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Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1907-12-18

A Clarke county man offered
note for discount at one of the
banks in a neighboring town re
Gently and it was turned down.
with the statement that the institu,
ton was only discounting for their
regular customers, when, as mat
ter of fact, many notes had pre-
viously been discounted for the
same gentleman, and promptly
paid when due.
As we previously remarked,
there is something wrong in the
banking system somewhere We
have always held that while bank
is primarily a business institution,
founded for the purpose of making
money for its stockholders, it
should not occupy the position of
a Shylock and demand its pound
of flesh when the opportunity
seems to present itself, for the Jew
money-lender of Shakespeare's tic-
ton was, in the end, defeated.
Berryville, and its surrounding
community, suffer more from the
condition we have portrayed than
manufacturing community would
for the reason that an agricultural
community conducts its business
upon a credit basis. The farmer
runs his bills until his crops are
delivered. When he receives
money, the merchant is paid. If
the farmer cannot sell his crops
and get his money, then the mer-
chant and tradesman must wait.
Being unable to sell his crops, the
farmer naturally turns to the banks
for help. Heretofore the help has
been promptly given and notes
discounted or renewed by payment
of interest. Now he is met by the
statement that the banks have
practically suspended their dis
counts and the note now due must
be paid.
How is he to pay itl
Will the bank sue out Judgment
against him and attach some of his
property, and thus help to cripple
him hUpelessly, or will the bank
loosen up" its strings and help
him over the present stringencyl
1t is all very veil to pirate of
conservative" banking; but what
the country now most desires is a
little radical" banking which will
help the worthy farmers and others
over the rough places. So far as
we are aware, no question has been
raised as to the security offered on
the notes we mentioned above.
Certainly none was raised on the
particular $3.50 note which came
under our personal observation.
This withdrawing from circula-
ton and boarding of the money of
the country is not right. 1t is not
honest. 1t is not fair to the great
mass of horny-handed farmers who
have worked hard and sweated
deep to get a fair start in the world.
Just as the News-Leader says:
Loosen Up"
just as the New York Governor
says: "Endeavor to see, not to
what extent credit may be re-
stricted, but how far it may be
granted"
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1907-12-18
Solitude Cures crxinn.

The best way 10 cure yourself OF
crying is TO live alone" said the wo-
man. Il used to cry IN awful lot when
] was married. but hardly ever do
now. It's the saddest thing I'm the
world to hear yourself crying all alone
in your fiat. and what's the use any
way If there is nobody around to say
There. therer New York Press.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1907-12-18

The Democratic National Con-
vention will meet in Denver, Colo. l.,
on July 4, 1908, for the purpose of
naming candidates for President
and Nice-President. Who will be
namedl
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1907-12-18
AIfnost &C Bad

"Was no one injured in the railway
collision, county,"
No Nevertheless it was most pain
ful situation. First, second, third and
fourth class passengers all mingled to-
gether. Simply unheard ofp'-Trans-
atlantic Tales.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1907-12-18

when l was your age" said the Sc
we're parent. II was compelled to earn
my wn,living"
"Sir," answered the complaceni
youth. II know too little OF the circum'
stances TO attempt to defend my grand,
father Washington Star.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1907-12-18

President Roosevelt has posi-
lively announced that he will not
be a candidate for re election.
Will it be Taft, Hughes, Knox,
COrteyou, Foraker, or whol
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1907-12-18

THAT play" remarked the critical
person. '1acks heart interest"
ut does, .ehy answered the star.
NYou just ought to see the way the
manager is taking the box Office re.
ceipts to heart. "-Washington Star.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1907-12-18
An Intere.tinn Animal

Higgins - My ''vet' was greatly
pleased with that horse you sold me.
Wiggins-What pleased him about the
animal? Higgins-Why, he discovered
twelve new diseases he never suspect
ed before.-Illustrated Bits.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1907-12-18
The Easy Part.

He-This shopping business is an aw-
full nuisance! She-why, Henry, you
have no reason to complain. I've done
oil the shopping. All you do is to car
ry the parcels,
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1907-12-18

Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup
causes a free yet gentle action of the
bowels through which the cold is forced
out of the system. Children like it..
Contains no opiates nor narcotics.
Sold by Blencowe's Pharmacy.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1907-12-18
You Can Easily Operate
This Typewriter Yourself

Don't worry your correspondent.

Don't worry your correspondent
Don't write him anything by hand
mat takes him time TO make out-that may
leave him In doubt-that he can't easily read
And don't fill out legal papers OF card
memos-or make out accounts OF hotel menus
in your own handwriting.
1t looks bad, reflects your standing,
makes people think you can't afford a stenogra-
pher, and is sometimes ambiguous
You can write out your letters-make
out an abstract-hll in an inusranee policy
enter your card memos-make out your ac-
counts, or hotel menu-or do any kind of
writing you need, on any kind. size or thickness
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on application. Changes of advertisements
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morning Of each week.
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eaaMz!Ngv Norfolk Weston


NOVEMBER 20. 1907.
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Entered at the PoStoflicc at Berryvillc. Va,
as Second-claSS mail matter
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-08-04

10 make an old timer turn over in hIs grave.
Then it was an insult to be called "A farmer.
Now We come right up and answer TO the
name.
We used to be proud to tell how many
acres we owned and how many head of
cattle we grazed. Now these figures mean
nothing at all. What counts is how rIuch
an acre tie land pays, and if il will pay
more in wheat or alfalfa, or if corn fed
mules bring n bigger price than corn fed
cattle. then wheat or mules it is, and never
a thought for the traditions we were brought
up on.
About eight years ago the great prairies
completed the transition from cattle raising
to cattle feeding. From raising leggy. long
horned cattle that wouldn't know an ear
Of corn if they saw il and that lived tie year
round on native grasses. ekcd out by a
little sorghum fodder when the snow was
deep. we o into the business of producing
beer.
we found that the land used for grazing
would raise the best corn on earth, and
that this corn fed TO cattle just about
doubled our returns. This discovery was
the first step IN the breaking up of the big
ranches, aud has led TO so many others as
to constitute practically a revolution in the
industry.
The famou Dewey ranch, the largest
in Kansas ana the scene Of a feud. is Icing
divided ans sold as farms. The Rookie
Teller ranch in a neighboring county is
also being sold Liecenleal. and the Forsha
ranch in Reno county, while keeE ing its
BOUNDARIES unbrosen. is teing worked
on a colonization scheme hat makes it
more Of a farm than a ranch in the old time
meaning Of the word
1t is the high valuation Of the land
that is resi- onsiL le for its decline as a cattle
raising or cattle fleeing plant. LAND
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IF wheat is low they store it away and
sell corn, and if both corn and wheat are
too low for a fair prc fit into the bin 50 beth
and the alfalfa and prairie hay crops are
looked to for immediate profits.
Kansas is not the only State where cat
the raising has been revclutionized. High
priced cotton is crowding out cattle in
Texas, once the great producing country.
and thousands CT acres that used 20 be given
over to grazing are now given over 10 aeri-
culture. Mexico is n2w the great cattle
producing country, and ever there the farm
ing fever is Spreading.
Although VIC havo gained &C nsiderably
in uoneJmaking capacity we have lost a
lot q other things. The cowboy is 80 far in
the past as to DO almost forgotten, and with
him have son the bronco busting and other
Wild Wast performances that We are still
popularly credited with.
"A man who would run a steer down
now AMI rope him would be fred on the
ranch b quick he wouldn't know what
had happened. In the first place the thick
bodied. short legged whitefsce that is the
successor TO the Texas longhorn couldn't
run il he tried. and in the seoo n sue gentle
jog as he might get up under pressure would
mean the sacrifice Of valuable pounds.
I'VE still have amusements. though. even
though an old time cowboy would probably
have soorned them. Every ranch now
adays keeps a pack of wolf hounds. and the
Long Island fox is not hunted more vigor-
ously than our W gray coyote People
come from Chicago and Kansas City for the
fun, and the ranch girls who used to wear
their fathers overalls and think nothing Of
it now have to have their divided skirt habits
made by a Kansas City tailor.
The cowboys successor on the Kansas
ranch is the harvest hand. though the
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-08-04

operator. His telephone tells him daily
the closing market price OF thu various
commodities no has to sell.
lie studios the markets and the conditions
governing them. and he is prepared TO use
his knowledge to advantage. Twenty years
g tbs Kansas ranchman raised long
horned steers and the farmer raised corn.
To-day both raise whatever promises tho
lsrges, and surcst profit.
The cattle ranch in Kansas is as ox-
tinct Us the dinosAur. v said Col. j. L. John
son Of Reno county. There are a few
weak limitations left out in the short grass
country, but they are no more ranches
such as we used TO know twenty years age
than Is Central Park.
just TO call them ranches is enough
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-08-04
WHERE THE TELEGRAPH BEGAN.
---
Scene OF Morse's First Success Now .
Trolley Repair Shop.

MoRRIsTowN, N. j., Aug. 3.-The machine
shop where Prof. Samuel F.. B. Morse worked
out his idea of the ghetto tele-
graph and gave the irst exhibition of the
instrument 10 now the. property Of the
Morris County Traction Company and
will be used for car barns and repair shops.
The building formed part OF the Speedwell
Iron Works and was built by Judge Stephen
Vail in 1912. 1t 10 now dilapidstod.
Until Judge Vail died In 1854 IL vas oocu-
pied. Here was turned out the boiler
used on the steamship Savannah. which
was the fret vessel Of its kind TO cross the
Atlantic Ocean.
While Prof. Morse was working on his
invention he came to the Speedwell' Iron
Works to have some machinery made.
He also intended to paint a portrait OF
Judge Walls family. The works were in
charge Of Alfred Vail, a son OF the Judge.
Prof. Morse explained to young Vail
what he desired made. and the latter, in
terested in the idea, offered to assist In con-
~structing the machinery. The offer was
accepted and young Vail submitted the
proposition to his father. who furnished
funds for Morse to conduct his expert
ments.
~ ibaChibttC W&o OobBi0tOu VoUuaI
II, 1888, and placed on exhibition in the
foundry. Mrs. John H. Lidgerwood, q
granddaughter Of Alfred Vail, recalls her
ment was placed in the factory.
MY grandfather has told me- frequently
that the machine was placed upon the
frst hocr," said Mrs. Lldgsrwood, -and
about three miles Of copper wire, insulated
by being wound around with cotton yarn,
was ooiled around the walls Of the second
story. There are still some OF the hooks
in the side walls, n some OF the original
wire ! . v In my possession
The Speedwell works also supplied the
tires, axIes and cranks for the first American
locomotive and made the first cast iron
plough. These were turned nj by Judge
Vail WHO was q born MECHANIC, As proof
of how he visited the nail factory of jeremiah
II. Pierson at Ramapo, N. j., and then
started one Of his own.
He could UNDERSTAND q machine at
inside Persons place l don't. know, a. 1t
was against the rules to admit visitors to
the establishment.
by some means he found his way inside
and in the character OF an unskilled country
boy wandered around in apparent stupid
Person saw him looking intently at the cut
nail machine. Instantly waving his ban
lana handkerchief he beckoned him 10
the, entrance. telling him bluntly that he
! had no business there.
Making an awkward apology Vail took
his leave, but he took that cut nail machine
away in his head. He had seem enough,
Not long afterward q cut nail machine was
at work In Dover, N, J.
Many years afterward Person and Vail
formed an acquaintance. Ono day Mr.. Vail
asked Pierson IL he knew how the nafi
factory came to be started at Dover. Pier
son said he hadn't any ides, but had often
wondered about IL, ~ he didn't believe any
one In the country knew anything about
Mr.. Vail related his visit to the Ramapu
factory. and the two men shook hands and
laughed together.'
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-08-04
AMERICA w. ENGLAND.

n. p. Dohcr,y. England, defeated ". A. Lsmed.
America, "a. ST.. 6-8. "a, o..
NJ; ID. whitman, America. defeated Or. J. PIN,
England, 81, o., Ia. 60.
Il. r. and II. L. Doherty. Tn gland. defeated II.
Ward and d. F. Davis. America. So. io-e. o-s.
W. A. 'LAned. America. defested Dr.. J. PIN.
Eag' and. SIS. Ga. 6-S
n. whitman. America. defeated r. ?. poherty.
England. al. Us. "a
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-08-04
TRICKS OF The WINE DOCTOR
Turns OUT WITH EASE ANY DE-
SIRED BRAND.

What His Laboratory Contains Some Sur
prlstnx Fcats With q Bottle Ease
with Which He Deceives Purchasers
-lmitations 0f Well known COrdials.
Some people call him a wine forger and
treat him according. In Narbonne at this
moment his life would not be worth a bunch
Of sour grapes. But l prefer TO regard him
as an entertaining juagler, writes Armiger
Barclay in the London Daily Mail, who
does surprising feats with a magic bottle.
His apparatus. arranged on a narrow
shelf, consists OF a dozen or so OF small
glass stoppered bottles Of various colored
liquids, a big jar Of caramel IN another
OF silent spirit. There are other things.
such az an aerated water plant. but it 10
openly displayed downstairs. For the aera-
ton Of table waters 10 the wine doctors
cstensible calling.
Fact ia. there's too much wine made
already he says. Real wine. I mean.
It's not wanted. IL keeps down the price.
Besides. it's wasting good land to plant
II with grapes just TO keep up the old myth
that they're necessary for wine making.
Idon't wonder at the disturbance in France,
and I wouldn't mind betting that the regi-
ments that have mutinied were driven to it
by swallowing too much OF the wine of the
country
He draws my attention to his row Of
hand.
See those' Wine in embryo. Tons Of
i'll Give me good water"-he indicates an
innocent looking tap in the oorner-"and
III turn you out q bottle Of anything you
like to name-w while you waitl"
That 10 what l have come for. | ought
perhaps to explain that I originally met
the doctor in a distant colony, where men
talk more openly than they do here, and
we'll, he knows that | may set down
in print about him will convey no cite to
bis Identity.
Mind you" he goes on, Il don't object
TO real wine in moderation. My own best
qualities have a base OF sound sherry or
Bur gundy. Take claret, for instance. Why
send to Bordeaux when, with a gill of
Australian Burgundy or Spanish Rioia.
water-watch while 1 do tia few drops
Of French vinegar n IS per cent. of potato
spirit that's colorless and odorless and only
costs a few pence per gallon. l can give
you yISaS sSs% .ts.S tSs same thing with more
Presto 1t 10 done. He pours some of
the result into a w~ineRlass and hands IL
TO me. II has he look, smell and taste
Of the wine for which l pay one and six
pence Q bottle.
bottle and label included" he exults.
Hooks and Sauternes the same. A little
real sherry for the base. sufficient acidity,
say citrio-an astringent like tannic acid
TO dry them, spirit and water in proper
ton, and there you are, Leave out the
annie and use white usa syrup instead,
A dispensing druggist In a hurry could
not make up . prescription more quickly
than no manufactures wine before my
eyes. i taste q -Niersteiner.'
Light elegant dinner wine with good
body, from the Observation-Disclosures dis
trfot,' he remarks In the o Of one quoting
from . wine circular. Now try tho Graves.
Dry and havory, ehr The 'Chablis' soft and
round, Isn't i7 You quite recognise the
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that would raise so cent corn was too
valuable 20 pasture a s2O steer, and land
that would raise 90 cent wheat was too
good to raise 50 cent corn.
"On the other hand. a feeding plant on
a ranch could be used for one purpose as
we'll as another. and when hogs were high
and conditions we're such that they promised
to go higher what was the use Of spending
time feeding cattle, the price Of which was
steadily going downward.
Three years ago the Forsha ranch was
fully stocked with cattle. which were fed
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in the most scientific spd pre-
pared to bring the very top price on the
market. The market wavered, ar d within
t~wenty-four hours the Forsha manage
had every hoof on the place on Tire way to
Kansas City. He struck the market at
its highest point and it has never been SO
high since.
"The next year the ranch fairly ywarmed
with hogs and the big fields stretching
or to the horizon were all plsnte in corn
for the fall fattening. Hogs were high
that year, and so was corn, and the Forsha
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-08-04
DAVIS INTERNATIONAL BOWL
LAWN TENNIS TROPHY THAT HAS
PASSED TO AUSTRALASIA.
Seven Yea r. OF Competition for me Chief
Prize OF the Game-America. England.
the Antipodes. Belgium. France and
Austria Have Tried Results Of Matches


Austria Have Tried Results Of Matches
The seventh competition for the Dwight
F. Davis international lawn mi trophy
has been finished, with the result hat the
Australasians, Norman E. Brookes and
Anthony +. Wilding. have carried 10 away
from the country which it has adorned
since England defeated America in 1908.
It is odd TO note hat these two are The
same players who in 1905 were shut out
by the Americans in the final preliminary
tie. The American players then were
Beals c. Wright, Holcombe Ward and William
A. Larned. Although Australasia had the
same men in this year as on that occasion
they were different players, Tho difference
In quality was great. The Brookes Of 1907
was the player that the Brookes Of 1905
promised. There was not SO great ad-
vance on the part of Wilding. but an un-
doubted Improvement there was.
Since Dwight F. Davis Of 81. Louis offered
the trophy which bears his name for an
international lawn tennis match in 1900
many countries have interested themselves
in the competition. The trophy passed
from America to England and from England
10 Australasia. Besides these three Belgium,
France and Austria challenged for the
bowl. The last three wero outclassed in
the attempts, zone Of their players ever
having won a match against the cams
they drew. In the seven competitions held
since it was first offered England has com
peted every time. America has been a con-
tender six times, Australasia has tried
three times. being successful or the CO.
casion of the third try.
England defeated America three times
and Belgian once. America defeated Eng
land twice, Australasia twice and France
once. Australasia defeated America once,
Austria once and England once. Altogether
taking preliminaries n finals. there have
been twelve series Of matches for the trophy
The Australasians have won ~ out OF IL
matches in singles and 1 out Of 5 in doubles
America won II out OF 8, matches in singles
and S out Of 8 in doubles. The English
won II out Of 20 in singles and Q out Of
in doubles. Australasia 10 superior In
angles and England in doubles.
The best individual record by all odds il
that of Hugh l.. Doherty. English champion
from 1902 to 1905. inclusive. He played
si eight International matches and never
was beaten. S. H. Smith and Frank l.
Hiseley also have clean scores, Smith win
ming four and Riseley two International
wilding and Brookes each have won 81,
and lost two matches in singles. As
team they were beaten twice this yea
In Davis cup doubles.
The only American players with clear
ocores are Malcolm d. Whitman and D. F
Davis. who played In the earlier inter
, national series. Whitman won three anc
lost none. The donor OF the cup playec
only one match. which he won. William
A. LArned played in eight matches. losinI
four" Holcombe Ward lost three out o
ssven. william J. Clothier. the nationa
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hogs. fattened on corn grown there. tipped
the market.
Last year mules promised the largest
return and the ranch was stocked TO its
full capacity with mules. They were prop
erly fed and cared for and were rushed
TO market just when every other man at
the stockyards was trying to buy mules.
The same system Is carried out In the
farming operations on these big places.
Their operations are carried on on a big
enough scale 30 that however the market
goes they can't miss il.
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defeated N; T.. erookes and A J. wildlns, Aus
a. ". Gore, England, defeated A. p. wilding,
Australasia, 80. e-3. -, ga
y. r. Brookes. Australasia. defeated II. Roper
Barrett, England, 6-2. 90, 6-5
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AMERICA vs. ENoLAHp.
NJ. y. whitman, America, defeated A. W. Gore,
En- gland, d. 6-3. Ga.
g. F. navis, America. defeated Z. y. Black,
En- gland, 80, a., GA, 81.
ii. Ward and u. P. Davis, America. defeated
A. W. Gore and T.. ID. Black, England. 81, 90 a..
Other matches given over because Engllshmen
had TO return home.