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Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1910-02-18

New York, Feb. 15.-Col. J. Hamil-
ton Lewis, of Chicago, is at the Hol-
land House, and he has been casting
Roosevelt's Horoscope. He says he
knows just what the former Presi-
dent will do when he gets back
"AfteI being IN the United States
about three months" be said, "and de-
ivering indiscrimlnate addresses upon
subjects that are of other than a par
tisan nature, gathering in the mean
while the atmosphere that surrounds
the administration of President Taft,
Col. Roosevelt will be found announc-
ing that the spirit of the times de-
mands that the powers and the profits
| of government shall be distributed di-
rectly to the many, and not concentra-
ted in the hands OF a few, to be doled
out at their pleasure and for their ben
eft. He will say the issue is not a par
tisan one between Republicans and
Democrats.
"Then he will say that as it is
known that all the measures he exc
cuted when III office were doctrines of
the Democratic platform, and those
he repuGiated and denounced were
doctrines of the Republican platform,
he is back just where he began public
life-a Democrat. Then he will be
nominated as, the candidate for the
Presidency on the Democratic ticket.
He will have two objects: One is that
the Democratic sentiment in the com-
munity, whether in the Democratic or
Republican party, will be for him
on his record as a Republican Pres-
dent executing Democratic measures,
and he will thus occupy the place of
popularity chosen candidate.
"fhe other is to accomplish in his
tory what no other man in our gov
| eminent has done-to be the success
! full President of two aptagoniStic po-
! litical parties. He thinks more OF add
ing another novelty to his life and TO
have this recorded in history than he
cares merely to hold the office"
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1910-02-18
Administrator Sale
or vaIuasIs
PERSONAL PROPERTY

having qualified as administrators o. the
estate OF the late Ohio II. tusbwa we viii sen
at his late home on Dry RUIZ, miles west OF
MaItinsburg ON
Tuesday March s, 1910,
beginning at 10 O'Clock q. m the following per-
sonal property. te-wit:
Head Horses and Colts
Bay horse, Charlie, w.t. 400 lbs, will work any
where hitched; ,orrel horse. Prince. weight
1910 will work anywhe e.biicbed; roam horse,
Dewey weight loo lbs any lady can drive;
ssek fs5ne Segh bac oo n 1Ss c coi
Coley, ! year sld roam Belgian colt, 2 years
old, weight lO0l. ON. good brood mare, work
anywhere bitched weight iiO0lbs.
Head Cattle
All Holstein art mich cows, will lie fresh
by day Of sale, haye 80 en- fresh In February
years old, one registered and the rest are
all eligible to register
Head Sheep
ewes and one buck all Southdowns The
ewes Will have lambs by day ofsale They
are all young and especially fine
2 Head Hogs
Ore fine Poland China brood SOW will have
pigs by day Of sale, one boar Chester-Poland
China and weighs about 800 ls.
Farming Implements.
4borse wagon and bed 4-horse wagon with
OuJ Dtu, q sclS Jung stNs nay inu-
ders 2-horse wagon bed, buggy carriage, sui
key, hay tedder, horse rake, disc harrows,
spring t. 9th harrows, 4-sqsare ana 3square
harrows, q Syracuse and eDe Root plow,
double and one single shovel blows, cora
planter, spring wagon, Waiter Wood bind-
er, Wood mower Ricktord and HOFFMAN
drill corn harvester, land roller, 2 Buckeye
culliyators. double corn planter. fodder
shredder, horse power, corn crusher, vino
mills, seed sower, corn shelter, saw, lot OF
si-op tools, blacksmith tools, pr. scales, crow
bars, d igging iron. iron kettles, copper ket.
tie, lot log and fifth chains, single double and
treble trees, spreadeIs, butt chains, breast
chains, jack screw. spring wagon with top,
belt 40 feet long, forks, rakes, hoes, etc.
Harness,
sets breechbands, sets front gears collars
and choke straps, brides, sets pillow gears,
plow bid les, set yankee harness, sets
check lines, wsgons'addle; 8 sets fly nets and
horse lines, several sets buggy harness
2-3 Interest in 40 Acres Wheat on
Lamar Farm,
20 Interest in 40 Acres Wheat on the
Home Farm.
and many articles net enumerated
Terms.
credit OF nine months will be given on all
his note negot liable and payable at the Mer-
chants and Farmers bank " it'll intel est from
date but il paid at maturity interest remit
ted. Under $40 cash. Nothing To be taken
away until settled for. Huckstefs allowed but
no cider to be sold.
A. NJ Cushwa & Bro.
Administrator
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1910-02-18
Commissioners Notice.

Lee NJ. Bender
In Chancery.
Commissioners Office
Martinsbnrg w, Va Feb a. lolo
all persons interested in the al owe entitled
cause.
By decree OF the Circuit Court OF Berkeley Co
w. Va, entered in the above entitled cause on The
7ls day et January 1910. the same was referred to
me, with instructions to ascertain and report
FlKSr-All the real estate owned by the defend
ant, Walter l.. Payne in Berkeley county w. Va,
tosethsr with the fee simple and rental value
,sreof.
SFCOND-To convene the lien creditors of the
saio Walter l.. Payne, defendant, who have liens
b. judgment deed Of trust, therwise against the
said zeal estate with their respective amounts and
proriies
TIL" Do report any other matters deemed
pertinent by said Commissioner whi1h any of the
pait es interested may requ' him to state
You will the eiore take notice that have fixed
ppon THURSDAY THE 10TH DAY OF MARCH, 1olo at
70 a, as the lime when, and my Office in the Old
aioDal Bank Building, in Martnsburg W. Va
~ the place where l will proceed to execute the
Aaid order of reference, and If from any cause the
same be not completed on Il at day, it will be ad-
journed IRON time to time at the same place until
it Is completed
1910.
W. b. colston, Commissioner in Chancery OF said
Court
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1910-02-18

The matter of woman suffrage 10 no
longer joke and it Will be surprising
If the women are not given the right
to vote before many years in all the
states
In the states where the women have
been given the rights Of franchise the
plan has been more than satisfactory
and the people have no regrets of CIV
ing them that right.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1910-02-18

Some time ago Col. Thomas
Swope, millionaire resident of Kan
sas City Missouri, died under su,n,.
ious circumstances and after a wiki.
the boAy was exhumed and an anp,,.
teal examination was made by o.
perts who clearly found traces j,
strychnine. A coroner's jury invest
gated and before them the nurse !,
charge of Col. Swope during his h,
illness testified that she had giys,
him capsules containg the strychn,0.
prescribed by DIR. B. G. Hyde, the Al.
tend physician and the husband of tbs
Coils niece. Hyde has been arrestad
and is now out on bail awaiting II.
action of the next grand jury in Kan.
sas City.
In the meantime Mr.. Elmer Svon
who is well known resident of tbi.
city has set claim to the sonshipof
Col. Swope, who was regarded in
kansas City as an old bachelor. NJ,
Swope has employed counsel here in
the person of Mr.. A. B. Noll and Mr.
L. A. Milton at Kansas City.
Mr.. Swope asserts that his fathe,
married his mother in New JERSEY
about the beginning of the war and a,
his mother was of Southern procliyi.
ties and his f ther Northern the fatbe,
left the mother after somewhat
stormy interview and went off and
joined the federal army short tim.
before the son was born. Heneyer re.
turned and the son at the death Of hi,
mother was taken by his aunt, Nn
H. A. Frazer, who raised him. Elmer
Swope inherited considerable little
fortune from his mother but it has al,
disappeared and he has been living in
Strengthened circumstances here for
some time.
Mr.. Swope last week received a ls
ter from man named John G.. Henp
of Sligo, Penn, who says that he knew
Col. Thomas H. Swope and that Col.
Swope told him that he had been mar
red and that he had child which he
had rever seen.
The estate of Col. Swope has been
appraised and its value has been plae-
ed at S3,500,0o0. The friends of Mr..
Swope hope that be may be able to
establish his claim and that he may
inherit the whole Of his fathers estate.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1910-02-18

The crippled condition of our county
finances has been matter known for
some time by those who were in a pc
sition to get the Information. We have
RETAINED from discussion of this NIT
ter preferrng that it should be started
~ our friends the republicans. Wed
.lsday the Evening World with scare
lead lines came out declaring tn e
county owes a debt of $4,000, but
with labored. efforts tried to drag the
late sheriff and the present sheriff into
the matter. The editor of the World 10
an active republican and is admitted
10 all the councils of the party, having
access to the very sanctum sanctorum
OF the party hence we lake it that this
statement is the true position OF the
republican party on the troubled finan-
cial condition of the county.
The effort to in any way drag the
sheriff into this matter must fail for
there is not the slightest footing fer
even the shadow of suspicion that the
former sheriff or thu present sheriff are
guilty of any malfeas lnce inlotllce.
Under the law the Co inty court,
which is solidly republican, has charge
Of all theEiscal affairs of o.he county
and whatever blame there is must be
assumed by that honorable tribunal.
Tn sheriff can make no disburse-
ment of county funds except as direct
ed by the County court and bv its or
ders and the records show that his du-
ties have ten discharged in strict
conformity to the law.
The sheriff must pay whatever orders
are issued by the court as long as he
has any fun is IN his hau is for that
purpose. h. editor of the World
makes many statesments which are
without the slightest truth. lie states
that the sh riff took over S3l 900 in
bills and orders from the x.sheriff.
How could he takeoVer bills? Thesher-
Ills not credited with bills, ouly with
orders regularly drawn by the court
and paid. The facts are that the court
fssued orders on the sheriff III excess OF
the levy, TO pay Mr.. Westeahaver on
his contract for rebuilding the Court
house payable out of the levy for 1898
when they knew the levy was exhaust
ID and asked the sheriff to take these
orders up on the credi, of the county
and OF course gave him ASSURANCES
that the orders were good. He coneent.
ed on that ground and later learned
th at the orders had been issued CON
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1910-02-18

That there is something rotten in
the territory of Alaska is the opinion
expressed by the Omaha World Her
aid. The World-Herald says: i" The
Shiny trail Of that rottenness covers
all the thousands of miles that lie be-
tween the rich ceal fields of Alaska
and the interior department at Wash
ington. Every few days there is fires h
development going to show that Co..
gresham Hitchcock's original resolu-
ton, calling for congressional inves-
tlgation of the interior departments
administration of Alaskan affairs went
straight TO the marx. And the nearer
the congressional committee comes to
coniining its inquiries to what has
been happening there, the better it
Will serve the purpose for which it was
created The offer made in writing by
John K. Ballaine, described as the
largest individual property owner in
Alaska, to the senate committee on
territories is absolutely astounding both
in what it discloses and in the posi-
bilities it suggests. The scheme which
is now on foot, and which only the in .
vestigation and the publicity attend
Ing II can defeat, is for the govern
ment to lease or sell the Alaska coal
fields at $40 an acre. Mr.. Ballaine now
oilers, instead, to pay royalty to the
government of so cents ton for 5000
acres of such coal land. He offers to
file bond of 81 100000 to insure his
fulilllment of the contract. The royal-
ty, he estimates, basing the estimate
on reports of the United States geolog-
zeal survey, would run as high as 81
GOO 900 per hundred acres-or 800 900
600 for 5000 acres, Contrast this with
the $50, 600 the government would re-
alize out of the sale or lease of 5000
acres in the manner proposed py Sec
rotary Ballinger's friendsl Mr.. Ballaine
tuther quotes the geological survey as
estimating that there are sixteen bill
lions of tons of coal already in sight in
Alaska. If this were mined on the
same royalty basis he offers the gov
eminent would realize, out of these
coal fields, the stupendous sum of
eight billions Of dollarsW
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1910-02-18

Taft will, of course be the republican
presidential candidate in 1912 and if
Governor Harman be reelected inOhio
he will be almost certain to be nomin-
ated by the democrats for president in
1912. This will make an interesting
campaign in the Buckeye STATE. Har-
man seems to be most feared by Taft
and preparations are already being
made by the republicans under direc-
ton of the President to defeat Hartman
for reelection at the coming state cleo
ton and thus dispose of him as pres
idential candidate. Justicn Hartman
J ) one of the ablest men in the state,
has made one of the best governor the
state has ever had and the republicans
will find him hard man to beat.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1910-02-18
PUBLIC SALE
Of valuable
Real and Personal Property

Intending to move to town will sell at my
home miles East Of Ridgeway station, S
miles Southwest OF Middleway, miles South
east of Bunker Hill all my personal property
and real estate on
Monday, March IA, 1910
All my land, that is TO say, my farm con-
tanning
20 Acres and Rood
lying on the road leading from Ridgeway to
summit Point about half mile from the
Opequon creek and adjoising the lands OF u.
A. Whitmore, the Grantham land and others.
This land lies ABOUT two miles from Ridge
way railroad station on the Z. " This land Is
improved by
Dwelling Houses
both two storiesand in good oonditien a nne
well of water midway bstween the two houses
good barn. cora crib and other buildings and
well fenced 2fine gardens and about
Acres of Timber
Terms of Real Estate
One-third cash and the balance to suit the
buyer the deferred payments to be evidenced
By the note or notes of the purchaser to bear
intert st at per cent and to be secured by a
deed Of trust on the properly sold
Personal Property
Head Horses and Colts
one good family mare in foal by an English
shire horse. and Will work any where hitched.
Al
driver, does not scare at automobiles or the
cars; Prince. a five year olo perfectly safe for
ladies to Drive; Billy, heavy oraft Englishshire
colt, 2y ears old.
2Good Mich Cows
One will be.fresh by day ofpale and the other
in late spring.
40 Good Chickens
turkeys, gober and 8 hens. ~ stands of
bees, one Ton Hay, 100 bundles fodder, lI20O It
pine plank and training
Implements
Good sprirgl wagon, carriage, good as new;
falling top and one open top buggy, road cart.
buggy pole, Empire cultivator one wooden
and one iron beam plow, single and double
shovel plows, single double and thrible trees,
corn coverer, harrow, grind stone, cider press,
shaving horse, pig crate, half bushel measure,
pair heavy spring wagon shafts, wheel bar
row, hand corn planter scalding tub, iron pot
and hangers. good vinegar barrels. lot kegs,
spring wagon springs, pr steelyarsls, shoyels,
hoes, digging iron, hand saw and other car
penter tools, forks boxes, tubs. lot Of old iron.
Harness
side saddle. set single harness. double|harness,
flyhets, collars, brides, halters, wagon whip,
crowd sticks, long ladders, 30 sawed locust
posts and ten round posts, bicycles, gamb-
ling sticks,
Household Furniture.
COOK stove, churn and stand, box stove, Bitch
en- chairs;3Dutter tray, lanterns: large stone
jars, crooks lot glass jars, pair bedsteads,
mail box, large mantel cock. good four year
old shepherd ;dog,2 year beagle hound, and
many other articles toe numerous to mention.
Terms.
A credit offs months will be given on all
sums OF $40 and over the purchaser to give his
note with approved security negotiaple and
payable lat the Merchants and Farmers bank.
with interest from date but if paid at maturi-
ty the interest will be RENTED. Under $40
cash N othing to be removed until settled for.
Mrs. John Bailey.
Dodd Il Hoffman, Auct,
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1910-02-18
PUBLIC SALE
OF valuable
Personal Property.

Intending to discontinue farming
and having rented my farm l will sell
at public sale at my farm at the Big
Spring, two miles from Martinsburg
on the Winchester pike, on
SATURDAY, MARCH 8, 1910,
beginning at 10 O'Clock a. m. the fol-
lowing personal property to-wit:
5 HEAD HORSES.
Clyde, mare 7 years old bred from John
Davis in foai by Don Juan and q good
barshear leader, VT. 100 lbs. No. 2,
Belle, years old in foal by the black
Percheron horse, barshear leader, W.T.
1900 lbs. Frank, s years old, W.T.. 1909
years old a good purpose mare VT.
about 1900 lbs. No 5, fine clyde colt
an extra fine one VT about 1900 and
only two years old.
These horses are an extra fine lot Of
b discs.
SHEAD CATTLE
5 ere milch cows two of which will be
fresh by day of sale, the fresh cows
are extra fine Jerseys and fine milk
ers; two cows will be fresh in March
and enc in April and the other is now
giving milk. 4 head of young cattle
one and two years Old.
HEAD OF sHEEP
twenty ewes all will have lambs uy
day of sale. These are ar extra fin
flock of ewes. One Shropshire buck.
% HEAD OF HOGS
one sow Will have pigs by day of sal
and one will have pigs in April. 70
head of shoats running from 40 to 50
lbs each.
FARMING IMPLEMENTS.
g horse Auburn wagon and bed, Deer
ing binder, Deering mower, Deering
horse rake, Superior drill, Oliver chill.
ed plow No. 40, Deering cultivator,
two double shovel plows, single shovel
pillow, square harrow, spring Tooth har-
row, hay frames, grain cradle, single,
dou bic and treble trees, 20 grain sacks,
forks, rakes, hoes, shovels, half bushel
measure, this is sall new machinery
been used but two years and in first
class condition.
HARNESS
sets of yankee harness, set pillow
gears; check lines, 3 collars, 3 brides,
8 halters, 2 sets fly nets, sets breast
chains.
300 Bundles Fodder,
800 Bushels Of Corn,
Lot Timothy Hay,
80 Chickens
and many other articles too numerous
to meution.
TERMS.
A credit of 8 months will be given
on all sums of SO and over the pur
chaser to give his uote with approved
security negotiable aud payable at The
Peoples Trast Company with interest
from date but if paid at maturity the
interest will be remitted. Under Sl(
cash. No property to be removed un
Ill the terms have been complied with
A discount of 8 per cent will be made
| for cash on notes.
F. 4 Emmert.
Dodd Il Hoffman, Auct.
HARDWOOD Burkhart, Clerk.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1910-02-18
The women of Iowa have inagurate

The women OF Iowa have inagurated
movement for single standard OF
morals for both men and women. The
double moral standard has always
been a curse to our social fabric and
the woman as rule have been a
stranger adherant to the double
standard than the men. The Iowa
movement gives hope that the women
are waking up to feeling Of justice to
their own sex.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1910-02-18
PUBLIC SALE
of valuable
PROPERTY.

Intending to discontinue farming | will sell at
my home on what is known as the Samuel Light
home farm situated two and half miles Y. w
Of Falling Waters and three and half miles
OF Spring Mills on road leading from Spring
Mills toWillihmsport pike, on
Friday March IL, 1910,
beginning at 10 O'Clock a. M the following per-
sonal property to-wit;
8 Head Horses, Colts and Mules
gray horse, good barshear leader and will work
anywhere hitehed; bay horse rising years has
been worked some little and heavy draft gray
mare rising years old; bay colts, years old: 2
mules years old good wagon and barshear lead
ers, will lwork anywhere htched, weighs 1900
and 1900 pounds each; mule years old, good
strap mule; yearling colt iron gray.
10 Head Cattle
head good mich cows of which will be fresh
by day OF sale; bull calves, hsifers and one
steer
26 Head Extra Fine Sheep
Is Head Hogs.
8 sows one of which will have pigs by the last of
April fat hogs will weigh 1876 lbs.
Farming Implements.
6-horse wagon and bed broad tread & helvings;
4-horse wagon inch tread Deering binder good
as new, only cut so acres; Deering mower good
as new; horse rake self dump, Superior drill
good new drilled but 30 acres Deering and
Buckeye cultivators, riding cultivator suitable
for harrow or pillow, square harrows, sprln g
barshear plows Syracuse, Vulcan and Root
pows; single and double shovel plows, dun .
cart, mud scoop on wheels, lot of single and dou-
Bile trees and forks bob sled, graia cradle. scoop
shovel sets butt traces and breast chains, 2
sets breechbands sets front gears, sets pillow
gears, housens, wagon saddle, 6-horse wagon
line pair check lines, collars, brides, 5
halters log chains, pair spreaders, 5th chain,
3horse spreaders, hay fork and rope, set black
smith tools, X-saws buggy pole, % grain sacks,
corn crusher, crazy wheel for a binder, cyclone
wheat fan, Scientific harvester, Sharpless
cream separator, good as new brar scythe,
clover seed sower. dinner, bell, lot of old iron
and many other articles too numerous to men,
tiOl.
Terms.
A credit of 9 months will he given on all sums
of $40 and upwards the purchaser to give his
note with approved security negotiable and
payable at the Merchants and Farmers Bank of
artinsburg, with interest from date but if paid
at maturity interest RENTED. Under SIC cash.
No property to be removed until settled for.
IL G. BENDER.
Dodd Il Hoffman Aucts.
ii. Burkhart, Clerk.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1910-02-18

trary to law and that the members OF
the court individually were alone re-
sponsible for the amount and that the
court had unlosded Its troubles on him
In this condition Mr.. Gardner went
to the court and asked 1t 10 take up the
orders about $4,000 on the construe'
ton of the Conrt house and one foT
some 81, 900 for the use of the King
street building occupied during the re
building Of the Court house and to issue
him one order for all payable out OF
the levy for 1909 which the court did.
yr. Gardner presented his order to the
sheriff and 1T being regular and the
sheriff having the muney in HE hands
subject to the orders of the court paid
1t. Mr.. Gardner got his money and the
county paid it az was promised. The
sheriff nor Mr.. Gardner have no ex-
plantations to make to the Tax Com
missioner Their records are the only
ex lanation they can make and that
will clear them Of any blame. at the
instance of somebody unknown to the
public, an expert was sent here by the
Citizens Trust and Guarantee Co., by
which the sheriff is bonded, who hiss
carefully gone over sthe records and
given the sheriff clean bill hence the
ststement OF the World that he paid
the ex sheriff $4,000 more than the
county owes is an absurdity. If the
court has funds sufficient to carry it
through the year why all this fuss,
why the star chamber meeting, and
why is the clerk sent off to Charles
ton at the cost of the county to emplore
the Tax com mission to come and help
them zout2 The court knows, who ID
to blame or Mr.. q. w .Stuckey a men,
Der Of the court would not have de-
declared that they had done wrong,
that he knew he was doing wrong at
the the time and was ready to take his
punishment whicf he deserved but
with An oath declared that he would
never consent to submit to the vote of
the people the matter Of laying levy
to pay the debt.
The court certainly had intelligence
enough to know the law and that 1t
was the duty of the court to submit
the matter of sufficient levy to rebuild
the conrt house before they began
work and in doing as they have, if we
can Interpret the law, made themselves
liable to indictment and on conviction
to fine, dismissal from office and even
imprisonment.
We are unable to see what help the
State Tax Commissioners can give
them but if on the other hand he en-
forces the law the court will be in close
quarters.