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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1912-07-27
CHERRY RUN NOTES.

Mr. Lester Risinger was a visitor
to Clearspring, Md, Saturday.
Mr. H. 7. Albright, of Baxeter, was
a pleasant caller here Saturday.
Mr.. j. William Kennedy of Locust
Hill, was a visitor here Saturday.
Mr.. l.. Earl Butts, of Baxter passed
through here Monday on his way to
Atlantic City where he will spend two
weeks.
Mr. c. E. Pool spent part of last
week with friends in Baltimore.
Mr. George Mongan left Monday for
Denver, Col. where he will make his
future home.
Mr. II. T. Spielman is erecteing a
fine cottage on Camp HILL e. r. Payne
and j. b. Keyser are the contractors.
Mr. Ben Kaufman has left for Har-
risburg. Pa, where he expects to make
his future home.
Mr. r. r. Kerns was visitor to Ha-
gerstown Friday.
Mr. William KEGS, of Berkeley
Springs, gave a lecture here in the
school house Monday night on Social
ism. The house was crowded to the
doors.
Mr. George Miller and family spent
Sunday with David Weller at Wild
Dell.
Messrs. Hiner and Winters are out
with their thresher. They threshed C..
Miller's crop of 900 mushels Wednes-
day
Mr., J. w. Butts has moved his fam
lily TO Grafton where he is an engi-
neer on the third division of the Bal
timore and Ohio Railroad.
Mr.. w. r. Freshour left Sunday for
Shepherdstown where he will spend
two weeks with friends.
Mr.. NJ. W. Fulton was a visitor TO
Martinsburg Monday.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1912-07-27
SMALL COMPANIES
TO Be ABSORBED
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
viii Take Advantage of State Law
Permitting This Action.

When the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-
road was first built. it secured author
ity from the legislature OF Virginia to
construct its line through the State Of
Virginia to the Ohio river. The line ex-
tending from Harpers Ferry, through
Cumberland, Grafton and Fairmont, in
Wheeling, and commonly known as
the main line was built, under this
authority and the title to it has been
vested directly in the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad Company. AS the Balti-
more and Ohio Railroad Companys
system developed, other corporations
were formed to build branch lines
and the organization of these subsi-
diary corporations has always been
maintained, although their operation
has been substantially as one system.
The State of West Virginia has
adopted the policy of permitting rail.
road companies organized under the
laws of other States to extend their
lines into West Virginia. 1t is now
the general policy of most of the
oSotSo, West virginia., 10 ell
courage the direct ownership by rail-
road companies organized under the
laws of other States. 1t gives only one
corporation to deal with and avoids
many troublesome details both for the
railroad and for the State. 1t does not
affect the right of the State in matters
of control and taxation.
1t appears from the advertisements
of various stockholders meetings
called to ratify sales that the Balti-
more and Ohio Railroad Company has
decided to adpot this policy with refer
ence to its subsidiary lines in West
Virginia, and to acquire direct owner
ship in these lines. All of them are
lines which have been owned for years
by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Company, and the proposed action is
nothing more than a change from
ownership through a subsidiary cor
poration to direct ownership.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1912-07-27
EXPERIMENTS IN THE
BERKELEY ORCHARDS
Three Experts From State University
At Morgantown Spending Some
Time In This County.

Prof. N. ]. Giddings, plant patholo-
gist at the West Virginia University
at Morgantowwn; and Mr.. d. C. Neal,
assistant plant pathologist, and Mr.. Il.
G. Auchter, one of the horticulturists
at the same institution, are visiting
this city and county. The former
two gentlemen are working on or
chard diseases, particularly cedar rust
and collar blight, and are conducting
some experiments for the control of
those diseases in Berkeley county.
A large number of fruit trees have
been treated to prevent their de-
struction by collar blight and some of
the mare doing finely, with every in
dication of healing over the diseased
area. They expect to continue this
work during the next two or three
years and eventually give the COM
mercial orchardists practical meth
DDS for reducing to a minimum the
losses sustained from diseased trees.
Mr.. Auchter has been making some
pruning and thinning experiments in
several orchards in the county. He
is also making an apple orchard sur
vey of Berkeley county, the object be-
ing to secure information as to loca-
ton and size of orchards, varieties
of trees planted, methods of cultiva-
ton, fertilization, spraying and hand
ling of fruit He hopes to complete
the work this fall, and the facts OBJ
tanned will be published in bulletin
form.
Messrs. Geddings and Neal will
probably finish their work in this
county this week
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1912-07-27
THE JUNE LOSSES
WERE VERY SMALL
Report of the Fire Marshal Shows
That Losses For Last Month Were
Not Large.

Charleston, w. Va, July 25.--The
June report bulletin of the insurance
and fire marshal's department is now
being issued by Auditor Darst. under
whose control these departments are.
The fire losses for the month are very
small; in fact, one of the smallest
since the fire marshal's Office has been
created. The total loss for the month
was s36,27S. The total insurance on
the property was 1855, and the total
value of the property either totally or
partially destroyed was $113,485. The
biggest loss was in Mingo county by
the destruction of the dwelling of II.
M. Culeman at Matewan, causing a
loss of $4,000. Losses were suffered in
onl ynineteen of the thirty-five coun-
ties of the State.
The bulletin also calls attention to
the indictment returned against Chas-
Miller in Cabell county, and Jacob
Tidrow in Fayette county, each charg-
ed with arson, and the efforts being
made to locate and prosecute those
who would destroy property for the in
surance money. In this conclusion 1t
Is pointed out that the per capita fire
loss in the United States is $3.50,
while the average in Europe is but
80 cents, or one-eighth of the tax on
our citizens. While it is contended
that great deal of this additional
loss in this country is due to frame
structure against cement and stone in
European countries, arson is almost
unknown in European countries. In
many of the countries IL a man has
fire, due, perhaps, to his careless
ness, and this fire destroys his neigh
boris property the person responsible
for the fire may be held liable both
civliiy and criminally for the result
of the fire, and even made to pay the
cost of the fire department in extin-
gushing the fire.
The bulletin brings out the above
illustration to show the higher rate
of fire insurance in this country than
that prevailing In many others. The
fire marshal points out that it is the
losses incurred that Americans
should be most interested in and when
that is reduced the rates will come
down naturally through competition.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1912-07-27
TEMPERANCE TALkER
GETS INTO TROUBLE
Rev. Adams, from Arkansaw, Causes
Street to be Blockaddd and
Police Arrest Him.

A man giving his name as Rev. ]. G..
Adams and his address as Mena, Ar.
kansas, got into trouble here last Sat.
urdEy. About 2.30 o'clock he mounted
wagon at the corner of Burke and
Queen streets and blew a few blasts
on his horn. In short time a crowd
gathered around and the man announc-
ed that he was going to make a tenn
perance speech.
Shortly after Adams began talking
Philip Hack complained to the police
that people were crowding in front
of his store so that his customers
could neither get in nor out. A couple
officers then went to Adams and told
him to move down, to the Square,
where he wouldn't blockade the street
or sidewalks. But Adams got stub
born and went on with his temperance
speech. The officers then arrested
him and took him to the City Hall,
where he was locked up to await A
hearing before Police Judge Letter.
A big crowd followed to the mayors
office. Some thought the man was in
the right but the majority didn't
1t is said that Adams was arrested
at Morgantown short time ago on a
similar charge.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1912-07-27
SECRETARY MAKES ~
ANNUAL REPORT
Large Increase In Number of Chart
ers Granted In June-Old
Companies Dissolved.

Charleston, w. Va, July 22.-The
report of Secretary of State Reed,
covering the business in his Office for
June, has been filed with the auditor.
1t shows the issuance of large num-
Der of charters and many that have
been dissolved. Many of these are
due to the failure of corporations to
pay their annual tax.
The receipts for the month amount
ed to S5,641.00, divided as follows:
from increase of authorized capital
stock, $4,000; foreign corporations,
$4,000; charters issued to resident
corporations, $1,361.00; nonresident
corporations, $1,77250; from land tax,
$175.00; tax on great seal, $217.00;
from sale of books, $204.00; from fees,
$1,2S6.5O, and attorney fee to auditor,
$165.00
During the month 35 charters were
issued to resident corporation; IL to
nonresident corporations; four in
creased their authorized capital stock;
10 decreased their authorized capital
stock; one decreased the, number of
shares but left the capital the same
as before; four foreign corporations
were authorized to do business in
this State; three changed their name;
four changed from resident to non
resident corporations; So either sur
rendered their charter or were dis
solved, while four foreign corpora
tons surrendered their charters.
Among the largest resident corpor-
atoms during the months were:
Brooke County Coal Company, capital
lied at 100000; Fredenberger Oil
Company, of Charleston, 100000; Pull
len Coal & Coke Company, of Logan,
100000; West Bend Improvement
Company, of Fairmont, 100000; Bel.
view Realty Company, of Fairmont,
100000; Fairmont Hotel Company, of
Fairmont, 100000; Langhorne and
Langhorne Company, OF Huntington,
100000; Gilmer Consolidate Coal
Company, of Gilmer 100000
The largest among the nonresident
corporations were Fort Dodge Water
Power Company, of Fort Dodge, Ia,
100000; Christobel Mining and Re-
duction Company, of Pittsburg, $780,
900; Eldorado Mining & Milling Com
pany, OF Huntington, 100000: Oil
Fields of Mexico Company, of New
York, s5.O00,00O; Kanawha River Coal
Company. of Detroit, Mich, $3.50, 600:
Big Horizon Oil and Gas Company, OF
Pittsburg, $250.O00.
The Locomobile Company, of Ameri.
ca increased its authorized capital
from $5,0OO,O00 to $6,5OO,OOO: the
Thacker Coal & Coke Company from
100000 to $1,00O,OO0; the Stewart
Vehicle Company from $62,50 to $3.50,
900.
Among the largest decreases were
the Ohio Cement Company from 49,.
100000 to s1,650,O0O; Sleepy Mountain
Anthracite Coal Company from 49,.
100000 to $4,000; New York Petro.
leum Company from 100000 to $50,
600; the Kanawha Insurance Company
of America from s1,0O0,O0O to 500,
800; Tri-State Investment e. Security
Company from 100000 to 500, 600;
Black Band Coal & Coke Company
from $1,0O0,0OO to $4,000.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1912-07-27
APPEAL GRANTED
IN LIQUOR CASES
Supreme Court Decides That Final
Argument In Martinsburg License
Cases Shall BE Heard Sept. 4

In the matter of the Martinsburg
liquor licenses, refused by the county
court and carried to the Supreme
Court of Appeals by Attorney S. w.
Walker, the full court in session
Thursday at Charleston granted alter
nate writs in all of the seven cases
and appointed a time when final ar
gument before the court shall be
heard The date set is September 4.
1912 when the court will sit in Charles
Town, Jefferson county, and the
county court of Berkeley county will
be required to show cause why such
Lenses we're refused after having been
granted by the City Council of Mar
tinsburg. Until the above date. at
least. there will be no liquor on sale in
this city.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1912-07-27
RAILROAD DEFENDS
PRESENT PAY RATES
President Willard Of the Baltimore G.
Ohio makes Eastern and West
ern Comparisons

New York, July 25.--B. A. Worthing
ton the advocate of the railroads, yes
terday presented exhibits in the case
OF the arbitration proceedings now
being held at the Oriental Hotel. Mar
haitian Beach, by which the railroads
endeavor to prove their contention
that the engineers wages are full
fair and liberal, and that there has
been no marked increased responsible
ity and risk In their work in the last
few years.
Some sixty-odd exhibits were sub
mited yesterday by Mr. Worthington
The most important of these concern
alleged increase In size of engines the
age Of engineers and the length OF
their service as engineers, engineers
fatality statistics. and the average
speed of freight and passenger trains
from October, 1905. to October 1911.
The commissioners, together with
the railroads witness, INDUCED il
considerable discussion as to thediffer
ence in the pay of railroad employees
in the Western and Southern groups
as compared with the Eastern group.
Mr.. Morrlssey said ia this connection.
"A few years ago | undertook to get
the yardmen higher rate of pay from
points in Denver and West on ac-
count of being in a different economic
zone, but my railway friends were
prepared to tell me that they could
live just as cheaply In California and
Oregon as they could in Chicago. New
York City or any other point" In
answering Mr.. Morrissey, President
Willard of the Baltimore and Ohio
said:
Mr.. Chairman, | can forsee that at
some time during our conference
shall want to say something on this
subject, and perhaps it would be bet
ter that | should say it now, while
Mr.. Stone is here.
ut has been my good, or bad, for
tune to have conferences at times in
the West with Mr.. Morrissey and 9th
ers with reference to the making Of
schedules that obtain between Chi
cago and Denver, and invariably the
argument has been urged that be-
cause of the fact that the West was a
new country and it costs more to live
and the country was less attractive 10
live in, that the roads west of Chicago
should pay more than they should
east of Chicago and Denver, and in
var-adly they have done so. | assume
that that has come about because OF
the force with which the representa-
tives of labor have urged the case,
and accompanied also by the fact that
on account of the high rate per ton
mile that obtains in the West, the rail
roads were able to meet those con-
ditions
"As a mater of information only, IT
the Baltimore and Ohio, for instance
was receiving the same ton mile rate
as the Burlington, it would increase
our net earnings $24,000,000 a year,
year, and that. of course, becomes d
very important factor in contro-
versy of this kind"
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1912-07-27
Horse Kicked Him.

While Robert Hess, of North Noun,
tain, driving hayrake in a field Tues
day afternoon, the horse stirred up a
bumblebee's nest, starting the horse
to kick. Mr.. Hess was kicked on the
leg, fracturing it at the knee. He was
brought to the City Hospital in the
evening and Drs. Oates and Osburn
set the bone.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1912-07-27
Walker Fined.

William Walker, who broke a win
dow in peanut stand on West King
street Tuesday evening while intoxica-
ted, was given hearing last night be-
fore Police Judge Letter and found
guilty. He was fined $3.50, which he
paid and was released
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1912-07-27
Good sale.

Messrs. Harry and Edgar Miller,
administrators Of the estate of VIII
liam s. Miller, deceased, had a very
good sale of the personal property
Wednesday at the late home near Ar
den. In spite of the rain eager buy
ers were there and things brought
good prices, the sale aggregating
about $4,000.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1912-07-27
INCREASED EXPORT TRADE
What The Past Eleven Months Show
For United States

Washington, July 20.-Great In
creases in the export trade of the Unit
ed States to South America are shown
in statistics for the IL months ended
May 30, 1912, compared with the cor
responding period in 1910.
Increases with the leading coun.
tries were Chill, "a per cent; IRA
quay, 50 per cent; Venezuela, so per
cent; Brazil, IS per cent; Colombia,
50 per cent; Argentina. "a per cent.
and Peru, % per cent.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1912-07-27
PRESIDENT NAMES
NEW COLLECTOR
o'Newberry viii Serve in Albemarle
District, NJ. c.,--kiqer's Nom
ination Withdrawn

Washington, July 25.--President
Taft today named Mascar O'Newber-
ry. collector Of customs Of Albemarle
district Of North Carolina. He with
drew the nomination Of NJ. F. Kiger.
as postmaster at Wnliamstown, w.
Va.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1912-07-27

Miss Mollelle Kuykendall, South
Queen street who was operated on
for APPENDICITIS at the Maryland Uni
versity Hospital, Baltimore, is report
ed as doing nicely.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1912-07-27

Mr.. Walter Trout sends this office
a post card from Hamilton, Canada,
telling that he and auto party arrived
there Tuesday, while the street scene
OF the picture on the card shows a
fine town.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1912-07-27

About all there is of the Roosevelt
band wagon so far is the tongue
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1912-07-27

There may be crooks among the po
lice, but there are heroes, too, by the
score.-New York American.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1912-07-27

II you want the news when 1t is
news, read The Herald.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1912-07-27
THE bull MOOSE
LEADER ARRAYS
BOTH OLD PARTIES
Teddy, the Terrible, Says They
Are Controlled BY Bosses.
HE WOULD PURGE BOTH
UNDER HIS RULE

Colonel Roosevelt Says the Bosses
Have Control Of Both Old Parties
and People Have No say-He Be.
lleves He Should Be made Ruler to
Save the Country.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1912-07-27

Taft Not Regarded As In the Race
and Little Attention viii Be Paid
to Him--Bryan viii Trail the Col
oneI Through All DebatabIe States
LA Toilette viii Help coad Roose-
welt.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-05-23

vcrsary Sale price. cake lie
2sc cake Cuticura Soap. Ami
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-05-23

200 dozen Mems loc Sox. Anni-
versary Sale price, pair .... &c
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-05-23

Excellent quality Swiss Flo'
Sl.50 and 500 values. Al
sary Sale Price, yard
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-05-23

Big lot OF 5 to l5c Laccs. Ami.
versary Sale price. yard. .2I1e
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-05-23
If Extra Anniversary Sale Items

Mill End Lonsdalc Muslin. i2Hc
values, yard .......... .....6e
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-10-11

''Well, the worst can say Of him
ls, he's the kind OF man that doesn't
lift the plug out when he's through
with the BASIN"
He liked this 80 well that he wished
he had thought of it in time to crack
1t over Ashton's head. He decided
to hand 1t to him ANYWAY. He forgot
that the cardinal rule for repartee, is
HBetter never than late"
AS he swung out of the mems room
he was buttonholed by an individual
new to the little Trans-American col
Ony One of the camp-followers and
suffers who prosper round the edges
of all great enterprises had waylaid
him on the way to the battle-ground
of marital freedom.
The stranger had got on at an
earlier stop and worked his way
through the train to the car named
P'Snowdrop." Wellington was his first
victim here. His pushing manner,
the almost vulture-like rapacity Of his
cleaning eyes, and the very vul-
turine contour OF his profile, his palmy
gestures, his thick lisp. and every.
thing about him gave Wellington his
immediate pedigree.
1t i'll behooves Christendom to need
reminding that the Jewish race. has
adorned and still adorns humanity
with some of its noblest specimens;
hot this interloper was Of the type
that must have irritated Voltaire into
answering the platitude that the Jews
are Gods chosen people with that
other platitude, TASTES Differ"
Little Jimmie Wellington. hot in
pursuit of Ashton. found himself
checked in spite OF himself; in spite
OF himself deposited somehow into q
seat and in spite Of himself confront
ed with curvilinear person. who
said:
"Excoose. pleass! but are you get.
tink of at R-r-reno?"
Il am" Wellington answered. curt
~, essaying to rise, only to be deli
cately restored to his place with .
gesture and a phrase:
"Then you meet me-"
"Oh, need you, do I? And who
are you?"
"Who amt I? am Baumann and
Blumen. Our cart, pleass."
Wellington found pasteboard in
his hand and read the legend:
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-10-11
Ito be continued
DEAFNESS CANNOT BE CURED

by local applications, as they cannot reach
the diseased portion Of the ear. There is
only one way to cure deafness. and that is
by constitutional remedies. Deafness is
caused by an inflamed condition Of the
mucous lining Of the Eustachian Tube.
When this tube Is inflamed you have q
rumbling sound or imperfect hearing and
when it is entirely closed Deafness is the
result, and unless the Inflammation can
be taken out and this tube restored to its
normal condition. hearing will he de-
stroyed forever; nine cases out Of ten are
caused by Catarrh. which is nothing but
an infamed condition Of the mucous sur
faces.
We will give One hundred Dollars for
any case Of Deafness Caused by catarrh)
that cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure. Send for circulars free.
+. ]. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists price 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipa'
ton.