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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-12-26
Order of Notice Thereon.

District Court of the United States
for the Northern district of West
Virginia, to-wit:
On this 9th day of Dec, 1908, on
reading the foregoing petition, 1t is
Ordered by the court, that hearing
be had upon the same on the 2Sth
day of Dec, 1908, before the said
court, at Martinsburg. in said district,
at two o'clock in the afternoon, and
that notice thereof be published in the
Martinsburg Herald, a newspaper
printed in said district, and that all
known creditors and other persons in
interest may appear at the said time
and place, and show cause, If any they
have, why the prayer Of the said petit
toner should not be granted.
And it is further ordered by the
court, that the clerk shall send by mail
to all known creditors copies of said
petition and this order, addressed to
them at their places of residence as
stated.
Witness the Honorable Aston G.
Dayton, Judge of the said court, and
the seal thereof, at Martinsburg, in
said district on the 9th day of Dec.
A. d. 1908.
CHAS. B. KEFAUvER, Clerk.
D. G. u. s., N. D. w. Va.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-12-26
SAVE RECIPE AWAY
Put II in Safe Place, For II MAY
Come in Handy,
MIX THIS AT FIRST SIGN
Says Honne-Maee Mixture Is Easily
Prepared, and Cures Weak
kidneys and Bladder.

Here is a simple homemade mix
ture as given by an eminent author
ity on Kidney diseases, Who makes
the statement that it will relieve al
most any case Of Kidney trouble if
taken before the stage of Bright's
disease. He states that such symp-
toms as lame back, pain in the side,
frequent desire to urinate, especially
at night; painful and discolored uri-
nation, are readily overcome. Here
is the recipe. Try it.
Fluid Extract Dandehon, one-half
ounce; Compound Kargon one ounce
Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla, three
ounces. Take a teaspoonful after
each meal and at bedtime
A wellknown druggist here in
town is authority that these ingre5
tents are all harmless and easily
mixed at home by shaking well in q
bottle. This mixture has peculiar
healing and soothing effect upon the
entire Kidney and Urinary structure
and often overcones the worst forms
of Rheumatism in just a little while
This mixture is said to remove al
blood disorders and cure the Rheu
matism by forcing the Kidneys u
filter and strain from the blood ant
system all uric acid and FOUL decom
posed waste matter, which caus'
these Affections. Try it If you aren'
we'll Save the prescription.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-12-26
United States Of America, Northern
District of West Virginia, SIS.
In the United States District Court
In the Matter of

In the united states DlStr1ct court
In the Matter of
JOHN F. MASON, Bankrupt.
In Bankruptcy.
To the Honorable Aston G. Dayton
Judge of the District Court of the
United States for the Northern Dis
rict of West Virginia.
John F. Mason of Jones Spring, in
the county of Berkeley and state OF
West Virginia in said district, respect
fully represents that on the 18th day
of October last past, he was duly
adjudged bankrupt under the acts OF
Congress relating to bankruptcy; that
he has duly surrendered all his prop
erty and rights of property, and has
fully complied with all the require
ments of said acts and of the orders
of the court touching his bankruptcy.
Wherefore he prays that he may be
decreed by the court to have full
discharge from all debts provable
against his estate under said bankrupt
acts, except such debts as are except
ed by law from such discharge.
Dated this 4th day of Dec, A. d.
JOHN F. MASON, Bankrupt.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-12-26

Birdie NJ Butts Lavina Butts, an in
FAINT, Nancy Butts, an infant, Ber-
ME Butts, an infant s. :. Kee-
seeker, w. H. Wilen Wilbur II.
Thomas. trustee, The Peoples
Trust Company, Corporation,
Charles w. Suits, DR.. NJ. S. Butler,
The Citizens National Bank, cor
poration, Allen B. Noll, defendants.
The object of the above suit is to
have the accounts of the said w. H.
Thomas, admr. of John W. Butts, set
tied, to ascertain the real estate of
said decedent with its value. to as
certain the debts against same with
their amounts and priorities,. to as
certain the widows dover in same;
to sell said real es ate for said debts
and it appearing on affidavit filed in
this suit. that the said defendants
Birdie NJ. Butts, Lavina Butts, Nancy
Butts and Bernie Butts are non-res-
idents of this state they are hereby
required TO appear at the said clerks
office, within one month from the
day of December. 1908 (the date of
the first publication hereof, and do
what is necessary to protect their in
terests in this matter
Thomas and Noll. Attorneys for Plain
l.. Dew. GERHARDT, Clerk.
tiff, 12-12-4t
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-12-26

1t is reported that Hon. A. B.
White. who will relinquish the posi-
ton Of tax commissioners on January
/, will be a candidate for congress
from the fourth district. We were of
the belief that the Ex-Governor would
be the next senator from West Wiz.
gilaia.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-12-26
Election Notice.

The stockholders of the Citizens
National bank, of Martinsburg are
hereby notified that the annual cleo
ton for directors will be held at the
bank on Tuesday, January 18th, 1908,
between the hours of eleven and
twelve o'clock, noon.
EDWARD RUTLEDGE.
12-12-td Cashier
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-12-26
SANTA IN BLUE.

child's Prayer to the Saint fnswered
b. "cop.s
1T was Christmas eve In side
street Of the great city and SO
Il late that the last customer had
left the dingy little shop. and the
light from its one window streamed
out upon the night like lonely bea-
con. 1t was cheerful window as
such things 20 in poor side streets, and
sumptuous Santa Claus. all. glitter
ing In cotton snow and rainbow tinsel.
stood in its forefront, loaded with the
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-12-26
Rural Repartee.

"Sary," snickered young Alb Corn
tossel. II kinder think III put myself
on tn Christmas tree fer you this
year"
"If you do, Alb giggled Sary, they j
not take you off this year They'll LEI
you stay there tin you sit ripe enough
TO nick"
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-12-26
achristnoas Children

In some Catholic countries there is a
custom Of dressing up puppets called
Christmas children. hiding them on
Christmas eve, setting persons in quest
Of them and giving reward TO the
finder.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-12-26
NOTICE IN BANKRUPTCY.
october IA, 1908

October IA, 1908
In he matter Of
EDGAR e. SIMPSON, Bankrupt.
Take notice that the above person
having oeen adjudicated Bankrupt
by the United States Court for the
Northern District of West Virginia
in Bankruptcy on Nov %, 1905
meeting Of the creditors will be held
at Martinsburg, w Va. in the once
of John o. Lem4n, on Dec. "a, 1908 at
/ o'clock p. NJ FOR the purpose OF al
lowing claims examining the Bank
rupt and selecting a Trustee or Trus-
tees
JAMES D. BUTT,
IL Referee in Bankruptcy
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-12-26

Mr.. Munsey's Sunday afternoon
paper in Baltimore is meeting with
considerable opposition from the cler-
gy and business men of the Monunen.
tai city.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-12-26
ORDER OF PUBLICATION.
State of West Virginia..

The State of West Virginia:
At rules held in the clerks offlce
of the circuit court of Berkeley coun
ty, the z day of December, 1908.
Wilbur r. Thomas, admir- of John w
Butts, deceased. plaintiff.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-12-26

So far Mr.. Taft has gotten no
knocks for his choice of a. secretary
of state
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-12-26

And now they are going to double
the salary of the president Is Mr.
Taft twice as large as Mr.. Roosevelt?
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-12-26

VS..
p. r. Keesecker. Daniel S. Keesecker,
A. G. Keesecker, SARAH Ellen
Shriver, and John Shriver, her hus-
band, j. w Keesecker and S. A.
Keesecker, defendants.
The object of the above suit is to
obtain partition of the real estate OF
which Jacob Keesecker died seized
and possessed among the parties
thereto entitled if susceptible OF Mar
tition and if not to have the same
sold and the proceeds of sale so di-
viied and it appearing on affideTit
filed in this suit. that the said de-
PENDANT A. G. Keesecker is non
resident OF this state he is hereby
required to appear at the said clerk
office, within one month from the
day OF December 1908 tthe date OF
the first publication hereof, and dc
what is necessary to protect his IN
terests in this matter
L. Dew. GERHARDT, Clerk
A. r. Noll, Attorney for Plaintiff.
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Subscribe for The Herald,
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-12-26

The days and nights are now quail.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-12-26
ORDER OF PUBLICATION.

The State of West Virginia:
At rules held in the clerks office
of the circuit court of Berkeley coun-
ty, the day of December, 1908
Birdie NJ. Butts, Lavina Butts, Nancy
Butts and Bernie Butts, plaintiffs.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-12-26

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The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1908-04-11
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One Weeks Shoe
Specials

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in both Mems and Ladies Shoes
from regular stock to close out.
o5 pairs Mems Calf Balls, solid
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The Washington herald., 1908-01-01
REPUBLIC IS ALL RIGHT.
Morally Better and More Firmly Es-
tabIished Than Ever.

From the New York World
There is plenty of work for the critic
and reformer 10 do; bur there was never
less corruption in politics than now, the
government is cleaner and better. the re-
public is more firmly established. The
greatest danger that threatens American
institutions comes from the people them
selves-from their good nature, their in
difference, their cTedulity, their apathy.
their readiness TO be exploited by men
who make politics a trade.
The republic is bound 10 last as long as
the people retain the instinct and Capac-
ity for government. even the latent
desire for self-goverument. In spite Of
demagogues, never more eloquent, infi.I-
ential, and high-stationed; in spite of
.corruptionists; in spite of predatory pow
erty, predatory plutOCraCy, and all the
other forces Of evil. not only are Ameri-
can institutions safe and the republic
secure. but they are safer and secureT
than al any other period in the history
of the United States.
Long live the republic,
The Washington herald., 1908-01-01
A Close Call

The esteemed Atlanta Journal is happy
once more-and we rejoice with it, The
Gate City has been saved. The conscript
fathers awoke TO the crisis upon them
and bought that pump-at the very ulu-
mate and most melodramatically last mo-
ment, to be sure; but they bought it,
nevertheless.
We congratulate our plucky Georgia
contemporary upon the magnificent fight
it made; we wax glad with it in its ex-
ceedlng delight. Prohibition goes into
effect to-day-that pump was a vital,
pulsating. dire, and indsputable necessity.
So closely have we watched the strategy
Of the Journals movements. so keenly
have we been alive to its every diplo-
matte movement, its every open assault,
its superb generalship in a righteous war
fare that we feel the victory TO be al
most in part our own
Flushed with the natural thrill Of con-
quest, the Journal does not lose its dig
nifty, however. Accepting the councils
tardy action as sincere, if belated, It
says;
Fortunately, no catastrophe has arisen while this
discussion has dragged alone. but the situation vas
such as to keep the community on tip-toe while the
authorities were arriving al a final arrangement
The people viii nov recover from the heartsck
ness OF hope deferred and look upon the future with
greater confidence and cheenulHess."
This is as it should be. and magnih-
Gently emphasizes the calm restraint to
which the Journal now forces itself The
critical situation of the city could not be
mistaken. There on the horizon loomed
January ] and prohibition-like Banquo's
ghost, the vision would not down. The
pump-nothing short Of the pump-w0uld
meet the emergency to be usheTed in on
/ New Years Day. The Journal saw IT,
and acted grandly upon It, Like Hora-
/ thus at the bridge. 1t stood alone. but
girded up and unafraid. While others
dalIied. the Journal thundered. For weeks
/ only echo answered. Like a Hal Reid
! melodrama it got on our nerves-even
/ here in Wonderful Washington. We felt
/ for the Journal; We wept with II, as
/ nearly as we might On. on. and ever on
/ dragged the fatal New YeaT-and prohi-
/ bition, and still no pump
/ We are glad the tension is over. and
/ the anxiety relieved. 1t was an eye
lash fnish-but It goes The pump is
assured, and Atlanta's enormous thirst
shall not go unassuaged.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-01
The Panic as a Campaign Issue.


Secretary Taft, in his Boston speech
dwelt upon what will be a vital issue in
the Presidential campaign, no matter who
the Republican nominee may be For
the Republican party will have to &C
count for the panic, 10 explain its causes,
to supply the burden Of proof that it
was not brought about by administrative
or legislative acts Of omission or COM
mission. and to justify such measures as
may be taken to avert or mitigate future
disaster Of a like nature. The defense
may take more acutely personal tone
in the case of an avOwed administration
candidate, but it will have TO be made,
just the same. even though the candidate
be such man as Gov. Hughes or Senator
Knox.
Mr. Taft. we think. has begun we'll
His summary Of the economic and
financial condition is lucid and accurate,
nor does he omit the psychological effect
! of revelations of corporate stock jobbery
and breeches Of trust. He does not men
ton the Big Fine, as that was judicial
matter; probably no single act Of a pub
lie officer contributed so much to under
mining security values. Yet it would
hardly be fair 70 hold the administration
! responsible for the wholly unexpected
action of a Federal judge. We have no
hope that those who insist that without
Roosevelt we should have had no panic
will be at all satisfied with Mr. Taft
/ case; one of our contemporaries demands
proof that the panic would have come
upon US If Mr.. Roosevelt had not aroused
discomfort and apprehension-proof that
In the nature of things cannot be given.
Panic always comes as a shock or sur
prise, as Mr., Taft says. and il is con-
! ceivable that but for the unfortunate
Knickerbocker Trust Company affair we
might have escaped the recent panic alto
getheT. at least in its extreme form. Or
suppose our currency system had been
sufficiently responsive to tide over the
monetary stringency, and thus some of
the worst features of the panic had been
avoided? So narrow IS the margin be-
| tween danger and safety in the world of
credit
Although the causes Of the panic will
have to be explained in the Presidential
election. We doubt whether the Demo-
cratic party viii be able to make much
capital out Of it. They are prescribed
| from attributing the panic wholly to agi-
tation against corporate enterprises. OF
500 aeks on trusts or to railroad
for they have been engaged
ton themselves, and they find
xistiBg legislation. and with
sasures adopted by the ad-
The Washington herald., 1908-01-01
The socinI GnIf.

He was a poor young man and she was
the daughter Of a capitalist who had kept
out Of Wall street. Being a poor young
man he had frequently realized that the
social gulf that divided them was un-
CrOssable.
Now he stood before her hat in hand.
''Artemlsia," he rapidly and bitterly
remarked, Il ana well aware that l have
no right 70 linger here, that there IS no
place for me in the charmed circle that
wealth draws about you, that strive as
I may / cannot scale the ramparts of
gold that love and a strong grip on busi-
ness have raised betwixt you and such
as II should say me. Therefore 90.
Farewell"
The girl made one last attempt to stay
his impassioned flow Of oratoTy,
stay" she said.
Did he stay2
Answer: Would a duck swim?
The Washington herald., 1908-01-01
proeressiveness in Panarna

The news from Panama these days is
reassuring; the dirt is flying. things are
being splendidly systematized. and great
progress. even under admittedly unideal
conditions is being made.
Aside from the advancement of the
digging, however, it is pleasant to know
that social relations and physical euI-
ture standards are broadening and be-
coming daily more and more akin and
like unto conditions prevailing in the
United States. The matter of adequate
and proper housing. feeding, and cloth
ing. solved itself in a measure, long ago.
These things were merely subject to
adjustment after climatic conditions had
had opportunity to reveal their effects
upon newcomers. The problem OF reCTea-
tion-healthy and satisfying-was more
complex; it always is. The philosophy
of this day and time predicates virtually
all greatness upon brawn-hence, mems
sana In corpore sano means that there
is very little. IL any patriotic citizenship
that is not founded and developed on
muscle. Unless a man has the punch, -
he is headed for the land of mollycoddles
forthwith.
1t is particularly gratifying. therefore,
to observe that the great American game
wn tennis has been inaugurated on
tsthmus From Empire-a fit and
name for the consummation of a
event-come glad tidings. There a
tournament has been pulled of,
.ssfully, If under somewhat trying
icaI conditions as 70 court. or this
t. Mr.. Mason James, in the Canal
I'd, says:
far as is known to the writer this is TIE
ennis tournament held on the isthmus, and
the interest displayed By gallery and players
very successful one. The great interest shown
remarkable when the very poor condition ot
the Aaying court Is considered This regrettabI,
feature IS TO be eliminated in the near future. a.
sters have been taken toward building two first
class cement courts.
Judging from the interest shown. and rerort.
from ether points, tennis bids fair 70 becor7~
important feature among the sports and 81
TIC lsthnus
This happy state Of things viii
great JOY TO Washington and the p,
The Washington herald., 1908-01-01

that be. II demonstrates anew the de-
termination of the isthmians TO rise TO
the full heights of the benign examples
set them at the Headquarters of all Good
Things and Bright Ideas on this Hemis-
phere. To become a crack tennis player
may well mark the zenith of any mans
ambition now, because, being that, he
must perforee be so much more that IS
Truly Great in divers other relations Of
life.
We congratulate our loyal subjects in
Panama and our great and good friends
thereabout. No people who realize the
primary Importance of lawn tennis in the
general scheme of a noble and useful life
can ever be wholly lost to virtuous and
uplifting progress along the road 10
glory.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-01
Long-feIt Want Supplied.

Prom the Portland Oregonlau.
When Uncle Sam took the Philippines
it was supposed that the archipelago COM
prised 1,20Q Islands. Now it is discovered
that there are 2.6o0. This supplies d long
felt want There are quite a number Of
more or less eminent residents of this
country who are extremely dissatisfied
with our form Of government. They know
Just exactly how a government should
be formed and conducted, Uncle Sam is
now IN a position to give each of them an
island. with permission to set up model
governments OF their own. 1t Will be a
great pleasure to the rest OF the people
of the United States to observe the work
ings OF the kind of a government they
would construct. Mr.. Debs should have
first choice Of islands.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-01
JEFFERsON's INAUGURATION.
RefutatiOn of the Yarn that He
Rode to the Capitol.
Z. d. Mead. in the Boston Herald.


T. d. Mead, in the Boston Herald.
jefferson did not ride on horseback to
the Capitol for his Inauguration. He was
at the time living as Vice President at
a clearinghouse within a stones throw
of the Capitol. and he simply walked
across the square to the Capitol escorted
by a body Of militia and accompanied by
the Secretaries of the Navy and Treasury
and a number Of Congressman. The sim
pie facts can be learned from the lives
of Jefferson or such histories as that of
Henry Adams. and the details are given
in a letter written by Edward Thornton.
then in charge of the British Legation
at Washington, to Lord Grenville, the
foreign secretary in Pitts administration
at the time. The absurd story OF Jeffer-
son riding to the Capitol on horseback
and hitcbing his horse 10 the palings,
then going in to take the oath. was
started by John Davis, one OF the Eng
itshmen who were among the hangeTs-On
OF Aaron Burr, IN a book of American
travels published IN London two years
afterward. The story was spread by the
Federalist newspapers. and its currency
still persists. Davis added TO the story,
In order TO impress his English readers
the more that he was himself present at
the inauguration. This statement is as
false as the story itself Davis was not
then in Washington The matter is Of
little moment. Jefferson was afterward
as President, in the habit OF going on
horseback, rather than IN a carriage,
where business called him. But the story
was circulated for the sake OF damaging
Jefferson by making II seem that be de-
spised proper form and decOrum-and it
was untrue; although II certainly is true
that in all proper ways he wished to set
the country an example Of republican sim
pucity, and that in this he did a service
which may we'll be gratefully remem-
bered and emulated
The Washington herald., 1908-01-01
STUDIES IN DIMENSIONS.
Figures Showing Magnitude Of the
Panama Canal work.

From the Canal Record.
The total amount of material removed
in the excavation Of the canal. including
accessory work, during each working day
in the month Of December. VIII about
equal a cubicaI block Of the dimensions
Of 125 feet on each side. The Isthmian
Canal Commission viii have excavated
during the year 1907. covering the period
January 1 to December I, enough material
TO put an earth and rock blanket over
that part Of the Island Of Manhattan
bounded by Fifty-ninth street and the
Battery, North River, and the East
River, one foot thick, ard then have
enough material left over To cover the
entire Central Park OF the city Of New
York with a layer over five feet thick
The three lock projects Of the Isthmian
Canal Commission, viz, Gatun, Pedro
Miguel, and La Boca, provide for the use
OF REINFORCED concrete IN sufficient guam
tity 20 build 22S42 houses 80 feet by
% feet of eight rooms each, two stories
and basement complete with concrete
floors and concrete root These houses.
each set on its own 75-foot lot would
make three streets with houses on each
side Of the street. reaching from Panama
to Colon, and there would be enough
houses left over to make another street
from Panama to GorgOna Or they would
make a continuous street from New
York 10 Philadelphia, with enough houses
left over 10 make a row on one side OF
the street from Philadelphia 20 Wash
/ ington; or a street with houses on one
side from St Louis 10 Chicago; ST.
Louis nearly TO Cincinnati. or ST. Louis
TO Kansas City. They would furnish
suburban homes TO about 10000 people.
and if crowded, as city dwellings usually
are. would house a population equal 10
tnat Of the city OF MinneapOlls.