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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1911-05-11
Saved Child From Death.

"After our child had suffered from Sc
we're bronchial trouble for year" wrote
G. T. Richardson, OF Richardson's Mills,
Ala, I'VE feared It had consumption. II
had a bad cough all the time. We tried
many remedies without avail, and doc
tors medicine seemed as useless. FL
naIly we tried DR.. Kings New Discovery,
and are pleased TO say that one bottle ef-
fected complete cure, and our child is
again strong and healthy" For coughs,
colds, hoarseness, lagrippe, asthma,
Group and sore lungs, It is the most infal-
libIe remedy that's made. Price SOC and
81 90. Trial bottle free. Guaranteed by
Hills Pharmacy.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1911-05-11
Things We Can Not Afford.

We can't afford TO win the gain
That means another's loss:
We can't afford to miss the crown
BY stumbling at the cross.
We can't afford the needless Jest
That robs us OF friend;
We can't afford the laugh that finds
In bitter tears an end.
We can't afford the feast to-day
That brings to-morrow's fast:
We can't afford the farce that comes
To tragedy at last.
We can't afford TO play with fire,
Or tempt a serpent's bite;
We can't afford TO think that sin
Brings any true delight.
We can't afford with serious heed
To treat the cynic's sneer;
We can't afford to wise mems words
To turn careless ear.
We can't afford for hate TO give
Like hatred in return:
We can't afford to feed flame
And makes il iiercer burn.
We can't afford TO lose the soul
. For this worlds fleeting breath;
We can't afford 10 barter life
In mad exchange for death.
But blind TO good are we apart
From thee. all-seeing Lord;
Oh. grant us light that we may know
- The things we can't afford.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1911-05-11
Do Ghnsts Haunt Swamps ?

No, Never It's foolish to fear a fan
cied evil, when there are real and deadly
perils to guard against in swamps and
marshes. bayous, and lowlandS. These
are the malaria germs that cause ague,
chills and fever, weakness, aches IN the
bones and muscles and may induce dead
ly typhoid But Electric BitterS destroys
and casts out these Vicious germs from
the blood. "Three bottles drove all the
malaria from my system" wrote VIM.
fretwell, of Lucama, n. C., "and I've
had fine health ever since" Use this
safe, sure remedy only SOC at Hills Phar-
macy.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1911-05-11
Warning To Railroad Men.

E. S. Bacon, II Bast St, Bath, Me-,
sends out this warning to railroaders I;
GAS conductor on the railroad, my work
caused a chronic inflammation OF the
kidneys. and was miserable and all
nlayed out. A friend advised Foley Kid
new ney Pills and from the day commenced
taking them, ! began to regain my
strength. The inflammation cleared and
/ am Far better than have been for twen-
Nv wears. The weakness and dizzy
smells are a thing Of the past and highly
recommend Foley Kidney Pills." Sold
by ]. H. Hill.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1911-05-11
In the Wake of the Measles.

The little son Of Mrs. o. B. Palmer.
Little Rock, Ark, had the measles. The
result was a severe cough which grew
worse and he could not sleep. She says:
Zone bottle OF Foley's Honey and Tar
Compound completely cured him and he
has never been bothered since" Group,
whooping cough, measles. cough all yield
to Folcy's Honey and Tar Compound.
The genuine is in the yellow package al
ways. Refuse substitutes. Sold by J
n. Hill.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1911-05-11

Nine de Navarro, formerly our own
matchless queen of tragedy, Mary Ander-
son. talking OF her last visit to New York,
said:
"Wt and humor crop out everywhere
in America, and in the most unexpected
places, | was obliged TO 60 down town in
New York on very cold day, when the
dry snow was being whirled swiftly, cut
ting the faces of policemen and others
until they glowed with the redness OF
coldness. As stepped into my cab TO
be driven back to the hotel, | said to the
cab driver:
"This is real winter weather, amt it2I,'
eyes ma am" he replied, al was just
thlnkin'f m'Self amt seen a butterfly
all day long"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1911-05-11

Commissioner Bingham tells of crowd
of stevadoreS on New York wharf eating
their mid day lunch. One of them went
across the street to get some chewing to-
bacco. While he was gone another STE
vedore took his brown coffee and sub
stituted his can OF black coffee. When
the stevedore returned and looked at his
coffee can he said:
"Well I've heard of slick steatin' but
how in thunder did any thief manage TO
steal the milk out OF my coffee ?"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1911-05-11

"Generally debililated for years. Had
sick headaches, lacked ambition, was
worn-out and all rundown. Bufdock
Blood Bitters made me well woman"
Mrs. ChaS. Freitoy, Moosup, Conn.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1911-05-11

The way some OF the newspapers
knock at the Senate" says Speaker Can
non, zone would imagine that the Senate
possesses supernatural powers. Acrowd
of farmers gathered around the cannon
stove of the crossroads store were dis
cussing the Senate, when there entered
the door an old fellow with one-h8
horsepower brain, and he asked:
"Whats the Senate been a dom
now?"
why Zachary" replied one OF the
farmers, ''the Senate has just made law
addin' two months to the winter"
"Oh Lord have mercy" exclaimed
Zachary, land here ! am, out OF foddeI
entirely"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1911-05-11


A hungry customer seated himself al a
table in a quick restaurant and ordered a
chicken pie. When il arrived he raised
the lid and sat gazing at the contents in
tently for while. Finally he called the
waiter.
Look here, SAM" he said, "what did
order 2"
Chicken pie sah."
"And what have you brought me 2"
Chicken pie, sah."
/"Chicken pie, you black rascalP' the
customer replied. Chicken pie ? Why,
there's not piece Of chicken ii it, and
never was"
Oats right, boss-dey amt no chicken
in it"
"Then why do you call il chicken pie ?
! never heard OF such thing"
OATS all right. boss. Dey don't have
to be no chicken in chicken pie. Dey
amt no dog in a dog biscuit. is dey2 ?"
docs Bliggins know much about gold
mines 2"
mot thing IN the world"
"What makes you so sure Of that 2"
"He keeps investing in them"
Children Cry
FOR FLETcHER'S
CA 9 TO RIA
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1911-05-11

When Olive Logan was five years old
she became disgusted with the manage
ment of the home by her parents, so she
ran away, and was gone for almost two
hours then after seeing the world, she
returned to the home, and nobody seemed
to have missed her. This wounded her
pride, so she called attention TO her es-
cape by saying:
al see that you still have the same old
cat"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1911-05-11
. EGG MACHINES
NOTICE.

Frafi fle FS,SIoIk Stockholders Of The virginias
SIX Der El.,snge Sar, An annual dividend of
fscs vs.. se.' y. On the business of the first
rhange' 'Sa. Sa. Gl The Nirginias Fruit Ex-
d Tn THIs,saSs. aas oeen declared by the Board
Certificates 81, 10 all holders of full paid
March ~ WILLIAM CAMPBELL.
I'i'' Secretary.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1911-05-11

Joseph Fleischman the New York flor
ist tells OF men of wealth who spend
$500 per week and upwards, for chorus
girls. He says "When business re-
verveS come, those men go TO the wall
first; but the chorus girls 60 on forever." +"
Zone of the plutocrats OF Newport
married a chorus girl only few years
ago." continued Mr.. FIeischman, "and
took his little beauty to Europe for an ex-
tended honeymoon. Not long ago met
a mutual friend and asked about the alb
sent plutocrat. and he replied:
"Jimmy would have gone through his
entire fortune, if if had not been for that
pretty wife of his. She spent it all her
SELF"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1911-05-11
FoIey's Kidney Remedy Acted Quickly.

M. N. George, Irondale. Ala, was
bothered with kidney trouble for many
wears. al was persuaded to try Foley
Kidney Remedy, and before taking It
three days could feel its beneficial et-
fects. The pain left my back, my kidney
action cleared up, and am so much bet
ter. do not hesitate to recommend
Foley Kidney Remedy" Sold by J. H..
Hill.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1911-05-11

doctor, my husband doesn't seem to
improve. Is there nothing more that we
can do ?"
"You might get male nurse instead
of the the pretty girl you have,
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1911-05-11
Little Stories of Big Men.

Once upon time Chlnaman called
on Dennis Flynn, very prominent Cali
fornia attorney, and asked what he would
charge to defend a Chinaman who might
kill another Chinaman with hatchet.
Flynn replied:
"l'd want a retainer OF five hundred
dollars; and another five hundred if |
should succeed in the defense" !"
Three days later the same Chnaman
walked into his office and handed Flynn
five hundred dollars. He sat down be-
side the lawyers desk and calmly said:
"Me kill i'm las night, with a hatch
et."
An avowed infidel one day asked BiSh-
op Whipple, while on a railroad train if
he could tell the direct road to Heaven.
Certainly" replied the good man.
"Turn to The right, keep to the right, and
60 straight forward"
Mai. Carson, veteran journalist, stop
ped at the door of the Democratic side
OF the Senate and said TO "Uncle Jim
mey" Edwards:
"You've been here thirty three years,
to my knowledge; and have always held
the same place. How have you managed
to do it ?"
"By having one strong talent, and ex-
erciSing it," replied the veteran door
keeper; then he added:
81 know how TO keep my mouth shut. "
Playing poker Friday afternoon, | lost
seven thousand dollars" said Big Bill
Rice, OF Baltimore. Then he added,
"and five dollars OF it was in cash, too. "
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1911-05-11

Miss Sparks, Washington school
teacher, asked class:
"Why is the Connecticut River so
named?"
81 know" answered Jimmy Blackburn,
eleven years old, because it connects
Vermont and New Hampshire and it cuts
through Massachusetts,"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1911-05-11
SsS Tor Hotchino.

SS!fts, the G50%9 Prov 4, Leghorns, all selected
5E ior setijnS alIlG Il that lay tile Golden Eggs
"OALE JERSEY FARMS,
I. o. Everhart.
March Q. 1o,, NearneysviIle, w. Va.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1911-05-11

Almost everyone knows OF DR.. Kilmer's
Swamp Root, the great kidney. liver aud
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1911-05-11

hndoutif fy0r have kid
ncy r bladder trouble.
When writingmenticn
reading this generous
offer in this paper and
send your address 20
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-09-14
Second-Crop Cotton.

The other day a gentleman from
the lower Rio Grande Valley appear
ed on the floor of the Houston Cot
ton Exchange and exhibited novelty
in the way of cotton stalk that at
tracted universal interest. 1t was a
thrifty-looking stalk, four and one
half feet high, and contained one
hundred and fifty bolls and squares.
1t was represented as a fair sample
it was cut. The popularity which
made it Of interest consisted in the
fact that it was a second-growth
stalk. After picking nine bales, the
planter irrigated the patch and new
shoots sprang up from the roots and
will have plenty of time to-mature
at least a bale to the acre. This was
off of the land which this year pro-
duced the earliest bale of cotton ever
| marketed. Neighboring farmers are
treating their lands in a similar man.
ner, some cutting down the old stalks
while others planted new seed in be-
| tween the old rows, and all have a
fine prospect of profitable results.
This incident is surprising in that
it makes possible a double crop of
cotton in one year from a single
planting, but that is only an extreme
ly limited area, for the season else
where is too brief to permit of growth
and fruitage for more than one crop
and that not always entirely satisfac-
tory. The early frosts often do their
deadly work before the crop is fully
ripe and ready for the pickers. The
Texans will have to discover a good
deal more such land before a second
crop Of cotton has any appreciate
effect on the market-Charlotte OBJ.
). server.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-09-14
ARRESTED ON SERIOUS CHARGE
III. NJ. Pace, a Maohinist at New Bern
is Charged With Seduction.

New Bern, n. c., Sept. 11.-At an
early hour Sunday morning II. n.
Pace, machinist at the Norfolk
Southern Railroad Company's shops
in this city, was placed under arrest
on a warrant charging him with the
seduction, under promise OF mar
rage, of Miss Henrietta Daugherty,
a young woman who lives near Bel
lair, but who during the past few
months has been engaged as wait
ress at the CASTOR Hotel.
Miss Daughtery claims that Pace
took her to Wilmington where they
registered at one of the leading no
tells as man and wife. In the mean
time he was supposed to have sent
out for the marriage license; later
onin the day, he told her that he
could not secure a license at Will
mington. After this they returned to
New Bern where he told her there
were complications in securing their
! license and that it would have to be
| delayed for few days.
A few days ago Miss Daughtery al
| 1eges that she discovered Pace was
intending to leave the city. Upon
the suggestion of her brother-in-law
! L x. Tindle, a warrant was sworn
/ out for the young man and he wa:
arrested and in Jail.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-09-14

We are aosex az.s..
sAFe~ 80 &c.,. - -
snirfty tas@ess - So s'i
fsrEasAIax sssssa-~. a. N
sFT aay. " 49, - a.. S,.'s -
ere ~Ac arv s<=aa.e-...-.- -
saEss . e@r@sz-ss y
Ser so3y = .a@szs+ a., sx
ia>t 1ss &c sase r.. 80 -
ssaeFsa As2sse- -: r. =
sheFs arc also aEF .s-. s.'''ss
aa'e neFsF a~sra = z.- =
goss ipio iAs sz=zs es ..-- -
the coHtFafr. - Aea- 80 =
iike ,hcs~ % ose So =. -
furnishes - \ s=r CO. "a
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-09-14
Farm Topics
Necessity of Organic Matter in the
SOil.-V.

Suppose your wheat had been SOW
ed on the surface of this soil with this
mass of vegetation underneath, or
suppose your corn crop had been
planted in the first three inches of
this soil, what would have happened?
In neither case would thep liant roots
have gone down below this mass of
vegetation to the moist soil beneath
and in neither case could capillary
attraction have raised the moisture
from the subsoil through this mass OF
vegetation to the furnishing plant
roots above it. But one result would
be inevitable. Your crop would die
for lack of moisture, notwithstand-
ing, you may have a normal amount
of rain fall during the season.
You have not set up chemical
but a mechanical condition in your
soil that allows the rain water to pass
down into the sub-soil, but will not
/ allow capillary to return into the
surface soil to supply the needs Of
/ the growing crop and it is only the
| capillary water, Or the water on its
| return movement to the surface, that
| feeds the plant. Not only SO but all
of the soluble nitrates in the surface
eight or ten inches are leached out
and carried down into the sub-soil
and forced to remain there until this
bed of vines, weeds, ETC., has been
removed by a subsequent blowing OF
the natural processes of decay. The
surface soil is thus made poorer and
dryer by the localiZation of this mass
of green manure just below the sur
face. How shall we avoid this con
dition?
Mr.. T. D. Brown, of Salisbury
solved the problem this season on hi!
own land. He had crimson clover OF
a piece of land that yielded about 81,
tons of green manure to the acre
which he wanted to pillow down TO
t corn. This is a very large amour
of green manure to be turned in a
one time, especially during this sea
SON of almost unprecedented drouth
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-09-14

ssr g~uwn srzxwea rs eAoxsr do~a
wtsa . aeAvY szAx thea CT u shFs@
o. fosr sszass wasIe JET xrssA sta
sA.~u swxasy-fcwr sarA wsswAts assA
! s.~ruw set straight After aaEssx
xux Ii. raoxrv iaso short rseess ae
usow~a Il uraer - deeply - rs
teams euulo pail t. lie thea ses as
dix Al \ slsxAi angle AID Sssssa tie
gara again. has mixing and EninEaaE
The cut ap clover wtsk The phoae coil
gsrasan IL = very thorough manner
II. then Laid O. rs corn ross airnusi
"A deeply a. be sad plo~e5 tas Land
and planted hAs cora Ia to. bottom OF
these burrows. covering Il Shallow.
some days ago wheu | xaw the Geld
there vas hardly = AIRED blade 10 Do
| seen while his other corn OF similar
land On the opposite side % the road
was burned to the ear. BY thus mix
Ing the organic matter IN tAas cup-ap
condition wtth the whole soil STRAIT
um the water waS able 10 pass down
| from the surface TO the suo-soil and
10 rise from the sub-soil 10 the sur
fee again without being ohssrueisd
| in its movement By the layer OF non
| capillary vegetable matter - some
place along the lines OF ascent
The formation OF organic acids Il
a necessary accompaniment To decas
of any organic substance but IN vel
| drained soils and excess OF these acids
is removed and passes OF in the
drainage waters or escapes by evapo'
ration. The formation OF ammonis
| is another necessary accompaniment
of the decay OF any organic matter
The ammonia Is an alEali aud tends
to counteract and neutraliZe any ex
cess OF acid formed along side OF 1t
Mr.. II. W. Conn, the leading author
ity on soil bacteriology in the Unit
| ed States makes this significant
statement in his excellent work OF
agricultural bacteriology. Decom
position in itself will produce an al
4 kaline condition since ammonia re
sulting from ammonical fermentation
II will neutralize the acid. II. there
fore, a vigorous decomposition OF or
ganic matter of acidity."
i In poorly drained soils where de
composition OF the organic matte
goes on slowly only small amounts o
ammonia are formed and these escap'
readily into the air while the organic
acids tend to accumulate and remain
in the soil moisture and render tn
land acid. Here is where your stril
/ of litmus paper would be turned re-
by the wet soil. Such land is foun'
in some of the mountain valleys ant
some of the low-lying lands OF tn
eastern part of the State and occa
sionally small areas in the Piedmon
section, but soils in North Carolin
are well drained and il the green ma
nure is handled as Mr.. Brown o
Rowan handled it no fear need b
= entertained from excessive acids &C
5 cumulating in the soil.
RI J. L. BURGESS,
n. G. Department Of Agriculture.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-09-14
A GRANDMOTHER AT %.
Atlanta Claims to Have the Youngest
Grandmother on Record.

Grandmother on Record.
Atlanta, Ca, Sept. 10.-A grand
mother of two children at the age Of
20 and of three at 80 years, is the
record of Mrs. E. w. Bender of this
city. 1t is claimed that Mrs. Bender
is the youngest grandmother on rec
ord, and her case one of the most re-
markable outside of tropical coun-
tries.
Mrs. Bender, who is 81 years old
was born in 1880 in South Carolina
She was married to e. w. Moore a,
Columbia, S. C., in 1892. She was
only 8 years and months old wher
her first child was born. This child
a daughter, was mafried in 1909 tt
Edward Sinclair and in January
/ 1910, gave birth to twins, the moth
er being barely 16 and the grand
mother not yea 80.
In January of this year Mrs. Ben
Aer's daughter gave birth to anothe
| child, the third of Mrs. Bender
grandchildren.
/ Mr.. Moore died when Mrs. Sinclai
was an infant. Later his widow mar
ried E. W. Bender and their unio
has been blessed by several children
i Physicians claim it is rare in thi
part of the world that a woman be
] comes grandmother even in Ia
early thirties.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-09-14

Danville, Va, Sept. 9.-Rev. ID. P.
Tate, for many years a minister In
the Western North Carolina Confer
ence, but who for the last several
years has been in the real estate bust
ness here, was to-day indicted by the
grand jury on six felony charges, all
being true bills. Tate skipped the
city several months ago, being about
10000 short in his accounts, and
nothing was heard Of him until he
was arrested in Knoxville, Tenn,
about six weeks afterwards and
brought back to this city.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-09-14
Car Inspector Meets Sad Death at
Spencer.

Spencer, n. c., Sept. 10.-Edwin
Winn, aged twenty-three years, a car
inspector on the Southern Railway
yards in Spencer, met instant death
under a train here tonight in most
tragic manner. While walking in
front of south hound train No. 43 run
ming al rapid rate he was struck
by the locomotive and knocked off
the track. He fell on the main line
northbound track and No. 80, the fast
mail train, then approaching at full
speed, ran over his body, severing
one hand and one foot. It is believed
however, that he received the death
blow by the southbound train, his
skull being crusher by the impact
The engineer of this train saw hin
and gave the signal, but too late tt
save his life.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-09-14
EIGHT HELD Ox BRIBERY
CHARGE.



Carr. Ind. SEPT s--MAyow T1on-
- z. knosss. ere Of The a!ue mem
bers OF the city coancil. City EaEt-
neer " ~ NIIitston and soa 81
ore Of the aldermen. ser. arrested
to-day Ga charges OF having accepted
and solicited hrEhes ia = heating fran
chlse deal The arrests we're made
on complaint Of r. n. Dean. of Rich
mon. Ky. 10 whom the franchise wzs
granted. and *ho said BE had given
evidence of the attempted bribery 10
attorneys in Chicago before the tnoa-
ey was transferred.
At the same time steps were taken
In Chicago 10 protect funds said 10
be involved In the deal. said TO ee
deposited in q safety deposit vault
there. This money. Dean said. vas
given by him 10 . councilman. placed
in an envelope. and signed BY Dean
and each OF the men involved. each
keeping a key until the deal was COM
pleted.
Maynor Knott. who was arrested In
his office by Sheriff Thomas Grant,
gave cash bail of $4,000. The 9TH
ers were taken to jail at Crown Point
Indiana. Maynor Knots secuted the
bride charges and said he would be
able to prove his innocence.
Dean charged Maynor Knots with
having received $1,000 as his share
sof the deal.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-09-14
BOIL WEEVIL IN EDGECOMBE
Is Playing Havoc With One Farmers
Crop Near Rocky Mount.

Rocky Mount, n. c., Sept. 12.-
The boil weevil has appeared here on
the farm of Mr.. Sidney Balcombe,
and is playing havoic with his crop,
destroying at least three-fourths
where they are at work, Rains have
been injurious to opening cotton; too
wet to pick out. The berry situation
has improved The situation of corn
sweet potatoes, peanuts, bid fair to
be very good.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-09-14
B. B. Massenburg, of Louisburg, Dies
After Drinking Deadly Poison.

Louisburg, N c., Sept. IA very
about IL o'clock in the drugstore
of the Aycock Drug Company. Mr..
B. B. Massenburg came in the drug
store and went behind the prescrip-
ton counter, while all the clerks
were in the front part of the store.
Upon hearing his outcries they rush
ed to his assistance, and it seems that
he had taken some formaldehyde
through mistake. He was given
prompt medical attention, but of no
avail, his death following in about
five minutes. He was sixty-one years
of age, and leaves wife and large
family.