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Woodruff County news., 1908-04-23
PAID FOR FARM IN FIVE YEARS.

It seems like a nervy thing for a man who is 1000 in debt and no money in hand to buy farm, but that is what was done by c. M. Fleming, of Saline County, Ark. !, and he succeeded in paying for his farm out of crop proceeds in the space of five years.
 It was in 1895 that MT. Fleming bought the 96 acre sandy hill farm on which he has since lived. At that time he was not only $1, 900 in debt, but had no money and had to be furnished with team, tools, implements and supplies. It was an unpro1nising beginning yet by reason of hard work, intel ligent planning, and good man. agement he paid for this farm in five years.
 MT. Fleming is not an all-cotton farmer, but believes in diversified tion. He had 65 acres in cultiva- ton divided usually about as fol- lows:
 Ten acres are in cotton, 12 acres in corn, 25 acres in peas for pea hay, followed by oats which is cut for hay, 2 acres in water-melons, ? acres in cantaloupes, ? acres in Irish potatoes, 2 acres in sweet po- tatoes, and the rest or about 10 acres, in peas, part of which are in drills and part broadcast. This last ten acres furnishes some hay and
Woodruff County news., 1908-04-23
Protectlna staae Children.

The society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children in New York for the convenience of theatrical man. agers, makes out the requests when children are to be put upon the stage, and this request is sent to the mayor. He then gives the order that enables the child to take part in the perform ances. It goes without saying that the society does not make out the order unless convinced that the child will not come to harm, morally or physically. It is worthy of note that the New York society in 1887 insisted that the child Josef Hoffman be with. drawn from the stage because of his health. This was done. and that is, no doubt, why he is now the master that he is.
Woodruff County news., 1908-04-23
ErIn's Shamrock Grows In Seattle

Among the many natural resources of the state of Washington new things are coming to light every day. No less wonderful than amusing is the fact that the botanical growth of the state is enriched with one more spe. cially valuable acquisition. for lo and behold, the shamrock, the real thing, has been discovered within the limits of the city of Seattle.
 Poor Pat, your claim and mine of re- lationship to the plant and monopoly of its nativity to our dearly beloved land, has been lost forever! But in surrendering our title of exclusive right to this brave little patriotic em blem of Ireland there still remains the one consolation that it was discovered growing here by 9 son of the sdl who halls from near the beautiful Lakes of Killarney.-Seattle Times.
Woodruff County news., 1908-04-23
WOULD ESCAPE THE MENpINo.
One of the Two Reasons Why Mrs.
 Bllitops Would Like to Be Rich.

Hardly day of my life, Sundays in- cluded, that I don't have to mend something," said the gentle Mrs. Bill tops, not complainingly, but still 1t must be confessed little wearily, as she caught up a little rip in some thing before doing it up in the bundle for the laundry.
 And Mrs. Billtops wouldn't want to be very rich. she has never wanted to be that, but she would like to be rich enough so that she wouldn't have to worry over anything, and so that she wouldn't have to be always mend, mend, mending. Why, 1t takes half her time now keeping things In re- pair, and she would like to be able to throw things away when they got worn, not wear out her fingers and waste her time mending them. but simply buy new.
 MT. Billtops thinks that even if they had wealth she would still continue to mend things just the same, for there are, he observes. at least two ways in which she seems to be somewhat strongly set; she hates to throw away anything and she likes to keep every thing in order. But while she is will ing to concede the force of this argu- ment yet Mrs. Billtops thinks, as she discovers something else that has to be mended before she sends 1t to the wash, that if they were rich she could got over the habit of mending.
Woodruff County news., 1908-04-23

gaze Of wistful entreaty, for von Know she is watching you, vith @ tears silently rolling down I"n hau pale cheeks. You know it, stin you don't think best to notice ;+ Os.'' s you dislike scene. Tears onn t you exceedingly, so you close tbs door, with bang, trying hard to to feel very indignant towards ba,, for daring to weep, even bebina your back. So the lonely wife brushes away her tears, and s;t,, down with bitterness in her bo... to compare with the last years os her married life to those of bo. first ones, made so bright and han py her husbands love and presence Sometimes softer fellings fill her heart, and she dreams of that doo~ old home she left for this one-tba home that sheltered her childhood and youth and she thinks of bor beloved parents her brothers and sisters, the light, the warmth and love in the old homestead no won der she bows her head and weans by her lonely fireside, like griey- ed homesick child. Of course m husbands in this community act in
 this manner; if they did we would
 suggest that their wives read to them this sermon as so near the be- ginning of the new year is good
 time to begin change.
Woodruff County news., 1908-04-23
FAvoRs REVIVAL OF PRuNELLA.
Young Woman criticlses Material of the Present Day Shoe.

The young woman looked at her feet thoughtfully. "I wish" she said, that some new material for making shoes could be invented or discov- cred. I should not like to have 1t made of wood pulp. because our for ests are already too nearly wiped on the earth, but I wish 1t could be some thing besides the skins of animals. l don't like to think about all that kill ing. Besides, shoes are not satisfac- tory any more. The old French kid that I wore when I was child can scarcely be found nowadays. Dealers assure you that they are giving you French kid, but 1t proves to be some thing greatly inferior. Calfskin-which Is now usually called matt kid or gun metal kid,' wears well and looks well, but it Is so porous that it makes the feet cold in winter and hot tn summer-lets in the atmosphere, whatever its temperature may be, and makes the feet suffer from it. The ma terial that is called vici kid is stff, loses its shape quickly and cracks and peels in very short time. believe some kind of cloth could be invented which might serve. Our grandmoth- CTS used prunella. They had smaller and more shapely feet than we have, too"
Woodruff County news., 1908-04-23
WARNING ORDER.

In the Woodruff Chancery Court Northern District, May term 1908 State of Arkan- sas. County of Woodruff. H. F. He nkel, Plaintiff
 VS Augusta Henkel. Defendant. The defendant, Augusta Henkel. is hereby warned to appear in this court within thirty days hereafter and answer this complaint of the plaintiff H. F. Henkel. Witness my hand and the seal of the Wood run Chancery court on this the 4th., day of April, 1908. WMILLLAA MooBhAN.
 Circuit Court Clerk E. M CARIrLRR, Atty. for Plaintiff.
Woodruff County news., 1908-04-23

all the seed for the next year. Peas are also planted between the corn rows at the last cultivation and are hogged down.
 It is MT. Fleming's practice to raise all his supplies of hay, corn, and meat, and he usually has a surplus of $150 worth of hay to sell every year. The average yield of pea hay is about one ton per acre and of oat hay nearly as much, and the price received is usually about $15 per ton.
 MT. Fleming's land is mostly quite sandy and rolling, or slight ly hilly. Its fertility is naturally inferor. and it washes badly if giv- en a chance. The washing, how ever, is checked by deep blowing (breaking) and by crops of hay which bind the soil particles. He uses all the manure made on the farm and buys some commercial fertilizers, particularly for his vegetables. He breaks his lands fiat and practices shallow cultiva- tion.
 MT. Fleming is a reading farm CT and a man who studies his busi- ness. He does not believe that success in farming depends entire
Woodruff County news., 1908-04-23
LiXinu with Peopla.

Life's best school is living with peo. pie. It is there we learn our best les. sons. Some one says: It is better to live with others even at the cost o1 considerable jarring and friction than to live in undisturbed quiet alone. II is not ideally the easy way. It means ofttimes hurts, wrongs, injustices many wounding. many heartache many pang. It requires self-forget fitness, self-restraint. the giving up of ones rights many times, the over. looking of unkindnesses and thought lessnesses the quiet enduring of things that it would seem no one should be required to endure from another. But 1t is best.-Forward.
Woodruff County news., 1908-04-23
Rabbit That Could Swim,

William Zimmerman, 8 telegraph messenger of Dubois, Pa, recently demonstrated that a rabbit can swim when it must.
 Zimmerman caught rabbit on tho island north of the Boulevard and brought it to the Pennsylvania freight depot. Br'er Rabbit made an espe. cially lusty kick and escaped from Bills enfolding arms, fleeing among the freight cars with Bill and several other youths in chase. Headed on on all sides the little creature dived b. tween the wheels of moving loco motive and with firt of his short tail jumped into Sandy creek, which he swan like a duck, and quickly dis appeared toward his homo h the rusheS
Woodruff County news., 1908-04-23

ly or mainly on "main strength and awkwardness," but there is such a thing as scientific farming. He believes in and practices diver sifcation. He also plans his crops so that his work will be distribut- ed throughout the year.
 MT. Fleming has wife and two small children. He says that his success would have been greater ii he had not been troubled much with ill health.
Woodruff County news., 1908-04-23
A SERMON TO HUSBANDS.

We are not a minister but son of minister and if we make a dis nal failure in our first attempt to write(not preach) a sermon, you will please pardon us. You will find our text in the bible. It is not necessary to give the chapter aud verse, but look for it. In brief it is this: Spend some of your evenings at home with your wife and children. If you have an anible, gentle wife, surely your home must be 8 pleasant one, but if, from increasing cares or other reasons, she has grown fretful or sullen, who knows but little more attention or kindness on your part might do a great deal to- wards the return of the suitability you so much admired in her girl hood. If you would stay at home oftener evenings, treating her with something of the old tenderness, making her believe, at least, that you are not wholly indifferent to her happiness, you would soon see change for the better in your house hold.She hasn't forgotten the time, if you have, (not very long ago, perh aps) when her society was all you asked for to make the long evenings pass delightfully."- away Loving you as she did, she would have gone on through life in the same quiet way, contented and happy. But, alas, you soon grew tired of the same room evening af- ter evening, the same easy chair, and the saddest of all, weary of the society of your wife impa- tient of the restraints of home, longing for a change. So you spend your evenings away, meet ing many gay, campionable fellows who entertain you with wit, song and wine, and you fancy yourself delighted and charmed. Perhaps there are moments of reflection when conscience seems whispering to you of the pure, holy influences of home which you have so reck- less]y and unfellingly cast away from you. Your lonely wife sits by the fireside, watching and wait ing for your return through the hours that drag slowly along, iste- ming eagerly to every footfall, start at every sound, fearing, she knows not what, yet conscious always o1 weary heartache that seems wearing her life away.
 Evening after evening she watch es your preparations for departure, hoping, meanwhile, you will relent and stay at home with her. But you hastily don your hat and coat, turning your back resolutely tow ards her, fearing to encounter that 1 -a
Woodruff County news., 1908-04-23
in the preaant.

And before I accepted him." Miss Passsy was saving, T asked hin N hs would love me when I was old"
 The ideal" exclaimed Miss BgigAA why, If he proposed to you he AAl at ready proven that. hsdxr hs1f
Woodruff County news., 1908-04-23
OUR NEW SUBSCRIBERS.

Below is list of those who paid us in advance for the NEWS since our last issue.
 W. T. Harris, R. l, and Dr. G. B. Fakes, McCrory, Ark.
Woodruff County news., 1908-04-23
The UsuaI Bluff.

"pa,' there's reporter at the front door who wants to put your picture in the paper"
 "Tell him would not stand for any such nonsense. but be sure to give him that picture on the parlor mantle. It's the best one I ever had.--Detroit Frs PrssA
Woodruff County news., 1908-04-23
NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that, as guardian of Robert Sorrels, have filed my final settle ment with my said ward and that will apply to the Probate Court at its July term, 1908. for discharge from my obligations to my said ward. Signed; W. E. JELEs,
 Guardian of Robert Sorrels
Woodruff County news., 1908-04-23

WANTED: Men to advertise and distribute our sample Mail order Merchandise catalogues. $9O per month. Address: UNITY SUPPLY co, Dept. P. Chicago Ill.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-10-10

Judging from taiix with friends in
the railroads and coastwise. lake and
river transportation interests. there II
good degree OF recovery nom tor
pidity III a nunabkr Of industries that
are based upon the returns from
bonntiful crops. Something more than
one-haaf OF the business OF the nation
is concerned with the production.
transportation and final conversion OF
food products. The most important
SINGLE interest Of our country Is agri
cilture. Secretary Wilson of the de-
partment OF agriculture. said not Iona
ago that so Great Ii the prosperity on
our farmers that each sunset secs
them richer by aAnlost six million.
dollars.
AS our nations business is firmly
founded upon the bedrock of agricnI.
ture, served by the very best systems
OF water and land transportation in
the world. it is not remarkable that
the effects from the recent severe de-
preston a passing away. Some r
the railroads are buying fairly we'll in
materials for maintenance. Our steam
and electric railroads are expanding
about $500 0 900 a year FOR upkeep.
This is an enormous sum when you
consi Ter that a hundred years ago the
~assgregate imports and exports Of our
nation were much less than the pres
ent moun Of money paid out by our
railroads fu keeping mp their rolling
stock and trackage.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-10-10
HEDeEsvlLLE HAPPENINGS
Interesting Notes From The Evening
Worlds Correspondent.

Mr.. Ed. Harrison, of Pittsburg, who
has been spending several days here
with her aunt, Mrs. Charles Richard,
has returned home.
Mrs. A. Bell and Mrs. w. Couch
man, of Martinsburg, spent several
days here with their mother, Mrs.
Windham.
Misses Love and Elizabeth Fry, Of
Washington, accompanied by Mr.. s.
Williamson, of P%ittsburg, were the
guests of their brother. DIR. ID. p. Fry.
one evening last week.
Mrs. Chapman, of Martinsburg, is
the guest of Miss Pearrell.
Miss Alice Rouck, who teaches
school at Maidstone. near Failing
Waters. spent Sunday with ner moth
er, Mrs. v. Rouck, in this place.
Miss Fay Miller. who was i'll for
several days of the past week, is able
to be out again.
Dan Cross, who has been critically
ia with typhoid fever, is improving
slowly.
Miss Maud Richard, who teaches at
Silver Retreat, near Bunker Hill,
spent Sunday at her home in this viii
lage.
Miss Eva Jacques and her guest,
Miss White, and Mr. L. Dodd drove
to Shepherdstown Saturday, where
they spent Sunday with Prof. Duke
and wife, of that place.
Mrs. r. s. Miller and family spent
Saturday with Mrs. l.. Hammond, OF
your city.
Mrs. J. Manor. of Brunswick, is the
guest of her father-in-Iaw. Mr.. L.
Manor, near this place.
Miss Mamie Hudgel and MISS l..
Seibert, OF Martinsburg. are guests OF
Miss Barnes. near this Village.
Quite a few from the village at
tended the circus also the matinee
Saturday in Martinsburg. They cer-
tainly had quite a great deal of Gu
riosity to drive seven miles to see
the Devil"
The festival held In the school
house on Saturday night proved 10 be
quite a success and was largely at
tended.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-10-10
SATURDAY WAS BIG DAY
Circus at Ball Park, The Devil at the
Opera and New Moving Picture.
Show Opened.

Saturday was notable in Martins
burg for amusement attractions.
Frank A. Robbins show gave per
formnaces in the afternoon and even
ing; a troupe gave THE Devil at the
Central Opera house matinee and ev-
ening, and Pearce & Scheck, Of Balti-
more, opened their new Ideal moving
picture palace in the Hobbs building.
The circus was only fairly well pat.
ronized, though the afternoon per-
Torrance was considerably larger
than at night.
One of the finest theatrical troupes,
by all odds. that has appeared in the
opera house here presented the pop
ular drama OF THE Devil" 1t is to be
regretted that they had to play to
rather poor business. the high price
Of tickets doubtless keeping a good
many OF the regular theatre goers
away.
The Ideal opened its doors at seven
o'clock Saturday evning and from that
time on to the closing hour al 1880 a
constant stream Of people came and
went from the attractive amusement
place. Over 1900 admissions were
registered and the opening night was
a pronounced success.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-10-10
E PUBLICATIONS
OF the West Virginia Geological
Survey.

"a New Coal, Oil, Gas and Lime
stone Map of the State, issued under
date of August 81, 1908, showing in
separate colors the coal formations,
ana also the limestone areas of the
state. The principal Anticlinal lines.
as we'll as the developed oil and gas
feds are also indicated by appropriate
symbols. The topographic base of this
map is entirely new and more accu-
rate than that of any map OF West
Virginia heretofore published, having
been reduced from the topographic
sheets of the u. S. G. survey. Also
the location. name AMI postof1ice adj
dress of every coal company in the
state shipping coal by rail or river
is printed by counties on the map
which is larger than previous issues,
being published on a scale of seven
miles to the inch. Price, either fold
ed, postage paid by the Survey, so
cents when ordered separately. but
in combination, see below.
CD Supplementary Coal Report.
Volume II CAY over 700 pages, issued
under date of September Is, 1908,
with map showing location of bore
in the text. The Supplementary Coal
Report 'levotes more space than did
tho o1dar VoIuma TT A. +6a roc;o, 80
southwest of the Great Kanawha and
New rivers, containing more elabor-
ate tables of chemical analyses. both
proximate and ultimate than ever
heretofore attempted in any state
geological report. The revised CORE
aation of the GOALS of the Kanawha
series Is given in full, together with
corrections OF tie errors made in the
eorrelations attempted in Volume II.
Published only in cloth binding. price
$500, when ordered separately, or
$2.35 with new Coal. Oil, Gas and
Limestone Map, postage paid by the
Survey. For other combinations at
reduced prices for all the other sur
vey publications, Vol. / (A) Petroleum
and Natural Gas. VOL II on Coal, Vol.
III on Clays, Limestones and Clements,
and detailed County Report on Ohio,
Brooke and Hancock Counties with
its Atlas Of Topogrgaphical Geologic
and Soil Maps), write the ONCE of the
State Geological Survey. p. o. Box
44S, Morgantown. w. Va, and ask for
its descritive circular.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-10-10
Taxen suddenly NJ.

Rev. y Paul Wright. pastor 81 tbs
First Methodist church. mas taken
suddenly Ill with vertigo Sunday at
ternoon about 5 o'clock while seated
In his study. DIR, Eagle was called
and administered the proper sestora-
lives, The patient was much improv-
ed this morning. In the absence oi
Dr. Wright al the evening service
in the church. Mr.. z. T. Brantner OF.
fciated.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-10-10
Welded HERE SATURDAY.
clensary Couple Have Hymenial Knot
Tied by Failing Waters Preacher.

Miss Henrietta Miller. young daugh-
ter Of the late Jack Miller, and Mr..
Ahex. Richard StiAwelI. both OF Glen
gary, came here Saturday. procured a
marriage license from County Clerk
Bender and were married here at
noon by Rev. Mr.. Lepps. pastor OF the
Presbyterian church at Failing,
Waters.
The parties ai happened to meet I'm
the shoe store of Mr.. Charles e.
Thompson and through his kind Of
fees the nuptial knot was tied. The
happy couple left town after the cera-
mony for neal Glengary, this coun~
ty, where they Will reside and where
the groom Is a prosperous farmer. I,
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-10-10
A DousLE WEDDING.
smurr Sisters, Formerly Of Shop
hcrdstown, Wed In Missouri.

From the World OF Saturday:
Miss Eleanor Constance Smurr and
Mr. Frederick NJ. Hoffman, and Miss
Mabel Bryan Smurr and Mr. Charles
]. Baird YER married Wednesday IN
Independence. Mo-, at the home Of mn.
and Mrs. John Smurr. the parents of
the brides, who formerly lived IN
Shepherdstown.
The double cere.nonv was perform
ed by Rev, G. G.. Mckinley, pastor Of
the Presbyterian church. A large re-
ception Followed the wedding.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-10-10
ENGINEER HIRED
TO GRADE SQUARE
Street Committee Employs Engi-
neer Shade, Of Cumberland.
WILL PREPARE PLANS
FOR PROPOSED PAVING
Engineer 81 ade viii superintend the
Grading From His Plans and speci-
ficstions-Must Be Finished Before
October 8, When Paving Contract
win Be Awarded.

From The World OF Friday:
The street committee held a meet
ing this afternoon relative to the pro
posed paving of the public square and
the necessary grading to be made
prior thereto.
City Engineer Shade, of Cumber-
land, Nd, met with the committee in
the city hall by appointment. He
came here this morning and before the
meeting made surveys and measure
ments of the square to first ascertain
what would have to be done in the
way of grading. After discussing the
matter with the street committee for
some time he was employed as engi-
neer for the work in hand, the com
%pensaslon for such services being sat
isfactory to both parties concerned.
Mr.. Shade, who is a very competent
engineer, win go to work at once and
prepare the plans and specifications
for the grading and superintend the
work. He is to have it finished by
Thursday. October g., when bids win
be opened by the street committee
tor laying the bricks and the contract
awarded. Mr.. Shade will be here on
that day to consult with the commit.
mittee and the successful bidder
should he be presnt.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-10-10
SLIGHT FREIGHT WRECK.
Engine in Yards Here Crashes Into
Another Engine.

A slight freight wreck occurred in
the b. and o. yards Sunday afternoon,
ear the upper round house, caused
by the throttle of engine 1875 flying
open, starting the engine al fun
speed, which caused 1t to crash into
the rear of 1892 standing some dis
lance ahead. The impact caused the
rails to spread, throwing the former
from the rails, besides tearing the
pilot off and otherwise doing dam
age to both engines.
AT the same time a westbound
freight tore a bumper from one OF the
cars, and happening ABOUT the time
No. 5 was due, caused a delay OF the
passenger at the Opequon and neces-
STATED sending 1t to Martinsburg on
the eastbound track. No one was
hurt.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-10-10
"THE DEVIL" READ IT.
Don't Miss the Opening Chapters.

pany will apply to the secretary OF
state Of West Virginia for a charter
and win then organize and prepare to
begin operations in Martinsburg next
spring.
Mr.. Anderson left last night for
Keyssr, where his company are con-
stucting a trolley road. He said before
he left in reference to the trolley
scheme here, that his company means
business and no foolishness.