davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-05-27

Overproduction.
The libraries are full of books;
Unsold, they pile up in the store;
And yet, odds bodkins! and CAD
cooks.
We keep on writing more and more.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-05-27
WORKING IN THE PARTY

WORKING IN THE PARTY
such
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-05-27

Entered At Richmond. Indiana, mort
offico - second cl&ss NAH matter.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-05-27

Il L BALDWIN.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-09-25
The NOON.

To even the most prOsaic person
there is a peculiar and gracious charm
about The September moon. In THE
dignity and sprendor with which she
reaches her fullness and in the pro
loneation Of her reign she is given the
prestf ge of poetic and natural eulogy'
and Is besides assigned to preslde
over The harvest feasts of the year.
For young lo-ers she possesses a kind
" interest, and they process to find
i'm her mien and smile . peculiarly
fascinating incentive 70 pledge Their
vows and declare the passion that
thrills Flheir innocent and tender
hearts. We are approaching the reign
of September's lunar queen, M the
benefcence Oh her radiance is s1g-
e~estive of the peace and beauty of the
harvest world over which she VIII pre-
side. September holds q somewhat
unique place in the calendar OF
months. September days, too, are ian
guild with a certain indefinite phopn-
ecy oil coming dissolution. 1t is a
bedraggled and often d~ust-coyered
prophecy, and has all the gloom and
none of the bgilliancy that October
gives the same forward o. decay.
BUT, as il in comparison for these
ills od departing summer and OF haf-
hesftant autumn, we are given the
Harvest Moon" that turns the Sep
TENDER nights into perfect poems of
natural beauty and peacefulness. AS
the month grows older and the moon
grows boIder there comes a crisp tang
i'm THE night air that suggests nutttng
and hunting parties over the distant
hills, where the shadows sleep and
the WHY 'possum' steals out TO share
the riDening harves5 with his enemy
man. There lis invitation TO long
country rides by roads that are lined
with the fast ~rfpening elder berries
or flaming with the sentinel sumac
blooms.
There lis a practical as we'll as a
sentimental and poetic interest at
taching to the annual return OF the
"Harvert Moon" 1t lis the passageway
from the heat and languor of summer
to the active and refreshing labors or
harvesting and garnering of natures
FRUITS. The work must be dome rap
idly to be most effective. and moon
light prolongs the hours when work
may be accomplished under conditions
of great comfort to the workers. In
ALL ages the Harvest Moon" has been
the toast of poets and the friend OF
lovers, who imagine that it's presence
and prolonged brilliance is intended
as a special arrangement on the part
of Divine Providence in their behalf.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-09-25
TIME OF FALL BUYING.

The time for FAN buying is here.
Are our merchants prepared to meet
competition? Are our people buying at
home? Some of them are, but If you
win watch the outgoing and incoming
trains, you win see numbers of peop'e
leaving town empty handed and Ne
turning with large bundles, which are
in sorue instances followed by ex-
press packages. This is a common
thing and our merchants are losing
the trade that rightfully belongs to
them.
Why is it that these purchases are
not made here? Do our people know
that they can get the same goods in
Martinsburg, tht they e advertised
for sale by merchants in other places?
Are the goods in the local stores
shown to the same advantage and with
che same taste that they are display
ed in other places?
It is up to the locc1 merchants to let
this people know through the adyertis-
ing columns of the hone paper than
they have the am goods and at the
same price as found in other places.
If the trade goes TO other towns it is
The fault OF the local merchants be
cause he does not sJttract the buyer to
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-09-25

bis store. In other towns The mer:
chants are continually offering some
~inducement no the bnysr, either by an
attractive advertisement or by an A.
lrring-y dressed display window.
Our merchants must keep pace With
the times and come into full coinpeti-
siomwita1 the MERCHANTS Of other towns.
The wholesale merchants of this city
have been very successful in their
competition with the wholesale houses
OF neighboqing towns and have amost
completely driven this class Of compe-
triton from Martinsburg. They have
demons. rated to the merchants in the
city and surrounding country that they
can sell goods as cheap and in many
instances creaper than their former
competitors. This was done only al
ter a hard fight and by Showing" the
merchant that he could save mon y by
trading at home.
The retail merchants VT have 10
use the same method and show the
people of Martinsburg that they can
buy goods just as good here as else
where and pay no more for the same
quality. People these days muse be
shown and If it should come TO a show
down by the local merchants they
would stand in q more favorable light
with the buying public.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-09-25
SHOW THE PEOPLE.

If Charlestown merchants wish to
prosper, to receive the benefits Of the
dollars that are here in the city, they
should show the people that they can
get as much for the money here as
they can get anywhere on earth. The
people would prefer TO spend their
money at home but they are going to
get the biggest bargains for their
money. The merchants should have
at least as much enterprise as the
foreign mail order houses who take
advantage of the local sources OF
publicity to advertise their are and
to take Charleston money from under
the noses of Charleston firms. There
are many of these outside advertise
7nents in this community and If the
field we're not fertile the merchants
of the country would not be using it.
While Charleston sleeps and her mer-
chants complain of dull times, the out
slider sits back and laughs at the
stupidity that makes our merchants
blame the times for a d~ul1ness, that is
a great extent traceable to their
lack Of enterprise-Charlesto Gazette
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-09-25
COSTLY FOREST FIRES.

Forest fires cost the American peo-
Pile last year from fifty to se~venty-five
million dollars. In a thickly populated
state like New York nearly two hun
dred thousand acres Of fine timbel
hand We're burnt over, and in Wiscon-
sin, Minnesota Michigan, North AMI
South Carolina and Oregon the loss
was still heavier. This is the season
when forest fires may be expected
West Virginia has been n sufferer to
no small extent. A word of warning
is timely even il of little value. Many
of the forest fires are started by hum
tiers who carelessly leave burning em-
bers about their camps. We have
done little by legislation or regula-
ton to prevent a repetition of the
costly fires of last year. An appeal ITO
those who go out on the mountainside
in search OF game or sport may do
some good. 1t is a subject that the
preos of West Virginia should take up
generally.
Until the state and national govern
ments, through some effective control
limit the causes and devastatdons of
forest fires, we can only rely upon the
good sense and caution Of those who
do most to cause them to reduce the
losses from this source. Wheeling In
gelHgereer.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-09-25
VIRGINIA VS.. WEST VIRGINIA.

The Richmond Tfmes-Dispatch dis
cl1ss ing the rather foolish subject of
the respective merits of Democratic
and Republican stale governments,
asks NOW does Democtatic Virgini
compare with Republican West Vir
ginia in political ideals and achieve
ments?" in arguing 10 uphold the
superiority of Democrats generally
OVER their Republican brethren.
Some Republican state governments
are nothing to be proud of and some
Democratic state governments are
equally abominable. On THE other
hand, there are good Republican and
good DeGlt cratic state governments.
1t is an e5surd proposition to argue
from any standpoint, but so far as
West ilginiais administration is con-
cerned it has nothing to fear from
comparison with Virginia's. In West
Virginia the citizens are taxed only
six cents on the 800 to support the
state. In Virginia they are taxed So
cents On the 800. In Vest Virginia
the corporations are compelled to pay
their share toward the maintenance
Of state and local governments. Viz
sinia's chief course OF revenue is from
taxation imposed upon the homes and
farms of 1he people, AMI it is a para
disc for taxdodging corporations.
Though intrinsically more valuable be-
cause CT their greater mileage the
railroads and other public service cor
poraticns Of Virginia pay a smaller
tax bill than similar corporations pay
in Vert Virginia, simply because Vir-
ginia .avors them in their assessments
at the expense of other interests. In
West Virginia an honest and generally
successful effort is made to assess
every mans property at its worth so
that taxes may be uniform and equal
In Virginia, the Times Dispatch al
most daily utters a complaint against
unequal assessment and demands re
form in the tax laws. Even in the
issue in which it belittles West Vir-
ginta as stated above, il gives specific
instances of glazing inequalities in
Virginia assessments. WEST Vir-
ginia got nothing from Virginia but a
road ess wilderness ana one stumble
down institution. In UNFOLDING the
state both from a political and bust
mss standpoint, West Vii gina has so
tar ou,stripped the Mother state that
there can be no comparison. Our
school system is as good. our leemo-
EyDarV institutions are hotter and
our penal and reformatorv Institutions
vastly superior to those of the old
Dominion. That these facts are rec
ognized, is proved by the immens :
number Of stalwart sons Of Virginia
who have moved into West Virginia
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-09-25
FROM FULTON TO WRIGHT.

1t is more than likely that the en-
tirely new method of locomotive by
aerial travel offers less novelty and
creates less excitement man the
steaming Of Fllton's craft up the
Hudson a hundred years ago. We of
these momentous days are privileged
to see and participate il SO many and
such great Things that our apprecia-
tion of them is IN danger of becoming
blunted.
The hundred years from Fulton to
the Wright brothers have Witnessed
more marvellous changes in transpor-
tafion than all the centuries preceding.
And even more marvellous than the
mere changes of transportation meth
dds are the results that have grown
out of these. The steamship and the
wireless telegraph have turned the
stormy oceans into insignificant mill
PONDS. The railways have made the
deserts to blossom as the rose, and
built mighty cities in wildernesses
where less than a g%enration ago the
foot of men had scarcely trod. Every
considerable city now has it's skyscrap-
ers taller than mast monuments of an
Gent times, o~utrivaling the pyramids
in daring and SURPRISING them in use
fitness and influence on man.
So fast is progress forcing new and
big things uron our minds that we
have great need to Withdraw in
Thought at least, for an occasional mo
ment and mentally go back over this
wonderful century TO discern what We
have been permitted to see and re a
part OF. Looking over the fruitful,
busy past, the imagination halts be-
fore tine task Of eve guessing what
the future has in store.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-09-25
IN WEST VIRGINIA.

Men and women live the longest in
West Virginia,
Country butter gets the strongest in
West Virginia;
Here The troubles are the fewest, here
the women are the truest,
And the summer skies are bluest in
West Virginia.
The ROSTERS r the loudest in West
Virginia
And some folks" are the %proudest in
West Virginia;
The stars here seem the nearest, the
maidens are the dearest,
And consciences the clearest in West
Virginia.
Poker players stand the pattest in
West Virginia,
And some folks get the battiest in
West Virginia;
City taxes are tthe lightest 81, electric
lights the brightest.
And the lids put on tho tightest %
in West Virginia.
Race horses are Hhe fastest in West
Virginia,
Street urchins are the sassiest in West
Virginia;
Politicians are the slickest, the tele-
phones the quickest(?),
And whiskey makes you sickest in
West Virginia.
All learn to take thugs easiest in
West Virginia.
~Corn-dogers are the greasiest in West
Virginia;
Here sorghum is the s%appiest, the
darkey's head the nappiest,
OF all on earth the happiest in West
Virginia.
The roses are the reddest in West Viz
ginia,
And when you die, you're deadest in
West Virginia;
So brighten things by smiling, and
keep the pot "a bilin,"
And money Will be pilln' in West Vir
ginia.
Wheeling News
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-09-25
STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA,
COUNTY OF BERKELEY. IS

|, 70. A, Hobbs, Clerk Of eha County
Count of the County and State afore-
said, do hereby certify that at a reg
uNar session of the County Court OF
Berkeley County, West Virginia. he'd
ait the Court House thereof cn the 18th
day of September, 1909. the following
order was entered upon the minutes
thereof.
In THE matter of changing road near
Marvin Chapel.
A petition signed by d. E. McQuilk-
EN-, w. Manning Lemen and Mary Flet-
cher Lemen, requesting the County
Court to change the road leading from
Rocky Marsh to BIZ lmyeris MlI, said
change to commence at or near the
foot Oh the hill at Marvin Chapel and
on the south side of the tract of TIM
Der belonging to the estate of VIM.
F. Kearney, deceased. The new road
to extend i'm a westerly course from
the point above described along the
south side of said tract of timber to
the west side OF said timber, thence
In a straight line in a northerly course,
passing ait same places, jointly over
the lands of said estate and the land
of ID. E. McQuilken and finally inter-
secting the old road at a point where
d. z. McQuilken stone and wire fence
join.
And ii appearing to the Court that
before amy action can be taken ON
sand partition, notice thereof must be
given in accordance with Chapter So,
Sec, 10, of the Acts of the Legislature
of 1909. whereupon it Is ordered that
the Clerk of THE Court give the notice
required by said section and the mat
ter is continued until Wednesday the
18th day of October, 1909, when said
petition shall be taken up and con-
sddered as required by law.
To whom 1t may concern:
You are hereby required to appear
before the County Court of Berkeley
County ON the 18th day of October,
1900, at 10 o'cock, a. m. being a spe-
cial session cf said Cour1, and do what
ever may be ~nesessary to protect your
interest in relation to the foregoing
petition it being the incention of the
County Court on that date to consider
all matters arising thereon.
(Sea) e. A. HOBBS,
Clerk County Court of Berkeley Coun-
ty, West Virginia 9-1S-2t
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-09-25
TWO FIREBUGS
IN JAIL HERE
Virginia Youth Confessed to Firing
c. 0. Payne's Barn.
SUPPOSED ACC0MPLICE
ARRESTED NEAR LURAY
Deputy Sheriff Bartles Gets One of the
Fellows and State Fire Marshal the
other-Wood Boy Held For Grand
Jury and Tucker viii Likely Be.

From The World of Wednesday:
Deputy Sheriff d. o. Bartles return
ed this morning on No. So from Luray,
Va. He had in his custoday a young
man by tine name of Tucker Henry
who is charged with oeing implicated
In the burning of the barn of Mr.. c.
o. Payne, about miles south
east of this city on Saturday evening,
September 4. Henry was placed in
jail here to await d hearing.
Deputy Bartles learned that Henry
was in the neighborhood of Luray and
left for there yesterday, arriving at
Luray about 10 o clock at night. Ac-
companied by Deputy Sheriff Wood,
Of Page county, he drove over the
mountains about fifteen miles and
reached Henry's home about daybreak-
Henry was arrested a bed and
here as relsited.
Yesterday State Fire Marshall Eli
son brought a youth here by the name
OF Marshall Wood whom he mad ar
rested in Rileyville, Va. The boy, who
is about II years old, lived with Mr..
Payne this summer, working on the
farm. Later he returned to his for
mer home in Virginia. Shortly before
the fire this boy and g young man
We're seen about Mr.. Payne's premises.
Suspicion was ait once directed to the
Wood hoy and his arrest followed.
He has confessed that he was one of
the two ~incendiaries, but has not i'm
plicated Tucker Henry though strong
suspicion rests on him. Both fellows
are in jail here. Wood had a hear
ing last evening before Justice Smith
and was held for the grand jury. Tuck
err will have a hearing lateO..
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-09-25
Bio Rantist Seminary.

Huntington w, Va, Sept. 21.-The
Baptists of West Virginia will estab-
Dish a big seminary at Oak Hill, Fay
cite county. The matter assumed tan
gible form yesterday afternoon, when
$500, 600 was raised for the purpose
and a tract of so acres of land was
purchased for the site Of the instltu-
tion. 1t is stated that the seminary
viii have AN income Of 100000 an
nually. Work on ne buildings win be
commenced in November.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-09-25
HARVEST HOME
Notable Event in the Reformed Church
Yesterday-Dr. Hcffheins DeIiV-
cred Able Address.

The annual Harvest Home service
was held in Christ Reformed church
Sunday morning. The chancel was dec
grated with the products of THE farm,
orchard and garden, and flowers and
potted plants added to the attractive
ness of the occasion. The pastor de-
hvered an address appropriate TO the
day on The Resemblance of a Har-
vest Thanksgiving" He told of the
richness of the sands OF the county and
the blessings that had come ito the
owners thereof. The services were
much enjoyed by the congregation
present The offering was for the con-
tingent expenses of the congregation
and amounted 30 $177.60.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-09-25

and made active citizens and good
Reurb cans OF themselves. yirgilla
is a fine old state with cherished ira
ditions. bit her progress has been re-
tarded BY the weight of her Bourbon
ariytoeTa y.
SO much Tor achievements, but no"
about political ideals? In this M
nection we have only % refer to the
spectacle Of The Virginia Legislatures
ending the use and credh of . OF
lii most honorable names in Amerl-
can history to a parcel of New York
and London money-sharks and shy
locks for the purpose of harassing a
sister giate.-Wheeling lntelligencer.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-09-25
STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA,
COUNTY OF BERKELEY. SIS.

/, E. A. Hobbs, Clerk Of the County
said, do hed eby certify that at a regu-
lar session of the County Court OF
Berkeley County, West Virginia, he'd
at the Court House thereof on the 18th
day of September, 1909, the following
order was entered upon the minutes
thereof.
in the matter of changing and alter
ing the public road, known as Rush
Lane in Opequon District.
A petition signed by Blair Lime
stone Company by Forest w. Brown,
Counsel, was This day presented by the
said Forest w. Brown in person, pray
ing the County Court to change and al
ter the public road. known as Rush
Lane extending through the lands of
the petitioners and i~ntersecting the
Schoprerts Ford road, for a distance
of about 2244 feet, and 10 OPEN in lieu
of said old road, a road ON the lands
of said petitioners, a short distance
from the now existing road and de
scribed as follows:
Beginning at a point in the centre
of SchOppert's Ford road about $50
feet, eastwardly from where the said
road i~ntersects the Rush Lam (said
lane or road being the n now pro-
posed to be abandoned) and about
275 feet from where the S~choprert's
Ford road intersects the Smoketown
road, thence running S. II degrees w
377.S feet to a point in tn center oi
the proposed new road, thence with
the center of proposed new road S. p
degrees w. 1490.S feet % another point
in center of said new road, thence S.
35 IL degrees w. 1914 feet to an
other point in center of proposed
road; them S. SO degrees w. 20C
feet to 2 point where the proposed new
road intersects the old Rush Lane, as
shown by a plat fled with said petit,
ton.
And it appearing to the Court that
before any action a be taken on said
petition, notice thereof must be given in
accordance with Chap. 80, Sec. 10, OF
the Acts of West Virginia, Legisla
ture 1909.
Whereupou it is ordered that the
clerk of the Court give the notice re
quired by said section, ard fine matter
is continued until Friday, Oct. Is, 1908
when said petition shall be taken uF
and considered as required by law.
To whom II may concern:
You are hereby notified to appear
before the County Court Of Berkeley
| County, West Virginia, ON the 18th
day of October, 1909, at 10 O'Clock a.
m, being a session of said court, and
do whatever may be necessary to pro
tect your interest in re alton to the
foregoing petition, it being the inten'
ton of the County Court on thai date
to consider all matters arising thereon,
(Seal) z. A. HOBBS,
Clerk OF the County Court of Berkeley
County, w. Va. 9-25-2t