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Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1913-08-15

% gaze upon-all OF these facilities
in few years would be as inadequate
as those which Mr.. Willard found.
unless they had been continually in
creased and improved Ii cannot stop.
railroad is never finished. Some
are much less so than others, owing
to special conditions.
John F. Stevens says: MY early
experience on Western roads, where
we were always looking forward to
the time when the country should
grow up to the railroads, gave me the
IDEA that the Eastern roads had pass
ed the summit OF their traffic devel.
opment The fact is. with the Balti-
more & Ohio at least. that the traffic
is still increasing on a large scale,
and must continue to do so as far as
any one can see into the future. The
Baltimore & Ohio is primarily a coal
carrier. Its extraordinary position
is such that it serves eight or nine
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Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1913-08-15
Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for
Children.

Relieve Feverlsnness, Bad Stomach,
Teething Disorders, move and regu.
late the Bowels and are a pleasant
remedy for worms. Used by Mothers
for 20 years. They never fail. At all
druggists, 25c Sample Free. Adj
dress, Allen s Olmstead, Leroy, N.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1913-08-15
AIMS HOUSE INSPECTED.
County Court Finds 1t In First class
Condition.

Friday the county court inspected
the aims house After going over the
institution thoroughly they reported
that il is in first class condition.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1913-08-15

When you see $4,000 worth of live.
growing motive power pick up l.
500 tons of West Virginia soft coal
n $4,000 worth of modern steel
equipment wlggie it to the summit
OF the Aleghanies and roll it over the
top toward the Atlantic seaboard YOU
begin To perceive how largely mans
work consists in moving tn ngs from
where they are to where he needs
them. lie needs his coal at Baltimore
Nature left it in the mountains.
Therefore, You see the great Balti-
more and Ohio locomotives toiling
with il up the western side Of the Al
Ieghanies day and night. without end
or rest
It is impressive It gives you sen
sation Of pride IN the mechanical and
engineering skill Of your country
Ralroadjng, you say, is wonderful
business. You feel, without thinking.
that it must have been going on like
this for a very long time. because it
seems so we'll established and that
the means are now highly perfected,
Neither is the case. It has only be
gun. It will continue on an expand
ing scale so far into the future as the
Imagination dares run. unless way
be founded to burn coal in the ground
and distr butte its energy. As for the
mechasical means. these fall so Ear
short of satisfying a lot Of practical,
t'red-looking men that they spend all
of their time thinking how to i'm
prove them-how another car may be
added to the coal tram IN order to
increase the train load and thereby
enlarge the capacity of the road to
carry coal from where it is to where
it is wanted There are mainly two
ways Of increasing the train load One
is to ease the roadway by reducing
grades and eliminating track curya-
ture. The other is to increase the eff
cheney of the equipment, especially
the locomotives.
Only recently on the big p. & o.
locomotives automatic stokers We're
introduced. It was an experiment. The
theory was that stocking might be
done more efficiently through a
trough with a worm turning inside
than by shovel When the general su-
perintedent IS asked If it is sue
cess he says:
'Now that the men are learning
how to use it it is a great success.
The egneers no longer have 10 trade
steam for water on the heavy grades,
That is, they do not lose steam pres
sure when they inlet water into the
boilers. The automatic stoller keeps
an even fire only SIX inches deep on
the crate. and it is so much hotter
than a fire stocked by hand that the
engineer can put his lever away over
in the corner keep his throttle wide
open and have two injectors going At
once That 3: a very comfortable feel
ing for the engineer to have"
Well doesn't Il use up an engine
pretty fast to be fred so hard?'
Yes" he says, but the Tester YOU
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1913-08-15
e MARTlNSBURG
Read

WORLD. Through its columns you
will only learn of the advancement
and upbuildng and uplifting of the
home town.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1913-08-15

side Of the old and as the old ones
could stlll accommodate traffic, That
made three tracks across the noun.
taius where they had been one be
fore and the system vas unstrang
led. The new tunnels cost nearly 81
100000 each. Before the new tunnel
at Tuunplton, called the Kingwood
tunnel could be built the old ngle
track one had got SO hot aud full Of
gas from re traffic that had to be
crowded through that it was neces
sary to install yeutilatng plant at
a large cost. though in less than two
years new double track tunnel
would be opened by its SIDE There
too, at Tunnelton it was necessary to
move villa to one de Of the sur
vey Houses worth moving were NOV
ed by the railroad contractors, 9th
ers were demolished and paid Tor, and
then to leave good feeling in Tunnel
tol tp"H tiE lNdu bHli' 10 d HhS
brick paved street through the mid
die which it would never have been
able to build for itself A thing like
that is lost in the balance sheet Tie
accountants simply add it to the cost
eff property
Romance has not gone out of rail
reading. if you look for it. The DIFF
ference is that people are accustom-
ed to see great works nowadays per
formed as matter of course, and
waste not the time to make an ado
about them. When Thomas Swami, as
president of the Bait more ana Oh'o
that ran only from Baltimore to Cum
berland promised his shareholders
that he would carry their road to the
Ohio river it seemed tremendous
thing to promise. lie did Il. That was
heroic. Later John w. Garrett prom
ised to take it to Chicago, and did
and he is famous. Neither spent one
third as much as $60,oo0.oo0 in three
years To say that one built the road
from Cumberland to the OHIO river
and that the other built it to Chicago
is to allot to each an achievement
in physical proportions that every
one knows. But to be able to say that
between Little Cacapon and Orleans
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1913-08-15
Remaking the First Railroad

Contrasts Between the Past and Present of B. &. 0.
How 5000 100000 May be Spent in Three Years.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-04-10
SHERIFF'S SALE.
lFlrst published Aprll 10, l0la.l


By virtue Of an Order of Sale, issued out OF
the District Court Of Meade county Kansas,
in action mo. 226sl wherein Andrew c. Voren,
is Plaintiff and o. II. Bertey, Homer L. Ellison,
Allen Miller, and the Kansas-Colorado Land and
Loan Company, are Defendants
will on Saturday the 18th day Of May 1913
at ten O'Clock a. m: at the west front door of
the Court House in the City of Meade County Of
Meade and State Of Kansas, offer for sale at pub
lie auction and sell to the highest bidder for cash
in hand, all che right, title and interest Of the
above named defendants in and TO the following
described real property, situated in the County
Of Meade and state Of Kansas to-wit The north
east quarter of Section "a In Township 30 south,
Of range % west Of 9th p: M. subject to q mort
gage Of $2500.OO and interest; and the Northwest
Quarter Of said Section "a In township 30 south,
Of range % west of 9th p. M. subject to a mort
gage Of $1,000. 90 and interest.
Said property Is levied upon as the property OF
the above named defendent and will be sold
to satisfy the plaintiffs claim Of $2i6+OO herein,
and costs and accruing costs. according TO
said order Of sale.
Sberif's Office, this 9Th day Of April 1913.
Thos. Martin,
Sheriff Meade County, Kansas.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-04-10
NOTICE OF CONTEST.
erial No. O9o69. Contest No. Is9


Department Of the Interior, United States
Land Office, Dodge City, Kansas March 81, 1913.
To Fred Mister, OF Meade, Kansas, ConteStee.
You are hereby notified that Calvin N. Brock
enridge, who gives Gate, Oklahoma, as his post
Office address, did on March p, 1913, file in this,
office his duly coTrobOrated application to contest
and secure the cancellation of your Horsestead
Entry, Serial No. O9669, ma de April End, 1910, for
the west half Southwest n Section 9, Township
"a S, Range q West OF 6tn Prime Meridian, and
as grounds for his contest he alleges that you
have wholly abandoned said tract; that you
have never esta blished or maintained residence
thereon; that you have never occupied or used
said tract in any manner: that these defaults
continued to this date
You are, therefore. further notihed that the
said allegations will be taken by this office aB
having been confessed by you, and your said en-
try viii be Cancelled Hereunder without your
further right to be heard therein, either before
this office appeal II you fail to file in this Of
hce within twenty days after the FOURTH
publication OF this notice, as shown below. your
answer, under cath, specifically meeting and
responding to these allegations OF contest, or II
you lall within that time to file in this Office due
proof that you have served copy Of your answer
on the said contestant either in person or by reg
istered mail. II this service is made by the de-
livery oil copy Ok your answer to the contestant
in person, proof Of such service must be either the
said CONTESTANTS written acknowledgment Of his
receip1 Of the copy, shswing the date Of it's re.
ceipt, or the affidavit Of the person by whom the
delivery was made stating when and where the
copy was delivered; II made by registered mail,
proof OF such service nust consist OF the affidavit
Of the person by whom the copy was mailed stat
ing when and the post Office to which it was mail
ed, and this affidavit must be accompanied by
the postmasters receipt for the letter.
You should state in your answer the mama Of
the post Office to which you desire future notices
to be sent to you.
II. F. Millkan. Register.
Date Of first publication April 3, 1913.
- second 10, 1913.
" third q" II, 1913.
" g fourth - '' "a, 1918.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-04-10
SHERIFF'S SALE.
Court No. 22ql,
First Published April 10th 10

First Published April 10th 1913.
By virtue of an Order Of Sale, issued out Of the
District Court Of Meade county Kansas, in action
wherein The State Bank Of Pretty Prairie, Kan
sas, is Plaintiff, and A. G. Youngquest, and The!
Commercial Bank of WATERFOWL, South Dakota,
are Defendants.
will on Saturday the 18th day Of May, 1913
at ten O'Clock a. M at the west front door Of the
Court House in the City Of Meade, County of
Meade and State Of Kansas, offer for sale at pub
lie auction and sell to the highest bidder for cash
in hand, ali the right, title and interest of the
above named defendants in and to the following
described real property, situated in the County
Of Meade and State of Kansas to-wit The
South half of Section Is in township 81 south, Of
range 20 west of 9th p. M.
Said property is levied upon as the property Of
the above named defendants and will be sold
to satisfy the plaintiffs claim and interest
herein, and costs and accruing costs, according
to said order Of sale
Sheriff's Office, this 9Th day of April 1913.
THos. MARTIN,
Sheriff Meade County. Kansas
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-04-10
Baptist

bupLI6L
Frank Main, Noel and Miss
Nellie Dewey spent Saturday and
Sunday at their homes.
The Sunday School offering
was six dollars and forty-one
cents.
Let every member OF the Sun
day School be present next Sun
day.
The Children's service which
grew out of the pastors love Tor
the Children and desire to SER
We them is encouraging The
purpose of this service is to aug
ment the teaching of the home
and the Sunday School in causing
the children to know Christ and
His will. No child will be urged
to unite with the church unless,
they give evidence of under
standing whatitis to be Christ
ian and of voluntary acceptance
of Christian and of a voluntary
acceptance of Christ as their
Savior.
The pastor will preach next
Lords Day at 3 p. N. at the
Winters school house.
Evangelist Bennett and his
singer began a meeting with the
Baptist church at Plains on last
Saturday evening.
Chapel Car Missionary Killian
addressed a fair audience on
Monday night at the church. 1t
was of that excelling kind that
forbibs comment. He gave
hearty and deserved tribute to
the gentlemanly courtesy of X.
II. men. Two years ago, in the
providence of God, he was per-
mitted to lead one hundred and
five of these men to accept
Christ. On Investigation more
than year later revealed that
lightweight of these remained
faithful, five could not be found
and twelve had returned to their
old life.
The opponents of Prohibition
give the violation of the liquor
laws in the prohibition territory
as their most potent argument
for open saloons. | commend to
their consideration the statement
OF Chief OF Police Grlflln that in
wet Kansas City, Mo-, with six
hundred saloons there is much
illegal sale of liquors. His state
ment is corroborated by the tes-
timony of one hundred converted
saloon keepers of that city .(uot
converted to Christ through the
Gospel, but to law enforcement
by the Webb and County Unit
bills) who say there are at least
twenty-five drug stores in Kan
sas City, Mo. where regulation
bars had been established.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-04-10
County Commissioners
A. B. Roberts First District
John Cordes Second District
T. B. Novinger Third District

Wichita's Best Flour, every
sack guaranteed perfect. $1.30
per sack. Stevens Mer. Co.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-04-10

FOR SALE:-Thorough bred
Buff Plymouth Rock eggs. See
DR.. Amphlett
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-04-10
At SMe Churches
CATHOLIC

Services the third Sunday of each
month. Everyone welcome.
Rev. Geo. ]. Schneider, Pastor.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-11-13

Reports to the contrary notwith'
standing, the state will not be COM
PEELED to stand off any Of its credit.
iors this winter by stamping its war
rants "not paid for want of funds,
says State Auditor W. E. Davis.
The State easurer'is calling upon
county treAsurers for the final FIVE
percent of last years tax which they
still hold on deposit. Less the us
ual losses and refunds, this will
amount to about SI65, 900 which,
with the $I35, 600 or so still on de-
post in the state WILDE enough to
pay all the running expenses for the
month. By the middle Of Decem-
Der the new funds will become avail
able. At this time of the year the
state educational institutions are in
good shape, as their fee funds are
filed with the fall receipts. The
state University is paying its run
ming expenses this month from its
own fees and will need to make no
draft upon the general revenue
funds.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-11-13
Fate Of The Retail Merchant.

No more fitting topic could be
discussed at this time, for
some years past, no other ques-
ton has agitated the mind of the
Retailer to so great an extent as
this ever paramount issue. Con-
fronted in the small towns by
the mail order problem, and IN
the larger city by the depart
ment and the chain stores sys-
item, the lot of the Retailer is far
from being enviable; press and
pulpit have denounced him: he
has been blamed for the high
cost of living, and referred to as
the unnecessary cog in the
wheel of distribution.
If these things we're true we
might have cause for alarm, but
trace carefully the source of
these rumors and you will find
that they originate in the minds
of theorists and persons who
have no practical experience in
merchandising.
AS to the high cost of living,
we are for it. The American
working people have more sew
ing machines, pianos, lace cur
tains, fine rugs, and automobiles
than all the rest of the world put
together, and when they buy a
piece of high priced beef they
know it has passed the inspec-
ton of The United States Govern
ment. He can live IN a home
with all the modern conveniences,
with five cent car ride to his
job, with de cent penny news
paper for his evenings reading,
or twenty cents will take him
and his wife to the movies, yet,
with all these things, the aver.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-11-13

The business meeting Of the 80.
ciety then convened and was led in
PRAYER by Mr.. Black Miss Lid,
Campbell presided with Robert viii.
son, Secretary. President Ida
Campbell and Secretary Wilson were
heartily and unanimously commend.
ed for their faithful and successful
administrator.
The election of officers followed,
President, Beulah Marshall; Vice
President Francis Enhr; Secretary,
Robert Campbell. y
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I.
80. -.
p--1r.:c rLr
I.ookou, Com Rober, Wilson
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-11-13
Methodist
J. FRANK MOORE.

We were glad to see an increase
instead of decrease in attendance
Sunday.
The Pastor preached two excellent
sermons fromparts of the Sunday
School lesson which we're highly APP
preciated.
The Sunday School attendance
was 81, with every officer and teach
er present. The young mems class
seems determined to keep in the
lead in collections. w. P. Elliott's
class of boys had an unusually good
attendance. Hope they will keep it
up. Lemuel, Louie and Harry, of
Mrs. Stevens class favored US with
a song.
Florence Dorland led the League
in very good service. 1t is good
to have so many of the younger ele-
ment engaging in the work,
We were pleased to have Mr..
Stevens, Sen. with US.
The Ladies Aid Society met with
Miss Clara Brannan and had fine
time, with good attendance and re-
freshments.
The Missionary Society assembled
at Mrs, Frank Sourbeer's and pack
ed box of goods for a minister in
the west. They are doing much
good work in that way. W. ]. Bry-
an says, "No money that is invested
pays so large a dividend as money
that is spent for the moral uplift of
the community"
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-11-13
NJ SNe Churches
baptist

The Sunday School attendanc,
was little better than on the prev
ious Sunday. But some of our reg
ulars we're absent. We shall ex
poet you next Sunday. All Othel
services were we'll attended.
/ R. C. Boyer, L. F. Schumacher,
C. M. Gates, E. E. Innis and the
Deacons constitute the Church,
ADVISORY Committee
Loran Sutherland is the c. E.
leader for next Sunday.
Preaching at Lakeview at 8 p. m.
The very large audience in attend-
ance at Mrs. Geo. Crawford's fun
eral was fitting token of the COM
munity's appreciation of this good
woman.
PareLts who had Christian fathers
and mothers, in their childhood,
who gave them Christian training
are not giving their children square
deal, if they are living irreligious
lives. Can there be worse robbery
than the robbery Of helpless child9
Parents may not mean to do this,
but results are determined by deeds
not intentions.
J. FRANK MOORE.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-11-13

rage American working man has
as much left at the end of the
year, as the average working
man had fifty years ago. though
the latter received less of COM
fort and luxury for his money.
The fact is, the cost of living
bears now, as it always has
born, and should bear, a direct
ratio to the amount of increase.
TIE increase the value of town
property we must increase in
efficiency and usefulness to our
patrons, and to do this we must
have the community support.
If we have a good or poor town
how does it affect the prices of
property adjoining it2 Exactly
IN the same ratio as do the iudi-
uduals of this community sup
port it. If a good town, high
prices for land; if a poor town,
low prices; for the wide awake
investor of today is not looking
for dead community to invest
in property that he will want to
grow into a better investment.
If we sit here and witness the
absorption or dying out of the
familiar Retail stores, by a great
company, managed from afar,
upon which we must depend for
our needs, paying what they ask
for their wares or doing without,
we will then experience the
meaning of monopoly right at
our own door. We are all to
blame for this condition, but
there are(some things we can't
control that will have to be right
ed. A brighter day is near.
First we must learn that it is
harder to break seven sticks in
a bundle, than single stick at
a time. A PROPERTY OWNER.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-11-13
: Presbyterian

AT the social and business meet
ing of the Christian Endeavor So
ciety in the parlors of the National
Hotel twenty-five we're present. We
missed those who are away at col
lege or were unavoidably absent,
our visitors just making up the full
number.
The first of the post-prandial talks
was by Francis Flfhr on "Why do
young Endeavorers net speak at
meetings as much and often as our
fathers and mothers do"
Then theItallest member, Robert
Wilson, spoke on the sabject "Why
| look down ON some people"
The recollections of "Ha:
Been" were all pleasant and inspir.
ing as recalled by Mr.. Frank Fuhl
and "That reminds me- gave star
enough for the talk of Moses BlacI
who is said to be the best teller o.
good stories in Meade County.
All gave apt and timely addresse.
but if asked who did the best the
two youngest would be named o
course.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-11-13


Federal pure food inspectors Op
Grating from Topeka are working
On case against a Kansas City
slug dealer" who has been shipping
a few bottles of unlabeled beer into
Kansas in the same package with
unintoxicating imitation beer. AS
the whole package was labeled
Notwithstanding beer" the federal
authorities have gone after tine deal
er under the pure food law.