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"HERE SHALL THE PRESS, THE PEOPLE SUGGEST: Interest Shown In Agriculture and Good Roads Are Constructed—Telegraph and Telephones Installed Air Over the Island—Fruit Industry Grows—Schools Improved. Washington.-Since Uncle Sam assumed charge there has been wonderful progress on the island of Porto Rico, notably in the dissipation of ignorance that prevailed under Spanish rule, giving place to modern intelligence through the education received in the American school, which has spread all over the new territory acquired by the United States. Commercially the island is one of the most prosperous sections of the world, and only more American capitals and brains are awaited to bring millions more out of its soil resources. An extensive educational work is done by the museums throughout Philadelphia and Pennsylvania, large collections of exhibits being sent out to schools. To get material for the school exhibits and for the general exhibit in the buildings of the museums in West Philadelphia William L. Fisher was THE MEMORIAL CENTER GOVERNOR YAGER OF PORTO RICO, sent to Porto Rico, and he brought home many things that will be placed in the school exhibits and a large quantity of new specimens that will be put on exhibition in the museum; also a great deal of material for lectures. More articles of growth that show the progress of the island are still to be shipped to the museums. All the specimens Mr. Fisher brought home and ordered shipped will do much to advertise the new section of Uncle Sam's domain, declared the museu- rium's emissary. Where formerly the Philadelphia had ruled the island for what they could get out of it, taxing the income on the top floor and serving the poor and ignorant. Unlike many of the schools there taxes much less, and all the schools are better off with good schools all over the island in a condition that followed the efforts of Crown States Commissioner of Education Martin G. Brumbauch, the present superintendent of the Philadelphia school. The schools are now all over the island, in the cities and country districts, and new buildings where the young may be instructed are being erected in ev- Pioneer eny direction. When it comes to the government today, one of the most Japan transformed just like the building in the country, schooling teachers are natives, and in the city schools the supervision is carried up by the schools are Almost with the number of having been joined at a good or school at all. The in-tion in the schools is in St. Petersburg to the fifth grade, with lessons in the lish. At the time the instruction in the English is a little less in St. Petersburg and other languages, but the lower grades the textbook is more in St. Petersburg and the high grades the book is more in St. Petersburg. Mr. Fisher stated that one of the provement in Porto failed in the road construction. Up of the trunk road island connect to the possession on the country Spain had land only a military road access the island for the purpose of moving the army. It was found by Mr. Fisher that since 1945 the road building under Uncle Paine had progressed so rapidly that now there are over 1,000 miles of first class macadam roads in Porto. Paine once outspent up appointment selections in all parts of the company. There are about 100 miles of road as against a few soffered pieces of a round and bounish mine the present roads (being constructed) into a trunk line that extends about two thirds the distance from the island. The rock with the cone have been in talked peacefully and over the island. WITH BLAHK MIND OF MYSTIFIES A COLLEGE Man Can Only Remember Three Events In His Life. Pulham, Wash.—The most remarkable case of lost identity ever brought to the attention of the instructors in psychology at the State college is that of a man about thirty-five years old, intelligent and of studious inclinations, who enrolled in the department of civil engineering at the beginning of the college year. He gives the name of William Sammerville, but the college authorities have no proof that that is his true name. Every recitation of his past life is blotted from his memory with the exception of three items. Sathmerville says that he remembers clearly that his parents were drowned in the Garveston flood. Besides this, he has a faint remembrance of seeing Maude Adams, the actress, and of being a member of a surveying crew in central Washington some months ago. An examination of Sathmerville by the college professors in psychology shows that he has an acuminature of surveying instruments, but that he is deficient in a knowledge of thematics essential to the practical surveyor. He has proved an industrious student and spends much spare time in the college library reading works on history and science. He seems familiar with textbooks on botany and trigonometry. Summerville is tall and well built and speaks with a southern accent. He is paying his expenses at the college by day labor on the new college building. HAM BACK AFTER 54 YEARS Civil War Soldier Repays Man Who Assuaged His Hunger. Rahway, N. J.-Thompson Thorne was surprised to find a bag of potatoes at his back door. In turning the bag over to look for an address he discovered a fifteen pound ham. Under the ham was a note which read: "This is returned to you in honor of the fifty-tenth anniversary since you gave a ham and potatoes to an old hungry soldier at Valley Springs. Vax during the late retention." Mr. Thorne in talking of the act that said he was the commissary sergeant at Valley Springs. He recalls the circumstances, but never knew who received the bag of potatoes and the ham. The potatoes and ham had been purchased at a local grocery by a stranger, who refused to give his name or address to the merchant. NEEDSANTARIUMS American Institutions Compared With These In Germany. NURSES HERE ARE CENTER. In Many Respects This Country Leads. While In Others There Is Room For Great Improvement — Conside Sanitariums Denecial For Bone or Glandular Tuberculosis Patients. Wallingford, Coun. — The state of Connecticut, which has been priding itself on the excellence of its institutions for the fight against tuberculosis, has much to learn from Germany, according to the report of Dr. Stephen J. Maher of New Haven, chairman of the state tuberculosis commission. Dr. Maher went to Berlin to attend the recent conference, and his report to Governor Baldwin shows in what respects Connecticut is resists. First of all he pleads for a seaside sanitarium. Germany, Dr. Mather says, leads the world in the number and variety of its sanitariums. This is largely due to the fact that half or more of the population is enrolled in sickness and disability insurance companies; hence it is advantageous to the organizations to cure their tuberculosis patients as soon as possible. American sanitary equipment compares favorably with that which Dr. Mather saw abroad. The German sanitariums are of brick or stone, while in this state they are entirely of wood. The grounds about German institutions ```markdown ``` are carefully groomed, while here the erection of buildings and system architecture of management have lathered congested attention. German authorities make a feature of N-ray buildings and a tiled douche room, moulder of which Connecticut buildings have. To the douche room patients must go every day for a vigorous base doucheing. Dr. Mather thinks American nurses are better, quicker and more attentive to details. The warrior is in all these worries in Germany. They are of business and tile and have a great interest in architecture with elaborate designs with long latings, compartmentalized with large units is served for the use of specialized industries are especially important from Britain where other industries are growing with the importance of international trade. A patient in the intensive care unit is unable to communicate with the rest of the family and the care team. The patient requires intensive care and the need for a nurse to care for them. If the patient is unable to communicate with the rest of the family and the care team are sent home as incapable of receiving further benefit, the patients then remain in care of friends until the end. If the incurable Press. CONFLIENCE AND UNBRIBED D C E M B E R 20. 1913 has no home the insurance company sends him, as a rule, to the general hospital of the district. Germany, however, is ahead in forest schools and seaside sanitariums for home or glandular tuberculosis patients. DREAM LOCATES WILL. Document Lost For Many Years Found by Dead Man's Sister. Doentur, Ft. - Miss Helen Locklin of Bement, Ft. has finally presented at her lawyer's office here a long lost will, drawn by her late brother, Frank Locklin. She had documented its location and by finding it saved her home and truck garden from sale to satisfy a judgment she had obtained herself. Frank Locklin died in 1919, leaving three sisters. Helen had long helped him make a five and expected that the will would be quashed her the home. No will could be found. A week or two ago a dream gave her a clew which led to her recovery of the document. Student Clrabs High Stack Oberlin, O. The freestman class of Oberlin college boosts of an anonymous stoopjack who at night climbed to the top of a new 175 foot smoke-stack being erected for the college heating system and decorated the stack with the class minerals. Only recently two workmen fell from the smoke-stack and were killed. FARMERS' WINES BLAMED. High Prices of Eggs Laid to Poor Methods of Handling. Atlantic City, N. J.-In discussing at their annual convention here the high prices of eggs members of the American Warehouseen's association placed some of the blame at the door of farmers' wives, who mostly have charge of the poultry. It was declared that many wives of the farmers do not know the proper method of handling eggs and do not realize the necessity of properly gathering and shipping them. According to reports, many representatives of forty five of the largest warehouses in the country, there was a shortage of 240,000,000 eggs on the 1st of December. WATCH MAN'S IN TREE A YEAR Swarer Town Kind is after Many Persons have leased. Georgetown Dee. Loc a year ago, a gold was b owned by Wilfred White, a Georgetown merchant, was found by the owner after it had bung in sight of many persons for a year without being discovered. After White had been gunning last year with a number of friends he found he had lost his watch and fob. He retraced his steps through the whole day's trip, besides advertising, unsuccessfully. Recently White and the same party took a similar trip through the same section. The lost watch was found hunging on a twig. It was in good shape and as soon as it was wound began to keep good time. Cow. In. Woman's Lap. London. C. Sims of Holbeach, Lincolnshire, met with a remarkable accident while motorcycling in South Lincolnshire with Mrs. Sims in his side car. A cow moved across the road in front of the motorcycle and was taken up in the side car, where it reposed on Mrs. Sims lap. The cow gave Mrs. Sims a somewhat violent "kiss" on the chock, which, it is slanted, "left a headache". The extra weight then tipped up the side car, and the cow slipped off its seat. PRINCE TO ENTER ARMY. Charles of Roumania to Complete Military Training In Two Years. Berlin - Prince Charles, eldest son of the crown prince of Roumania, will enter the Gergan army on Jan. 1 as lieutenant in the First Foot guards at Potsdam to complete his military education. The prince, who is twenty years old, is to remain with the regiment two years. King Charles of Roumania, who is a Hohenzollern prince and was born at Sigmaringen, Germany, always has had a high opinion of the German military syster. BY GAIN." VOL. 32 NO. 42 EVERY 51 CENT VALUE COST ST IN NEW YORK Price of Food Duo Largely to Distribution Charge. New York. It costs just 39 cents to distribute a dollar's worth of food in this city. The bureau of food supply of the New York Association For Improving the Condition of the Poor has been conducting a cost of living/inquiry and has made public a report showing that 61 cents represents the cost of food on its arrival at the terminal markets here, while the rest of the consumer's dollar is divided between wholesaler and retailer in the process of getting the food to the consumer's kitchen. "Every consumer." Bailey B. Burett, who directed the inquiry, said, "is amazed at the constantly diminishing quantity of food that his dollar brings to him, and every producer is equally amazed at the small proportion of the consumer's dollar that finds its way into his pockets." The recently, the report asserts, is a reorganization of the food distribution system based on the result of careful experiments with the economic efficiency of various methods of retail distribution. These experiments, it is set forth, should be made by a group of individuals with no thought of profit. POVERTY NEAR GEM MINE. Almshouse Property Adjoins Arkansas Diamond Diggings. Murfreesboro, Ark.—Diamonds and poverty do not go hand in hand in most parts of the world, but here in Pike county, the home of the only diamond mines of any size in the United States, the greatest of chums are the county poor farm and the diamond bearing property. All that separates the county farm from the diamond property is an imaginary line, on one side of which is supposed to be wealth, on the other side poverty. But to Aunt Polly Cox, the only inmate of the county farm, there is no wealth and there is no line. SCOURGE OF LEPROSY IS ON THE INCREASE There Are Now 700 Victims Isolated In Hawaii. New York.—Leprosy is on the increase, according to the statements of various scientists studying the disease in different parts of the world. In Paraguay the number of cases doubled within ten years, says Dr. J. W. Lhud-say, an Englishman. There are 600 lepers at Molokai, in Hawaii, and 100 isolated in Honolulu. The last quoted report of the disease in the United States places the number of leprosy cases at 146. In German East Africa the disease is on the increase. Dr. Albert Serra of the University of Cagliari, Sardinia, says that many more leprosy cases exist in Sardinia than the statistics record. Most of the lepers of Hawaii are isolated on the fertile peninsula of Molokal after they have been subjected to six months of observation at the Honolulu hospital. Much freedom is allowed them in Molokal. They are allowed to marry and to live with their wives in separate cottages. Children are not allowed to remain with an infected person, however. This question whether leprosy may be inflicted is not an open one. Dr. Marcus Raimowitch of the Karkoff hospital, who has conducted researches through several years with the blood of leprosy is authority for the statement that there exists in the blood of all persons he has examined a distinctive burdens. He says he had found it in the heart of an unborn child whose mother had died of the disease. AN INDEPENDENT WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE MORAL, RELIGIOUS AND FINANCIAL DEVICIENT OF HUMANITY. Pay for all advertisements is due in advance unless advertising is run by yearly contract, in which case the advertiser pays every three months. J. B. Clifford, Editor & Proprietor. Drawer 869, and Bell 'Phone, 101K Martinsburg, W. Vs. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20, 13. 11 National(?) Republican(?) Committee meeting was a complete flasco—did about as much good as some of our Negro split-up churches do. It is dead and don't know it. The way it looks now, the President will be a very heavy man if he puts the mark of Oain on those he promised to if hard times come on his administration. It's on it and it's sure to kill it. That the political status of this country now is causing paralysis of business is plainly seen to be true. None can reasonable decry the slump. It will not only last, but times get worse and worse till the uncertainties of affairs in Mexico, currency regulations, and also that of truete shall have been settled to the complete satisfaction of all reasonable American citizens. A WORD TO OUR READERS.—For the past three weeks the Pioneer Press has been tardy in going to you, for the reason, after nearly thirty two years of sacrificing and unceasing toil, we are putting in another press and electric power to run it. Soon as possible, the Pioneer Press will be enlarged, and our aim will be to make it better than ever; go to you regularly and prove a lasting benefit. We hope to live to make it a daily paper. Another Negro has won the honor of class orator at Harvard University. In athletics and eloquence, lot the poor Negro, led all the rest. Sometimes the Negro leads them in logic, sometimes in mathematics and not infrequently in the more difficult questions of science and philosophy. Such successes in universities by Negro students ought to make it very apparent that intellect is not an Anglo Saxon monopoly, that God has distributed intellect quite at undoubtedly and impartially among the races of mankind. These tests undergone by Negroes in the big colleges have crushed for the time being the charges that the Negro is inferior and that he cannot comprehend the abstruse questions.—St. Louis Advance. On this year's Yule day, Asia and Africa should sing Hosannah in the highest, for the Babe that was cradled in a manger in Bethelem was the sweet God child, who to be saved from wicked men went by divine guidance for South into Africa among his dark kinsmen for safety and protection and he got both. When he went about his Master's business he chose Simon a black man as one of his disciples, and when the cross was bearing him down, Simon, a black man, stepped up, put his swarthy shoulders under the cross and helped him with it, up rugged golgotha. We bless our Savior and adore our kith and kin for the part he played. Jesus has not forgotten it, and at His second coming he'll find them as true to Him as they were to Livingston. Glad we belong to the race that saved the Son of God. Who is who, or which is which? Our Daily World of late has been teemed with spicy and breezy editorials—similar to those of the old Martinsburg Herald. For a time credit was given to our old friend Mr. A. B. Smith. But that ejaculatory editorial over the Republican party's discarding Negro voters puts us astradle the fence, for it could not emanate from Bro. Smith, unless he be soured for some unknown cause to us. However, whoever the editor be, this "through with the Negro," is nothing new to us. Haves started it soon after the war, and ever since it has been going on, and we are glad it went on long enough to put them out of the saddle, for the devil in taking it, is not, at heart, as mean, and low as a hypocrite. Just as true as God sits on his throne more than half of this country, and three fourths of the world are for the Negroes, and with them added, their victory in God's own time is sure and the shallow heads who are fighting them are spitting against the wind—doing themselves and their unborn more harm than will come to Negroes. That adroit editorial taken from the Clark Courier, of Berryville, Virginia, and reprinted in the Spirit of Jefferson, of Charles Town, will never accomplish its purpose. Graham Wilson has been convicted of rape by a jury of twelve men, and had he been a poor pale-faced man or a Negro, lynched long ago would have been his fate. The Courier either does not know the situation as it existed in Charles Town, after the commission of the alleged crime, or is trying to cover the angered will of the decent people of Charles Town. When the Courier compares Wilson's crime relative to the people's serenity to that of John Brown's, it makes itself ridiculous, and is like comparing the heights of heaven to the lowest depths of degradation. John Brown's mission was divine — Wilson's was hellish—equalled by no living or dead dog. It admits that lynchings are caused by publicity in newspapers, and then praises the jurors who convicted Wilson, and lands the judge to the skies—all for the purpose of helping Wilson by praising the people generally. If justice avails, Wilson will be severely punished. The South And The Negroes That they have toiled irksomely for centuries, felled timber, cleared and fenced in its millions of acres, tilled the soil and enriched it, built its mansions and for as many centuries educated the whites and polished it by world-wide travel, is too true to be denied. When the war of the rebellion came on, and the men left their homes to fight for secession—advocacy of slavery—those white men, brutally as they had treated them, put their women and children in their care and keeping. Did they keep and care for them? Absolutely. And kept and cared for them when the opportunity for any other race on earth would have been to rob, murder and burn. Not only did they care for and provide for them, but hid their stock, their money and valuables, and when the war ended, gave back not only their hidings of value but their women and children, without a single charge of rape. Many slaves who knew how to work, and whose masters were killed, stayed on the plantations, lived and died there supporting the women and children for whom they had loved and cared. ExSenator B. K. Bruce, long as he lived cared for his owner's wife and children, sending them money monthly, and we can name others who have done the same, and James T. Williams, an elderly man, who is wealthy, is still taking care of an old white lady who is 83 years old. How grateful the South should be for such unknown devotion. Instead of kindliness, rape has been falsely charged to hundreds, thousands have been butchered, shot and burned at the stake—women urged on by hoodlums lighted fat pine saturated with coal oil. The sons of the masters whose women Negroes cared for and fed by their toil, have legislated their rights away—compelling them to ride in filthy jimcrow cars, and sit in jimcrow cutty holes, called waiting rooms, and gone to that extent that colored passengers can't buy tickets at the same windows that palefaces get theirs. The Republican party by the Negroes' aid and divine right freed them and amended the Constitution so as to make them voters, but the sons of the old master class say: "To hell with the constitution," and make state laws which override the nation's constitution. In God's name what is the crushing finality for such damn for such devotion? THE COMMUNITY EGOTIST A NEGLIGIBLE QUANTITY He is a dull man indeed who fails to see the beauties of this world. To my mind, God in his great wisdom intended that man should see, realize and enjoy the blessings of his wonderful handiwork as portrayed in His material kingdom. In the springing grass, the towering oak, the sparkling rivulet scattering its silvery sprays as it dashes down the mountainside, the green meadows and flower bedecked fields, all tell the story of that wonderful provision for man's joy and comfort which only an Allwise Creator could provide. And if while contemplating these things we are not made better—if we are not brought to a realizing sense of our duty to the Great Author of our being and our obligations to our fellow man, we are indeed ignorant, dull and inexpensate And yet the world seems full of those who are so blinded by selfishness, and an overpowering sense of their own importance, that they can see nothing of real worth in any but themselves. In their minds, the opinions and ideas of others are as nothing beside theirs. In public gatherings they seek to tower above their fellows, and their egotism often carries them so far into the realms of the ridiculous that it is a reproach to real intelligence to give them casual attention. This class is both narrow and selfish. They never hesitate to skim off the cream and grudgingly turn over the skim milk to their neighbor, and then congratulate themselves upon their open handed generosity. In the churches they sing: "Help us to help each other Lord. Each others cross to bear. Let each his friendly aid afford And feel his brother's care." and then they will go out and deliberately do everything possible to retard that brother's progress. Matters not to them how deeply that brother may be bowed in sorrow, he must either subordinate his will and opinions to theirs or be pushed aside to suffer and die. And all this too in the face of the beneficent provisions made for all mankind by a loving and indulgent Heavenly Father, who has decreed that "ye who are strong should bear the infirmities of the weak," or in other works, help and cheer the weak that they too may become strong. There are, I will admit, a few who take the other view, and, whose actions are just the opposite of the class above mentioned. They seek to scatter sunshine wherever they go, but their labors are made difficult because of the great majority who spread confusion and discord in all directions. Among this class is the wiseacre who knows what the other fellow needs much better than he does himself. He is among that class of fools who rush in where angels dare not tread. Matters not what your wisbe or opinions may be he will undertake to tell you that they are all wrong and if you really desire real happiness, you must lose yourself, your personality, your desires and ambitions and adopt his views, and follow his directions, or you will certainly go to ruin by the short route. This class of people are found in every community. They are easily recognized. They always know something to the discredit of their neighbor, and that they do not know they simply imagine, and to them it soon becomes a grave reality—none are immune from their attacks. They just know that such and such an one is not what be appears to be. The high and low, the matron and maid, the living and the dead all come in for a share of their vile criticism. They turn relative against relative, friend against friend, and along their foul path can be seen the scum of falsehood, deceit and duplicity. In the house of worship, their hypocritical faces are seen where they try to do the impossible thing—being blind themselves, their efforts to lead the blind, end in their both falling into the ditch. As long as their victims will consent to follow their directions—do they are told—go only with those whom they select as suitable, laugh only when they laugh, and be sure to frown when they frown, it is all right. Obey these rules and he or she is your friend—ignore them and you at once become persons non grate. It is certainly to be regretted that the world is burdened by this class of people. It would be a wise provision if they could all be gathered together and colonized in some distant territory or on some island of the sea where seeing eye to eye and agreeing as to every essential they could live contented and happy, and the intelligent, broadminded people left behind, would enjoy unalloyed pleasure, and the remembrance of their association with these disturbers would vanish as a dream. Then again we have with us the individuals who know it all. Questions that seem difficult and hard of solution to us are an open book to them. You may be blessed with superior intelligence, but that doesn't cut any figure. You may advance a thought full of merit, but they will go you one better, and so it goes. We could go on and one after the other mention the great(?) qualities of those conspicuous individuals, but it would be a weariness of the flesh and a tax upon the patience of your readers. Admitting therefore, that this beautiful world is cursed by those freaks, the question is, what shall we do with them? To give them audience is simply a reproach to intelligence. The only safe course left us is to simply ignore them—live as though such mortals did not exist. And as we are taught that God holds every man personally responsible for his acts, he should seek to acquire intelligence sufficient at least to enable him to think and act for himself, be himself and at the same time be broadminded enough to respect the rights and opinions of others. Frostburg, Md. J. W. Jackeon. Anecdotal Literature THORNS AND BURKS. Ears of corn do not catch our clothes and hang about them, but thorns and burra will. In passing through this crooked and perverse generation, we are far more likely to learn evil than good. It is well to keep our clothes well brushed when traversing this world's dusty roads, for it is not a fragrant spice, but a defiling dust, which we gather in our journeying. Often have we gone for a walk a brought home mire upon our sho but we never remember to have our home with our clothing improved in our perambulations. The tendence of all around is to soil us, and the beams of our business. May we be among those who have not defiled their garments. The Lord help us to be very careful on this point. OFFICE SEEKING. The fact that one out of every 200 of the voters for Woodrow Wilson had applied to him for office reminded Senator Bourne of an office seeking story. "There was once a president," said the Senator, "who received, early in his administration, a letter which proved to him that there is no such a thing as discouraging an office seeker. "Dear Mr. President—I understand you are going to take a month off, to destroy the big mountain of letters asking you for jobs. If every thing else is gone, I would like the job of destroying those letters." A MODEL GRADUATE. Summa—"I wonder why Foster is always so quiet?" Timmone—"Well, you see he graduated from the school of experiences, and that institution has no college vell." DE FASHUNS. De clothes, dey keeps a' changin' In a mighty curious way, De Fashuns is a' raging From de solemn to de gay De hats is kind o' funny, And de shoes is sort o' queer. And dey cost a heap o' money Costin' more every year. But de men is brave and hearty And de women good and fair, De geils dey gives a party, An de boys escort dem there; And dar isn't ruffin strange in Love and in life's game, De clothes is always changin' But de folks is just the same. BEFORE AND AFTER. "Before marriage I need to sit up till midnight, wishing he would go home." "Yes, and since we are married, I sit up no'il midnight wisbing he would come home." BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD. 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Place of Usin so Winchester Aye, P. Q. 609—Both Phones. THE COUNTRY SCHOOL AS COMMUNITY BUILDER. The present-day rural school is striving to fit itself into the needs of the community where it is found. The school of the open country which fails to root itself to the soil is no longer worth while. The school must be a leader in every day agricultural life or it will be stamped a failure. One of the many schools which is doing a real work for country uplift is found in western Charles Mix County, South Dakota. The school is twenty miles from the nearest railroad station, and has been doing a remarkable work for the community for more than twenty years. It was established as a post office which took its name "Academy" from the school itself. The school is organized on the academy or high school plan and is strong enough to give the people of the western section of the new State all the education they really need for successful farm life. The founder of the school, Rev. L. E. Camfield, has been ever enough to understand that the country district sought to have schools so complete in themselves that farm children should not be obliged to go to town to complete their education, since the generally means a weaning away from the farm. The time when the school was established was a period of panic, of low prices, and mortgaged farms and chattels. Still out of their poverty and need, the settlers gave everyone a little for the school. The local church helped to furnish teachers—the pastor and the pastor's wife who had been college teachers taking part in the work from the first. The pastor from a neighboring parish also devoted a part of his time to teaching. The school received assistance from the church, and its turn lent aid to the church. In a short while, an smaller district schools were established, these came to be feeders for the Academy, which insisted on teaching the universal subjects in a very thoroughgoing manner. From the school went out in a short time teachers for the entire country community and practical men of affairs in other lines. A school farm was added at a very early date. Here regular lessons in farm building construction, repairing, the use of machinery, tools, etc., were given. Indeed, general farming was coordinated with classroom practice in relating the education of the school to the life of the community. The work of the school was practical from the first, doing its utmost to answer the needs of the community. Its enrollment grew from a few students to I45 in a few years. As old buildings were outgrown, the students took an active part in building the new. A school home life was developed and the teachers have done a great work as companions and leaders of the students by giving them individual help and encouragement. To this may be traced some to the really remarkable men who have gone out from this community. All the household care and duties of the school are organized under the department of household economics so that the care of kitchen dining room, laundry, and the living rooms is left largely to the women students under the direction of a competent matron. One of the things of special appeal is this: The pastor who came to the community in the early days has remained throughout the years, preaching and teaching, building and farming. The Christian spirit of respect and reverence for work for knowledge, and for duty is strong in the school and equally strong in the community. Here can be seen, then, a typical rural community - satisfied country houses, and a country school and a country church, each doing its share in helping the people to love the soil and make the most of themselves. Inspired young men and women who have the real vision of country life needs may find opportunities in every part of our country to do the work that these pioneers have done so successfully in a poor western pioneer district. NEGRO WINS HIGH HONOR. For the second time in the history of Harvard University the honor of class orator has fallen to a Negro He is A L Jackson, of Englewood, N J and besides his reputation for eloquence he figures prominently in athletics, being a crack member of the track team. Eleven years ago Roecee Conkling Bruce of Mississippi, another Negro, got the appointment at the class election. Jackson was not the choice of the nominating committee, but his friends put him forward at the last moment and he d feated five other candidates. Thompson and Thompson's fall and winter stock is said to be the best ever seen in a Martinsburg clothing house. It will pay every body to give them a call before buying elsewhere. 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