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Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1908-09-18

The Democrats have stout rods in
pickle for the republicans Tins year, as
is proved by thei, campaign book of
300 pages, but they apply none of
them to the Republican President.
They are opposed to jingoisn6, mill
tarism and imperialism, and yet the
most warlike OF Presidents escapes
or ticism. They denounce extravaganza
and waste at Washington, and yet the,
man who Is largely responsible for
this reckless expenditure finds no ac-
cuser. They make war upon the priv
LEGGED plutocrats of the tariff, the COM
bines and the trusts, and yet the only
President who ever sent for a Harri-
man and arranged for the collection
OF a campaign corruption fund is no
where CO Idemned. They demand pub
LEFTY n campaign expenditures, and
yet President who neglected at
critical time to insist upon that policy
is held blameless. They reproach the
Republican party for Its failure to en-
force the against the pirates of in
terstate commerce, and yet the Presi-
dent, who holds that the laws are too
drastic and that they most be modified,
goes free of censure
In this way Mr.. Roosevelt has been
and is unique among our later Presi-
dents. He has had no regular opposi-
ton. Until cry recently he has had
no public criticism in his own party.
The most vulnerable of recent Chief
Magistrates, he has bulIied his way
through two terms almost without
challenge, aud now that he assumes to
name Proxy he seems likely to retire
wholly inexperienced in the hot con-
tests which most of the Presidents
have had to undergo. 1t is a strange
situation. II will be difficult to explain
it hereafter.
Mr.. Roosevelt appears to ha re talk
ed everybody but the Socialists TO
standstill. Democrats as well as Re-
publicans are shy If him. His party
is harshly con iemned for the things
he has done and for the things he his
not done; but the man of profligacy,
the man Of privilege, protection and
plutocracy, the man of imperialism,
the man of jingoism and war and the
man OF campaign-fund secrecy is set
SO high above the mischief he has
wrought that nobody undertakes to
call him to account
Like usually begets like. Talk gen.
orally leads to more talk. Rancor and
violence almost invariably invoke
wrath. Denunciation often precipitates
fight. Bullying almost always raises
up an opponent, and in most cases
hard words ends in blows. But not SO
in this ease. If the people have not
been cowed 1t is certain that the poll
ticians have been.-N. Y. World.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1908-09-18

The Republicans tell us that we
ought not to mention the facts that
the country is suffering from panic
that two million laboring men have
been without employment since last
October, that banks and business con-
Germs are daily failings, that bread
lines are established in the cities to
feed the unemployed hungry, that
lumber is without market and
business at standstill. They say
that If we mention these facts above a
whisper, we are hindering the return
of prosperity. They say we ought to
blame Providen ce for the hard times
and lock to the Republicans for relief.
What Il different view from the one
they took in 1895, when they beat
Bryan by their vehement, continuous
howl of calamity. A Democrat could
Mt say his prayers in peace for the ever
present cry of soup house. With one
accord they all agreed that the party
then in power produced the panic, but
now we mustn't mention that theory
for fear we will hurt the already de-
plorabie conditions.
"When the devil gets sick the de-
vii saint would be-" They must
take the possibility for the panic
whether they will or not During the
fat years we enjoyed they took all the
credit. now let them bear all the re-
sponsibility for the lean years. The
cry of soup house in 1896 was equaled
only by the cry Of the full dinner pail
in 1900. If the catchy, Iothesome cry
of soup house, which they rolled I'M
der their tongue like the sweetest NOR
sci, beat Bryan in 1896, why should
not the woefui story Of the bread line
be told to the voters this year? If the
calamity howl of 1896 was legitimate
politics, why isn't it so now? If it was
political bunoombe and hurtful to the
country. then Mckinley owed his first
election TO false pretense and pernie-
ious demagogy, and it is just retri-
button that they will not be allowed
to escape accountability for the hard
times now.-West Union Record.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1908-09-18
Some Neglected Trusts.

Messrs. Taft and Sherman and other
practical men may naturally feel that
the Powder Trust in the person of t.
Coleman Du Pont ought not to be In
evidence at Republican headquarters,
but their dsmsy at Chairman Hitch
cocks Partially can hardly be COM
pared with the emotions that fill the
ample bosoms Of the other trusts.
Fear is one thing; jealousy is anoth-
er. The politicians are afraid that the
people will resent the presence of Pow
der at the head of the bureau of c9m-
paign speakers. Have they considered
how the tender hearts of the other
trusts must be lacerated by that pecu-
har circumstance? There are many
trusts; all of them are good trusts in
their own estimation and they are pro-
foundly devoted to Republicanism
We need waste no sympathy upon
candidates and political workers W ho
apprehend that the people may make
the dreadful discovery that there is
trust at Republican headquarters.
The people have mildly suspected
something of the kind for long time.
What we should heed just now is the
injury which Mr.. Hitchcock has I'M
Intentionally inflic ed upon Powders
portly brethren. There is more than
one bureau at Republican headquar-
tiers. If Powder is to occupy one of the
high places, why should not Brother
Beef, Col. Oil, Gen. Steel, Major To-
baccs and Capt. Sugar preside at 9TH
ers?
All trusts look alike to the AmeEi-
can people. All trusts have mighty
yearning for Republican success.
Wherever the Republican committee
may be, there also will be found the
benignant spirits of privilege and plu-
tecracy. Why should Powder corporeal-
ly occupy seat at the right hand OF
the chairman, while the other fat men
are permitted to be present only in
their synpathies and in their dreams?
II there is anything that trust can
not endure it is partiality.-New York
World.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1908-09-18
Aspire.

Aim high. 'Iwere better thine arrows
Below the mark should fall,
Than that thou thr Oh gh fear of failure
Shouldst never aim at all.
'Twer nobler to miss the target,
Placed It a lofty height,
Than to hit ii on the level
Each time at nearer right.
Aim high. God counts not the arrows
That miss the higher mount
The Awnings and the purpose high
He adds in thine account.
Elizabeth Wilson tnOmas.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1908-09-18
tina, secres Circular

That Secret (hrcuior
ParkersbuTg, w. Va, Sept. 9Th
following seer circular has been sent
by the managers of the Sw 'sher party
from their headquarters at Clarksburg
to republican chairmen il Republican
counties:
''Sec. 3Provides for registering any
person as TO whom the registrar IS
satisfied. The provision is that he
May require the person desiring to
register, not that he shalt require any
aud all to answer such questions.
''The naturaIzed may explain his
insbility to furnish certificate show
ing naturalization and be registered,
but the person who is citizen by rea-
son of his father having been natural
lied is required to state when and
where his parent was so natuialized;
and no such exception as to his inabil-
ty tosproduce certificate or to state
when or where. How many citizens,
foreign born; who immigrated at an
early age with parents, can state when
or where his parent was naturalized?
"Sec. 5. Requires the registrar i'm
mediately upon notice OF appoint
ment to proceed to register and have
same completed on or before October |,
1905; that they shall sit for amending
and correcting Beginning October 10,
1908, and shall give notice of the time
aud places.
sRut it provides that they shall
give one day for that purpose, and yet
the notice shall be for ten days. That
notice may be by posting at each vot-
ing place, leaving with the County
Court to publish If it deems it proper.
If that notice be torn down within ten
minutes after posting the law has been
complied with;
"See. Z. Requires the books to be
returned to the clerks Office at least
fifteen days before the election, which
this year will be October 10.
"Sec. 6. Provides for registering after
regularly appointed days, put not
later than ten days before election,
and ten days before the election will
be October "a Saturday, SO that this
cuts out the correcting by the county
court, provided for in section Z, as the
last Monday before the election, which
will be October 26, will be two days
after the time has expired within
which one may register, and after
October 10, the registrar will not have
the books and cannot register.
"Sec. 8. While there is a penalty
(the only penalty provided for the
registrar who willfully or maliciously
shall register the name OF said person
not qualified voter of said precinct
or reject from the registration the
name, etc. how can there be rejection
proven unless the voter applies, and
asks to be registered?
"Sec. 10 Opens the way for repeat
ing. The certificate is not required to
be taken up or returned by the election
commissioners, who allow the person
to vote in the precinct where he APP
plies and is so allowed to vote without
having been registered in that pre-
cinct, upon certificate that he has reg
istered in another precinct, from which
he claims to have removed
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1908-09-18

Following is list of unclaimed let
tiers remaining in the postoffice Mar
tinsburg, w. Va. Sept. IA, 1908.
Jennie Baxley, Mrs. Bertha Burdette
Mrs. Ellen Casey, g. A. Chickering 3,
Mrs. Virgie Fairfax, Emil Froyd, w.
Fields, Catherine Hunter, j Z. Heilig
Mrs. Emma Osberry, Dora keefer,
McClelland, E. NJ Maxwell, g. j.
O'Rourke, Annie Reed, Albert Red
man, Miss NJ. G. Riggs, o. F. Ban
derson, Mrs. Ida Smeltzer, Mary
Shilling, Mrs. Della Wright.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1908-09-18

IcuoraSs upon your DeMoetatic
nelghool .ne fscl shAs a. nass pe re-
gislered il ne inlenus ~ VOL, AMI mat
he must not leave that registration 10
chance, n j republican Registrar, out
must go in person and have his name
place. 81 the registration BOOK. And
if the registrar is iSwlsherite, wateh
ana put .ne name down, and don be
satisfied until it is DOWN.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1908-09-18

Thousands of American women
in our homes are daily sacrificing
their lives to duty.
In order to keep the home neat
and pretty, the children well dressed
and tidy, women overdo. A female
weakness or displacement is often
brought on and they suffer in silence,
drifting along from bad to worse.
knowing well that they ought to
have help to overcome the pains and
aches which daily make life a burden.
1t is to these faithful women that
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1908-09-18
Calamity HowliDg.

We again all the attention to the i'm
portant difference between the couse OF
the Democratic newspapers now and
the course of the Republican new spa p-
ers in 1895. Then every real and I'M
aginary evil was credited to President
Cleveland. He was held respo nsible in
the minds of many even for droughts
and the grasshopper plaques of the
west, and the Republican papers day
by day held up his administration to
public obloquy for the hard times and
subsequent suffe ring of the people.
Times are just as hard now and they
are growing worse. Hew, by the logic
of their own calamity howllngs, can
Republicans this year attribute pres
ent conditions to anything save the
administration of President Roosevelt?
In Cleveland's time we did have
droughts and grasshoppers that affect
ed crops and by eurtailing commodi-
ties we had to sell placed the balance
of trade. against us, bpt this year there
is no uch.excuse for hard times. They
came in time of peace and plenty;
they came because of the unwise Intei-
ference of the President with the bus
mess Of the country; they came because
of his loud and unseemly mouthings
and threatenings as to what he intend
Ell to do with the vested interest," of
The country, many of which were
neither lawbreakers nor public male
factors. Confide" ce was dis turbed by
his foolish and mischievous talk.
Stocks and bond were obliged to be
sacrificed and thousands were forced
into bankruptcy. Veal feelthe effects
OF these things now IN the prostration
of business, loss OF business and gen.
eral shrinkage in the wealth and pros
perity of the country. Yet even under
these circumstances, the Democratic
newspapers have handled the hard
times and the cause for them in mid
ami almost apologize way, Why, if
this were Democratic administration
t. which the cause of the distress Of
tue country could be plainly traced A.
it can be To President RooSevell's door
steps, the very heavens would oe nng-
ing WIZ. the calamity howls Of Repuo-
,lcan newspapers and Republican ora
tors. Ine democratic piss Is JustIAed
in saying more than it has said, es-
peclally waen the only panaeea " hich
tne Republicans nave ~ V4ieI iof The
hard times Ci Their eH ereatiOG is
candidate for the Presidency whose
slugie recommendation tor thu high
office is that he will carry along the
policies that have well-ngn proved the
unaoing of the business and CONNER
cial classes of the country.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1908-09-18

to look sf,cr our interest in Berkeley
and adjacent counties. Salary or Com
IN ssion. address Lincoln OH Co.
Ciev had, " It.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1908-09-18
EpissIe to a Young Friend.
Robert Bur3s.

Robert Bur3s.
| lang hae thought, my youthful friend
A something to have sent you,
Tho it should serve nae itber end,
Than just kind memento;
But how the subjeet-theme may gang,
Let time and chance determine
Perhaps it may turn out a sang,
Perhaps turn out sermon.
Yen try the world soon my lad;
And, Andrew dear, believe,
Yer find mankind an uncn squad,
And muckle they may erieve We
For care and trouble set your thought
Ev'n when your ends attained;
And a. your views may come to nought,
Where ev'ry nerve is strained
I'll no say, meE are villains a.;
The real, harden'd wicked,
Wha haze nae check but human law,
Are to a few restricked;
But, och! mankind are unco weak,
An litlie 10 NC lIuStSu1
IF self the wavering balance shabe,
Its rarely right adjusted!
Yet they wha IA in fortunes strife,
Their fate we shouldna censure;
For still, th''important end of life
They equally may answer;
A man may hae an honest heart
Tho poortith hourly stare him;
A man may tax neighbours part
Yet haze nae cash to spare him.
Aye free. Altman, your story tell,
Whenwi' bosom crony;
But still keep something to yourself
Ye scarcely tell to ony;
Conceal yourself as weeps ye can
Frae critical dissection;
But keep thro' ev'ry other man,
Wi sharpen'd sly inspection.
The sacred lowe O. weel-plac'd love,
Luxuriantly indulge it;
But never tempt tn illicit rove,
Tho naething should divulge it;
/ waive the quantum O. the sin,
The hazard of concealing;
But, och! it hardens a. within,
And petrifies the feeling!
To catch dame Fortunes golden smile,
Assiduous wait upon her;
And gather gear by ev'ry vile
That's justified by honour;
Not for to hide it in a hedge,
Nor for train atten liant;
But for the glorious privilege
OF being independent.
The fear o. hell's a hangman's whip,
To baud the wretch in order;
But where ye feel your honour grip,
Let that aye be your border;
1t. slightest touches, instant pause
DeDar a. side preterces;
And resolutely keep its laws,
Uncaring consequences.
The great Creator to revere,
Must sure be :ome the creature;
But still the preaching cant forbear,
And ev'n the rigid feature;
Yet meier with wits profane to range,
Be complaisance extended;
An atheist-laugh's poor exchange,
For Deity offended!
When rantiRg round in pleasure ring,
Religion may be blinded;
Or if she gle random sting,
1t may be little inded;
But when on life we're tempest driv n,
A conscience but a canker-
A correspondence fix'd wi Heaven,
Is sure noble anchor.
Adieu, dear amiable youth.
Your heart can meier be wanting!
May prudence, fortitude and truth,
Erect your brow undaunting!
In ploughman's phrase, "God send
you speed"
Still daily to grow wiser;
And may we better reck the rede,
Than ever did thu adviser!
Meteor Just Misses n Boy.
no he feet from the snOt where
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1908-09-18

Sunday, September 20 $1.0o to Cum
herland and return. Special train
leaves Martinsburg at 1910 a. m.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1908-09-18
FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN.

For thirty years Lydia K. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been the
standard remedy for female ills,
and has positively cured thousands Of
women who have been troubled with
displacements, inflammation, ulcera-
ton, fibroid tumors, irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, that bear
mg-down feeling, fiatulency, indiges-
ton, dizziness, or nervous prostration.
Why don't you try it?
Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick
women to write, her for advice.
She has guided thousands to
health. Address, Lynn, Mass.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1908-09-18
LYDIA &. PINKHAM'S
VEGETABLE COMPOUND

zones as q boon and a blessing,
as it did to Mrs. F. Ellsworth, Of
Mayville, N. Y, and to Mrs. w. p.
Boyd, of Beaver Falls, Pa, who say:
81 was not able to do my own work,
owing to the female trouble from which
suffered. Lydia e. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound helped me wonderfully,
and am SO well that can do as big
days work as ever did. / wish every
sick woman would try it.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-08
Equity Court No. 2.


In re lunacl. John Brown; reference to auditor.
No. 27677, Jefferson IS. Van Matre; receivers an
pointed. bond si000. Attorneys, A. sillers-J. b.
Linton. J. H. Linton and II. f. Davis
ncBlair Us. McBlair, guardian ad litem appointed
Attorney, ]. J. Darlington
No. H39s Sutherland vs Sutherland cause strick-
en- from calendar Attorneys, J. NJ. AlcDowen Car.
Tngton-L. T. Harlow
McGowan vs. Elroy; argued and submitted. Az.
torneys. c. T. Hendler-Edmund Burker and Charles
Bendheim
Kienny vs. Kienny; submitted without argument
ATTORNEYS, c. F. Diggs-W. Z. Ambrose
Walsh vs.. Walsh same Attorneys. Chase Rays
H. ]. Quinn.
Matthews rs. Walker; same Attorneys, NJ n
RichaTds0n-W L. Pollard
Dunn VI. Dunn same. Attorneys, ". J. Lambert
-BTsndenburg s BrsndenbWg
Tribbcy vs.. Murphy; same. Attorney. Howard
Boyd
MeCray IS Tucker; same. Attorney, C. p. VIII.
lama
Assignments for to-day:
No 81. Langley rs. Langley. Attorneys, G. z.
Nilliams-W. 2. Plumley
No. % Hasam ". Haslam. Attorneys. VIII
lam E. Amhrose-James A. Toomey.
No 2S2 Hazard IS. Hazard. Attorneysy VIII
lam T. AmbrOse-Albert Sillers.
No. 2iO, Heyl rs SmO0t Attorneys. Samuel Mad
doX and johnson.
No 2i2. Herfarth VS. stoddert- Attorney. C. Clin-
ton James.
No pa Wright vs., stilweH. Attorneys, Hargro7e
Morris. S, Easily Smith.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-08
LOCAL FINANCIAL GOSSIP.

Yesterday the deadlock between buyers
and sellers of local utility shares was
broken. prices having advanced to .
point where some of the holders could
unload at profit. The condition was
met by a regular furor Of buying by
brokers who have been trying to uncover
the stock for several weeks.
! Sales of Capital Traction started the
bali rolling at an eighth above the high
est price of the previous day, and the
stock gained half a point on sales of
forty-five shares.
Railway common then furnished a spec
taeular diversion for those outside the
rail- starting at s7lb and reaching 80, The
previous day 26ss was the highest selling
price, and yesterdays performance was
record breaker for the present year.
| The rapid gathering in of the stock as
fast as it was found created much ex-
citement among the brokers' even the
best informed not knowing Just what was
! in the air to give the market for common
such strength.
The performance was repeated IN a
smaller degree in the case OF the pre-
ferred shares. the price starting at 1874
and ending at 70.
Various explanations were offered after
| the session 10 account for the rise in the
stock OF this company but 1t was at
tributed generally to the belief that the
danger of legislation hostile to the COM
panys interests is not likely at this ses-
sion of Congress. and TO the abiding con-
fidence in the management of the prop
erty under local management. 1t was
stated yesterday that for the past three
months the company has earned much
more than at any other similar period In
its history. and 1t is said local financiers
believe the system will not only be put
upon paying basis, but that the day of
dividends looks nearer than il once did.
Announcement was made yesterday that
the Insurance Company of North Amer
lea, with headquarters at Philadelphia,
has transferred its Washington agency
from the Office Of David Moore, to Will
lige, Gibbs & Daniels, who thereby be-
come general agents for the District Of
Columbia. This company is the Oldest
insurance concern in the United States.
having been organized during Washing
toms first administration in l792, and in
coTporRted in 1894
The directors Of the Citizens Savings
Bank yesterday elected John Herbert
Corning, vice president Of the bank.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-08
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.

Quotations furnished by Z. F. Hutton & Co.
members Of the New York Stock Exchange and the
Chicago Board Of Trade, c. Bowie Chipnan. man
ageT, 1871 Z street northwest
Chicago April THE wheat market Was duu and
weak. slowly selling of. and was at the low pojnt
Of the day Just before the close The stsadines of
the cable induced some buying early, but this was
more than offset hy the increase in the F1lropsan
visible and the favorable crop and weather news
Corn WIS duh and about steady There was no
interest shown IN the absence Of Chicago quotations
as every is watching operations in that market
fearing the effect Of the manipulation Ia the Nav
delivery.
Oats we're dull and rather heavy for cash. owing
70 the favorable crop and weather reports and the
further large increase in the Chicago stocks Of all
kinds.
The future provision markets were closed but
live hogs were quite firm, and receipts were less
than expected. Local spot markets were quiet
NHBAT-Weaker; small business No Northern
Duluth. to arrive. 10: No. ? red, + O. b. s7I4,
No ?, hard, (, o b.. l57A; No. macaroni. 100. I.
O. b. &; No. 2 maCaroni, 81. Exporters took loads
C0RN-Steady; small trade No ? elevator. T5l
No. 2. f. O. b. e9l5; No. white f. o. b.. 6sH
No. 2 yellow, f. o. b., nominal. Exporters took 2
loads
oATs-steady; business is slow. No white 81;
No. white. Sc. No. mixed. 81
PoRk-FiTm; snail trade. Mess B50al50O;
family. 1850
LARD-Dull- Prime Western. S7s; city, s.ss: re-
fined continent, 800: South American. s75; refined
Brazilian. kegs, lloo; city stearine sza9g oleo-
stearine. steady; New YORK So Chicago, 10.
New York, April T.--WBEAT-Weaker; small btsi-
ness; No. / Northern Duluth, TO arrive, lI0: No 2
red T. 0. b.. g7l4; No. hand. f. o. b., lO7ss; No.
maearoni, Leo, I. 0. b.; No 2 msearoni, g. Export,
ers took loads
CORN-Steady; small trade. No. ? elevator ~
No. 2. f. 0. b.. e5ls No. white. f. O. b., esls: No
yellow {. o. b.. nominal. Exporters took loads.
RYE-Lower; nominal No. 2, s29s +. Q. b.
Futures were quoted as follows.