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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1888-09-22
STILL HEDGING AWAY.

General Golf has at last been shamed
into accepting the challenge to meet Mr..
w. L. Wilson, in joint discussion of the
tariff. Statesman.
Golf was never challenged to meet
Wilson, and the Democratic State Man
ayers have not directly challenged any
Republican. The half column double
loaded matter which the Statesman prints
80 boldly, was between Henry s. Walk
er, now state officer, and not candi-
date, and Gen. Golf the Republican can.
didate for Governor. 1t was political
design to obscure the issue and keep up
the challenging bluster about Wilson.
The Republican managers challenged
Fleming, the Democratic candidate for
Governor, to meet Golf, the Republican
candidate.
Mr.. Faulkner. the Intelligencer says.
spent a week at Wheeling. and managed
the Democratic correspondence. declar-
ing Fleming incapable of discussing the
political issues, all Of which the Demo
cratic papers steer clear of mentioning.
Here is where Wilson comes in, not as
chall enging Golf, but as substitute for
Fleming -
West Virginia Republican Executive
Committee, Wheeling, Sept. 18th,
1888.
Hon. T. S. Riley Democratic Chairman,
&c.
DEAR SIR Since you declined my
invitation to Judge Fleming to meet Gen.
Golf in joint discussion and attempt to
cover your retreat by proposing that
Hon. w. L. Wilson meet Gen. Golf, I
accept your invitation on behalf of Gen.
Golf and ask you to name the five places
at which you wish discussions to take
place. Very Respectfully,
w. j. w. CowDEN,
Republican Chairman.
AS to challenging. the Republicans did
all of it, and the Democrats simply blus-
tered through the papers for the sake of
keeping up their courage. The Republi-
cans sent challenge to Henry s. Wal
ker, offering to put Mr.. Burdette, Of
Wheeling, against him. No answer.
They offered to put G. w. Atkinson,
candidate for Congress in Golf 8 old dis
trict, against the Democratic candidate,
John 0. Pendleton. No answer to date.
They proposed that Mr.. A. Pollock meet
Sheriff w. G Hanlan, and Attorney
Gen. Caldwell meet NJ. w. P Hubbard,
no action.
There is plenty of raw material lying
around loose for joint debates. and the
Democratic Committee will not soon re-
peat its blunder of pronouncing Judge
Fleming incapable of coping with Gen.
Golf. That break has been generally de-
nounced and ridiculed by men of all
parties.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1888-09-22
NEWS OF THE WEEK.


Speaker Carlisle has been renomi-
mated for Congress by the Demo
Gratis of his district.
There were fifty-two new cases OF
yellow fever reported in Jacksonville
and seven deaths Monday.
The Brotherhood of Locomotive
Firemen have decided to amalga-
mate with the Knights Of Labor.
Twenty.four maidens from Sweden
arrived in New York under con-
tracts to marry men in Brooklyn and
the West.
A st. Louis Judge has refused to
natnralize a Chinaman, and holds
that none but pure whites and neg
roes are eligible.
William Bohann, of Rockaway, n.
Y, who gouged out his wife's eyes,
has been sentenced to twenty-seven
years Imprisonment.
An American flag inscribed with
the names of the Republican candi-
dates was cut down during Monday
night in Richmond, Va.
A resident of Nottinghamshire,
England, wrote to his brother in this
country that English workmen are
contributing money to be sent to
America to aid in bringing about
Free Trade here.
WHEELING, W. Va, Sept. H.
Sobieski Brady, ex secretary of state
of West Virginia, and prominent
banker, business man and politician
Of this city, died tonight, age seven.
ty.two.
Bishop Randolph, of Virginia, is
criticised severely for having admin.
istered the rite of confirmation to
Amelea Rives. Chandler in private
and outside of the Church edifice,
because she did not wish to 60 with
the "common crowd"
Pennsylvania and New Jersey
were visited by rain.storm Monday
equal to that which did so much
damage in Wheeling in August. The
Delaware, Schuylkill and Lehigh
Rivers rose rapidly, and creeks over
flowed, washing away barns, fences,
corn, logs, &c. Bridges were car
ried away and railroad tracks torn
up. Trains were delayed several
days.
The worst reports come from Eas-
ton, Bethlehem, PhillIpsburg,
Wllkesbarre, Carbondale, Pa, Bel.
videre, Frenchtown, N. j.; Middle.
town, Newburg, N. Y. and Bangor,
Me. The damage can not be esti.
mated.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1888-09-22
ONLY A HALFWAY MEASURE

Ism I the Mills Bill one-sided measure
"a poor rule that won't work both ways
conceived by Southern statesman, R. @.
Mills !; brought forth by Ways and
Means Committee composed of promi-
nent Southern leaders?
Isn't it q Democratic measure. endors-
ed by Democratic National Convention,
incorporated in National Democratic
platform, interpreted by Democratic
Presidents Free Trade Messenger
Doesn't the Mills Bill put ,rool, lumber.
coal, salt and ruU material on the FREE
LLSTe
Are not these West Virginia industries
and Northern and Western interests ?
Doesn't the Mills Bill put Protective
Tariff of 80 per cent. on Sugar and 100
per cent. on Ricel
Are sugar and rice not Southern Lou
isiana) industries
Therefore, II "a HIGH PROTECTIVE TARIFF
as good for Southern industries, ,chy is.it
not good for West Virginia ,oool, lumber,
coal, salt, pottery. and other industriess
If the Southern Trainer of the Mills Bill
and the Southern members of the Ways
and Means Committee took care of their
industries, rice and sugar, by placing a
High Protective Tariff on them, why did
not VIM. l.. Wilson, the member on the
Ways and Means Committee from West
Virginia, take care of West Virginia inter-
ests and industries, get uudeueloped and in
their infancy, BY hduing a protective tariff
put on tcool, coal, lumber, salt, and rdu
material, instead of vottpg to put them on
the FREE LLST9
Farmers and laborers, can you consist.
emily vote again for an avowed enemy OF
your interests, or will you support an
acknowledged home friend like FLICK
Will you vote for members of the Leg.
islature who will send a West Virginia
Free Trader and Louisiana Protectionist
like Congressman Wilson proved himself
to bel to the United States Senate; OF
will you support men like Buxton and
Kitchen, who will vote for your interests
and not be controlled by gang of cor.
rupt politicians, scrambling for seat in
the United States Senate through a regu.
lar and an extra session of your State
Legislature, at the cost of the taxpayers
and at the expense of necessary legisla.
ton to the people.
That's the fight, these are the facts,
and every voter has his own interests and
those of his children in his own hands.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1888-09-22
For TIE HERALD

Man wants but little here below,
Nor wants that little long,n
The poet has aptly said but even
that little is denied him here. It is
true, man wants little-just as little
as he can get ofthe discomforts pedes-
trians have to endure in walking over
the sidewalks of the principal
thoroughfares of the city. The condi.
lions of some of the pavements on
Queen st. during the late rains have
been simply horrible. Rainy wealth
er, to say the least, is very disagree
able to persons who are compelled to
be out doors, but their cup of misery
is overf1own when they have to run
the gauntlet of loose bricks and mud
holes, in which some of our walks
abound. One place especially there
are legends of them) is very bad.
We refer to the pavements confront
ing the Dunn property, on Queen and
Burk Sts., which are a fair sample of
how bad walk can be. To say they
are disgrace to civilization and to
an enterprising place like this, is ar
raigning them far too easy. Why is
it that the +" city fathers" do not have
this nuisance removed and a decent
walk placed in its stead? We know
the man who laid the bricks (if he is
living) would be ashamed to own the
creation of his own hands. We would
suggest that the Council purchase
spectacles, and not of the discriminate
ing kind either, but ones that will see
the rich in the same light as the poor,
and not compel poor widow to take
upa good pavement and allow the
well.to-do (nothing) to keep theirs in
a condition unfit for the use intend
ed; and then perhaps they will see
that the nuisances are abated. Clean
illness may be next to Goodness, but
we object-strenuously-to the cleans
ing process when it is administered in
the form of a shower of muddy water
elected from between loose bricks.
That the foregoing is a fair statement
of facts, any citizen will testify. Cam
not we pertinently ask, how long this
condition of affairs is going to exist ?
OBSERVER.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1888-09-22
LEET0WN NEWS.

Several weeks has elapsed since
Leetown has been represented in the
columns of your valuable paper per-
haps, few lines at this time will be
acceptable.
The Democrats of this propinquity
will organize Cleveland and Thur
man club at Leetown tomorrow
night.
Thos. B. Holman, of our village, is
at present employed in the machine
shops at Mines, Va.
Miss Virgie Snyder of this vicinity,
is visiting friends near Springfield,
Fairfax Co., Va.
A Ministers and Deacons' meeting
OF the Shenandoah Valley Baptist AS
ISOLATION will be held at Leetown,
Sept. 27-30th.
Miss Jane Lock and Mrs. DIR. Steph-
ems, who have been visiting friends
and relatives in this vicinity have re-
turned to their home in Washington,
d. G.
Misses - Whitney and Katie Nc.
REYNOLDS, of Washington, D. G. are
visiting Mrs. Elizabeth Bowers near
Leetown.
Our esteemed friend Joseph Wal
per has been arguing for the last eight
years, from practical standpoint,
that there is more pleasure in pursuit
than in possession, but on last Satur-
day evening in the quiet city Of Hag-
erstown at 8 O'Clock p. m. he admit
ted the error of his way, and as a
proof thereof, he and Miss George
Lee Johnson were united in the holy
bonds of matrimony. The happy
couple have many friends, of whom
the writer is one, who congratulate
and extend to them their best wishes,
for health, wealth and happiness.
Sept. 8, 1888. X.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1888-09-22

The Jefferson Republicans are on
the right track,-a full ticket of the
best men in the county. We hearti.
ly endorse the suggestion of the
name of Mr.. Higginbotham for the
Senate. Straightout Republicanism
will win in the end, and this is a
good year for victory in the begin.
mug and all around. In the popu.
lar mind and feeling issues are tight.
ly drawn and an Independent ticket
would meet with little favor, if not
prove great injury to the regular
ticket. The citizens of Berkeley
want no Independent on theirs, while
the best straighout material is to the
Ii ont.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1888-09-22
NO B. &. o. DIVIDEND.

BALTIMORE, Sept. 19.-The fol.
lowing statement shows the earnings
and expenses OF the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad for August, 1888 TAP
proximated), as compared with Au.
gust, 1887: Earnings. 1887, s2,O31,.
6S1 expenses, 81, 1926; net, 1856.
40. Earnings, 1888, S1,95S,54S;
expenses, S1,1SS,284; net, s770, 264.
The earnings and expenses for the
eleven months ofthe fiscalyear 1887 8.
compared with the same months of
che fiscal Year 1886 z august, 1888.
approximately, is as follows: Earn
lngs, 1887, S1S,GO4, $50; expenses.
Sl2,967,23S; net, S5,637,112. 1888
earnings, SIS. 567, 534 expenses, 3d..
net, 1914, SS9.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1888-09-22
A FEW NICE QUESTIONS FOR THE
DEMOCRATS TO ANSWER

"Why are you in favor of free
wool, free lumber and tree salt, and
not in favor of free rice and free sug-
arr
Are you in favor of keeping up
the internal revenue system
"Why is England in favor of
Cleveland and his policy7
Why is every free trader in the
land for Cleveland aud the Mills
bill?
"What possible or reasonable ex.
cuse could protection Democrat or
Republican have for voting with
youg"
If protection is good for the sugar
industry of Louisiana, why would
not protection be good for the wool
and lumber industries of West Vir.
ginia, and the ore and iron industries
Of Pa. and Virginia ?
If the war taxes are so abommable
why are you in favor of keeping up
the worst feature OF the war taxes.
the internal revenue on to bacco and
whisky?
Nearly every poor man uses tObac-
co. and every poor family uses sugar
and rice, and yet the Democrats fay.
or and vote for "war tax" on to-
bacco and a high tariff on sugar.
Where is there principle or consis.
tency?
awe propose therefore to stimulate
our domestic and industrial enter
prise by freeing from duty the i'm.
ported raw material which by the
employment of labor are used iu our
home manufactures" --President
Clecelamd's Letter Of Acceptance.
How much will it s. stimulate " the
domestic and industrial enterprise y
of coal mining in West Virginia by
removieg the tariff tax of 80 cents a
ton Oh all bituminons Goals 7
How much will it 50 stimulate y the
wool-growing industry by taking off
the tax of 10 cents on imported wool.
Will it " stimulate" our lumber
interests by admitting free of duty
-. l. r. a n
ish possessions like the one recent.
ly landed at New York-22,000 logs
in one lot?
If free wool Will cheaper the cost
of wooden clothes, how can it increase
the price of wool or of labor?
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1888-09-22
FREE SALT FOR THE ENGLISH.

We showed last week that free
lumber in the Mills Bill, did rot mean
lumber as raw material las logs and
lumber in the rough are free,) but
anything manufactured out of lum-
Der or on which more or less work
has been expended, We now send
millions of feet of lumber to Europe.
which, under the Mills Bill, they can
manufacture into any article and
ship 1t back free. Europe would
make the profit of trade in it's sale,
and America would have but the
poor Gays pay of cutting and ship.
ping the rough logs,-all unskilled
labor. Is it not reasonable that if
West Va. is to give up all her val.
liable timber, it would pay her peo-
pie one hundred times more to man.
ufacture it at home and reap the
profit of the make and the sale?
Now take salt. Few people think
there is much in salt. 1t is free on
the Mills bill,-a bill passed by a
Democratic House and endorsed by
a Democratic National Convention,
and engrafted in the platform upon
which a Democratic candidate is
running for the presidency. With
the exception of Russia, the U. S.
has greater supply of salt than any
country in the world,-like her coal,
inexhaustible. Salt is not like coal
that it can be shipped directly from
the mine or well; it is maRutactur-
ed article; labor has to be expended
in its preparation and publication.
The South where the Mills Bill
comes FROM has no interest what.
ever in the salt business. New York,
Pa, Michigan and West Va. (all
along the Ohio, are the principal salt
producing states; and mark. 80 are
they of acool, coal and lumber all on
the FREE LIST in the Mills Bill.
There is tariff of s cents per 100
lbs. on bulk salt and II cents per 100
lbs. in bags, coming into this coun,
try from Europe. In spite of this tar
if England shipped last year to the
American markets 100000 bush.
els ofsalt. [See American Cyclopedia
and the " American Almanacn for
1888 on salt. English salt as early
as 1916 drove american salt from the
Eastern markets in spite of the pro-
tective tariff. Yet the Mills bill
now makes it entirely free of duty.
In 1880 America had about nine
million dollars invested in salt works,
and but for the English competition
would have millions more. Salt sells
in England for about what it does
here, and putting it on the free list
would not cheaper it fraction of a
cent for the poor man, but it would
throw out of employment the thous-
ands of men now at work in the salt
industry.
England manufactures more salt
than any other country; and her
army of ships, having nothing else
to bring to our protective country,
load up SALT as ballast aoithout any
loss to the exporter. The Mills Bill
free Salt,-would kill the American
salt industry to build up the ENGLISH
salt trade.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1888-09-22

The Importance Of purifying the blood cam
not be overestimated, for without pure blood
you cannot enjoy good health.
At this season nearly every one needs .
good medicine to purify, vitalize, and enrich
the blood, and we ask you to try HOODS
n.I.. Sarsaparilla. Itstrengthens
Peculiar and builds up the system,
creates an appetite, and tones the digestion,
while it eradicates disease. The peculiar
combination, proportion, and preparation
Of the vegetable remedies used give TO
10 Hoods dn,s ssrsapa1a pse NJ To Itself
other medicine has such arecordo wonderful
cures. II you have made up your mind to
buy Hoods Sarsaparilla do not be induced to
take any other instead. It is Peculiar
Medicine, and Is worthy your confidence.
Hoods Sarsaparilla is sold by all druggists.
Prepared by @. I. Hood 8 Co., Lowell, Mass.
100 Doses One Dollar
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1888-09-22

The Republicans of Morgan cOun-
ty nominated the following excel.
lent ticket Saturday: For Sheriff, A.
M. Mendenball; For Legislature,
Gotlieb F. Weber; For Prosecuting
Attorney, I. w. B. Duckwall; For
Surveyor, w. FL. Mccullough; For
Commissioners, Adam Spring and
Francis Grove; For Assessor, John
III. Filler. Great enthusiasm pre-.
vailed. The county is solid for Har-
rison, Morton, Golf and Protection,
by over 400 majority. Morgan coun-
ty is one of the faithful, and, al.
though almost surrounded by Demo.
cratic counties, has never failed to
do her duty.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1888-09-22

A SINGULAR OCCURRENCE.-The
Hagerstown Globe of last Thursday
says: "a gentleman of this city,
who had been visiting at Myersville,
Frederick county, tells of a singular
occurrence In that vicinity few days
ago. A farmer, whose name he has
forgotten, was engaged in hauling a
load of hay, being seated on top the
load. By some means he "lost his
grip" and slid from his perch. Land
ing on one of the horses, being very
heavy man, he broke the animals
back and the horse fell dead in the
harness. The man escaped injury"
- Frederick Union.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1888-09-22

If the Democrats are so sincere
in wishing to give the poor man
CHEAP CLOTHES by removing the
tariff on wool, why do they not give
him cheap sugar and cheap rice by
removing the tariff and making su.
gar and rice FREE like they do wool.
instead of raising the tariff on rice
and sugar nearly 100 per cent.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1888-09-22

The Supreme Lodge of Odd Eel
lows, in session in California, reject.
ed a proposition to admit young men
OF eighteen years to membership.
During the twenty.four hours end
ing Thursday morning there were
80 new cases of yellow fever in
Jacksonville and fourteen deaths.
The Senate passed resolution
appropriating $1,000 to be expend.
ed under the direction of the Presi.
dent in relief of the yellow fever suf-
ferers.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1888-09-22

The Mccoy Hatfield troubles have
broken ont afresh, and in fight Sat
urday night two of the West Virgin
Ia gang were killed.
Through a telegraph operators
neglect two trains collided on the
New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio
Railroad. near Akron, Ohio, and
Engineer Joseph Armstrong was
crushed to death.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1888-09-22

We introduce another new adver-
tiser to THE HERALD readers this
week, --Messrs. Hamilton Easter &
Sons, of Baltimore Street, near Light,
Baltimore: They are we'll known to
US as old advertisers in the papers of
Southern Pennsylvania, where they
had a large trade, and there is no reas-
on why they shouldn't have many
customers In the Virginias, brought in
close connection with Baltimore
through tie B. & O. They have one
of the largest dry goods houses in
Baltimore and a business house in
Paris, and are old and reliable whole
sale and retail dealers whom we take
pleasure in recommending.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1888-09-22
The Democratic State Committe

The Democratic State Committee
OF West Virginia have declined to
accept Mr.. Colts challenge for a
joint debate with Judge Fleming, the
Democratic candidate for governor.
The reason given is that Judge
Fleming is not possessed of 'such
political information as would fit him
for the general discussion OF the
economic and political issues involv-
ed IN the present canvass" This con
fession of the ignorance OF their can.
didate is certainly astounding. And
this is a campaign of "intellect"
and "information," too !-American.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1888-09-22

A singular experiment with wheat
has been made in Massachusetts. Last
year Mr.. David Drew received some
grains of Egyptian wheat taken from
mummy exhumed near the ruins of
Memphis, and belonging it is believ-
ed to the period of the Ninth Dynasty
which would make it grown about g.
900 before the Christian era, or nearly
5000 years old. The seed was plant
ed early in the spring, and carefully
nursed. They grew rapidly, and at
the time of cutting measured 81 to 7
feet high. The leaves alternate on
the stalk like common wheat, but the
product of the plant is the most sim
gular part of it, for instead of growing
on an ear like modern corn, there is a
heavy cluster of small twigs in place
of the spindle, which hangs down.
ward from its weight. and each twig
is thickly studded with kernels, each
of which is in a separate husk. From
the seed gathered a large crop is ex.
pected next year, as the result proves
this growth to exceed in quality any,
thing that the modern grain can
grow.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1888-09-22
Don't ExDerimenf-

You cannot afford to waste time in ex-
perimenting when your lungs are in dam
ger. Do not permit any dealer to i'm
pose upon you with some cheap imita.
tation of DR.. Kings New Discovery for
Consumption, Coughs and Colds. but be
sure you get the genuine. Because he
can make more profit he may tell you
he has something just as good, or just
the same. Don't be deceived, but insist
upon getting DR.. Kings New Discovery,
which is guaranteed to give relief in all
Throat, Lung and Chest affections.
Trial bottle 10c. at E. G. Williams, Jr.,
& Bro. g Drug Store. Large Bottles 81.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1888-09-22
Peculiar

In the combination, proportion, and pre-
paration Of its ingredients, Hood s Sarsa-
parilla accomplishes cures where other
preparations entirely fail. Peculiar in
its good name at home, which is a $ tow
er of strength abroad" peculiar in the
sales it has attained, Hood g
Sarsaparilla is the most successful medi-
cine for purifying the blood, giving
strength. and creating an appetite.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1888-09-22

The fraudulent, peuured and cor.
rupt election officers convicted and
sent to the penitentiary from Balti-
more after the last election, are be.
ing pardoned by the Democratic
Governor of Maryland. Their val
liable services are again in demand.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1888-09-22

Men like Messrs. j. III. Burt and
Samuel Dawson, who refuse to sup,
port free trade party because they
conscientlously believe in the princi-
pies of protection, command the re.
spect of all men and bring out the
redeeming feature in politics,-hon
esty OF purpose,-as worthy exam.
pie Tor voters OF all parties to follow.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1888-09-22

The Democratic papers shouldn't
open their mouths about .boodle, y
aud "colored voter should put
them to blush for shame. Their par.
ty is cunning for votes with plenty
of ammunition and all kind of tackle.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1888-09-22

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING.
There will be a meeting of the Re-
publican Executive Committee, Satur-
day, Sept. 22d, at Young Mems Re-
publican League Rooms, at o'clock
p. IN. All members are requested to
be present. LUTHER MILLER. Chr.
J. w. DEGRANGE, Sec'y.