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STABLISHED 1882 GIVES OPINION IN RAILROAD CASE Important Decision Monday Afternoon Supports Contention of Railway Company and Means Another Railroad for Martinsburg—Plaintiff Uphold Throughout. Judge Robert W. Dalley, of Romney, who sat in the case of the Williamsport, Nessle and Martinsburg Railway Company vs The Standard Lime & Stone Company rendered an opinion Monday afternoon in which he decided that the railway company has the right to condemn the lands of the detritions and build and operate a railroad. The decision was oral, the court saying that the respondents held the railroad company was not legally organized and has no legal existence. The court held that the railroad company is a legal organization; that it has complied with the law in every particular, and, therefore, has a right to condemn the lands. The court said that the respondents had alleged it was impossible to agree upon a price for the right-of-way. Of course there had been a disagreement in that particular, but such could be fixed. If the organization was not legal it would have no right to take land, because the road would not be for a public purpose. After these statements the court decided. (1) It is a legal corporation, and as such it was permitted to condemn the land, build the road and operate it as planned; (2) it had been shown that the Western Maryland railroad is in nowise connected with this road; that it is a separate corporation and desires to reach an undeveloped field and build a road to this city, and use it for public purpose. The court said that the Pittsburg Limestone Company had wanted the Western Maryland railroad company to build this road so their holdings could be worked, and having failed appealed to the new company for relief, which was sufficient to show that the new company desired to build the road for the public good. Then the court discussed the question as to whether or not the railroad company had a right to condemn. After reviewing this feature of the case at length the court held it had the right to condemn as it was a legitimate corporation and proposed to build and operate a railroad through that section of the county for the The court also held if the railroad company does not operate the road as planned then the state would have to interfere and take a hand. At the conclusion of the opinion Col. Forrest W. Brown, of Charles Town, representing the defendant, gave notice of an appeal. The court held there could be no appeal until the commissioner's report had been filed. This opinion was concurred in by Messrs. Clarence E. Martin and Nelson Hubbard, for the railroad company, and many authorities were cited to sustain. Col. Brown contended he was right, and said the statute allowed thirty days for an appeal, but they would prefer sixty days as the record was very voluminous and it would be impossible to complete the work in less time. Mr. Martin argued the defendants had no right to appeal, because that meant a great delay in the work and they were anxious to proceed Judge Daily thought forty-five days would be sufficient time, but it was agreed the plaintiffs should have STATE ROAD SCHOOL Will Begin February and Continue Ten Days—Prominent Speakers on Program The West Virginia Good Roads Association will convene at Morgantown on February 10th at 10 a.m. for one day, and will be composed of all persons interested in the good roads movement in the state. It will be addressed by prominent speakers. The good roads association will be worth attending and any person from this county who can spare the time should do so. On the same date the school of good roads at the university will open with a 10 days course February 10 to 20. On the lecture course are Professors A. H. Blanchard, Columbia University; F. H. Eno, Ohio State University; D. B. Luten and other lecturers of national reputation. The road school will be of vast importance to any one taking the course. It will be free and the only expense attached will be the necessary traveling expense and board. Persons expecting to attend the road school should notify the State Road Bureau. CIGARETTE CURE The nitrate of silver treatment for the cigarette habit, the discovery of a Chicago physician, has just been given its first trial on a large scale among boys. The experiment took place in a police court in Delaware N.J. About a hundred boys have had their throats swabbed with a weak solution of nitrate of silver by physicians connected with the local health department. The cure further includes the chewing of gentian root between meals and a fortnight's supervision of diet. All the boys treated report that they have not resumed smoking. The Hooken "recorder," thus encouraged, announces his intention of holding a cigarette clinic once a week and of pushing a campaign among the public schools of the city for the wider spread of a treatment the efficacy of which he considers fully demonstrated. The new cure, it is claimed, banishes all desire for nicotine in from three to six weeks. Let us wait and see while agreeing that a treatment that promotes juvenile health and diminishes a tendency to petty crime deserves to acquire currency all over the country. Oil Man Killed. NEW MARTINSVILLE, Feb. 3. Friend Francis, formerly of this city, but now of Folsom, was instantly killed when he had the misfortune of falling from the top of an oil derrick on which he was working. Mr. Francis is the brother of George W. Francis, ex-assessor of the north end, who was called to the scene immediately after the accident occurred. Commencing Monday morning, the mechanics and laboring forces in the Mount Clare Shops of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad went to work on a full-time basis of six days a week. All shops in the plant, including the erecting shop and the departments where locomotives, cars and other railroad equipment is repaired have their full complement of men. Officials of the company said this morning in response to an inquiry that the shops will be continued on full time for the next two weeks at least, and that it is likely that the same schedule will be continued the whole month. About 2,500 men are employed at Mount Clare when working on the schedule resumed Monday. PLUM TREE SHAKEN Several New Appointments Announced From State House by Chief Executive Governor Hatfield has announced the following appointments: Harry E. Flesher, re-appointed superintendent industrial school for boys at Prunytown; J. W. Lynch, of Monroe county, Democratic member of state road bureau; Dr. Elijah E. Clovis, re-appointed superintendent of the state tuberculosis sankarium at Terra Alta; R. L. Calfee, of Summers county, member of the state board of embalmers to succeed John Barlow, of Kanawha county; Jules H. Zilliken, of Wellsburg, re-appointed member of the state board of optometry, and N. Carson McNeill, of Pocahontas county, re-appointed member board of examiners of accountants. JUDGE CULLEN'S WARNING (New York World.) When a man so eminent as the venerable Edgar Montgomery Cullen, until recently Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals, asserts that personal liberty in this country is in danger, there is at least an invitation to reflection. Personal liberty is not menaced in this country by conquerors or kings. It is assailed by misguided sections of the people having faith in the omnipotence of law, by timid legislators and by Courts that yield to clamor or influence. In West Virginia, martial law in time of peace; in the State of Washington, martial law proclaimed by a girl stenographer; in various States, laws intended to deprive the press of liberty hitherto recognized almost universally; in Minnesota, an attempt to say who shall engage in the business of barbering; in Wisconsin, a law of "eugenics" calculated to restrict the right of honorable marriage; in dozens of States, licenses, fees and regulations to make difficult the pursuit of certain occupations; in many places, so-called public health laws that are nothing else than discriminations against certain people in behalf of others more powerful; in States and nation, taxes like that on oleomargarine, designed to help competitors; everywhere in this country, restrictions upon transients advertising bankrupt sales; monopolistic laws for physicians and nurses; excessive punishments; the denial of the mails; the long ballot and the short ballot, intended to defeat the voter's purpose; prohibition; anti-tobacco, and what not—these, all typical of many others, are only a few of the invasions of personal liberty which are in all places notorious. Judge Cullen speaks by authority. He has been a Judge in this State for more than a third of a century. In his honorable retirement he warns his fellow-citizens that their personal liberties are in danger, and, distinguished as his career has been, he never performed a greater public service. Awful Tragedy. PARKERSBURG, Feb. 3.—The bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Farvill Hopkins, of Cincinnati, were taken from the Kanawha river yesterday. Sunday their wraps were found in an all but destroyed motor boat, and it was thought that the engine had exploded, precipitating them into the water. The authorities ordered the river dragged, and the bodies were brought to the surface early today. Hopkins and his wife had been visiting at Creston for the past week. PETITIONS HERE ASKING PARDONS OF LEGISLATORS Great Effort Being Made to Save the Senator and Four Members of First House From Serving Their Sentences in the State Penitentiary. Petitions Have Reached This City. Friends of the convicted members of the state legislature, who will within a short time, unless pardoned be taken to the state penitentiary and enter upon their sentences, have appealed to Governor Hatfield for pardons. Petitions are being circulated throughout the state, and undoubtedly thousands of people, irrespective of politics, will endorse this movement. Accompanying the petitions, which have been received here, is the following letter: "Webster Springs, W. Va., "Feb. 4, 1914. "Dear Str: "We beg to enclose, on behalf of the citizens of Webster, in which county the defendants were tried, a petition for the immediate pardon of Senator Smith and Delegates Rhodes, Hill, Asbury and Duff. "This petition comes not from the defendants, but you are asked to sign and circulate it on behalf of an overwhelming majority of our citizens, who are signing them in the hope that the governor will act favorably and without delay. "We desire that these petitions be returned within 35 days, if possible, to W. S. Wysong, Webster Springs, and they will be presented to the governor. Have signers append their respective postoffices, and of course you will understand that signatures of ladies will be appreciated. "The people of Webster county thoroughly understand these cases, and the methods used by the prosecution to obtain conviction and feel that for these and other reasons, the defendants should be set free. "If for any reason, the petition cannot be circulated by you, kindly hand it to some one who will. "Very truly, "C. S. HARPER." MACHINIST DIES MACHINIST DIES William Kearns, of Berkeley Springs Lives Only a Short Time After William Kearns died Monday morning at his home in Berkeley Springs, following an operation. Several weeks ago Mr. Kearns had an operation performed on his nose at a Cumberland hospital. On his way he contracted a deep cold and blood poison developed, and he survived only a short time. For eight years Mr. Kearns was connected with the navy as an expert machinist, and made a tour of the world. Upon his return home he became associated with a sand company at Berkeley Springs and was working as a machinist when taken ill. He was 28 years old. The deceased is survived by his widow, parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Kearns, and two brothers and two sisters. The way Mr. Whitman has been going after those bank accounts probably makes a good many persons glad he is not the income tax collector.—New York Herald. VOL. 32 NO. 50 TROOPS ENROUTE TO CANAL ZONE TROOPS ENROUTE TO CANAL ZONE First Section of Four Carries Several Companies Bound for the Big Ditch Following along in the line of the movement of troops to the Panama Canal zone, this morning the first section of No. 4 on the B. & O. carried only uniformed men. The train was in charge of Conductor A. B. Rockwell, and was drawn by engine No. 2168 with Engineer Wm. H. Howard at the throttle, and was made up of four cars. Owing to delays by some trouble on the seventeen mile grade, west of Piedmont, the train was running late and did not arrive here until 5:40. The soldiers had entrained at Jefferson Barracks., Mo., and were well tired out by their long ride. They will embark from the port of New York to complete their journey to the pestilent-breeding region in the tropics. MAY BE LAST PARADE. Believing that home rule in Ireland will become a fact before another year passes, many prominent members of the Ancient Order of Hibernians are of the opinion that March 17, St. Patrick's day, will mark the end of the annual parade on 5th avenue, New York. With home rule in force many members of the order feel that there will be little necessity for holding the parade, which has been an event in this city for fifty years. This year, however, the Hibernians plan to eclipse all previous efforts to make the parade a notable occasion, and officers and committees have been appointed to have charge of the festivities. ON SERIOUS CHARGE ON SERIOUS CHARGE Winchester Youth Arrested Here and Taken Home to Face Accusers. Clarence Brathwaite, a young man residing at Winchester, was arrested here Wednesday night by Policemen McDonald and Blake on a warrant sworn out by Justice Gibbs of his home town, charging him with seduction. Thursday morning Policeman Newlan, of Winchester, came here and took the accused back with him. Brathwaite has been here only a few days and had skipped out when he got an inkling that serious charges would be preferred against him. CANADIANS PAY DUTIES. The leavening effect of the Underwood tariff is shown in the adoption by a convention of Alberta farmers, by a vote of 700 to 1, of a resolution that "it is the opinion of this union that it would be beneficial to the farmers of the Western Provinces to have free trade with the United States in grain and farm implements." Both this country and Canada have benefited by the lowering of the tariff bars, but the farmers of the grain-growing provinces believe that it would be still more to their advantage if they could secure American farming implements without paying a heavy duty upon them. It is obvious that the American manufacturer would thus have an enlarged market for his articles and that his employees would benefit accordingly. PPM ety BREAKS id WECK U Leaving the Home cf His Crocher-ia. law, a Plank on the Porch Tilts and He is Hurl*d to the Crosag Ten Feet Below to His Death. How quick the scenes in the mys- tic drama cf hu.uen life are changed. ny bat the shifting of a curtain and all is in the instant transformed from prime healt and happiness to deep tragedy, to death and sorrow with its bitterest pangs. Late Monday evening abouts ‘o'clock Charles Ridenour, a well. known citizen of Martinsburg, was about the streets of the city enjoy. ing prime health, and an hour later he was cold in death. He fell from a high porch at the home of his brother-in-law Joseph Myers at 30% Ev'aiia sivest and broke his neck and eed inslanily, slmost . without a struggle. He had been a visitor at this home for a snort while and in leaving for his own hemes, only 2 few doors way en the apoosite site of the rave street. board on the porch hein loose ‘ticd and he lost his be'ance and fell headlong backward ever 2 low balustrade to the ground xbout ten feet betow, his neck being broken by the fall, death was in sinntaneous. Quick'y the family near at hane were aopr'sed of the awful traredy and the anguish to them in this aw- ful sheek wes intense, and neighbors who flocked to the heme were hor. riflec. No inquest was held as the circum. riances sucrounding the deatn were clearly and satisfactorily explatuea to the authorities. Mr. Ridenour was about 50 years old, and is survived by a wife ano two sons Vernon and-Elmer at home, rosa, a daughter at home, one denepter mz lillie Keplinger Of Hus. Aimy street, end a daughter Mrs. Fears Williains, who lives at Macine, Pa. A wucner Peter Ride: nour, and a sister Mrs. Joe Myers at whose home the terrible accident occurred, live In this city. Muran verge falls for words wu express the awful suguish in’ tha home. isst night where a sick wife with tear-dinwsed eyes and sorrowing children kept silent vigil over the body. par HEZALO Q ' HAMS SHORT WcAT ANI AALS Cattle, Sheep and Swine Decrease While Human Population Is Increasing. Shortage of meat animals in the strated by comparative figures made United States was strikingly demon public by the Department of Agri- culture showing that there are nin? Jess food cattle, seven less sheep gud thee less hogs now for each 100 persens in the country than there were in 1910. This means that it would teke 18,259,000 more meat gat- tle, sheep and swine to give the present population the same supply that the census of 1910 showed to exist, While the population of the coun- try is estimated to have increased from 91,972,000 to 98,646,000 in tha past three years the number of beef cattle has decreased 12.9 per cent and of sheep 5.2 per cent. ‘Tae num ber of swine increased slightly, 1.5 per cent, but it did not keep up with the proportional growth of popula- tion. In spite of the reduced number it is estimated that the vale of cat: tle in the country ‘increzge\ from $1.524,600,000 in 1910 to $1.930.087,90° on January 1 but this does not nee essartly mean that farmers or stock raisers are making more, if any prof- ft, ag the cost of production has nrobably increased more — rap{dly than the increase in the selling price. FARMER'S INSTITUTE Friday. February 13—Interesting Pro- gram and Talented Speakers to Attend | | The Parmer’s Incuiiuie at Gerrard: kown. ths week, is of move than passing interest us it is plaaucd ot ee elaborate Lines dian any similar gathering Reretefere, it is intended to make ihe .nceting more generdl, more iuicresting and iuoze efiective than such mectings are generally. It is to embrace not only farms and farming, orehards znd orcharding, Fue educaticna! topics, snd a general fup-lift cf the entire community. /Everybody is cordially invived to at- tend and join in the meeting. Wie. er it is the intention to joni in the meeting or not, ff, will pay to attend as the addresses Will be of Sich ae lure as to be profitable to all. The following interesting prozram will be rendered: 10 a. m—-Meeting called to order Music. Invocation. Address of welcome——D. Gold wit ler. The work of the Extension Depart ment, West Virginia Univer ity it. Titlow. Recitation, “Crops Whien fuprer: Soils"—J. S. Cook. Discussion. 12 to 1p. mi Laneh. Music. 3:15 p. m=—“Our Public Schools von, ML PL Shawkey, State Suporte tendent of Schools. Vocal solo. “Boys and Girls Clubs"—C. a. Seed Scleetion"-—J. C. Cook POYS BEWARE! aL Ge sen, 2 few ‘day z i yo owns Samrcuse! fo ty iste Ih am Fekock at Peaniwyiov ‘ eh Sutle: wneking, the dad had beer raed. He pald'no etientica to th arming and naw is eouvpelie? to pas «penalty, ‘This is gublisied ais: Kurning to Martineburs boys. i: f+ i known many of them smox: ie wettc:, ‘They have been tot! itt enrery to law, but they pay ca at eution to the warning. IE hese days they will bo enught be a Meer, ar somecne will tell an ofieer ied wwny they go for a term of years Bers, this is too big'a risk to take. The haw was enacted fer your benest o protest you from the great lnvse: ts our Lealth due to smoking cizar attes The best and only safe thing ‘o do is to quit now. Po no. smoke spother one. It will save yaar heath ind may save you from being sex tenced to spend your boyhood in the refonm school, s bich is a priscy ane aothins, ee. : ee e Local Inspector Hansberger and La: borers Held for Grand Jury. Tuesday at 11 o'clock, a hearing was had before Justice J. H. Lloyd In the casés of T. F. Hansberger, lo- cal inspector for the State Crop and KEruit Pest Commission, and four col ored men, Holmes Johnson, Charles Myers, Edgar Wells and Levi #ord who were held on thelr own rodog nizance from the 3d day of Februars on warrants sworn out by N. W. Bns cy, of Inwood, on a charge of tres pass and damages, and were held in a bond of $100 cach for the action of the grand jury. Acting under a law passed by the last legisiature, Mr. Hansberger took his force of ren on the Busey prem isces and proceeded to destroy colar on the grounds that Mr. Busey ha received legal noticg to cut thew himself to prevent the spread ot codar rust. and the arrests fallo-vet the case beng continued at that time As prominent farmers are arrased on both sides, the matter is of Bye interest, particularly as this new fae is under a final test of. its legality. Sttorney BE. L. Luttrell appewe tor the plaintiff-and Attorney M Seibert tor the defendants. LINCOLN UNDER FIRE Hon. John J. Cornwell, the Father, Rushed to Bedside But Boy Was Unconscious. John Jay Cornwell, Jr., the only son of Hon. and Mrs. John J. Corm- well, of Romney, died very suddeuly Taesdey Yworning. The young map died at Winchester, Va., where he Was attending school. He became very ill Priday with pneumonia, and on Saturday morning was taken to the hospital where he became uncon- scious and his parents were notified. Mr. Cornwell came to Green Springs on an engine and there took a main- line B. & O. train and reached his boy early Saturday morning, He never regained consciousness but for a few moments. He was only 18 years of age, a very promising young. stu- dent, the idol of the home. | His mother and father and one sistem survive. The body was taken to Romney Tuesday evening for inter- sient in Indian Mound cemetery. Young Cornwell was well known and had numerous friends among the members of Martinsburg’s social cir- te ef young people. cc ALK COMPANY TS IG CONTRACT Indications Are That the Output Will Be Doubled This Year—The ‘Undersiung” Has Practically No Competitor, Which Gives It a Great Advantage Over Oth€r Companies. She Norwalk Motor Car Company Ss in receipt of a cable order from E. duiovicoit Kagirier, i2 Reu Riche- seu, Gdessa, Russia, for a model C, ieylinder, six-passenger touring car, » be shipped at once. This car sells at $3500, and is the first of sa order 6! five cars, shipment abo 4 by American Express, as ricred, next week. Mr. Jalovicoff, who is a large im- s.er of motor cars, hag been giv- en the exclusive agency for Russia for the products of the Norwalk Mo- ‘or Car Company. Ouly very recently have American- mite autos been able to get on the Russian market and the local com- many feels justly proud of landing some of the first orders and to es tablish a substantial agency in the vast domain of the Czar. The Norwalk underslung car, has almost ‘an exclusive fleld of its class, and has proven by thorough test to have many valuable features in- cluding safety, as it is practically impcssible.to make it turn turtle. ‘These cars have already entered other large European markets and the company is so encouraged by the prosperous business ahead, the ca- pacity of the plant will be doubled this year. You have heard and read so man; stories of Abraham Lincoln, our martryed President, no doubt, that you are always eager for more. Per- haps you have pictured him. sitting in the White House brooding over the terrible war and planning cam. pains with generals but never him- self going into danger. But Ligcoky was under fire once and showed that he was not afraid of flying bullets, it was at the defense of the elty of Washington, when General Jubal Marly with his flying army was at- tacking that ctiy on July 11, 1864. fort Stevens was the principal point, of attack and the Union trogps were putting up their stogest resistance there. The hig guns were booming ayoy Within the fort and the rifles snapping at the Confederates, who ad sheltercd themselve: yehind ‘rees and in nearby bons 8; they were pouring ta a most destruc- tive tire upon the Union works, BARTLES A BANKRUPT Mr. Samuel J. Bartles was Monday adjudged a bankrupt by W. H. Thom- as, referee in bankruptcy, who acted in the absence of Judge Dayton from the district. He was taken in by At- torney E. L. Luttrell. His assets were $350 and his abilities $1,200. He was formerly in the mercantile bus- iness in this city., J. W. Thomas, of Piedmont, and Walter D. Martin, of Keyser, have been adjudged bankrupts. Referee in Bankruptcy, W. H. Thom. as, left today on train 55 for Keyser, at which place he will hear the case of M. Shapiro, a bankrupt. Mr. Sha: piro is being examined by a law firm from Baltimore charging that he con cealed some of his property in anaking his statement. Miners Accuse Jurist. WHEELING, Feb, 10.--President Wilsen will be asked to inaugurate an investigation of the official con- duct of Circuit Judge Alston G. Day- ton, of the Northern district of West Virginia. This move was decided upon at a mass meeting of union workers of this section here Sun- day under the auspices ef the Ohio Valley Trades Counci titicn, which is said to corta than 5,000 names, will be ...wd to Washington by a special cummittee this week. ‘The movement was begun by mem- bers of the United Mine Watkers of America, whe allege Judge Dayton showed favoritism in his conduct of the cases growing out of the strike at Colliers, W. Va. which has been in progress since early last fall. FERTILIZERS FOR TOMATOES. Cixperinf€ht Station.) Many tomato growers of Morgan county have been following the ca» tom of applying 209 pounds per acre of a relatively low-grade fertilizer cost- ‘ing from $15 to $21 per ton. Profes ‘sor A. L. Dacy, of the Experiment ‘Station has been conducting a ser. fes of tests in that locality for sev- eral years and now recommends that larger applications of a higher grade ‘goods be used. The result of these experimenta with tomato fertilization are an add. ed confirmation of the advice given by this station for many years, name ly, avoid low-grade fertilizer—like amounts of high-grade fertilizers will give larger returns on the investment, | Those desiring complete informa- ‘tion on the subject may secure same [in bulletin form by addressing the 1x- ‘periment Station, Morgantown, ‘W: Va., requesting Bulletin No. 142, “Ex- periments With Tomatoes.” ; During the battle President Lincoln anxious and eager to see with his own eyes, drove up to the fort, which was Just a few miles outside of the ‘city. He wore his tall, stove-pipe hat and his long black coat—Just as you have so often sean him an yintures. Sp, great was his interest and anxi- ety in the progress of the battle tnat ‘he climbed up on one of the parapets ‘where he was exposed to the rata of flying bullets from the Confederate lines. Presently a builet wounded a surgeon who was standing near him. ‘But Lipeatn never moved. Just then, however, the command- ing general informed the President that he was in corpmand at the fort and that he ovdered him to get down and protect himself behind tha para. ‘pet. And Lincoln, who was accus- iseaest to give orders, recognized ‘that the general was right. But even at that, he stepped down reluctantly. Horticultural Society WiIll-Me®t At . Berkeley Springs, Saturday, February 14. See ee ee ‘The Morgan County Horticultural Society will hold a meeting at Ber keley Springs on Saturday, Febru- ary 14. The exercises will be opened at lu o'clock, An interesting pro- ram has been arranged, as follows: Growing Tomatoes for Canning, A. L. Dacy, Associate Horticulturist, Morgantown, W. Va. Canning and “Marketing Tomatoes, W. A. Rockwell. : Winter Pruning and Dormant Spraying, W. M. Scott, Baltimore, Md. Adaress, Horbert Quick,’ Editor” od Farm and Fireside. S. H\ Fulwon, president. ; V. B. Johnson, secretary. ‘ EDUCATION AND GOOD ROADS, (Lonievilla Canriar.Yarrnal ) ie] Let Bed lca abe ati Sil ee tammeendacts \anmecattc rs One of the speakers at a good roads convention in Fort Worth recently declared that there are 70,000 uned- ucated children in Texas “who have never entered a schoolhouse.” In addition to the 70,000 who nev- er have attended school the speaker said there are “200,000 absentees {rom many sessions.” Bad roads un- questionably are responsible for much absenteeism in the rural schools, It may be an open ques tion whether the fact that 70,000 Texas children do not attend school at all is attributable to bad roads. ‘There are many children who do not go because of poverty or other adverse conditions. Such as these would not likely be influenced by the roads. Irregularity of attendance is a dif- ferent matter from abgolute non-at tendance, and it is a great obstacle to the educational advancement of the pupil. Here the road question seriously affects the country schools, Many of the pupils travel for con- siderable distances in order tq reach school. There is no doubt that the condition of the roads frequently cuts down attendance end thus mill itates against the progress of tie schools. Those schools that are l- cated on good roads will have a larger and @ more regular and more prompt attendance than those which can be reached only by traveling a muddy road or “eutting across the fields.” 28 Education and good roads are in terdependent. No rural school, how: ever well equipped aiid. supported, can be as useful on a bad road as on a good road. It is a mistake to build good schoolhouses without take ing into account the condition of the highways. The consolidation. of schools can be brought about» ‘suc cessfully only in localities where the Toads are good. A Small Audience. The story of a minister who drove in a cab to a seamen’s chapel tw preach was told by the Rev. Silas K. Hoskins at a meeting of the Sea- men’s Christian Friends society. On arriving at the place of wor- ship, the minister was somewhat dis- concerted to find that the congrega- tion consisted of only one man. Re membering that a well-known minig,, ter had on one occasion preached to one man and converted him, be decid ea to go ahead, At the close of a good and long sermon, he shook hands with his “congregation” and asked him if the sermon had been too long. “Oh, it makes no difference to me,” was the repiy. “I am your cabman.” phoAhlid, OVER 65 YEARS’ a pata, EXPERIENCE Se it par yy " y B a am 1 fi earn Fife, ia ee ‘A Trace Marae Pe . Desions Anyone sanding a aketcy ard geretgama tes Tee rail ot Shao ketene edt ate Et gr oP aap, *Paegats taken torougi Mon. & Cer roost "Scientitie American, Akaraeeariisd nem, Imager WA Eos ale . 3E Froadway,| tk $00.2 ao FINE PROPERTY ~~ TSORDERED SOLD February 7th., the work of the cir cult court was finished and adjourn. ment taken until the next term. Mon- day evening Judge Woods went to Charle. Town, where he convened court Tuesday morning. Former Judge E. Boyd Faulkner, sitting in the case of W. H. Craw- ford vs. the Martinsburg Worsted & Cassimere Company overrule tne exceptions to the commissioner's re- port, confirmed the report regarding the liens and directed Attorney How- ard H. Emmert to make sale of the Property on March 12. This plant employs 126 people. Judge Woods confirmed the com- mfasioner’s report in the cause of E. H. Tabler and others ys. the Cacapon Power Comtany. The commissioners were H. H. Rutherford, W. O. Nick- las, H. G. Bowen, Howard Tabler and C. E. Thompson, and they were to assess the damages sustained by the plaintiffs by the building of an te tric Mne through their farms. ‘fie damage was fixed at $200 in each case. Friday afternoon the cause of J. B. VanMetre vs. O. B. VanMetre came up to be heard before Judge Woods. After hearing a few wit- nessed Judge Woods asked for a con- ference with the attorneys and noti- fied them he was not eligible to sit in the ease. Saturday the applica- tion of J. B. VanMetre, who is seek- ing to have his brother adjudged in- wane, was dosketed, and a special judge will be elected to hear the case, but no date has been fixed. The distribution of funds, amount- ing to $7,667.12 was ordered tn the cause of J. M. Billmyer, executor of John Sutton, deceased, vs. Mary E. Miller. In the cause of W. W. Downey et al vs. the Stewart Vehicle Company, the sale of buggies was confirmed and a partial distribution of funds authorized. Saturday aftérroon Judge Woods heard the arguments in the case of A. M. Gilbert vs. the City of Martinsburg. In the: case of the Manufacturers Finance Company vs. R. N. Stewart & Son,’Judge Woods sustained the demurrer to the second count in the declaration, B. & ©. Employes Recovering From Severe Operations and Others Improving. James Smith, of 320 North High street, who was recently released from the City Hospital is recovering from @ most serious operation on the spin- al column, that he is now able to walk about, and hopes in a short ttmetime to be able to resume his regular work with the B. & O. here. 1. A. Hamman, of Pennsylvania avenue, who was confined in the Kings Daughters Hospital for some time with appendicitis, and was re- cently released, has gone to work again in the B. & O. shops, where he is a machinist. Near Berkeley Springs—Mr. Quick is Pleased With the West Vir- ginia Hills. A conitract has been let by Herbert Quick, of Philadelphia, editor of the Farm and Fireside, for a magnificent home about three miles from Berke- ley Springs in Morgan county. Mr. Quick has been spending his summer vacations at the springs for wevoral years and seems to be de- lighted with the West Virginia hills. ‘The general exterior appearance of the planned residence, it is said, ts somewhat like that of H. C. Brooks’ Red Hill home in Martinsburg. The contract for the building proper has been let to W. H. Young, of Berkeley Springs, and the cost is supposed to yun between thirty and forty thou- gend dollars. Cee FRIENDS CANNOT BELIEVE IN GUL A rather sensational story is going the rowsds that Thomas Marshall, a trusted employe of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad as agent at Mag. aca, and in connection therew itn also agent for the U. 8. Express Company, has absconded with sevor. s! hundred dollars of the latter evnpeny’s funds in his possesstoa zs thelr agent. It ig almost impossible of beiie: among bis many friends that ne .s guilty as accused as he has always borne ‘a good reputation. He is well known to the leading busizess men of this section of the state. Por yeare he engaged in the mercantile Dusness at Bayard, Grant 7 aaty, and suer he traveled out of Reu:--y tor the Kenneweg Company, cove ing several nearby counties. Several weeks ago, he gave out that he had been assaulted and s:ob- bed by highwaymen of a consider. able sum of the company’s money. Following the regular custom of such big corporations he was after- wards of course under strict surveil- ance by their detectives, which may have had to do with his leaving, whether guilty or not. ATT SHARES ARE NOW SUBSCRIBED The subscription list of the East- ern Panhandle Fair Association con- tinues to climb, and the half mark is almost reached. Friday was another good day for the solicitors, and twen- ty-nine shares were added, thus bring- ing the number up to 477, The subscribers are not confined to Berkeley county, but five of the number come from Hampshire, one from Jefferson and four from Mor- gan, while Maryland contributes two. ‘Phe solicitors are greatly elated over the outlook and believe the goal is not far away, but they are still work- ing and hope to have an excellent report to make this evening. Fri- day's subscribers: Harwood Burkhart, city; L. C. Hoffman, Bunker Hill; R. H. Boyd, city; C. D. Burns, cjty; C. M. Sei- bert, city; W, G. Smith, city; C. Kettering, city; Arthur Nageiey, Kearneysville; ©. J. Hasenbuhler, Cherry Run; J. S. Manford Cue.ry Run; §. I. Michael, Cherry Run; Scott Barnes, Cherry Run; Charles T. Wet’ Harpers Ferry; Reg, Hover- “mab, Harcock, Md.; H. R. Smithey, ‘Rieg: wey; William IH. Lingamfelter, North Mountain; B. G. Hiett, Hedges- ville; T. T. Barker, Brunswick, Md.; J. Slgan Kuykendall, Romney; S. x. ‘Kump, Romney; John J. Cornwell, Romney; E. F. Staub, Romney; G. S. Frederick, Romney. / While Further Investigation is Being Made—Some Clues Being Run Down The two Shipper boys, John and Charles, arrested Weénesday by Con- stable Wild, on a warrant sworn out before Squire Thompson, charging «hem with having stolen goods in their possession, have been released. The authorities, however, are not sat- isfled of the innocence of the boys. as their statements of how they came into possession of the sack full of brass bearings representing consider- able value, were not by any means clear, hence the goods are being held awaiting further development. They claimed they bought the metal from some one in Berkeley Springs. Jn the absence of any directly in- criminating evidence Squire Thomp- gon released the youths on their own recognizance, TS TWO, OFFICERS RESIS] PU) uLld Ward Nc.icn Fights and Theows Stones Ytrough Windows of tictel Property. Veaed 2. Tlin, a Known bad-accor wor t assaulted Anut Harden, rod ith his fists, wh oltering int! heck yards of Io Berkeley ta tr an congiticn, 4 uso stoned @ eslire:? we be ing window ith tying mi: y The Harden women swore iu warrant befere Po!lics Jucy2 Lett and in arrestiny him Potlfeeman Jt He and Constab’e Wiid, had «lv tne as 1 fo¥ore ly “st t Sa know: 1 acter an qnently b: rey ed RENO NARATEHAD paca: PERS ra NA AL puss seal CRIMP. | vo in i TROPA Oran tRETHY TP HER BEEI OL EEE § Loy iar ae Monday Funtral Services Will Be Held In Trinity Episcopal Church. Mrs, LL. PL Duud:idge, who comes from one of the leading families of Northern Virctal, died at her home at The Gower, wear Winchester, last night. Monday at high noon funeral serv- ices were conducted in the Trinity Episeops! church of Martinsburg by Reetor ©. C. Durkee and interment followed in Norbourme Ces etery COMPANY NO. 3 ELECTS OFFICERS ese Company No. 3 held a regu- lar meeting last night in their rooms on West John street and elected the following oflicers: President—-H. C. Henshaw. Treasurer—C. M. Seibert. Secretary—dlugh Koller. Assistant captain—W. B. Barr. First lieutenant—Russell Pearrell. ‘Trustees—A. S, Poisal, Arthur Ben- der and G. W. Gibbons. The election of a viee president was deferred until the next meeting. No captain was clected as Captain Fr. B. MeBee has another year to serve. The company voted to attend the bazaar of Hose Company No. 5 on the night of February 27. Fire Chief Quinn was given a vote of thanks for his selection of equip- ment for their new iruck, which will be fitted up at once. Some shouters for a literacy test for immigrants would be in sad case if they had to undergo one themselves. New York American. a Bo te Property Brought $2,600, Horses and Cattle Selling for Remarkably High Prices. Friday Auctioneer John W. Dodd and Lester Hoffman sold the proper- ty of N. H. Kilmer, who lives on the David Smith farm, Tuscarora road, and the sale proved quite a success. The property brought $2,600, the horses and cattle selling for remark- able prices. Harwood Burkhart was the clerk KMigae Meatind of. U-No-tts. The young men’s social club known under the novel name of U-No-Its, held a big mrss smeeting in their rooms at the old Casino Monday night. when wew members were admit- ted and other important matters gtv- en attention. oe) ¢ g Dg DG g D ¢ yD ie © WH a x [sae = RY ’ HH says Mrs. Sylvania Woods, of Clifton Mills, hy. is $A im pq. Writing of her experience with Cardui, the worsn’s & MH tonic. She says further: “Before Lic ca io use. RS — Cardui, my back and head would hui so io". i F =, thought the pain would kill me. I wes he ty eh! i S to do any of my housework. After taking direc Gott os Be aa Panes of Cardui, I began to feel like anew wen a. 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