Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1909-04-30

was a caller at our office on Thursday
Mr.. l.. D. Keller. of near Bedington,
was pleasant caller at our Office on
Thursday.
Born 10 Mr.. and Mrs. d. II. New
kirk near North Mountain two boys
Unfortunately but one is living
Mrs G. ]. Faulkner and Mrs. s. r
Snodgrass left on last Monday for tie
Faulkner Cottage at Buekroe Beach,
near Norfolk, Va. They expect to be
there about week or ten days.
Read the rev advertisement in this
is sue of stotser q Dyche the clothing
men who keep good clothing al rate
that are no higher than you p. 70
second class clothing
We learn with mach pleasure thai
Rev. +. l.. Wilson, who was pa'alyzee
some time back al his home at Watsr.
ford, Loudon county, VA. is some
what better. We hope he will ultimate
ly recover.
Mrs. f. P. Spillman and her sister.
Miss Consy McKown have heen on a
visit to their brother at Paw Paw
Mrs. Spillman expects to return This
week but Miss Coney will remain for
week longer.
A correspondent who has made a
study of farming writes that some of
the best farms in this state have been
brought to the highest degree Of fertil-
ity bv the use of clover, lime and ma
nure. The farmers who have aceomp-
lished such results have aimed to save
every pound of manure and also to
preserve 1t in the best manner. Lime
is used extensively by those who know
that time is an essential Ingredient Of
plants and also because it is excellent
for increasing the clover crop. Glover
enriches the land by promoting the
supply of nitrogen in the soil; hence
lime and clover rake an excellent
combination.
The Illinois legislature has bill
that, it is said, has fair, prospect to
become law, which prohibits any
drunkard from marrying in that State
1t amends thegeneral marriage law. A
"habitual drunkard" is defined TO be
person who becomes intoxicated twice
year or oftener. II is also provided
that applicants for marriage license
shall make affidavit that they have
not been intoxicated twice in the pre-
ceding year. This is rigid restriction
and will materially reduce the num-
Der of marriages in that State. There
are many respectable meg in good So
ciety and connected with fashionable
clubs who are not drunkards, but an
affidavit that they had not been intox-
icated in year might stagger many
of them Utica Press.
Senator Aldrlch denies with some
emphasis that there was pledge
| made by the Republicans in the last
campaign that the tariff should be re-
yIsed downward, or the duties lowered.
1t was promised that the tariff should
be revised, but never a one that it
would be reduced. Aud it is being re-
vised, but not reduced. Although Mr..
Taft spoke often on the tariff and al
ways In favor of revision, he 10 not ON
record as favoring reduction except by
duplication. Mr.. Aldrich is right in
this instance, and he has the facts with
him.
The Democrats always criticized the
ambiguous tariff statement in the Re
publican platform, and deied Mr.. Taft
on his speaking tours to state whether
by revision he meant lowering of
tariff duties or not. He never made
reply. 1t was never intended to inter-
fere with the tariff except where it no
longer produced revenue nor afforded
protection to a trust. Senator AL
drich's frankness merely makes on
official utterance of facts that I'D to
the election were the subject of dispute.
There will be no reduction OF the more
important items of the tariff
w. M. Stewart, former U. s. Sena-
tor from Nevada, died suddenly yes
terday at Georgetown hospital, near
Washington, where he had been I'M
dergoing treatment for couple of
weeks.
He was one of the picturesque mem
bers OF the Senate from the west.
the product of mine wealth suddenly
acquired. In early mining days he
was colleague of Fair, Macy.
O'Brien and that coterie who reaped
millions out of the silver discoveries
of the Nevada mountains, which in
finance parlance was known as the
Comstock Lode. He was born In New
York in 1927 educated in Ohio