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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1911-03-04
MUCH CAPITAL INVESTED
In coal Mines In The State As ID
Shown BY chief Mine Inspector
John Lainq's Report.

Chief Mine Inspector John Lainq
has compiled figures from the records
Il III mining department that show
1 the amount cf capital invested in
/ West Virginia in the coal business to
gether with the proportionate value oil
the real estate operated and tire re.
sponsibility OF that department both
as to the protection Of life and prop
erty. The report in part Is IS fol
lows.
I'm arriving at an estimate Of the
amount OF money invested in the coal
business II Is customary to sssume
tEat the production CT each ton Of
coal represents the investment Ct one
dollar. At this rate the amount in
vested In the year 1910 reached $52-
100000 In addition to this may be
added an estimate OF the r. al estate
value OF the various coal pre- perties
throughout the State, which according
20 the b. st information proeurabie by
the mine department amounts TO $780,
001.0 600 making the tctal taxable val
10 Of coal property in the State SI02,-
900. 900
Figuring the average rate assessed
by the State on coal property to be
- cents on the 800 the total reye-
by the State would be s765. The
appropriation for the year 1910 for the
mine department was s34 900 or as
rer cent of the total taxation on min
ing properties.
The total number Of people work
ing in the interest CT the production
Of coal within the State was more
than 10000 Using the usual method
Of four people dependent upon each
working man the total number of
people dependent upon the production
OF coal in the State would be more
than 100000, or on third of the en-
tire population of the State.
a comparison of the leading coal
Pre- ducing States with the cost Of
maintaining the department Of mines
In each State shows Pennsylvania
produces 200, 600, 900 tons of coal and
has a mine department appropriation
Of 1892 500; West Virginia produces
ct000,000 tons of ccal. her nine de-
partment gets $4,000; Illinois pro
due $4,000, 900 tons of coal and pays
It's mine department $4,000 and all
the teraveling expenses of the various
district inspectors; Ohio produces 81
100000 tens OF coal at cost to the
State OF s21 900 and travelling ex
penses for the inspectors"
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1911-03-04
LoRIMER RETAINS HTS SEAT.
Vote on Motion Deslaring Him Not
Elected Fails IS to- 10.

WASHINGTON, ID. c.. March 1.-The
Senate yesterday voted that William
Lorimer OF Illinois. was legally elect
20 to his seat in the body. Senator
Beveridge's resolution declaring that
he had net been so elected was defeat
Cd &c to 40, thus deciding a case that
had been before the Senate for many
moatiis
4 numIssr of speeches were made
before the vote was taken Among
the senttors who spoke were Messrs
Ow5r Il. Simmons, Lorfmer, Smith and
LeFollette
Aftsr dispensing of tfse Lorfmer case
TIE Senate turned to the consideration
Of the agricultural appropriation bill,
the permanent tariff board bill coming
ill., however for brief exchange of
views
A recess was taken at 81 80 until
o'clock. wherB appropriation bills were
considered.
Ip tile House tfHe constitution of the
New State of New Mexica was approx
ed. The bill providing a scale of pay
for the National Guard was passed az
was ore providing that none OF the
$290.G0o, 600 or Panama canal bonds
authorized by the Payne tariff law
should be received as security FOR the
isSue or circulating mates.
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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1911-03-04
OLD SOUTH TO sE A coRMiroRv.
Dickinson College Building Will Be
Used BY Women StGuenfs-

Carlisle, Pa, March IN. I. Kast,
architect, has completed the plans fer
the Transforming of the Old South Col
fege into a modern dormi6ory which
will be used by the young ladies' at
tending Dickinson.
The building at present is being
ased as a dornritory and commons.
and was formerly the preparatory
school of Dickinson. When tire
changes are made the building VIII
be greatly enlarged and win be one
OF the best appointed dornitoriess Of
any college in this section Of Tire
State.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1911-03-04
School ChildrenrEIope.

Clayton Coffman and Helen Greena-
walt, the latter a student of the Way
nesboro High School, aged Is and II
years, respectively, eloped to Hagers-
married The bridegroom was news
paper carrier until about a year ago.
Upon their return home the bride told
her mother.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1911-03-04
Editor Heads FACTORY.

Hon A. Neyin Pomeroy, editor Gf
the Franklin Repository, Cham hers-
burg, Pa, has been elected president
OF the Quincy Engine Co., located at
Quincy, three miles north of Waynes-
horo. He succeeds the hte Ellis r.
Foust, OF Chambs rsJurg.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1911-03-04
WHY THEY FAIL.
Most Pile Remedies Miss The Cause
of piles.

Most Pie RemedieS MISS me NauSc
of piles.
Disa greeable treatment with oint-
ments or suppositories usually fail TO
cure piles and cutting them on won
remove the cause Such treatment
only moderates the outside effects OF
the disease and fails to remedy the
inside cause. The up-to-date doctors
row use internal medicine, TO free the
circulation in the lower bowel, and SO
remove the disease.
Dr. Leonhardt's Hem-roid, the first
and only guaranteed internal pile cure
i'm the form OF tablets-cures any
kind of piles. Sold by w. S. Harper
& Co. and druggists everywhere. 81
for large box. Or. Leonhardt Co, sta
| ton p, Buffalo, n. Y.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1911-03-04
Bennett--Furiey.

Charles Bennett and Miss Bertha
Furley, of Berkeley Station, were mar
ried in Itagerstown yesterday.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1911-03-04
improvements,

A new metal roof is being put on
one of Mr.. Jehn H. Hbmrich's houses
on East Martin street.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1911-03-04

figure out what WIZ be the ruling pr.ca
| in market for their fruit the approach
ling winter.
The many buyers that drift into
sthis section from all parts OF the conn-
trry said Mn NTcodemus, ARE the
slickest and shire widest bunch of men
| that ever rode ON a railroad train.
II theE~ think yolyr prospects are good
FOR a large crop they win tell you
that tine apple crcp throughout the
country is tremendous; in fact, apples
on tire market the coming winter will
sell FOR mere song, and in a num-
Der vi instances the fruit growers be-
lieve them and unload their crop at
a ridfeulcusly low figure
TSuch was the case in 1905" said
the venerable fruit grower, "and the
apple buyers succeeded in buying up.
all the products OF the largest or
Chards of Maryland. Virginia. and Penn
syfvania at an average of $3.50 abar
ref Apples that year brought a good
pace in the markets.
in 1909 the fruit growers got to-
sether and would not sell at a sac
rifice and secured an average of $3.50
barrel, burt in 1910 the apple buyers
got in some more OF their fine work
band purchass their crep at $3.50 a
| barre e"
| Nh. Ne demus did net sell to them.
| He said 10 would take a chance at
getting a bett price, which he did.
| and disposed OF his last carload last
week at am average osiee of ST bar
rel.
stores Apples at Home.
| Mr. NicOdemus is OF the opini1n that
ii does not pay the large frllft grower
to ship his apples to the larg cities
and have them placed in cold storage,
for the reason that it costs so much
| te get thEm there, and in the second
place the market where apples are
stored is SONS times below the price
in other cities and they have 10 be -
moved. which is a loss.
He carried his apples the last year
| in his barns and cellars, and had 400
barrels in the cellar at his home in
Edgemont. This year he expects to
place them in his barns. five n num-
her. which will be converted iato cold
storage.
Scathern Market Best.
| He is located at one OF the best
Ishirping points in the country, and
he says OF the two smarkets--NoFth
Tor South-the Southern market is the
best. Draw line" he says, from
Middle Pennsylvania to Missouri and
south of that line is the chief market
for apples and every indication points
to the South to be the better OF the
two in the future. The beauty of IT Is
THAT when the fruit growers ship to
the South they ship right into warm
climate. where there is not the least
danger OF the fruit freezing tn route. "
He shipped most all his apples the
Hast year to Memphis, Tenn; Savan-
nah, Ga. and Valdosta Ma.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1911-03-04
one out of Twenty. Succeed.

In an interview with Mr.. Nicode-
nus he said that only about ore out of
every twenty Ghat engage in fruit cub
ture make a success of the venture.
He said he did not wish to express
himself in a way that anyone would
think rim eraggadocia, but by hard
work. sturdy. economy and perse veT.
ance NE had made frufe growing a
profitable undertaking.
He does not allow his trees to get
too large on acoosnt of the Sal Jose
scale and insects chief among TIE
NEST destructive being the Cooling
moth. whichi makes the apples worIny
and the Curculio. which sting the ap
pies and make them Enotty, interfer
ing with their growth.
Tire best time TO spray trees Is
when the sap STARTS 20 rise an1iS 6ads
begin to well-th latter praying Is
done before buds open, which is b {
ter. fer rhe reason that when tn
buds begin to SVEN life then begins
to come into che INSECTS, which have
| lain i'm a dormant state. and theI
they begin to come to life. and when
| they throw off their covering the in
sectides' have, more effect in their d.
structien.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1911-03-04
Spraying Trees.

Over a carload of sulphur. or 20 tens
vas us5d last year in spraying che
orchards for scale Equally as much
of the best stone lime was also used,
besides a ten OF sulphate OF copper
tc Kill the fungus-of which there is
about 100 different species-which at
tack the apple trees. and the suphate
of copper is used to combat these.
Mr.. Nicodemus begins spraying the
FIRST of March and there is no let-up
until August. He has seven large
ROVER spraying outfits, mostly run
with gasoline engines. He uses $50
tons OF fertilizer around the trees. b.
sides 500 tons of straw He gets TO-
| bacco stems from the cigar factori S
lcf the United Cigar Manufacturing
Company. New York city and uses a
carload month TO put around the
trees He also uses 500 pounds OF
| arsenate of head each year. Much
| care has tai be taken in its use" said
| Mr.. Incidents, as one year after
| had used il turned several horses
/ in the orchard and lost about $1,000
| worth OF stock that died from eating
grass in which the poison fell After
1t is used, he said, the grass should be
cut eff, and then there would be nc
danger when the new crop sprung IN
The selling Problem.
1t is not always the growing of the
largest crop of apples that yields the
most cash to the grower. as the ma
lority CT the orchardists are kept IN
"Queeny land as it were, trying &c
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1911-03-04

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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1911-03-04
His Orchards In Virginia.

Net alone does Mr.. tNicode-nrs car
ry or the honors as fruit grower in
Southe I'm Pennsylvania and Western
Maryland, but he is also extensively
engaged in Tile same business at Lea
nor Station. near Winchester. Va.
where he has two, farms containing
500 acres. winch are under tire super
vision and management of his second
son, Charles Niccdemus- On these
farms are 10000 apple, p aeh, dam
son and prune trees. and notwith-
standing the faet that tire orchard is
very young one. 5000 barrels CT APP
pies were grown and shipped 30 mar
ket this winter
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1911-03-04
HOW MARYL ANo'S FRuIT KING
MAKES INDUSTRY ORCHARD PAY
lFron The Post. Freaericl. ]

Probably the largest frlGt grower q
Re found anywhere in the Unitsd
States is John A. Nicodemug~ who re-
sides on one Of his large fruit farms
near Edgemont, Washington county,
Md, Just south Of the Mason ard Dix
on line,
Mr. Nicodemus Is the son OF sam
mel and Catherine Lecrone Nicodemus
aid was bern near Leitersburg. Nd,
the town that was given the name by
the Letters
Mr.. Nicodemus was born August 2,
1S43. and when a small boy his par
erts moved from Maryland to farm
near Waynecastle, Franklin county,
Pa He grew up as tiIler Of the
soil and took much interest in fruit
culture, and at the death Of his par
trfts purchased Che home place.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-12-23

An emigrant wagon headed east
went up Main street last Friday after
noon. The driver stuck his head out
of the front end and noticed so many
signs reading; "Quit Business Sale",
Sacrifice Sale'', ''Half- Price Sale'',
Great Reduction Sale', "Must
Have Money Sale, ETC., that he went
right through town without water
ing his team. No doubt he thought
this was great town as the mer-
chants were getting ready to quit.
business If the fellow had alighted
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-12-23
A GREAT RECORD
Hard to Duplicate 1t In Wa-Keene,


Scores of representative citizens of
Wa-Keeney are testifying for Doan's
Kidney Pills. Such a record of local
endorsement is unequaled in modern
times. This public statement made
by citizen is but one of the many
that have p1 eceeded it and the hun
dreds that will follow. Read it:
w. f. Stranahan of Wa-Keeney,
Kans., says: 'sFor over year 1 suff-
cred constantly from bachache and
sharp pains through my kidneys, es-
pecially when / stopped or lifted The
kidney secretions passed too frequent
ly at night and often panied me in
tensely. Doan's Kidney Pills, pro-
cured at Gibson's Drug Store, correc-
ted my trouble and in view of my ex-
perience, l consider them the best
kidney remedy on the market"
Statement given April Is, 1901.
RESULTS TELL
On July I, 1910, Mr.. Stranahan
said: II have taken Doan's Kidney
Pills occasionally during the past
three years and have always obtained
the best results. You may continue
to publish all have ever said about
this remedy"
For sale by all dealers. Price SOC.
Foster-Milbrn Co., Buffaly, N Y,
sole agents for the United States.
Remember the name-Doan's-a
take no other.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-12-23
900

Wa-Keeney and Oakley High
school played basket ball on the High
school grounds in this city Saturday
and the Oakley youngsters carried off
the honors by a score of p to %. The
Wa-Keeney bunch are certainly
goers and the o. H. S. can lay their
victory at the feet of good fortune
With only few seconds to play the
Oakley boys succeeded in throwing a
goal that gave them the game.-Oak-
ley Graphic.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-12-23

The question should be sub
mitted at special election. free
from all other issues. 1t should
be brought up on petition pre-
sented to the county commiss-
toner's at their regular session in
January. The question should
be decided before the high
school trustees make another
building levy, and the sooner the
better for all concerned. If the
question does not appeal to the
reader. let him please forget it.
Respectfully yours,
A. S. PEACOCK.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-12-23
w ant Column

For Sale-Good alfalfa hay. w. J..
Shelton, Wa-Keeney, Rams 81
For Sale-Alfalfa hay Inquire of
Gleason Bros, Wa-Keeney. 3etf
For Sale-Ash fence posts. Any
length or size cut to order. w. J.
Shelton, 1.-The Ranch, Wa-Keeney.
For Sale-Seven 7-months old Dur
oc boars, full blood, good ones. w.
S. Courtney, II miles southeast of
Wa-Keeney. "a Pm
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-12-23

j. w. Richardson who went to
Missouri several weeks ago with a
car load of horses and mules, return
ed home last week bringing with
him all but twelve head of the stock.
He says the market for that kind of
stock is very poor there and that
feed is about as scarce there as here.
Courier.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-12-23

An Atchison woman says she
heard a surprising conversation be-
tween two physicians. One physician
was visiting there and the other
lived in Atchison. ssHow's bust
ness up your way?'' inquired the At
Gibson physician mot very good >,
replied the QUITO town doctor. aWo
had hard time getting the measles
spr cad this year. =
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-12-23
A. S. PEACOCK,

A recent letter from Hon. Jesse
Roger informs us that he is with
Greeley Jones in the grain and coal
business in Kansas City, Kansas
Greeley owns an elevator there and
Mr.. Roger says the trade amounts to
from $500 to $500 per day. He says
the highest priced coal they handle
is 81 per ton delivered.-Gove Ga
Zetfe
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-12-23
DIR. M. ]. Brown. Sneciaiist

of Salina, will be at the American
House, Tuesday, January 9th, FL
lis, January 10th, prepared to treat
the medical and surgical diseases of
the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat, and
glasses scientifically fitted.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-12-23

'tIs it any wonder that mothers are
jealous of their sons wivesP" asks
Mrs. Moffett in the Cherryvale Jour-
nal. ga pitiful little case showing
why they are occurred in Cherryvale
last week. A little old mother ate
her Thanksgiving dinner alone. She
had planned and schemed and cooked
for week. She had three kinds of
pie, because Johnnie liked pie so
much; she had small turkey, a
pound cake, cranberry sauce and all
the other things her boy had always
eaten with such hearty enjoyment on
every Thanksgiving day for years.
Johnnie had never missed that din
ner at home. But this year his girl
idvited him out to her house for
dinner and he went apd ate oyster
cocktails and fussy salad and a
frozen connection made of hot air
and few other things and he told
her it was simply grand. That was
all right, only he forgot to notify the
widowed mother until the morning
of the big day. 1t may be unreason-
able, but while she forgave Johnnie
she still has it in for the girl
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-12-23
HIGH SCHOOL BONDS 4?

An act of the legislature of
1903 enabled the people of Trego
County to vote upon a proposit-
ion to establish a county high
school and the proposition was
adopted by good majority at
the general election of 1904. High
school trustees were appointed
and the school organized in 1905
for the first year of school. The
people of the Wa-Keeney district
proposed to allow the high school
to use, rent free, the upper
story or four out of the eight
rooms of the Wa-Keeney school
building. A special meeting of
the voters of the Wa-Keeney
district authorised the school
board to lease the four
rooms to the high school
trustees for county high school
purposes, so long as not needed
by the city school. Accordingly
a lease was made for a term of
five years for the nominal con-
sideration of one dollar. The
lease also gave the high school
trustees the optional right to
renew it on the same terms. if
the rooms should not be needed
by the city school. The four
rooms are still occupied by the
county high school which is now
in the seventh year of widely
recognized, successful. organ
lied work.
In the meantime both schools
have grown faster than was, or
could be, anticipated seven
years ago. Both the city school
and county high school have
outgrown their present quarters
Each school is in urgent need of
more rooms, and each needs
at least one room considerably
larger than any of the rooms of
the city school building. The
county high school building has
reached an enrolment of 40.
and these are crowded into an
assembly room which has a seat
ing capacity of IS. The enroll
ment of the primary department
OF the city school runs from As
TO 70 annually, and these must
be cared for in room whose
comfortable capacity is about so.
at times requiring the services
OF two teachers in the one room
to preserve order and keep the
work moving. Every year 80 to
40 new pupils enter each of the
schools and all the rooms are
crowded.
1t is evident that more room
for each school is needed at the
the present time and must be
provided within the next few
years. This has been apparent
for some time and, in anticipat.
ion of the present and future
needs of the high school. the
trustees two years ago contem-
plated the making of a small tax
levy as the beginning of a build
ing fund. Unfortunately the
levy was not made then-at a
time when taxes could be more
easily paid than under present
circumstances. However. last
summer. before the full extent
or the crop failure was known.
the county high school trustees
made levy of three fourths Of
one mill for the purpose of start
ing building fund. This levy
will produce between S., 900 and
IS, 1000 this year. or from one
third to one-fourth the sum re-
qulred to erect and equip al
suitable high school building.
Similar levies must be made for
the next two or three years be-
fore anything can be done to-
ward the erection of a building
and provide for the growing