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, 1902-04-04
FOR RAILWAY REGULATION.

There is every indication that some
law will soon be passed by the con-
gross that will regulate railway
charges and give the interstate COM
merce commission power to enforce
such regulation. The agitation is now
persistent and must soon be effective.
Al q meeting of the Illinois Manufac.
turers' association Wednesday night,
in the city of Chicago, Commissioner
Prouty Of the interstate commerce
commission made an argument at once
logical and conclusive We append a
few excerpts:
II wa = little astonished and a good
deal pleased to know that you were be-
ginning to realize here,a at the center of
railway operations that such a thing
~ an advance in rates was possible.
The general impression Is the other
way. The statement that rates In the
United States are the lowest in the
world, that they M too low, that they
are continually becoming lower, has
been % persistently circulated that it
has come to be almost an axiom that
discrimination IL the only real evil and
that there 10 NO possible danger to be
apprehended from unreasonably high
rates.
my own opinion is. and always has
been, exactly the other way. While it
is perhaps true that the crying evil Of
today is the reailway preference, and
while the magnitude Of that wrong can
scarcely be ov~erstated. the ultimate
danger which confronts US is the ex-
cessive transportation charge-that
this species Of property, largely owned
and entirely controlled by the 81
wealthy. Will impose upon every other
species Of property and therefore main
ly In the end upon the poorer classes,
IN unjust tax.
Monopoly has been odioua in all
ages not because It discriminates, but
because 1t EFFORTS. We are face to face
with railroad monopoly.
''The cost of moving trafnc has stead
lily declined and is steadily declining.
One man today transports more tons
n mile than he did ten, or three
years ago. Cars are more heavily
loaded, trains are longer, grades and
curves are easier. The profit Of oper-
ating . railroad increases rapidly with
the increase Of tranc. The track Is
there and must be maintained. The
ONCE force Of the company must be
kept up In other words, the fxed
charges are much the same, whether
the amount Of trafic be great Dr. little.
and even the actual expense Of moving
decreases In proportion ~ tramc in
creases.
Nov, Why 10 1t that when cost Of
transportation II decreasing, when ton
mage IL increasing. when gross
nuss are STEADILY growing larger and
net revenues are still more rapidly
sgaiatns, ths nts Itself should also ad-
vancer an not inquirins into the JUS
toe q the thing. II rates were too
-. ~ easht to advance. The qpes
- - 70 the reason for the thiAg to
.AAysnees The question Il y to the
H611p3yse the thing itself. A -
tAogrsasoa u that by various processes
t4lars b bsins eliminated from ths ran
, 1902-04-04

There is = Laramie mar who Is won
dering whether the joke 10 on his wife
or him. He was at Cheyenne and call,
ed her up by telephone. Hello! sweet
heart" said he, in his most pleasing
tone, and she replied: who is this
talking?" He is wondering IL there
arc others,
, 1902-04-04

way operations of the United States
the factor of railway competition.
1t is vigorously insisted that rail,
way competition does not reduce rail
apprehended from the removal of such
competition.
Upon the contrary. ! undertake TO
affirm that no important reduction Of
general import has been made in the
published rate during the last decade
which was not mainly due to railway
that no advance has been made in the
published rate, or in the actual rate,
in recent years, which has not been
affected by the elimination of some
railway competition"
while many thoughtful men hold
that so long as railways are operated
by private capital justice requires that
in the first instance the establishment
of the rate should rest with them. The
carrier should be allowed to say what
conditions it will meet, what traffic it
will develop; but when once its rates
have been put in effect, the govern.
ment must determine as a measure of
self-rrotection whether those rates are
just and reasonable"
In all attempts to regulate that rate
the greatest caution must be observed.
Every safeguard must be used which
can insure a fair and just determine,
ton to all parties: but finally, by some
means n in some way, the charges
which the railways OF this land impose
for the transportation of persons and
Of property must be subjected to pub,
lie supervision. In no other way can
those conditions which confront us be
met. You canno have competition,
and you must put something in the
place Of It."
, 1902-04-04
CONVENIENT POCKET MAPS
OF STATE oF WYOMING


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, 1902-04-04

Father Jette, a missionary among
the Nulato Indians. whose habitat u
near the polar circle, has made = care
full study Of Indian tongues and fnds
that the Nulato language and that Of
the Apaches are much alike, though
they o live thousands of miles
apart.
, 1902-04-04
Chez In HIS Lsst Lee.

For sores, burns. bruises. Or othsr
wounds Dewitt's Witch HAsel 0a1ve
Is = sure an Skin diseases Yield 70
1t ct once. Never fails in cases Of piles.
None genuine but DeVultt's. Il suffer
ed for year, from . gunshot In my LETT
leg" says A. 8. Fuller. Nnslish, Ind. Il
used all kinds Of remedies to 70 pm
pose until l tried DeWftt's winch H.
salve. A few boxes completely cur.
ed me" Laramie Drug Co
, 1902-04-04

II see," remarked the T~obacconist,
YEARLY to the Wooden Indian, that
they are discussing that old question
Of whether it's the United States is
or the United States are thought
we settled that for good in 1865"
, 1902-04-04

At Wichita, Kan, A. M. Furnish
threw down a letter which he had been
reading and petulently said: They are
always asking about my health when
| am all right" Two minutes later
Mr.. Furnish died from a hemorrhage.
, 1902-04-04

Stockmen Of America are not com.
planning about the high price Of beef
and pork. Beef on Wednesday reached
the highest point since 1Ss2-$7.5O on
foot, and hogs sold at $7.O5.
, 1902-04-04

The cold weather Of the present win
ter has not been surpassed since that
Of 1ss3. and many Esxae birds persisted
by the cold. Sportsmen estimate that
in the Schuylkiu regions alone there
perished from hunger and cold more
than 10000 quail
, 1902-04-04
Neglect Mean. Danger.

Don't neglect biliousness and consti-
patton. DeWitt's Little Early Risers
Ire such cases. NJ. B. Smith, Butter
nut, Mich, says: "Dewitt's Little Ear
ly Risers are the most satisfactory pills
I ever took. Never grippe or aus nau-
sea-" Laramie Drug Co.
, 1902-04-04

With a view to checking the furious
driving of motor carriages the Dover
(England) corporation has resolved to
station police officers at various points.
with stop watches. to time the speed OF
the drivers.
, 1902-04-04
FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 1902.

The Cheyenne business college girls
were defeated by the Greeley school
basket ballers. oh, Cheyenne! Is your
glory fading?
, 1902-04-04

A convention now in session at
Louisville ID organizing a union OF re-
form forces against plutocracy." Did
anybody v e hear that slogan before?
, 1902-04-04

Josh Billings definition Of a bore:
"A man who talks so much about his
self that he does not give you an op-
portunity to talk about yourself"
, 1902-04-04

Daily RsSsblieaa 60 ~ nsaEA.
Woodruff County news., 1902-01-02
VOL. 1

NOUlce our HeW dQQS U1llS week. The two Stables are up-to datein every respect. Read their adds.
 pr. H. iP, Hargis and Dr. J. w. Morris have both placed their professional cards in the News for 1902.
 On last Monday, we had the following boys of our town and neighborhood pay us a visit: Master Floyd Johnson and his brother Maynard, Clyde Math- ews and Leslie .Sturdivant.
 Therapeutics of BILLIARDS SNOW LINIMENT possess a range of usefulness greater than any other remedy. A day sel- dom passes in every household. especially where there are chil- dren, that It is not needed. Price, 90 cents. Sold by Dr. Neal.
 John Johnson of Newport is visiting friends and relatives. He can not get through making the rounds as quick as Bob and Idella, so he is $ ill here enjoying him. self. One thing about John he will go and see all of his friends. He visited the News office while here.
 { HERBINE should be used to enrich and purify the blood: it cures all forms of blood disor. ders. IS especially useful in sfevers, skin eruptions, boils, sa)im ples, blackheads. scrofula, Isalt rheum and every form of blood impurity; 1t k safe and effectual cure Price, 90 cents. fSpld by pr. Neal,
 \ @ Ernest and Gus Kramer, sons IN onr friend K. B. Kramer came Nome to spend christmas. The bld man is very proud of his boys Rnd well he may be for they are Enaking quite success of the {news paper business over in Woodruff county, one at Aug
Woodruff County news., 1902-01-02

holidays here visiting friends and relatives. They retufhed home last Sunday and were accomqa- nied as far as Martin Junction by Willie and Grace Angus. Grover was along too, but of course he did not accompany anyone.
 Some brainless idiot with his ropgun aroused the nelghbor- hood last Monday night some where between II and 12 o'clock p. m. Such Scape goats imps of darkness should have their putrid hides loaded with red hot led from hadeS so that honest hu- manity could sleep in peace.
 Many bright and happy household has been thrown into sadness and sorrow because of the death of a loved one from a neglected cold. Ballard s iore- hound Syrup is the great cure for coughs, colds and all pulmo nary ailments. Price, 50 cents. Sold by pr. J. B. Neal.
 A boy measuring his avoirdu- pois by the dozen was a most welcome visitor at the home of John Killingworth on Christ mas eve. He has since made arrangements to remain for sev eral years, perhaps for 21 years. Everyone concerned is doing we'll, especially the mother and son.
 W. l.. Easter and family of Little Rock were here visiting Mrs. $. c. Bishop during holi- days. MT. Easter killed three turkeys while here and from what we have learned he is very much in love with Woodruff county He knows a good thing when he sees it and we hope that he is so well pleased with it that he will come back here and make
Woodruff County news., 1902-01-02

Hon. r. R, AndaeWS of Augueta hreakS theice. In this issue will be found his announcement as candidate for prosecuting attor- ney of the First Judicial circuit. MT. Andrews is graduate of the law department of the Vanderbilt University located at Nashville, Tenn. As alawyer, he has made himself famous and when a man has MT. Andrews as his counsel. he feels safe and secure. If he is elected to the office for which he aspires, the laws will be in compe- tent hands and law breakers had better be shy, Notice his card elsewhere.
 J. B. McLemore and family of Milan, Tenn, came in Monday on a visit to Mrs. McLemore s mother, Mrs. Conner. MT. Me Lemore is a. farmer of Tenn, and reports the corn crop better there than here; cotton about the same, but the straw berry crop was what saved the farmers. He says he cleared one hundred and forty-three ($143.10 dollars and seventeen cents out of his berries. We hope their stay with us will be a pleasant one and long remembered. While here, he subscribed for the peo- ple's popular paper. Iennnes- see dollars are appreciated as much as any other kind. Uncle Sam is behind them all.
 MT. Boyd Angus spent the hol- idays at Judsonia. He has found some charming young ladies at that place, we saw one of them and learned afterWard that her name is Fife Reynolds. Boyd is quite ladies man. He is so far gone with love fever that he went to the telephone exchange at Bald Knob twice to see if he could not call mp Judsonia to kiss his girl again over the phone. He actually had Dr, Clark, who at tends to the exchange, worked down ringing up Judsonia and yet all in vain. We know where of we speak, we were an eye
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-10-11
MIR. AND MKs PETER HorrMAN. kYLERrowN. Pa.
MR. PETER HorFMAN. KyIertown.

M II. PETER HOFFMAN, Kylertown,
Wl Pa, writes:
81 was deaf for five years and could
find no help. ] was completely deaf
was afflicted with shortness Of breath,
bronchitis, trouble in the throat, SO that
was in misery. Through one of DR..
Hartman's almanaes | decided 10 try
peruna, and bought bottle.
II took three bottles and now feel real
well; my hearing is good again; ] can
breathe without difficulty; my throat is
no longer infiamed. ! followed all the
directions, and can now say that DIR.
Hartman's Peruna has cured me.
81 recommend 1t TO oil suffering with
catarrh. ~ am sevenfy-one years old,
have an appetite again and can work.
IfeeI ten years younger.
When old age comes on, catarrhal dis
eases come also. Systemic catarrh Il all
most universal in old people.
This explains why Peruna has become
80 Indispensable to old people. Pernna
is their safeguard. Peruna Is the only
remedy yet devised that meets these
cases exactly.
Such cases cannot be treated locally
nothing but an effective systemic rem
edy could cure them. This is exactly
what Peruna is
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-10-11

NJ Hermsn / eder arsyet home
on sunday, f.om lolus, California,
after 81 absence 81 ten years. After
taking IN the G A. r. eneampment.
he will return to California taking his
family with him.
VI s. small is erecting two story
frame dwelling house on the corner Of
Pennsylvania avenue and Queen street
The Ellis brothers were given the
contract % lay the foundation and to
IN prove the grounds.
Mr. I'd. Mueser . former Martins
burger. left his home here thirteen
years ago and went to Ohio. lie Is
now located in Martins Ferry. Mr..
MueseT arrived here Yesterday 70 pay
a visit at his old home, the first since
he left here years ago.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-10-11
IMPROVEMENTS IN SQUARE
Delayed, Waiting for New pipe with
which to Replace ola Main In


improvements on the public square.
so far as the band stand is concerned,
are practically, at standstill. 1t is
the intention of the City Council to
put new pipe on the water main that
runs immediately under that section
of the public square where the band
stand is TO be erected. The pipe has
been ordered and is expected to arrive
every day. AS soon as it comes it will
be put in place and Contractor J. G..
Heinze, who has the contract fof the
concrete work, will at once commence
the work of putting up the base OF the
stand and the walk around it, ~
Mr., Heinze has stone crnsher and
a force of men at work crushing stone
in front of the new PRESBYTERIAN
church to be used in the work in the
square and on the walks around the
church.
The plot of ground around the drink
ing fountain is being filed in aud will
soon be completed.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-10-11

Maltinsburg w. Va. Dear Sir:
Lead and oil is no longer the paint to
be prosperous with.
AS everybody knows. lead and Gil
chalSs or powde off in about thee
years-three yes is its limit.
Painters are putting alitlle zine in
theif lead to make it fought lasts q
good three years with little zinc.
But painters don't like the Job Of
mixing zine. It's teiious lob, and.
both being white, nobody knows when
the mixing is thorough 1t gets half
mixed; and the paint goes on. a
streak Of Lead and a streak of zinc.
That i nor good work,
The mistake made is III trying TO do
by hand what il better done by ma
chinesy. Hand work can't compete
with machine work.
Devoe lead and zinc is your paint.
1t wea,s twice as long as led and oil.
This reduces the cost OF keeping a
house we'll painted 10 half.
Yours truly,
IT. W Devoe a. Co.
p. $ G. G Cushwa and Bro, sell
our paint
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-10-11
RANKS GETTING THINNER



Apropos Of the National Encamp-
ment of the Grand Army of the Re-
public at Washington this week it is
of general interest TO note its age and
steadily diminishing membership. The
much respected organization - now .
little more than thirty-six years old.
1t was in April, 1866 that BenjamiB
Franklin Stel henson founded the arst
Grand Army post AT Decatur, ILL.,, TIE
first national encampment followii :
in November of the same year. at In
dianapolis, with James A. Saxton, Of
Chicago, as commander in chief.
The avowed objects Of the orQaniza.
tion APP cal with fo-ce to every veter-
an: ITO foster the spirit of comrade-
ship; to perpetuate the memory Of
the dead; TO aid veterans who need as
sistance TO lend hand 20 the widow
and orphan: to do the best thing al.
ways for the gooS OF the flag "--These
phrases mean much TO the men who
fought to uphold the flag.
The various posts own property
worth probably more than -, 600, 600
and at it's last general roll call. in 1885,:
it appeared that there We're 1904 G. a.
II. posts in the forty five departments.
with total membership of 2S7.9Sl
The Grand Army is fast vanishing
army. The annual mortality Is an
preaching per cent. In 1886 the to-
tai number Of deaths was 1920. in 1890
more than 5000 and since then it has
been between 1000 and 5000 q year nm
til 1900, when the list for the twelve
months reached l0.sa9. reducing the
membership Of 400. 4s9 in 1890 to 276.
662.
Yet, barring numbers the encamp-
ment at the national capital, which
opened Sunday, will probably be the
grandest meeting held in the history
of the organization.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-10-11
OIL FIELD AGAIN SWEPT.
Disastrous Fire Ranging ON Famous
p'ndle Topic Per, ons Reported
Dead $50 Derricks Burned nj
Lsst Accounts aud Flames
sim Gaining Hendway.

Beaumont. Tex, Oct Another great
fire, more disastrous than the contin-
grafton of few weeks AGO, swept ov-
er the oil fields here last niSht, causing
the loss of twelve or more lives and
entail:ng "a property amaze of many
tho sand dollars. The fire was dis
covered shortl befo II O'Clock, and
18th remarkable Diaity il spread to
the many der icks II the Hogg-Swayr g
tract The etcroa hment of the flames
was SO apid that many people We're
ceuaht in the fiery path and az mid
night it is sNown tia twelve people
have Do ishel and the fetlities may
reach twenty
The enti t-og@-Swayne tact, COM
prising one OF the LARGEST sections in
tile oil fiel Is. will in all probability
be bncne 10 the ground. Forty or
mo z Of tie large derricks have been
destroy by the flames.
The fire is spreading and the proper
tv loss will be heavv. The entire oil
field presents beilliant snectacle as
the flames row brighter and brighter.
Up 10 O'Clock il is estimated that
fifty aerricks h We been destroyed
and over one hundre are still burn
ing, 1t is said that the tanks Ct the
Hoag- Swayne syndicate are imperiled
and the tanks seems doomed.
Reports IS to the estimated loss Of
life are conflicting. A report from
Austria. which was receiyed there by
long distance telephone, places the loss
of life at twenty persons, but the re-
poi cannot be confirmed At this hour.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-10-11
Mrs. Peter Hoffman also writes.

hif. tNAcf ttoIiiiidh also WTlteSs
~ was sick for many years; suffered
with the liver, stomach and kidneys. I
had seven doctors, but none could cure
me, as they did not know what allied me.
"Every one who saw me said that |
could not live very long. began 20 take
Peruna and grew better every day. The
severe pains In the stomach have disap-
peared. iam now wei end have rood
appetite. lam seventy years old and
can do my work without geffirg tired.
'Pcrnna Is the best medicine in The
world for cafarrff. Your good Peruna
has saved my own and my husbands
life"
Mr.. Robert Meters, of Murdek, Bass
CO., Neb., Box 4a,writes
81 had catarrh from my head all
through my system. l took Peruna until
| was entirely cured. am eighty-three
and q half years old, and feel as young 40
/ did ten years ago.
II visited recently among some old
friends, who said I looked as young as
did twenty years ago."
Address The Peruna Medicine Co, Co
lumbus, o.. for free catarrh book.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-10-11
Deafness Caaaos 10 Cured

BY local applications, as they cannot reach ths
diseased portion of the ea-. There is ozly one
tienal remedies. Deae1cgs Is caused by an in
famed condition Of the mucous lining OF the
Eustachian Tube. When this tube gets|infiamed
ing, and when 1t is entirely closed Deafness ID
the result, and unless the Inflammation can be
taken out and this tube restored to It's normal
nine cases out Of ten are caused by eatarrh,
which Is nothing but an infamed condition OF
the mucous surfaces.
Wswill give One Hundred Dollars for any
case OF Deafness (eaused by catarrh) that cam
not be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for
FL. CHENEY q co., Toledo, O.
q. sold BY Druggists. Csc.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-10-11
Fifty registered rams. Gray silve-.

A report from J. G. Gluck. Reform
School. Pruntytown, W. Va. Oct.
18th, 1900. After trying all other adj
vertised cough medicines we have de-
cided TO use Foley's Honey and Tar
exclusively in the West Virginia Re-
form School. / find it the most effec-
tive, and absolutely harmless. (" e. G
Williams.