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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-08-20
Happiest Boy in the Kingdom.

Once there was a king who had
a little boy whom he loved. He
gave him beautiful rooms to live in,
and pictures and toys and books.
He gave him a pony to ride, and a
row boat on a lake, and servants.
He provided teachers who were to
give him knowledge that would
make him good and great.
But for all this the young prince
was not happy. He wore a frown
wherever he went and was always
wishing for something he did not
have.
At length, one day, magician
came to court. He saw the boy, and
said to the king. II can make your
son happy, but you must pay me a
great price for telling you the Sc
cret."
Well" said the king, what you
ask | will give"
So the price was paid. Then the
magician took the boy into a private
room. He wrote something on a
paper with a white substance, gave
the boy a candle and told him tC
light it and hold it under the paper
and then see what he could read
Then he went away.
The boy did as he had been told
and the white letters turned into g
beautiful blue. They formed these
words, do a kindness to someone
every day"
The prince made use of the secret
and became the happiest boy in the
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Gem.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-08-20
Following the Taste.

Many women just now are looking
for quiet vacation places. "Sea-
shore, mountains, or country-they
are all one to me, If can spend my
loafing time with no gay1y-dressed
neighbors to emulate, and no func-
lions to attend" said a tired house
keeper the other day. Eve bought
a sunbonnet-Tll confess it has a
ruf1e-and some print dresses, and
I'm going to a really retired resort. -
Every woman knows how unsafe it
is to recommend her dress-maker or
laundress to inquiring friends. This
is equally true of pet summer re-
sort. Many a beach, farmhouse, or
mountain inn has lost its charm with
the coming of excessive popularity
and prosperity as evanescent as sud-
den.
One woman's experience illustrates
this perfectly. Having found a
charming retreat, a combination
farmhouse and inn. through one OF
her husbands law clients, the propfi-
etor, she spent three summers there
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-08-20
BIG INDIAN LAW SUIT,
Continued from Page IL

tCOntlnued from Page ID
ments rendered by the United States
District Courts were carefully exam
ined by members of a firm of at
torneys doing business under the
firm name and style of Mansfield,
McMurray & Cornish, with offices at
McAlester, Choctaw Nation, and
which attorneys were employed by
and represented the Choctaw and
Chickasaw Nations; that said exami-
nation resulted in establishing the
fact that about LAC names of per-
sons had been enormously or fraud
ulently included in said judgments;
that said fact was called to the atten-
ton of said District Courts and said
names enormously Or fraudulently
included in said judgments were
stricken from said judgments; that
on June 2S, 1895, another Act was
approved authorizing appeals to the
Supreme Court of the United States
from judgments rendered in said
citizenship" cases by the said
United States District Courts; that
many of said cases were appealed to
the United States Supreme Court
| and there consolidated and heard as
one case, and on May Is, 1899, judg.
ment was rendered by the Supreme
Court affirming the constitutionality
of the legislation under which the
appeals had been taken to the
United States District Courts and the
regularity and validity of said judg
ments therein rendered; that there
after, and, on to-wit, January II
1901, the Choctaw and Chickasav
Nations through their Principa
Chief and Governor respectively, en-
tered into an inchoate contract a
Sherman, Texas, with George Mans
field, ]. F. McMurray, and Melvin
Cornish, who were then associate,
together in the practice of law an,
doing business under the firm nam
| and style of Mansfield McMurray (
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-08-20
How She Knew.

She sat behind her neatly-arranged
fruit stand-a girl of fOurteen-ab
sorbed in reading her Bible, She did
not hear the footsteps of a gentleman
who was passing by, and was startled
by his question:
What are you reading that inter-
ests you so much?"
1.-THE Word of God, sir" she tim
idly replied.
who told you that the Bible was
the Word of God?" he inquired.
God told me, HIMSELF" she re-
piled, with childlike innocence
God told you? That is impossi-
BILE! How did He tell you? You
have never seen Him, nor talked
with Him. How, then, could He tell
you that the Bible is His Word?"
For a few seconds the girl seemed
confused, but she very soon recover
ed herself. There was flash in her
dark eyes as she asked:
"Sir, who told you there is a sun
yonder in the blue sky above us?"
"Who told me?" said the man,
smiling somewhat CONTEMPORARY,
for he fancied that the girl was try
ing to hide her ignorance under an
irrelevant question. "Who told me?
Nobody; I did not need to be told
The sun tells me this about itself It
warns me, and love its light. That
is telling me, plain enough"
Sir" said the girl with intense
earnestness, as she stood before him
with clasped hands: you have put
it right for both Bible and sun. That
is the way God tells me this is His
book. I read it, and it warns my
heart and gives me life I love it's
light, and no one but God can give
such light and warmth through the
pages of book. 1t must be His. ]
do not want more telling. That is
telling enough, sir. AS sure as God
is in heaven, so sure is God shining
through this Book
The skeptic was abashed. The
earnest faith of the young fruit-sell-
er amazed him. He could adroitly
insinuate doubts into the minds OF
those who have only given an intel
lectual assent to the truth that the
Bible is Gods book, but the girls
heart experience of the power oil
Gods Word was an evidence he coulG
not shake.-Messiah's Herald.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-08-20
Hanging Baskets for the Window
Garden.

Hanging baskets are always an at
tractiye addition to the window gar
den, In which they may be suspend
ed either from the ceiling or from
brackets upon side walls. In summer
they may be removed from the win
dow and used to ornament the porch.
Certain trailing plants show to
their best advantage only when
grown in suspended baskets.
Hanging baskets of several differ
ent kinds are found upon the mar
ket Earthenware baskets, both in
plain and rustic shapes. are often
used. One of the favOrite types Is
that made Of wire. When filled it
should first be lined with sheet or
wood moss with the upper side out.
Where wood moss cannot be secured,
the basket may be lined with sphag-
mum moss, such as the florists use in
packing plants for shipping. This is
not so satisfactory, however, as the
sphagnum is made up of loose pieces,
which are liable to slip between the
wires. After lining, the basket should
be filled in the same way as an ordi-
nary pot. Both sheet and spaghnum
moss may usually be secured from
the florist. Sheet moss may often be
found in dense woods, growing over
decaying logs.
Square rustic baskets may also be
purchased, or they may be easily
made from pieces of branches or sap
lings from one-half to three-fourths
inches thick. The corners should be
held together by a wire, passing
through them and made doubly Sc
cure by mailing. Rustic baskets
should be lined with moss in the
same manner as wire baskets.
Where it Is impossible to secure a
regular basket, an ordinary flower
pot may readily be converted into a
basket by the use of wire pot-hang-
ers.-From Window Gardening"
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-08-20
he Glad.

IL II raining little flower?
BE glad Of Eain.
Too much sun would wither thee;
Twill shine again.
The sky Is very black. It's true;
But Just behind IL shines the blue
Art thou weary. tender heart?
BE glad OF pain;
In sorrow sweetest things will grow
As flowers in rain.
God watches. and thou wilt have sun
When clouds their perfect work have
done.
Ralph Waldo Emerson.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-08-20
Why James Lee Got Well.

Everybody in GAINESVILLE, O., knows
Mrs. Mary Lee, of rural route 8. She
writes: my husband, James Lee,
firmly believes he owes his life to
the use of DR.. Kings New Discovery.
His lungs were so affected that con-
sumption seemed inevitable, when a
friend recommended New Discovery.
We tried it, and its use has restored
him to perfect health DIR. Kings
New Discovery is the king of throat
and lung remedies. For coughs and
colds it has no Sequals. The first
dose gives relief. Try it! Sold un-
der guarantee by all Druggists. soc.
and $1.0O. Trial bottle free.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-03-28
TRIED TO KILL HERSELF
MRS. Ran Turner Swallows Car
boIic Acid
WAS UNCONSCIOUS ALL DAY
Rash Act Committed early This
MoraIng on High High Street
Recovery Very Doubtful

Much excitement was created early
"Wednesday morning in eastern sec.
lion Of town w report that Mrs Ran
Turner had attempted to commit sui
ide by swallowing carboiic acid
Mrs Turner with her family, re
sides on North High street This
morning about $50 she deliberately
swallowed about two ounces of car
boMc acid with suicidal intent
Her husband says he heard an IN.
usual noise as lie was leaving the
aueuse to 20 TO work. He ran up
stairs and found his wife lying on the
bed. unconscious with the empty bot
TIE near her.
Or. Oates was hastily summoned.
Tie used stomach pump and then
admins stored dose Of alcohol and
milk to the woman which afforded her
relief; but up to noon she was still
In an unconscious condition and her
recovery is doubtful
81omestic infelicity is said to be the
cause On Mrs. Turner's rash act as
she IS not known to have suffered
with melancholia
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-03-28
Elk GOV. SMITH ELECTED
TO FILL VACANCY CAUSED BY
SENATOR WHITES DEATH
Republicans in Both Houses Except
Delegate Gray Refrained r ON
Votinu.

! sJatehouse. Annapolis, March 25.-
The senate and house Of delegates, fl
separate sessions, yesterday eiectec
former Governor John Walter Smith
to the vacancy hi the United States
senate caused By The death Of Sen
ator william Pinkuey Whyte.
/ Republicans In the two houses
with the exception o. Delegate Gray
Of Charles county RETAINED from
voting Mr.. Gray voted for Congress
man Jackson The republicans re-
Trained from voting because they be.
l.eyed that the proceedings were III
legal, in view of the fact that suf-
fcint notice Of the vacancy IN the sen.
ate had not been given.
Mr.. Metzerott, OF Prince Georges,
declared the position Of the republl-
cans to be that 1t is most important
that the state Of Maryland be repre-.
scented by two senators in the con
gress Of the United States, and that,
therefore, the present vacancy should
be filed by The action of the assem-
bly, in such a manner as to avoid all
possible question of legality Of pro.
cedure.
THE action taken this morning, he
said has already been questioned
and is contrary to al precedent. The
senate OF the United States IS the
Judge Of the eligibility of its own
members, and its action in similar
cases demonstrates that It will not ac-
cept this election as legal. The at
torney general of Maryland holds that
Tuesday, March "a is the second
Tuesday after Tuesday, March IT, and
Is consequently the proper day on
which to elect a senator That he is
wrong in this contention, we think, is
plain to everyone. Further than this
the house was only notified informally
on last Tuesday of the death of Sen
ator Whyte, and the senate was not
even in session.
There win be a comparison of the
journals of the two houses today,
when former governor Smith will be
declared to have been elected. His
will be signed by Gov
ernor Crothers,
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-03-28
ENeLAND's GREAT FLEET
Lord Tweedmouth Says 1t Will Match
All Powers Combined.

London, March 20.-Speaking in the
House of Lords, Lord Tweedmouth,
first lord of he admiralty, defended
the policy of the government in re-
framing temporarily from laying
down large number of battleships,
and said that the construction of bat
tleships jus now partook largely the
nat;"e of an experiment. Great
Britain's three vessels of the
Temeraire type, he declared were in
finitely super,or to the Dreadpought
type, and the three vessels of the st.
Vincent type would be an improve
ment on the Temeraire type. In the
spring of 1911 Great Britain would
have three squadrons of four ships
each of the ST. Vincent type. No
power IN the world would be able to
assemblue slrch a fleet of first-class
battleships, Lord Tweedmouth declar'
ed, and he could almost say that a
combination of all the powers of the
world would not be able to put an
equal squadron on the sea.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-03-28
CLERK TOPPING MUST WAIT
NO MONEY AVAILABLE FoR qua.
LISTING LEGISLATIVE ACTS
Veto Of Governor Dawson Affects the
Contingent Fund--Wil Publish
Acts and Wait For paw.

Charleston lfarch 29.-CIeri. Mont
Topping, of the West Virginia house
Of delegates and three assist ant clerks
are engaged in publishing the acts OF
the special session of the legis lature.
which adjourned the fore part OF tn
month, despite the fact that Governor
Dawson vetoed the s4,250.00 and S1U,-
100000 appropriated by the house and
senate respectively for their contin-
gent expenses.
a portion OF the house contin gent
fund was for the purpose OF allowing
Clerk Topping and his assistants to
get out the acts OF the Legislature.
and the veto of the sums means that
the clerk and his assistants murt walt
until the next legislature meets be-
fore they will secure their pay.
Owing TO the many important mea-
sures passed at the special session.
including the complete revision of the
educational law, the county salary bill.
the corrupt practices act. the new bal
lot law, and others, Clerk TOPPING
realized the urgent need OIL the acts
and their importance to the public, so
with his clerks he viii publish the
acts and ask the next Legislature for
his compensation
This fidelity 10 trust is highly
commendable in a public official.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-03-28
MEMORIAL TO DIR. TRlMBLE
"THE TRlM5LE LECTURESHiP'
SUGGESTED AS SUITABLE.
President Murray, of the 3. G. o.. Al
Head of the Committee Having
Matter in Charge

movement has been started to
create suitable memorial of DR.
Isaac Ridgeway Trimble, who was sur
geon-in-chief of the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad and prominent citizen
ly from blood poison, having received
the infection while performing sur
gical oper .tion short time ago.
The plan is to establish fund by
voluntary subscription and present it
to the Medical and Chirurgical faculty
of Maryland for the purpose of found.
ing the "Trimble Lectureship." A COM
mittee that organized this movement
and has charge of it consists of: Mr..
Oscar G.. Murray, president of the Bal
timore and Ohio railroad; Mr.. Alexan-
der Brown, MIR. Lawrason Riggs,
Drs. l.. McLane Tiffany, Frank Mar
tin, Hiram Woods, w. S. Thayer,
Charles O'Donoyan, John G. Dawes
and John Ruhrah. The committee
has issued an announcement that 1t is
the desire TO perpetuate the memory
of DR.. Trimble in this way DR.. S. r.
Barr, superintendent of the Relief de-
partment OF the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad, has sent out a circular letter
to all surgeons and medical examiners
of the company with copy of the
cimmittees explanation of the plan
and expressing belief that all will
nj tn fnptr;1,1ta tn ho
adding that no amount will &c con.
sidered too small. In his letter DR.
Barr says that DIR Trimble was so
well and fagorably known in the B.
and o. service and had done so much
| for the men that there must be a
| large number who would be .lad OF
an opportunity to aid in the establish
ment of the lectureship and | am es
| pecialy anxious that the B. and O.
| should make a good showing in this
work.
The plan is to have the lectures de
liyered before the Chirurgical faculty
at its annual meeting each year oil
| some other time to be agreed upon
An effort win Abe made to make the
endowment sufficient yield sun
endowment sufficient to yield a sun
as lecturers, men of distinction from
all parts OF the world. 1t is believ
ed that the plan purposed is the one
which would be most pleasing to DR.
Trimble if his wishes could be made
known, Messrs. Alexander Brown
Sons, bankers, of Baltimore, are
treasWers of the fund.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-03-28

The sick, those suffering from sun.
stroke or q apoplexy, the insane, the
feeble minded, the epileptic, all who
are abnormal or ill, should be sent to
a hospital never to prison.
Boys and g.r's who have committed
some offence or are in trouble,
should be sent to detention home
and placed under the care OF school
officers.
First offenders and many drinking
men who are now committed to Jail
on sentences, might better be dis
posed of by suspending the execution
OF their sentences, use their earnings
for the support OF their families and
should be placed under his supervi-
keep out Of vicious company. If the
court has a probation officer, the man
should be placed under his supervi-
sion. If there is no probation officer,
he should be required to report to the
court. or to some person designated
by it. at stated periods. If work on
public roads is in progress, it might
furnish employment for men released
on suspended sentence.
.. Every convicted person, the
moment sentence is pronounced.
| should be taken Immediately to the
proper reformatory, penitentiary, dis
trict work house or labor colony,
Thus the number of persons in county
iails in tdleness would be greatly re
duced.
s. Only persons charged with
serious offenses and crimes and await
ing trial would be left in county Jail;
and each prisoner would be saved
from contamination by being placed
in a cell so constructed that he could
not see nor converse with any other
prisoner; but he would be under the
watch and influence OF proper persons
appointed by the authorities,
V. Outside Influences.-Suitablt
provisions should be made in the
character OF sheriffs, jailers anC
guards, and by visitors from without
to influence the prisoners in confine
ment by conversation reading ana
proper recreations.
VI. Administration officer
) who come in contact with prisoner
should be paid adequate salaries, ant
the fee system should be abolished a
source of corruption and injustice
No one who has to deal with prison
ers should be permitted to sell then
food or Injuries.
VII. Dlscipine-Rules of conduc
Of prisoners should be drawn up by
state central authority to prevent al
bitrary treatment OF prisoners. Dis
ciplinary measures should be definet
and limited by the same authorit..
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-03-28
MASSANuTTEN ACADEMY
Base Ball Schedule For the Coming
Season.

The bass ball season al Massanut
Ten academy opens this year with 9
game TO be played between Massanut
en- and the Gett.sburg Preparatory
school, Gettysburg, Pa, on Friday
March q, ia Woodstock. Massanut.
ten has a splendid team, seven of her
old players being back this year. The
following schedule Of games has been
arranged for:
March PIN A. rs. Gettysburg
prep school Woodstock
April ia A. VS.. Harrisonburg
High school, Woodstock.
April I'M. A. VS.. Shenandoah Val
ley Business college. Woodstock.
April TN. A. VS. Baltimore City
college, Woodstock.
April 20-M. A. IS. Bethel Military
academy woodstock
April 25-M. A. vs.. Bridsewater col
sge, Woodstock.
May I'm. A. VS. Shenandoah Valley
Business college, Harrsonburg.
May 16-M. A. VS., Woodberry For
est, Grange
May 1S-M A. VS.. Fshburne Mill
tary aoz denny. Waynesboro.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-03-28
Moved.

Mr., John Long, of Pennsylvania av-
enue, has moved to Hagerstown.
Mr.. Harry Airhart moves to the
property vacated by Fl, Mcdowell.
Mr. H. Mcdowell has moved to his
new home about mile out Of the
city.
Mr. Benjamin f. Byers and family
have moved from North Queen street
to Boyd avenue.
Mr.. Caleb S. Simpson moved today
from 205 East King street to the Col.
Stuart W. Walker farm, west of town,
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-03-28
New Rink Opened.

The new skating rink in Jefferson
Hall, Harpers Ferry, was opened to
the public Thursday night under the
management OF Messrs. G. 7, Smith
and j. NJ Jones, A big crowd was
present including about a dozen per-
sons from Martinsburg. The building
was once church ITO what base
uses may we not return, Horatio,"
etc.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-03-28
Y. M. c. A. Convention.

Among those persons from Mar
tinsburg who win attend the inter.
State YIN. c. A. convention to be
held in Frederick, Md. March 26-29,
will be Rev. w. d. McCurdy AND
Messrs. l.. H. Thompson, f, H.
Graichen and Harry NJ. Grove. They
will likely leave here Thursday morn
ing, the convention opening that after
noon at 2:30.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-03-28
THROUGHOUT THE STATE.

William Jennings Bryan will deliv-
er a speech at Parkersburg Saturday
night
Blueheld sold $4,000 worth of
school bonds last week 1T a premium
of $4,000
The Falrmont city council believes
the recent municipal election S legal
and no license will be granted.
Theodore Alvord is at Huntington
and will conduct campaign against
the granting Of license there this
year.
Work on the Virginia railroad, for
merly the Deepwater and Tidewater,
will be pushed 10 completion this SUM
mer
Attorney General Clark May is in
terested in a fine oil producing we'll in
Lincoln county, which was drilled in
few days ago.
By the explosion OF g cocoa cola
bottle. Wiley EslSey, a Petersburg
bartender, was. severely cut about the
face and head Tuesday
Arnold Scherr candidate for gov
ernor, denies the statement sent out
that he would quit the race, but says
he will stick to the finish.
The new cells at the state prison
are being occupied rapidly, and with
in few days the transfer of all the
prisoners will have been effected.
Beginning the first OF April, the
mines of the Fairmont Coal Co. will
work full time. having been on but
four days a, week for some time past.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-03-28
FARE LAWS DECISION
Right Of Federal Tribunals to Pass
Upon State Legislation.
But ONE OPPOSING VOTE
Justice Harlan a!one Dissenss from
Views Of Colleagues on Nations
HIGHEST Bench.

4 Washington, .. c., March %. The
absolute right Of the federal courts to
pass on and set aside state railroad
laws has been asserted In the broad.
est manner By the United States su.
!. preme court in two decisions which
bowled over such laws lately enacted
/ BIZ the legislatures Of Minnesota and
North Carolina The decisions, as
I pointed out by Justice Harlan, in a
sharp and plain spoken dissenting
opinion, We're among the most impor-
tant ever handed down by the SUI
preme court and would seem to settle
once and for all the contentious that
have arisen in the last wear between
the state and federal courts over the
right of the latter to interfere with
she enforcement of state laws fixing
passenger and freight rates whether
on state or interstate traffic.
Broadly, the position taken by the
supreme court as basis for it's de-
cision was that investors In railroad
property, like investors in other prop
erty, have a right to an adequate re
turn on their investments, and, before
state legislatures can fix railroad
rates, it must be established in a
clear and unmistakable manner that
the rates fixed will allow such ade-
quate return on investments
No Loss Without Compensation.
The decisions of the court were
based on several provisions of the
federal constitution guaranteeing all
citizens the equal protection or the
Law and exemption from loss of prop
erty without compensation and with
out the process of law Under this
broad view of the power of the fed
eral courts it is apparent that the
question whether the railroads are en-
gagged in Interstate commerce. or con-
fined entirely to intrastate commerce
does not necessarily enter into the
consideration The federal courts
have the anne right to pass on or set
aside the railroad rate laws enacted
by the state legislatures whichever
may be the case.