild flowers, noticed a glittering object in the clear water of the stream. She investigated and found it to be her husband's lost watch. She was greatly surprised to find the watch running and keeping good time. Mrs. Miller said that the timepiece was lying in such a position that the fast running water had evidently acted as winder and kept the movements going. MOVES HIS HOUSE 23 MILES Stumpf and His Workmen Live In It During the Journey. Winsted, Conn. — George Stumpf moved his house, a 10 by 30 foot frame affair of three rooms, from North Hartland to Hall Meadow, a distance on twenty-three miles, without breaking anything in the dwelling. While the habitation was in transit Stumpf and his men, who did the moving with the aid of horses, had their meals in the house, and at night they gathered about the kitchen stove, popped corn, smoked, read newspapers and swapped stories before going to bed. Five years ago Stumpf and his men moved the same house from Huntington, Mass., to North Hartland, where he was in the lumber business. PEDDLER LEAVES FORTUNE $14,000 Goes to Religious Charities. Rest to Folks. Minneapolis, Minn. — Edgar Allen Sloane, a wandering tinsmith, who had made his headquarters for the last ten years in Minneapolis, has been buried at Lisbon, N. D., where several months ago he chose a spot as his final resting place. A will left by Sloane directs that the First Baptist church of Minneapolis shall receive $10,000 of his estate, that $4,000 shall go to a theological school in Manitoba and that relatives in the east shall receive the rest. Sloane, who was known because of his desire to return about the country, was believed to be a poor man. He met death recently under the wheels of a train at Baumont, Cal. 12,000 MILES TO BIBLE Woman Travels From California to Koosy, Russia. Los Angeles, Cal.—To look once more upon the face of her mother and to touch with reverence a book which the wealth of the czar of all the Russias has failed to purchase are the reasons why Mrs. Tarlan Michael Daniels of Los Angeles will journey 12,000 miles to the village of Koosy, on the banks of Lake Urunciah, in the Kurdish mountains. The book is the Pesbitta testament, one of the few books on the Scriptures that survived the Mohammedan persecution, and has been viewed by hundreds of historians, who have offered great sums for it. It was written in 822 A. D. 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 Tuskegee 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 new and complete index makes all these facts which were formerly sometimes lost sight 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 1912 Negro Year Book are: A review of the progress of the race during the past fifty years; 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 statistics in town and country; Negro crime and Negro lynchings; Negro farms and farmers. 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 3 cents. A considerable reduction will be made to persons of string tenor, solo copies. NEGRO YEAR FOOK CO. Tu kagoe Resiute, Alabama. SPURNS $10,000 FOR GIRL. Farmer's Son Refuses to Collect Prize For Giving Hor Up. Sioux Falls, la.—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 Moboria, Neb. The older Jason but a check for $10, 000 at the recruiting station here to be turned over to his son the moment he collapsed. 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. GOLD FAMINE IN GERMANY. Shortage Grips Crisis Near and Government Departments Are Warned. London—The shortage of gold in Germany is rapidly assuming the proportions of a crisis. The government is steadily enamored by increasing gold reserves in conditions it has said, for possible war or an economic crisis. The impatient and procrastinous administrations, and nobody else of the post-office department, have been invited to retain all the gold they receive and pay out only paper money. HOWARD UNIVERSITY, WASHINGTON; D. C. STEPHEN M. NEWMAN, D. D PRESIDENT. Located in Capitol of the Nation. Campus of over twenty series. Advantages unparalleled. Modern scientific and general equipment. New Carnegie Library. New Science Hall. Faculty of over one hundred. 1332 students from 37 states and 10 other countries. Unusual opportunities for self-suppl. No young man or woman of energy or capacity need be deprived of its advantages. THE COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES Devoted to literal studies. Courses in English, Mathematics, Latin, Greek, French, German, Principles, Chemistry Biology, History, Philosophy, and the Social Sciences, such as are given in the best approved college. 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.; Patagological 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. Furinches 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- ce. Advantages of connection with a great University. Students' Aid. Low expenses, Isaac Clark, D. D., Dean. THE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE. Forty-nine professors. Modern laboratories and equipment. Connected with new Freedmen's Hospital, costing half million dollars. Clinical facilities not surpassed in America. Post-graduate School and Polychlinic. Edward A. Ballech, 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. 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Twenty of the machines are powerful trucks, designed and constructed especially for the needs of the parcel post in large cities. Three of the trucks will be sent to Baltimore, three to Brooklyn, N. Y.; two to Buffalo, two to Louisville, four to Minneapolis and six to Philadelphia. The postmasters of those cities have been instructed to keep a minute account of the expense of operation and maintenance of the vehicles, so that comparisons may be made with the cost of rented machines. $15,000,000 IN SALMON. Coast Fishermen Making $500 a Week Apices. Tacoma.—Five hundred dollars a week for one fisherman is the average earned by salmon fishers who have begun to return from the banks to Tacoma with shipload after shipload of their catches and their faces wreathed in smiles over what they declared was the most successful season in history. Jack Anich, one of the dozen of the salmon fishers of Tacoma, said that during the comparatively short period, four weeks, during which they are allowed to fish, no less than 2,000,000 cases of salmon had been caught in Puget sound and British Columbia waters, valued at $150,000. Tacoma and Gt; harbor fishermen are bringing $750,000 worth of salmon to Old Town alone. Chicago.—George Howard Lovequest, formerly of Chicago, now of Racine, Wis., is literally fighting his way through the law school of the University of Wisconsin. He fights at 133, Marquis of Queensberry, when he is not wrestling with Blackstone. He is known in the ring as "Young McGann," and is the only man known here who has adopted pugilism as a means of paying his expenses in school. Lovequest was born on the south side in Chicago, where they develop "scrappers." In 1910 he entered Wisconsin as a law student and will be graduated next year. When he entered he cast about for a means of paying expenses. His friend Peter McGann suggested boxing. He approved of it, and his first professional bout was was with a man named Britt, at Oregon, Wis. McGann stopped him in the first round. This brought him to the attention of promoters, and since then he has had no trouble in getting matches whenever he needed money. He ranks high as a student and says that as soon as he is through school he also will be through with the ring. POLL OF FARMERS' WIVES. Secretary of Agriculture Sends Letters to 50,000 of Thom. Washington. — David F. Houston, secretary of agriculture, wants the women on American farms to tell him what the department of agriculture can do to best serve their needs. Accordingly he has prepared a letter which will be sent to the women of 50,000 farm households, requesting them to make suggestions. Copies of the letter will go to about twenty farms in each of the 2,800 counties in the United States. 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