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Evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1907-1913, 1908-01-06
Market Gardening.

The old year is gone. The new one
is here, and market gardeners the
land over are busy planning for 1908
crops. 1t is good time to heed the
warning placed at many railroad
crossings. stop. look listen" Look
both ways. Look back over the years
that are gone. Have you been sig
nally successful with any particular
crop? TO what should the success be
attributed? Have you made any mis-
takes? A remarkable gardener If YOU
have not It would take whole ed
ition 81 this paper ID ten about the
Evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1907-1913, 1908-01-06
CLARKE COUNTY IS RICH
CONTINUED from page one,

erations of the Lewis family have
lived at "Audley," the family seat;
"Pagebrook, Garter Hall" and
many other ancestral homes keep
up the refined and conservative air
that time gives to place, when cul-
ture, hospitality ana good breeding
go with it. We want to go through
the county when the flowers bloom
again and write up the many beau
ty spots.
Old Chapel is the Westminster Abb
bey of this section. In this pictu-
rescue spot that could be made SO
beautiful, there are buried bishops
whose elequence has swayed our
State; brave warriors, learned jur-
lists, novelists whose fame is part
of our nations heritage; poets
whose lips were touched with the d.
vine fire Of genius. How many a
glorious ride we have taken through
the enchanted realms of fact and
fiction by the side of John Esten
Cooke, and the magic strains of his
poet brother have thrilled through
thousands Of hearts.
The ''Old Chapel" is an album of
the past for this section; its ivy
draped walls are hoary with antiqui-
ty, and around it lie the ashes of
those who in their day filled as lofty
places in their world as the illus
trious dead who lie in the Temple of
Fame in London. Stately matrons
and beautiful maidens here sleep
their last sleep by the side Of gall
liant warriors and stately gentlemen
of the olden time, and when this
place is renovated as it should be, a
place of smooth turf beneath the
noble trees already there, and the
flowers that affection Will plant, 1t
will be 4 fitting shrine for the valor,.
Evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1907-1913, 1908-01-06

place mecca for the meeting Of
pilgrims.
We lately came across copy Of
the cemetery records published by
the Blue Ridge Press in 1906, and
we will give a few names and notes
from it. Among the earliest names
in it's records is that of Winnefred
Gaines We have been told by mem
bers of this family that the title OF
marquis that belonged to them in
France (they were exiled Huguenots)
became given name in this coun-
try.
Col. Nathaniel Burwell, who built
Garter Hail." died at that place in
1917.
Governor Edward Randolph, who
was principal counsel for Aaron
Burr in his trial for treason, lies
here. Hon. John Holkes, who was
minister from France to this coun,
try, lies here. He died in 1920 and
was inferred in the Catholic ceme-
terry in Winchester by the side of
his young daughter. They were re-
moved to Old Chapel in 1904. He
was Of Scotch descent. His father
fought with the young Pretender,
and being made prisoner at CulIoden,
was sentenced to death, but escaped
to France.
Col. Francis Otway Byrd was in
the war Of 1912, and was also with
Decatur at Algiers. Virginia pre-
scented him with a sword as me-
mento of bis gallantry.
The stone above Mrs. Phillip Bur-
well has on it this inscription: Long
may this marble remain sacred to
the memory of Mrs. Elizabeth Bur-
WE'LL"
Her labors done. securely laid.
In this our last retreat.
Unheeded DER her silent dust.
The storms of life shall beat"
Many Randolphs, Of 1.-THE Moor
ings." lie here. Col. William Ran
dolph, killed in the Wilderness;
Capt. Carter Randolph, killed at Ce-
dar Creek, aged 26 years.
Speak softly--let no careless laugh,
No idle, thoughtless jest,
Escape your lips where sweetly
sleeps
The soldier in his rest.
Another Randolph killed In bat
tie, aged II years. All me! how
many tears have fallen on this spot.
50 nlailA Bvrds from Chanel II I4i1i.
Evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1907-1913, 1908-01-06
MANY FRIENDS
PRETTY EVENT AT HEDESvILLE
FRIDAY EVENING.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. n. Rickard Gave
Party In Honor Of Daughters,
Maud and Ethel.

Mr.. and Mrs C. H. Richard enter
tanned at their home in Hedgesville
Friday evening in honor of their
daughters, Misses Maud and Ethel
Numerous parlor games were played,
after which refreshments were served
by four young ladies. Music for the
occasion was furnished by Misses Fay
Miller and Nellie Bodine. Those
present were:
Misses Pearl Hughes, Fay Miller,
Ter, Nell Ross, Mabel Ross, Bess Cla-
ry, Gertrude Clary, Grace Dillon, Mat
tie Dodd, Mabel Burns, Grace Burns,
Eva Jacques, Leola Brown, Nellie
Bodine, Rose Hammersla, Mrs. Ida
Gresham and Mrs. DR.. Clay; Messrs
Arthur Tabler, Walter McDonal,
Claude Hess, William Hammersla
Mitchell Hammersla, Lanck Bell, Hun
ter Harris, Lewis Harris, Arthur
Burns, Leslie Burns, Lowell Dodd, VIII
Der Moler, Oscar Moler, Charlie Trip
lett, James Bodine, Edgar shrodes
and DR.. Clay.
Evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1907-1913, 1908-01-06

The farmer should realize the great
responsibility of his position as the
great conservative middle class and
the opportunities it gives him to solve
the grave questions between labor and
capital which neither of the others
is able to solve
Evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1907-1913, 1908-01-06
West vlrginia's Agricultural Soils.


Why is it that Jefferson and Berke.
| ley stand so high in the list of agri,
cultural counties? 1t is due mainl,
to two formations, the Shenandoah
limestone, and the Martinsburg shale
The Shenandoah limestone is the
more important. 1t is great rock
country of several thousand feet in
thickness, piled somewhat, and max
ing very large area of the farming
land in these counties. Farms have
been operated upon for $50 years and
are yet apparently as productive as
ever.
The Martinsburg shale overlies the
limestone. and in long belts makes
the surface The soil it yields is not
as good as the limestone soil; but il
seems especially adapted to fruit
growing and the belt of this shale ex-
tending toward Winchester has long
been known as apple pie ridge.
AS we pass over into Hampshire,
Hardy, Mineral. Grant and Pendle-
ton We find the soils to be of more
diverse origin. The principal good
soil makers are the Shenandoah lime
stone, Martinsburg shale, Lewiston
limestone and Romney shale.
All OF these formations extend in
long belts across these counties to
the southwest.
And situated on them are fine farms
and grazing lands.
The alluvial lands in these coun-
ties are also extensive and are IA
nous for their fertility. AS we pass
a little further west we have another
belt of limestone. This great forma.
ton rises above the surface on lower
Cheat, extends through Preston, Tuck
er, Randolph, Pocahontas, Greenbriel
and Monroe. 1t becoms great thick
ness, and makes large areas of fine
lands and rich mountain pastures
about the head waters of Cheat ant
Greenbrier rivers.
Above and below 1t we have also
fine areas of shalelands. This bel
of limestone and shale may be called
the buckwheat district
West OF this come the great serie.
of sandstones, shale and limestonei
called the coal measures.
These rocks form soils of moderat,
fertility in sthe coal bearing counties
largely of red sandstone and shales.
These form the larger parts Of tn,
counties of Doddridge. Richie, Wood
Pleasant, Tyler, Wetzel and Marshall
Many parts of these counties arr
formed of rough steep hills but littl'
suited for farming. But much Of thu
soil is good, and If it can be KEEP
where it formed affords good grass
lands.
These counties have been called
sheep counties from the large mum
Der and fine quality of sheep raise'
in them.
Farming on the hills should be re
duced to minimum in these coun
ties and only the lowlands plowed O
cultivated
No natural resource is as valuable
as the soil and no pains should b.
4 Spdlcu " pISScIFt IL.
He who wastes the soil, or allow
It to waste, is thoughtless of his owl
future, and the future of his race
In our own state the fading away o
cur forests exposes our soil to rail-
wash.
The forests should be replaced b.
cover that has been ages in form
ing may be handed forward unim
pared.-West Virginia Agriculture
Resources.
Market Gardening.
Evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1907-1913, 1908-01-06

What HAPPIER life can mortals lead
than this: Stock enough to feed to
furnish needed exercise; papers
brought each day by carrier to feed
the thinker and furnish mental en-
tertainment; fuel for heating and
cooking under cover close by; and
the weekly meeting of neighbors and
friends with its multitude Of oppor-
tunities for social cheer and mental
development?
Evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1907-1913, 1908-01-06

Mistakes should not be so common
rs eight or ten years ago. Scientists
and practical gardeners have been
pointing out the danger rocks. Lit
erature on vegetable gardening is pro-
guse Every farm paper contains more
Or less information on this subject.
Numerous bulletins are issued by the
United States Department of Agricul-
ture and Experiment stations which
are helpful to gardeners, especially
in combating insect and fungous pests
Numerous books have been published
in recent years which discuss the
cultivation of vegetables in thor
oughly practical manner.
Evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1907-1913, 1908-01-06

Without organization the farmers
can have no influence upon public af-
fairs. With organization they become
4 recognized force to be reckoned with
in the adjustments of public policies.
Evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1907-1913, 1908-01-06

Real Estate
For Homes
or investment.
E-ROOM house, stable, lot 100
y x150 feet, sold on easy terms,
very cheap.
GROOM new house, cistern,
y hydrant, lot 3SxlOO, East
Martin street.
GROOM house; nice lot, good
" stable, Faulkner avenue.
GROOM house, double hall,
" front and back porch, large
stable, all slate roof, lot 80x-
145 feet, Hess avenue.
GROOM house, GO feet front,
y West John street, cheap.
7-ROOM new house, good stable,
smoke house, lot 75x100 feet.
Winchester avenue.
T-ROOM new house, lot 81 IL
x150 feet, Raleigh street.
GROOM brick house, bath
~ electric lights, lot 200 feet
deep. Very fine home, West
Race street.
CE-ACRE farm Groom house, q
~ acres in orchard. Very cheap
En-ACRE farm, 7-room new house
w good barn, all out buildings
in good repair, we'll water in
yard, spring on farm. Nice
home for little money.
CN-ACRE farm, Id acres in fruit,
w l 1-2 miles south of Shep-
herdstown; S-room house,
good out buildings. Cheap.
Cn-ACRE farm, rs acres timber,
AOV new 7-room house, good
barn, two corn cribs, all
slate roof. Good bargain.
1Cc-ACRE farm, 8-room house,
ASV large bank barn, double corn
crib, spring water, fine home.
17n-ACRE farm, ID acres orchard,
w fine brick house, good barn,
spring water, only $40 an
acre. Limestone land.
Many lots and other properties
that are fine investments.
Insurance of all kinds Fire, Bond
ing, Life, Health and Accident.
Only reliable companies.
Agent for Oliver Typewriters.
Cali ana see iii.
CElAs. N. POWNALI.
Room / 3 .(]ld MI. Bssk lg.
Evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1907-1913, 1908-01-06

Success in 1908 cannot be expected
on any truck farm without some
hard thinking and careful planning.
Profit by past experiences. See that
everything is ready. for the perform
ance of each operation when the time
comes. Order seeds early Make GER
mination tests to ascertain their val
ne. Have hotbeds ready for use when
he seed should be sown. Don't de-
lay ordering fertilizers. Repair and
raint implements. Get out hot bed
and cold frame sash and put them
in proper condition.
Evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1907-1913, 1908-01-06
FOR THE FARM, ORCHARD AND GARDEN
Matters Of Importance to The AgrCurEl and H0ucuRuPst

began comemrcial gardening. But
the mistakes have been great teach
ers. They should help us to plan
more wisely for the future.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-09-18

The peasant farms Of the Black for.
est are handed down from father to
son in a direct line, often dating back
for century, says the Antiquary.
There is no division as in France /;
all falls to the heir, only here 1t is not
the eldest but the youngest son who
inherits. 1t is rare that a bur (peas-
anti dies as reigning head. When he
gets on in years he abdicates in order
to end his days in the Leibgedingehaus
(dower house,, which stands beside
each hof (steading).
That he does so in favor of his
youngest son is very sensible; were 1t
the elder he would have no peace, for
as soon as he married he would try to
induce his parents to retire just at an
age when power is sweetest and best
exercised. For this reason the practi-
cal farmers of bygone generations de-
cided to hand over the succession to
the youngest, since when BENJAMIN is
a full-grown man Father Jacob is old
and glad to rest.
This law Of inheritance goes by the
name Of vortel. Should the heir of his
own free will desire to resign In favor
of his elder brother the latter must
buy the property from him. In such a
case the younger may be termed a kind
Of Esau.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-09-18
PROOF OF NEGRO ARTS.

ArchaeOlOEist Returns FROM Africa
with Specimens of Civilization
DR.. D. r. MacIver has returned to
Philadelphia from Alexandria bringing
with him tidings that as the culmina-
hon Of the University Of Pennsylvania
archaeological expedition to Egypt he
his discovered absolute proof that civ
Ilization of a high order existed among
the negro race for 700 years, says the
New York Herald.
Accompanying the curator Of the
Egyptian section Of the department Of
archaeology of the university across the
ocean were five tons of specimens un-
earthed in Egypt and Ethiopia by his
expedition during the last six months
These specimens, now awaiting clean
ing, classifying and catalOguing, show
that the negro race Of the period of the
decline of the Roman empire understood
the fine arts and produced original
sculpture and architecture.
Never before have any works of art
executed by primitive negroes been dis
covered. Ethnologists have united in
declaring that the black race was the
produced a civilization Of Its own. But
DIR. Randall MacIver says:
"Our excavations have shown that
the source of the civilization of the
period which our work in lower Nubia
covered was Ethiopian. Our antiquities
cover every phase of this new school Of
art The sculptures are of barbarian,
non-Egyptian type, showing distinctly
the African rather than the Ethiopian
or Mediterranean origin.
"All the negro works Of art were dis
rovered In an extensive cemetery lyirg
about ten feet under ground between
Wady Halfa and Assouan, In lower
Eubia. A large number of inscriptions
we're also found by the expedition and
have been brought back to Philadelphia.
at is hoped that the experts who will
take up the work Of decipheri1g the In
scriptions at once will be able to COM
plete their task by next fall.
"Ws have about 100 Of these inscrip-
tions," said DIR. MacTver, (which are
written in the native Ethiopian Ian
guage and in script Of that period and
which we hope very soon will yield up
their secrets"
1t is admitted by DIR. MacIver that
all of the works Of the negro artists
show Egyptian, Greco-Roman, and in
few instances Assyrian influences, in
cidentally proving the negroes of that
period to have been in trade communi'
cation with the white civilizations.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-09-18
IDLE IN LONDON SUFFER.
English Ministry Plans Relief in Win.
ter Months.


London.-Alarmed by the outbreaks
of the vast army of unemployed in all
of the large cities in the united king
dom, particularly in Glasgow, the min
lstry is holding series of informal
conferences on plans to minimize the
suffering during the coming winter.
So grave is the situation that the
government refuses to admit publicly
that it notices it, fearing that this
would attract attention to conditions
for which it is hard to find a remedy.
Throughout England, Scotland and
Wales it is estimated that 1000, 900
workmen are idle and with their fami-
lies total of 100000 persons are at
the point of starvation. OF this num-
Der a considerable proportion is ac-
tually shelterless, as well as starving
and nearly naked. All over the island
entire families are tramping aimlessly
from town to town, sleeping in straw
stacks and hedges and living on
handouts from tarmhouses.
Dozens of deaths are reported daily
from all over the kingdom, in bitches
fields and outhouses, where disease.
stricken Migrants have sought par,
tial shelter when too weak to stagge1
further through the mire and incessant
storms.
The warehouses; and hospitals every
where are so full that the admission
of other applicants is impossible.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-09-18
Tho Tangled Web.

Charley is the white-haired negro
man employed by a southern family on
Charlotte street. And Charley is eau
tious about lending anything. The
other day a man new to the neighbor-
hood appeared at the door and asked
If he could borrow a spade.
mo, sir" said Charley. "Ain't got
no spade"
Haven't you any sort of a shovel
could use to dig fishworms with?
mo, sir, amt got no shovel"
The stranger hesitated a moment and
then asked:
do you suppose the folks next door
have a spade they'd leLd me?"
"No, sir" replied Charley, promptly,
''they's all the time a-borrowin' our'n."
kansas City Times.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-09-18

by local applications, as they cannot reach the
diseased portion of the ear. There is only one
tional remedies. Deafness Is caused by an in.
famed condition of the mucous lining of the
Eustachian Tube. When this tube Is infamed
Ing, and when 1t is entirely closed, Deafness IL
the result, and unless the Inflammation can be
taken out and this tube restored to its normal
condition, hearing win be destroyed forever:
nine cases out of ten are caused by Catarrh
which Is nothing but an inhamed condition OF
the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that can.
not be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. Send foi
F. J. CHENEY q CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists 75c,
Take Hall's FAMILY Pills for constipation.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-09-18
LAWYER AND EDITOR.

Charles P. Taft, editor Of the Cincin-
natl Times-Star and half brother OF
William H. Taft, Republican candidate
for the presidency, was born in Gin.
cinnati in 1S43 and therefore is IL
years older than the latter. Their
father, Alphonso Taft, was Attorney
General of the United States.
The eldest son was graduated from
Yale in 1864 and from Columbia Col.
lege Law School in 1865. He also stud.
led at Heidelberg, Berlin and Paris
practiced law in Cincinnati, 1S69-T9
and in the latter year bought q con
trolling interest In the Cincinnati
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-09-18

Two wealthy bankers of Boston were
ON fishing trip in Maine not long ago,
when one suggested that they enter a
little backwoods meeting church they
CHANGED to come across in the course
of their wanderings.
They took their places on a rear
bench, just as the preacher had begun
his sermon. He continued speaking for
over an hour; so, as it was getting late
in the afternoon, and the speaker
showed no signs of stopping, the vaca-
tionists began to get uneasy. AT last,
feeling that they could stay no longer,
the Bostonians arose and started out.
At this point the parsons discourse
was cut short.
"Under the circumstances, said he,
grimly, eve will interrupt our remarks
and take up the collection now.''
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-09-18

The saloon light is false beacon
that can only be extinguished by Chris
tan votes.
You must get on the inside of a man
before you can talk to him about In
side things.
Doubt is no more a sign of intellect
uality than a drifting vessel is of good
navigation.
If souls could be seen, many
church might give al exhibition of liv-
Ing skeletons.
1t is a poor sort Of virtue that con-
sists in abstaining from sins that are
not cared for.
1t is the bitter real, seeming to de-
stroy our ideal, that. wrestled with,
makes that also real.
Even the devil was convinced when
he saw that Job served God for love
and not for living.
Prayer is lot merely getting God to
do something for US, but 1t is putting
ourselves where God can do something
with US.
Many who profess to follow Christ
are willing that their brothers should
lose life rather than that they should
sacrifice liberty.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-09-18

When Theodore Roosevelt was po-
lice commissioner in New York, he
asked an applicant for a position on
the force:
IF you were ordered to dispense a
mob, what would you do?"
Pass around the heat, sir" was the
reply.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-09-18

81 suppose you've noticed a wonder
full improvement in your daughter since
she came home from college2"
improvement! 1 should say so. In
fact, it's got so now that we have to
call beef stew 'ragout of beef before
she'll eat it"-Detroit Free Press.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-09-18
It Took Everxthinr.

Naybor-Sorry to hear you had scar
let fever at your house. That's a bad
disease. They say it usually leaves you
with something.
Popley--Huh! 1t isn't likely to leave
me with anything, judging from the
Doctors bill.-Philadelphia Press.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-09-18

A young man of Boston, who had
failed to pay his laundry bill, en-
deavored to turn his Chinaman aside
from inquiry by an attack upon the
celestial 8 manner of speech. "Why
do you say 'Fliday,' joint" he asked
Essay Fliday because mean FIJI.
day." replied John stoutly. emo say
Fliday, and mean maybe week after
mex, like Mclean man"
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-09-18

"I'm afraid" said the minister
who was evidently fishing for word Of
commentator, "that my sermon this
morning was rather long"
"Oh, WE'LL" rejoined the good dea-
con, "don't let that worry you. Even
if it was trifle long, it wasn't very
deep, SO it averaged up all right"
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-09-18
The First.

Mrs. Catnip-I suppose you are go
ing to name the baby after some great
man.
Mrs. YOungwife-Yes, we are going
to name him for his father.-Somer-
vile Journal
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-09-18
AN APOLOGY to Him,

"Ue has no regard for any one else.
He has no milk OF human kindness"
"Oh, 1 wouldn't say that He's very
small man, you know probably he has
1t, but it'S condensed. "-Philadelphia
Press.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-09-18

Kind-Hearted Old Gent to Beggar-
What did you do, my poor friend, be-
fore you were blind?"
Beggar-What did do? Well, sir,
Before being blind was deaf and
dumb.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-09-18

Some funny things happen in the
schoolroom. A Brooklyn teacher called
upon a small boy to define multitude. -
"A multitude" said the boy, els
what we get when we multiply"
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-09-18

Do you know that your chickens
come over into my garden?"
I thought they must be doing that"
"Why?"
Because they never came back"
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-09-18

Il suppose you are glad whipping
has been abolished from the schools?"
Nav, amt" replied the tough
boy. why, dem bouts l ulster have
wild the principal was the only fun
got"