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The Pioneer Press. "HERE SHALL THE PRESS, THE PEOPLE'S RIGHTS MAINTAIN, UNAWED BY INFLUENCE AND UNBEIBED BY GAIN" Department of Archives ESTABLISHED 1882. ECGS BY PAR SAFEST AND A system of Marketing of Better Prices for Fresher Article Has The Hessian Infested ECGS BY PARCEL POST SAFEST AND BEST WAY ECGS BY PARCEL POST SAFEST AND BEST WAY A system of Marketing that Offers Possibilitie of Better Prices for the Producer and Fresher Articles for Consumer Has The Hessian Fly Infested Your Wheat: "Has your wheat been infested by the Hessian fly this season?" is a question that the United States department of agriculture is now asking farmers. The information is desired that there be general cooperation between all concerned in reducing the devastations of the fly. There is every indication that the pest will be unusually troublesome to the crop this fall. Every wheat grower in the country who suspects that his crop has been infested is requested to send his name to the Department's Bureau of Entomology at Washington. D. C., with a request for a question blank. The questions to be answered are merely as to whether the wheat grower's crop was infested at certain seasons. The farmer will then be asked to forward some of the infested wheat plants for examination, postage to be paid by the government. He will also be asked to give his name, address, and the nearest railway station. The department is co-operating with various state experiment stations in this campaign against the Hessian fly, and in some cases the infested straw will be sent by the farmer to local stations for examination. The wheat grower can learn just where his sample of straw is to be sent when he sends his name to the department, indicating his willingness to send the sample. The department encourages the sender not to be afraid to forward too much of the straw, even though it has to be sent by parcel post. The upper part of the straw need not be sent, but enough above the ground should be included to get the insect in what is known as the "flaxseed" stage when the larva is incased in a hard, brown skin and somewhat resembles a flax seed. The insects will remain for a considerable time in the "flaxseed" state during a drought and will only emerge after rains have moistened the soil. Dry weather in the late summer tents to keep the insect in that stage, which is a fact of special importance in the North where the wheat must be sown early enough to enable the plants to stand the winter. MRS. MARY E. LLOYD IS CALLED AWAY Estimable Lady Answers the Last Summons and Enters Into Peaceful Steep. Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Lloyd, wife of John T. Lloyd, of South Raleigh street, died this morning at 6 o'clock of a complication of diseases. Mrs. Lloyd had been ill for some time, and her death was not unexpected. She was 62 years old, and was born at Harpers Ferry, but had spent the greater part of her life in this city. The deceased lady is survived her MARTIN8BURG, RCEL POST AND BEST WAY that Offers Possibilitie for the Producer and s for Consumer Can Fly and Your Wheat more damage to the wheat crop in the United States than the Hessian fly, although there are certain years when the chinch bug exceeds the fly in its devastations. During the seasons when the fly is especially abundant hundreds of thousands of acres of wheat may be either totally destroyed or so badly injured as to reduce the yield 59 to 75 per cent. The monetary losses run far up into the millions. A number of years ago there as in Kansas general cooperation between grain dealers, millers and farmers to restrict the ravages of this dangerous insect. According to their own estimate, over a million dollars were saved by prompt action and thorough measures. This year the department hopes to secure general co-operation throughout the country in combating the pest. There are indications that its ravages may be severe. Already in Iowa and Oklahoma there have been threatening outbreaks of the insect. Not only are federal and state organizations of the government cooperating in this campaign but others such as National Miller's Federation are working to secure better control over the Hessian fly. The individual wheat grower is asked to send his samples of infested straw before the middle of September, and sooner if possible, as after that, the fly will have hatched and have entered into the wheat. Late sowing of the seed and burning of the stubble when not seeded to grass or clover are the only measures known to date that are effective in controlling the Hessian fly—that is, for winter-wheat growing sections, seeding will not apply. On the contrary, the earlier it is sown in the spring the less it seems to suffer from this pest. A more detailed explanation of late sowing for winter wheat to avoid attack by the Hessian fly will be given in a subsequent article. The present article is merely an invitation to the wheat grower to help the department in its campaign. The post card to be forwarded the farmer, contains enlarged illustrations of the fly in its adult and also its "flaxseed" state. husband and the following children: Mrs. J. C. Keller, of West Stephen street; Mrs. C. L. Dunham, of South Raleigh street; Mrs. F. F. Watson, of West John street, and J. W. Lloyd, of Second avenue. John W. Nickolson, of Boulder, Colo.; Robert Nickolson, of Pittsburg, Pa.; Arthur Nickolson, of Homestead, Pa; and Jerome also survive her. Mrs. Lloyd was a devoted member of St. John's Lutheran church, and during her life gave freely of her time and means to advance its cause. King and charitable she was esteemed by a large circle of friends who are genuinely grieved over her passing away. The funeral will be held from the home Saturday morning at 10 o'clock THEY MAY RETURN MANY MILLIONS $12,000,000 in Claims Already Filed Against Railroads Under Intermountain Rates. WASHINGTON, June 25.—Seventeen railway companies constituting transcontinental freight routes are liable, under the decision of the United States Supreme Court in the so-called inter-mountain cases, for many millions of dollars in repuration on shipments made since the institution of the cases. The precise amount involved in claims already filed with the interstate commerce commission has not been estimated, but it approximates $12,000,000. One batch of claims filed by a single attorney aggregates more than $2,000,000. Neither in the original order of the commission nor in the decision of the Supreme Court was the question of reparation to shippers discussed. From time to time, however, in the last two years petitions setting up claims for reparation have been submitted to the commission. All of them have been held up pending final determination of the several cases. It will be necessary for the commission now to consider these claims and such others as may be filed within the restrictions of the law, and to pass upon them. To a large extent the commission may exercise discretionary authority. The law in respect to reparation does not act automatically. Each case or claim is a subject of adjudication. BIG REAL ESTATE DEAL NEGOTIATED BIG REAL ESTATE DEAL NEGOTIATED John Romzio Buys Anderson Property on East Martin Street. Price $5,500. John Romzio, the Italian grocer and baker at 123 and 125 East Martin street, has purchased that property from Charles Anderson. Mr. Romzio has occupied the property for the last two years, and it is expected that he will erect a modern business building. The lot fronts 50 feet on the street and extends back a distance of 100 feet. The purchase price was $5,500. Should he erect a building that together with the fine business block of Louis Botti would greatly improve that section of the city. SPEAKER CLARKE WITH THE WOMEN Tells Delegation Suffrage is as Inevitable as the Rising WASHINGTON, D. C., June 27. "Womans suffrage is as inevitable as the rising sun," Speaker Champ Clarke told a delegation that presented him with a paper from 38 states, bearing the names of 100,000 signatures. He also said, "I hope if women run for office they will improve over the men." He predicted woman suffrage by 1917, but advised state campaigns in- TESTS OF SPRING DISCLOSE DEADLY CONTAMINATION Source of Water Supply for Many Homes in North Martinsburg Under the Ban COOL, SPARKLING WATER IN SEWERAGE DRAIN Tests Made Saturday by Surgeon Bryan Coloring Matter Proves Startling Things—Stone Home Cesspool Wastes Pass Therein—Certainly Infected With Typhoid Fever—In convenient for Users to Get City Water. Following the regular course of the sanitation campaign clean-up, Saturday Surgeon Wm. M. Bryan made a scientific test of a big spring on Union street, the waters of which bubble out of the bowels of the earth cool and sparkling, most inviting for domestic purposes, as it contained nothing apparent to the casual observer to even suggest contamination, which the test has proven it does of the most deadly disease germs on earth, typhoid fever. In making the test, Surgeon Bryan placed a portion of "Uranine," a coloring matter, entirely harmless, but which is highly soluble and as soon as it mixes with water changes color from crimson to green, in the cesspool of the Stone Home, which is perhaps a hundred yards from where the spring gushes forth in such bountious quantities. In about five hours the waters of the spring had turned a deep green, proving beyond question that the sewerage wastes therefrom were following along the fissures of the limestone ledges in the earth's formation in that section of the city, and contaminating the water supply of many families. Of course warnings were at once posted against the use of the waters of this spring, but it is very inconvenient to get water in the region back of the B. & O. shops, as in this immediate community there is no city water line laid. Citizens of that section have petitioned the city authorities to lay a water line at once, but at best it requires some time to do this. The test made at the spring Saturday in North Martinsburg is similar to the one made a short time ago at the corner of Stephen and Water streets, where similar results were shown. These tests, along with others recently made, bear out the theory of Surgeon L. L. Lumsden, that because of the peculiar formation of the rock ledges in this limestone country, the fissures of which furnish a regular drain system as it were, and that likely all springs were infected and dangerous to use, and later bacteriological tests were made of several springs, along with those of the city water supply, which proved the claim in these cases. Immediately a temporary treating plant was installed and the city water supply now shows by test it is one of the purest in the country, so people have this means of an abundance of water for all domestic uses, except that in some cases the users have none convenient to get at for immediate consumption. A HALF MILLION BASKETS OF PEACHES A HALF MILLION BASKETS OF PEACHES Is Estimate of Crop in Mineral County This Year—Growers Have Organized for Selling. E. A. Russell, manager of the Twin Mountain and Potomac Railway Company, Harry Markwood and Attorney R. A. Welch, all of Keyser, spent last night in this city. They autoeed across the country over the northwestern pike. All these men have orchard interests, and in speaking of the fruit crop prospects, Mr. Russell predicted that the peach crop in mineral county this year would exceed 500,000 baskets. For a year past the fruit growers there have been organized for the purpose of selling to better advantage, and as a manager of the sales department, Mr. D. T. Usher, of South Carolina, who has bought and marketed fruit all over the east from the Gulf of Mexico to the Great Lakes, has been selected. The plan is to grade the fruit up to the highest possible standard and go on the big markets with a pack equal to the best. The fruit industry is comparatively new in that section as a commercial proposition. One of the first big orchards, the Alleghany Orchard Company, was established by G. P. Miller and others of this section of the state, and the marvelous results they got from that rugged chert land in the mountain has encouraged planting generally, until within the last nine years, nearly one million trees have been planted, largely peaches. CAN BRING BEER TO YOUR DOORS CAN BRING BEER TO YOUR DOORS Layers at Last Fing One Loophole In the Yost Prohibition At least one loophole, though it must be admitted to be a small one, has been discovered in the new Yost prohibition law which becomes effective in West Virginia next Tuesday, by attorneys. It has been the general understanding that shipments of liquor sent into West Virginia must be signed for and received in person by the consignee of the express office or the receiving point. It develops, however so authorities who have made a special study of the law claim, that express shipments of liquor may be delivered at the door of the consignee, by a regular express or transfer driver, and signed for in a book carried by the driver. Such a driver must not however, act in any capacity as the agent of any liquor company or receive payment or orders for liquor. It is interesting to note, also, that under the requirements of the federal laws, all shipments of an interstate nature such as shipments into West Virginia must be, are required to bear the name of the consignee, the nature of the goods contained and the amount. Che Pioneer ress An Indeper:.ont Weekly Newspaper Devoted to the Moral, Religious and Financlal Development of Humanity. RATES OF &UBECRIPTION: LD year occ sce e ee eeee eee ee $1.60 6 monthy -........see-e0e THC. B months ..............e. 400. Pay for all advertisements is due in advance unless advertising is run by yearly contract, in which case the ad- vertiser pays every three mcnths. Advertising 1 inch one time 75c. Standing ........ ..-....-.. 50e Reduced Rates to Clubs. Send for Sample Copies. Entered in Post Office at Martins- burg, W. Va. -:3 Second Class Matter. J. & Chford, Editor and Proprietor. Drawer 869, and Bell Phone 60K, Martinsburg, W. Va. SATURDAY JUNE 4. 1914. When and wherever we meet a Wnt Indian, or a South American Negro, count on his manhood—tbat is, he hws no fear of a white man. England backing Huerta, Japan's bristles straight up. and Germany ready put this cursed caste country in a devil of afix. We hope to live to see the hateful thing—custe shot to death. Moran’s kiss he got from tha! pratty white women, another man’s wife while Moran was dressing for the battle, al- though the best dressed woman—brill- iant with diamonds. failed to eave his nose. Very glad indeed that Rev. M. W. Clair, our old friend is one of the win- ners of the Washington Post’s Holy lund trip. Rev. Mr. Clair left the 4th inst., and will return the 14th of September. a wiser and better man. The Washington Sun, sees more than it sees in ite unific coalition of the Pio gressive Party with itsG.O.P. Might ae well graft on the pruned limba of 4 dying tree. The G. O. P. are the branch- 8, we are the vines. Rev, Dr. Garner, of Washington, D. C., epent some time bere and preached a splendid sermon in Dudley church last Sunday. He is well educated and @ powerful reasoner, and best of all clean in conduct and character. Strange in the very face of the hardest times this country was ever in, Presi- dent Wilson holds on to the hope of unprecedented prosperity. Nonsense! The hand writing can be plainly seen on the walls of time and read by all. Tho Negroes’ eyes are open. ‘They are not falling over one another to go to Mexico to fight fora country whose flag stained with the blood of nearly two hundred thousand Negro patriots ie forbidden to own and protect them. It’s a lesson, before twelve month: more, this country will regret it failed to understand and settle long ago. As it looke now, the situation in Mox ico, brings to our way of looking atit, seimile of the colored man put ons crossing to shoot a deer. Waiting « longtime for it to cross and getting tired, he sat down, when to bis surprise it dashed by him, When the etarter arrived at the crossing and wanted tc know why he failed to shoot, he said: “I thought if I’d let it alone it would break its own neck. Jack Johnson in the presence of 65,000 spectators in Paris Franco, last Saturday afternoon, whipped Jack Moran to a frazzle, and is still the World’s heavy weight champion—in- spite of that sweet kiss of that pretty well dressed and diamond-decked white ‘woman who gave itto a pledge that it would win for him the world’s championship, but it failed to mellow Jack’s punches or muddle his cool think tank. Three cheers for the black man, President Wilson may be a scholar, but certain it is, he is not a diplomat. Hed he been those women who called on him, would not have been ruffled on account of the flow of bis angered blood to hiachecks and sharp retorta in reply to their eolid questions Me. Watson ought to kava that when american women start after u tinag they antend to get they are eure oft. Meity the ‘rule the world frou the tace they tue ithe wan of the word berg the atce salt of this country. Sure asa year bas four reasons, 80 #ure are Chey des ined to become voters. nnd the men who ne too near-sighted to foresee it, are to be p tied. THE PAINTING FEVEK—Old H ck- ory—Andrew Jackson Grubb started it, his sons Charles and Clayton caught it. A.J. Blondel gotit end ye editor's temperature is rising. and where it will end no one knows. So far Georye M. Miller bas slung the brush and he gloss dazzies your eyes. But A J. B. says ie will lay us ail in the shade.— every crow thinks ite young the whitest. A TRIBUT“ OF RESPE oT Last Saturday morning at one o'clock there passed out of time into eter ty one of Cumberland’s best Enown and high y esteemed ladies in the person of Mrs, Martha Burgee wife of captain Froder ick Burgee—June. the wonth of roses when all nature is looking 1s loveliest the month that sheds its sunshine ard joy broadcast over the catth— amid all this natural beauty surrounded by hus- band, children and sorrowing friencs. she bade adicu to earth and with plumed wing took her flight to that cloudiess country wheresin, sorrow and death are unknown. | This excellent christian was very hig) ly esteemed by ail who knew her Her sterling qualities of both mind ane heart made her astriking figure in her home city. She was a woman of strong con: victions, which she did not hesitate to express when occasion required Pull ofdeep and tender — smpathy which never failed to come to the suiface in the hour of suffering and sadness; sym- pathy for “others was one of he strongest Characteristics was she needed at the bedside of the sick and dying Her fidelity to her church could not be questioned, She was always ready to do her part in furthering the cause of Christ, Blessed with great natural attain ments, coupled with a fluency of speech, she could at a moment's notice appear befire an audience and speak with a force and power that would hold — the attention of all present, ‘Che writer has scen her upon the convention floor in the midst of heated debates bole ing her own and giving blow for biow with an ease and grace that was really surprising We visited the home on Sunday last and among many other things, the bereaved husband made this remarkable statement that during all their forty-eight yeare o married life there never was a seriou, misunderstanding cr an unkind word, Her sufferings were born: with Chris tian fortitude and when the tinal sumuons came she was ready. Th: funerat took place on Tuesday the 23rd inst. and was largely attended by friends of her home city and from Fyostburg. ‘The floral o ferings were large. They came from whit and colored friends and from fraternal organizations. The funeral services were conducted by Rev. J.C. McCadey, assisted by Revs Briggs of the M. E, Church, G. W. M Lucas of the Raptist Church and the pasto: ofthe Lutheran church (white.) Tater ment was made in Sumner cemetery She is survived by her husband Captain But gee, Samuel, Louisa and Ethel, A goed wife, a loving and indulvent mother a faithful christian is gone, may her soul rest in peace. Frostburg, Md, J. W. Jackson Place Will be Occupied by the Royal | Woolen Mills Company in a Short Time. | The Royal Woolen Mills will bgin ‘immediately to remodel the room oc: cupied by the Royal Cafe, on North Queen street, preparatory to moving in it. It is the purpose of the com pany to make their new home one of the most attractive and beautiful in the city, and to that end will not spare any expense. It will require some time to make the improve ments, but when the place is thrown open to business again it will be neat and attractive ,and the genial man- ager, Mr. Bert, will greet all with his usual smile and in his business- like way. HON. \ WO8 ; IS tid ans ie it PLEASED ohare Baie: | WASHINGTON, D.C. dune 5) Returning after the marrage of daughter which took piace ai i'r Wood last week, Congressivan fivow has resumed Lis work in Cousi and expects to remz’n here til 1 adjournment, wiless the sessoy ras into the campaign, in whieh cy he may have to take an cece sis day off to look after his fateresis the district. Mr. Brown ts meweh gratiiod iy i high rank: takea by two of ie youn men he appo'nted to the Una Hates army aid qavy academies. f Vernon Alter. Jr, of Martivet vs ed both mental and phystest exes: nations with ease and hes been « fepted as a om‘iitarymen et \ana: lis, George S. Evanier of Charte Town, has passed the mental t fer adnission to West Polat but» account of an accident to one foo has had to delay taking tie physten examination for a few days. ii wil be exnmined July 18 and is expeet to be in shape io pass by that time NACL L ER CHARLES §, MELTER YEAR AS FACES BAD CHARS Former New Haven President and Others Accused of Conspiracy in Loan: to: Railroad: Link Charles S. Mellen, former presi tent of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company: Frederick S. Moseley, a banker, and Ralpk D. Gillette, of Westfield. were indicted Monday at Cambridge, Mass. for conspiracy by the Middlesex coun ty grand jury on a charge of induc fing the investment committees —o: two savings banks in Cambridee t: iend money tg the Hampden Railro.d Corporation. A! were indicted ats AS accessories before the fact of con spiracy. | Gillette, who was at the head of the Hampden Railroad Corporation, diet ibout a year ago. Moseley, who is a banker in Boston, is allezed tn have been interested financially in the road The road was designed as 2 Tink to conneet the Central Massaehisetts division of the Boston and Maine wiil the New York, New Haven and Hart ford Railroad near Springfield, Mas It parallels in part the Athol brane’ of the Boston and Albeny Railroad The entire investment vm nitter of the Cambridge Savings Bank an! the East Cambridge Savings Hank were indicted on comnts of consnir acy to lend money to the Hempdes Corporation. METAS EPWORTH LERC"EPS ATr TO COMMETHOREE Three Hilousaid Deludatee From Sev- eral Countries Meet in Conven- tion at Cleveland | CLEVELAND, Ohio, June 20--Thres thousand delegates from Epwort’t leagues of the United Stutes, Mie lang and Canada, assembled in worth Memorial ehureh here today to commemorate the twenty-ith ar niversary of the founding of the first Epworth League in America. Rev. Worth Tippy, pastor of the first Epworth Memorial church, in his opening address called attention to the fact that the delegates were celebrating the founding of the leagues in the very church in which the first of the societies was founded twenty-five years ago. “In those twenty-five years.” said Rev. Tippy “the influence of the leagues has extended over the whole civilized world, and they have grown from a membership of less than twen- ty-five to one of over 1,500,000." From Cleveland most of the delegates will 0 to Buffalo to attend on July 1 and 5 the International Convention of Kp- worth Leagues. MADAE AM SIRIAT CHARGE AOAINDI THE COAL 9 cour Hie COAL & COKE . nl é Pegarded 25 ay “nsqal ne dsr hotion of egal cas to avr hs companies along the Coal an se Railway in West Vretaia ha u @irected ta cease, hy the heer tste Commerce Commvsdon, Th piiMtants were the Metlnan Con he Ettiett Spting Coat Cay th er ConselHated Coal Co, the neen Sheais Coal Co. the Morris 1055 Leonses issued. la all thers 7 Eeonses issued, 102 of wh eh for © been discriminated aga’nst i: © fstributon of coal cars by th eland Coke Reilway, im favor o’ te d'fforent mines ef the Davis Col ty Co, and thet cars are so furn I that the Davis mines could mu ibaly, while these of the com: Vainants cowhl net do so, Phe intersiate Commerce Comm’'s. fon holds that it is unfair to. base @ distr bution of ews upon physi Texpaeiy and says: ‘irem the re ulis ebisined under the system «1 r distribution employed by the de fondant, it seems that it must have boon devised und proseeuted with a wew to funishing the mines which re owned by the same interests as he defendant railroad all the cars re- ured ducne the period of car shor. aad high peices. The @iser'mina. lich permitted by this system, as in leated, (sof the most insidious ehar. ieler, calling for drestie action by bis comme ssion” A new basis of car distribution is rdered to be put into effect not later hen Auguet 4, 1914 and the commis. om says: "Ry reason of the finan: yemveen the defendant company and » Davis Colliery Co. in complying vih the views expresse herein. the irictest. impartiality will be requir -d." No damages are awarded, as he commission helds that no inury las been proved. } WISH LEADERS nV CONFERENCE DETROIT, Mich, June 30.—Lesd- ts of the Jewish faith in America cod a nine day conference of the Cenjcal Branch of American Rabbis. Pho mecting is in commemoration oi voquarter century of — organization. yuesiions ef great importance 9 ninisters and laity of the Jewish uch are to be @scussed during the conference, Kecent progress in religious edu- extion, the divorce laws, a compart on of religious and e'vil marriages, use of the Bible as a text book in the religious schools and relations between the synagogue and its mem- bers ave among the subjects to be considered, Formal opening of the conference will occur to night in the Temple Heth Ed, when Rabbi Leo. M. Frank lin, paster will give the address of velcome, Rabbi Moses J. Gries, of ‘leveland, president of the confer: ence, will then deliver his annual possage. une TAC stad bi { r Wy be BECOME ALARMED Declares Sir George Paish, the Lon- don Economist, Who is in New York NEW YORK, Juve 30.— No funda. otal reason exists for any appre- vension in financial and — industrial circles, as the time is at hand for an enormous expansion. ‘These views ore expressed today by Sir George raish, of London, the economist, who i revarded as recognized axthority. ile feelared there is no fundamental reason for a depression, and that the trauble is the investors have lost yheir nerve, j SUFFRAGE WORKERS CALL OW PRESIDENT WASHINGTON, Jug du.—Demand Ing voies-furwome:, severa! huadred club wouwen from every part of the country, swooped on the White House today. It was tie second fem- inine invasion of ts kind within a few months. ts leaiers wi:mitied that they had pleked heir tie, bo cause tomorrow the iules com.iittee fs. boty haved ais bedy would puss a sufirage rule, along with the scheduled business of cunsidacing the prohibitien rule, They urged President Wilson to see that the com mittee took such action. Mrs, Harvey W. Wiley, wife of the famous pure food expert, headed the delegation. She appeared in the role viouce Oe ce disaret of Colkscbia Branch of the Federation of Women's clubs, which federat‘on :ecently ea- dorsed the votes-furswomen — cause. Carrying their ycllow banners and wearing broad ribbons on their shirt- Waists, the wemen marched to the Bxecutive Omecs BENDA EN WHLGER Injrr | r [S BURIED HERE The body of Benjamin Wilger. who died in a Baltimore hospital Mon day from a complication of diseases, Was brought here Tuesday and inter: ment was made in St. Joseph's ceme- ery. For several years Mr. Wilger Was a resident of th's city, and was a B. & O, freight conductor. Dur- ing the past two years he was a re- sident of Ballimore. Several montis ago he was taken ill, and grew gradu aly worse until the end. | Mr. Wilger is survived by his widow, who was formerly Miss Lena McCabe, of this c’ty, and two sons— John and Benjamin of this city. A sister, Mrs, Samuel Boehm, of East Liberty sweet, and a brother, Samuct Beehm, of Magnolia, also survive. He was a son of the late Wiliam Wilger, and was 40 years old. we L Wy J County Clerk’s Office Scene of Much Activity Alo" That Particular Line, The county clerk s office is a busy place these days, Those whose busi- mess wequire licenses are secusing them as this is the last day of the year and all who fall to cofply with law will be compelled a higher price than the usual charge. Today there tobacco. } : She Yb Is the Chief Speaker at a Sig Polite cal in the tro” City Today. ir (By United Press.) | PITTSBURBH, June 30.—Colonel Roosevelt was scheduled as the chief speaker at today’s big Progressive rally here. Local and state progres sive leaders planned a great recep tion for the Colonel who had prom's- ed to be here to load the rally un- less after effects of his South Amery can jungle trip did not keep him away. Roosevelt has openly espoused the cause of Gifford Pinchot for Un‘ted States senator and that of William Draper Lewis for Governor on the Washington » (Progressive) ticket, and he was expected today to uree their election as a rebuke to Republi- cans and Democrats as well as to MRS. JOHN GORE IS DEAD IN JEFFERSON Estimable Lady Passes Away at Her Home at Shenandoah Junction Monday. Mrs. John Gore died Monday at her home at Shenandoah Junction of tuberculosis, following a long illness. She was about 30 years old. Mrs. Gore leaves her husband and three sons. She was a member of the old and well-known Grubb family of Clarke county, and in addition to her husband and sons she leaves other family connections The remains will be taken to White Post and funeral services held in the Methodist Episcopal church south, at that place, at 11 o'clock on Wednesday morning, after which her body will be interred in the White Post graveyard. WOMEN VERY ACTIVE WILL MEET THURSDAY Monthly Meeting of Community Club Will be Held in Firemen's Hall This Week. One of the most interesting meetings of the Community Club since its organization will be the regular monthly meeting on Thursday afternoon at 3:30, when matters of vital importance for action by the club will be taken up. The fact that the club has been organized for some time and much work has been done will imply that lots can be accomplished which here-tofore could not. In this connection it is entirely proper to announce that one of the trained nurses promised for local service in the beginning of the campaign Mrs. Cora Cattier, of Cumberland will arrive here on the 15th. She has been district nurse for some time in that city, and her work here will be along the same lines. BODIES BLESSED BY THE PRIESTS Murdered Archduke and Wife are Shipped to Trieste for Burial. METKOVITCH. Dalamatia, June 30 The bodies of Archduke Ferdinand and his wife were transferred from the funeral train to the Austrian warship which soiled immediately with the escorting ships today. During the transfer the people of the town stood with barec, heads. The squadron will arrive at Trieste Thursday. Count Attens laid a large wreath on the casket, and the people covered the deck of the vessel with flowers as the funeral yacht went down the Narenta river. Peasants of all the villages while kneeling lighted candles and the priests blessed the bodies. THE PRESIDENT ATTENDS FUNERAL Cf Dr. Rojas, Late Venezuelan Minister, Which Was Held Today in Washington. WASHINGTON. D. C., June 30. Attended by President Wilson, cabinet officials, supreme court justices and the diplomatic corps funeral services were held today in honor of Dr. Rojas, late minister of Venezuela. A military escort and the marine band paid the highest honors. Following mass the body was placed on the Dolphin and taken to Hampton Roads DISORDER AMONG STRIKERS CAUSES Call for Troops at Westinghour Plant in East Pittsburg PITTSBURG, June 30.—Troop A, of the state police, arrived at Pittsburg from Greensburg at 5:30 o'clock last evening, having been sent for by Sheriff Richards of Allegheny county with teh request that they maintain order among the strikers at the Westinghouse plant in East Pittsburg and Turtle Creek. The company consisted of 32 men under command of Capt. L. C. Adams. Considerable disorder prevailed all day in the strike zone. By the time the constabulary reached East Pittsburg a crowd of 4,000 jeering, yelling people had gathered. Employes of the Union Switch and Signal Co., in Swissvale, met on the Swissvale baseball ground last night. These men had gone back to work yesterday morning after being out several days and they said that upon their return five men were discharged and fifteen were suspended on the charge of being agitators. They were considering walking out again. HERE LOOKING FOR RUNAWAY HUSBAND HERE LOOKING FOR RUNAWAY HUSBAND Mrs James J. Jenkins Says Hubby Left With Her 17-Year-Old Sister Mrs. James J. Jenkins, from the east, sent a telegram here Monday evening asking the authorities to arrest her husband, who had eloped with her 17-year-old sister. The telegram also stated that they were coming here on train No. 7. The train was watched, but the parties were not found. Mrs. Jenkins arrived this morning, and is spending the day here in the hope of locating the guilty parties. It is believed that Mr. Jenkins became alarmed and hurriedly left the city. TWO HUNDRED MAY HAVE BEEN KILLED n Battle Between the Servians and Mohammedan Croats—Fight Still Raging. BUDAPEST, Hungary, June 20.—More than 200 were killed and wounded at Mostar, Herzegovina, in a battle between the Serbs and Mohammedan Croats. It is reported that Mostar is burning. The Croats attacked the Serbs in their quarter of the town, with full force setting fire to the houses as the fight progressed. The fight is still raging according to late despatches. There are outbreaks against the Servians in nearly all of the towns in Bosnia. "BUTCH" KEARNS IS FOUND GUILTY For Assaulting George Marten, Druggist, and Fined Thirty Dollars and Costs. Before Police Judge P. W. Leiter Monday night "Dutch" Kearns was given a hearing for creating trouble and assaulting George Marten, the West King street druggist, Sunday night. He was found guilty, and fined $30 and costs which he has not yet paid, and is still in jail. CELEBRATING IN THE MINING CAMPS Great Event Planned for the Miners in Southern West Virginia For Independence Day. The fourth of July will be celebrated in the mining camps of the southern half of West Virginia on the most elaborate scale those camps have ever seen. Instead of being isolated places of Independence Day, as is generally supposed, they will be the Mr. Kearney is promoted from general superintendent of transportation, succeeding the late C. C. Riley,ing the celebration will begin early in the morning and folk from the farms and the various country towns will go to the mining camps. They will make merry from sun-up until late in the night, as the guests of the coal operators and miners. Heretofore it has been the custom all over West Virginia for the railroads to runrun excursions from the mining camps to the towns in the several parts of the State. This year the process will be reversed. Excursions will be run from the county seats and the large towns along the lines to the mountain villages. The celebration, in every instance, will be in charge of committees composed of operators and miners, especially represented. $ \mathrm{I_{n}} $ some communities several mining operations will join forces and the committees of arrangement are composed of employers and of employees from each of the participating mines. West Virginia miners and operators have decided to go back to the days of the fathers in the manner of observing the day. There will be no work in the mines. The fun will begin early in the morning with the arrival of the farmers and their families with well-filled baskets. These baskets will be put on the tables with the baskets brought by the families of operators and miners, and when the time comes to feast all will feast together. After the arrival of the farmers in their teams and the people from the towns on the excursion trains, the celebration will begin with the reading of the Declaration of Independence and everybody will sing "My Country Tis of Thee." Just as in the long ago, there will be the Fourth of July oration. Every place of observance has procured some speaker of note. Young lawyers, middle-aged and old statemen and politicians of all shades of political opinion will tell of the heroic deeds of the "Boys of 1776" and what a great country this is. After the speeches the bands will play "The Star Spangled Banner" and the lunch baskers will be attacked. In the afternoon there will be baseball games, atheletic contests and music by the bands. The operators and the miners have joined in contributing to a fund sufficient to give everybody at least two "pokes" of ice cream. The celebration will end with the fireworks at night. Hundreds of dollars will be spent at each place for these fireworks and experts will be on hand to set them off. At one place where the mountains entirely surround the camp, men will be stationed on the tops of the hills and at a given signal they will blaze out three miles of red, white and blue light, while the miners, operators, farmer folk and townspeople stand bare-headed and the band plays the National Anthem. WEDDING ANNIVERSARY IS BEING CELEBRATED Mr. and Mrs. James Smallwood, of Van Clevesville, Entertaining Friends Today. The fifteenth wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. James Smallwood, of Van Clevesville, is being celebrated this afternoon at their home. At five o'clock this afternoon a dinner was served, and tonight from 8 to 11 a reception will be held. Mrs. C. A. Copenhaver, of West John street, is attending. WESTERN MAN WITH PARENT COMPANY J. R. Kearney Leaves Western Road and Associates With the B. and O. The appointment of J. R. Karney to the office of general superintendent of transportation of the Baltimore and Ohio System, embracing the Baltimore and Ohio, Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern, Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton, Staten Island and the Sandy Valley and Elkhon lines, is announced in a circular issued by Vice-President A. W. Thompson. STOMACH TROUBLE FOR FIVE son, the chief operating officer of company. The appointment is effective July 1. Fork Coal Co., and the Elk Manor Coal Co. The complainants allege that they whose death occurred last winter. The new appointee has been superintendent of transportation since September 20, 1910. His railroad service has been varied and extensive in the various branches of railroad operation. James R. Kearney was born March 29, 1859, and after attending the public school at Altoona, Pa., entered railway service in 1876 as a clerk in the car record office of the Pennsylvania railroad, at Altoona. From 1, 1880, to May 1, 1881, he was employed in the car record office of the Illinois Central railroad, and from May to November, 1881, was car accountant of the Illinois Midland railroad. Returning to the car record office of the Illinois Central, he remained until May 10, 1882, and from that date until May 1, 1889, he was successively clerk and chief clerk of the car record office of the St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba and the Great Northern railways, at St. Paul. Mr. Kearney resigned from the western rod to enter Baltimore and Ohio service as superintendent of car service, which position he filled until he was advanced to superintendent of transportation. FRED FIZER TAKES HIS OWN LIFE IN THE STATE PENITENTIARY Message This Morning Stated He Hanged Himself Last Night WAS SERVING A FOUR-YEAR TERM Was Found Guilty at the Last Term of Circuit Court on the Charge of Attempting to Kill His Housekeeper, Miss Ota Myers—The Body Will be Brought Home. "Moundsville, W. Va., June 30. "Mrs. Valley B. Fizer, "Martinsburg, W. Va. "Fred Fizer committed suicide by hanging himself last night in his cell. If you want the body send $40, if not it will be buried here. "M. L. Brown, Warden." The above is the telegram received here this morning, and aside from its contents nothing is known. However, it was learned this afternoon that the body will be brought home for interment. It will be remembered that Fizer attempted to kill his housekeeper STOMACH TRO Majority of Friends Thought Mr. Hughes Would Die, But One Helped Him to Recovery. Pomeroyton, Ky.—In interesting advices from this place, Mr. A. J. Hughes writes as follows: "I was down with stomach trouble for five (5) years, and would have sick headache so bad, at times, that I thought surely I would die. I tried different treatments, but they did not seem to do me any good. I got so bad, I could not eat or sleep, and all my friends, except one, thought I would die. He advised me to try Shedford's Black-Draught, and quit Miss Ota Myers, several weeks ago. The lady was severely wounded by a pistol shot and for some time was a patient at the City Hospital. Fizer was arrested and held to await the action of the grand jury and an indictment was returned against him at the last term of circuit court. Miss Myers recovered and went to her home near Hedgesville, where she still resides. When arraigned he entered a plea of not guilty, and his attorneys attempted to have him adjudged insane, but failed. Fizer was placed on trial and found guilty, Judge Woods sentencing him to serve four years in the state penitentiary at Moundsville. About a month ago he was taken to the prison, and since then but little was known of him. The news of his strange action occasioned some surprise. Since the news has been received many people have expressed the opinion that Fizer was insane. WILL CLOSE ON FOURTH OF JULY Most of the Merchants Have Reached This Agreement, and it Will be Necessary to Shop Friday With few exceptions, in fact wo may say practically all leading stores have signed papers to the effect that they will close their places all day on July 4th. This action has been taken only after mature consideration by the business owners, who have concluded to close on that day that all may join in the celebration of this national holiday. The big grocery stores we are informed, will close on that day and it is suggested to the customers that they shop as early as possible on Friday of this week. THE NEW ORDER. Beginning tomorrow there will be a new order of things in West Virginia. The most drastic prohibition law ever written will be in full force and effect. Those guilty of repeated violations become felons, and the doors of the State penitentiary will stand ajar for them. There is no mistaking of sentiment of the people. That enormous majority of 92,000 speaks for itself and needs no comment. Governor Hatfield and State Tax Commissioner Blue have announced they will enforce the law, and punish every offender caught. In this they will have the hearty support of the people, because there is no need having a law and not enforcing it. To ascertain the sentiment in this State a representative of the Pittsburg Gazette-Times spent several days in certain places making an investigation, and this is what that paper says editorially after the correspondent had made a few reports: "In many respects the experiment upon which West Virginia is to enter UBLE OR FIVE taking other medicines. I decided to take his advice, although I did not have any confidence in it. I have now been taking Black-Draught for three months, and it has cured me-haven't had those awful sick headaches since I began using it. I am so thankful for what Black-Draught has done for me." Thedford's Black-Draught has been found a very valuable medicine for derangements of the stomach and liver. It is composed of pure, vegetable herbs, contains no dangerous ingredients, and acts gently, yet surely. It can be freely used by young and old, and should be kept in every family chest. What West Virginian Coal Suggests To The Record (The Manufacturers Record.) If all the coal mined in West Virginia in 1913 had been converted in the State into coke by the by-product oven process at the average price in 1912 for that kind of coke, the yield to West Virginia would have been close to $300,000,000 instead of $75,000,000. This is one of the suggestion in the interesting developments in the State's coal-mining industry last year. For the first time in its history it mined more than 70,000,000 tons, the actual quantity being 71,308,982 tons, and that quantity was only 172,588 tons less than the total output of the United States in 1880. For the first time in ten years the average value of the coal per ton was greater than $1, the total value being $71,872,165. There was an increase in the State in 1913 over 1912 of 4,522,295 tons, or at the rate of 6.3 per cent., in quantity, and of $9,079,931, or at the rate of 14.5 per cent., in value. Of the total output of coal only 4,034,251 tons were used in the State in making coke, although West Virginia is in the center of the field in which is 75 per cent. of the coal best adaptable to making coke for the iron industry, but 7,800,000 tons of West Virginia coal were made into coke in other States. Thus 11,834,251 tons, or 16.7 per cent., of the State's 1913 production of coal were converted into 7,750,000 tons of coke, of the total output of coke in the country. As late as 1887 the whole country was making less coke than the quantity made from West Virginia coal in 1913. What of the next twenty-six years and the part that West Virginia coal is to play in the coke-making industry? It has been only twenty-one years since the beginning of coke making in by-product ovens in this country, with a plant of twelve ovens turning out 12,850 tons. In 1893 such coke was but one-tenth of 1 per cent. of the total output of 9,477,580 tons in the United States. In 1913 the 12,714,700 tons of by-product coke made was 27.5 per cent of the total output of 46,311,369 tons, and the value of all coke produced in 1913 was mare than seven times as great as in 1893. The experience of twenty-one years has demonstrated not only that the by-product oven makes more coke than the old style beehive plants in proportion to the amount of coal used, but that the by-products are worth more than the coal at the mine. By-product ovens in 1912 made 11,115,164 tons of coke, valued at $42,632,930, from 14,767,543 tons of coke, valued $35,569,464 at the ovens. There were yielded however, in addition 54,491,248,000 cubic feet of gas, valued at $4,650,517; 43,144,014 pounds of anhydrous ammonia, valued at $4,114,449; 95,275,545 pounds of ammonia, sulphate or reduced to equivalent in sulphate, valued at $3,649,144; 94,306,583 gallons of ammonia liquor valued at $735,120, and other derivatives valued at $610,552—a total of $16,070,682. That was an average of $1.08 for every ton of coal used in the by-product ovens. If the 71,308,982 tons of West Virginia coal had been so consumed in 1913, the by-products would have had a value of $77,013,700 at the prices for such in 1912. The coal would have yielded, on an average, 753 tons of coke for every 100 tons used or 53,695,663 tons of coke. At the ABUNDANT RAINS HELP ALL CROPS Heavy Wheat Crop Garnered—Corn is Promising and a Bumper Apple Crop is Assured. The thratened drought of a few days ago is broken beyond any question now. The light showers that commenced a week ago have been supplemented by heavy rains that have covered every part of Berkeley county, and today there is evidence price of 191 2these would have brought $206,191,346. The total value of coke and by-products would have been $283,205,046, or nearly four times the amount actually received for the coal sold outright or in the form of coke; $67,745,644 for coal nd $6,874,250 for the coke. The average increase of 24 cents a ton for all coke in 1913 over 1912 must have been reflected in increased value of by-product coke, so that several millions of dollars would have been added to the total. It is hardly necessary to state that such a desirable result, implying an output of coke in West Virginia i.e. 000,000 tons greater than the actual output of the country this year, is to be approached only by having coke using plants close to the by-product ovens. Edward Wheeler Parker, whose figures for the United States Geological Survey are the basis for this discussion, has long urged some policy of the kind. He has pointed out that West Virginia suffers both in coke making and in coal mining because of having relatively little lime consumption for the products, about four-fifths of the coal mined and nearly all of the coke made going to other States, and two or three years ago he said: "In the quantity of coke produced West Virginia has for several years held second place among the States, but is outranked by Alabama in the value of the product. The reason for this lies in the fact that the output of Alabama has in the iron-manufacturing center of Birmingham and vicinity a local consumptive market, whereas practically all of the West Virginia coke is shipped to furnaces outside of the State. In reaching for these markets the coke of West Virginia not only has to meet in competition the product from other States, but one district in the State becomes a rival with other West Virginia districts, and the result is exhibited in the statistics of production and value. * * * Next to Pennsylvania, West Virginia possesses more wealth in supplies of coking and other high-grade coals than any other State in the Union, but as long as both the coal and the coke are continued to be shipped out of the State West Virginia will not attain the position she should occupy as a manufacturing State, nor will the miners of coal and makers of coke receive a just return for their products." It is conceivable that twenty-five years from now West Virginia can be making 46,000,000 tons f coke. Since 1880 the output in the country has increased fourteen times, with the share of West Virginia's coal in the production rising from nothing to one-sixth of the total. There is no reason why in the next twenty-five years West Virginia's share should not be at least one-half of the 100,000,000 tons of coke required for the country's industries. $ ^{14} $ is hardly likely, though, that in that time West Virginia would be using within its borders 46,000,000 tons of coke. But it can be making all the coke made from its coal, and it can be using certainly as much coke as the 7,500,000 tons now made from its coal. Toward such a situation looking to the full utilization of its natural resuorces within its own borders West Virginia should strive. of verdure on all sides. The wheat crop was garnered without damage, and it was a most abundant one. The hay crop is an average one, and the second growth of alfalfa gives promise of being heavy. Corn, though late, is generally a good stand, and is in a healthy condition. The apple crop, upon which so much hinges at this time, as it represents, at lowest estimates half a million barrels, is as certain now of maturity as is possible at this time. With plenty of rain, barring heavy hail storms the crop must be abundant, and hail storms are only local any season. THE INHERITANCE TAX IS GROWING Amount Paid to the State this Year Exceeds That of Only For mer Year. According to the reports from the office of State Tax Commissioner Blue, the inheritance taxes received by the state this year will exceed those of any year since the law was enacted. Under the present system of collecting this tax, but few estates escape payment for any great length of time. The clerks of all the counties in the state are required by the law to report to the state tax commissioner the settlement of all estates in which stock in West Virginia corporations are to be required to make report of the transfer of stocks, it being illegal to transfer stock of a corporation from the estate of a decreased holder to any person until the inheritance tax has been paid. This insures the collection of the tax from all non-resident holders of stock in West Virginia corporations, as no risks are taken in transferring them until compliance with the law has been made. The state's income from this tax was very small during the first seventeen years of its operation—from 1887 to 1904. Since 1904 the gain has been steady, jumping from $10,000 in 1904 to $25,000 the following year, and last year it has reached in round numbers $170,000. The collections this year to date are above $190,000 and besides the numerous small collections expected in before June 30 assurance was received this morning of an amount that will put the year's receipts above the $250,000 mark. REGULAR TRAINS TO PETERSBURG REGULAR TRAINS TO PETERSBURG Will be Run From Green Springs Beginning on Wednesday, July 1. As stated several months ago, the Baltimore and Ohio railroad had acquired through the Moorefield and Virginia railroad, the Hampshire Southern railroad, from Romney to Petersburg, and commencing July 1 it will operate through trains over its south branch from Green Springs to Petersburg. Through the acquisition of the Hampshire Southern, extending 39 miles from Romney through the eastern panhandle of West Virginia, the Baltimore and Ohio gains an entrance into a section rich in natural resources and prosperous in agriculture. The Hampshire Southern railroad connects with the Green Spring line of tse Baltimore and Ohio at Romney, running south through Hampshire, Hardy and Grant counties, West Virginia, to a southern terminus at Petersburg. The road was completed in October, 1910. It is substantially built throughout, being laid with 85 pound rail from Romney to Moorefield, a distance of 25 miles; while from Moorefield to Petersburg lighter rail is in use. The section of West Virginia served by the Hampshire Southern railroad is tributary to the south branch of the Potomac river, which the line follows closely through a fertile valley that is largely devoted to farming, raising of live stock and fruit growing. Moorefield, in Hardy county, has a population of 1,000, and Petersburg, has a population of 500. Local conditions favorable to manufacturing have encouraged industrial development both at Moorefield and Petersburg. large tanneries having located in these communities, and a third tannery is built farther back in the country. Still greater development of this section of West Virginia is assured through the Baltimore and Ohio's acquisition of the Hampshire Southern which will place the territory in direct connection with the eastern centers of trade. 800 CARS NEEDED FOR PEACH CROP South Mountain Belt Fields Enormous Crop This Year for the Owners. HAGERSTOWN, Md., June 27. Conservative estimates of the peach crop in the South Mountain belt range from 600 to 800 carloads, or be between 200,000 and 250,000 bushel while the financial returns will be about $1 a bushel. The crop, now distancing the damage done in some actions by late frots, will be much above normal, and will be shipped almost entirely from Smithburg. Baltimore, Pittsburgh, Washington Philadelphia, New York and New England points will buy the bulk of the crop. At a meeting of the South Mount ain Fruit Growers' Association at Smithburg last night action was taken to better the conditions for the sale and shipment of peaches. The Western Maryland Railway will be requested to arrange better loading facilities at Smithsburg and to stop the two through freight trains to the eastern markets. Better west bound freight connections for Pitts burgh and other western markets. The association will investigate will be asked for. new markets and will adopt a stnd ard grade for the packing of rul shipped and sold through the association. CITY IS VISITED BY SEVERE STORM Lightning Strikes Home of Abraham Snyder on North High Street, But Damage is Slight This city was visited this afternoon by a very severe storm shortly after 1 o'clock. For about 15 minutes the rain poured down in torrents, and at times the thunder was deafening and the lightning was almost blinding. The home of Abraham Snyder, on North High street, was struck, but no damage was done aside from the chimney. The Apollo theatre was struck and the chimney knocked off. SAN FRANCISCO IS AMONG THE FIRST To Send Aid to the Sufferers of Salem—H. C. Frick Contributes $25,000. SALEM, Mass., June 27.—San Francisco was among the first to send aid to the suffers of this stricken town. The relief fund is now over $450,000. Great quantities of food and clothing has been received. No more of the dead has been discovered. H. C. Frick, of Pittsburgh, sent personal check for $25,000. SERMON SUNDAY TO THE TRAINMEN Will be Preached by Dr. Trump at St. John's Lutheran Church By request of the organization, Rev. Dr. Chas. S. Trump will deliver a sermon to the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen next Sunday morning in St. John's Lutheran church. The chorister, Mr. H. M. Grove, will have prepared spuecial music for the occasion PRODUCE MEN ARE HAVING GOOD YEAR Crops are Plentiful and Dealers and Consumers Enjoy the Benefits. It was stated today by a prominent produce man that produce dealers in Martinsburg and vicinity are enjoying one of the best years that they have had for some time. Produce this season of the year is cheap and within reach of everyone, while the fruit crops in the south were never better. For this reason the prices are very low, compared with recent years and buyers and dealers alike are enjoying the benefits. Green stuff continues to be plentiful in the markets this week while here has been a slight drop in price in a few varieties. Fresh ripe tomatoes are to be found in large quantities in the local markets this week with prices the same as last. Green onions are coming in freely with large sales reported. Lettuce is selling well with prices about the same as last week. Cucumbers are better his week with prices the sam Celery is a little dull, with prices unchanged. Sweet corn is in big demand, large orders being filed laily. Prices are reasonable. Green beans and peas are flooding the mark is this week, with large sales reported and prices a little lower than last week. Kale, parsley and spinach are brisk with a slight drop in prices. Radishes are selling well and prices are down a little with prospects for a larger decrese. Big Melon Demand. Melons are meeting with heavy sales this week and the local dealers are having their hands full filling the orders, many being received from all over this section of the State. Watermelons are a little cheaper this week than last which helps to swell the sales. Gems and Rocky Ford melons are brisk, and large shipments are being received, prices having had slight drop. The southern fruit crop is showing up well this season of the year and the local markets are flooded with fruit of a fine quality compared to former sesons, and the low price alone indicates that the crops this year are much heavier than usual. Cherries are flooding the markets this and are very cheap, but according to a local dealer, farmers are not troubling themselves with picking cherries this year on account of the small price and many are going to waste the trees. Strawberries are still in the market, but are not as plentiful as a week ago, which tends to increases the price. Bananas are slightly up in price this week after one of the best and cheapest seasons for several years. Grape fruit is brisk on the markets this week, large orders being filled at the same prices as last week. New Fruit Coming $ \mathrm{I}^{n}. $ The new varieties on the market are meeting with big demand, such as apricots and plums. The prices of these varieties are small for this season of the year and heavy sales are reported. Pineapples are selling even better this week than last with prices unchanged. Oranges of a fine quality were received this week and are selling fast at the same price that existed last week. Lemons are at the height of their season and produce dealers are filling large orders with prices unchanged. Old potatoes are selling slow this week as the new ones are just about as cheap and considerably better in quality. New cabbage is selling fast with prices the same as last week. Parsnips trnips and carrots are slow with prices unchanged. J. R. CLIFFORD MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA. Practices in all the Courts of West Virginia, the Supreme Court of Appeals and the United States Courts.