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Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1905-03-03
Washington Mail.

The Washington Post, ever on the
lookout to avail itself OF an OPP
portun'ty to serve its patrons and
the public in general has requested
us to announce that il will be pleased
to furnish special facilities for hand
ling al, letters addressed in its care
and this offer is free to any OF the
rea6ers of the Statesman who wish 10
avail themselves Of the privilege. This
is an exceedingly generous offer up
on the part OF the Post and we hope
our friends who attend the inaugura-
ton, avail themselves OF it. Tell your
friends to address your letters in care
OF the Post aad ther will be no de-
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The Post saws;
"All signs indicate record break.
ing attendance at the Inauguration
and the usual cong estion, and delay
ia the distribution of mail to hotels
and boarding houses will result
The Washington Post il centrally
located on Pennsylvania avenue. near
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you, We take pleasure in extending
an invitation to them to make use o
it.
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1905-03-03
T IKE A DEMON grip has crossed our I
IL country, leaving behind scores of

T IKE A DEMON grip has crossed our
IL country, leaving behind scores of
physical wrecks.
Victims of catarrh of the head, catarrh
of the throat, catarrh of the lungs,
catarrh of the stomach, catarrh of the
kidneys, catarrh of the pelvic organs,
are to be counted by hundreds of thou
sands. Grip is epidemic catarrh, and
sows the seed of chronic catarrh within
the system.
This is SO true that few grip sufferers
are able TO make complete recovery
until they have used Peruna.
Never in the history of medicine has
remedy received such unqualified and
universal eulogies as Perrna.
A New York AIderman's Experience.
Hon. Joseph A. Fhhn, alderman Fifth
District, writes from l0l Christopher
street, New York City, as follows:
"When pestilence overtakes orr
people we take precaution as n nation to
preserve the citizens against the dread
disease.
"Ta grippe has entered thousands OF
our homes this fall, and l noticed Tat
the people who used PeruHa were quick
" restoreds while those who depended
on doctors prescriptions, spent weeks
in recovering, leaving them weak and
emaciated.
- had siight attack of IA grippe and
Mt once took Peruna. which drove the
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1905-03-03
At Hospital.

We regret to say that Dr.. E. D..
Wa hburn, d. D., of Romuey, who
has been in delicate heath for some
time, has had to go to the hospital for
treatment. He passed through this
place on Tuesday on train No. 6 ac-
companied by Mrs. Washburn and
they were joined here by Mr.. P. R.
Harrison. He is in tie Johns Hop
kins, and his man. friends here
abouts earnestly hope he may soon be
restored toh his former health and Wig
or,
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1905-03-03
! cry respectfully,
Unclaimed Letters.

Letters remaining in the 20 Office
Martiusburg West Va Feb, 81 1905
Alex Baker, Miss Belle Blrnell. Mrs.
Luise Clossline, II. ] Cush~a, Bear.
lin Dehaveu Esq, c. N. Harner, D.
a. Meynor, G. Z McKeever. Miss
Mary Price, J G. Pickett. n G. Root
Miss Grace Swartzell. Miss Ida
Slaughter. Mrs. James c. Vaumeter.
Mrs Harriet Warren. c. F. Whit
tinston.
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1905-03-03
A WONDERFUL SAVING.

Tie largest Methodist church in
Georgia, used 80 gallons of L. & NJ.
mixed with ri gallons of oil, thus
making paint cost abont SI2o per
gallon. They calculated to use 100
gallons II other paint. Saved about
5000 and a so got big donation OF
l.. & NJ Dealers gladly sell L. &
NJ. because their customers call for
it, and say they uses IL, il land even
so years.
Don't pay 81 so a gallon for linseed
oil, which you do in ready.for-use
paint
Buy oil fresh from the barrel ar 90
cents per gallon, and mix it with l.
& M, paint.
1t makes paint cost about sI.2o per
gallon.
Sold by.
II. l.. Doll eco. Martinsburg.
c. H,Child & Co. Harpers Ferry.
w. c. Meyers Shenandoah Junction
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1905-03-03

in its effects in my case after repeated
trials.
First, it cured me of chronic bron-
chitis of fifteen years standing by using
two bottles of Peruna in January, 1884,
and no return of 1t.
after ] was cured of bronchitis had
Ia grippe every winter for several win.
tiers. But, through the use of Peruna,
it got gradually weaker in its severity,
until it dwindled down to mere stupor
for two or three days. Now the stupoI
does not trouble me any more.''-O. IL.
Perry.
a COngressman's Experience.
House of Representatives,
Washington, ID. c.
Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus, Ohio.
Gentlemen" am more than satisfied
with Peruna, and find it to be an excel
lent remedy for the grip and catarrh.
have used it in my family and they all
Join me in recommending it as an excel.
lent remedy"
Very respectfully,
George II. White.
If you do not derive prompt and salts
factory results from the use of Peruna
write at once to Dr. Hartman. giving g
full statement of your case and he VII
be pleased to give you his valuable ale
vice gratis
Address ~. Hartman. Presldent
The Hartman ;s4nitarlum, Colulnos.
0hjo.
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1905-03-03
NO GLOSS CARRIAGE PAINT
MADE.

will wear as long as Devoe's, No others
are so heavy bodied, because Devoe's
weig 8 to ounces moro to the pint
Sold by Z. G.. Cushwa & Bro.
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1905-03-03

From Nc70 York foHrnaL x
"Dning tie recent GrLb (fi- Y
dfMic, claiming a milton 5,ic =
Tins or norc, hie e6fci6Hcy IF Pernna
in quickly yelic7ilg his malatLy and
lis atlerlftc6 has been tie tax ofMe
continent"
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1905-03-30
SUITS CAUSED BY WRECK.
Conductor and Mail Clerk Ask Total
Of $4,000 as Damages

Conductor and Mail Clerk Ask Total
Of $4,000 as Damages.
At Yorkville, S. c., Henley Chap
man conductor, has entered suit
AGAINST the Seaboard Air Line rail-
way in the court of common pleas
of York county. for s5o,ooo, alleging
that he was seriously and permanently
Injured in a wreck near Catawba rlT-
er on the 9th day of September last.
Waverly Fairman has also entered
su,t in the same court for $4,000,
alleging that he was permanently IN,
iured in the same wreck. 1t IS alleged
that passenger train No. Al, CT the
seaboard Air Line railway, while run
ming at a rapid rate of speed, went
through Whisnant trestle, near Cataw'
Ia river, completely demolishlng tne
PASSENGER train and injuring Postal
Clerk Waverly Fairman, and tna'
x.thout any warning Of the wreck
Of the passenger train, freight train
No. - which was following, ran into
he trestle and dropped onto the pas
senger train lying below, seriously
and permanently injuring Henley
Chapman, conductor OF the 1relgh'
train.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1905-03-30

he had once been so happy, and that
the fire was his own work"
And he himself perished in the
flames?" l exclaimed.
Yes; but hold it more likely N.Y.
self that Blythe made up his mind to
leave the neighborhood secretly, and
without allowing his future destina-
tion to be suspected. AS to the fire,
it may have been intentional or acci-
dental"
There is another possibility" I said;
the house may have been fired by an
enemy, who desired Blythe's destruc-
tion.''
My host shrugged his broad shoul-
ders
Nothing is known; your imagina'
tion may run riot as it pleases."
Suppose" l continued, with the
memory of my dream recurring to me
with extraordinary vividness, the man
who stole Mr. Blythe's wife to be liv-
ing in fear of the husbands venge-
ance. Suppose him to come in the
dead Of night to inclose his victim in
a locked chamber from which there
was no escape, and then to kindle the
fatal fames!"
Mr.. Lanfair, for second time,
shrugged his shoulders, and then, as
true as there is a Heaven above US,
there struck upon my ears the sounds
of footsteps advancing, with the exact,
the unmistakable limp that had beat
upon my ears during the preceding
night.
Slowly the door of the library
opened, ard there in the full flood Of
the sunshine was the very face which
had haunted me in the storm and
darkness There were the piercing
eyes, the thin features, and the secret
mouth; l almost uttered a scream in
my amazement. just managed to
control myself.
who is it?" I asked, but my host
did not notice my feverish agitation.
my secretary" he answered; my
confidential secretary"
And that secretary has been in Mr..
Lanfair's employment for years, and
is esteemed one Of the best Of men.
Now, should I tell my host of my
strange dream?
Such was the question my friend
put to me-a question l have not been
able to answer-New York Weekly.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1905-03-30

hoe ootten an unenviable reputation
abroad. But owing to the good "orA
of the pulpit and press, there mas oee'
substantial evidence recently OF 'ns
ncndu.um swinging the other way
There are just now seven men aa-
der sentence of death in this state
with the strong probability that tour
Of these will be hanged within the
rext few months. Four out OF TIE
seven are white men. and two or THESE
are men Of means and influence -.
The first hanging will be that OF
Marion Parr, the cotton mill operative
Of this city, who, while his case was
about to be taken to the supreme
court confessed freely to his preacher.
acknowledging that he was guilty of
murder and saying he deserved to and
was ready to die. Parr is to be exc
cuted in Columbia On the 18th Of April
and it will be the first legal execution
of q white man in the county in forty
years.
R. A. Adams, the Colleton white
man who escaped jail after the su-
preme court refused his appeal for
new trial, but who was captu7ed after
the governor offered reward OF 81
600, is to be re-sentenced at Wplter.
boro for the killing of a man named
jacques.
There are two hangings set for the
9Th of May at Florence, and it is
not unlikely that both Of these will
take place, although the supreme court
has not passed on the fate of the white
man convicted there a few days ago
Of the murder of a negro. The time
in which he had to perfect his appeal
having expired, it is presumed that
nothing will be done to save him. Sam
Marks, the negro who had to be
brought to Columbia, pending his ap-
peal to the supreme court to prevent
him being lynehed is to- be hung at
Florence on the 5th of May for the
murder OF the white man, Hill Langs-
ton.
The most important case is that
coming out of Oconee county, where
the noted Hoyt Hayes case, whose
Communication created so much feeling
there against the governor, originated
Earle Rochester, a. leading Oconee
farmer of that section and considered
a fine citizen and desirable neighbor,
is under sentence of death for doing
a neighbor to death with shotgun
The case against the two desperate
blind tiger negroes, who killed Mag
istrate Cox, when he went out to ar
rest them from Fountain Inn last May
as they were hauling a load OF liquor
in a buggy and who have been in
the penitentiary for safekeeping, is
still hung up in the supreme court.
The appeal is to come up for hear
ing at the April term and the deci-
sion will therefore not be out until
some time this summer. The negroes
have small chance of escaping the
gallows.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1905-03-30
Electric Railway Assured.

The building of the Charleston and
Summerville Electrical railway is now
practically assured with the fling OF
a big mortgage for $1,0oO,o0o, to Sc
cure the bonds assumed by the Knick-
erbocker Trust company of New York.
The bonds are to be Of the denomina-
ton of $1,000 each and to bear inter
est at 5 per cent semi-annually.
The road is to be built by the
Southern Construction company, or
ganized under the laws Of Georgia,
with head Office at Macon. President
A. J. Warner of the Construction COM
pany is financially interested In the
railway.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1905-03-30
JAPS HEAD OFF SLAVS.

Lineviteh Reports to Gar That TIE
Enemy is in His Front.
A dispatch received in st. Peters,
burg from General Lnevitch dated
March 81, says: yesterday Japanese
cavalry detachments appeared in front
of our advance post. Behind the cav
airy were infantry, who halted at the
village Of Machantzy."
A Toxic dispatch Of Wednesday IS
as follows: 1T is reported that the
rear guard of the retreating Russians
WAS 20 miles north Of Kaiyuan, about
20 miles north of Tie Pass yesterday,
the japanese vanguard following very
closely"
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1905-03-30
a prophet Without Honor.

John, you'd better take your um-
brella," said the editors wife.
"'Tisn't going to rain, MOTHER re-
piled the editors son.
your father says it looks like it,
"Yes, mother, but you must remem-
ber that father said right up into No
yember that everything indicated tina.
the country was very close politically" D."
Cincinnati CommercialTribune.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1905-03-30
FAREWELL TO MCCORMICK.

Emoeror Nicholas and His Ma Feliei.
tates American Ambassador.
A St Petersburg dispatch says: The
euperor and empress received M.
Mccormick, the retiring American am
hassadcr, in farewell audience at
Tsarskoe.S Monday. The ambassa-
dor subsequently was received oy the
dowager empress.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1905-03-30
VALID ONLY IN STATE.

Decision Of Appellate Court Affecting
Maryland "Jim Crow" Law.
In an opinion delivered Wednesday
the court of appeals at Annapolis.
Nd, held that the act passed at the
last session Of the legislature, conf
uonly known as the "jim crow" law
and requiring steam railways in the
state of Maryland to furnish separate
compartments for white and colored
passengers, is valid so far as 1t at
fects commerce within the state, but
invalid az to interstate passengers and
must be construed as not applying to
them.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1905-03-30
An Echo of Catawba Wreck.

Henley Chapman, conductor, has en-
tered suit against the Seaboard Air
Line railway, in the court of common
pleas of York county, for $4,000, al.
leging that he was seriously and pei.
manently injured in wreck near Ca
tawba river on the 9th day of Septem.
Der last.
Waverly Fairman has also entered
suit in the same court for $20,000,
alleging that he was permanently in
jured in the same wreck.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1905-03-30
Quarantine Properties Refused.


The refusal of the United States
hospital service to take over the quar-
antine properties of South Carolina
at the ports of Charleston, George
town and Beaufort is source Of
much regret, especially in Charleston,
where it was thought best, on account
OF the navy yard location, to avoid
any possible friction in the future
by having the government take over
the plant.
The government refused to take the
plants on account Of certain conditions
imposed in the articles of transfer, re-
lating to the employment OF officials
now at the plants. These will be
amended and it is expected that the
government will later accept charge
of the plants.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1905-03-30
GOOD Roads Train for Union.

Through the efforts of the secre-
tary of the chamber of commerce and
the cooperation of Senator Latimer.
the United States Department Of Ag-
riculture will send to Union in the
near future a good roads train for the
purpose of constructing q mile or
more of modern highways.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1905-03-30

SOUTH CAROLINA
!; STATE NEWS ITEMS.
Theedore, Jr., at Beaufort.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

Theodore Roosevelt, Jr, and Sur.
geon General Rixey, U. S. N, are at
the Port Royal naval station, where
they will spend several days hunting
On the island nearby. They seem
much pleased with the outlook for
good sport.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1905-03-30
Seven Await Death on Gallows'

A Columbia special says: Jur1es III
criminal cases in this state nave oeen
notoriously lax for the past quarter
of century with the result that
murders and other forms OF Vloience
havo increased steadily and the state
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1905-03-30
p.,naoe Cases in Charleston.

FeOndSe SaS~S ''
The United States district attor-
eny's Office at Charleston is prepar'
ing the peonage cases which Will Ds
called for trial at the present term OF
the circuit court. This IS the nis'
case involving white poems, wnea
will he tried since the agltatlon o.
tho peonage matter in the onlte1
states courts two years ago, oegai'
ming in Georgia and Alabama
The case involves the trial OF seVe'
ra1 Italian labor contractors at the
rhosphate fields near Charleston. inc
non were indicted at the Columbia
term Of the circuit court last January
but Judge Brawley held, as dld some
other southern judges, that tners ~
must be some state law or CUSTOM oi'
tho matter of peonage to bring tne
o.so herore the court, and the district
attorneys decided not to carry tne
mstter before the jury until the ques-
.;ons involved could be tested in inc
Clyatt case, decided recently IN tne
supreme court.
The opinion of the court sus1a1neu
ovorv claim of the attorney genera
and now the Italian contractors VIII
be put On trial.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1905-03-30

"If I shold dfe''-e'en now she standeth
On the rivers misty shore;
Only this one crossing over.
And she tasteth death no more.
Before I wake"-that bliss Of waking
Never mortal lips have told:
Songs Of angels. palms Of glory.
uarps end crowns OF purest golo.
Il pray the Lord''-He closer bendeth,
With q smile Of tender love:
Waits to bear that pure. white spirit,
To the better home above.
NV soul to take" He takes 1t gladly,
Where no sin can ever mar,
TO that land Of peace eternal,
Just beyond the evening star.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1905-03-30
Farmers, Agreement Ratified.

Farmers agreement na@'e'
A meeting of the sea island cotton
planters was held in Charleston the
past week for the purpose OF ratl1ylng
the agreement recently drawn among
the planters, ginners and merchants
not to sell seed to alien communities
that the cultivation of the long staple
cotton may be confined to this lmme-
date section. where the cotton was
first raised. The agreement has been
generally signed, and it is expected
that with foreign communities, unable
10 secure new seed, their cotton Will
deteriorate and the South Carolina
planters will recover the monopoly
The charter has been received 1roni
the secretary of state for the organi'
zation Of an association among tnS
n1anters. aimed for controlling the
seed market. No seed will be solo,
hut Il will be distributed among the
n,anters of the closed corporation.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1905-03-30

snow I lay me-" softly. family.
Came the words from lips grown white
While the nurmur Of the river
Sounded through the silent night.
"Down to sleep;" the sleep was dreamless
That was stealing DER her now
Slower grew the futt'ring heart beats.
Oeath-damp gathered on her brow.
'.I pray the Lord"-the dear Lord stand
Ing.
All unseen beside her bod.
Knew Himself the panSs Of dying
Had Himself slept with the dead.
.y soul to keep" Dear child. he keeps II
Safely In His gentle hand:
Keeps Il for q place In heaven.
'Nong the shining seraph band.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1905-03-30
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.

The number Of timber sleepers On
the railways of the world is calculat-
ed to be about 1,494, 900, 900, and their
value is estimated at about 5000, ,000,-
900.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1905-03-30

The making of shoes for dogs has
now developed into quite a big indus
try and is especially fiourishing in
Labrador. The dogs attached to
sledges travel at great speed over
the rough ice and some protection
for the feet is necessary. The shoes
are made of: sealskin. \
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1905-03-30
LAND FRAUDS IN UTAH.
Thousands Of Acres of Valuable Pub.
lie Tracts illegally Seized.

Special agents Of the government
are reported to have been engaged
for some time past in investigating
public land frauds in Utah. It is stat
ed that hundreds of thousands OF
acres of valuable coal land have been
acquired by corporations by question
able methods.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1905-03-30
MISS MILDRED LEE DEAD.
Youngest Daughter Of General Robert
e. Lee Passes Away Suddenly.

e. Lee FdSSSo T~'oJ
Miss Mildred Lee, youngest daugh-
ter of General Robert Edward Lee,
died in New Orleans Monday night at
the residence of Mrs. William Pres
ton Johnston while on visit Her
death was due to a sudden stroke OF
apoplexy.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1905-03-30

1OT tuS 1Sel Is ueCeSSdIy. uS ouo~o
are made Of sealskin. \
A bald eagle weighing IS pounds
and measuring eight feet from tip to
tip was turned loose in the streets OF
Hutchinson, Kan, recently by the
Hutchinson lodge of Eagles. A metal
band was placed around the birds leg
bearing the inscription, Il am mem
Der Of Hutchinson's aerie Of Eagles"
The Scientific American tells Of an
other remarkable feat in house NOV
ing. A brick house at Sharpsburcg,
Penn, was moved to Allegheny, dis
tance Of four miles. Most Of this was
by water, the house being loaded onto
a huge coal barge and f1oated down
the river. It is probable that as in
most such cases, it cost far more to
move the house than to have rebuilt
II. new.
The builders are at work on stone
flduuCL dL I lduCA, NcASAy, WV NAS
River Syra, which contains the long
est masonry arch in the world, its
length being 295 feet inches, meas
ured horizontally from base to base.
The Luxembourg bridge across theval-
ley of Petruffe which was completed
few months ago, has a span Of 277
feet. The next longest masonry arch
is in the United States, near Washing
ton. and is known as the Cabin John
Bridge. It's length of span is 22O feet.
Paderewski, the famous pianist,
says that his fingers are as precious to
him as life, for he could never play If
he lost any of them. He takes insur-
ance from time to time to cover special
risks, as when he is going on long
journey by land or sea, but apart from
these his two hands are regularly in
sured from year to year. He pays
$4,000 annually in this way, with the
result that if anything went wrong
with one of his precious hands at any
time so that he could no longer earn
an income by his playing. he would be
paid s5O,00O cash.
An English paper tells how on one
occasion Joseph Chamberlain was in
vited to Liverpool to make a speech.
It was to be a great celebration. The
mayor, who was to preside at the
meeting, had arranged a fine din1fer
for the guest of honor. A .distingu-
ished assembly surrounded the table,
and at the right of the host sat Mr..
Chamberlain. For couple OF hours
the company chatted over their food,
and finally, the coffee was served. 1t
was at this juncture that the mayor
leaned over and whispered to Mr..
Chamberlain: your excellency, shall
we let the crowd enjoy itself while
longer; or had we better have your
speech?"
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1905-03-30
THE CHILD'S LAST PRAYER.

BY c. E. Bolles.