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Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1906-03-23
MILLIONALRES FOR WATERS.
Caddies Toasted as Guests Of the
Germantown Cricket Club, Near
PhiIadeip hia.

Millionaires and men OF promin-
ence in the business and social life
Of the city turned walters and fed
the little lads who have served as
caddies on the golf links Of the Ger
mantown Cricket Club, at a banquet
at the clubhouse at Wissahickon
Heights the other night. The lads
we're delighted with the feast, but
more pleased with the attention show
cred upon them by the dignified men
Of affairs, who left nothing undone to
make them happy.
As the eighty-six youngsters, rang
ing in age from eight to sixteen years,
sat about the banquet board, CARRIED
in their regular costumes, Samuel T.
Heebner, one OF the old members OF
the club, welded the carving knife,
and huge slices of turkey were prompt
ly hurried to the hungry youngsters
by the millionaire walters.
First, ex-Minister to Italy, William
Potter would hurry away with a
plate, then Sheriff Brown and Direc.
tor Of Public Safety Potter would rush
from the carver's side. carrying plat
tiers heaped with turkey and tempting
vegetables. Edward s. Buckley. Jr.,
president OF the club, took hand and
was assisted by vice-President H. H.
Kingston, Harlan 8. Page, Howard
Perrin, Joseph s. Clark, Charles T.
Cowperwaite, Henry A. Lewis, Robert
C. Cooke, William r. Buckley, c.. III
Potter, william Disston and w. Find
ley Brown, and all of them were busy
looking after the wants OF their cad
dies, all Of them men Of great affairs
After the collation. had been served
William C. Houston, chairman Of ths
golf committee. JAILED the gathering
to order and made brief address, II
which he congratulated the boys upol
their behavior during the year. Az ;
J means Of still further pleasing the cad
lies, each was presented with a boz
/ Of candy and prizes ranging from 3
to $3.50 in gold.
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1906-03-23
SToCK EXCHANGE SEATS.
Points of Vantage where Millions
Are Made land Lost while. you
wait.

In keeping with the recent remark
able rise In stock prices in this coun.
try is the rapid advance in rates at
which New York Stock Exchange
seats are selling. The membership of
the Exchange is strictly limited to
LOO, and seats are therefore objects
Of ardent desire on the part Of many
hundreds of market operators, to
whom a membership would be mate
rally valuable. A month ago a seat
sold for $4,000, a record price. A few
days ago membership rights were sold
for $4,000 and one seat was bought
at the unprecedented price OF $4,000.
1t is believed that III there Is another
transaction OF this character soon the
price will reach 100000. or somewhat
more than so per cent. greater than
the rate at which seats were sold two
years ago. In 1879 Stock Exchange
seats sold for $4,000. and this was re-
garded as high.
An idea of the reason why Wall
Street operators are anxious to OBJ
tain the right to transact their bust
ness on the floor OF the Exchange
is gained from the fact that the stock
transactions nowadays average close,
upon 100000 shares day. II every
member of the Exchange were active.
and IL the business were evenly d..
vided, such daily business would give
to each member a commission upon
about 900 shares. amounting to a
yearly income Of $32,700 This Is, Of
course, entirely apart from individual
operations and profits.
These Stock Exchange seats are re-
garded as assets. There has been in
the past some trading in them for the
sake of the profits gained by the rise
in the rate, but the tendency was dis
couraged by rigid enforcement Of the
rule that the purchaser must be ac-
ceptable to the governors of the Ex-
change. Men now sell their seats only
for urgent reason, such as failure OF
health, or removal to other fields. In
the latter case the New York seat is
probably more profitably turned into
cash, at the high rates now prevailing,
than to be held for future use. When
a member OF the exchange dies. his
executors sell his seat for the highest
rate. The bidding Is often
spirited, and some OF the most strik-
ing advances in the record prices have
been scored in this way.
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1906-03-23

ter In the distance. and the Ashley aud
Cooper Rivers. In the PARK are several
old statues and on warm night II
must be charming spot.
Flowers In winter.
Then we drove through the town,
encountering everywhere gardens in
bloom and trees In foliage as II 1t were
the month o. May. A lady we met
gave me an exquisite red and white
camelia, and I saw an immense bush
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1906-03-23

selves, grasped her message and her
very name became term of derision.
She was caricatured, insulted, jeered at
and maligned. In the early days of the
movement Women's Rights was the
synonym for dress reform, for neglect
ed home duties for rabid political
tendencies and for unwomanly women.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton was Miss
Anthony's earliest ally. Together they
conducted one campaign after another,
seemingly making but little Roadway
at first. They travelled all over the
country, going from place to place In
open wagons, stage coaches or what
ever other conveyance was obtainable,
and from door to door on foot. They
endured many hardships and were sub
jected to insults innumerable. People
said of them that Mrs. Stanton made
the balls and Miss Anthony fired them.
She proved her good craftsmanship by
making every ball count.
Partial Suffrage in Many States.
II never saw that tall, stately Quaker
girl coming across my lawn" said Mrs.
Stanton, But what ! knew another
| bomb-shell was to be hurled into some
assembly of men,
Miss Anthony was arrested and fined
| for illegal voting in 1872. She had
cast ballot at the election. She never
| paid the fine. Since then four states
have granted the right of suffrage to
women; % states have given them the
right to vote at school elections, and
New York permits women taxpayers to
vote on all questions affecting the tax
alton of property, For years Miss
Anthony hoped to live to see woman
elected and inaugurated as President
| Of the United States, but she has a.
bandoned that hope now, realizing that
such thing will not come to pass in
her day.
| Her life Is now less strenuous and
she and her sister, Mary, have quie
4 pretty home at Rochester N. Y. Sht
keeps in touch with every cause in thu
interest of or for the advancement Of
woman, and in her voluminous CORES
i pondence continues to give advice ant
counsel to women in all quarters Of
the globe. Out of her little Workshop
i in the attic of the Rochester home
u comes much Of the ammunition uset
in continuing the battle for suffrage
Six years ago, at the age of so sht
learned to operate typewriter. whicf
she employs in her personal CORES
pondence and in CARRYING on her work
! Time has dealt gently with her. Sh'
: is still stately and erect. and her steI
has the vigor and elastic.., of mos
! women many years her junior. He
! memory is undulled by age, all Of he
, faculties seem to retain the keennes
! which made her such power In tn,
} prime of her life. Her interest In thu
: worlds affairs IS undated, and he
! mind is attnned IN every movement
having for its object the bettermen
Of mankind.
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1906-03-23
4 Propeller In the Aif

An English device is reported Of IN
air motor boat. which. while not re-
markable as a speed craft, Is yet very
useful in navigating many bodies Of
water which on account Of their ex-
treme shallowness are practically clos
ed to navigation. Other deeper rivers
and lakes are likewise avoided BY .
screw or paddle wheel craft on &C
count Of their growths Of rank vege-
tation.
a nat, shallow draft launch has been
constructed which overcomes both diff
nculties, for its screw propeller or fan
works, not In the water but in the air.
Driven by . motor, the fan whirling IN
the air sends the boat along Ut . good
rate Of speed,
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1906-03-23

schedules of the new imperial tariff
against American goods, thus averting
a tariff war with the United States, is
the climax to protracted interchange
of correspondence between Secretary
Root and Ambassador Sternberg, in
which Secretary Root has achieved his
first great feat Of pure diplomacy.
The success of the State Department
in obtaining for another sixteen months
equal consideration In the German
trade with other governments that have
made great concessions to obtain the
minimum tariff in Germany. without
any amelioration of our schedules
against German goods entering this
country, ranks as one of the notable
works of statecraft in several decades
of the recent history Of the American
foreign Office. Had Secretary Root not
already given ample promise of being
a diplomat of the first class, he would
now be hailed as the new stellar light
in international politics.
All Done in a Month.
Only a month before the action OF the
reichstag. the German government was
still apparently inexorable in it's posi-
| ton that the maximum rates would be
|
enforced on March !.
| In the light of the reichstag's action,
at the earnest solicitation of Chancellor
Won Buelow, one might be led to think
a colossal bluff had been attempted, and
pushed to the last moment by Germany.
But this, 1t is understood here, is not
the case The seed of education as to
/ the result of the tariff war, which Mr..
Root had been sowing. did not sprout
until within the last few weeks; then
its growth was rapid.
Realizing that Mr.. Root was thor
oughly familiar with all the premises
and sound in his understanding Of what
the results would be of any course pur.
sued by Germany, and that he could
!. not be shaken from his position OF
|, polite regret that no concession was
i possible at this e,d of the wire, the
German statesmen quickly went to
i their reichstag, and had legislation
passed deferring the trouble.
i Had the department here shown
!, signs of hysteria, or had Secretary
J Root not fully appreciated the several
angles ~ the caea. or had he made ex
cited efforts to have Congress act hur
} riedly in giving Germany concessions
before March !. the Germans would
have decided that the United States
could be coerced bv actually applyinf
J the maximum tariff. but Mr.. Roots
, (placid explanations that nothing at al
could be done here either before OF
after March /. had an exceedingly
! uuieting effect upon German tariff
; opinions
81 Secretary Roots impassive attitude
} which was so remarkably effective n
+ this case, is all the more notable. II
view of the flood OF excited protests
that have come to Washington from
associations of farming, manufacturing
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1906-03-23

there. The street is broad, the houses
right on the street, their grounds on
either side planted with vegetables,
magnolia trees. roses In fullbloom, and
wealth OF vines everywhere. The
houses here were built before the war,
and are immense three story structures
running way back. with two and three
story verandas facing the South to
catch the sea breeze. Quaint old carv-
ings are on tine doors which are also
Respondent with great brass knockers.
The view IL fine and expansive. In
Guiding Charleston Harbor, Fort Sum
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1906-03-23
TRIUMPH FOR ROOT
CERl1AyY,S NEW TARIFF ACT
ALLOWS SMALLEST RATE on
AMERICAN GOODS.

Securing This Unlocked For Conces-
sion Makes Secretary of State a
Diplomat of First Rank-Cefman
Market Priced.
War has been averted between the
United States and Germany: not the
strife Of cannon and sword. but COM
mercial war, which nevertheless very
seriously threatened important Ameri-
can Industries.
The recent action of the German
reichstag in passing legislation defer
ring from March l next. until June 80,
1907, the assessment of the maximum
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1906-03-23


It required great courage to under
take this work at the time and in the
manner she did But she possessed
that requisite and exercised it on
many occasions. She never faltered,
never lost heart, though she was con.
stantly subjected to ridicule, calumny
and opposition. Few women were
brave enough to follow her in those
days. In 1852 she addressed large
convention of men teachers. A clergy
man who was present complimented
her afterwards.
you spoke ably and WELL" he said,
but I had rather see my mother
and sister dead in their graves than
to hear them speaking from a public
platform"
Increasingly she preached the doc
trine of womans suffrage and equal
rights. Few, even among women them
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1906-03-23
Miss Anth0ny's Remarkable Bat.
tie Against Ridicule and
CaIumny.

Susan Brownell Anthony was born
sc years ago in the Hicksite Quaker
settlement at South Adams, Mass, and
was as quiet and gentle and obedient a
little Quaker maiden as any OF her
playmates in that tranquil spot. Her
life was uneventful until she took up
teaching and went out into the world.
She was 26 years old when she made
her first fight for the right OF suffrage
It was for the right to vote at tenn
perance meeting which was dominated
by young men. The Sons of Temper
ance were holding convention at
Albany, N. Y. and the Daughters OF
Temperance were invited to meet with
them. Susan was one of the Daugh-
ters who accepted the invitation. Ear
ly in the proceedings the young women
discovered that their position In the
convention was purely an honorary
one. The men did not propose thai
they should have any voice In the pro
ceedings. 1t was against scripture
and against her natural sphere tna'
woman should raise her voice in the
councils of men, were the arguments
of the men in answering the protests
of the women and in refusing theil
petition to be allowed to vote.
Suddenly tall, slender Quaker CIR
arose from her seat and, followed BY
six others, marched out of the convent
ion hall. The leader was Susan T
Anthony. 1t was her first rebellion
against that order OF things which
gave men a monopoly Of power. Sh'
Immediately set about organizing the
Women's New York State Temperance
Society. That was the real beginninl
of what has been her life's work il
which the central theme has ever beel
equal suffrage for the sexes.
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1906-03-23

Curara one Of the deadly poisons.
and that with which South American
Indians annoint their arrow heads
has been found very helpful In the
treatment Of hydrophobia.
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1906-03-23

and other producing interests In the
Middle West, which consider the Ger
man market their velvet"
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1906-03-23

CALHOUN MONUMENT. CHARLESTON. s. c.
covered with red ones We went into
St. Michael's church, one Of the oldest
churches In the South, twice injured
by fire. and the walls cracked during
the great earthquake. The three walls
are lined with memorial tablets; the
pews are Of tho old style. high onsa.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-12-14
Rehash on the Divorce Evil
Some facts the startling growth gathered by news reporter

The newspaper men who stand con-
siderable time around the various
courts of the city in quest of inform
alton generally absorb into their gist
of facts enough information and know
ledge of the divorce evil to fill book
The reading public by casual inspec-
ton of the columns of the daily paper
can scarcely form intelligent ideas
of the number of divorces tried during
term of court and the factors which
contribute to make divorces neces-
sary. The newspaper reporter be-
comes SO Injured to these cases that
he hardly glances into or notices par
ticularly the special case of each in
dividual application for severance of
the sacred marriage relations. The
petitions are accepted as everyday life,
or rather the development of everyday
life, and are let go at that.
From appearances in court on some
days of the term the belief is war;
ranted that the marriage tie is no more
binding-no more sacrei-to the ma
jority of people than an engagement to
luncheon or an invitation to call.
People marry and unmarry as though
it were a great joke, and nothing more.
Here is the case of a couple who were
married, and lived together for five
years. They got tired of the asso-
citation, or one of them did, and into
the divorce court they went. 1t was a
short and easy road to freedom. But
the pair met again in a few weeks, and
the rubbing together produced an ex-
citation of ganglia that caused them
again to rush into matrimony They
were married by justice, lived to-
gether six months, and the storm hav-
ing blown over, into the divorce court
they went again, and it was all off,
This is not an uncommon case.
Men and women divorce and remarry
each other almost as the roue and the
wanton hold their meetings and carry
on their liaisons-ani no class of So
ciety escapes. The very rich and the
very poor contribute to the divorce
business, though not SO much as do
the middle class.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-12-14

According to data gathered by govern
ment experts the curse of divorce is
by no means confined to the big cities.
The small towns and even the country
have their share, and proportionately
to population there are more divorce
cases among the Outlanders than in the
centers of population. Drunkenness, in
fidelity and poverty are the most pro-
ductive of causes of divorce petitions.
The sexes are about equally divided as
to numbers in the lists of seekers after
divorces, and there are more of them
of both sexes in the eastern than in
the western half of the country, in
spite of the prevalent belief that SO
many western states and cities are the
Meccas of dissatisfied married folks.
1t is true that few states have won
what might we'll be called infamy by
laws that facilitate the rupture of
the marriage ties. But it is just about
as easy, on the average, to get a divorce
In one part of the country as in an
other.
The star boarder has come to play
great role in the divorce tragedy.
Where the husband is the plaintiff he
can be found in the role, of co-respon-
dent with most interesting frequency.
Then there is the wife's chum, her
cousin, and even her sister, when
the wife takes the initiative and takes
her jealousy into court. And there is
the trusted friend on either side, and
the contributing evil of too much fam
iliarity between families.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-12-14

Towner county is one of the youngest
counties of North Dakota, being one of
q group of ten counties that were Or
ganized in 1888, during Governor Ord
ways territorial administration, six
wears before the Dakota twins were
borne into the sisterhood of states. 1t
was formed from re-survey of Cav
elier and Rolette counties and was
named after o. NJ. Towner, who was
a member of the fifteenth territorial
legislature. The boundary established
gave the county twenty eight full and
four fractional townships, or 55O,4S0
acres within her boundaries. On Nov.
16, 1888, the governor appointed three
commissioners, namely j. S. Conyers,
H. c. Davis and P. P. Parker, to organ
ize the county and in the month follow
ing they set out for the Big Coulee
country" to perform their duties under
conditions and amid controversies Pc
culiar to the frontier.
In those days the icy winds of winter
chilled the bones of but few pioneers
and passed harmlessly over the frozen
Judgment of the gopher, while the
plains still echoed the tread of few
remaining buffalo which were not yet
exterminated from the northern plains.
Then no railroad trains screamed
across the levels, and the creak OF the
prairie schooner and the whoop of
the driver were evidence of the only
Transportation facilities. In that far
time the Dakotas were yet territory
the mention of whose very name arous-
ed in Atlantic homes visions of the
fierce red man, with tomahawk and
scalping knife, lying in wait for the
emigrants who ventured beyond the
settlements.
Cando was then town unbuilt and
unnamed, save in the minds of the
commissioners. who called a meeting
for that purpose soon after their ar
rival. 1t was December afternoon
with the gray blizzard in the air that
Andrew Gerard, the blacksmith, blew
up a blazing fire and arranged boxes
and kegs for the first public meeting in
the country. There were SIX residents
from the banks of the big coulee to the
east who arrived first, and so far took
the blacksmith into their confidence as
to confide to him their purpose of es-
tablishing the county seat near their
properties, but they reckoned a little
wrongly. a motion was made by Mr.
COnyers that the county seat be placed
just where they We're then sitting, but
the six from the coulee most emphati-
cally stated that the county seat could
not and should not be placed here and
every effort was made by them to have
it located on a townsite already locat-
ed on the banks of the coulee. The
meeting had lasted for several hours
when Capt. Parker, who was chair
man of the board, arose to his feet and
shouted, They say we can't do it, and
We say we can do it, and just to show
them We can do it we'll call the
county seat Can-do!" The motion was
heartily seconded by the other COM
missioners and supported by their
friends-and so the town was named
The First Organization.
January "a, 1884, the county commits
sioners met and selected the following
as the first officers of the county:
w. E. Pew. register of deeds; A. NJ.
Powell, clerk of court; John W. Har-
dee, probate judge; John w. Roche,
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-12-14
RAMSEY COUNTY.

Ramsey county was in 1881 Indian
country, opened in 1882 to the home
seeker Today it is covered with mag
nificent farms, villages and cities. 1t
is almost beyond belief that such pro-
gress has been made in such a short
time.
Ramsey county was organized in
1888. and on January 25th of that year
the board of commissioners, composed
of D. w. Ensign. E. " Barton, and T. c.
Saunders. held their first meeting.
That it is in truth the garden spot
of North Dakota needs days drive
over the country around the beautiful
lakes to see the varied crops. the
large farm buildings. the school houses
and churches to verify.
Extending along the southern bound
airy for forty miles is that beautiful
body of water known as Devils Lake
with its many bays and timber lined
shores. Through the center of the
county is a series of freshwater lakes
and coulees, the home of the wild goose
the hunters paradise.
Real estate in Ramsey county is
rapidly increasing in value, but is not
at all commensurate with the income
of the soil. Land that could have been
purchased three years ago at SIS per
acre cannot be had for $40 per acre
today. 1t is only an occasional piece of
unimproved land that can be had to-
day for $40 per acre, while years ago
$50 per acre was considered good
price for our best improved farms.
While many from the East are coming
here and buying land, most of the
transfers are to residents of the
county, who are increasing their hold
ings as fast as they can, following the
dominant passion of the Danish farm
err Il only want the land that joins
mine
In 1904 there were 1856 farms In
Ramsey county. There were 459,754
acres under cultivation. While this
county is not known as fruit grow
ing county the harder varieties do
we'll. There are over 1000 bearing
fruit trees and 500 acres of berries in
the country.
The census taken this year gives
Ramsey county a population of 10000.
Last year there were IFS births in the
county and IS deaths.
One thousand five hundred and thirty
farm laborers were employed in the
county, an dthe amount paid for farm
help exceeded half million dollars.
Farming.
Farms range in size from eighty
acres to 1000 acres, the majority be-
ing half section of 800 acres.
Farming is managed in Ramsey
county with less manual labor and
nearer a minimum cost than in eastern