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Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1912-09-27
THE TWO VIEWS

The Republican National committee
has removed William Seymour Ed
wards, member OF the committee from
West Virginia, from the committee
and has directed the State committee
10 appoint member Of the national
committee to take his place Mr.. Ed
wards was first asked to resign from
The national committee as many other
members who were not supporters of
Taft had done. but he asserted he had
been chosen by the members Of the
Republican party in West Virginia to
represent them on the national ticket
aud that no power but the Republican
voters could remove him from the com
mittee. But the national committee
did not see it in that wa and summar-
lily removed him from the committee.
Under authority given By the Republi-
can national convention TO remove
from the national committee any per.
son who refused to give active support
to the ticket nominated at that con
vehtion.
Two views are taken by those who
formerly composed the Republican
party of the situation regarding Mr.
Edwards Those who remained with
the old leaders and are now Republi-
cans agree that Mr.. Edwards ought not
to serve on the national committee of
a party the head of whose ticl 81 he
was not supporting And when lie re-
fused to resign from that committee
they agree that he was properly re-
moved. They do not believe in having
what they call TRAITORS" in the control
Of party affairs.
Those who left the Republican par
ty and became "ProgressiYes" side
with Mr. Edwards and say thai as he
was elected by the votes OF the Repub-
lican voters of the state he couldn't be
removed from the COMMITTEES even
though he was not supporting the Re
publican candidate for the Presidency,
II looks like the Republicans are
trying to drive those who become mem
bars of the PROGRESSIVE party entirely
out Of the old Republican party. If
the Republicans do not consider the
Progressives good enough 10 remain
in the Republican part as was iadi-
Gated by the removal OF Nr Edwards
from the committee what right have
they to ask the votes Of the Progress
siYes for the Republican candidates?
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1912-09-27
NOTICE

PURSUANT to the law in such cases
made and provided for the regulation
Of licenses. notice is hereby given that
the following application has been fl
ed in this office for the sale OF porter
ale beer and drinks OF like nature at
wholesale:
Hagerstown Brewing Co., OF Hagers
town Nd, place Of business Cor, B.
AZ q. r. r. and Hannis St
Given under my hand and the seal
of the County Court OF Berkeley coun-
ty. West Virginia, this cath day of
September, 1912.
e=.-4 e. A. HOBBS,
Clerk Of the County Court OF BeFke-
ley county, West Virginia SD-9-27-4t
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1912-09-27
The Men Who Succeed

as heads OF large enterprises are men
OF great energy. success, today, de
mands health To all is to fail. Its
utter folly for man TO endure "A weak,
rundown. half alive condition when
Electric BiJters will put him right on
his feet in short arder. -Four bottles
did me more real eood than any other
medicine | ever Took writes Chas. b.
Allen, Sylvania, Ga After years OF
suffering with rheumatism, liver uou-
BILE, stomach disorders, and deranged
kidneys, l am again, thanks to Flee
trio Bitters, sound and well" Try them
Only 80 cents at an druggists
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1912-09-27
BOTH RESPONSIBLE

Republicans are trying to prove that
neither the tariff nor the Trusts are
responsible for the high cost Of living
But Moody's Magazine says that 'neF-
er in our history, perhaps, except in
war periods. has the price level risen
fastes than it rose during the first few
years after the passage of the Dingley
tariff in 1897 aud during the period
s.hen Trusts were forming rapidly
The Republicans are particularly
anxious to prove that manufactured
goods have not advanced in price so
much as farm products. Moody's Mag
azine refutes this 1t says From
July /, 1897, to January l, 1900, the
prices Of foodsuns Tin which there are
but few Trusts advanced n per cent.
Notable advances occurred in Steel
Trust productions some of which more
than doubled in one or two years
The Steel Trust was not formed till
1901, but the companies that formed it
were themselves combinations in re-
straint of trade. suppression of com
petition and advance of prices, and sew
eral prices were advanced after the
steel combinations had been combined
INTO the grand combination of the
Steel Trust.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1912-09-27
CAMP A|GN OPENS
IN Jefferson CO.
Wison-M arshall Flag Pole Raised at
shenandoah Jun3tion--Osenton
and Kump Speakers

ms afternoon DIT 1nG'. ..''o"l' '"lc-
non the Democrats Oh jefferson F"un-
", openeu 'le ca'''i''-,' " I''S'Hs "
wilson Marshall ,'"5 i"''' "e e' en-
pro'ea greater man = dts ''ll,'c'p3'gu'
the people a'tenu'h% 'he e''n' oF l'i.
drtu3 ana lust'iy ene'''H1 'ue h''''e'
Oh we Deihocr'llc SO'iiu"',' bearers
me poie was % iSV' ~ eng Il, '''u
When II was ralsPa WIN 'ne bei''o'
cfauc banner atta' w." .''''' was = '''
cheering pr. W. W. ''l"' IT, o. 'u .,
andoah JahGtioh' p''''o'" over 'le
exercises ana III d ~" "''i-cIoSel' re-
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1912-09-27
WHO GOT TIE MONEY!

That the State Board of Public
Works Of West Virginia was permit
ting the use of state funds 70 increase
the business of a financial institution
in which at least one member Of the
Board was personally and financially
interested was made apparent by the
failure of the Fidelity Banking and
Trust Company of Bluefeld. on Sep
TENDER 19, 1911. The statement Of the
receiver showed that the state had
on deposit in this bank at the time Of
is failure about $S5 900 This was al
most one-third of the total deposits Of
the bank and If the failure Of the bank
had come a few weeks earlier the
state would have had on deposit at
that time nearly one-half the total de
posits of the bank. At the time OF the
failure, the deposits of the bank were
about 100000. of which $4,000 be
longed 10 the State of West Virginia.
\ few weeks prior 20 the closing OF
the bank, the State deposits had been
from $125,000 to $135000 or almost
half of the banks deposits.
State Treasurer &. L. Long was a
stockholder in the bank, holding $4,000
worth Of stock. Col S NJ Smith
member of the Governors staff and
closely identified in a political way
with the members OF the state admin
istration, held about $4,000 worth OF
stock and was the moving spirit in the
organization and management OF the
hank
The bank was new and comparative
l. small, its capitalization being $500
GOO When 1t was found that the
state had $4,000 deposited in this one
institution and that the state treasur-
er and other friends OF the administra-
lions were financially interested in it,
considerable comment was made on
the extent of the states deposit and
It seems increditable that as much as
S125O0O to S135,000 should have been
deposited in this institution when lar
ger and more substantial banks in the
state carried much smaller deposits of
state money. In addition to this it is
generally understood that the boad
ziyen to the state by the Fidelity Bank
& Trust Company of Bluefcld to Sc
cure the States deposits is worthless,
SO far nothing has been paid to the
depositors although more than year
has passed since the failure and the
general impression is that with the
double liability of the stock holders so
far as it can be collected the deposit
tors in the bank will be heavy losers.
State Treasurer +. l.. Long and the
other members of the Board of Public
Works who permitted this enormous
deposit in bank which proved to be
unsafe and without adequate bond for
security are with two exceptions the
candidates for reelection. There is no
question that the public money was
esed by the treasurer with the APPROX
a Of the board of Public Works to en-
ploit this new bank. The result is
known throughout the state and the
loss to the state viii be heavy aad
POSSIBLY total Standing upon their
record as the guardians of the public
funds these men are asking re,clec-
lion and the question is whether the
voters OF the state, taking the Fidelity
Banning G Trust case as an example
will endorse these men as guardians
Of the public moneys and protectors of
the people
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1912-09-27

It is a significant fact that neither
the Republican nor the Third Term or.
ators are discussing the tariff. How
can they, when both their candidates
have always been stand-patters where
the tariff is largely responsible fo~ all
the burdens the people of this country
are struggling under. No program for
relief from present trouble can have
any value which does not have for its
very capng-stone the revision down
ward of the tariff
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1912-09-27
TARIFF TAX ALWAYS ADDED TO
COST OF ARTICLES

In France, Italy, and some other Eu-
ropean countries part Of the munich
pal revenue is raised by duties Oh
goods entering the towns. At the
gates of such towns there is an Official
who collects this tax. and it - found
that the difference in prices Of articles
purchased outside OF the towns and
within the towns is In nearly every in
stance exactly the amount of the duty.
The same happens in trade between
nations.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1912-09-27
NOTICE
W-9274 tW

Pursuant to the law in such cases
nade and provided for the regulation
Of licenses, notice is hereby given that
the following application for a trans
fer of the place of business Of the
Cumberland Brewing Co. Of Cumbcr-
land Nd, has been filed in this office
for the sale at wholesale Of porteF
ale, beer and drinks Of like nature at
wholesale; from the Stone House on
Water St. to No. 2l0 n. College ST.
in the City of Martinsburg, W. Va.
Given under my hand and the seal
OF the County Court OF Berkeley
County, West Virginia, this goth day
of September, 1912.
E. A. HOBBS, 2
CLERK OF the County Court OF Befke-
ley county, West Virginia, sD-9-27-4t
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1912-09-27

Martinsburg needs better fire equip
ment 1t is imperative to have a good
fire department as police protection.
Why not everybody join in the move
ment at this time and give the city
what it needs? There are sure to be
other fires, and they may come within
a short time Would it not be wise to
be prepared for them?
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1912-09-27

No one can say word in just oriti-
cism Of the Berkeley County Democra-
tic ticket They are good men. All
are for Wilson and working for his
election When elected they will sup
port his liberal sensible policies. Good
Democrats and Progressive voters can
and will support such a ticket, and it
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1912-09-27
ADMINISTRATORS SALE
VALUABLE REAL ESTATE

The undersigned, as administrators
of the estate of the late VIM. S. Miller,
and with the consent and concurrence
of all the heirs, will offer for sale at
public auction at the front door of the
Court House in Martinsburg, Berkeley
County, West Virginia, on SATUR-
GAY, SEPTEMBER 2gth, 1912, begin
ming at 1870 p. m, the following valu-
able real estate, to wit:
155 acres, more or less, located in
Gerrardstown district, about one-half
mile east of North Mountain, adjon-
ing the lands of James II. Smith, Tay-
Tor Catrow, Harry Lord, and others.
This tract of land is a portion of the
old Lyle estate and is of the very best.
So famous for its orchards Persons
desiring orchard land can do no bet
ter than to purchase this tract as
there is no better apple land in the
Valley This land is tillable and In a
high state of cultivation. 1t contains
about 25 acres of bottom land very
fertile and productive, through which
the headwaters of Tuscarora creek
passes.
Terms of Sale
One-third cash, and the balance in
two equal payments of one and two
years, the purchaser to give his note
for the deferred payments with inter-
est from date and the notes to be Sc
cured by deed of trust on the proper
ty sold. Possession given April LIST,
1913, and the purchaser will get the
landlords share of the growing wheat
crop at that time
H S. & E. f. MILLER,
S-D-23-4t Administrators
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1912-09-27

Preachers insist that salvation is
free. Nevertheless, all the campaign
comm tees are askins for contribu-
tious.-CleyeIand Leader,
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1912-09-27

Boss Murphy seems to be willing
to do all he can to present New York
electoral votes to President TAFT
Providence Tribune.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1912-09-27
Postnoned sale

The following sale has been post
Toned from Sat Sept 81 10 Sat Sept
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1912-09-27

Cook stove and utensils; safe; cor
ner cupboard; kitchen tables; Q
chairs; Windsor chairs; chunk
stove; wash stand; lot of queens. glass
tin, wooden and willow ware; 20 yds.
rag carpet; Edison phonograph; iron
bed stead and springs; . feather beds.
clock shotgun; mirror; 2 falling leaf
tables; dresser; 30 yards OF ingram
carpet; lot OF window blinds side sad
die; sausage grinder and suffer; wal
nut bureau; box stove; wooden bed
stead 3 rocking chairs; 90 pounds
lard; lot of chickens and many otncr
a;t,cles not mentioned.
TEPMS-A credit of 8 months on all
sums of $1,000 and upwards, purch7s-
er to give note with approved secur-
ity. negotiable and payable at the Mer-
chants & Farmers bank with inter
est from date; under $1,000, cash, No
property to be removed until settled
Tor
FLOYD VAN METRE
Administrator of Margaret y. Van
Metre, deaceased.
S-D-9-27-4t
We 27 4tW
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1912-09-27

zoo well wooIod and clean stock
ewes. See L. c. HOFFMAN.
S.D.tf
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1912-09-27
Farming implements

4-horse Studebaker wagon and bed;
spring wagon; Walter A. Wood Bind
er; horse rake; manure spredder good
as new; Deering mower; buggy;
No. 40 Oliver plows , sets of brccch-
ings; sets OF front gears; sets of
pillow gears; check lines; wagon sad
die; brides; S collars; buggy pole;
double cultiyator and single cultiya-
tor; sickle grinder; set Of shelyings;
fifth chain; hay fork, rope and pull
leys; wheat fan; truck and bag hold
er; 10 tons of hay; IA acres of corn;
empty barrels digging iron; grain
cradle; grind stone; 2 harrows; corn
planter; set blacksmith tools; cross
cut saw lot of carpenter tools; mat
took and shoyels;3 forks; lot of single.
double and triple trees; briar scythe
single and double shovel plows and
and other small articles not mention
,I
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1912-09-27


Entered at the Post Office in MartlI
burg, w. Va, as second class matt
FOR THIS p
PER RECEIVED with the GuAF
ANTEE that the CIRCULATION Q
the STATESMAN EXCEEDS that Q
any PAPER published in Martins
burg. Berkeley County, w. Va.
DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
For President.
WOODROW WILSON
of New Jersey.
For Vice President.
THOMAS R. MARSHALL
or Indiana.
STATE TICKET
For Governor.
W. r. THOMPSON
OF Cabell County
For Secretary Of state.
HAL w. D'PUE
of Roane County
For Auditor,
w. f. ALEXANDER
of jefferson County
For Attorney General
THOMAS A. BLEDSOB
OF Kanawha County
For Treasurer.
IGNATIUS BREMEN
of Ohio County
Superintendent of Schools.
L. w. BURNS
of Fayette Comfy
4 Commissioner of Agriculture.
w. D. ZINN
of Barbour County
Consressman-at-Large.
BENJAMIN HlNER
OF peudleton County.
EIectors-at Large.
GILBERT d. SMITH
OF Pleasant County.
WILLIAM II. SAWYER
OF Summers County.
BENJAMIN H. BUTCHER
OF Wood County.
For Congress Second District
VIM. G. BROWN
OF Preston County.
For Judges of Supreme Court,
VIM. G. BENNETT
OF Lewis County.
e. G, SMITH
OF Harrison County.
For Judge Of the 18th Circuit.
]. NJ. WOODS
OF Berkeley County.
For State Senator,
G. X. KUMP
OF Hampshire County
COUNTY TICKET.
House of Delegates.
c. NJ, SEIBERT
w. b. LINGAMFELTER
For Sheriff.
EDWARD H. TABLER
For Prosecuting Attorney.
w. w DOWNEY
For Assessor.
JOHN W DoDD
County Commissioner
GEORGE A. WUITMORE
County Surveyor.
HENRY HESS
For Magistrates.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1912-09-27
Terms of Sale
administrators SALE
PERSONAL PROPERTY

The undersigned, administrator of
the estate Of Margaret A. Van Metre,
deceased, will offer for sale at the
late residence of the deceased. in Ar
den district, Berkeley county, w. Va.
situated two miles and half west of
Martinsburg near the Arden road on
MONDAY, OCTOBER 21st, 1912, com
nencing at 10 O'Clock a. m. the fol-
lowing described property, to wit:
Head of Horses and Colts
No. l. Tom, stallion, Z years old,
broken to work wherever hitched; No
2, Trouble, gelding, years old, also
broken to work; Nc, 3. John. gelding,
3 years old, work wherever hitched;
No. 4, June, family mare; No. 5, A.
months old colt; No 6, Beck black
mare, years old, good worker.
IS head Of cattle, 10 of which are
Elilch cows. large 3-year old bull and
and > coming 2-year old bulls.
16 head of hogs of which arc
brood sows that will weigh IT'S
pounds each, and the remainder thrift
~ shoals
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1912-09-27
Electors-at Large.

GILBERT d, SMITH
OF Pleasant County.
WILLIAM II. SAWYER
OF Summers County.
BENJAMIN H. BUTCHER
OF Wood County.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1912-09-27
For Judges of Supreme Court.

For Judge of the 18th Circuit.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1912-09-27
For Congress Second District

VIM. G. BROWN
OF Preston County.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1912-12-05
Shot The Steak.

When Bill Saunders and Harry Clot-
worthy, who is now a magazine writer
and expert on military matters, were cow
men in the West, they one day drove a
bunch of cattle across stretch OF coun-
try which offered as its chief products
heat and alkali. When their temperature
had been raised TO the boiling point and
their eyes and throatS were full OF dust,
they struck Wyoming town which boast
ed an excellent lunch room.
Clotworthy ordered steak blood rare,
and Bill Saunders impressed on the wait
er, in picturesque language, that his steak
must be well done. The waiter finally
appeared and set food before the two
famiShed men, but, as sometimes happens
with walters, he made mistake. giving
Saunders the blood-rare beef. Bill, con-
fident that he was about TO enjoy his fav-
orite dish, cut into il with bold sweep
of his knife and was rewarded by seeing
that it had hardly touched the fire.
With the utmost solennity he threw the
steak to the sawdust floor, drew his gun
and shot two holes into it. Then, calling
the waiter, he said calmly:
"The critters dead now. You can
take him back and cook him."
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1912-12-05
Garden of Eden May Be Restored.

The restoration OF the Garden Of Eden
is sentimental feature of the great irriga-
ton project by which Sir William Will
cocks hope to bring back the early fertility
to a great region in Asiatic Turkey, says
the Newark News.
The country bordering the lower Eu-
pirates and Tigris rivers was long center
of prosperity and wealth. 1t was made
to flourish by extensive works, the ruins
of which still exist, but the land is not
made barren by drought, though much OF
it is swept by occasional floods.
The English engineers propose to re-
construct the ancient works on an enlarg-
ed and improved plan. They have found
a depression in the depression in the
desert into which the overflow from the
Euphrates can be led, and they expect to
be able to regulate the Tigris, though this
is more difficult feat that the ancients
never fully accomplished.
The probable great productiveness OF
the delta OF the two rivers under suitable
irrigation is indicated by analyses show
ing the soil to be richer than that OF Egypt
or the Sudan.
II is believed that the Garden OF Eden
will be found just north of Ur, at the
ancient junction of the Tigris and Eu-
pirates. Ur is supposed TO have been
maritime town, but IFS remains afe now
six miles west Of the Euphrates AID l25
miles from the sea.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1912-12-05
Drinking Water

Every twenty-four hours there passes
out through the pores OF your skin about
a quart of water. This "insenSible pers-
piration" goes on in the body OF every
healthy man without his knowing it.
This evaporation from the skin is neces-
sary in order that the body may remain
at an even temperature, and able TO resist
sudden chils, severe cold and extreme
heat. AT the same time, a still greater
amount OF water is passing out OF the
body through the lungs and other organs.
Now if you allow the body to part with
all this water without supplying the loss,
every tiny cell in the system is robbed oi
its opportunity to grow, and one OF the
many ailments due to poor cell growth is
bound sooner or later TO develop. Thus,
the importance Of drinking enough pure
water 10 keep the tissues OF the body
supplied is at once apparent.
Water taken in great quantities and al
long intervals is not so beneficial to you
as small amounts taken at frequent inter
walls. Nor does the large amount you
drink after exercising or when perspiring
in hot weather repair the loss from Gin
sensible perspiration," for at such times
you only quench your thirst, which is a
hurried demand of the drying cells for
nutriment due to the unusual loss of water.
To keep in perfect health and to prevent
the arteries from growing brittle in middle
age, you should drink two or more glasses
Of pure, cool water every morning before
eating breakfast. Between meals glass
or two should be taken. Do not wait
for thirst, but try to keep the moisture OF
the body at perfect balance.
Do not drink iced water at any time.
Bad compilations and troublesome indi-
gestion may often be traced to its habit
ual use.-YOufh' S Companion.