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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-05-09
WEST VIRGINIA.

The geographical condition of the
State is mountainous. The natural
conditions prevail to large extent in
forests, and consequently the cleared
land is in small proportion to the total
area. The soil in general is very pro-
ductive. The average temperature for
the year is about So degrees, and av-
erage yearly rainfall about "A inches.
The principal products Of the soil are
wheat. corn, rye, oats, potatoes, and
hay and tobacco. The raising Of cat
tie is a very important industry. The
cultivation of fruit has in the last
few years made rapid strides, especial
ly in the northern tier Of counties.
The coal mining industry. petroleum
wells and general manufactures re-
ceive great attention. and vast sums
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-05-09

the Is mile ride through the coun-
try. Facilities for handling about
1876 persons had been provided, and
the line of vehicles made quite an
imposing appearance as it made its
way through the streets 1t passed
down Queen street to King, and out
that street to the Tuscarora grade
road and thence the mountain road.
The streets were well lined with in
terested spectators.
The drive through the country was
beautiful and enjoyable one. The
roads were in the very best Of condi-
ton, the recent rain having laid the
dust. and little Inconvenience was ex-
perienced from it. Everything looked
fresh and green, the sun shone with
just the proper degree of warmth. and
the crowd was in the best of sDir its.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-05-09
CONVENTIONS or NOTE.
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GUS Parts OF tho Country.


GUS Parts Of the Country.
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Der 2Sth, inclusive.
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sale July 3rd to 9Th, good retaining
until July 18th. inclusive.
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Society, July 9-13. Dates Of sale an.
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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-05-09
". VA. ANTHRACITE COAL
G. F. Teter and A. G. Dayton Are
Interested in Berkeley Co. Field.
PROVES TO BE GOOD QUALITY
The Large Tract That is Uosold is the Prop
er,y Of Some Business Men Of
This CITY.
This City.

Hon. Charles Il. Teter, OF Phillip
pi, who is IN the running for the next
governor Of West Virginia, was at the
Raleigh hotel. Washington. last Fri
day evening. and seemed moro inter-
lestea on talking anthracite coal than
talking politics. He and representative
A. G, DAYTON on that day visited the
Meadow Greek Basin. which IL located
about Is miles from this city and which
il is said to have an area of about
$4,000 acres of good anthracite.
We are going carefully in this pro-
ject, said MIR. Teter. ''but IN my judg-
ment 1t is what might be called a good
gamble that anthracite coal extends
under the entire Meadow Greek Basin.
II thar is true there is good chance
TO revolutionize the anthracite trade.
have had several samples of the
Meadow Creek coal aualvzed lately,
and they showed between 80 and 95 per
cent carbon with per cent cash. All
OF the Land. with the execution of one
tract which, is a large one, has been
bought and EXPERTS have been examin-
in1 ID. Apparently the way to see
whether there is coal under the en-
tire basin is to drive down some holes.
and ON this question biologists differ
in their views. =
The basin is in valley between
| the Third Hill mountain and the
Sleepy Creek mountain. The large
Itract that is still unsold is owned by
some business men of this city. and
high bids have been made for il but so
far the deal has not been closed.
Prof. White has held that the
veins of coal extended only into the
mountain in rocket form. but my
opinion is that the coal goes under
the valley One reason for my opinion
is that at one place IN the middle OF
the valley the formation has been
thrust upward and in this there are
also ontcropinps OF the anthracite. =
Representative DAYTON and Mr.. Teter
after viewing the lands here went to
Washington and later returned to their
homes in Philippi.
Some coal from this basin was
brought to this city and after being
given trial was pronounced to be no
good as it would not burst, but this
was on account Of it having no draught
and as everyone knows. white ash coal
will not burn without good draught.
1t was later tested with drauoht and
proved to be Of good quality. II the
basin would be but operated and the
value of the coal shown. it would be
great opening in the coal interests of
this county, and as the Wabash is now
contemplating running their road
through that section. it is likely that
the basin will soon be opened and the
land operated, as this matter has been
of great concern both to the owners
and to the prospective buyers.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-05-09
THE D0LL-BENDER CASE
OCCUPIED TnE ATTENTION orrM1
CIRCUIT CouRT.
Consume the Entire session and the
The Attorneys Argament.-Decisi
Was not expected Umtn

The action Of +. W. Doll against |.
l.. Render. contested election case,
WAS taken no in Circuit court Monday
morning. when Judge r.. Boyd Fau1k-
ner resumed the session aftcr recess
since Friday morning This action
grew ont Of the election held in No
vember last for county officers. and in
which Mr. Bender. tho present en-
cumbent. and Mr.. Doll were opposing
candidates for the office OF clerk of
the County court. On the face of the
returns Mr.. Bender had plurality of
three votes. Owing to the very small
MARGIN by which he was apparently
defeated. aud in view of some alleged
defective ballots. Mr.. Doll demanded
q recount. The County court granted
the demand. and the recount resulted
in giving Mr. Bender eight additional
votes, making his apparent plurality
III votes.
During the recount, ballots To ths
number Of lac were questioned bv one
party or tho other, and 1t il to deter
mine the legality OF those ballots that
the action Is brought. 1t Ii claimed
bv counsel for Mr.. Doll that thescount-
ilg OF illegal or defective ballots 10
responsible for his defeat. and that II
the ballots arc counted according to
law. Mr.. Doll viii have plurality or
the votes cast. Counsel for MIR. Ben
der denv that the ballots counted for
Mr. Bender by the County court were
illegal or defective. and contend that
there were enough legal votes cast for
Mr.. Bender to give him plurality.
The case occupied the attention Of
the court during entsre session Monday
day, and may consume portion of to-
morrow. The decision of the court
will be awaited with great deal of
interest. Mr.. Bender continues o act
as clerk Of the County court. aud will
hold the position do iure. ct de bonnie
grace. until the court finally decides
the case.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-05-09
COMMITTEE MEETS HERE
And Made ece.sary ARRANGEMENTS For
convention. which WIN he Held
I'm Ntnchester

rte committee. which was appoint
ed by the Shenandoah Baptist Sunday
school Asstc alton made the ar
ra'rements for the convention, which
Viii he held III Winchester on May
m. 2sand ~, met at the Baptist par-
songge he II esday and made the
necessary arrangements.
The committee consisted of Rev, J.
r urdoek. incliester; Rev. c.
r. Shipman. OF Charles Town and
Rev. u $. Dunawav, Of this city.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-05-09
SOME INFORMATION.

In the pamphlet published by the de-
partment of agriculture at Washing
ton for the information and guidance
of the visitors. which is printed in
German. the following description is
given of West Virginia and Martins
burg:
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-05-09
C0NSuMPTlye CAMP.
Baltimore Physicians Inspect Number
ofPoints ON the Mountain.
Growing

Drs. Henry B. Jacobs and Warren
Bncker. of Baltimore, who represents a
syndicate that is considering the pro-
iect of establishing comsnmptive
sanitarium on the South Monutaiu,
visited the mountain and drove to a
number of points. The purpose is To
establish an institution snch as the
State of Pennsylvania is establishing
at Mont Alto. 1t is not the intention
TO use the Buena Vista Hotel. as re-
ported. The two physicians inspect-
ed number of places in the fastness
Of the mountain which they thought
suitable for the purpose.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-05-09

The grass plot at the county court
house. which has been in very bad
condition for a while past, is being
re-soded and is great Improvement
TO the property.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-05-09

are being invested in these fields. The
State was settled more than 100 wears
ago. The area is about "a. Gas square
miles, and the population is about
/ 200, 600.
MARTINSBURG.
About 5000 popnlation. The Balti.
more & Ohio and Pennsylvania rail
road enter the city. Near it is the ia
nous Apple Pie Ridge, which is 9
combination of limestone and sane
stone formation, and is especial IL
adapted to the growing of apples. Thu
average size of orchards is from 30 Il
80 acres. The principal and most pop
ular varieties are the York Imperial
Ben Davis and Grimes Golden. X
the westward, in the North mountain
and Third mountain sections, great at
rention is given to the growing OF
pears, with much better results thai
the growing of apples. One company
of gentlemen have orchards in which
500 600 trees OF different fruits are
growing.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-05-09

mile Of orchards being tras erseu. Each
place of interest TO the visitors was
pointed ont and explained, and the
members OF the party were afforded
every facility of viewing the most
desirable points.
THE BANQUET.
At the Central opera house hall
the visitors were rendered splendid
banbuet, which was.attended by about
1875 persons. members of the Horticul-
tural society, the various committees
and prominent citizens. A program
had been prepared for the occasion.
although there was not much formali-
ty observed. Thompson's orchestra
furnish the music.
MEMBERS OF THE PARTY.
The members of the party are DR..
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-05-09

A Philadelphia firm is LOOKING for d
site 10 establish condensed milk fac
tory in Greencastie
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-05-09
THE ARGUMENTS

The arguments in the celebrated case
of Frank w. Doll Va. ]. L. Bender and
the commissioners OF the County Court
were concluded at the session Mon
day evening and all OF the ballots
were examined again and those that
were questioned as being legal or de-
fective were taken note of by ta5a
Judge.
The ballots were taken in charge Of
bv Judge +. Boyd Faulkner. for his
examination before rendering his de-
cision. The decision will DO handed
down some time during the month Of
June but the day has not yet been set.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-11-19

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-05
Lesson of The EIecctions.

The returns show that in order to win the democrats must present can didates who are acceptable to business men--to men who care little for poll tics and much for their own affairs. Such men may not be ideal citizens, but be they good or bad they cast q controlling vote. The vote in Ohio teaches that very lesson. However meritorious the single tax theory may be, the farmers and business men of Ohio were not ready to accept it, and they voted against MT. Johnson and he was overwhelmed at the ballot boxes And yet the theory of Henry George was not presented in the dem- ocratic platform. MT. Johnson be- lieves the theory should be accepted and applied, and on that account he was voted against. This, together with wrangling cliques, gave a victory where it was little deserved but it pointed moral, and that moral is, the nomination of men who will com mand the support of conservative men,
 The Democrats on Tuesday split nearly even in Nebraska and Colorado and carried Maryland and Rhode Is. land Outside of Ohio nothing dis couraging occurred The glorious vic tory in New York city is especially en- couraging. Looking at the elections as a whole, 1t can justly be said that the democrats are left with a good fighting chance, provided they nomi- nate man in 1904 who is not handi- capped by the third term issue, or by the single tax theory, or by any other special matter that is not acceptable to the conservative portion of the white race.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-05
The Skirt Hook.

q saw an innovation just now that 1t would be well for all the fair sex to adopt" said gentleman who has an ob- servant eye. T was glancing at the pass ing throng when a lady approached me, strolling along in easy fashion with her dress held up in one hand. Suddenly she pulled it around, looped 1t up on a hook at her side and went sedately on her way. The thing looked so easy and so convenient that I was deeply impress ed with the device. By this means it is possible to walk in comfort without hay ing to wear a long skirt. The hygienic principles of this method have been dis cussed so often that I will refrain, but the new hook has all the advantages.
 Tt must be very tiresome for wo- man to drag a heavy skirt along in one hand for hours at a time and the awk- ward position they assume in reaching around after it is a strain on even the most robust constitution. I nope that If women are determined to wear lcng skirts they will at least look with favor on the new skirt hook"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-05
NEW YORK OPINION OF
 DOWIE AND HIS SANITY

From the New York Commercial.
 T may be that John Alexander Dowie,
 the would-be soui-saver who affects to believe that he has some sort of succession to the prophet Elijah of Bibn- cal fame. chose just the wrong time for and his host have been here now two weeks-the best advertised show so far as preliminary press notoriety and ex- ploitation are concerned. that ever visited the metropolis and they have within this fortnight succeeded in dropping almost completely out of public notice and most assuredly destroying whatever religious interest had been worked up by the an- nouncement of their coming.
 A municipal campaign. rather unique in. character and strenuous in all its features, was just approaching the point of white heat in popular interest when Dowie en- tered within Gothams gates There are so many persons fairly bursting with po- litlcal reform in so many and so varied ways-such a fervid. all round desire to save the city is in evidence-that 1t may be that no mere soul-saver. no matter how reputable, could hope under these condi- tions to impale himself on popular atten- ton. It is more probable, however, that -ninety-nine out of every hundred New Workers look on Dowie as an audacious pretender. a consummate fraud in his claim that he Is an Elijah" of any sort either by descent or by reincarnation. The Medical News dismisses the prophet with the declaration that he is only "one of the cases of conviction of reincarna- tion that are so common among the in- sane that every asylum in the country has some examples of It." That places Dowie, pathologically. about where some persons believe that he belongs. But it doesn't quite explain how so many thou sands of persons happen to believe in and meekly follow him.
 We are all of us In some degree. the vic- tins of Illusion in one way or another. and every last one of us can come pretty near to telling when, where or how we caught it. It does not argue an essen- tially weak mind that it is now and then receptive of such thing. We delight to wink and whisper ''bughouse!' at this or that madman-but are any of us ex- empt? "I, who have all my life," said Emerson, heard any number of orations and debates, read poems and miscellan- eous books, conversed with many gen. fuses. am still the victim of any new page" And the Persians. he adds, have put whole world of philosophy into this couplet:
 Fooled thou must be. thou wisest of the
 wise;
 Then be the fool of virtue. not of vice.!
 It is the good fortune of these deluded Dowietes that the influence of their hal- lsueinatlonxi Is chieny--if not all--for good,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-05

tioned as a candidate for solicitor or nis circuit, is stopping at the Morris.
 Ex-Congressman T. s. Plowman or Talladega was one of the Hillman's dis- tinguished arrivals last night.
 A. J. Driver, a prominent business man and capitalist of Roanoke is registered at the Metropolitan.
 Hon. Flex L. Smith. prominent ia"- yer of Rockford. is at the Morris.
 Hoh. J. J. winett. one of Anniston 5 most distinguished lawyers and citizens is stopping at the Hillman.
 Daniel Walden of New Decatur ineni- Der of the legislature from Morgan couh- ty, Is at the Florence.
 H. F. Reese, ex-member of the constr tutional convention. Is at the Metropoh- tan.
 The Hon. A. M. Tunstall, speaker oi the house of representatives came up from Greensboro last night and is stop ming at the Metropolitan.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-05
Modern Biblical Ignorance.

Herbert w. Horwill in Atlantic.
 The prevailing optimism concerning the present condition of American education as a whole Is broken by an almost unan- imous confession of failure In one particu- lar. The typical young American of to- day, it Is generally admitted, does not know the Bible as his father knew 1t Tt is apparent" begins a recent resolu- ton of the National Educational associa- ton, that familiarity with the English Bible as a masterpiece of literature, Is rapidly decreasing among the pupils in our schools" In all the comments that have been provoked by the rest of the resolution there has been scarcely any at tempt to question the truth of this pre- amble. A few years ago public opinion, within the churches at least, was shocked by President Thwing's revelation of the ignorance of a number of college students whose acquaintance with Biblical allus- ions and quotations he had tested by means of an examination paper. Since then the decadence of American education in this respect has been the topic of many ieremiads from the pulpit and in the press Journalists lamenting that the style of speech and writing has consequently deteriorated and preachers bewailing a resultant lowering of the moral standard
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-05
Secession of Panama.

The state of Panama, and the state of Cueca reaching down the Pacific coast, have seeded from the republic of Colombia, and set up for themselves. These states were formerly independ- ent, and if their ports can escape dam age from Colombian gunboats they may be able to maintain their inde- pendence, separated as they are by towering mountain walls from the rest of Colombia. No troops can march against them from the republic that lies east of the Andes, but soldiers may be lan,led from Colombian ships there being three war vessels on the Pacific side These warships are not however, formidable.
 What the United States will do at Colon and Panama, the terminals of the Panama railroad, remains to be seen. If President Roosevelt is try ing to keep alive the Panama canal scheme, lie will doubtless forbid the bombardment of either Colon or Pan anna on the ground that such action on the part of Colombia would embar- rass travel and traffic on the Panama railroad, and free transit across the isthmus is guaranteed to us by a treaty ratified in 1S46
 But to wait upon revolution that may last ten years, or to become com plicated with secession movement is not what this country should be looking for, especially when the Spooner law directs resort to another and still better route. Our position in connection with the Panama move ment will necessarily be undignified and our action in digging an isthmus canal dilatory unless we cut loose from Panama schemes altogether and proceed to negotiate for privileges on the Nicaragua route.