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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1912-09-14
BODY OF STRANGER
EXHUMED HERE
Wife and Mother Identify Man Who
Was Killed On 3. & 0. Here
August 81.

II viii be remembered that an UNI
known man was killed Saturday night
week ago by being run over by a
b. & o. yard engine about mile west
of town. Ass old in these columns
at the time the mans body was cut
In two and otherwise horribly man.
gled.
There being nothing on the person
of the stranger by which TO identify
him. and the two men who were with
him at the time OF the accident not
knowing anything about him, all be-
ing strangers TO each other, Coroner
Kline deemed an inquest unnecessary
and Undertaken When inferred the
body in Green Hill cemetery the fol.
lowing Monday evening at the expense
OF the county.
II now develops that the unfortun-
ate man was Harry w. Ernst, of 223
Green street, Philadelphia, and not
Fred Spencer as enormously reported.
His identy was revealed by mere
accident.
Claude y. Lee, of Berks county, Pa,
one OF the two men with Ernst when
he was killed, afterwards recalled to
mind that he had heard Ernst say he
lived in Philadelphia. Lee remembered
the street but not abe street number.
but knew the locality by its prox-
nifty TO another place in the neighbor.
hood, he being acquainted In the city
by reason of former service with the
Traction Company, SO when he got
back to Philadelphia he hunted up
Ernst's home. He found a young
woman who said her husband
had left home last June and had since
heard nothing from him From Lees
description OF the man who was kill
ed near Martinsburg. Mrs. Ernst said
she felt convinced that It was her hus.
band
Tuesday evening four strangers ar
rived here and inquired for the cor.
oner. They were Mrs. Harry w.
Ernst. Philadelphia; her mother-in-
law. Mrs. Henry Ernst, of Wilmington,
Del; Undertaken John Kilmer, OF VIII
mington. and Claude b. Lee. referred
to above. Their intention. they said,
was to have the body OF the stranger
exhumed and II was that OF Harry
Ernst they would arrange TO have II
sent to Wilmington for reinterment
Accordingly they went to Green Hill
cemetery this morning. accompanied
by Undertaken Wilen. where the grave
had been opened and the body olsen
TERED. The two ladies and Mr.. Kill
mer at once recognized the features
OF Harry Ernst; but the body was in
such condition as to make its re-
moyal impracticable, so they decided
10 allow the unfortunate man to sleep
in Green Hill
Mr.. Ernst is survived by his wife
and parents, one brother and three
sisters. He was 30 years old and was
born in Wilmington, Del. He, Lee and
The third man, whose name is not
known, engaged work at Cumbo,
through an employment agency in
Washington. They came up on the
b. & o. and got Off at North Mountain
where they were TO meet man who
would tell them about the work, but
not finding him there they started to
walk back to Martinsburg on the
tracks when Ernst was killed in the
manner described
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1912-09-14
MEDICAL SOCIETY
HOLDS MEETING
Eastern Panhandle Physicians Meet
In Regular Session at the
Hotel Berkeley

In the parlor OF the Hotel Berkeley
today the Eastern Panhandle Medical
Society held its regular meeting.
While the attendance was small,
much interest was in evidence and
those present took a liyly part in the
discussion of the different papers
read. The following is the program.
and it was carried out in its entirety.
The Use of the Curette in Gynecol-
ogy and Obstetrics, DR.. ]. f. Paine,
Charles Town.
Erysipelas, DIR. W. w, Brown, Shen-
andoah, Junction.
Repor. of Cases, DR. r. E. Venning,
Charles Town.
Report of Delegates to State Medi-
cal Society, Drs. Banks and Oates.
Those present were Drs. Venning,
Miller and Paine, Charles Town; DR..
Howard Osburn, Rippan; Drs. Brown
and Melvin. Shenandoah Junction DR..
Perry, Halltown; Dr. Miller, Bitner.
and Drs. McCune, Oates, Eagle, Sites,
osburn and Clay, city.
Uncle Ezra Says
1T don't take more'n gill NV effort
to git folks into peck of trouble" and
a little neglect of constipation, bilious
ness, indigestion or other liver de-
rangement will do the same. II ailing
take DIR. Kings New Life Pills for
quick results. Easy, safe. sure, and
only rs cents at all druggists.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1912-09-14
SALOONS OPENED
IN MART|NSBURG;;
LICENSES GRANTED
Mandate Received Today and
County Court Acts.
THE AMBER FLUID
is NOW FLOWING

After Being On the Water Wagon For
More Than Year Father Martins.
burg Falls Off and the Saloons Be-
gin Dispensing the Exhieratlng
coods-Rehearing Asked For.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1912-09-14
CROP RECORDS ALL GO
L. s. Report Sets New Mark For
Potatoes and Grains.
Secretary macveash to Consult Presl.
dent On Furnishing Federal Money
to Help Move the Enormous Prod
ducts Of the Farms Which Exceed
All Former Bumper Years.
All Former Bumper Years,

ducts Of the Farms Which Exceed
All Former Bumper Years.
Washington, d. c. Sept Bump
err crops OF corn, white potatoes.
spring wheat. oats, barley, rye, and
buckwheat we're forecast yesterday
by the crop reporting board OF the De.
partment of Agriculture in its Sep.
TENDER report
Corn probably viii reach 2.995. 600.
600 bushels, exceeding the record crop
Of 1906 By about SIS 100000 bushels, the
crop OF last year by $4,000. a00 bushels
and the crop OF 1910 by 1oa.0o0000
bushels.
The potato yield this year, il is es.
timated will be SSS0000oo bushels,
over-stepping the bumper crop of 1909
by about 100000 bushels, the short
crop of last year BY about 100000
bushels, and the crop of 1910 by about
AZ, 100000 bushels.
Wheat Breaks the Record.
Spring wheat crop probably win be
300,000.000 bushels, or 100000 bush.
els over the record OF 1908, 10000, 900
bushels over last years crop, and go
100000 bushels over the 1910 crop.
The harvest of oats according to the
report, viii be 1200O00000 bushels,
exceeding the record crop of 1910 by
104 100000 bushels and last years
crop by 36S.000,000 bushels.
The crop of rye will be, II is believ.
ed about 1900 bushels greater than
the record crop of 1910. buckwheat
about 100000 bushels higher than the
record crop OF 1910, and flax will al.
most reach the record crop of 1902.
United States May Help Move Crops
Secretary MacVeagh has under con.
sideration suggestions that the Treas
ury Department distribute some OF It's
surplus funds among the national
banks to be available for the move
ment of crops during the next few
weeks The working balance in the
treasury yesterday was $90,500, 900
Half of this amount, it is said could
easily be deposited in the national
banks is necessary.
Mr.. MacVeagh in all probability win
discuss with President Taft, before the
close of the week, the question of the
necessity and desirability Of deposit.
ing some of the government funds to
meet the corp moving demands.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1912-09-14
Bic namane sur

Parkersburg Sept. ia suit was
filed in the Circuit Court here Wed
nesday by the Rev Daniel w Smith,
against Stephen Jones OF
Boland. for alleged defamation OF
character. The amount of damages
asked is $4,000.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1912-09-14

6ooos-Rehearing Asked For.
After being without saloons for ov.
er a year and experiencing many
anxious moments, Martinsburg fell
from the water wagon TODAY and is
now imbibing the amber fluid.
This morning the Supreme Courts
mandate was received by the sheriff
who served it on the county court.
Shortly after it was received the court
granted the licenses which had been
refused at former Session. When il
became known that the mandate had
arrived, quite crowd rushed to the
court house to ascertain whether or
not the court would act promptly.
1t did not require the court very
long to act and all applications receiv.
ed favorable consideration and those
receiving license began arranging to
open their places. Clerk Hobbs pre-
pared the certificates and then there
was rush to the eixy clerk to get
permits from him.
Those receiving licenses are as fol
iONo- iHOIutS w. MdIllIs l1Oltl
Berkeley.
A. B. Stewart, 101 f. Martin street.
Van Metre & Sprinkle, N. Queen
street.
w. l.. Little, sol N. Queen street.
Schleuss & Timmons, N. Queen
street.
John P, Heating, 11s-113 e. Martin
street.
German Brewing Company, whole
sale
This afternoon most of the saloons
are open, and the remainder viii be
by night Last Saturday when it was
learned what the Supreme Court had
done, those who had applied for Ii
censes began arranging their places
and ordering their stock. Monday
most of the stock had reached the
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1912-09-14
SUPREME COURT DECIDES
COUNTY COURT DID WRoNl
COURTS OPINION
WAS UNANIMOUS
laAAip9l8I

President 5rannon Reads Opinion Of
the Court Which Requires the coun-
~ Court to Act Favorably Upon the
AppIleatIons---Thls Means the open.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1912-09-14

Pottsville. Pa, Sept. 9.--One thou
sand miners employed at the Lehigh
Coal and Navigation CO., colliery at
Coaldaie. struck today because a half
dozen miners failed 20 wear the nm
ion button.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1912-09-14

Mexico continues 10 be no place fol
a person with wea kheart.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1912-09-14

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The Washington herald., 1912-11-24

for years that made according TO the for
mula given herewith. and 1 know of no
better. You should have wide mouthed
Jars with close tops for It. and keep the
tops on. except when you are actually
using the paste. Have the brush close At
hand and moisten first with alcohol, then
with water. before dipping into the paste.
LIBRARY PASTE-Wet a cupful OF good
dried -four with cold water and stir TO q
smooth. soft dough. Have on the range a
pint OF boiling water and stir the dough
into this, a spoonful at a time. mixing and
beating to avoid Jumping. until II il all in.
II It gets too stifi. add boiling water. Cook.
stirring all the time, for ten minutes. Take
1t OF and beat in a generous teaspoonful Of
carbolic acid. Bottle It when It is quite cold.
II you dislike the odor and the associations
excited by carbolic acid. you may beat into
the paste salicylic acid in Ike proportions,
and flavor with ten drops OF oil OF CHINA
mon, cloves, or wintergreen.
The paste should be like a stIn batter
when It goes into the bottle.
Tomato Jam. or Butter.
"A correspondent asked for a recipe for
tomato IN, or butter. have read care
fully the answers published by you. and as
The Washington herald., 1912-11-24
); );
Anent Corporal Punishment.

From six or seven letters that will not
let the corporal punishment problem rest
1 select two that are judicial and calm in
tone and are written by intelligent and
esteemed contributors.
Some Of the things written with re-
gard to Christening children are funny TO
US grown-ups. But how tragic for tbs
youngsters were all the methods suggested
for their benefit 90 worked out upon the
poor little bodies,
From my limited experience and OBJ
servstion OF the offspring Of NJ friends
and neighbors 1 see only now and then
child that think deserves a good thrash
ing The great majority Of them could
be disciplined by milder methods II the
big folks did not get rid Of some Of their
own grouches by taking them out on
the child that happened to offend at that
moment II every one who has charge Of
a child would think It over for an hour
or two before looking for big stick or
the horsewhip-or slipper-in nine cases
out OF ten the affair would end in heart
TO heart talk with the offender with warn
Ings as to future conduct-and all because
the temper Of the bigger fellow has had
time to cool down.
Il prophesy that IL you publish this
there will be a howl Of protest. But just
think it over, you big folks and you will
see the matter as 1 do-maybe.
Mrs. l. v"
The howl Of protest has rung in my ears
from at least one quarter. A reader asks:
What good end do you expect to gain
by publishing blood curdling tales OF cru
elites perpetrated upon helpless infants
by those who should stand between them
and every trouble?"
answer that the subject is pressed upon
my attention by scores Of letters from
those to whose wishes am pledged to give
heed / have but one way Of learning
what are the wishes of my constituents.
and that is through their written COM
munications. These leave no uncertainty
in my mind as to the interest awakened
by the fair discussion of the topic which
formed the motif" Of our recent SYM
postum. II haSty, indiscreet parents have
been brought to consider seriously and
without prejudice the imminent import
ance Of training their children Alright yet
instilling into their tender hearts and con-
sciences the cardinal truth that correction
is a proof Of the chastener's love, over
bearing temporary pain to the paternal
heart-we have not written and read in
vain.
Il read the last two Sundays in your
Corner several letters about corporal pun
ishment for children. 1 think your own
letter was q good one, coveringthe ground
well. I am young woman and never had
anything to do with children until had
the care Of my own. My little daughter
is now years of age and is lots Of COM
fort to me. tried every known way OF
discipline before resorting to the hair
brush, but found them all useless. think
one has to consider the different DISPOSE
tons Of children. and there can be no hard
and fast rule covering them all. have
never written anything to the paper be-
fore, but have read your Corner for many
months. I feel strongly about this mat
ter, for 1 have had oceans Of well meant
but poor advice about rearing children
"B. N. ~"
The Washington herald., 1912-11-24

her queer and moody. knowing that all
these things were known to her parents,
and with child's faith in their love. be-
lieving that such a pitiable state (Which she
thought was congenltaD would have been
corrected by them had II been practicable.
she never spoke Of her unlikeness TO other
girls to mother or father. Why should she
add to their regrets for what could not be
helpedf
The trouble increased as she grew into
womanhood. At last, CHANGING to read
description OF spinal curvature-whjch
ought to be fully set forth in school physi-
ologies-she recognized her own symptoms,
went to a doctor. and had her worst fears
confirmed.
The Washington herald., 1912-11-24

Of their physical makeup. She did not think
such subjects modest. So committed al!
sorts Of imprrdences a. was growing up
and must pay the penalty while 1--we
should be well and strong. suffer almost
constant pain; l have asthma and rheuma-
tism and horrible headaches-and an. the
doctors tell me, in consequence of early
neglect. Heaven forgive me, but do you
know. madam. that sometimes could curse
my mother for It all?"
& =
Earnest Teacher Is Right.
Other women have said the same, in effect
to me at various times. One OF the dearest
friends ever given to me was for forty years
a sufferer in direct consequence Of her
mothers reticence ano criminal neglect
OF her growing daughters health. Violent
exercise, when she should have kept quietly
at home; wet shoes worn until they dried
upon the chilled feet; late hours and over
study-O. the tale Is too common to need
repetition. 1t meant. in the instance speak
of, the physical ruin Of . splendid creature
and the transmission to her child Of the ills
that had tortured her for q score Of years
before the boy was born
Our earnest teacher 10 right. through and
through! Mothers are shedding gradually
the false notions OF "modesty (saye the
markD which In former generations
wrought moral and bodily evils to their
girls. 1t Is no longer considered quite
indelicate q" to instruct young women in the
laws governing the marvellous machinery
OF their tripartite system. Physiology is
taught in schools, and women teachers
guard the health Of their pupils as the
lady principals OF the last century
never dreamed Of doing. Yet much remains
undone, and much is but half done. Perfect
confidence with regard to health and the
conditions absolutely essential to the main
tenance Of that choicest OF earthly blessings
"a sane and active body-should prevail be-
tween mothers and daughters. Indications
such as wrecked the life Of the girl We have
heard Of through her teacher should not be
disregarded for one minute.
II is not a week since was brought face
to face with a young woman, once bright.
pretty. active girl. who has not walked a
step in four years.
The surgeons told me Eve years ago
that comparatively slight operation would
set me UP all right" she said. sadly and
simply. My father had a prejudice
against surgical operations. 1t is too late
now"
l set the "o'ertrue tale alongside Of
the protest which preceded 1t, and com
mend both TO sensible, tenderheartec
mothers God guide them Alright!
The Washington herald., 1912-11-24

~ INCLoSE a recipe for bran muf-
" fms for B. ", who asked for II
while ago. ! know nothing Of
1 recipes used in department stores
and restaurants. but this was given
me by a prominent physician and recon-
mended TO his patients for their morning
meal Two mullins should be eaten for
breakfast, as they are fine for the stomach
and act as a laxative. There is a medi-
Gated bran which makes the best mullins.
Il likewise inclose a recipe for seal
Hoped potatoes and suggestion for lemon
pie.
BRAN MUFFINS.-Two cups OF bran;
two-thirds OF a cup Of white flour; one cup
Of milk; half cup Of molasses; one egg;
a teaspoonful OF soda; a little salt. Bake
twenty minutes.
SCALLOPED POTAToEs.-Buttert the
sides and bottom OF a bake dish; break
shredded wheat biscuits into bits and put
alternate layers of the biscuits and sliced
potatoes. with bits Of butter, pepper. and
salt to taste between the layers. Pour milk
over all and bake TO a nice GROWN. This is
a welcome luncheon dish-especially II
mother has many mouths to feed.
LEMON PIE.-when you have a little
grated pineapple left over add it to your
lemon pie. Try this and see how 1t will
improve the flavor.
CULINARY ITEM always save the
strip Of picked peaches and picked cher
ries for my mincemest. I have just added
it to green tomato mincemeat. It is dell
clous. B. B."
A charming cluster Of useful items, for
which we are duly thankful to our Mime
spolis member. We are accustomed to get
ting good things from that quarter Of our
territory, and "B B." does not fail us.
The Washington herald., 1912-11-24
Today Her Life Is Ruined.

To-day hers is a saddened. ruined life.
She has nothing but suffering and humilia-
ton to look forward to, for. while few
dollars spent at the right time might easily
have corrected the trouble. the disease is
now Of such long standing that II a cure
were possible (Which Is extremely doubt
fuD the amount needed for q long resi-
dence in hospital and surgical attendance
while she is there would entail expenses
her parents cannot meet. She foresees
q present and future of hopeless suffering.
:" Her feeling toward the parents whose
criminal neglect Of her as a child is directly
responsible for her misfortune Is one Of
bitter resentment She feels that had they
done their duty she would have been spared
all this misery.
when will parents see that sins like this
against their helpless offspring should be
classed as objectionable as they are IT.
remediable?
DO they ever ponder upon those solemn
words. 'inasmuch as ye did it not unto
one OF the least OF these. ye did 1t not unto
me-?
Instead OF talking and listening to 50
much Of the sin Of the children bringing
down the gray hairs of the parents to the
grave. why do we not hear more Of the
sorrows caused by caFelessness and culpa-
BILE ignorance Of parents with regard to
the children committed to them by the
All-Father? Which, think you, Is the greater
crime-robbing one Of money or of every
chance Of happiness and Of usefulness in
life?
Does not the Bible say that he that
provideth not for his own household hath
denied the faith and is worse than an In
fidel'? II this be where do many pro-
fessed Christians stand in the sight Of God?
Does that word provide mean that one
has fulfilled ones whole duty when food
and clothing are provided and the child sent
The Washington herald., 1912-11-24
Making Library Pasie.

VIII you at your convenience print
recipe for library paste that will not sour
in a week and stirfen into uselessness?
use paste daily in various ways. and It Is
not pleasant to be In a hurry tc transfer q
clipping to my household manual Of daily
helps and find hard, foul smelling, gummy
stuff In the paste pot. Then must make
fresh. or let the clippings go for the time.
Many Of the tales of lost extracts one
meant to save are due TO the lack Of a
paste that may be used at a minutes
notice.
AS you may see. you would be spared
the nuisance Of 'repeaters' II you can
supply this want ANNA G."
/, too, make constant use Of paste, and
want IT TO be ready at call I have used
The Washington herald., 1912-11-24

SUBSTITUTE for my usual Familiar
Talk this week q thoroughly and wei
written letter from q teacher In the
4 public schools Of q southern city. The
facts related hy her are startling to me,
and they may be as new to many another
reader. 1 invite comment from parents
and those whose interest in the welfare
OF the rising generation is deep and sincere.
In a personal letter our earnest thinker
sGys:
know that the accompanying article
may be too long for insertion IN the CORE
spondence column Of your page. Yet
beseech you to md a place for it, II posi-
bic.
II am anxious to reach careless fathers
and especially careless and ignorant moth
ers through this medium, and, for the sake
OF hundreds OF suffering children, wish
this protest to be made public 1t comes
straight from the shoulder In this In
stance that means directly from the heart!
Eek,
"a Southern Woman and Teacher"
VIII you allow me space for an appeal
In G<taf OF thousands u children whose
chances OF happiness and usefulness are
ruined by the ignorance, and more often by
their indifference. Of their parents?
= strange statement, I.hear you say?
Then bear with me patiently while relate
a few of the many instances Of both igno-
rance and indifference which have come
under my own observation.
My work as a teacher In the public
schools throws me into contact each year
with many children defective in eyesight
and In Observation-Disclosures that are not
merely sources Of modification to those
thus afiicted, but which are q serious
handicap to them in their school work.
making It difficult. II not impossible, for
the poor children TO keep pace in their
respective classes with others in the same
grades.
The Washington herald., 1912-11-24

But l cannot find 1t anywhere. although
have made diIIgent search for IT. Can you
repeat II. and soon? MRS. X
have no recollection OF that particular
recipe. We have published dozens Of for
mulas for canning and picking seets. but
none for spleed beets answers to our call.
II some constant reader has preserved It,
will she let US have II?
The Washington herald., 1912-11-24
Brother and Sister Afflicted.

In my school there were, last year, a
brother and a sister, the boy being deaf,
while the girl had a serious eye trou-
bic. Although they were the children OF
extremely well to do parents, no effort
whatever had ever been made TO correct
these conditions 1 doubt IL it will be done
before it is too late to do any real good.
This is especially doubtful in the case CT
the boy. AS every one knows who has
given the matter any thought. deafness is
harder 10 treat with each year Of the in
trinity. The only hope is in the youth Of a
patient and the short time that has elapsed
since the affection showed itself. There
will almost certainly be one more future
citizen OF our vaunted intelligent country