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The Pioneer Press. "HERE SHALL THE PRESS, THE PEOPLE'S RIGHTS MAINTAIN, UNAWED BY INFLUENCE AND UNBRIBED BY GAIN" Candidate for The Republican Nomination for State Auditor In State Officials who give Efficient Service? In the Economical Management of State Offices? In Right Promises followed by Faithful Performance? In State Officials who are Strictly Honest and Highly Capable? In Officials who stand for Economy in all phases of government? If you do believe in all or in any of these things make your Mark Count on June Sixth FOR AUDITOR X E. L. LONG "ASK THE MAN WHO KNOWS HIM." children, Boys Scouts, and a large number of citizens were on the scene. Extra policemen watchmen and flagmen were stationed at the crossing and every precaution has been taken to guarantee the safety of individuals. The Boys Scouts were also assigned to patrol duty. ROUSING WELCOME IS GIVEN "SAFETY FIRST" SPECIAL CITY OFFICIALS, BUSINESS MEN'S ASSOCIATION AND CITIZENS WELCOME VISITOR COMPANY F AND BOY SCOUTS DOING PATROL DUTY AT THE SPECIAL. PICTURES WILL BE SHOWN TO NIGHT IN THE PUBLIC SQUARE The government "Safety First" special, composing a multitude of exhibits, carried in 12 steel cars of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, arrived here this afternoon from Winchester, Va., and was switched immediately to the tracks near the cattle pens at the North Queen street crossing. Since yesterday J. H. Bumgartner has been in the city making arrangements, and when the special arrived everything was in readiness. From 2 to 6 o'clock this afternoon the exhibits can be seen and it may be that those who were unable to visit the train this afternoon will be accommodated tonight. It was formerly announced that tonight a free picture lecture would be given at the special, but this has been changed and in the public square, beginning at an early hour, the pictures will be shown. This change is made to acocmodate the large number desiring to see the pictures. Everybody should be in the square by 7 o'clock. When the special arrived this afternoon it was warmly welcomed to the city. Mayor Thomas M. Turner and all city officials, The Business Men's Association, Company F, the school "ASK THE MAN WHO KNOWS HIM." HUNDREDS GATHER FLOWERS SUNDAY HUNDREDS GATHER FLOWERS SUNDAY Sweet-Scented Honeysuckle, Golden Buttercups, Pink Anemones and Bouyed up by bright sunshine and balmy spring ald Sunday hundreds of people traversed wildwood, meadow and byways, searching for the beauties of nature, being guided in a search by the rare redolence of the wild honeysuckle and other flowers. Late in the day the weary but happy flower hunters cane home burdened with large bunches of flowers in all the bright hues of the rainbow, nature in her own way having betsowed upon the wild products her rarest and richest tintings and pencillings. Some had gorgeous bouquets of buttercups, the green stalks and foliage bedecked with richest golden flowers. Others had Johnny-Jump-Ups in great profusion, their velvety, purple and blue bright in the evening sun, and others still were satisfied with the white and red striped Spring Beauties; many had gathered the pale blue Quaker Ladies, pale pink Anemones, pale blue wild violets, known to all by the potato root, and pink sweet Williams. Sweetest and most treasured of all were the will honey-suckles gathered from wildwood hillside. M. H. REV. JACK HYDE HOME ON VISIT REV. JACK HYDE HOME ON VISIT Popular Maine Minister Returns To Spend a Two Week's Vacation. Rev. Jack Hyde, pastor of Union Parrish, Alfred, Maine is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Hyde, of West King street. Rev. Hyde is on his way home from New York City where he was a delegate to the World's Court Congress, held in Carnegie Hall this week. He will spend a couple weeks here with his parents and will return to New York on the 28th, to fill an appointment to preach in the Mt. Morris Baptist church, on Fifth Avenue, and will later return to his pastorate in Alfred, Me. Rev. Hyde has been a successful pastor of Union Parrish for a number of years. Last winter he received a call to a large Baptist church in Boston, but he had so endeared himself to his people that they would not part with him. Besides being a minister of the gospel, Rev. Hyde has written several splendid books, the latest being "The Trail of the Cross," and of which his many friends in Martinsburg will be glad to get a copy. It is likely that he will preach in the First Baptist church while in the city. BUSY TERM OF U.S. COURT AT WHEELING BUSY TERM OF U.S. COURT AT WHEELING Almost Forty Indictments Returned at Wheeling at Session of Federal Court. About forty indictments have been returned by the grand jury at the federal court term now being held at SHAWKEY WRITES ABOUT THE CLUBS SHAWKEY WRITES ABOUT THE CLUBS Work. In a letter written to the boys agricultural clubs in the state of Wtst Virginia, State Superintendent M. P. Shawkey says: It is a plasure and an honor to have the privilege of giving you a few words of greeting and encouragement. I have since learned that if a farmer desires fruit trees of a certain shape, and fruit of a high quality and large quantity, his surest way to secure these is through a young orchard rather than by pruning and grafting the old orchard that had a poor start and poor training. I am equally convinced that the shortest cut and surest method of making prosperous, happy farmers in West Virginia is found in the proper training of our farm boys and I consider the club work a very important phase of that training. It pleases me to note that the substantial wark has passed the fad stage, and is now upon a substantial basis. In a true sense, the leaders in this movement may be considered educators and statesmen. We need a lot of 4-H men in this state-men with trained hands and heads, courageous kind hearts, and health to back up good work; and we are expecting a large crop of such men from the club boys of the state. In your difficulties I sympathize with you; in your many joys, I rejoice you; in your work, I$ heartily join you, for "I was once a barefoot boy" on the old farm. MOUNTAIN LAKE BIBLE CONFERENCE Will Be Conducted This August 13- 20 By Dr. Gray, of Chicago. The Bible conference at Mountain Lake Park, Maryland, will again this year be conducted by the Mody Bible Institute, of Chicago, under the able leadership of the Rev. James M. Gray, D. D. The dates are August 1-320. Because of the unusual success of the conference last year, the request was unanimous that the institute again have charge of it. The program which will be announced later will offer many of the best knwno Bible teachers and preachers of the country. Wheeling. The indictments are mainly felonies, misdemeanors, violations of the pure food law, white salve act and postoffice law. Indictments were also returned against Jeff Harrison and several others implicated in the train robbery at Central, W. Va. One of the principal cases at the term is now being tried and will probably not b completed until about Wednesday. It is the case of the Rosenburg brothers, former Wheeling men, who are alleged to have violated the federal bankrupt act. Assistant District Attorney J. J. P. O'Brien is in charge of the case. Henry James, colored, who was arrested by Deputy Marshal E. W. Athey several months ago, charged with entering the postoffice at Cunningham, Hardy county, was given a hearing and sentenced to serve three years in the Federal prison at Atlanta, Ga. CONFERENCE WILL MEET THIS MONTH West Virginia Will Be Represented By Ten Ministers and Ten Laymen. The general conference of the Methodist Protestant church will meet in quadrennial session in Zeno- ville, O., May 19, with delegates from forty conferences in the United States. The church also sustains missions in China and Japan which will be represented. The Methodist Protestant church makes no apologies for its existence, although it is counted among the smaller bodies of Methodists. In doctrine it recognizes Jesus Christ as the only head of the church and the Word of God as the only rule for faith and practice. In policy it is unique among other Methodist churches. It is truly American with its government "of the people, for the people and by the people." General Grant said: "The most Americans church in America." Its principles, which must always be at the foundation of all laws of a free people, began to be agitated immediately upon the organization of the Methodists of America about the time of the Revolutionary war, although the Methodist Protestant church was not organized until 1828, the founders determining to stand in that liberty wherewith Wesley said "God had so strangely made him free." Its lawmaking body and court of final resort is the general conference, which is composed of an equal number of ministers and laymen sitting together in due body with equal rights. This body elects a president and an executive committee which continue in office four years. No change can be made in the constitution without first submitting the question to the annual conference by way of an overture and it must receive a majority vote of two-thirds of all the annual conference and so certified by the president to become a law. The church has no bishops nor presiding elders. Each annual conference elects a president from its own body for a term of one year and a standing district committee to which the business of the conference is referred during the interim of its sessions. All church property, except schools and colleges, is owned and controlled by the local congregations without interference from any source whatever. The West Virginia annual conference will be represented in the general conference at Zanesville by ten ministers and ten laymen elected by the annual conference which held its sessions in Grafton last August. The conference will be in session about two weeks and will elect editors of all the official papers and Sunday school literature. It will elect the various boards of the church and a secretary-treasurer to each. Among the important measures to be considered will be one to group and officer all the annual conferences of the great Southwest for more aggressive work. The educational interests of the church will be at the front and many other important matters will call for consideration. DESTROYS HOME WITH DYNAMITE John C. Hines Explodes 50 Pounds of Dynamite Under House. John C. Hines, a plasterer of Kearneysville, Jefferson county, placed 50 ponds of dynamite in front of his home Monday evening and exploded it. His wife and children discovered his setting it off in time to escape. The explosion wrecked the house and severely injured Hines. Hines had been in this city and returned on an evening train. He is said to have been drinking heavily. He was rested and taken to jail to wait a hearing at Charles Town. President—J. H. Fulk. Secretary—J. W. Stewart. Treasurer—Edgar Henshaw. County Agent—W. M. Bewick. One important clause in the plan of work mapped out for the county agent calls for the erection of 25 new silos this season. Several farmers have expressed their intention of erecting one at ready, others are considering it. Call on the county agent for bill of material necessary for the erection of a wood hoop silo, the kind that gives good results at so little cost. This does not mean that patent silos are not to be recommended. We are very glad to see the tile, concrete and stave silos go up. The principle thing it "get a silo." But for the man in limited circumstances who feels that the patent silo is too expensive, the "homemade silo," so popular over West Virginia, is the solution of the problem. Ask the agent about it. W. L. Lawson, New Haven, W. Va. has been feeding ensilage for the first time this winter. Mr. Lawson says that no farmer will ever invest money to a better advantage than in a silo. G. W. Gorrell, of Pleasants, county, W. Va., has the only silo in his section and the only home-made silo in the county, which was built last August. He said it had more than paled for itself this winter and he would not be without it for many times the cost of it. Mr. Alkire, of Cairo, Ritchie, county makes the statement that he has carried his stock through the winter on half the expense he was put to prior to the use of a silo. Other Silo Facts. 1914—23 Counties having County agents—302 silo put up. 1915—28 counties having county agents—847 silos put up. At the end of 1914 just one county had over 100 silos. At the end or 1915 seven counties had over 100 silos. Highest number in one county—229 silos. At the regular meeting of the Vanclevesville club tonight, final arrangements will be made for the big picnic and annual meeting of the Farm Bureau to be held at the I. D. VanMetre farm, in June. A great deal of interest is being aroused in the affair, the Boys' Clubs of the county will pull off some athletics and some very fine speakers have been procured for the occasion and a good time is in store for all. Watch this column for future announcements. At the Bunker Hill meeting tomorrow night, May, 1 further discussion of the road question will occupy the large part of the evening. All taxpayers and others who use the roads must feel vitally interested. All are welcome. Cooperative buying of seeds, twine and other necessities will be considered also. A general invitation is extended to all to send news notes for this column. Give same to the publicity committeeman in your Club or send direct to the county agent. FARMERS MEET AT BUNKER HILL Thursday Night To TDiscuss Good Roads And Everybody Is Invited. A meeting of the Farmer's Club of Bunker Hill, will be held in the school house Thursday night at 8 o'clock. The general topic to be discussed will be good roads. There seems to be a great deal or sentiment in favor of increased levy in the district for road improvement, and it is thought the meeting will cause these interested to take definite action in the matter; at least it is hoped such will be the case. The public is cordially invited to attend the meeting SCHOOL GARDEN WORK IN EUROPE Johann Hepp Tells How the European People Have Encouraged School Gardening. The following is an extract from an article by Johann Hepp in the October (1915) number of Monatshefte fur den naturwiss enschaflicher Unterricht, under the tilte "School Gardens in Zurich." The original text brings out in a forceful way the value of school gardens and how they have served the people of Zurich. The people of Europe have long encouraged school gardening, and throughout Germany and other countries special attention has recently been given to the work. The writer says: "How fortunate is the country child who can take direct part in the full swing of work and bustle of the farm life. House and yard gardens and vineyards, fields and forests, offer numberless opportunities for healthy, useful, interesting and diversified occupations in which a child can be employed. Through these occupations the child becomes closely acquainted with culture in all its profuseness of farms and products. He will learn to organize his efforts in unison with the powerful throb of the community life. He will acquire the priceless treasure of good habits and moral power, and thus, by the simplest and most natural process, will develop the ability and inclination to work. "The city child has but fragmentary conception of nature's life. The city offers no visual example or stimulation for work, because actual work is done in the interiors of shops and business establishments. The family in the city is not a productive community any more; it has been transformed into a consuming unit. The city children become familiar with ready-made products without realizing by what processes and of what materials they were made. It remains obscure to them how much time and toil it costs to make a living, and how much work is required to produce articles of food and other necessities of life. "In educational circles this deficiency of city conditions in respect to education in work has been recognized long ago. As a remedial measure, manuel training was introduced into city schools. Through it the children exercise the eye and hand, learn to handle tools and raw materials—all by actual work. But no manuel training possesses so much educational value as garden work. Gardening is superior to pasteboard, wood, and iron work conducted within the narrow limitations of school shops because it is done outdoors, in pure air and sunlight, and brings the children into contact with nature. In Zurich, there is an association whose exclusive object is to establish and conduct school gardens on city grounds and to develop through this means a healthy, industrious, and morally sound race. Every pupil is given a plot of land for whose planting and cultivation he alone is responsible. This little garden affords an admirable field of work and experimentation where the child learns through his own labor and experience his own failures and successes. There he can dig, sow and plant, cultivate and harvest; there he observes how the plants sprout, grow, bloom, and ripen; how they protect themselves from animals and the inclementy of weather, and in what high degree their thriving is dependent upon the inexorable powers of nature, involving at the same time the welfare of the gardener and the farmer, and ultimately, of all mankind. "The man who can spare a little time after his tiresome professional daily work to attend to his garden and flower beds, is fortunate indeed. This gives him a healthy exercise and an enjoyable pastime. In large cities, where every minute of time and every power of efficiency is utilized for business purposes, the necessity of diversion and free occupations become imperative. The work performed for profit or for living has no attractions. The more monotonous becomes the work of the individual owing to the increasing division of manufacturing processes into ever simpler manipulations the more important and full of meaning will free occupation become. Leisure time should be used with the view of giving the senses and the soul a proper nourishment that will enable the man to recover his inner balance lost during the hours of toil. When this opportunity is shut off, the powers of soul waste away for want of action; the craving for higher things in life disappears, and in its stead come bitterness, hatred, and jealousy. What matters all the progress in technics and science if it gives a man no happiness? Among the remedies for these evils of our modern industrial life the joys of garden occupations and flower planting are among the most important. The garden-city movement should therefore be encouraged. It fills important demands for the protection of people's health, and at the same time promotes the moral hygiene." THE UNITED STATES WHEAT CROP CUT Government Experts Estimate the Yield at 499,280,000 Almost half a billion bushels is the winter wheat harvest forecast for this year by the Department of Agriculture in its May report. That is 155,000,000 bushels less than harvested last year when a world's record crop was gathered in the United States, but the crop this year is growing on a much smaller acreage and the severe winter caused heavy abodiment of the acreage planted last year in all, 4,236,000 acres were abandoned leaving for harvest 33,030,000 acres which is 7,433,000 acres less than harvested last year. The yield from the growing crop is estimated at 499,280,000 bushels. It its report the department says: "Present conditions of growth are poorest in the Central group of states, where winter killing was most severe, the conditions ranging for 23 per cent below the 10-year average condition at this season in Illinois down to 10 per cent below in Iowa. "The Atlantic Coast crop is generally fair to good. The increase over the condition gfigure of 78.3 per cent last month is due partly to the elimination of the abandoned acreage from consideration in determining the present condition. "The Hessian fly, reported as active in many sections last fall, is not seemingly so much in evidence, although reported from scattered localities, particularly in Central Kansas. Mention is made of the presence of the green bug in North Central Oklahoma, but the parasites of the insect are present also and it is hoped will limit the damage it might otherwise do." CONTRACTOR KEYTON IS ALLOWED LIEN Judge Woods in Settling Case of Lee M. Bender vs. W. E. Crawford Relative to Casino. In circuit court Tuesday morning in the cause of Lee M. Bender and others against W. E. Crawford all exceptions of the defendant were overruled, while all exceptions of Contractor George Keyton were sustained, allowing Mr. Keyton's mechanic lien. 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