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"HERE SHALL THE PRESS, THE PEOPLE'S RIGHTS MAINTAIN, UNAWED BY INFLUENCE AND UNBRIBED BY GAIN" The The Pioneer TORCH APPLIED TO SECTION OF CITY COLORED PEOPLE AND SCORES W AS THEY TRIED TO ESCAPE FROM MANY OTHERS LYNCHED—MARTIAL ED UNDER ILLINOIS AUTHORITY. ST. LOUIS, July 3—A race riot which sway in East St. Louis for more than twenty ted yesterday and last night in a condition treme and had the effect of paralyzing busi- city. In the black belt the torch was applied of white men who hunted the fleeing negroes rabbits, the death roll from bullets and fire hundred, with probably more to be reported fierceness that showed the spirit of the mob points. Many negroes are reported to have thrown into the Mississippi. The state of Illinois yesterday declared Commander D. S. Tripp, Adjutant-General or In many places the soldiers were resisted by lace and all sorts of stories of murder, destro- re coming in from many sources. Fourteen companies of state militia are are many acts of open violence right in their signs that their presence will not stop the ri- at least sporadic outbreaks. Deportations of negroes, of whom there Louis, already is on. Motor trucks loaded by soldiers have been crossing the Mississippi side all day. Some of their own accord, other Col. Tripp. Armour Company lent a fleet of rexodus. An example of what the National Guards ing is the beating of a negress by young factor of thing has become common. Late yester- the death of a negro. Six girls had been p around the railroad station termed locally "t mob formed behind the girls who were scream- at the terrified girl. "Send thembacktoAfric "Lynch them," shouted the young women. swept on the trail of the negress. A yell arose, "There's One." A negro man railroad tracks. Before he realized his peril a dozen pistols cracked as the man dropped. Two white girls, 17 years old, were cheered a negress girl from a street car, rembwe beat her senseless with their sharp leather h TORCH APPLIED TO SECTION OF CITY INHABITED BY COLORED PEOPLE AND SCORES WERE SHOT DOWN AS THEY TRIED TO ESCAPE FROM THE FIRE AND MANY OTHERS LYNCHED—MARTIAL LAW DECLARED UNDER ILLINOIS AUTHORITY. ST. LOUIS, July 3—A race riot which has been holding sway in East St. Louis for more than twenty-four hours culminated yesterday and last night in a condition horrible in the extreme and had the effect of paralyzing business in much of the city. In the black belt the torch was applied by enraged mobs of white men who hunted the fleeing negroes and shot them like rabbits, the death roll from bullets and fire ranging beyond a hundred, with probably more to be reported. Lynching with a fierceness that showed the spirit of the mob took place at many points. Many negroes are reported to have been killed and thrown into the Mississippi. The state of Illinois yesterday declared martial law, with Commander D. S. Tripp, Adjutant-General of Illinois, in charge. In many places the soldiers were resisted by the maddened populace and all sorts of stories of murder, destruction and outlawry are coming in from many sources. Fourteen companies of state militia are now here, but there are many acts of open violence right in their faces, and there are signs that their presence will not stop the rioting for some time—at least sporadic outbreaks. Deportations of negroes, of whom there are 10,000 in St. Louis, already is on. Motor trucks loaded with black guarded by soldiers have been crossing the Mississippi to the Missouri side all day. Some of their own accord, others were removed by Col. Tripp. Armour Company lent a fleet of motor trucks for the exodus. An example of what the National Guardsmen are encountering is the beating of a negress by young factory girls. That sort of, thing has become common. Late yesterday it resulted in the death of a negro. Six girls had been pursuing a negress around the railroad station termed locally "the relay depot." A mob formed behind the girls who were screaming frantic epithets at the terrified girl. "Send thembacktoAfrica," "Kill them all," "Lynch them," shouted the young women. Suddenly the crowd swept on the trail of the negress. A yell arose, "There's One." A negro man was walking on the railroad tracks. Before he realized his peril he was killed. Half a dozen pistols cracked as the man dropped. Two white girls, 17 years old, were cheered when they dragged a negress girl from a street car, rembved their slippers and beat her senseless with their sharp leather heels. War on Importd Negroes The present condition is a continuation of developed May 28 and 29, when several negro wounded in riots consequent upon the efforts to drive out negroes who, they say had been South. The excuse for yesterday's savagery is tactive Coppedet and three other policemen are shot at the same time. Coppedet and his squad hopelessly outnumbered, were trying to back from 200 negroes who had been assembled for midnight tolling of a church bell, and were s continuation of the situation that several negroes and whites were in the efforts of white workmen say had been imported from the savagery is the murder of Depolicemen and two citizens were and his squad, seeing themselves trying to back away peacefully assembled for the purpose of the l, and were shot down. The present condition is a continuation of the situation that developed May 28 and 29, when several negroes and whites were wounded in riots consequent upon the efforts of white workmen to drive out negroes who, they say had been imported from the South. The excuse for yesterday's savagery is the murder of Detective Coppedet and three other policemen and two citizens were shot at the same time. Coppedet and his squad, seeing themselves hopelessly outnumbered, were trying to back away peacefully from 200 negroes who had been assembled for the purpose of the midnight tolling of a church bell, and were shot down. but were not allowed to enter the building under orders from under Judge Zucconi. The confessed murderer is kept in complete isolation and is under heavy guard, having again threatened to commit suicide. The prisoner is morose and refuses to speak to anyone or to be shaved. Director Liccodi of the prison refused permission for a correspondent of the Associated Press to visit Cocchi except under a special permit from the king's procurator, the load office of investigation to which Judge Zucconi belongs. --- Department of Archives ESTABLISHED 1882. ALFREDO COCCHI DENIEDCOMPANY No One Allowed to See Accused Murderer of Ruth Cruger, New York Girl. BOLOGNA, Italy, July 3.—There was great excitement yesterday after the prison of San Giovanni in Monte, where Alfredo Cocchi, confessed slayer of Ruth Cruger, a New York high school girl is confined. Many persons tried to see Cocchi HARVEST IN FULL BLAST AND WHEAT IS AVERAGE CROP HARVEST IN FULL BLAST AND WHEAT IS AVERAGE CROP BERKELEY COUNTY FARMERS ARE IN MIDST OF HARVEST IN SUNSHINE THE GRAIN IS VERY LARGE AND PLUMP AND WILL WEIGH VERY HEAVY HAY CROP DEVELOPED LATE AND TIMOTHY AND ALFALFA YIELDING WELL With harvest in full blast, the farmers are in much better spirit, as they are garnering crops under bright sunshine and generally dry weather. Contrary to expectations, even up until the heavy rains in May, the wheat crop will be a good average in Berkeley county, is the estimate of leading farmers in different sections. The growth the last month of the season was something phenomenal, the wheat gaining two or three feet in height and developing long heads that are filled with the finest of grain. Local grain dealers expect some of the earliest cutting of this season's crop to be on the market within the next few days. It will start off at a price ranging around $2 per bushel unless there is a sudden decline within that time, or at least double the price of one year ago, and a steady market if not an increasing market is anticipated until all of the surplusage of wheat is disposed of. Meadows have also made wonderful late growth and will still improve in some p'acces with rain. Where six weeks ago the grass was not considered worth the mowing. In many cases the crop will be an average and timothy especially good. Some lie'ds of alfalfa are making fine yle'ds. Corn is looking well favored by warm nights but the effect of the dry weather is noticeabe except where local showers have given the crops a new lease of life. NO MATERIAL CHANGES IN ASSESSMENT OF PROPERTY The valuation of property in Berkeley county will not be subject to any material change. The board of equalization which is now in session, may make some occasional changes but as a rule property will be assessed at a similar figure as in the past. Returns to Florida. Mrs. W. G. Austin, who has been spending the past month at the home of her mother, Mrs. A. Zimmerman, Boyd avenue, left this morning for Washington, from where she will go to her home in Florida. She was accompanied to the nation's capital by her sister Mrs. J. Henry Wintermoyer, Wheeling, who is visiting here. Urges Bee Culture A meeting of Beekeepers of this vicinity was held at the Citizens National Bank, of Frostburg, Md., Monday. G. H. Cale, of the Maryland College of Agriculture and Kenneth Hawkins, field agent of the United States Agricultural Department, delivered addresses. Increased production of honey was urged because of the probable scarcity of sugar in the United States in the near future. Press. GUARDING MAN HELD ON MURDER CHARGE Feeling High Against Man Who Caused Death of Sheriff Davis of Mineral County. KEYSER, W. Va., July 3.—Following the securing of requisition papers, Peter Welsangoff, the saloonkeeper of Westernport, Md., was removed from Cumberland to the jail. Welsangoff, who was driving his automobile in Piedmont, when the machine collided with a bridge while Sheriff Dona'dl P. Davis, of Keyser, was on the running board, endeavoring to arrest him for violating the liquor laws, is charged with the murder of Davis. Because of the feeling a guard is maintained around the fail. BALTIMORE & OHIO SUED FOR $31,000 BALTIMORE & OHIO SUED FOR $31,000 Five Suits Instituted n Court at Frederick Against Railroad FREDERICK, Md., July 3.—Five suits aggregating $31,000 and growing out of an automobile wreck June 10 at the Double railroad crossing, when four persons were injured were filed in the Circuit Court against the B & O. The plaintiffs and damages claimed are Alvin Castle, by Walter Castle, his father, $10,000; J. D. Lambert, Jr., $1,000; J. Robert Cooksey, $5,000; Richard H. Cooksey, $10,000; John B. Royston by George C. Royston, his father, $5,000. The plaintiffs alleged that while motorizing from Leesburg to Frederick a train struck their automobile at Doubs crossing where there was no watchman. They also assort that the engineer did not blow the whistle. Castle alleges to have sustained a broken ar_m a fractured skull and internal injuries, J. R. Cooksey was cut about the head; R. H. Cooksey, cut and bruised, and Royston sustained a broken leg. Lambert is cuing for the loss of his car. The plaintiffs claim that the rail road was negligent and that it violates the law, which requires the rail road to place a watchman at the crossing from 6 a.m. until 9 p.m. FAILED TO AGREE Did Not Land Appointment on Ways and Means Committee. The failure of the republican members of the West Virginia delegation in Congress to agree upon one of their number for rthe position is said to be responsible for the failure of one of them to land on the ways and means committee, the most important committee in Congress, as successor to Congressman A. P. Gardner, Massachusetts, who resigned from Congress to go into the army. Old Home Week. The "Old Boys" of Greencastle have arranged to hold an "Old Home Week" from the 5th of August to the 12th of August. There will be no formal exercises, but as many as possible of the former residents of town will try to arrange to spend that week in their old home town. Company. W. VA. REPUBLICANS BY GAIN" 36. NO. 18 MR. WOLTZ GETS FINE ROAD POST Fine Appointment From the Max M. Woltz, Washington, formerly of Williamsport, has been appointed by the office of Public Roads and Rural Engineering of the U. S. Department of Agriculture to take charge of the accounting work for the district comprising California, Nevada, Arizona and New Mexico under the Federal New Road Act. Mr. Woltz who has been studying dentristy at George Washington University for the past year, has given up his course of study to accept the position. He will leave Washington this week for Berekeley, California, his official headquarters. Mr. Woltz is a son of the late Van L. Woltz, former hotel proprietor of Williamsport. GREECE AND THE WAR. The actual severing of diplomatic relations by Greece with Germany, AustriadHungary, Bulgaria and Turkey, brings another country into war on the side of the allies, although Greece has been overrun by Allied armies and its ports used as bases by Allied forces to such an extent that while theoretically neutral it has been an aid to the enemies of the Central Powers. The very geography of Greece will be of some aid in the campaign against the Central Powers, particularly in operations against Turkey, but its army and navy are not of such sufficient size to really be considered a material aid in ending the war. Greece has always been pro-ally, and only the influence of the queen over her husband, the former King Constantine, kept Greece from actual hostilities long ago. The queen was a sister of the Kaiser and naturally the sympathies were pro-Teuton, for blood is thicker than water. The entrance of Greece into the war, which, of course, will follow breaking off of diplomatic relations, will serve, however, to add another name to the long list of countries that opposed German Imperialism, which will give preponderant weight to our contentions of right, and will also serve as comfort to Germany, whose citizens may recount the odds against it and will drag in the name of Greece as having been the straw that broke the camel's back.—Charleston Gazette. Account of Hait Storm. This month's issue of The Trans mitter, a C. & P. Telephone Co. publication, contains a write up of the terrible hail storm which visited Hagerstown June 6, together with a number of pictures of badly damaged buildings. DR. FAHRNEY HAGERSTOWN, MD. DIAGNOSTICIAN Only chronic diseases. Send me your name and address and I will send you a mailing case and question blank. Don't use dope for chronic troubles, get cured. It is a satisfaction to know what the cause is. CONSULTATION FREE. Herbert Hoover is laboring toward making himself endeared to the people generally by exposing the rascally high prices of food products. He proves conclusively that the middle dealers—wholesalers—double their purchasing prices. To illustrate: they paid $1.05 a dozen for tomatoes and sold them for $2.21 per dozen, clearing $1.16. Such wholesale men should be jailed, and their goods sold by the government to the poor for much less than cost prices, considering the more than doubling their money on what has been sold. Go on Mr. Hoover, your exposition is what will make your name go down in honor. Subscription Rates: One Year ..... $1.60 Six Months ..... .75 Three Months ..... .50 Drawer 869.....Bell Phone 101J SATURDAY, JULY 8, 1917. When Roscoe Conkling, in 1880, took a stand for Grant for president, 308 men stood by and with him from start to finish and got medals for doing so. A braver contest than which, history has no record. It recalls ignorance's bold, lying, treacherous stand in Clarksburg against night backed by intelligent manhood. They died hard. It was akin to a battle of popguns in the hands of ignorance against intelligence with cannon. The verification that one man can chase a thousand, two put ten thousand to flight, was forcefully exemplified. Their tails may wiggle but their heads are dead, and Free Masonry in this state will, in the future grow in honor to God and man. The terrible East Saint Louis, Illinois wholesale murdering of innocent men, women and children, has few equals in this country. There is but one way to stop it. The Negroes must make up their minds to return shot for shot. The death of a coward enlists but little sympathy. Not so with a brave man. For one, we would rather be a dead bulldog than a cringing cur. Negroes need Nat Turners, Jack Trices, Robert Charleses, Anthony Crawfords and others to stop this hellish work of killing people who have done so much for America. "Send them back to Africa!" They belong here, where for centuries they have been born worked and fought for this, their country, and if God don't care for them, they must care for them selves. Entered at Postoffice, Martinsburg, West Virginia as second-class matter. Issues every Saturday by J. R. Clifford, Editor and Owner. ```markdown ``` Whiskey has by abuse, ruined millions of homes, but jealousy has done them ten thousand times more harm. It is our belief that the kings and queens of hell were its slaves. There are two things men have always had and always will—whiskey and women. Each can serve a divine purpose, or each can make a literal hell. The former should be gotten and controlled by love, the latter kept in homes and used medicinally. As a beverage it ought to be hated. As a medicine, there is none better. This nation cannot afford to fight and kill its own people, in the very face of engaging in the worst war the world has ever known or ever will. The spirit to cultivate is true brotherly love. For as we see the time is near at hand, who shall be called to arms to country. A child always ter for kindness less than ever works bet withstanding we are cruelty. Not we are but opposing called men children Which is the more to be dreaded, the sins of a century that have legalized hatred to mankind because and only because of the color of their skin, or the making, selling and drinking of whiskey? If the Supreme Court declares that lynching of Negroes in states bars them from taking action, and that the states must deal with them, how can said court enforce the "Bone Dry Law"? It must reverse itself to do it. womanhood what must be the crushing finality in full settlement for the fifty odd years of reenslavement and wholesale butchery? Why all this ado about the salary paid to Dr. W. E. B. DuBois by the National Association For The Advancement Of Colored People? He must be worth what the organization's board of directors has directed that he be paid, or he would not get it. In addition to his duties as Editor of the incomparable Crisis, he is Director of Publicity and Research for the N. A. A. C. P. To our way of thinking, $3,600, (that is what Editors Smith and Trotter publish he is getting.) is a salary hardly commensurate with the great work he is doing for the upbuilding of humanity in general, and the darker races in particular. No man can make us believe Dr. DuBois is either a traitor or a coward, because he stood up and fought the mob at Atlanta, Georgia, in 1898, when it was slaying Negroes by the score. It will be remembered by those who are familiar with racial matters, past and present, that he was a Professor in Atlanta University during that memorable butchery, and that above the din and turm oil created thereby, DuBois like, he was heard crying! Justice to Ne groes! or retaliation in kind upon their murderers. This man has been tried, and not found wanting in any quality that goes to make a real champion of the down trodden. Added to the above, he has literacy and editorial ability equal to anybody, and if he were getting $10,000 per year, we would not object. There are white editors who get $50,000, and they cannot for the life of them, wield a more trenchant pen than the editor of the Crisis. Let us have done with the envious spirit, and help, instead of knock our fellowman. TEACHERS COLLEGE A. B. and B. S. Courses in Education. SCHOOL OF MANUEL ARTS AND APPLIED SCIENCES B. S Courses in Engineering Home Economics, Manual Arts. CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC Mus. B. Courses. ACADEMY LIBRARY TRAINING CLASS PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY B. D. Courses, Diplomatic Course. SCHOOL OF LAW LL. B. Courses. HAGERSTOWN, MD. DIAGNOSTICIAN The climax: If his and Lincoln's prophesy came true for enslaving, selling, brutalizing and disgracing That the lynching fever is taking possession of the North and West is evidently seen. It is my Negroes who have left on some get rid of it for a time, work well, it will certain is just mentioned, WHITE MU be Greek to Greek. fight mob in many places will exampleocracy—New York, for white e, and we will have help by men and women in abund And by the way, a word to trashy mouthy Negroes: if you have no decency or self respect and your ignorance which is always coupled to impudence to all respectable people regardless of color, causes trouble, you won't get aid or sympathy from them, because you will deserve none. The best way to suppress riots and stop bloodshed is for the better class of both races to have an understanding to that end. No cause for race wars in America. Sum it up cooly and logically it is the work of the white scum of America, augmented by a kindred element of the world. The very element that George Washington warned us to keep out in his farewell address. Witnessing its influx, with the curse of slavery sapping its life, no wonder Thomas Jefferson said: "I tremble for my country." It is the white man destroying his creation and blood. God knows the creation was bad enough. Is not the killing of it worse? Bear in mind justice lays the blame where it belongs. White men of wealth, position and influence can easily put a stop to lynching. It was done here by two such men; Dr. J. W. McSherry and Mr. Archibald Oden, when Marshall Smith was strung to the C. V. Railroad bridge. The late Hon. C. J. Faulkner, Sr., could foresee, as he so eloquently prophesied in the Virginia Legislature, 1833, that unless the slaves were freed thirty years hence the United States would be drenched in blood. It was a powerful oration and came within one vote of freeing the slaves of Virginia. $195,000 WORTH OF BONDS SOLD BY COMMISSIONERS 1867 HOWARD UNIVERSITY 1917 iStephen M. Newman, A. M., D. D., President. COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES A. B. AND B. S. COURSES Two Preparatory Courses:—Classical, Scientific. COMMERCIAL COLLEGE [Secretarial Course, Accounting, General Course. SCHOOL OF MEDICINE M. D. Courses in Medicine, D. D. S. Courses in Dentistry, Phar. D. Courses in Pharmacy. For catalogue, address Howard University, Washington, D. C. DR. FAHRNEY Only chronic diseases. Send me your name and address and I will send you a mailing case and question blank. Don't use dope for chronic troubles, get cured. It is a satisfaction to know what the cause is. CONSULTATION FREE. CINCINNATI FIRM BUYS $100,000 WORTH, WHILE A BIG WHEELING INSURANCE COMPANY THROUGH ATTORNEY O'BRIEN TAKES THE REMAINDER—SALE OF BONDS MEANS THAT CITY STREETS WILL SOON BE PERMANENTLY IMPROVED—WORK ON SUBWAY WILL SOON START. The $195,000 worth of bonds to pave the city streets and otherwse permanently improve Martinsburg have been sold. This was announced today by the commissioners, H. H. Emmert, John T. Nadenbousch and C. A.: Miller who were appointed some time ago by the City Council for that purpose. The first sale was made on Tuesday when Attorney J. J. P. O'Brien, the well known assistant to District Attorney Stuart W. Walker, this city, representing a big Wheeling Insurance company, purchased $95,000 worth. The certified check for this amount will arrive here tomorrow or Saturday. Weil, Roth and Company, a leading Cincinnati, Ohio firm, with a branch office in New York, through a representative from the big eastern metropolis, yesterday bought the other $100,000. The check for this amount will probably be here the early part of next week. The completion of the sale of bonds means that the improvements to Martinsburg will start right away. The subway at the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad crossing on North Queen street will be started in the near future and work pushed rapidly to a finish. A number of the streets will next be given consideration and work will also be started on them very soon. The money th bonds brought will pave estimatey 32 miles of streets, besid the other improvements, which mean that within the next ye Martinsburg streets will be second to none in this section and we be a pride to the citizens of this thriving city in the eastern pa handle of West Virginia, which showed that it favored progreiveness by passing the issue by an overwhelming majority. THOSE WHO ARE EXEMPT. Persons engaged in industries, which act authorizes the President to exclude from the Officers of the United States and of the se- territory and the District of Columbia. Minister's of religion. Student's of Divinity. Persons in the military or naval service States. Subjects of Germany residing in the Un- All president, aliens who have not taken papers. Upon application to the local exemption, flowing may be discharged from military du Persons engraved in industries, which act of congress authorizes the President to exclude from the draft. Officers of the United States and of the several states territory and the District of Columbia. Persons in the military or naval service of the United States. Subjects of Germany residing in the United States. All resident aliens who have not taken out their first papers. Upon application to the local exemption board the following may be discharged from military duty. County and municipal officers. Custom house clerks. Persons employed by the United States mission of the mails. Employes at armories, arsenals and naval United States. Persons employed in the service of the designated by the President to be exempted Pilots. Mariners actually employed in some seas United States. Those with persons dependent upon them. Any persons members of religious stations, organized and existing May 18, 1911, existing principles forbids its members to join in any form. Persons employed by the United States in the tra mission of the mails. Employes at armories, arsenals and navy yards of United States. Persons employed in the service of the United St designated by the President to be exempted. Mariners actually employed in some service within United States. Any persons members of religious sects or orga tions, organized and existing May 18, 1917, whose th isting principles forbids its members to participate in any form. Those found to be morally deficient. NEWS NOTES FROM THE FARM BUREAU First Business Meeting of Fiscal Year Will be Held, Saturday Afternoon. The Berkeley County Farm Bureau will hold its first business meeting for the fiscal year at the office of the County agent on Saturday, July 7, at 2 o'clock. Business relating to the purchase of fertilizers for fall delivery and plants relating to the next extension school and the work in the county will be discussed. The matter of combining the dairy testing association with the farm bureau will receive consideration. A memorandum of agreement entered into between the Farm Bureau and the Extension Department at Morgantown is being sent to the men expecting to take part in or interested in the testing work. H. W. Cave, in charge of dairy extension will be present on Saturday and will be prepared to make any explanations necessary. All officers of the Farm Burau, and all club officers are expected to attend. Any others who are interested are extended a cordial invitation to come also. The regular monthly meeting of the Vancevesville Farmers' Club will be held at Vancevesville on Wednesday evening, July 11. Semiannual election of officers will be a portion of the program. Let's make it a rouser! News Notes. In the weekly market bulletin issued every Monday by J. H. Stewart, Commissioner of Agriculture, Charleston, W. Va., a large number of offerings for sale are listed for horse cattle, hogs, fruits and produce and miscellaneous articles. In another, the state, in connection with Mr Stewart asks that the Department be notified of any stands of bees for sale and the price for them. These weekly market bulletins will be received regularly at the office of the county agent, and will be retained for reference. Should you want to sell or buy anything, especially along agricultural lines notify the and we shall make an effort to help you out. Should we be unable to locate a buyer for you or a place where you can secure what you want, we shall be glad to send your name, addresses and articles for sale or wanted to Mr. Stewart. The scarcity of tin cans for home canning has made the source of supply rather uncertain up to a recent date. We are now in receipt of information regarding prices of tin cans and companies from which they can be secured in quantities. If any one in the county is interested we suggest that they call the office of the county agent for further information. The latest poster gotten out by the U. S. Department of Agriculture comes through the Department of Labor. We call your attention to the poster which is headed "Farm Help." We quote from it verbatim "Do you need help now?" The U. S. Department of Agriculture and the U. S. Department of Labor are working through the United States Employment Service, Federal State, and city co-operative systems, State Commissioners of Labor and Agriculture, the State Committees on food production and conservation, State Agricultural colleges, county agents, county organizers, and local community committees to supply, as far as possible a farm hand for every vacancy now and during harvest time. You must make your labor needs known at once; farm laborers will be sent from outside into a county only to fill actually vacant jobs. We know of no existing labor surplus; farmers should offer liberal wages to encourage the supply. Your local supply of regular and harvest labor must be used fully. Notify your local committee or your County agent today. Tell them how many men you need and when you must have them. Although, as yet, potatoes seem to be free from evidence of early or late blight and beetles have not been common enough to do any marked damage, financial security and assur- ance of a bumper crop may not prevent partial or total destruction of the crop within a very short time. If you haven't sprayed it, we are early or late blight, now is the time to do it. You are insuring your crop with every means you employ to bring it to maturity. Use Bordeaux mixture in proportion of 5 per cent copper sulphate, and 5 per cent quick lime to 50 gallons of water. This solution with 2 per cent arsenate of lead added to it makes a combined insecticide and fungicide, thus preventing blight and killing the bugs at one operation. For early potatoes one spraying now and one two weeks later should suffice. For late potatoes, spray with Bordeaux or Pyrox as indicated in directions given, every two weeks, after the plants have reached a height of 6 to 8 inches. It is not too late yet to sow buckwheat in orchard ground. Are you thinking about using a cover crop for otherwise bare ground this fall and winter? Why not follow early potatoes with turnips? SCHOOL TEXT BOOK BOARD RECONVENED BY THE GOVERNOR REQUESTED TO MEET NOT LATER THAN JULY 16 TO RECONSIDER ITS ACTION AT RECENT MEETING WHEN SWEEPING CHANGES WERE MADE IN SCHOOL BOOKS ACTION BY THE PEOPLE CHARLESTON. W. Va.. July 5. The State Board of Public Works late today announced postponement of further consideration of the bonds and school text book publishers and the governor was directed to request the state text book commission to reconvene in Charleston at the earliest practicable date for the purpose of re-considering its action as to the adoption of the school books in which it recently made sweeping changes. It was requested to meet not later than July 16. Supplementing the resolution of the board in submitting it to the members of the book commission, Governor Cornwell asks that the board meet here July 10, and added: "You are doubtless aware that the extensive changes in text books made by your board at its recent meeting is much resented throughout the state, and I trust the board can find is way clear to re-assemble and give this matter earnest reconsideration. BE PREPARED POPULAR MECHANICS MAGAZINE 300 ARTICLES - 300 ILLUSTRATIONS KEEP informed of the World's Progress in Engineering, Mechanics and Invention. For Father and Son and All the Family. It appeals to all classes—Old and Young—Men and Women. It is the Favorite Magazine in thousands of homes throughout the world. Our Foreign Correspondent once opportunity to host such for things now and interesting and it is Written So You Can Understand It The Shop Notes Department (20 Pages) contains Practical Hints for Shop Work and easy ware for the layman to do things around the Home. 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Aroused by indications that spies gave information to Berlin which enabled submarines to come almost to the American coast in an attempt to waylay and destroy transports loaded with troops for France, the government has begun the search with grim determination One of the first moves facing the government is the entire reorganization of the secret service system to bring it from an unwieldy institution of six or more separate agencies into a compact, alert organization capable of dealing with an efficient German spy system. Information from London saying that German spies who went from the United States wearing the insignia of the Red Cross forced the British and French governments to refuse to permit any nurses whose parents were unnaturalized Germans to cross the seas to administer to the French wounded, received also, added to the wrought-up feeling. Women working at the dressing stations near the front obtained valuable information which was transmitted to Germany. [Both Senator Chamberlain, chairman of the Senate military committee and Representative Dent, chairman of the military committee in the House, were insistent on rigid investigation into the spy system. Mr. Dent said it is now easy for any one, friend or foe, to obtain news of the sailing of American forces. "Death to Spies." Mr. Dent said he was fully aware that seemingly the most harmless message could contain information of the most dangerous character to the plans of the United States and for that reason there should be most careful scrutiny of all telegrams. Both Senator Chamber'a'n and Mr. Dent declared death should be the fate of spies. Senator Chamberlain said that the Germans without doubt have efficient systems of wireless in both Mexico and Venezuela by which news is sent to Berlin with ridiculous ease. "It seems to me apparent that the Germans are getting information concerning our military preparations and the movement of our forces. I have no doubt there are disloyal ersons in the departments who are making it their business to furnish such information. If they be found, they should be strung up without waiting for the formality of a trial by jury." The orders to the officers commanding the convoys were guarded with the closest secrecy. Only three men in the Navy department had full knowledge of the arrangements for the convoying of the expedition, Admiral Benson, chief of operations. Secretary Daniels and one other man whose name was not disclosed. The orders were issued in a special code which has rarely been used by the department. Those that went to Rear Admiral Albert Gleaves were sealed and were not opened until the ships under his command were well out to sea. The orders to Vice Admiral W. S. Sims, who took direct command of the destroyers in European waters which came to meet the transports, were not sent until the expedition had left the U- nited States. He was only allowed sufficient time to reach the appointe- neeting place. The possibility of a walk in the department there is not secured as remote by Secretary Dana- s and naval officers. There are various ways in which information could have been obtained outside the Navy Department of the preparation for the departure of the expedition, although efforts were made both by the War and Navy Departments to keep the $ ^{\mathrm{m}} $ as secret as possible. The official announcement of President Wilson that a division would be sent to France at once put the German government on guard. Subsequent' reference was made to the gathering of troops in New York in some newspapers. The embarkation was also known to many persons. Members of the families and friends of many of the members of the expedition were also probably aware in a general way of the time the ships were to leave. Such information might have been obtained in many ways. How it could have been sent to Germany constitutes according to the point of view of some naval officers, the most serious aspect of the whole syp problem. An apparently harmless commercial message sent to Sweeden or Spain and forwarded to Berlin might have warned the German admiralty to be on guard. It has been the British experience that only the most careful scrutiny can bring about the detection of the rea. import of messages which seem to be nothing more than perfunctory orders between commercial houses. Spain and Sweeden are regarded as the most probable channels of communication of this sort. It is also known that once a message reaches Switzerland it could be forwarded to Germany with ease. The little country is a nest of German spies and agents. Information Possibly General Naval officers do not regard it improbable that the Germans having this general information of the departure of the expedition would have shaped their plans to intercept it as they actually did. The first encounter with the submarines took place, it is understood, several hundred miles outside the imits of the danger zone. It is not improbable that the U-boats came as far to the westward es outside the limits of the danger ely to be taken by the transports in the hope of taking them off their guard. It is also regarded as probable that the submarines were posted on various routes that might have been taken by the American vessels. The fact that submarine activity appears to have declined in the general war zone in the past two weeks seems to give some basis for the conclusion that the undersea boats abandoned their usual posts to concentrate on the ransa'antic routes with the aim of sinking American ships and at the outset of the campaign demonstrate the futility of the active participation of the united States in the war. PREACHER ARRESTED FOR Moundsville, W., Va., is chupain of the Marshall county jail by virtue of his profession and the fact that he is serving a term for the violation of the prohibition law. He was arrested several weeks ago, at McMechon by Chief Logston, while taking home a quart of whiskey and 2 quarts of beer. The minister insisted he was Viking the liquor home to a sick wife. * 427,752 SCHOOL CHILDREN * IN WEST VIRGINIA..* CHARLESTON. July 5. The enumeration of the school children of West Virginia for 1917, according to the announcement today from the state department of schools, was 427,752, as compared with 419,890 last year. The gain was 7,862. Figures showing increase in regard to counties have not been completed. ```markdown ``` 2,000 PEOPLE GO FROM MARTINSBURG TO CELEBRATE 4TH VARIOUS TOWNS IN THIS SECTION DRAW VISITORS FROM HERE 600 PEOPLE ATTEND FIREMEN'S CELEBRATION IN HAGERS-TOWN. WINCHESTER, PEN-MAR, BERKELEY SPRINGS AND OTHERS DRAW MANY. Estimately 2,000 people left Martinsburg yesterday to celebrate the anniversary of the birth of American freedom. The crowd went in various towns, including, Hagerstown, Winchester, PenMar, Berkeley Spgs., Falling Waters and many other places within a radius of 75 miles. 600 Go to Hagersown. Hagerstown which had the biggest celebration in this vicinity drew the largest crowd from Martinsburg, over 600 tickets being sold at the Cumberland Valley here for that Maryland city. Winchester, where a patriotic celebration was held drew about 100, amount of vtsitors from this city. Nearly 100 went to Pen-Mar and almost that many to Berkeley Springs. Witness Big Parade At Hagerstown the crowd witnessed one of the largest affairs held by the firemen of the Cumberland Valley for many years. Companies from Winchester, Martinsburg, Shippensburg, Waynesboro, Charles Town, Greencastle, Carlisle, Mechaniesburg, Middletown and other places which have representatives in the Cumberland Valley Firemen's Association were present, together with bands from Keyser, Shippensburg Carlisle and other towns. Demonstration at Winchester It was quite a demonstration at Winchester in which thousands participated. A parade, in which many fire companies and bands turned out, followed by the raising of the American flag to the winds and patriotic addresses, the chief one by Congressman Harrison, of Virginia, wore the features. To Berkeley Springs. Berkley Springs drew a very large crowd from this city, many going on the Baltimore and Ohio, while some few made the journey in automobiles. The town was the scene of a parade, in which the band and other organizations participated. Thousands at Pen-Mar Pen-Mar park, that noted resort, which is the scene of more enjoyable affairs than any in this section, held thousands of people yesterday, among whom were scores of Martinsburgers. Excursions were run from York, Pa., and other towns. One hundred tickets were sold at the Cumberland Valley station yesterday for Falling Waters where a great crowd spent the day fishing, swimming and boat riding. They returned on the evening train. Qulet in Martinsburg. Things in Martinsburg were unusually quiet during the day. There was nothing extra for the people gave the ball game in the morning at Rosemont Park, at which a big crowd was present. Used 40 Years CARDUI The Woman's Tonic Sold Everywhere JOINS THE NAVY AS A CHAPLAIN Former Pastor of Methodist Church at Williamsport Now in the U. S. Service. Rev. Milton H. Petzold, former pastor of the Methodist church at Williamsport and Clearspring, and assigned by the last conference to Sykesville has been appointed a chaplain in the United States Navy and received his commission. Rev. Mr. Petzold resigned his charge at Sykesville immediately upon being notified of his appointment and with his wife was at Williamsport visiting friends over Sunday. OLD KAISER NOW HAS LITTLE TO DO BUT FRAME UP PRAYERS It is costomary to look forward toward the reign of the Crown Prince of Germany with a certain amount of fireboding, but in essence, if not in fact, the Crown Prince is already on the throne, says Prof. Charles G. Shaw, writing in the New York Herald. It is credible a belief that the Kaiser did not want war as that the heir apparent did. The Kaiser seems to have preferred his yacht to the U-boat, but the Crown Prince appears to have chosen more serious pasttimes. Just when the Kaiser abdicated psychologically in favor of his son is not a matter of recorded date, but the fact remains that Germany of today is ruled by the sentiments of the Prince. The Kaiser is a reminiscence, the Prince a harsh reality, and it is the decadent spirit of the Prince which appears, not only at Verdun, but all along the Hindenburg line and in the wake of Von Tirpitz and his U-boatage. Germany, then, is urged on by the thoubhtless impulses of the Crown Prince, while the function of his father seems to consist in expressing regrets for Germany's ruthlessness and in offering prayers for German successes. The virtual and Psychological ruler is a young man whose attitude toward life can hardly be understood by us without suggesting apologies to Harry Thaw and Wr. Waite. SHORT OF WAR STRENGTH President Wilson's call for volunteers for the United States army met with a weak response last week and as a result, the army remains 50,000 short of war strength, approximately 20,000 enlistments having been received during the seven days. The fact that soldier material is so hard to secure shows conclusively that the country is still slumbering in a state of apathy regarding the seriousness of the war. The people are ready and willing to give their wealth—to fight the men of the nation apparently have battles with dollars—but the young not considered the war as sufficiently important as to cause them to give up their present prosperous occupations, their comfortable homes, friends, relatives and sweethearts and seek the trenches and battlefields of France. And all this is true because the war has not been brought home to them. Each individual is holding back expecting the other fellow to step forward and fill the gap, and in so doing the youth of the nation is aiding and abetting the enemy. The earlier the date at which America puts her entire strength into the war, the sonner will it be over which means the saving of thousands of lives, and that is the manner in which the youths of the country should consider the war question. Whether the government will fill the army with conscripted men is a point for conjecture.—Wheeling Register. SAVE THE WASTE AND WIN THE In every Fairmont church yesterday some referenc was made to the national campaign against waste. In several of them the pastors preached striking sermons upon the subject. It is to be hoped that the auditors took home with them the great lesson which all this effort aimed to teach, for the elimination of waste is a vital matter to the nation, and the only way in which it can be brought about in a country like this is to enlist the intelligent co-operation of fashionable, as it were, it will be possible to deal with the bakeries, the food manufacturing establishments and the hotels and restaurants, if they do not show the proper disposition to fall in with the food conservation plans. In order to make the seriousness of the situation go home to the average man or woman some one coined the phrase, "save the waste and win the war." This expression is pleasing to the ear, but the statement would be nearer the truth if it read, "save the waste and preserve the world from starvation." The food shortage is world wide. For a variety of reasons, some of which the economists have not been able to fathom, production throughout the world has not been keeping pact with consumption. Even if the war would stop tomorrow there would be a most serious food shortage for a long time. Reserve stocks have been used up and it is a staggering fact that the world today is living from hand to mouth. This condition will last for at least two years no matter what happens in a military way. There is prospect that the food production in the United States will be very much above the average this year, taking every kind of food crops into consideration. But the drain upon us will be so heavy that there will be great want unless we are very frugal. This is a matter that cannot be overcome by the adoption of the policy which is outlined in such an expression as "feed America first." That will be done, to be sure, but we cannot let the rest of the world stärve. We must do our share toward feeding the rest of the world. If the war is to stop this fall, the first effect of the peace, in all probability, will be to add the people of the Central empires to the number that must be carried over the winter in part by American food. [We must, in short, prepare to do our duty as a great Christian people, and part of that duty is to see it that not even a slice of bread is wasted.]—Fairmont West Virginia. MOVE TO SELL REALTY OF JOHN T. McGRAW. Debts of Grafton Man Said to Amount to Over $700,000. GRAFTON, [W. Va., July 2.— With the object of disposing of the real estate of John T. McGraw wherever located in the state of West Virginia, to satisfy the lien debts against it, which amount to between $700,000 and $00,000 according to the authorities appointed to ascertain the claims of his creditors, a special session of the [Webster County Circuit Court was held at Webster Springs. The case is of consolidation of 3 suits, one situated in Webster county, one in Taylor and one in Jefferson county. Judg S. D. O'Brien, took the cases under consideration at the special term and it is probable that at the next term he will enter a decree directing the sale of all the real estate. The Webster and Taylor county suits have been pending about two and one-half years. A number of the judgments listed in the liabilities are those against McGraw and the corporation or corporations in which he is the principal stockholder, and he pleads that these judgments which should be first paid out of the assets of these corporations. Thus far, the court has refused to admit his claims in this respect. BOY THAT SHOT PLAYMATE SENT TO REFORM SCHOOL Payne Culp, 16 years of age, was this afternoon sentenced to confinement in the Maryland School for Boys at Lock Raven, Md., until he is of age by Judge Robert R Henderson. Culp was found guilty early last week of manslaughter and not guilty of the murder of Thomas Wilson, a 14-year-old school boy of Rode Oak school, Garrett county, early last March. POLITICS AND EXEMPTIONS. Definite and clear as are the presidential regulations governing the selective draft, great latitude is left to the exemption boards, and they must exercise their discretionary power wisely and justly or they will bring down upon themselves the righteous wrath of the people. STOMACH TROUBLE Mr. Marion Holcomb, of Nancy, Ky., says: "For quite a long while I suffered with stomach trouble. I would have pains and a heavy feeling after my meals, a most disagreeable taste in my mouth. If I ate anything with butter, oil or grease, I would spit it up. I began to have regular sick headache. I had used pills and tablets, but after a course of these, I would be constipated. It just seemed to tear my stomach all up. I found they were no good at all for my trouble. I heard In some of the Eastern States, where the governors or mayors have selected the local boards, there has been some disposition to criticise the selection as being political in their nature. 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All druggists. Presumably th boards which have been selected will act in good faith Their task will not be easy. Discriminations of any kind are more likely to be followed by political embarrassment than by political progress. If there should be any playing of politics, the exemption of one Republican for political reasons would be followed by an avalanche of protests from all other Republicans. The same would be found true by a Democratic board. (J 73) DO YOUR OWN SHOPPING "Onyx" Hosiery Gives the BEST VALUE for Your Money Every Kind from Cotton to Silk, For Men, Women and Children Any Color and Style From 25c to $5.00 per pair Look for the Trade Mark! Sold by All Good Dealers. WHOLESALE Lord & Taylor NEW YORK Unless the exemption work is done with absolute impartiality and a feeling of public confidence is created and the board will be a liability rather than an asset politically. The officials in charge will see this, and there is hardly a chance that any intelligent board will let politics creep in.—Washington Post. SINK LAKE SHIPS All Indications Point to Conspiracies on Broad Scale. NEW YORK, July 3.—Government agents have disclosed the existence of a great conspiracy to destroy or hinder shipping on the great lakes and thereby delay the organization of American war armies, and check the flow of food and munitions from the West to the Atlantic coast. C&B DAILY BETWEEN CLEVELAND & BUFFALO No conspirators have been captured, but the State, Navy and Justice departments are copoerating to bring the offenders to punishment. The Canadian government probably will be called upon to help. 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