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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-02-14
III . I

At any rate. the meeting went ahead.
Mo,lohan spoke three houl- against
the bills, Blizzavi ana eA-Uoer 4ol
Fleming were give y omule time, ara
Governor White, the sole champion Of
the peoples interests. was expected to
answer these paid attorneys on less
than an hours notice. AS it was,
the governor put ZIP % splendid fight.
ana gave the COMM tteemen "a good
del to think about. But this was by
ne means all. The committee then ad-
10 ned its public session and an
no. need that it would consider the
Colcard resolution in executive session.
I'D mention Has made Of any furthe
BIZ Is ic meriiag That night Secretary
II ~s3a enterta ned at a reception and
tthat -recea-ieu. sometime after mid
nlsht. word was brought TO Governor
ft4.E rne senate finance commit
&c 05osed 10 hold another public
81 ~ the next morning at O'Clock,
4lte Governor Immediately asked Ses-
re.t-r Dawson 10 attend the meeting
the next morning. Mr.. Dawson agreed
to 30 so, and after being up practically
all gilt went tc the committee meet
in 3 nj. There he found just le
attorneys andlobbyists ranged ur
II t the tax bill. ardhe stood alone
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-02-14

a special session OF the County Court
of Berkeley county will be held on
Tuesday Feb. 10 for the purpose Of
considering any and all matters per-
tanning to the public roadsof the conn
ty: aud for the consideration of the
resignation of John Fl. Fulk. constable
of Martinsburg district.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-02-14
mAnnranl. aAeEnnrowN

Miss Mable G. Griffith and Mr.,
FRED 5. Ward. both residents of this
city, left here Monday morning for
Hagerstown where they We've quietly
married. The ceremony was perform
ed in the parsonage Of St. Paul's y.
B. church by Rev. A. b, Station, the
pastor. The happy couple returned TO
this city Tuesday where they will
reside.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-02-14

az the representative Of the public IN
terest. When Mr.. Dawson essaved 70
speak, he was interrupted 50 often pr
tho gang of wolves that finally he had
ia appeal to the chairman Of the COM
mittee for protection. The meeting
so far as it being a public hearing was
concerned was a farce. Tie committee
passed the CoIcord resolution II was
Immediately reported to the senate.
and under the.whip and spur Of the
lobby ii passed by a big majority This
action all occurred on Friday. 4 was
On Ffiday night ina Governor white
desired the conference but there could
be 10 conference. no discussion, no con-
sideration, because the state senate had
formally declared that it would not
copsider the tax bills at all This is
81 brief the inside history Of the whole
proceeding. II shows that the Cover
Of the state was not only treated
with %discourtesy, but that a large
number of the Repabl an members Of
tie senate were not oulg disloyal to
their constituents bat to their party.
THE sbcsabes Of men who profess to be
IN ty mon, absolutely refusing to
meet fellow legislators Of their own
patty. and discuss with the measures
recommended by % Governor Of their
own party, is certainly n one that
the Republicans Of the state can view
with equanimity.
THE FIGHT WILL GO Oh.
As to the tax bills they are not daad.
The fight will 20 on. ~ have entered
in this war fol a eight to the finish.
said Governor White land the tax
bills will be considered by this legis-
lature, either Mt this session or some
other session, have no fear Of the hnal
result. Every arg ument | have ever
heard against the bills has strengthen
ed my convictions that they are all
right. For instance 1 heard Mr.. Mol
ohan talG for three hours claiming
that the tax bills would unsettle land
titles. / am not a lawyer, aud as to
law points am entirely willing TO be
guided bv such lawyers as John II.
Holt and william r. Hubbard but not
a mere citizen claiming to have aver
Z common sense, after hearing Mr..
Mollohan's argument, / feel no hesita-
ton in saying there was absolutely
nothing in it. If that is the best ar
gument a man of Mollohan's ability
can make UP against the tax bills they
are certainly all right. 1t is of our
probable that there are some defects
IN the bills as at present drawn, but
consideration and discussion will de-
yelop these defects and enable US to
amend them in the weak points aDd
fair consideration and discussion they
will have. The question cannot be
showed aside or %sileneed."
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-02-14
millions Put TO work

The wonderful activity of the new
century is shown by an enormous de-
mand for the worlds best worker-Dr.
Kings New Life Pills. For Con tin a.
ton, Sick Headache, B%ilousness or any
disease of--Stomach. Liver or Kidneys
they're unriyaled. Only rs cents at
all druggist.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-02-14
BRIDGE AGITATION
U~s.egatcs wrn appear uefofe washing
ton County commissioners


A delegation Of ciiizers If Berkeley
ccuutv Vest Virginia aud William
sport Md. will go before the Washing
ton County Commissioners on Tuesday
aud urge the appropriation of a sum
of money toward helping to construct
a bridge across the Potomac lRiver at
Williamsport, The delegation will be
joined hy a committee from the Hae-
erstown Merchants and Manufacturers
Association, A public meeting under
the a1soices Of the Williamsport Board
81 Trade viii be held in Williamsnort
Tuesday night in the interest vt a
bridge which will cost between $50, eco
and $40. 600.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-02-14
7 22OFBT

The matter Of feed IS Of
remendous Importance to the
larmer. Wrong feeding is
loss. Right feeding is profit.
The up-to-date farmer knows
what to feed his COWS to get
the most milk, his pigs to get
the most pork, his hens to
set the most eggs. Science.
But how about the children?
Are they fed according to.
science, a bone food if boao.
are soft and undeveloped, 3
lash and muscle fad if they
IRE thin and weak and a bloc
.,ood if there is anemia?
Scots Emulsion is a mixol
food; the Cod Liver Oil in j.
makes flesh, blood and muse,
the Lime and Soda make boz
and brain. 1t is the standare.
scientific food for delicate
children.
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IMPROVING THE B. ( 0.
Company Expends 81, 0OO, 900 on
the Main Line.
SIX TUNNELS CONSTRUCTED
Curves Reduced ard Grades lowered Dis.
lance VIII Also Be Considerably
Shortened.
Shortened.

After several years or hard work
and the expenditure of nearly $1,000, :
600 the old main line Of the Baltimore
& Ohio railroad has been practically
transformed into a new road, heavy
grades being reduced and sharp curves
eliminated. The change has been
called the Mount Airy Improvement
and il now completed and in use. The
increase in traffic, especially freight
necessitated many developments and
betterments Oh the Baltimore and
Ohio. the Mount Airy changes being
among the most important.
Three years ago the management de-
eided on radical Improvements TO that
very crowded and billy section be-
tween Relay and Washington Junction
a part of the original line and one of
the first railroads to be operated III
the United States. The topography Of
the country is not conducive to tie
low grade and long tango mt style of
railroads. and in order to get a line at
all. the valley a narrow, u of the Pa
tapso was followed for the greater part
of the distance.
BACKBONE OF THE RIDGE.
Mount Airy is the backbone of the
ridge and it was first crossed by the
use OF inclined planes but traffic in
creased, locomotives became practical
for use. and a lower grade line was
eventually constructed over the hills
he maximum grade being 119per Cent
to the mile.
Within five years the business of the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad has in
creased enormously and the weights
and CAPACITY of it's equipment have al
most doubled Naturally the difficult
ties of Mount Airy became more and
more onerous. and the expenses of OPP
Grafton increased very largely. 1t was
oeemed wise under these conditions.
to take the necessary steps to reduce
the Mount Airy grade. SO that instead
of trains hauling l, 500 to 1,S0C ons the
loading could be increased to 1000 and
2,400 tons, according to the capacity
of the locomotive.
A sum approximating 81, oo", 900 was
appropriated. and the plans, which
contemplated the reduction of the
grade to So per cent, we've put in ex-
ecution. A double track line was
built and some 400 feet Of curvature
eliminated. A tunnel 1850 feet long
forms part of the Improvement.
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Senator TiIlman's Speech.

Washington, D. c., February %
After nearly month of waiting Sena
tor Tillman was able to get recognition
this afternoon for his speech upon
Southern conditions based upon the
race question. AS the postoffice appro-
priation bill was under consideration,
the South Carolina Senator confined
his remarks almost exclusively to the
Indianola case. In his opening state
ment he said he would surprise his
friends and perhaps disappoint his enc
mics, if he had any, by being calm
and dispassionate in his remarks. And
he did disappoint them, because he
made a legal argument, free from the
bitterness that has characterized most
of his utterances on this line. He
made ony passing reference to Senator
Hanna's slave pension bill, which
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seemed to please the Ohio Senator,
who evidently thought he might be
held up as target for attack. He ar
gued that the action of President
Roosevelt in closing the Indianola
postofice was violatiye of every idea
of Anglo Saxon justice, because it was
punishment of the innocent for the
deeds of others. He showed that there
is law on the statute books providing
for punishment by fines of those guilty
of the charges he had made against
some of the people of Indianola, and
that it was the duty of the President
to have proceeded under the law. in
stead of resorting to the revolution
ary tactics of closing the office.
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coaIiag Stations in Cuba.

Washington, Feb. 24.-President
Roosevelt has signed the agreement
drawn under the terms of the Platt
amendment providing for the acquisi-
tion by the United States Of naval
station at Guantanamo and a coaling
station at Bahia Honda, both in Cuba.
The document had been previously
signed by President Palma and was
brought to Washington by Minister
Squiers. With these two places proper
ly fortified as naval bases the Gulf Of
Mexico would not be possible of occu-
patton by a hostile feet and the
Caribbean sea would be unsafe for an
enemy.
Guatanamo as a naval station will
be the more important of the two bases
and within a short time there will be
erected extensive coal docks and per-
haps short line Of railroad will con-
meet the port with the backbone rail
road already finished by private enter
prise. Bahia Honda will for some time
probably be used simply as place for
the storage of coal.
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Government Must Pay $4,000.

Washington, February 2.-Justice
Brewer has delivered the opinion of
the United States Supreme Court in
the case of the United States VS.. Ar
thur Lynah, holding that in cases in
which the property of private individu-
ais is destroyed through Government
improvements the owners are entitled
to recover damages. Lynah and
Williams are the owners of rice planta-
tions on the Savannah River, which,
it is claimed, have been ruined by
flooding on account of the construc-
tion of dam by the Government.
They brought suit in the Federal Court
of South Carolina and we're awarded
$4,000. Today's opinion afirms the
opinion of the South Carolina Court.
The Court held the destruction of
the land to be equivalent to taking it
for the purpose of making improve
ment. The Chief Justice and JUS
tices HARLAN and White united in a
dissenting opinion, which was deliver
ed by the last named.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-02-25
The Bubonic Plague.

Mazatlan, Mexico, Feb. 24.-There
was one death from the plague today
and that at the lazaretto.
-Four soldiers of the Eleventh infan-
try have been removed to the observa-
tion station, they having shown symp-
toms of the plague.
Signs have been placed in some Of
the business houses notifying the peo-
pie that handshaking is stopped during
the prevalence of the plague.
There will be no carnival here this
year.
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x This should have been the Monu
mental Association.
Daughters of the Confederacy.
Editorial in Item Feb. %.

The Daughters of the Confederacy
should not jump at conclusion,
particularly when it comes to regard
ing the Item as the mouthpiece'' of
anything or anybody save the editor
himself. There has been no contradic-
tion in the statements made in the
Item, save in respect to the manner in
which the Daughters of the Confeder-
acy obtained control of the Northern
portion Of the Square, and that was
due to misinformation. Perhaps the
Item would not have fallen into error
in this respect, had it been the mouth
piece of the school board, for it is the
business of the board to know the ex-
act status of the title to the square !;
and, as fact, we have ascertained
that the board was fully conversant
with the " facts that One Daughter Of
the Confederacy'' dug out of the re-
cords, prior to making the request that
the custodians Of the square grant per-
mission for the erection of the high
school building on the Northern half
of the Graded School Square. Not
withstanding this side-issue and quib-
bling as to the legal title to the square,
it is fact that the square is the most
suitable location for the high school
building, as the board says it is.
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granted by the original owner of the
land for school purposes-the school
board will be forced to expend a thou
sand or two dollars of school money IN
the purchase of lot for the building,
which sum the schools can i'll afford
to spare for such purpose, at time
when every dollar is needed for the
ordinary running expenses of the
system. There are now quite num-
Der of improvements that the school
board would authorize the Superinten-
dent to make, if the funds were avail
able, but the actual expenses of the
schools are just about equal TO the
income from all sources, even though
the strictest economy is exercised.
In these circumstances it will be
hardship 80 force the school board TO
ezpend thousand or more dollars
for lot that will not be as suitable in
any respect, nor as centrally located
or as convenient as the Graded School
square. If there were any vital prin-
ciple at stake, the stand taken by the
cus5odians of the square-for the
Daughters of the Confederacy are
merely custodians, as successors to
the trustees who originally held the
property in trust for school purpsoes-
would be more easily understood; but,
as the matter stands, very few tax
payers do understand what the Gus
todians of the property are driving at,
or what good end they expect to
achieye by preventing the erection OF
the high school building on the most
suitable site in the city. We are rea-
sonable, and amenable TO reason and
sound argument, and, if there are
good and sufficient grounds for the
attitude the Daughters of the Con-
federacy have assumed, we would not
be difficult to convince of our error,
if We could be brought to see the
matter from that point of view; but
up to the present writing We have
never heard single good reason for
denying the request of the school
board.
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The Venezuelan Arbitration.

Washington, Feb. 24.-Mr. Bowen,
the Venezuelan pienipotentiary, has
proposed to the allied powers that the
czar of Russia be asked to name the
three arbitrators who, as The Hague
tribunal shall decide the question Of
preferential treatment. The suggest
ion has been approved by the State de-
partment.
Mr.. Bowen today submitted to the
allies representatives copies of the
proposed protocols submitting the
Venezuelan case to The Hague tribu-
nal
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THE DAUGHTERS OF THE cONFED.
ERACY.

Item Editorial, Feb. 18th, 1908.
ssUnless We have been misleo Dy un-
reiiable statements, the land now
known as the Graded School square
was originally set apart and conse,
Grated to school purposes, and q oeeo
Of gift made to trustees to be helo oy
them in trust for the community for so
lono as the land should be devoted to
school purposes. The Daughters OF
tha Confederacy became possessed OF
the title of this land as the result OF
a peculiar combination OF clrcum :
stances, and are at present owners
merely by courtesy. -, 1910
aIf the Daughters of the Confederacy
persist in their refusal to permit Gne
high school building to be erecgeo on
the Graded School square, which was
granted by the original owner OF the
land for school purposes
for the Daughters Of the Confederacy
are merely custodians, as successors to
the trustees who originally held the
property in trust for school purposes.
GA Daughter of the Confederacy, .
Item Feb. 20th, 1903. ''The northern
portion of the Monumental Square,
was never dedicated to educa-
tional purposes, but was purchased by
James D. Blanding, E. G. Green and
". F. B. Haynsworth, as trustees for
the Ladies Memorial Association, x
being conveyed to them by James l.
Coghlan. Sheriff, under foreclosure
Item Editorial, Feb. 21st, 1903.
ssThe school board was doubtless fully
acquainted with these facts prior to
making the request. . =.
Regarding the Item as the mouth
piece of the school board, we leave the
public to draw their own conclusions,
as to the contradiction between the
first and second and the last editorials.
< This should have been the Monu-
mental Association.
Daughters of the Confederacy.
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There are persistent rumors that the
seaboard Air Line officials have now
decided to build from McBee, station
on the main line in Chesterfield coun-
ty, to Charleston, the road passing
through this city. There are reasons
for believing that the rumors are
founded on fact. The Seaboard is now
engaged in building a road from Nc
Bee, northward to Monroe, N. c.,
where it will tap another road owned
by the Seaboard system. This new
road has been completed to Jefferson
near the state line, more than half the
distance to Monroe. An air line from
Monroe to Charleston passes through
McBee and Sumter, and if the road
should be extended from Monroe, in a
northwesterly direction, it would
furnish the shortest route from the
coal fields of Virginia, Kentucky and
West Virginia to the South Atlantic
Coast. This is day of big undertak-
ings in the railroad world and as the
Seaboard is the most progressive and
aggressive system in the south, and
is constantly reaching out into new
fields, no one need be surprised if the
long talked of direct short line from
Charleston to the middle west should
be created by the building of the few
missing links by the Seaboard Air
Line. Sumter needs the Seaboard Air
Line, and Charleston needs it even
worse than we do, and it is to be hoped
that the rumors are based on facts
and that the road will be built soon,
the sooner the better.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-02-25

The Sasmser Natcauaen was founded
1850 and the gsae SostAyo'a in 1866.
Wetcaasaa and Soasaron nov has
s combined oirculation and influence
18Th ot the old papers, and is mani
ssslly toe best advertising medium in
Ssaaser.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-02-25

Charlotte, N. c., Feb. 23.-Arthur
Bishop, charged with the murder of
Thomas Wilson in this city last Octo-
ber., and who was yesterday convicted
of manslaughter, was today sentenced
to serve five years in the penitentiary
at hard labor.
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Daily Item, Feb. 10.

If the Daughters of the Confederacy
PERSIST in their refusal to permit the
high school building to be erected on
the Graded sehol square-ghieh was
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-02-25

The construction of the proposed
Lexington, Columbia, Camden and
Sumter electric railway would be a
splendid thing for Sumter, and all of
the other towns it touches, but the
greatest benefit will accrue to the
country districts it traverses. Lands
would be enchanced in value, the coun-
try would be far more thickly settled,
farming would be more diversified and
in time the entire region adjacent to
the trolley line would be like one
continuous village with towns contain
ing, churches, school houses and post
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-02-25

Office at near intervals. The electric
line would be an inestimable blessing
to this section of the State, and we
shall hail the day that marks the con-
summation of the undertaking.
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Estate Of VIM. ]. MuldroW, Decd.

ALL persons having claims against said
Estate will present same duly attested ;
and all persons indebted in any way TO
said Estate will make payment without
delay to
Feb 25-3t Qualified Executor.
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The Sumter Item either has short
nemorY or hopes that congress has.
That paper laments the fact that
sSonsh Carolina does not appear on
tie public omnibus bill now on it's
passage, and urges the representatives
from snis state to be up and doing.
Last year We we're SO generously re-
presented in that bill with three
buildings, that We were the envy and
the butt OF every state in the union; !;
now the Item thinks that we are not
getting onr share! Probably our Sum
ter contemporary thinks that SO long
as Sumter vas left out the state is still
short Of part of her dues. In that We
VIII quite agree with her. If Spartan
burg, Rock Hill, Charleston, Colum-
aia. Greenville, Georgetown, Beaufort
and Florence are to have public build
ings Sumter ought TO have one TOO,
and We will also have to agree with
anderson, Greenwood, Laurens and
0rangeburg, Aiken and Darlington,
that they too ought to come in on a
deal. We will not have our dues until
We get ali that We want. Florence
Times.
Our Florence friend should not re-
hash old stories. What Florence Sc
cured as a result of last years public
building raid on the treasury has
nothing whatever to do with the pre-
sent matter. It is fact that South
Carolina gets no appropriation for a
nublic building this year; and it is
also q fact that Sumter is entitled to
one. and we want it as soon as possible,
next year, for instance. The less said
aboat Florence, Spartanburg, Char
lesion, Columbia and other villages
having already captured more than
South Cardinals share Of public build
ing booty, the better pleased we shall
be. Sumter does not envy her neigh
bors, nor eovet the buildings they have
secured, but we are determined to get
one Of our own and are hot on the
trail. already. Watch that omnibus
public building bill at the next ses.
sion of Congress!
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The Facts furnished by "A
Daughter of the Confederacy'' are in
teresting in that the position of the
organization is disclosed by this state
ment and that the public is for the
first time given some of the reasons
actuating the refusal of the request OF
the school board. Facts are always
stubborn things, but in this instance
we cannot see that the facts set forth
furnish satisfactory grounds for the
refusal of the Daughters of the Con-
federacy to permit the erection of the
high school building on the square.
The school board does not think so,
nor do great many others, and the
school board was doubtless fully ac-
quainted with these facts prior to max
ing she request.-Item, Feb. 81.