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Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1907-12-23

AS to State control of railroad rates,
the President says:
avn there must be just and ,eas-
enable regulations Of rates. we should
be the first to protest against any ar
bitrsry and unthinking movement TO
cut them down without the fullest and
most careful consideration Of all inter-
ests con serned and Of the actual needs
Of the situation. Only q special body
of men acting for the national govern
ment under authority conferred upon
1t by the Congress is competent te.pass
Judgment on such matter"
This is said in support of his scheme
Of incorporating or licensing corpora
tons. He forgets that the Constitution
authorizes 10 such thing as he contends
for.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1907-12-23

ed together for while, and the man
who swallows dose of the stuff is apt
TO feel a good deal worse than bsforc
he took 1t. AS a rule medicines that
are iquite sweet keep their curative
virtues longer than those that are
acid or bitter. Most any medicine can
be taken in safety six months after
compromising, ana will be all righs six
years hence. Those that are nos good
generally take on curdled, milky ap-
pearance; but that is by NO means an
infallibls test, and the person who
wishes to save his system uncomforta-
BILE complications would do well TO let
old medicines strictly alone New
York Times.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1907-12-23

JEFF Davis exploded and the earth
still revolves on its axes. Davis is the
new senator from Arkansas and long
before he reached Washington an
nouneed that he had bill to INTRODUCES
III the Senate and speech to make In
support of his will that would destroy
the trusts fat ana feathers. 1t was to
be an earth quake but, alas! it fell SO
fiat that JEFF has subsidei. He de.
clared that he proposed 10 break the
custom OF waiting for months before
n made his first speech. The sena-
tors at first gave him respectfully at
tention but AS they saw that he WAS
a mountehank they quietly slipped OUT
to the cloak rooms until there was
practically no one present excepting
the presiding officer, the clerks and
pages. Newspaper accounts say
he beat the air like a Windmill and
beloved ike oulI OUT said nothing
The speech was only an old campaign
Grafton he has long ago wora out. 1,
seems provokingly strange tlat the
South should send the wissst and ables
and also the contrary, the biggest fool
to the senate.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1907-12-23

Our republican friends have for
wears been giving Us unlimited ar
guments TO the effect that the cause of
the panic of 1898 wa due to the Wilson
tariff bill which the Democratic con-
gress enacted and which did not go in
to effect for more than year after tn e
panic set In and that we were bound
TO have no panics SO long as we had a
high protective taritfin force, but what
can they say now? The panic of 1907
has come on and! left its blightiug eff
fest when the Republican party is in
power and has been in control of all
the departments Of the government for
ten sears or lncre and while we have
in force the highest and most protec-
tive tariff this country or any other
has ever known. 1t shows how false
and rotten their argument has been
and that they have been misleading
the people and been riding into power
on false pretenses- five mistake not
the party responsible for the ropber
tarl1 which has built up the trusts
will find at the next election that, in
the language of Lincoln, they cannot
fool all the people all the time.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1907-12-23


The PublIshers Association of the
Cumberland and Shenandoah Valley
met in Hagsrstown on last Friday and
organized electing H. F. Byrd, of Win
chester, President; and r. G. Gordon,
of Waynesboro, Secretary.
1t was determined to formulate and
adopt set of bylaws.
1t was agreed that the individual mem
bers of the association urge the Con-
gresham for their respective districts
60 vote for legislation efeeting the
duty on wood pull p and print paper after
the suggestion of the President. The
question of increasing the subscription
price to weekly paper was discussed
but definite action was postponed TO a
future nesting. A committe on mem
bership was appointed and the next
meeting was called for Hagerstown,
January 20.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1907-12-23

President Roosevest redeemed his
promises to the Newspa per Publishers
ASSOCIATION, after fashion, by recon-
mendlng in his message that: "There
should Se no tariff on any forest pro-
duct grown in this country; and, in
especial, there should be NO tariff on
wood pulp" If Congress should carry
out the Presidents recommendation
by polishing the tariff tax on forrest
products and wood pulp, such action
would be entirs.y worthless to the son-
.umers of print paper, because the prizes
Of print paper would remain the same.
Such AZ amendment 10 the tariff law
would, however, be of great advantage
TO the Paper Trust, for it would give
that combine free raw material, which
is now taxed, if bieached, SIS ton ana
s.. SO per ton if mlcslly prepared, or
81. SO yer ton on ground weod pulp in
its raw state. All these rates being on
the basis of drylpulp. This would sill
leave the average tariff of $40 ton on
paper aud protect the trust from the
importation of foreign male paper
from Canada or elsewhere. Why did
the President moi fully redeem his
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1907-12-23
TOWN PROPERTY

Two fine lots eaeh so #. ,frontingsn
High street, lying side by side. Very
low.
One lot on High street, IS by al It.
Good location. Price lew.
0nelot on Albert street Is by 1856
feet. Price very low.
One roora house on, 6outh Maple
avenue fine garden, house in good re-
pair, must be ssid at once and very
cheap.
A fine suburban residence, with all
modem improvements and convent
ences enjoyed by town residents One
Of the finest homes In Berkeley county
Lots of ground that could be sold as
town lots.
Good double house tartz street,
rents well, most desiI~u.e property In
good condition. Will sell cheap.
A large frame house Ola East Burke
street, q fine investment. Is now pay
ing 9,per cent net on price asked.
One Is loom house new with bath. %
w John street clstsrn and city water
both in the hou c.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1907-12-23
Snan 10 ancient

Who invented soap? That it is nc'
a modern convenience is well known
bu lust when it came into genera us'
is a mystery.
In Biblical times cleansing agents
were used. The books Of JOB and Jere-
miah contain the word "soap," Bu'
this merely q coHvenie@t use OF the
word ia translation The Hebrew WORD
"borith, ;" for which i, was substituted
is a general term for cleansing suo-
stances. What those substances ~srS
is unknown, but they were probably
little like the modern soap.
Pliny speaks of the invention OF
soap b, the Gauis, swho, however
used it only as ssrt Of pomade or haif
dressing. He also refers to the use o.
both hard soap and soft soap by the
Germans. The use of faller's earth,
which has saponaceous qualities, Tor
cleansing purposes was known TO the
Romans.
The French word for soap, savon,
comes from Savona, France, wheie II
was manufactured. The first manufac-
ture of soap in London is said to have
been in 1924, and previously Bristol
had supplied it for use in the English
cities.
According to the historian SismondI,
a soapmaker was included in the reti-
nue. of CharlemagGe, king of the
Franks, at the end of the !eighth CEN
fury.
In the excavation of the ruins of
Pompeii a soap boilers shop was I'M
covered, with soap in it, showing thst
the making of it was known in the
first Christian century.
Pliny, who wrote of the eruption OF
Vesuvius. which destroyed the two
Roman cities in 10 A. D., stated that
soap was made from tallow and ashes
ana that The German soap was the
best. Caleb also referred to the use Of
soap
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1907-12-23
There is but one lene Copgrsssm an

There Is but enc lsne Congressman
without a party. The Republicans re-
fuse to commune with him, and he re-
fuses TO sit ON the Democratic side OF
the House Of Representatives. Yet
ihis gentleman, whose name is Porter,
and who represents the 34th district OF
New York, long supposed to be es-
pseially gerrymandered to keep one
Wadsworth in Congress, would nc
doubt be valuable representIve Of his
cons tituents if his hard-shell RepubH-
caniassociates would give him chance.
But the remorseloss Republican ma
chine has refused to look upon
him as a Republican though he
has consistently voted and worked
for REPUBLICAN success since he attain.
ed his majority. His independence In
Tanning fer Congress against the regu-
Lac Republican noainee-Ihe king OF
the denesee Valley-was such an
hsanous ofsRss that the Republican
Congressional machine refuses TO con-
SORT with him, and will do all it can lo
aot allow him to even serve his con.
stituents. This should be lesson 10
independent republicans that II they
for good reason, as the Geneoee Valley
Republicans had on aceouAl OF Waas-
worth fayoring the Beet Trust, wish
to defeat machine Republican, they
should vote for Democrat. The same
Republican machine makes rules 10
throttle Democrats, or those Republi-
cans who show any independence of
action, but its utmost Gar like rll-
iHgs is unable to squeleh the untams-
bic Democracy under the leadership Of
John Sharp Williams. He knows their
rights and dares maintain them, and
ii Is to be regretted that Mr.. Porter. for
the sake of his constituents, did not
see ct TO take shelter under the ever
lasting arms Of the Democracy he
only party broad ienOugh to lay aside
The narrow pArtisanship Of "the Party
of great neral ideas"
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1907-12-23

promise to the Newspaper Publishers
Association and include in his recon-
mendation TO Congress the repeal OF
the tariff duty on paper? That would
force the Paper Trust to compete with
the Canadian paper mills and would
probably reduce the price OF paper
about SO a ton, which is the amount
Of the tariff tax, without allowance
| for the difference In the freight rates
| fro Canada, and those rates charged
from the point of distribution OF the
trusts products III this country.
The standpatters who control Con-
gress, also seem to have ring in the
ese of the President which prevents
him from advocating any tariff reform
before election. He tells Congress
that, "the subject can not with wis
dom be dealt with in the year preeed-
ing a presidential election, because az
q matter of fact experience, has con
ciusively shown that at such a time
1t is impossible to get men to treat it
from the standpoint of the psblie good.
"In my judgment, lays the Presi-
dent" the wise time to deal with he
IA after is Immediately after such elee-
ton Fancy. Cannon, or Dalze!l, or
any of the "Hog Combine" reform
the tariff by reducing it. Their desire
is TO reforn it higher, so Speaker
Canaon has just declared to
the Pottery Combine and no
doubt Congress will postpone abolish
ing the tariff on paper, though to help
out the Paper Trust the tariff tax on
wood pulp may be repealed
As New spaper. Publishes are suffer
ing from the high cost of paper with
20 chance Of relief uuder Republican
rule why 90 the Republican editors
still "stick to protection They know
that if the Republicans elect the next
President aud the next Congress, there
will be 70 real tariff reform for. the Re
publican platform will again declare
for the "prineiple OF protection A
party which believes in the tariff that
protects the trusts, caRnot be exp eeied
to deprive the paper Trust, CT any
other trust, of tho protection it now
enjoys. 1t would undoubtedly help
the people TO reform the tariff, but TO
| uproot the protective system, the Pres
ident tells Congress "eould not but
cause widespread disaster" yet by the
declaration in the last Republican Ma
tional plstfermSapon which Mr.. Rooss-
welt was elected and which he heartily
endorsed, the voters of the country
were induced to believe that prosperity
always follows.a republican tariff.The
question naturally arises, could we be
suffering from more disastrous panic
than the present oneif the tariff had
been revised.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1907-12-23
Next year will DO presidential year

Next year will be presidential year
and il promises TO bs the most inter
esting year in politics since the close
of the great war between the states.
Every reading and thinking man or
woman will want the best news me-
dunn available to keep up with the
important events politieal,o or otherwise
We know ofno better daily paper to
meet their needs than the reliable
Washington Post. The Post enjoys the
advantage Of being published at the
national capitol, the political storm
centre. Its editorials are Independent,
clear and forceful, and every man, Re
publican OF Democrat, friend or foa
gets his due, nothing more, nothing
less. It's department of Virginia and
West Virginia news is the best we
know in any large daily.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1907-12-23
FARM LANDS.

I50 acres good strong limestone 'nd.
brick house and new barr, good oler.
plenty timber fine neighborhooa S
miles from town.
1870 acres Of fine jefferson county
limestone laud improved with 20 acres
of apple orchard four years old, good
house, new barn, good fencing, nun
ming water, on pike, in good neighbor-
hood.
200 acre farm, with all modern ina
proyements, including barn, wind
pump, with water through the house
and piped to barn, good fences, land in
fine state Of cultivation, 2 miles from
town.
AZ acres, 8 room house with fine large,
new porches, fine well Of water, cis,ern,
beautiful location, overlooking Mar
tinsburg, half mile from town, a de-
sirable home very cheap.
A tract of 80 acres OF good Slate land
unimproved, all under cultivation ex-
cept about 70 in timber, good spring,
running water through the place, To-
Gated near Ridgeway.
1913 acres, good jefferson county
limestone land, b IL mile from Mar
tinsburg ON Macadamized road, run
ming. water in, every field brick aud
frame. house, largeabArn, fine orchard,
abundance of good outbuildings. A fine
we'll equipped farm.
100 acres, of good Jefferson county
limestone land, IA acres of good timber
good fencing, fine state Of cultivation,
would make good home.
90 acres of good land miles from
Martinsburg, on good road high state
of cultivation, = acres Of timber, water
4 fields, fine cistern, all kinds Of
fruit, good fencing, room house and
all necessary outbuildings. Cheapto
quick buyer.
The finest blacksmith stand in tine
STATE, room mouse, une well equlppeu
shops, 2story buggy and paint shop
stable for horses. all necessary out
buildings, located near Spring Mills
A nice % acre home well improved,
s acres of timber, fine water, good
house and all necessary outbuildings,
in good locality, lots of fruit, cheap
50 acre farm West Of town 400 apple
trees, &, cd buildings, cheap.
SO aotes unimproved near town good
land, good location bargain,
145 acres high grade slate land
acres timber, 10 room house, big barn,
3 tenant houses, running water good
fencing set well in grass, located
miles from Kearneysville.
We represent a fine line Of old re-
liable Fire Insurance Companies and
can give you the minimum rates.
Porterfield & Boyer.
Over Old National Bank,
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1907-12-23

Some medicines never lose their
healing power, while others not only
i@il 10 produce tae desired elect, bat
become positively harmful after stand
ny & few months. The length of time
medicine Ie'ans is efficacy de-
)ents upon the ingredients, Some com
nations VI drugs keep on good terms
YIN each other indefinitely, whlls
'IheFs ger in,o row after being mix
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1907-12-23
A Conscienceless Demosoa.e.

The following editorial taken from
the New YORK Sun is most remarka-
Bile The Sun is read by more conserya-
tive business linen, than any news
paper published in the country. Until
a few months ago 1t WAS most lavish
in the praise of Mr.. Roosevelt and now
it seems that ii csnnot say anything
toe bitter against him. The article
clearly indicates the drift Of senti-
ment among the business men absa'
the money oentrl against the Presi-
dent.
Since Mr.. Roosevelt came into TIA .
Presidency he has conducted an sx-
tTaordinar ampaign against wealth,
especially against corporate wealth,
and IN particularseainstt the railroads.
His hatred Of the last named has ken
the form Of an intellectual obsession or
lesion. 1t began with his public decla.
ration that the accepted definition Of
property must be changed, and ii pro-
cesued cumulatively ever since it Gull
minated in the present commercial
CONFUSION.
| OF Mr. Roosevelt's proficiency In the
arts of The politician in the worst sig
nIheanee of that word he has left US
no room for doubt: "A more conscience
lssa or more reckless demagygue never
afflicted this country. BY slow aud IN
,sidious degrees he has ups ct the public
confidence, arrayed class against class
and fomsnted mlstrust and hatred. No
one ever approached him in creating a
nopeless Election and unrest III the
ranks OF labor. He joined labor u ion
! under conditions ofaintense publicity
| he has constituted himself the chm
pisn of every known extremity of labor
! agitation; he has associated upon terms
of close personal intimacy with the
worst end most sinister figures among
/ those professional disturbers of whom
| Orchard, Meyer, Pettibone and Hay
wood are the familiar exprassioh, and
| he hass welcomed them as the guests
OF the President Of the ULited States
in the. White House at Washington.
All this has been accompanied by
the denunciation and sophisticated
vitupsration of capital, especially OF
! capital invested in railroads and there
fore in most intimate contact with the
people; by the steady abuse of what he
called swollen fortunes and by fixing
public attention on abuses in corporate
management in ways as subtle as ir-
| responsible, but e2eellently devised 10
arouse and infiame the public mind.
Any vulgar and unscrupulous dema-
| gogue could have done the same thing
with no particular harm to the great
! body polite. But when the roll of agi-
tater and Of sowsr of evil seed is taken
up by the President of the United
States and he goes up and down the
land epgendering discomfort, jealousy
aud hatred in the hearts of the people
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1907-12-23

President Roosevelt has evidently
discovered that prosperity ID not in
sole charge of the Republican party,
AID that boasting Of prosperity does
not prove we have it. For he says in
his Message, "Optimism is good
characteristic, but II carried to jan ex-
cess, 1t becomes foolishnsss."
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1907-12-23
Hog Cholera.

The greatest drawback to the hog III
dustry which breeders in this country
have TO contend with is what is known
as "hog cholera" and swine plague
Hog cholera is a highly contagious
disease and unless checked Is la0ie %
carry off q great mum Der of hogs II d
very short time.
Mr.. A. L. Williams, Of Burnett 9
Greek, Ind, tells Of an experience
ne bad with some hogs that had 'n0
caoletA.
"Five years ago, says Mr.. Williams
~ was Ia me employ OF Mr.. j. D.
Richardson. Lafayette, Ind. as DID
barn foreman. Some fine hogs that
was feeding took the cholera S'''
them Sloan's Liniment ana d'd Eur
lose a hog. Some were so bad they
would not drink sweet milk auu
was compelled to drench them. ] nave
tried it at every opportunity since anu
always fnd it 0. X "
Wrne for Dr.. .Sioan's free book Oh
the treatment Of Horses, Cattle, H'9s'
End Poultry. Address: DR.. EaH o
Sloan, DIS Albany street, B0'''D'
Macs.
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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-10
BRAVE COLLEGE BOYS.

In the current issue of Mcclure
Magazine is a story of the burning of
a chapter house at Cornell university.
fire in which a number of college
boys lost their lives The feature of
the story that will appeal to most read
ers is the note of heroism that runs
through it. The story of the fire was
told at length in the newspapers when
it occurred last winter 1t has re-
manned for the magazine writer, how
ever, to give a more intimate idea of
the actions of the boys
The weather in Ithaca was bitterly
cold, the temperature ranging below
zero. The fire broke out at o'clock
in the morning, a time when all the
boys were asleep. When the first of
them was awakened by the smell of
smoke and the cracking of flames. al
most the entire interior of the building
was ablaze. Self-preservation is said
to be the first law of nature. Those
college boys proved that it wasn't The
first that were aroused to their immi-
nent danger thought not of themselves.
but of their friends
One Of the young men who lost his
life would surely have saved it if he
had not returned to wake up one of his
comrades. One of them left a position
of absolute safety to go back into
what was described as a fiery furnace
to arouse his roommate When the
time to save himself came he was be-
yond help. And those who were badly
burned and otherwise injured were not
interested in themselves. They were
interested in the fate of the boys who
had been in the building with them.
The Herald is proud of those boys.
They are the stuff that real Americans
are made of. Twenty-six Of them were
asleep in the house when the fire broke
out. Four met death. The other TWEEN
ty-two all showed real courage. Not
one disclosed the characteristics of a
coward. They showed that the college
boy is not, as a rule, the broad-chested
fellow with a dinky cap and a cigar
cite. as he is so often depicted, but a
NeeAB ANVs SelAAelhb sOhilS AIlCIlCdll Cli-
izen, fully worthy of his birthright
Nor were the heroes all college boys
on that eventful night in Ithaca The
lives OF three members of the fire de-
partment were lost. In their anxiety
to suppress the flames and to save life
they stood too close to the building,
and were crushed to death beneath
falling walls. They deserve their place
in the record of heroism and they
should have it. In their work they
were not actnated by friendships; they
were there to do their duty and in do
ing it they died like men.
1t is pleasure, albeit a melancholy
one, to call attention to this story, for
It is one that should live in every
American heart.