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The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-09-17

sic Gilman.
H-Mr. S. j. Harper.
J--Mrs. John NJ. Johnson, Mrs.
Bessie Jones.
ll-Mlss Nettie Leonhart, Mr. Leon
ard Livingstone.
M-Mr. Johnnie John Mellanner-
ry. Miss Maybelle Moore.
P-Willie Pitts.
R-Mrs' Nancy Rook, Mr.. Wright
Rutherford.
S-Mr. r. E. Satcher, Miss Adamay
Scurry.
W-Mrs. Eugenia Williams, Mr.. c..
L. Williams.
Persons calling for these letters
will please say that they were adver-
tised.
Chas. j. Purcell, P. NJ.
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Pay Your Debts Through the Ware
houses.

Instead Of one thousand warehous-
cS as we have stated before, the Far
mers Union authorities on this SUBJ
Ject now make the statement that the
Farmers Union now owns and opcra-
les more than two thousand ware
houses, and building more.
Now these warehouses were mt nm
TO take care of the cotton by insur-
ing ii from loss from both fire and the
weather by men who arc able TO hold
thcr cotton, as we'll as to furnish y
way by which those that are in debt
MAY store their cotton and draw
cl"hty per cent Of It's current price
and pay their debts without placinr
their cotton on the market at forced
sale at ruinous prices to all owners of
cotton. The Farmers Union discour-
ares the system of growing mort~ar-
@" cotton crops. and will not stand
Tor ih2 mean practice Of some who
store their cotton at the expense of
thrr creditors after debts are due.
NO! you cannot ride The Farmers Un-
ION horse over many roads like that :;
you cannot be a good Farmers Union
man and not pay your bills when duo
II you can possibly do so.
Another cause for short crop that
IS likely to deceive the people is that
very large area Of cotton has been
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-09-17
Farmers Union Cotton Letter

Fifteen cents is the minimum for
mlddling cotton beginning the first Of
September. One-quarter of cent
per pound will be added monthly.
Island long staple will run from
az cents For No. l, to q for No. d.
with an average of 1-2 a cent ne,
pound monthly.
Since the Farmers Union and the
Cotton Association prices are the
same for both lint and cotton seed
and that many merchants and others
are now takin" in and holding" cotton
FOR the minimu mpricc Of Is cents.
inns grand concert Of action for tho
common good. the business element
or the whole south accepts the de-
rlsl"n and expresses no doubt thot
th' minimum be reached at an early
"a'c' notwlthStandin" the gall dis
played by the Savannah cotton buv-
erS in their statement that they wonld
gel the cotton for 13 cents.
The tub of call and wrong, AGAINST
@r'l and right is ON TO finish and il
behoovcs every man in the south TO
stand up for The farmer. for all real
lze that what is to the advantage of
'he farmer rebounds to the welfare
OF the whole south.
If cotton farmers were not organ
ized and in the field protecting their
interest, today cotton would be SELL
ing for 8 cents or less. Show your
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-09-17
manhood, boys, and stand up for one

manhood, boys, and stand up for one
another.
No! the Farmers Union cannot
prevent some cotton farmers from
acting the fool and letting their cot
ton go at a price below the minimum
when they can help it.
But all loyal conservative business
farmers know that the minimum Of
Is cents will be much easier reached
this year than any minimum set be-
fore.
we are in possession Of facts and
data to prove that Is cents will not
cover the actual cost of production
to considerable territory in cotton
IN most all the states west of the
Mississippi and also lot of sections
i'll all the states east of the Miss;s-
sippi.
I'm addition to reports from local
unions all over the cotton belt, the
committee on minimum prices had the
counsel of large number of can
vaSscrs who had canvassed all the
cotton states. These canvasscrs are
among our best practical farmers and
are not the kind Of men that could
afford TO fool or deceive themselves
and friends.
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Advertised Letters.

Letters remaining in the postoflice
at Ncwberry, S. c., for the week
ending September ID, 1907.
b. ". Brents, Mr.. N. Bcniimin,
Miss Angcline Bone.
F-AIr. Rcddie Curric.
D-Mr. B. S. Davenport.
"-M1Ss Mame |. CAN'T, Miss Ell
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hastened to respond, "only rs sittin'
on an ant-hill, sah."
NOTICE,

Notice is hereby given that we will
make a settlement on the personal
property of j. w. Humbert, deceased,
IN the Office OF the Probate Judge for
'Newberry county on Thursday, the
10th of October, 1907, at II o'clock,
a. m.
NJ. M. Humbert,
Executrix.
Jno. M. Kinard,
Executor.
Sept. 9th, 1907.
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Reasons Enough,

You can't show me single reason
growlcd the man, why we should
stay down here for the month Of
September.
What! cried his wife, pointing to
their quartet of marriageable daugh-
ters; can show you single reasons.
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Appropriate Authorship

Baltimore American.
Edltor-Who wrote this Teddy bea-
story7
Asslstant-I think it was the last
cub reporter.
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Farmer s Union Bure u Of
Information

Conducted by the
So9tn carolina Farmers Educa-
tlonal and Cooperation Union.
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p1'Communications intended for this
department should be addressed to 7. G.
Stribling, Pendleton, s. C.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-09-28
ACID OF APPLE OF SIGNAL USE.
Considered From Medica. Point 1t Is
One of the Finest Fruits Grown.

Chemically, the apple is composed
of vegetable fibre, albumen, suagr,
rum, chlorophyn, malic acid, gallic
acid, lime and much water. Further
more the German analysists say that
the apple contains a larger percentage
of phosphorus than any other fruit
or vegetable. The phosphorus is ad-
mirably adapted for renewing essen
tial nervous matter, lethici1, OF the
brain and spinal cord. 1t is, perhaps
for the same reason rudely under
stood, that old Scandinavian traditions
represent the apple as the food Of the
gods, who, when they felt themselves
to be growing old and feeble and in
firm, reported to this fruit for renew
ing their powers of mind and body.
Also, the acids of the apple are of
signal use for men of sedentary hab-
its, whose hvers are sluggish IN action
those acids serving to eliminate from
the body noxioCs matters, when if
retained, would make the brain heavy
and dull, or bring about jaundice or
skin eruptions and other allied trou-
b'es
Some such an experience must have
led to the custom of taking apple
sauce with rich pork, ricn goose, and
like dishes. The malic acid of ripe ap-
Piles, either raw or cooked, Will neu-
tralize any excess of chalky matter
engendered by eating too much meat
1t is also the fact that such fresh
fruits as the apple. the pear, and the
plum, when taken ripe and without
sugar, diminish acidity in the stom-
ach rather than provoke it. Their veg
etable salts and juices are converted
into alkaline carbonates, which tned
to counteract acidity.
A good, ripe, raw apple is one of
the easiest of vegetable substances
for the stomach to deal with, the
whole process of its digestion being
completed in eighty-five minutes.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-09-28
BIG CONTRACT AWARDED
Martinsburg Builder Gets Award
for Business Block.
COL. WALKERS IMPROVEMENT
South Queen Street To Be Further
Bcautited BY Big Office and
Store Building.

South Queen street, near the square.
lis to have another imposing business
block, work on which is to begin in
the near future. The progressive citi-
zen to add this notable improvement
to the city is Col. Stuart w. Walker,
of the law firm of Faulkner. Walker
& Woods.
Some time ago Col Walker con
tracted with Holmboe e. Lafferty, the
Harrisburg architects, to prepare plans
and drawings that would practically
Involve new building at 13S and 40
South Queen street.
The present old two-story building
will all be torn down except the north
and south walls and on its site will
rise beautiful three-story structure.
To-day, S. A. Westenhayer, this city,
was awarded the general contract for
the erection of the building. B. w.
Anderson was sub-let the contract for
the electrical work and Harry H..
rHammann the plumbing.
Contractor Westenhaver will begin
work as soon as the Old National bank
people can move into their handsome
and newly remodeled building a few
doors below, which will likely be
about the middle of October, when the
new banking room is expected to be
ready for occupancy.
The other tenant on the first floor,
Pitzer's meat store, and the occupants
of the second floor have arranged to
move out at the same time, and then
the work of demolishing the old build
ing will begin in earnest.
According to the plans of the archi-
tects and as approved by Co. Walker,
the new block will be 36x70 feet in
dimensions, three stories high with a
notified pressed brick front the FROM
elevation being of very handsome de-
sign.
Two large store rooms will take up
the first floor while the second will
be arranged for Offices, single and con-
Meeting The third floor is for air
shafts, especially designed for the Of
fees below. This is new feature in
building construction in Martinsburg.
Another new feature here will dis
tinguish this structure and that is a
fully equipped private telephone sys-
TEN al over the house, something
that viii be much appreciated by the
future occupants.
The building will be heated with
steam and lighted by electricity and
gas and otherwise equipped with
necessary modern improvements. II
viii be completed next spring or early
summer.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-09-28
BIG REAL ESTATE SALE
ESTATE OF C. p. RINER SOLD ON
SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
Auctioreer Dodd Gets Good Prices For
Farms in Falling Waters District
Other Sales.

One of the largest real estate sales
in Berkeley county in, recent years
was held in front of the court mousse
here Saturday afternoon. This was
the estate of George p Riner, deceas-
ed, late o. the ra ling Waters dis
trict.
Auctioneer j. w. Dodd conducted
the sale and the properties brought
good prices and the bidding was i've
ly.
The mansion farm, containing 141
acres, brought SS4 an acre, the pur-
chaser being T. G. Riner, son Of the
deceased and the present tenant.
The West End farm of 80 acres was
knocked down to f. H. Tabler, this
county, at $3.50 an acre.
The East End farm of SO aces was
bought by William p. liner, the price
being $40 per acre.
The Jones Spring tract, containing
1S9 acres and mostly mountain land,
went to Flagg Burkhart at s21 an
acre
A building lot at the edge of toVA
brought $50 Edward Henshaw being
the purchaser.
Other Real Estate Sales.
The sale of the West property on
Swartz street, this city, Attorney
Cleveland Seibert, executor, was post
poned two weeks.
The sale of The j. Grim farm the
Arden district was postponed indefin-
itely.
The VIM. Wright property, consist
ing of house and lot and about an
acre of ground near Falling Waters
was bid up to s45e and withdrawn.
Geo. W. Keesecker was the auction
eer.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-09-28
Evening Session

was here last week on business and
stated that he had just concluded an
extensive tour Of inspection through
the entire apple sections of Virginia,
West Virginia and York state. He
says conditions are about as abnormal
in the matter of prices as could be
imagined as the farmers everywhere
seem to have the idea that people are
about ready 10 exchange gold in equal
weight for fruit. He firmly believes
that buyers have gone crazy and it
is his opinion that fruit men from the
west have been largely responsible for
the extreme prices that are being ask
ed for fruit as they have been the
main purchasers thus far
Mr. Voolfolk stated that he met one
farmer in York state who wants "a
straight through for all his fruit, in
Guiding apples, ounces, pears, etc.
Good Prices in Kansas.
Kansas City, Sept. 23.-Little change
developed in the state apple market
here this week. either in the matter OF
price or supply While there was NOT
quite so much poor stock in from Ar
kansas and Oklahoma, the demand
was not urgent and dealers had no
trouble in filling all orders. Some OF
the better stock which came in a few
weeks ago and was placed in storage
on account of the glut at that time,
was taken ont last week, and also
some of The better stock which came
in and was placed in storage TO be
he'd temporarily.
About the best price obtainable was
81 to $3.50, although an occasional bar.
rel Of really fancy apples could be
sold at s.. However, it took pretty
good apples to bring $3.50. The price
ranged down to SO for the common
stock and anything not worth that
much had 10 be repacked.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-09-28
EFT BY BAREs.
Thrilling Story From Oklahoma While
Mayor is in Peck of Trouble.
summer.

Mayor is in Peck of Trouble.
This from the Hobart (Oklahoma)
Democrat:
Mayor a. F. Hooper is in a dilemma
and wants some one to come to his
rescue and at the same time allay the
anxiety of The VIZ ter of the following
letter:
Mr.. A. F. Hooper, Mayor, City of Ho-
bart, Hobart, Oklahoma
Kind and Respected Girl see in
a paper that man named John Sipes
was atacted and e. up by bare whose
cubs ne was trying to git when the she
bare come mp and stopt him by eatin
him up in the mountains near your
town. What l want to know is did it
kiln him or was he only partly ct up
and is he from this place and all about
the bare don't know but what he
is a distant husband of mine. My
first husband was of that name aad
suppose he was killed in the war but
the name of the man the bare ct being
the same | thought it might be him
after all and | ought to know il if he
wasn't killed either in the war or by
the bare for | have been married
twice since and there ought to be di-
vorce papers got out by him or me
If the bare did not eat him all up. If
4 is him you viii know it by his hav-
ing six toes on the left foot. He also
sings base an has a spread eagle tat
too on his right arm which you will
know him by if the bare did not eat
up these sines OF its being him. If
alive don't tell him am married to Joe
White for he never liked Joe. Maybe
you'd better let on as if | am ded but
find out all you can about him with
out him knowing anything
it is for that is if the bare did not eat
him all up.
My respeks to your family and
please ANGER back.
Respectfully,
SALLIE JONES,
S. Was the bare killed, also was
he married again and did he leave any
propty wi me laying claims TO-
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-09-28
Engagement Announced.

Or. and Mrs. William Wyatt Wiley,
of Cumberland, have announced the
engagement of their daughter, Miss
Bessie Roman Wiley, to William Wal
dern Reese. OF Calvin, Ind. T. The
wedding win take place in October
The bride-to-be is a sister of Mrs.
John l.. Wellington. daughter-in-law Of
ex-senator George L. Wellington.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-09-28
MRS. HARTJE sPURNs OFFER.
Declines $1,000 a Week to Drop All
Charges Against Husband.

Pittsburg, Sept. 23.-Mrs Mary
Scott Hartje has refused an fer OF
81 900 a week for the remainder OF
her life to withdraw all suits which
are now pending against her husband
Augustus Hartje, and others in con.
nection with the recent sensational di
vorce case.
She demands that the suits be set
tied and that she be indicated and
cleared of the charges that have been
made against her The two Hartje
children will be placed in a school
until they are Of age, and then they
shall decide for themselves whether
they shall go to their father or their
mother
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-09-28
BEAUTIFUL GROUNDS.
The C. v. r. r Has Greatly 6eautitied
Its Stations

The Cumberland Valley railroad has
various passenger stations in beauti-
full condition by soddilg, planting
flowers. shrubery and plants. While
all are most attractive the one at New
vile is, possibly, more than any
others. Almost half acre of ground,
on the hillside, adjoining the station,
is thus beautified and kept in perfect
condition. II is the animation Of all
passengers.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-09-28
TO ANSWER SERIOUS CHARGE.
bud" Fairfax Returns Here After a
Cutting Serape and Is Arrested.

Officer Hollis on, Saturday evening
arrested Bud" Fairfax, a young col
ored man who cut another colored
man pretty badly some time ago.
Bud" left town after the occurrence
and had just returned here when he
was nabbed and jailed to answer later
to the charge before the grand jury
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-09-28
SENTENCED FOR FORGERY.
Ira Henson Gets Two Years For Pass.
ing a Bad Check

Ira Henson. who was tried at
the present term Of court for forgery.
in attempting to pass a bad check on
the Merchants & Farmers bank with
the name of II. p. Thorn forged there
on, some months ago, was sentenced
by Judge Faulkner to two years in the
penitentiary,
The old 40-year case, as it is called,
of Daniel Miller VS.. Thomas Turner is
at last to pass out of the courts, where
it has seen so many ups and downs
in past years. A. C. Mcintyre, sitting
as special Judge, ordered that the
money in the hands Of Special Com
missioner Lindsay be distributed.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-09-28
MISS cHAPMAN's FUNERAL.
Remains Brought Here From Hunting.
ton and Inferred at Darkesvlle.

The remains of Miss Clara Chap
man, who died at Huntington, this
state, reached here Sunday morning at
o'clock and, in charge of Undertaken
Kogelschatz, were taken a once TO
the residence of the father of the de-
ceased, Mr., j. p. Chapman, sos Win
chester avenue.
The funeral service was held at the
house Sunday at 10 a. M, conducted
by Rev. DR.. l. w Canter, of the VI.
E. church south
The interment took place at Darkes-
Vile, the former home of the deceased,
the pallbearers being Messrs. Pine
Durham, George Duke, NJ. S. Butler,
Baker Davis, William Johnson and
Charles Seibert
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-09-28
Will Remain at Romney.

Rev. George A. Gibbons. rector Of st.
Stephens Episcopal church, Rornney,
has declined the call to Copal parish,
Westmoreland county, Va.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-09-28
BUILDINGS At AUCTION
". M. C. A. Devise Plan TO Dis
pose Of Old Houses.
ARCHITECTS READYIN 2 WEEKS
Building Committee Feeling Much
Encouraged by Progress So Far
Made.

The Y. NJ. c. A. directors held well
attended meeting Friday night. 1t was
reported that Mr. A. Zimmerman had
removed from the house on West
King street, recently purchased as the
site for the new Y. M. c. A. building
and tnat Mr.. Harry Mcintyre, The
other tenant of the property would
leave In ten days.
1t was further reported that En-
| gineer George w VanMetre had re-
Gently made surveys of the property
and its immediate surroundings as a
guide for the architects, Messrs. Hard
ing &. Upman, of Washington.
Now the way is clear for the archi-
tects to go ahead and complete the
working drawings, which will be ac-
complished in two weeks, az reported
by the chairman of the building com
mittee, Mr.. L. II. Thompson.
Will Sell House at Auction.
1t was decided to dispose of the
dwelling house, stable and other build
ings belonging to the property at pub
| lie auction next Saturday afternoon at
the postoffice building, the highest
and best bidder to have them for their
prompt removal
As soon as the old buildings are re-
moved the contractors-yet to be
chosen-wi'l have a clear field and
can commence his excavating and 9th
er building operations.
Things Moving Slowly.
A good many people here have Won
dered why there is not more doing rel
alive to the new Y NJ. G. A. building,
why work thereon has not been COM
menced ere this, and other quandaries
of this sort.
Asked concerning the situation Mr.
l.. H. Thompson, chairman of the
building committee, TOLD reporter of
The World today that they are now
and have been moving as rapidly as
existing circumstances would permit.
| In the first place, he said after the
association had bought the property
alluded to nothing could be done until
the tenants would remove to othS
suitable places for them which the
committee found considerable trouble
in doing
| Then again, the way had to fully
clear before the architects could finish
their drawings, even after many u1-
avoidable delays following the com
mittees final selection of the archi-
tects themselves.
But now. said Mr.. Thompson, things
look brighter and more hopeful Tn,
architects have prpomised to have
their plans finished in two weeks from
| now and then a contractor will be de-
cided upon which, of course, VIII re-
quire some time-and the work will
be commenced in earnest. SO that
from present indications there will be
lots doing about the new Y. NJ. c. A.
building in about month and the
members of the building committee
feel much encouraged.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-09-28
DEATHS ON THE RAIL
OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND
PEOPLE KILLED OR INJURED.
Statistics Are Given Out From Wash
inqton Which Show the Harvest
OF Deaths On the Rail.

Washington. Sept 19.--The Inter =
state Commerce commission has made
public an abstract of its nineteenth
annual statistical report, covering the
year ending June 30. 1906, showing
the par value of railway capital out
standing was $14,570,42 1.47S or $67,-
936 per mile of the railways in the
United States. OF this over 80 per
cent. paid no dividends. OF the rail-
way stock outstanding 2,257175,799
was owned by railway corporations
and of railway bonds $64l ,305.030
were so reported. The aggregate
gross earnings from the operated mile
age of 222.340 miles of lines We're
81, 1926, 765, 167, being 243,2S2,761 great
er than in 1905. Their operating ex-
penses were s1,536, s77,271, or $146,-
275,1 19 more than in 1905. The net
earnings aggregated $7SS.SS7 1896, an
increase of s97,O07, SAP. The net earn
iii s per mile of line averaged $3,54S.
The income attributable to other
sources than operation reached $685.
639,591.
Deducting fixed and other charges
the report says $685., 1s6,32S is the
net income for the year available for
dividends or surplus. There were
799, 707 1888 passengers carried, an
crease of over sixty million, AMI j.
631 ,374,219 tons of freight carried, an
increase of over 202, 10000 The av-
erage revenue per passenger per mile
was 2.002 cents. The earnings per
train-mile increased both for passel-
ger and freight trains and the aver
age cost of running a train one mile
increased. The ratio of operating e-,-
penses to earnings was over sc per
cent.