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Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1909-01-29
cONM!SSIoNER's NOTICE

l.. G. Hoffman & Alien B. Noii, Irus
tees SO. We. III Siiancciy
M. G. Hoffman ct al.
Som missioner's Office 100
Nartinsburg w. Va, Jan. zoth' iSU9
To all persons Interested In the ABOVE
entitled cause.
Bya decrsr of the Circuit Court OF
Berkeley County w. Va, entered IN
the above entitled cause, on the zotn.
day Of January 1909, the same was re-
ferred to me. with instructions to as
certain and report.
FIRST-The interest oil M. ". noh-
man, in the purchase money, aIisliR
from the sale of the real-estate OF II. H.
Hoffman, deed and any other prop.
erty, owned by him, at this time, and
to Marshal all the assets OF the saiu
NJ. q. Hoffman.
SECOND-To ascertain the zen
against the interest of the SAID M u.
Hoffman, together with the amounts
and priorities thereof.
THIRD report any inheritance
tax, due from the Heirs at law oil L.. =.
Hoffman decd.
FOURTH-En any matters that
any party ia interest may require, the
same being pertinent, or which the
Commissioner, himself may think
proper.
You will therefore take notice that l
have fixed on TIL Y RSDA1 til Il 2oth,
DAY or FEB. 1909, at 10 a. NJ, as
the time when, and my Office, IN the
Old National Bank Building, IN Mar
tinsburg w. Va, as the place where 4
will proceed to execute the SAID order
OF rcference,aa if, from any cause,
The same he net completed on taat day
it will be adjourned, from time to time
at the same place until II Is completed.
Given under my hand, this 2Sth. day
of January 1909.
w. r. Colston, Commissioner Ia
A.. t. Chancery OF said Court.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1909-01-29
ORDER OF PUBLICATION.

The State of West Virginia
AT rules held III the Clerks o ffi ce 0
the Circuit Court of Berkeley County
the 4th day of January, 1909.
E. d. Gardner, sheriff adm'r Of Ii ellen
A. Boyer, decd.
VS..
Catherine Boyer, John J. Boyer and
1870 Boyer, his wife, Helen M.,Boyer,
Harry B. Boyer and Virginia Boyer,
his wife, Richard g Boyer and -
Boyer, his wife, Emma M. Weston
haver.
The object of the above suit is to as
certain the debtsand liabilities of Helen
A. Boyer, decd in their order of their
priorities, to ascertain the real estate
owned by said decedent with its fes
simple and annual rental values and
to sell said real estate for the satisfac-
ton of said debts and it appearing on
affidavit filed in this suit, that the
said defendant john j Boyer and -
Boyer his wife are non-resids of
this State they are hereby required to
appear at the said Clerks office, with
in one month from the Slh day of
January 1909 (the date Of the first pub
LEGATION hereof), and do what is neces-
sary to protect their interests in this
matter.
l.. Dew. Gerhardt, Clerk.
w. G. Ktlmer, Attorney for r Aintiff.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1909-01-29
NOTICE TO LIEN HOLDERS

70 all persons holding liens, by
judgment or otherwise, ON the real
estate, or any part thereof, Of NJ. u.
Hoffman.
In pursuance OF the Circuit Court of
Berkely County W. Va, made ins a
cause, therein pending, to subject the
real-estate of the said NJ. G.. Hoffman
to the satisfaction of the liens thereon,
you are required TO present sll claims
held by you and each Of you, against
the said III. g. Hoffman, which are
liens on his rsal-estate, or any part OF
it, for adjudication, TO me, at my Of
flee in the Old National Bank Build
ing, in Martinsburg W. Va. on or before
the 25th. day of February 1909.
Given under my this 2Sth. day OF
January 1909.
w. b. Colston, Commissioner in
A. t. Chancery of said Court.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1909-01-29
Properly Sold.

Mr.. Charles Thumel has sold the
brick building on South Queen street
occupied by the Evans Tobacco store,
to the MerchanrH and Farmers bank.
We hear that it is the inteation of the
bank to erect on this site handsome
modern banking house for their own
use and one that will be b credit 10 the
town. We understand the price paid
was sl4 500.
FOR 5ale-Tws very fine residence
ON West King street. See S. 8. Felker.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1909-01-29

dence near Little Georgetown formerly kno IN as
the Ellis Ellis fnrm, on
Tuesday, February is, 1909
beginning at 10 o'clock a. NJ, follows:
Head Horses and Colts
horses both barshear leaders and will work
wherever hitched; blocky bay s-re breeder IN
foai by Belgium horse Carma gnoi splendid draft
amin Al; brown mare probably in foai by "CarmaR-
mol" good puiler wherever htched; bay fIly COM
ing yrs old partly broken promises TO make nice
u, adstcf; VI. Old bay sired by Belgium horse
Prmus,o partly broken and will make a go d
rood and draft mare; pair Of sotrels that match
coming two yrs. old, horse and mare sired by
'Primus;" yearliug mare sired by Cafmagnol
10 Head Cattle
No mich lows IL. fine condition. all tnree will
bull, fat will weigh 100 lbs. more two yr
oIds, mostly high grade shonhorns and ali lat
enough for beef; yeariing hei'ers
100 Head Good Sheep
Shropshire bucks, balance good thrifty ewes, as
of which Marino's bred to lamb by March .he
b llance should have lambs BY day of sale
10 Head Hogs
brood sows VIII farrow by day Of sale, the bal
ance thrifty sboats
100 Good Chickens Mostly Barred
Plymouth Rocks
Farming implements
hotsc ffuohfn Wa@OH M bVad WIN uct auu 70 IT.
shelvngs; horse iron axle wagon, horse tumble
skein wagon with bed and sprIng seat, set wagon
springs 1000 lbs. capacity, sets manure cards
complete, no top buggy, braking cart, Deenng
biader, It. cut, DecrIng mower #. cut. Deenng
self dump rake, Deering sickle and tool grinder,
Black Hawk double Germ planter good as new,
buckeys double cultivators doable and single shovel
plows, one OF then new, Osbourne spring tooth
harrow, drag harrows Superior drill. double har-
pooh fork with rope and pullIes, wheat fam, cutting
grain cradle scalding hogshead. grass seeder
farm be II, grim stone, set OF blacks NTH tools,
Guiding Champion Force feed drill and assortment
OF bits stretcher for wire fence TRIBE double
and single trees spreader crowd sticks log cha ms
forks, hoes mattocks ETC., complete wagon harness
for horses, yankee harness, for Two horses with
several sets pillow gears, halters, blu corn
eral hay lot OF iodder and few bu.of clover
SEED, Oliver Chilled plews 90
Household and Kitchen Furniture
Old style mahogony bureau in good shape2 beds
sheet stove, lot OF crooks and Jars, several
crooks OF pudding and many other artic. toe
erous to mention
credit OF months all sums Of SIo and over
the purchaser to give note with approved security
negotiable and payable at the Peep Trust Com
pany, of MartnSburg, with Iii teres from date, but
II paid at maturity interest remItted Under Slo
cash. No properly to be removed until terms have
been complied with.
L. +. Wilson
Dodd & Hoffman. Aucis.
Lunch stand allowed but cider or sour to
be sold.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1909-01-29


VS.. In Chancsry
r. M. Hoffman ct al.
commissioners Office
Martinsburg, w. Va.,x
Jan. 2Sth. 1909
entitled cause.
Berkeley county w. Va, entered in
the above entitled cause. on the 18th.
day of January 1909, the same was re-
ferred to me, with instructions to as
certain and report.
First The interest of the said +. M.
Hoffman, in the purchase money aris-
ing from the sale of the real estate of
K. l.. Hoffman, decd and any other
property owned by him, at this time,
and TO marshall all the assets of the
said +. M Hoffman.
Second: To ascertain the liens
against the interest of the said f. M.
Hutim an, together with the amounts
and priorities thereof
Third: To report any inheritance tax
due frem the Heirs at law of e. l..
hoffman, decd
Fourth: And any matters that any
party in interest may require, the same
being pertinent, or which the Commls-
sioner, himself msy think proper.
You will therefore take notice that /
have liked on Wednesday the oath. d. ny
of February 1909, at ~ a. IA. as the
time when, and my office in the Cid
National Bans Building, in Martina
burg, w. Va. as The place wnere l
VIII proceed 10 execute the said order
of reference, and if, from any cause,
the same be not completed On tina.
aay, IL viii be adjourned, from time 10
time, at the same place, until 1t is com
pleled.
Given under my hand, this 2Sth day
Of January 1909
W. b. ColstoA, COM. in
Chancery OF said court
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1909-01-29
REIMBURSEMENT FOR BIDS

Bids having been asked for by the Ceuniy
Couri of Berkeley County, W. Va. and having
been received az opened, in az cordance with
an order OF the said Court and with the puo-
lished advertisements, at 10 oclocx a. M, Jan
uary rs, 1909, and it appearing that Their
were certain irregularities and misund der
standings evidenced in certain of the bids
submitted the contract for installing heating
system in the remodelled court house was not
awarded and it was ordered by the court that
the Clerk again advertise tor bids in he same
papers and to the same effect as before, the
bids to be opened at 10 o'clock a. m Feb 8,
1909.
E.. A. Hobbs, Clerk
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS
Sealed proposals will be received at the Of
flee of the Clerk of the County Court of herke-
lev County. w va, at or before 1000 o'clock
January rs, 909 for the furnishing and in
stalliag of a direct steam ating system In The
renodeled court Louise strictly in accordance
with plans and specifications furnished by
Frank +. Mibourn Il Co, Architects Wash
ington, ID e. Plans and specifications are on
file IN the saia County Cle'ks office and may
be seen at any time during office hours
The Court reserves the rignt TO reject any
and all bid II not deemed satisfactory by the
Court Each bid uust be accompanied by a
certified check far2 per eent Of the bid pay
able to the sheriff of Berkeley County, w. Va
to liquidate any damages or loss that may
arise by ressOs of the foct of the accepted hld-
der's not furnishing the required bond of %
per C mt OF contract. Upo failure TO fur ish
bond u six days after the bid rs accepted the
check is forfeited and becomes the property
of said county 20 per rent will be reserved
fr IN each payment and one season ofrunpiue
of system viii be required before 1inli accept
All bids must be enclose in Sc led enve.
ope addressed to the County court OF BerkeleN
County, W. Va, and inscribed proposals for
Steam Heating Plant" AID with me name ol
the dividual or firm and MS or is address
n \ Hobs. Clerk
County Court OF Berkeley County W Va.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1909-01-29
EXECUTORS NOTICE

Having qualified as the executor Of Lucy Ellen
Barr deceased notice hereby given TO all persons
knowing themselves be indebted to said estate to
call and make prompt settlement OF same, and all
versions having claims against the said estate will
present them properly authenticated for settlement
DIV Snyder Jr.. Executor sf
the last will and testaIent Of Lucy Ellen Barr de-
ceased.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1909-01-29
Special Commissioners Sale
OF Valuable
Real Estate

ELY virtue Of authority vested In the under
slgutG special commissioners, by decree OF
the Circuit court OF Berkeley county, w. Va.
Ber, etc. VS.. Mary L. McIntire ct al, on the
2Jth day Of January 1853, they will offer for
sale at the front dosr oftbe Court House. Ia
The tewa OF Marins5urg. w Vn., on
Saturday Feb. 20 1903
at I.ee pm. the following described real estate
tc-wit:-Thst certain tract of land, containir &
about
3 Acres
OF land, improved by
Good Dwelling
and other out buildings, and being the same
real estate conveyed 10 J. W RidclebergFr ~
two deeds one from A0ram Williamson, dated
the 9th day OF December, 1870. and OF record
In the office of the Clerk Of the County ConYt
OF berkelev County Wes Virginia. Ia Deed
Book no. %, page 40; the other from L, A.
day of June 1877, and Of r. ord Is the said
Clerks office, ia Deed Book No %. page III,
said real estate is located II ar Nancieves.
vile, v. Va, and woula make anyone very
t,e home Fof particulars sac any Of
the somnliss oneIs
Terms
One-thlrd of the purc.lase money cash on
day OF sale. the residue h. two qusl payments
OF SIX ana twelve months the deferred pa =
ments 10 De evidenced by the pr0niissDry, ne
gotiaole notes Of the p Fchaser, bearing in-
tefest from dase ana tho tile ~ be retained
untii all of the pur nase-uOney has been paid
II. III. Emmert
= Msinlre
j. Nj Woods
ID. w Sny der. r.
Special Comr's.
Il l.. Dew. GerharGt, Clerk Of the Circuit
Court of BE keiey Comfy. p Va do certify
that ID w. snyder .Jrt Special c omInls oner
have given bond as required by law
l.. ID. w. Gefhardt Clerk
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1909-01-29

Blank leases for renting property at
this sffice.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1909-01-29
COMMISSIONERS NOTICE

l.. G. Hoffman u Allen B. Noll, Trus-
tee &c.
VS.. In Chancerv
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1909-01-29
PUBLIC SALE
OF Valuable
Personal Property

Having rented my farm and intending 10 dscon-
tnue farming will offer at pubic sale at my ,cs-
dence near Little Georgetown formerly kno IN as
the fhiis Ellis fnrn, on
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1909-01-29
COMSISSIONER'S NOTICE

L. C. Hoffman & Allen b. Nell, Trus-
tees &c.
VS.. In Chancery
r. Iaff AZ 81
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1909-01-29
COMMISSIONERS NOTICE

w. B Lindsay, administrator Of Flor.
ence b. Eichelberger ETC., plaintiffs
vs.. In Chancery.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-11-10
Check on Meningitis

Dr. simon Flexner, the director of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Re, search, has tabulated the results of his serum treatment in 7l2 cases of cerebro- spinal meningitis. His figures show the greatest mortality in the disease is in the first two years of infant life. The Flexner serum cured more than 42 per cent of these cases as against only 10 per cent of cures under the old meth ods of treatment.
 The next highest rate of death in mengitis is among children of from
 2to , years of age. The serum cured nearly 27 per cent of the patients of this class. When used in children from s to 10 years of age the mortality was lowest of all-only Is per cent. Per sons more than l5 years of age seem to have cerebro-spinal meningitis of a type as severe as infants. The se- rum cured between 32 and B per cent of the patients from l5 to 20 years of age.
 Early injection of the serum, Dr Flexner says, is the great point in the serum treatment. The mortality among those injected in the first to the third day was little more than 25 per cent Among those injected in the fourth to the seventh day there were nearly 2S per cent of deaths. The mortality among those who were not injected until the seventh day or after exceeded 42 per emf
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-11-10
Tuo Hundred Thousand Children Die Annually
 Of Preuentable Causes

40; diptheria (under it's proper appel lation), 70; scarlet fever, 30.
 "Other diseases especially fatal to infants and children would perhaps show equally great ratios of preventa. bility; they do not appear in the above list because their median ages are above the limit chosen or because, as is the case with "eonvulsions, they are grouped with other and incongruous causes.
 'The possible saving of life for gen eral ill-defned and unknown causes, including heart failure, 'dropsy,' and 'convulsions, median age B years, is 30 per cent. The median age of 'convul- sions alone is less than one year, and it is probable that at least the ratio of pTeventability of diarrhoe and en- teritis eco per cent) would apply to it. The term is an indefinite one, being expressive merely of the symptoms at. tending the true cause of death; never theless no fewer than 6,450 deaths were compiled therefrom for 1908, although, in compilation, any other definite cause is preferred. The term is no longer employed by wellinformed physicians in reporting causes of death, and it is possible, by inquiry made by the lo- cal registrar immediately after the re- receipt of this and other unsatisfactory statements, to practically eliminate them from the returns, as has lately been done for Chicago.
 "'In the light of the figures quoted above it would seem that practical san itation has only made a beginning in the work of preventing the occurrence of infant and child mortality. The ground has only been scratched over. sDeep stirring of the soil and thorough cultivation of all the means available, with our present scientific and medical knowledge, for the guarding of young human lives would produce startling, and from all past human experience al. most unbelievable, results. Public health, as function of government, is itself only creation of the middle part of the last century, dating from the utilization of the knowledge available as a result of the operation of the IInglish laws for the registration of vital statistics (lS3T). Even in Eng
  land, hOewver, no systematic efforts have been made until very recent years to utilize to their utmost possibilities the facts already known. The infant mortality of England was higher for the years 1896 to 1900 than for the years 1861 to 1865, and no marked re duetion in the early rates occurs until the present decade.
 ''It is time that greater attention bc given to the subject m the United States. The promp registration of all births and the more careful and pre- else statement s causes of death by physicians are essential Such terms as 'convulsions, 'marasmus, debili- ty, and the like should no longer be tolerated when the true cause of death can be determined. :"
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-11-10
SCIENCE PROGRESS

During the 5000 years or more that man has possessed historic records there has been no trace of variation in the solar energy; in fact there is no dis tinct evidence of it, even though the earth as a whole from being nearer 10 the sun receives in January l-2 per cent more heat than in July.
 But in the millions of years that ge- Ology carries us back it may safely be said that there must have been great changes. Of course, the one question hardest to answer is how the solar fires have been maintained during the ages. The scientific answer to this is that the sun is vast globe gradually cooling. but as it cools it shrinks, and that the shrinkage-which is the effect of gray. ity upon the mass--keeps up the tenn pcrtature.
 The total of Inc ms heat is com puted to be equal to that which would be required to keep up 476,000 millions of millions of horse power, or about 7S,000 horse power for every square yard, and the modern dynamical the ory of heat shows that the. sun mass .would require only to fall in or con tract about thirty-fve square yards per annum to keep up this tremendous ener- gy. At this rate the solar radius in 2000 years time would be near 100 per cent less than it is now.
 Learned scientists claim that the time will certainly come when the heat of the sun will fail, and that it is in- conceivable that the sun will continue to emit heat sufficient to sustain ex- isting life on this globe for more than 1O,OOO,000 years. Applying the same principle retrospectively, they cannot suppose that the sun has existed for more than 20,000,OO0 years, no matter what may have been it's origin-wheth- CT it came into existence from the clash of worlds preexisting or by diffused nebulous matter or by the Bible the
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-11-10

''it was pure enchantment that made some blissful servant pack this mug in, to your basket instead of mine. It was a joint picnic, you remember, your good fathers and mine.
 "Then why didn't you ask for it when you missed it2"
 '' Because-well, l thought you might drink out of it.''
 She has often,' said Chips
 Well, it's yours now, anyhow"
 twill you drink out of it now Teddy?"
 She did, in the most sweet confusion And l almost choked as I watched her
 "EWhen you re quite done with my hammock" said Chips.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-11-10
Cows and Tuberculosis

The great "white plague" among human Nnd will he largely disposed of when the great white plague among the dairy animals has been eradicated, Such is the view of David Roberts, state veterinarian of Wisconsin, His experience convinces him that the most prolific soil for the propagation of tuberculosis germs is the animal that is already run down and out of eondi tion by common preventable and cura- ble ailments,
 There should be general cleanliness good ventilation, thorough sanitation and frequent disinfection of all quar- ters where cattle are kept. The condi tions of the cows life are reflected in that of human beings. since we are in timately dependent upon the COW foi milk. cream, butter and cheese, one oi more of which articles nearly every person consumes in greater or less quan. tity every day Thorough sanitation of animals and quarters, and prompt at tcntiOn to the more common and cur able dieseases are the methods whereby tuberculosis in cattle may be moro speedily eradicated.
 From about 2O.000,000 cows there is produced in this country, in round numbers, S.OOO,000,000 gallons of milk yearly. I,5O0,OO0,00O pounds of butter and 30O.O0O,OOO pounds of cheese val ued at about $70,000,000 Practically all the milk and butter is consumed in America. as we'll as 90 Der cent of the cheese. Outside of the bread grains there is no source of food so important as the daires. Adulteration of this universal food, menacing though it is is not so inimical as infection from dis cased cows.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-11-10
OFFICERS

ory--at the command of Chicago Tribune.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-11-10
REMEMBERED WHOLE BOOKS

Walter Savage Landor carried his library in his head When he had read q book he always gave it away on principle, having, as he said, observed that with such purpose in his mind he was sure to retain of a book all that was worth keeping. In his old age Landor was furious if he did not at once remember any passage of a book or any name or date.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-11-10


 A Tibetan handbook of medicine which was known and used about 1900 years ago, and even then was regarded as an 'anevient' and venerated source of knowledge, was used as material for the investigator. The Russian Aca demnicians have thus made the aston. ishing discovery that this book describ ed drugs and cures which European physicians discovered many hund- red years afterward.
 Thus the doctors of Tibet so many centuries ago were not only acquainted .anatomy-how many bones there are in the human body, etc, the principal nerves, namely ninety-nine-but knew that the skin contained eleven million pores. According to this venerable book, the heart is king of all the or gans and the support of life. " Sick .nesses in general originate owing to the evil and ignorance of human beings, especially owing to their inability to overcome their passions, which disturb the healthy nourishing of the human .NI&dNN. All tNll NhhNHhto hinof navy A harmful influence on the heart and liv- CT. '
 The physicians of Tibet 1900 years ago employed the same means of diag- nosing the condition of sick person as the physicians of the present day they felt the patients pulse, looked lat his tongue etc. Among the "reme- .dies'' which they recommended were not only vegetarian diet, baths, com presses, but also massage and cupping. What is more remarkable is that the physicians who did not keep their in. struments quite clean were severely punished. The ancient Tibetans were in this respect extremely modern. The old Tibetan medicine book prescribes that healthy persons should ''lead an orderly, sensible manner of life, avoid all excesses and irregularities, also con scientiously cherish, keep clean, both soul and body. '-Pall Mall Gazette.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-11-10
A WORSE FEAR

Sorry boys, but I" have to be get ting home," said Underthum at the club. My wife expects me before midnight. {"
 "What's the matter9 Afraid she d go for you if you stayed out late.
 "No; m afraid she d come for me- ''