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The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-09-19
Inauguraied by The Durham Hos
iery Mills Company
REWARD FOR SUGGESTIONS
Twenty Per Cent OF Dividends on
Common stock ,ver 3 Per Cent 10
BE Set Aside to Pay Employees Who
Suggest improvements or Ways TO
Reduce Cost of Production.

The Durham Hosiery Mills Com
pany has inaugnrated an employees
cooperative profit sharing plan
whereby the employees OF all Of tbs
mills operated by the company vii
share in the dividends.
The plan is that Of setting aside
each year % per cent of the diyid'
ends over rer cent declared on the
common stock OF the company
The diyiden Is thus set aside viii
constitute a fund out Of which EN-
ployes in the different departments
OF the Mills will be rewarded fol
suggestions that they make that viii
increase the output or reduce tho
cost or production. This fund viii
~ available for the employees OF
DURHAM hosiery mill No. /. Durham
hosiery mill No. >. Durham hosiery
mill No. ., at High Point: No. 4
AZ Chapel Hill. and No. ;, al Colds
boru
The plan. srhich Is outlined in full
below. was designed by the board o.
directors 81 the MIL acting jointly
anc Is the sSheme Of no one mar
connected xith he company. The
pan Is in liae with the other welfare
work that the mill has been doing
and an extension o. that work. Sew.
er4l months ago. the company en-
pi0yed trained nhrse and sanitary
expert 20 COX after the genera
physical welfare OF the operatives o.
he Durham. mills This work has
been very s9coesSful. During last
month. the Hnrse made sos visit:
ard The health OF the employees has
ben cared for in a most successful
manner. AT 81 tie employees who
become sick - cared Cor AZ the ex
pense Of the company under the d.
rectipn 81 ne narse.
another Neifare work that Ia:
ben inaaEHnted BY the company
and vhiea has been Unexpectedly
successful Il the establishment Of ths
Night school The school vas start
90 On June fst With about IS pupil
n the two Glasses and the numbei
has noE grown 10 nearly 50 undel
The Efficient supervision Of Mrs J
A Robinson There are Included II
The classes pupils 81 an ages from
3 e g years. ard all are being giyeI
ar education ii the entire eKpens'
81 the company A. assistant q
Mrs Robinson all likely be en-
pioyed a 81 early date and the eau
etfienai uork nlll Be- stin fur;he
arfrnAaa
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1911-06-08
Referring the Service.

With the change of schedule effective
Sunday, June lst, the Norfolk & Western
Railway Company will run through cafe
cars regularly on passenger trains No. 10
and No. IA between HagerStown and
Roanoke. These will be luxurious cars
handsomely furnished and equipped in
up-to-date style, and the service will be
all that could be desired. Meals are TO
be served a la carte, and il is announced
that the charges will be very reasonable.
The travelling public will appreciate this
additional provision for its comfort by the
N. & w.
Workmen are now installing sanitary
water coolers in each ofthe waiting rooms
of the passenger station Of the N. & w.
Railroad at Shepherdstown. Connection
is made with the station water system,
the water being cooled by passing through
coils in the ice boxes. These sanitary
water coolers will be installed in all the
stations along the line of this road.
We take pleasure in noting these i'm
provements, which show the progressive
and accommodating spirit of the Norfolk
& Western management. We wish that
the officials of this company would prod
up the sluggish B. & o. folks and hurry
up that much-needed new union station
at Shenandoah Junction.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1911-06-08

Marlatt, Ciceronian, won over L. S. Nc
Daniel. There was great interest in this
entertainment.
The competitive drill of the Shepherd
College Cadet Corps Was held this morn
ing. The gold medal for the best-drilled
cadet was awarded TO E. w. Miller, OF
Berkeley county. The judges were Capt.
Geo. L. Fisher, Of Hagerstown, and Prof.
Lorain Forney and VIM. B. Snyder, Of
Shepherdstown.
This Thursday evening the alumni ex-
ercises will be held, the chief feature OF
which will be an address by Hon. John
T. McGraw, of Grafton, w. Va. Follow
ing the address a banquet will be held in
the old college hail. Friday morning at
go O'Clock the graduating exercises will
be held in the auditorium.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1911-06-08
Baseball Affairs.

The fact that Hagerstown and Way
nesboro last week withdrew from the
Western Maryland League has not
quenched baseball enthusiasm, for no
less than four other towns have put in
applications 10 fill the two vacancies.
Manager c. S. MuSSer, Of this place, will
go to Hagerstown on Friday to attend a
meeting for completing arrangements for
the season.
The first league game is to be played
here today with the Frederick team, at
$50 O'Clock. Saturday our team goes to
Brunswick, and June 18th we have a
game here with MartinSburg.
Last Saturday the Shepherd College
team played its last game Of the season
on the home grounds, when we defeated
the Hagerstown Orioles by score OF s
to- 3. Our battery was Meyers and Hooe,
and they did fine work. Another nine
was organized from Shepherdstown play
ers and a second game played, which
was won by the visitors, 3 TO /.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1911-06-08
A Yerv RemarkabIe Accident.

One OF the most remarkable accidents
that we have ever chronicled befell Roy
VanMetre, son of Warner VanMetre, of
Berkeley county, last Sunday night. Mr..
VanMetre had been in Shepherdstown
Sunday evening, and late the same night,
while crossing over the B. & o. Railroad
tracks at Flagg's Crossing, fast moving
freight train struck his team. There was
an awful crash. though neither the engi-
neer nor the firemen seem to have heard
it, and when young VanMetre came to
his senses he found himself high up on
the pilot of the locomotive, which was
still running at full speed. He crawled
into the cab Of the engine, giving Engi-
neer Keyser the scare OF his life as he
saw stranger appear in his cab appar-
emily from nowhere. "Say, wish you'd
stop your old tram and LET me get my
buggy off your cowcatcher," said VAN
Meter, and the engineer mechanically
obeyed.
The raiIroader wanted 10 know what
was up, and Mr.. VanMeter told him that
the train had struck his team and smashed
it, besides spelling new suit of clothes.
"And just as like as not, you'll be want
ing TO arrest me for stealing a ride.
When the train was stopped, the buggy
was found iammed on the pilot, and upon
going back to the crossing the horse was
found dead, all of its legs having been
cut off.
Notwithstanding the terrific smash and
the ride of over a mile on the front OF the
locomotive, Mr.. VanMeter was but little
hurt. Aside from some minor bruises and
the shock, the only visible injury was
slight cut on his back between the Shout
ders. He says that the engineer was
running at terrific speed and that no
whistle was blown for the crossing, and
he therefore thinks that he has a good
case in suit for damages.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1911-06-08
Mr.. Ke,rfott,s Narrow Escape.

VIM. H. Kearfott had very narrow
escape from death at KearneySville Mon
day morning, when wire heavily charg-
ed with electricity gave him shock that
rendered him unconscious. A dog be-
longing to Mr.. Kearfott got tangled up in
a wire dangling from the line OF the old
telephone company and received a shock
that killed it instantly. Mr.. Kearfott did
not realize that the animal was dead and
attempted TO release it. He got an old
bag and with his hands thus covered tried
10 pull the wire away, when he, too, re-
ceived terrible shock. He was thrown
to the ground unconscious, but fortunate
ly fell clear of the wire. He was picked
I'D and carried into Petrie's store, and
DR.. c. c. Lucas was summoned. Dr..
Lucas worked with him an hour before
consciousness was restored, and later he
was taken to his home, where, though
very weak from the shock, he began to
amend. II is said that the wire was one
of the old United Telephone Company,
which has almost entirely abandoned its
lines in this county, leaving them in very
bad condition. 1t is supposed that the
wire broke or sagged, coming into con-
tact with the electric powerlines carrying
a tremendous current from Millville to
Martinsbug. This is not the first acct
dent of the same sort that has occurred
in that vicinity, and it looks as if the tele-
phone company, if at fault on account OF
its neglected lines. should be required
either to repair Or remove the wires that
are No longer in use.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1911-06-08
Got the Wrong Joe.

Joe Staley, respectable colored man
of this place who works at Bakerton,
came mighty near having serious trouble
last week. II appears that bad negro
of Waynesboro, Pa, who goes by the
name OF Joe Staley, but whose real name
is Wilbur Staley, broke into a store in
that place, and being caught in the act by
the proprietor, Singer Geiser, made a
brutal assault upon Mr.. GeiSer, beating
him badly. The negro made his escape
and fled the town, and was traced to Ha-
gerstown, thence to Maninsburg and
Shepherdstown. When the officers came
here and inquired for Joe Staley, they
were naturally directed to Shepherdstown
Joe, whom they arrested, much to his SUI
prise and indignation. II did not take
him long to establish complete alibi, for
he had plenty of witnesses to prove that
he had been peaceably at work all the
time. In the meantime the bad Joe was
enjoying himself at the ball game here.
The officers who were hot on his trail
were Sheriff E. B. Kettering. Deputy
Walter Kettering and Constable c. J..
Hough, all of Martinsburg, who came
here in an automobile. They enlisted
the services of Town Sergeant Robert
Shipley, and Saturday afternoon located
their man atthe ball game. When Staley
spotted the officers he tried to make a
home run, but Sergeant Shipley made a
successful slide through barbed wire
fence and soon overlook him. Officer
Hough was slightly delayed by an unfor-
tunate accident to his trousers as he went
through the fence. and failed to score.
The prisoner admitted his guilt and was
taken to Martinsburg, being later remov-
ed to Waynesboro, where he will doubt
less get salty dose of Pennsylvania JUS
tice, as his reputation Is very unsavory.
Our Joe Staley says that it makes him
real nervous to be mistaken for those bad
PENNSYLVANIA niggerS.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1911-06-08
Red Men Have A Good Time.

On Tuesday evening Osceola Tribe,
No. ll2, Improved Order of Red Menu
held a reception and smoker in honor o,
their distinguished guest, DR.. Henry M.
Payne. of Morgantown, Great Sachem OF
West Virginia. After short business
session, the camp fire was quenched, the
doors Of the wigwam were thrown open,
and several palefaces invited to the in
formal reception that followed, when the
members and visitors were given an OPP
portunity to meet the Great Sachem.
Then in short but pointed address, with
all fairness to other fraternities, he pointed
out the many advantages to be derived
from membership in the Improved Order
of Red Men. Corn and venison were
then served, and after refreshment those
present INDUCED in general smoker and
social. An evening long to be remem-
bered was spent by those who partici-
pated in this enjoyable gathering.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1911-06-08
Your Neighbours Experience.

How you may profit by it. Take Foley
Kidney Pills. Mrs. E. q. Whiting, 800
Willow ST.. Akron, O., says: "For some
time had a very serious case Of kidney
trouble and suffered with backaches and
dizzy headaches. had SpeckS floating
before my eyes and felt all tired out and
miserable. saw Foley Kidney Pills ad-
vertiSed and got bottle and took them
according to directions and results showed
almost at once. The pain and dizzy
headaches left me, my eye-sight became
clear and today can say ! am a well
woman, thanks to Foley Kidney Pills"
For sale by ]. H. Hill.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1911-06-08
Deaths.

Miss Mary Ellen Jones, one of the old
residents Of Our town, died last Sunday
evening at her home in Rays edition,
aged about 10 years. The funeral was
held at her home on Tuesday, the ser
vices by Rev. Edgar w. Halleck. The
remains were buried in Elmwood Gene
terry.
Jamer c. Campbell, who for number
of years lived with B. F. MoIer near
Millville, this county, died recently in
New York, aged g years.
Frank c. Markle, a well-known resi-
dent Of Gerardstown, Berkeley county,
died last Sunday, after along illness, aged
"a wears
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1911-06-08
Teachers Institutes.

lCd~hSio
State Superintendent M. P. ShawkeY
announces that the teachers institute for
Jefferson county will begin August l4th.
II will be held at Charles Town, although
the teachers by large majority last year
requested that it be held in Shepherds
town. The instructors will be DR.. Wait
man Barbe, Of Morgantown, and Prof.
]. w. Stayman, of Keyser. The Berke-
ley county institute will be held at Mar
tinsburg, beginning August2lst. Them
structors will be Prof. Thos. c. Miller, Of
Shepherd College, and Prof. Chas. H.
Keyes, of New York.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1911-06-08
Real Estate Sales.

Ncdi EState sales.
Mrs. James S. Phillips has sold her
property on Main street, Shepherdstown,
opposite the Entler Hotel, TO ]. H. Hill,
the druggist, who will remodel the build
ing and remove his drug store to it. The
price paid was $4,000, and Mr.. Hill gets
possession at once. Mrs. Phillips ex-
poets to build bungalow on her river
hill property at the north edge of town.
Mrs. Phillips has bought from John w.
Stipp the old Shepherd Mill property ly-
ing between her river hill property and
Princess street, paying for it $500 cash.
The old mill on the property was once a
busy place, but it has been in ruins fol-
many years. The town run flows through
the place. Mrs. Phillips gets immediate
possession.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1911-06-08
Shepherd College Commencement.

Forty-four young men and women will
graduate Friday morning from the normal
and academic department Of Shepherd
College. besides four graduates in music
and one in elocution. The following is
the list of graduates, with the officers OF
the class OF 1911.
Wilbert ]. Cunningham, president.
Nellie Hollidge Spedden, vice-presi-
dent.
Rachel Snyder, secretary.
Elizabeth Tanner Banks, treasurer.
William D. Hines, reporter.
Abbie Banks.
H. Mem. Banks.
Kathryn Eckles Beltzhoovef.
Elizabeth Price Butler.
M. Grace Dillon.
Mary Donley
Marie Louise Folk.
Robert H. Gardiner.
Mary Louise Griffith
Edmund D. McGarry.
Charles N. Harper.
Herbert M. Har.
William E. Kearfott
Edgar S. Knott.
Oscar D. Lambert.
Mile A. Lancaster.
G. Franklin Lyme.
Lenora Marten.
Leon S. Mcdaniel.
Inez Mcneil.
Clyde c. Moler.
Stella V. Muse.
Laila Ruth Myers.
Victor c. Myers.
H. Clayton Poffenbarger.
Ellsworth R. Roulette.
Rose Sellar.
Margaret @. Shugart.
Gertrude Louise Sigler.
Rose Eleanor Snyder.
c. Carlton Stanton.
Minnie Blake Stephens.
Texana M. Strobe.
Lillian o. Stump.
Elizabeth J.. Taylor.
Walter Vance.
Grace E. Venting.
Lucy Virginia White.
Frances M. Wright.
MUSIC GRADUATES.
Edith Stewart Gardner.
S. Lena Myers.
Blanche K. Wilt.
Grace E. Venting.
ELoCUTIoN.
Ruth Locke Huyette.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1911-06-08

This is our place Ito any Strangers
at the sign of the Big White and Blue
Awning, opposite the postoffice. Yours
for service and GOODS. Reinhart Bros.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-08-03
THE CANADIANS
AND RECIPROCITY
Now the Issue Before the Peo-
pie of That Country
CAMPAIGN VIII BE BITTER.


Ottawa, Ont-Ehe eleventh Par
lament of Canada passed out OF ex-
istence Saturday. and upon the polit-
ical complexion of a new one to be
elected Septem ber@2 VIII depend the
fate of the reciprocity agreem0nts be-
tween the United States and Canada.
an Immediate dissolution at meet
ing of his cabinet Saturday after
noon, and at once notified Earl Grey,
the governor general a short time
later special issue of the OmciaI
Gazette was printed containing the,
formal announcement and giving
legal effect to the edfct-
AS the House does not sit on Sat
urdays there were only q few mem
beers at the Parliament buildings
when the action was announced. In
the news was received with cheers
and the membe hurried away to
telegraph their political workers that
the cam paign was on
Came - SurprI9-
- The announcement dissolution
came somewhat as surprise. few
persons expected it before next week
at the earliest The absolute refusal
of the Conservative minority in the
House close the debate on the gov
ernmentfs reciprocity resolution and
mean its adoption and the inn
probability of change In their at
titude, resulted in the governments
decision that 1T was useless to keep
Parliament sitting another day
This is the hrst time a session of
the Dominion Parliament has been
governor general In military state at
the Senate chamber to give formal
prorogation- the Senate was
not due to reassem bic until August 9,
and as propagation could not take
place without both houses being
present, dissolution was resorted to.
The Sole Issue
It is generally agreed that the two
before~th
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-08-03
RICH BANKER
SLAIN IN HOTEL.
VIM. H. Jackson Dead on Bed.
room Floor.
BELLBoY IS UNDER ARREST.
jackson, Aroused by Attempts TO
chioroform II m. Makes 2 Brave
FIGHT for LIfe--Flrst Stun
ned by . Blow.

New York.-Paul Geidel, II year
old boy of Hartford, Conn, who was
employed as bellboy at the Hotel
IroQuois, was arrested In connection
with the murder of William Henry
Jackson, an aged and well-to-do
Wall street broker, who was found
strangled to death in his rooms at
the hotel.
Geidel was taken to police head
quarters, where, according to Deputy
Police Commissioner Dougherty, he
will be charged with the murder.
Four other persons, three men and
woman, who it is believed can shed
some light on the tragedy, were also
taken to police headquarters.
1t was declared at headquarters
that Paul Geidel confessed to Dep
uty Commissioner Dougherty and
District Attorney Whitman that he
chloroformed and robbed Jackson.
Mr.. Jackson was murdered in the
midst of the hotel and club district,
where the night life is almost as ac-
tive as the day.
In some manner which the police
do not attempt to explain the man
effected an entrance to Mr.. Jack
sons room on the Tenth floor of the
Hotel Iroquois, at 40 West Forty
fourth street. While he was rifiing
the apartment the broker evidently
awoke and attacked him. The strug-
gle must have been short one, for
the evidence is that the thief was a
powerful man and Mr.. Jackson was
not only feeble, but had been in bad
health for some time.
Three terrific blows over the head,
which left ugly gashes, evidently
foored the old man. Not content
with this, the murderer then stuffed
a washcloth half way down Mr.. Jack
sons thoat= and with his bare hands.
throttled the little remaining life
out of him.
The price of this crime was about
heirloom in Jackson's family and a
few small trinkets, such as scarfpins,
cuff buttons and shirt studs.
While Mr.. Jackson was not rich
man, he was generally reputed to be
| wealthy. Connected with the Wall
street firm of Van Schaick & Co., q
member of the New York Yacht and
other exclusive clubs, and much given
to extreme iberality in his tips to the
employees OF the hotel, he gained the
reputation of being a man Of means.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-08-03


Washington.-In terms of bitter
denunciation for those who in the
intensity Of their desire to besmirch
all who invest in Alaska, Operate
upon the minds of weak human in
terests" and prompt fabrications OF
false testimony, President Taft
gave the Senate his version of the
circumstances leading up to the entry
of harbor rights on Contro1ler Bay,
Alaska, by Richard S. Ryan, and
repudiated with fierce invective the
famous Dick to Dick" letter.
The message was almost Roose-
veltian in its use of the short and
ugly word.
That President Taft is strongly in
favor OF extending Alaskan develop
ment without delay is shown by the
following paragraph:
1.-The thing which Alaska needs is
development, and where rights and
franchises can be properly granted to
encourage investment and construc-
ton of railroads without comforting
exclusive privileges, believe it to be
in accordance with good policy to
grant them.
The message accompanied the
documents concerning Controller
Bay, called for by resolution
adopted in the Senate on June 81
last.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-08-03
Controller Bay Message TO the
Point.
MUCH HARM DONE ALASKA.
Says There ls No Danger OF the
Controller Railway end Navi-
cation Company Monopo-
Iizlno the Field.
Scorn for seandalmonsers.

The acrimony of spirit and
the intense malice that have
been engendered in respect of
the administration of the gov
eminent in Alaska and in the
consideration of measures pro-
posed for her relief and the
wanton recklessness and eager
ness with which attempts have
been made to besmirch the char
acters of high officials having to
do with the Alaskan govern
ment, and even of persons not
In public life, present eondi-
ton that calls for condemnation
and requires that the public be
warned of the Generalization
that has been produced by the
hysterical suspicious of good
people and the INSCRIPTIONS and
corrupt misrepresentation of
the wicked. The helpless state
to which the credulity of some
and the maleVo1ent scandal
mongering of others have
brought the people of Alaska
in their struggle for its de-
velopment ought to give the
public pause.
(From the Presidents Con-
troller Bay Message.0
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-08-03
IHE WIRE TRUST MEN Fined



New York ThirtyseTen OF the
81 wire manufacturers and their enn-
ployes. Who wers indicted BY the
grand jury here on Jnhe 20 on the
charge Of combining in nine pools to
the restraint Of trade In the wire
business. entered pleas Of nolo con-
tendefe before Judge Archibald, IN
the criminal branch OF the United
States Circuit Court here, and each
was fnsd $1,000 on the initial count
and 500 on every additional count
in the Indictment against him ne
total amount of the fines imposed =
$42.700, and.of this sum $21 900 was
paid to Commissioner Shields before
he closed his ONCE for the night.
In the case OF most Of the 81 APP
pearIng before Judge Archibald the
nolo contendere was entered to sup
plant the original plea Of not guilty
already made; for few the nolo
contendere was the initial plea. Dis
trict Attorney Wise has heard from
the lawyer representing several
other indicted wire men that they.
too, will come into court and enter
the plea of nolo contendere.
Those who pleaded and were SEN
fenced to be fined. some of them on
as high as six and eight convictions,
represented the following, alleged by
the government to have participated
in the nine pooling associations: Lead
Encased Rubber Gable Association,
Fine Magnet Wire Association, Rub
ber-covered Wire Association, Wire
Rope Association, Weather-proof and
Magnet Wire Association, Under
ground Power Gable Association,
Telephone Cable Association, Horse
shoe Manufacturers Association and
| Bare Copper Wire Association.
| Though several who paid up today
were listed under scatteoing indict-
ments as representatives of the Bare
/ Copper Wire Association, William
Palmer, the president of the Ameri-
can Steel and Wire Company, whose
name headed the list under the Bare
Copper Wire Association, and who
was indicted seven times, was not one
of those to appear.