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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1902-09-18
NOTICE TO
TAX PAYERS!


I or one Of my Deputies will BE- at the fol
lowing places Ia the county OF jefferson. 70
receive taxes for the year 1871. at which time
a discount Off per cent. will be made on all
Taxes for said year ItJz. n paid IN fail
Charles Town. Thursday and Friday, Octo-
Der and 8.
shenandoah Junction, Monday and Tues
day, October and 7.
Dslley'.. Tuesday and wednesday. oeto-
Der IL and IS.
LeetoWn, thursday and Friday. October 2
and 3.
KearBeysyilIe. Friday and Saturday. octo-
NiddIeway. Thursday and Friday. October
10 and IL.
sbepberdssovn. Friday and saturday. oc-
tobef and A.
day, October and
DunleIds, Friday and Saturday, October II
surnrait Point, Thursday and Friday, oeto-
Der and3.
Ripon. Wednesday and Thursday. October
IS and 10.
Kabletown. Tuesday and Wednesday. oc-
toner q aud n.
HsIiiown, Thursday and Friday. octooera
and
IIsrPss's Ferry. Friday and Saturday. oc-
Bsksrion. Friday and Saturday. October II
and Is.
I'D. BlLLMYER, Sheriff.
Sept 4, leV2-4w
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1902-09-18

The Charles Town Free Press Of
this morning contains the following
article concerning Mr.. Hursts fnan-
cial collapse
Two deeds of bargain and sale were
admitted to record in the county
clerks Office last Friday afternoon,
from Col. J. Garland Hurst and wife,
of Harpers Ferry, both bearing date
December 4, 1896, one conveying a
house and lot in Harper's Ferry, the
present residence of Mr.. Hurst, con-
sideration $4,000; and the other con-
veying a farm and another tract of
land near Dufields, consideration
$4,000, to Edward Tearney.
The placing of these deeds on rec
ord developed the fact that Colonel
Hurst had borrowed a large sum of
money from banks, building associa-
tons and private individuals, each
supposing that he owned these prop
critics and was perfectly solvent. 1t
is difficult to estimate the amount Of
Colonel Hurst's Indebtedness some
placing it as high as $4,000. The
deplorable feature Of the affair Is that
a large part Of it was borrowedin sums
of from a few hundreds up, from per-
sons who had but a small amount laid
aside and thought they had invested
it safely, and who could i'll afford to
lose it. 1t ia not improbable the Sc
curities of Colonel Hurst, in some
cases, may be much embarrassed. No
one seems to have had an idea that
he had borrowed to the extent that
has been developed, and he was looked
upon as being able to meet all his OBJ
legations. The affair has created no
little stir in business circles. In bor-
rowing Colonel Hurst has refused to
give deeds of trust on his farm and
residence, but it was supposed that he
merely did not wish to cucumber the
properties-no one supposing that 1t
had passed from his possession.
Colonel Hurst has held various po-
sition of trust and emolument from the
people of Jefferson county, having
twice been elected sherif-the first
time in 1884 and the last time in 1892
the latter time resigning before his
term expired; has served as deputy
sheriff, and on the staff of Governor
E. Willis Wilson; has been elected to
the legislature, and in 1900 was the
Democratic candidate for State treas
urer. He has always enjoyed the
confidence Of his constituents, and had
an unusually large following when he
was candidate for ofice-receiving,
perhaps, the largest majority Jefferson
has given to any Democratic candi-
| Jota
The Savannah morning news., 1902-05-08
CURRENT COMMENT.

The Detroit Free Press (Dem) says:
THE government of New Jersey is
preparing to wage a vigorous campaign
of determination against the mosquito
Evidently the mosquito has refused to
incorporate under the laws of that
state and pay his franchise fee"
The Chicago Chronicle (Dem.) says:
Theodore Roosevelt can strangle
mountain lions and subdue a broncho
as well as a cowboy. But Theodore
Roosevelt appears to lack the moral
courage to enforce the Sherman law
through its only effectual mode of en-
forcement, the criminal indictment of
the beef trust"
The Chattanooga Times says: 1.-THE
death of the Queen of Holland, at this
time. might cause serious political COM
plications in Europe. Germany has
long had a covetous eye on the little
kingdom. The succession would be in
confusion, with Germany grooming a
Hohenzollern for the throne, to which
line France would file very decided OBJ
jections"
The New York Times (Dem.) says:
bingham John D. Long would do we'll
~ SHtnu MS lilllt III NOHlcillt llilE his
orchard rather than in talking to news
paper cores ondents about Schley's
retrograde movement The day he
got news of it, he says, was one of
the dark days of the war. The truth
is that If the prosecution of the naval
part of the war had depended on Sec
rotary Long the darkness would have
been continuous Without energy. with
out decision of character, slow to make
up his mind and slow to act, Mr.. Long
is not and never was the man for a
post of responsibility in time of war.
Much too easy-going to be the real
chief of the Navy Department, he fell
at once under bureau influence and so
became an abettor of the movement
to destroy Schley, which he himself
should have crushed in its very in
eeption. For that disgrace and scan
dal John d. Long must be held re-
Sponsible. He was too timid and
nsrveless to rebuke the unprincipled
schemers while he had authority, and
noN that he is out of office he has not
the decency 10 cease talking"
The Savannah morning news., 1902-05-08
SOUTH GEORGIA DEVELOPMENT.

Those who think that the develop
ment of South Georgia is slow are not
keeping themselves informed as to
what is taking place in that section of
the state. We printed an item a day
or two ago respecting the amount of
wire fencing that is being built in
South Georgia counties. There is an
immense development in the direction
of cattle raising in some of these
counties.
The recent cane and cassava con-
vention at Brunswick aroused the peo-
pie to the possibilities that were with
in their reach, and it seems that hun
dreds of them are now fencing in
lands that had been practically neg
lected, their purpose being to raise
cattle. Their plan is to cultivate cas-
sava, which will carry the cattle
through the winter season and fat
ten them for market. They can de-
pend upon the fenced-in ranges for
grass for their herds during the sum-
mer.
1t is stated that one firm in Michigan
has already furnished this season $685.
600 worth of wire for fencing pur-
poses against $1,000 furnished for the
same period last year. This shows
that the lands are being fenced in rap
idly. Soon there will be no lands in
all South Georgia open to the public.
Those who have been accustomed to
depend upon the public ranges for
pasture for their COWS will soon have
to buy or rent land for their cattle.
If cassava and the velvet bean do
all that is promised for them it will
not be ten years before all of the
lands in South Georgia will be occu-
pied for pasture land and cane and
cassava fields. There will be a rush
of immigration TO that section, and all
of the pine lands which, until recently
were held to be of compare lively little
value after the timber was cut off, will
be cut up into grazing lands and cas-
sava farms.
We do not know the prices at
which these lands We're held prior to
the beginning of the present move
ment, but we venture to say that they
are much higher now than they were
a year ago.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-05-08
A StOne-Dead Town.

DO you keep ping-pong?" asked the
new resident of the proprietor of the
village grocery and general emporium.
according to Judge.
well, num-" was the answer. 1--WE
hain't ordered all our line O. fancy gro
ceries fer the summer, and"
"Oh, mercy! 1t isn't a grocery-it
is"
Il know it amt" broke in the store
keeper. Il was jest a-goin' to say that
when we ordered them we was goin'
to pick out the latest patterns in neck
ties, because we have a good trade
now, and"
Goodness me, man! 1t isn't to wear
it is to"
Il know that, too" interrupted the
proprietor of the store again; "I know
that. l was about to tell you that we
are intendin' to put in all the latest
novels when we lay in our new stocks,
and if you'll come around then we'll
be sure to have"
Dear mel" put in the lady. Ping
pong isn't a book-its a game"
WELL" said the merchant, I'VE try
to handle all the new goods our GUS
toners demand, but when it comes to
games, why seven-up and crokinole
holds the banner in this town, and l
don't reckon we want to make any
change this year"
The Savannah morning news., 1902-05-08
THE GARDENER CHARGES.


The charges made by Mai. Gardener,
the civil governor of the province Of
Tayabas, do not appear to be so very
serious. In fact, they are rather mild
in comparison with the charges which
have been brought against Gen.
Smith. The most serious is the one
regarding the assault upon five wo-
men.
1t is probable that Maj. Gardener
had no intention of making a sensa-
ton. Indeed, it is doubtful if he ex-
pected that his report, which contain
ed the charges, would be made public.
He had no intention of making a re-
port that would be the subject of
sensational investigation.
The report was sent to Judge Taft,
the chairman of the Philippine Com
mission, with the expectation that it
would reach him before he started on
his trip to Washington. 1t reached
him in Washington and he turned it
over to the Secretary of War.
Some of the charges refer to mat
ters which occurred over a year ago,
and some of them are of rather triv-
ial characteristic as would be likely
to occur where soldiers were brought
into contact with the people. But all
of them were of a character calculat-
ed to exasperate the Filipinos and
make it more difficult to pacify them.
1t was doubtless the idea of Maj Gar
dener that it would be advisable to
withdraw the military from contact
with the people as seon as possible
to put the soldiers in barracks at GER
tain central points where they would
be in readiness for service in the event
of trouble-and thus remove one of the
causes that was delaying the estab-
lishment of good feeling between the
people and the civil authorities.
1t is not settled yet that Maj. Garde-
ner will be brought from the Philip
pines in advance of his regiment. In
fact, now that it is known just about
what his testimony will be, it may be
that there will not be as much anxiety
to have his testimony as there was
There is not much reason for doubling
that the governors of about all of the
other provinces could give as damag-
ing testimony against military rule as
Maj. Gardener can, though no other
one of them might be as willing a wit
ness. But, as already stated, Maj.
Gardeners testimony is of small i'm
portance in comparison with the ad-
missions that Gen. Smith ordered the
province of Samar swept with fire and
sword and that everybody, except the
women, old men and children under
ten years of age, should be killed.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-05-08
INDEX 10 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

Meetings-Zerrubbab Lodge, No. Is,
F. and A. M.
Special Notices-Financial Notice,
James Hunter, Broker; To Bondhold-
ers, Savannah Volunteer Guards An
drew Hanley Company; P. p. p, Lipp-
mans Great Remedy; Election of
Teachers, ]. II. Witherington, Secre-
tary Dublin Board of Education.
Business Notices-Clarets, The S. W.
Branch Company.
Laundry-E. & w. Laundry.
Steamship Schedule-Ocean Steam
ship Company.
Watehes-Waltham Watches.
Oficial-City Ordinance.
Whiskey-Murray Hill Club Whiskey.
Mineral Water-Hunyadi Janos.
Grape Nuts Food-Postum Cereal
Company.
Medical-Peruna; Paine's Celery
Compound; DR.. Knapp Medical COM
pany; Thacher's Liver and Blood Syr-
up; Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Pills;
Blood Wine; Roman Eye Balsam; Hos
letters Stomach Bitters; Munyon
Rheumatism Cure; TUFTS Liver Pills;
S. S. S.; Wine of Cardui.
Cheap Column Advertisements-Hel
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For
Rent; For Sale; Lost; Personal; Mis-
cellaneous.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-05-08
THE MORNING NEWS is publish

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every day in the year, and served to
subscribers in the city, or sent by mail,
az 20 cents a month. $500 for six
months, and $500 for one year.
THE MORNING NEWS, by mail. six
times a week without Sunday issue,
three months, $3.50; six months. $500;
one year, $500.
THE WEEKLY NEWS, two issues a
week (Monday and Thursday, by mail.
one year. s1.OO.
Subscriptions payable in advance.
Remit by money order, check or reg
istered letter. Currency sent by mail
at risk Of sender.
Transient advertisements, other than
special column, local or reading no
tees, amusements and cheap or want
column. 10 cents a line. Fourteen lines
OF agate type-equal to one inch in
Depths the standard of measure
rnent. Contract rates and discounts
made known on application at business
office.
Orders for delivery of the Morning
News to either residence or place of
business can be made by mail or by
telephone No. 21O. Any irregularity in
delivery should be Immediately report
ed.
Letters and kilograms should be ad-
dressed MORNING NEWS" Savannah,
Ga.
EASTERN OFFICE. % Park Row,
New York City, H. C. Faulkner. Man
ager.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-05-08
Combination WINS Correct.

According to all the traditions, says
the Philadelphia Times, Commodore
Vanderbilt, who laid the foundation of
the family wealth that has become pro-
verbal, was a man without education,
knowing little of the three Rs" and
lamentably weak on spelling. He kept
to himself the word on which the COM
bination of the office-safe was based,
until suddenly sickness prevented his
appearing one morning. and it became
necessary to transfer the secret, in
order that the days work might be
done without let or hindrance. The
bookkeeper sent to the Commodore's
house for the word-key, and received
reply that dog" was the necessary
word. But every effort to release the
bolts on the dog combination fail
ed, and it was necessary to send again
to the Vanderbilt home, in the fear
that the old financier might have made
a thoughtless mistake. But the mes
senger was speedily convinced that the
mistake was somebody's else when the
1rasc1ble Commodore roared at him:
Dog you dog! Dog! Confound you
all for lot of zanies! Go back!-go
back to the Office, and open that safe
on dog -'d-O-r-g-e,' 'dOg'i"
The Savannah morning news., 1902-05-08
PERSONAL.
Chicago.

Col. William e. Peters on the 18th
of June will retire from the chair of
Latin in the University of Virginia,
after forty-siX years of continuous SER
wee. When his commanding general
ordered him to burn the town of Cham
bersburg during the Civil War he de-
clined to make war on helpless women
and children u.
John Quincy Adams Butts has just
completed half a century of service as
town clerk of Canaan, Maine, and his
friends there claim that in thirty years
he has not missed attending the an
nual and special town meetings, and
that no hand but his has recorded the
proceedings in the official records.
Lord Ampthill, Governor of Ma
dras, India. who is big man physi-
cally, was paid a somewhat left-hand-
ed compliment the other day by the
residents of kumbakonam, Southern
India, whittier he went on a visit. At
the railway station on his arrival a
jail-made carpet was spread for him
to alight upon. Woven into the fabric
was the figure of an elephant with the
legend; Good morning, jumbo"
Miss Azalene Earle, formerly of
Portland, but latterly a hello girl of
San Francisco, is now Mrs. William
Halleck Deming, and will travel in
Europe with her husband this sum-
mer,' says the Portland Oregonian
MIR. Deming. who is a man of wealth,
was attracted by her soft and gentle
voice in calling Number through the
telephone, and acquaintance and mar
riage followed. If the voices of the
telephone girls in this city have lately
become indistinct through muffied
sweetness, the above announcement ac-
counts for ii. :"
The Savannah morning news., 1902-05-08

Senator Hanna of Ohio is one of the
most remarkable men in Congress. saws
the Washington Star. He is sometimes
gruff in his manner and might easily
give the impression that he is a hard
man to enter into conversation with.
While he is one of the busiest men
in the world, he always finds time to
listen to persons who beg his ear. Sem
ator Hanna has one popularity that
stands pre-eminent. He never eats
alone. If he is not with some one he
invariably enters into conversati ton
with the waiter or some one at another
table. He is a lover of good things. but
the gastrics juices of his stomach do
not always perform their proper func-
tons.
The Senator was eating lunch in the
Senate restaurant the other day when
an old friend from Kentucky, who was
on a visit to the Capitol drifted in.
Around the Senator's plate were
grouped a number of dishes and he
was delving into them with apparent
relish. They entered into conversation
and finally the Senator said:
DO you know that l have one ambi-
ton in life. an ambition that is para
mount to all others"
THE presidency" queried his friend.
No" said the Senator.
We'll, what them"
Il would like to eat everything that
the palate could wish-the finest dishes
that can be prepared. and"
Here the Senator stopped.
And what?" asked his friend.
Il would like TO have the work of d.
gestion devolve upon some good Demo-
craft"
The Savannah morning news., 1902-05-08

To come to Congress from Arkansas
one must as a general proposition be
a native thereof says the Washington
Post. Pertinent to the exclusiveness
of the Arkansas native, Mr.. Dinsmore
sometimes jovially called "Sir Hugh"
because he is such a royal good fellow,
recounts an incident.
"A chap from Kansas came down
into our country said he, some
thing of a rowdy. After a residence of
some time in our midst he became en-
tangled in row at a drug store, and
was arrested by the constable. In the
scrimmage this ex-Kansan's leg was
broken, and he sued on the constable's
bond. The trial was held in my town
OF Fayetteville. A tall, water jointed
countryman was witness on the con-
stables side. Every bit of information
had to be extracted by tortuous pro-
cess.
Was this man creating a disturb
ance?' asked the constables attorney
of the witness.
'Yaas"
g Well how"
oh, talkin'.'
We'll, what did the Kansan say?"
oh, jes called constable a On
rascal and said the country was full
of rascals.'
90 Is that true?"
" I low there are a powerful heap of
them
'How's that?'
WAL, CALCULATED the slow. coun-
tryman with a quizzical look. they
jes' keep comm in. "
The Savannah morning news., 1902-05-08

A party of sightseers stood in the
gallery overlooking the floor of the
Produce Exchange, says the New York
Commercial Advertiser. One young
woman in the party, supposing she was
viewing the Stock Exchange, asked her
city friend which crowd on the floor
represented the bulls and which the
bears. The city friend informed her
that the bulls and bears were in the
south end of the building.
Where is the beef trust?" asked the
young woman.
THE beef trust doesn't do business
here" was the reply.
Il am so sorry" said the young wo-
man; I'VE were told that the beef
trust was squeezing, and we did want
to see it,"
The beef trust" answered the city
friend, lis very human. 1t prefers to
do its squeezing on the quiet"
The Savannah morning news., 1902-05-08
Womnns Ready Wit.

The ready wit af Southern women
was the subject Of comment at a re-
cent gathering; and numerous illus
trative anecdotes were told, say the
Philadelphia Times. One had to do
with a Virginia belle of a generation
ago-a member of the Clark County
Taylors, famous in the social history
of that State. Her betrothal to a
worthy gentleman by the name of Ma
son had been announced at a for
NAL function; and one young gentle
men, whose hopes with regard to her
had been crushed by the announce
ment, greeted her thus:
May 1 beg to assure you that 1
am always yours, in spite of the fact,
Miss Taylor, that I hear you are to
change your vocation for that of
Mason?"
She regarded him contemplatively for
moment, and then replied:
Il am not quite certain of that: for,
having found a goose, may decide
to remain a TAYLOR"
The Savannah morning news., 1902-05-08

treat In store for them, in the visit
and address of Minister WI Ting Fang
before the Military and Agricultural
college. Mr.. WI is probably one of
the best English scholars at the ma
tional capital and speaks the language
almost without foreign accent. He is
disappearing countries. being a bar
rister of the Kings Bench, London. No
foreigner who ever came to this coun-
try is keener sighted or has a finer
sense of wit and humor. With these
accomplishments, it is quite sure that
those who hear him at Milledgeville
will enjoy the occasion.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-05-08

The stage 1rishman with the red
whiskers, the pug nose and the short
pipe must go out of business, and the
comic picture Irishman must take his
departure from the funny" papers So
says Mr.. James P. Bree of New Ha-
ven, Conn.,, who is an officer of an
important Irish organization. Secre-
tary Bree declares the caricatures re-
ferred to have a tendency to bring
Irishmen into disrepute by holding
them up to be laughed at 1t isn't
often that one hears an Irishman kick
ing against a joke, even when it is
on himself.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-05-08

The Rev. F. L. Wiseman of Birming-
ham, England, made a rather striking
statement in New York the other day
while speaking on the reason for the
non-attendance of working people at
church. Il do not know how IT is in
your country" he said, but with US
the artisan class will not go to church.
Don't think it is because they are so
bad; it is because they are too honest
If they attend church they regard it
as making a pretense that they are
Christians. And 1 would rather not
have them come while they feel that
way"
The Savannah morning news., 1902-05-08
THE GREENE-CAYNoR CASE.

Nothing has been heard from Special
Assistant Attorney General Erwin
since he started out to capture Capt.
Greene and Col. Gaynor, who are en-
camped in Canada, and, as it has been
many days since his departure, the
suggestion has been made that he has
been kidnapped by them. When he
was last here he was careful not to
give an intimation of his plans for
the capture of the noted defendants,
and 1t is reasonable to suppose that
it is his purpose to take them I'M
awares. 1t may be that he has a deep
and dark plan for their capture, and
the country may be startled some day
soon by hearing that he has them with
in his grasp.
1t is evident. however, that he will
not have them here for the opening
of the United States Court on May
1S. When the court adjourned it was
probably expected that the machinery
of the law would be put into motion
at once, and that the accused parties
would be on hand on the date fixed
for the next meeting of the court. OF
course w. Gaynor and E. Gaynor will
be on hand if they are wanted, but
there is no probability that the gov
eminent will try them before 1t tries
the principal defendants. If it should
do so it would disclose its whole case
to Capt. Greene and Col. Gaynor be-
fore getting them within the turisdic-
tion of the court.
1t is probable therefore that May 10
will come and go without anything be-
ing done in the Greene-Gaynor case.
But the government is persistent and
patient. 1t believes that it can bring
the fugutives from Canada. and it
will not cease trying as long as there
is the least ground for hoping that it
will be successful
The Savannah morning news., 1902-05-08

The Chicago's sailors seem deter
mined to paint red that part of Eu-
rope with which they come in contact.
No sooner had they got out of trouble
in Venice than they got into it again
at Trieste; and for a second time the
captain of the ship had to go into the
Golfers for American gold with which
to pay the damages. There must be a
lack of discipline somewhere about the
Chicago.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-05-08

1t is rather difficult to understand the
reason for the Presidents appointment
of Gen. f. S. Bragg of Wisconsin to be
consul general at Havana. Gen. Bragg,
who is an old man, is not a RepubH-
can. and has taken no part in politics
since 1896. In that year he was a gold
Democrat and one of the leaders of
the Palmer Buckner movement. The
movement being beaten he withdrew
altogether from political activity. 1t is
understood that he is poor man. so
the 5000 salary will not be unaccepta-
bic to him, in all probability.