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Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1909-02-12

The DILL introduced in the Legislature
providing for the taxation OF coal oil
and gas has apparently run upon
rock aud will be apt to founder. The
interests are too strong for the bill to
succeed. There seems no end to the
array Of legal talentemployed 10 lobby
against the measure and even that
distinguished tax reformer and ex-TaX
Commissioner, G. w. Dillon has APP
peared before the Judiciary committee
of the House to which it was referred
and given his opinion that the meas
ure is unconstitutional and will, not
Stand the test of the courts. Former
Governor MacCorkle is alsoin the push
and has assaulted the bill before the
committee. It.seems strange that SO
many men who year or two ago
thought SO favorably of the measure
Ore SO suddealy converted to the other
side. The great corporations which
are piping the oil and gas out OF the
state by the millioa dollars worth each
day and shipping the coal out by the
mile pay little or nothing to support
the state while there is no escape for
the farmers. The Standard OIL Com
pany is making hundreds of millions
out Of West Virginia, pay nothing in
return to the state and their business
is such that they give employ ment to
com paratively few people thus leaving
nothing to the people Of the state In
exchange for the great wealth they are
getting. AS usual with most legis-
Iative bodies our lawmakers are going
to find some excuse to help the corpo-
ration out and to put the saddle Or the
farmers and small property holders
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1909-02-12

There has been q veritable tempest
In our state senate over the actions 'oi
Theodore Alvord, legislative sgent for
the state anti-saloon league. 1t IS al
legged that Alvord kas given out an IN
terview In which he stated that the
LIQUOR interest and raised large fund
with which defeat TO the prohibition
amendment in the state senate, thus
charging at least by inference that the
members Of the senate were sdseepti-
BILE Of purchase. There are Doubtless
lots of people who believe that there
was the last time and that there VIII
be again this time something going
on but there is not proof FOR IL and as
long as their proof Is not III hand no
wise man will make the charge Of cor
ruption on the part Of The senate or
against anybody. Thus sane matter
was threahed oyer at the last
special session and fell 10 the ground
and If these occurrences continue Mr.
Alyord will certainly fall into bad ia
vor with the people who have sup
ported and endorsed him. 1t does seem
that man with good judgment ought
to he o6la to avoid these lnisunder-
standings, us he claims them 10 be.
It seems, to looked.on from this
distance, that Mr. Alvord has made
grave mistake ana one which be
should have avoided with hight Of his
experience Of year or SO age in tins
same matter. But while Alvord has
made mistake, if be is guilty Of the
charged would be no excuse for SEN
ator for voting against the pledge.of his
party and contributing to the defeat of
submission. 1t would be small man
indeed who would vote against sub
mission and give thst as an excuse for
so doing. afr. Alvord means little or
nothing to the people of the state,
what he does is of little interest to the
people and no man VIII be excused for
voting against submission because AL
word has said something distasteful to
him. 1t is not Alvord's fight.
Ii is the peoples fight for cause for
which both parties stand pledged.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1909-02-12
Craig Bill Passes.

| Charleston w Va, FEB. 10--One
last lone effort was made by the oppo-
nents of the Craig Local Option bill to
defeat the measure in the Senate this
afternoons, but after a motion to send
! the bill back to its second reading had
failed it was passed by vote of II to
| II. The yeas were: Ashburn, Bailey,
Baker, Cossin, Craig, Gartian, Hat
field, johnson, Littlefage, Melntire,
Meredith, Miller, Sartee, Silver,
smith, (of Raleigh. White and Zilli-
kin--l7
The nays were Blue, Carroll, Cof-
man, England, Grimes, Hazlett, Kidd,
Shinu, Smith (of CabelD, Sutherland
and Forman--1l.
Senator Blue raised the digestion
| that TIN cities under the law were to
be protected from the counties, then
the counties ought to be protected
from the cities. Senator England tried
to have the bill sent back 10 second
reading because the bill! was so imper-
feet that it neededIfuIther amendments
aud in his opinion was rot as good as
the present laws.
Senator Meredith held that such was
not the case inasmuch as the senate
had already manifested its approval Of
the bill. Senator Kidd character zed
the bill as a subterfuge and an attic npt
I 10 f,fh
letting the whisky people write their
own local opt ion laws and citing lie
fact that the cities which have any ex-
elusive power to grant liquor license
were not permitted by this law TO hold
local option elections as it applied orly
to the communities for which the coun
ties could grant licenses.
z Senrtor Kidd moved to amend the
little of the bill by having it read: "a
bill to extend the liquar traffic. This
motion commanded emily four votes.
Thodere Alvord, legislative agent of
the Anti-saloon League, was before the
Senate investigating committee today
to answer to the ch arge that he gave an
EInterview stating that liquor men used
$4,000 in the Senate last year to de-
Ifeat prohibition and that they have a
million this year. Alvord denies tue
Interview, and he will be confronted
this afternoon by A. N. Thompson,
the reporter who received the alleged
interview from him.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1909-02-12

What is Mr.. raft's real, true POSI-
ton toward the South? 1t is openly
said that his design is TO break the
solid South, that his desire is TO adj
vance the interest of the republican
party and we have seen no contradie-
ton from him. If Mr.. Taft meapt8to
better the condition of the southern
people there is not man south of the
Potomac who would not. say amen, but
when he. comes to them fawning and
counting them for their votes he only
makes himself ridiculous.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1909-02-12

Senator Mclntire though icing N
the Senate for his first term has taken
a position which commands fespeel
and brings credit to his constituents
He is ready and forcefui debatei
and has shown himself the intelieclu-
al peer of any mal in the Senate. we
have but one fear for McIntire and
that is that be may vote against sub
mission Of the prohibition amendment
to the people. II he votes for that we
will vote for him being all right.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1909-02-12

The present session of the state leg
islature has brought to the front some
bright and shining lights who are sa'd
to be moulding leg station aud welding
great influence at the state eapllal
We are informed that Hon JONI
Bateman has cut a wide swath espec-
ially in the organization Of the house,
changing the votes of members ana On
recting policies. These things sho"
that great men like prophets are not
without honor excepting in their own
country.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1909-02-12
called to Account


Rev. VIM. D. McCurdy, pastor OF
1.-The Baptist church pays his respects
tc the Evening Journal, Of THE city
which has taken upon itself to stand
as the defender of Senators Silver and
MeIntire in their position on the mat
ter of the submission of the prohibition
amendment to the vote of the people.
Mr.. McCurdy says:
Dear Sir-In recent issues OF your
paper there have appeared certain
statements that ought not TO pass UNI
noticed. These statements have to do
with the question of submitting pro-
hibition amendment to the voters OF
our state.
Last evening you said that the
course OF our senators in opposing pro-
| nioition was endorsed by the people of
the Fifteenth senatorial district. When
was this endorsement secured? Who
gave ii? When was it given? Mr..
Mclntire in letter written before his
| nomination said that he woald vote for
the submission of this amen nent j
nominated and elected. He is also re-
ported to have said at makes me mad
10 be called whisky man. / never
took drink in my life, land am in fav.
or of Temperance. If / am nominated
and elected | will vote for the submits
sion of the prohibition amendment, If
my people wish me to do So" | have
heard since that he interpreted Try
people to mean the democratic major
ity that elected him. But how Is it
possible to assert with a6y degree of
truthfulness,I in the light of these state,
ments, that his course IN opposing pro-
bibition was endorsed by the people Of
the Fifteenth senatorial distrsct? How
could the people en- Jorse what he had
not done?
So far as Mr. Silver is concerned, it
is common talk among leading demo-
Gratis that because of his refusal to lis
ten to the petitions signed by these
same voters urging aim to vote for the
submission of the amendment that he
could not be elected to constableship.
| 1 have heard this statement repeated
ly. Nowhere is there any endorse
ment In this?
| Again the statement that Mr.. AL
worlds alleged injudicious interference
will defeat the bill. Are the people Ask
ing-to vote on Mr.. Alvord? Is he the
amendment or is he to be amended?
All this serves to becloud the real issue
What the legislature is asked TO do is
to let the people rule. If we are quail
fed to elect these men to their posi-
lions we are qualified to vote on these
matters that -ovitally affect our state.
Now let me say this. | saw q letter
from the il ,uor interests, a letter that
state in which letter was set forth the
value Of the liquor interests TO the
! papers and the further statement that
all the papers would be watched and
their attitudes would govern in the
I further bestowal of patronage on the
part of the liquor interests. This il
| very close to blaekmail. l would not
| like to think that cur news
papers were Influenced by such
an appeal nor that the news
papers that published Mr.. Alvord's al
legged Interview had any Interior mo-
tives, but it is plainly apparent that
such letter was intended to exercise
such controlling influence over the
press.
The question that is before our state
senate is "Shall the people ruler"
w ID. McCurdy.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1909-02-12

The Statesman-Democr
Gentlemen:
VIII you kindly explain in your
next issue when and where, was the
action of the representative t?) of the
18th Senatorial District in refusing to
allow the people who elected them TO
vote upon the prohibitionamendment,
endorsed by the people as stated in a
local daily recently, (Fhe pa per that
has been Dragging about its large cir
culation)?
The method used in obtaining Sill
ver's nomination are we'll known
among Democrats and bad 1t not been
that this district is SO overwhelmingly
Democratic he would have been snow
ed under. AS it was, he was the Hor-
ace Greedy of the District. Probably
that is the Endorsement referred to.
Tho notorious and outrageous imam
ner in which the other representative
was nominated is too fresh in the
miads Of all good democrats to need
repeating here.
1t may be that they know better than
the people themselves what is good
for the people to vote upon.
'Upon what meat does this our
Caesar feed, that he has grown SO
great"
Thanking you in advance for a
little light, am sir,
A Democrat.
We are unable to give our CORE
spondent any information as to any
endorsement of Mr. Silver or Mr.. Nc
Intife on heirposition on the question
of prohibition ana local option. All
given them must have been in "pipe
dream of some rumdum. AS fer the
methods used by Mr.. Silver in secur-
Ing his nomination, we have nothing
to say, Democrat was supporter OF
Mr.. Silver in that contest and per-
haps knows just what methods Mr..
Silver rsed. AS to the methods used
in the nomination of NJ. McIntire,
we have long ago had our say. The
worst feature of that proceeding, we
have maintained, Mr.. Mclntire was
not responsible for but the interests
behind him. Personally we have al
ways had high regard for Mr.. McIn-
tire and we must say that we could
hardly retain that opinion if he voted
for asy decisive temperance Legislation
He was supported by the saloon inter
esis and was fought by the other side
and II he were to vote against the sa-
looms 1t would be an uHgrateful act
and one We have never expected him
to 60.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1909-02-12
Bought Hotel

Mr. Harry 5. Cushwa, the hardware
merchant has lclosed the purchase OF
the Valley Hotel property from the
Westphall family for which be pays
$50, 500. THIS includes the hotel proper
ty, Ia three story building and the
entire lot of 100 feet front and running
back about 100. aar. CushWa will
make store room in the end next to
Fishers store and will lease tie hotel.
He gets possession on April /, 1863.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1909-02-12
Wreck

A stone train from this place on the
B. and 0. ran into fast freight No. 81
while it was taking water at Cherry
Run on Wednesday morning last.
here was no one hurt but the engine
of the stone train was thrown across
the track and several cars and the ca
boose were smashed to pieces.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1909-02-12
Presehina sunany.

We are requested to annonn ce that
Rev. ! {, Leps will not leave Hedges
vile this week and that he vii preach
81 tbs railing Waters church en- next
Sunday at the usual hsur OF service
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1909-02-12
Marriages.
COOK-NOLL

Miss Mabel j. Noll, the charmin
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Willis Noll,
of this city and Mr.. &. Clifford Cook
also OF this city were married at the
parsonage of Trinity M. E. church,
South, by the pastor, Rev. w. F..
Locke, d. d. on last Monday evening
last in the presence of q few intimate
friends and acquaintance.
ROBINSON-DORANC
Miss Emma E. Dorand, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Dorand, and MI.
Howard E. Robinson, both residents
of the county, were married at the
United Brethren parsonage Sunday
a week at 730 o'clock, the ceremony
being performed by Rev. A. B.W ilson
in the presence of several friends of the
couple. The groom is a well-known
employe of the Auburn Wogon works.
Mr. and Mrs. Ropir son will make
thsir hone for the p esent at the HON e
of the brides parents, about two miles
north of the city.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1909-02-12

The Official life o. Teddy the Terror
Is growing beautifully short and there
ale few who have any sorrow for the
end. A new figure then comes on the
scane and whether it is better to G" :
dure the ills which now Cypress us
than to fly 10 these we know not OF is
a serious question.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1909-02-12

MIR. and Mrs. James 7. Shaull, who
have been liz ing in Lynn, North Caro-
lima, have returned TO this city where
they will make their future home.
Mr. 5haull has been in charge eff a
commissary store at that place, He
now comes back to enter business for
himself He aud his brother-in-law,
Mrs h. E. HARDWOOD, will open first
class shoe store in the Valley House
building next to the store of Mr..
James B. Fisher. Both are clever
young gentlemen and we predict that
they will eujSy large trade.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1909-02-12

Rev. Dr. F. NJ. Woods, has been IN
Romney this week preaching tor DR.
Brook and will remain over next
Sunday, the session having been I'M
able to get n minister to I'LL the pull
pit there will be no service next sun
day morning or night in the church
here.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1909-02-12

WANTED-Secendh hand bags ano bur-
lap; any kind, any quantity any
where; we pay freight. Richmond
Bag Co., Richmond, Va.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1909-02-12

For Sale-One very line residence on
West Burke street. See s. s. Felker.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1909-02-12
sHAKE INTo YouR sHoEs

Aliens Foot Ease powder. II cures pain
ful, swt Hen, SIN arting feet and instantly takes
the sting ouI of eorns al bunions nd makes
walking easy. Try 1t today. Sold every
where. Sample free. address Alien .. Olm-
stead. Leroy, n. Y.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1909-02-12
Auction Sale

Commencing Saturday Feb. 6, at 2fand
P M and to continue every day until this
large stock is disposed Of
Consisting of Fine Pictures, China Glass
Ware, Sets of Books Vases Busts. Vlolins
Guitars, Banjos, Accordeons, Leather Hand
Bags, Burnt Leather Novelties, Post Card
and Photo Albums Silver Toilet and Man
cure Sets, Military and Cloth Brushes, Gro
knole Boards, Columbian Historical Nov
els13 volumes in half leather. Hundreds OF
other Novelties. BY Musick.
This is a Clearance Sale Stock from Bur
dette's Book Store
In room formally occupied by Penny
Arcade. S. Queen St.
j. w. DODD. Auctioneer.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1909-02-12
Endorsement

Martinsburg w. Va,
Feb. 8. 1909.
The Statesman-D Democrat;
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-01-29
PRIOR TO DAYS OF COPYRIGHT.


XanthIppc. Cnssandra. Queen Eliza.
beth and Dido were walking along the
Styx one afternoon not long ago and
the conversation between these emf.
nent ladies' turned upon prophecy.
With the exception Of Cassandra none
Of them seemed to take much stock
In #.
Tell me the honest truth low, Cas-
saTira-cuud you really see into the
future" asked Dido with skopIical
smile nj the prophecies.
Il could. honestly" said Casaandra
earnestly.
How far, Cassie" qu'rled Queen
Elizabeth
AN the far there was" said Gas.
sandra
"Humph." said Xsnthippe. Gould
YOU sec as far ahead as-Rudyard
Kipling?"
Yep" said Cassandra. I'D read all
Kipling ten years before the fall OF
Troy"
Then all I've got 10 say" said
Xanthlppe tartly, rs you were an aw.
full fool not to copy the stun down and
publish IL as your own"
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-01-29
TWO SKULLS At NJ. s. U.
Time-Y ellowed Memorials OF a Long
Forgotten Period.

In little basement room beneath
The principal building of the tniver-
sity of Missouri nj Columbia is n
glass case containing, among queer
shaped stones and knives and pipes,
two human skulls, imperfectly pre-
served. The curious freshmen who
stroll into this room by accident
during the hours that il is left open
sometimes pause and gaze Hamlet
like at the cracked and yellow crani-
ums.
81 II bet that one must be almost
"A thousand years old" they will re-
mark. Then they will sigh, awe
struck, at the contemplation of so
much antiquity, and pass along to
something less depressing.
When they are told the true ages
of these skulls, neither they nor
anyone else can form any adequate
idea of it. One of them is called
the Neanderthal skull, and was
found In cave in Central Europe.
The formation in which it was found
led experts to declare that it was
more than 100000 years cid. Its
chief popularity is heavy bony
ridge above the eyebrows. The brain
capacity Is much less than that Of
the historical man.
An even older skull is that of the
man of Java, which has almost no
forehead II was found underneath
thirty feet Of sandstone. The brain
capacity is just half of that of a
modern man. EthnolOgists estimate
the age of this skull at 800 900 years.
TIE anthropological museum was
started four years ago by DR..
Charles Ellwood, professor of So
GEOLOGY In the university. 1t Is used
as "A laboratory for the students Of
"thnol0gy.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-01-29
DENTAL roRcEps IN ANTIQUITY.
Proof That They Existed, But No spe.
eimsrs Are In Existence.

DR.. Sudhor not long ago read pa.
per before the Leipzig Medical society
on dental forceps in antiquity, He said
that even before the time of Hippo.
crates reference TO the use Of such IN.
struments are found, but no specimens
are met with among the surgical i'm.
plcmcnts belonging TO classical times
that have been discovered. This can
only be due to the material OF which
they were made Unlike the mass Of
other Gracco,Roman surgical instru.
mcnts, which were nearly all OF bronze.
the dental forccps OF antiquity must
have been made of iron or steel, al.
though no medical writer mentions the
fact. In the Aristotelian Mechanical
Problems" however, there is pas.
sage which, according to DR. Sudhoif
has hitherto been overlooked. In which
II IL mentioned MS a familla. fact that
dental forceps were made of iron In
the museum at Homburg, whore there
Is an almost unriyaled collection Of
iron implements, two stcel.plated den.
tai forcops. one for the upper. the
other for the lower Jaw. have been
found That dental forceps should
have formed part Of the armamentari.
um Of military surgeon In a remote
outpost shows in what common use
the instrument was-British Medical
journal
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-01-29
MADE MRS. CULLEN FEEL PROUD
Pats Ailment a Grand Large Disease
for a Small Man.

A Chicago physician says that he
was once called 10 visit sick man
named Cullen living in tenement
Just before the doctor took his de-
parture a number Of the residents Of
the place dropped in TO hear the YER
dict.
Well me fri'nds." said Mrs. Cullen
with an air Of modest triumph, "the
docther here says Pat has an attack
OF plural pneumonia 'Docther.' says
10 him, amt you e1aggeratin' a
troine, for, TO me way OF thinkin' Pat
is too shmall n man for thot Single
pneumonia. behave. is all there'd be
room in him for
But the docthcr stands by his deci
sion. Sure, It's grand. large disease
for such n shmall man as Pat"
And the woman's attitude showed
the conscious pride that she felt.-ll
Illustrated Sunday Magazine.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-01-29
There Is Full Proof Of This One.

I'VE have lots Of curious last re-,
quests from patients who are about to
have operations performed" said a
nurse In the women's surgical ward OF
one Of the New York hospitals. but
thought about the last word had been
said on this subject one day last
week when one Of my patients, before
going to the operating room. called
me to her and asked me to write two
postal cards to her husband. so that
she might sign them before the op.
Grafton. One was to read: My dear
husband: The operation was at ten
this morning and am getting along
hne!' The other one was; MY dear
husband: The operation was at ten
this morning and am sorry to say ]
died. From your loving wife"
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-01-29
REQUISITES FOR THE MINISTRY,
Pastor Must Garry Earth's Freshness
TO Do Effective Work.

A minister in these indoor days
needs all the open air he can beg, Dor.
row or buy Consider moment.
Through the week his privilege win
call him into close and curtained sick
rooms-sick rooms Of the soul, most
Of them he can never go. to any good
purpose. unless all the clear winds OF
heaven and health are buttoned freely
under his coat. He shall have daily
to move among persons whose skies
are perpctually overcast and gray.
whose irritabilitlcs act upon their
friends like fine. drizzling rain In
November. he must somewhere have
observed more sunshine than will
ripen thousand strawberries. and an
evenness of temper that earthquakes
ca not shake. Time and again he will
have to work with people whose out.
look is narrow and their horizon
short; he must somehow have gotten
a vision Of distance--Of far prospects
and wide adventures: he must have
climbed a Hill with friend that chal.
lenges. he must have driven n canoe
through smoking rapids. he must have
galloped young horse across green
meadows.-H D. Gallaudet In the Out.
look.