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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1913-08-09
REPORT MADE OF
COUNTY SCHOOL

COUNTY SCFiOOL
Monday County superintendent
Zeilor forwarded his report to State
superintendent NJ. p. Shawkcy for the
school year which ended June 80. In
his report Mr.. Zeilor has been very
careful and shows in detail the coudl.
ton Of the schools.
In the county there are rs school
building. not including Martnsburg.
They are valued at $63.11o45. There
are SO lbrares, containing 1.512 vol
umes with a valuation of $l,O55.45.
In Arden district there are 10 build
ngs valued at $13,11o with an enroll
ment OF $50 pupils. There are also
IS teachers In the district.
In Failing Waters district there are
9 buildings valued at $5.77525. There
are 9 teachers IN the district and the
enrolment shows 2oo pupils.
Gerrardstown district has Is build
ings, valued at 5000; Is teachers,
with a total enrolment of $40 pupils,
Ftedgesville district has 15-buldings
valued at $154442O; - teachers with
an enrolment of G2S pupils.
Mil Greek district has II buildings,
valued at Sll290; IA teachers, with
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1913-08-09

SAN FRANCISCO. Aue. 3. The es.
eapades Of Mrs. Clara Baldwin stock
er, one OF the heiresses Of the late
Elias Lucky" Baldwin who togeth-
CT with Mrs. Anita Baldwin McClaugh-
~ inherited $20,000,O0O, have recent
ly established a record in gem buying
threated to be eclipsed by those Of
Mrs. McClaughry, who has just pur.
chased a magnificent string Of match
ed pearls at he price Of $225.000
Mrs McClaughry recently obtained a
divorce from her husband alleging
cruelty During the trial she assert,
ed that her HUSBAND had remonstrat-
ed With her because She had paid 70
cents a pound for prunes. price
which he eonsdered extravagant
The estate of Lucky" Baldwin has
been awaiting settlement since 1909
and has increased from $11000,000 at
that time until it now totals 100000
600 after paying 100000 In debts
and $36O.0o0 in attorney and executor
fees.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1913-08-09
THE FRUIT INDUSTRY
IN BERKELEY COUNTY
Something About The Beginning The Industry
In This Section And Why 1t Has Proved So
Profitable and Attractive How the IN
dustry Can Be Made More Profitable

wants were supplied left the apples
20 70 30 the orchards.
Mr. J4o - Miligr vas especially
taken with the idea OF commercial
overloaded with stock winch. owing
picked cur the seeds which he plant.
ed and grew his own trees for his
original orchard on the same ridge
and jus to the soah Of his fathers
and which has proved lle greatest
money maker IN The entire fruil bet.
Ho planted thirtgGye acres in YORK.
Imperial and Ben Davis and by
good deal Of hard work ard SELF De
nial he brought the orchard 10 bear
ing The orchard, the second CONNER
cial orchard in the county was plant
ed in 1867 and Is still bearing This
land was bought for $40 per acre and
on one occasion he sold his crop on
the 80 acres for $2o.000 and for years
at from $4,000 to $4,000 We recall
that on one occasion Mr. William s
Miller sold HIS crop at public auction
ana got 1926 per barrel and the crop
yielded $50 barrels an acre making
more than $1.100 per acre,
The venerable William S. Miller
has been dead for a number Of years
but the original place Is run by his
two daughters, Misses Bessie and
Mamie Miller Mr. John M Miller
has expanded his operations until the
present time after dispogigg OF two
large orchards, he still owns and is
operating between 400 and 500 acres
nearly all Of which is Of bearing age
and making him good money
These successes soon attracted the
eyes of capitalists and within the
past few years there have been
thousands OF acres planted out and
numbers Of very large orchards are
now owned and operated by joint
stock companies representing a large
amount of foreign capital.
There have curing recent years been
many criticisms by people aud pre-
,dictions that the business was being
over done aud that apples would soon
be left to rot in the orchards for want
Of buyers at any price. This is the
same old carping which William S
Miller and which John NJ. Miller
heard and all have been hearing
since the beginning of commercial
orchardlng in this section when in
fact the United States bureau of cen
sus reveals the fact that there are
fewer apple trees in the country now
by several millions than five years
ago II has been a clear case of sur
vival of the fuest" and sections
which have been producing apples
but which really were not adapted to
their cultivation has given mp the
task OF attempting to raise apples in
competition with those sections
adapted TO their growth and owners
have taken ont millions Of trees and
planted their land in corn and wheat
The certainty of the crop is super
Tor to any OF our other products. This
years. 1913. is the FIRST real failure
in the apple crop in This section since
the beginning of commercial orchard
ing here A very unusual freeze ON
uur5,,5 t,, uoet faw wears some
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1913-08-09

probabilities. 81 the fruit industry "a
Berkeley country are SO astounding
tbs the writer does no. approach The
subject without trepidation Indeed
some Of the Successes experienced
h3 growers in this section are almost
ih4 red bic
Berkeley county Les between The
eocnties Of Jefferson aud Morgan the
three forming what IS known as the
Eastern Panhandle Of West Virginia.
is bounded on the northeast hy the
historic Potomac river and on the
southwest by the county Of Frederick,
Virginia It lies Of whaj We may call
the gate Of the famous Shenandoah
Valley. It's climate is mild aud even,
for the latitude giving a sharp enough
contrast between summer and winter
bat not given to extremes to either
cold or hot The soil is chiefly lime
stone and yellow shale and produces
the usual farm crops such as hay,
wheat and corn in great confusion and
to good profit,
The adapiablity of the soil and eli
mate to the cultivation Of fruit and
apples in particular lay do9ment I'M
III discovered, almost by accident,
some years back. For many years
1t was known that apples of almost
any variety grew to great perfection
on what was known from time imme.
mortal as Apple Pie Ridge, a ridge Of
from 80 TO $50 feet in altitude and
running from north to south about a
half to one and half miles east OF
the ridge Of mountains known as
North Mountain. and running parallel
to the mountain through the entire
county. The soil of this ridge is OF
a yellow shale and has become very
valuable for the purpose of fruit
growing but il has been clearly dem
onstrated that other ridges parallel
and in close proximity to Apple Pie
Ridge are just as good and in some
instances superior to it. The chief
advantage of Apple Pie Ridge over
other ridges seems to be in certainty
OF crops for some times when apples
were scare in other sections of tha
county this ridge yielded fairly good
crops but ii is certain that Apple Pie
Ridges yields no better apples and no
larger quantities than other ridges on
an average year During the past
ten years it has been no uncommon
thing for growers to realize from
$500 to $500 per acre on a single cror
on any of the famous ridges.
1t is estimated, by conservative
fruit men that there is an acreage OF
about $4,000 acres in the county no"
so, in fruit, chiefly apples, or about
100000 trees. OF this there is now
probably bearing acreage of 5000
acres or about 10000 trees and thesC
are capable of producing from 1--WE
to three barrels to the tree making
a reasonable crop for the county OF
o. least 100000 barrels, which viii
YIELD to the growers the handsome
sum of about threefourths of a mil
lion dollars yearly.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1913-08-09
MARTINsRURo

Read THE MARTINSBURG
WoRLD. Through It's columns you
will only learn of the advancement
and upbuilding and uplifting Of the
home town.
The Washington times., 1913-05-20

This sentiment in favor of the Asiatics has never
been organized, has never dared make itself felt
politically; yet its existence is not doubted,
Making the measure in some wisaa political is
sue will doubtless align a considerable number OF
Democrats against the bill that has passed.
For the present, however, the question is out OF
the hands of the Californians and in the hands OF
the diplomats of the two countries. Secretary Bryan
and the japanese ambassador have agreed that the
notes exchanged between the two governments dur
ing this stage of the consideration shall not be given
to the public This is sensible agreement, which
suggests purpose on both sides to avoid extreme
expressions, and yet to have perfectly candid con-
sderation of the matter. The sensational press and
tie agtators of both countries will be given just as
little possible of material for troubemanufacture
1t is impossible to believe that an insigni6cantly
small and unreasoning minority in each country will
be permitted to exaggerate this affair into supreme
calamity to BOTH
The Washington times., 1913-05-20
Here's a Book

The Sojourner. Robert Dull Elder,
published BY Harper Bros, New York
and London.
Stories OF the kind which deal with
Young men and women at college or
lust out of II are taken up by that
yerv class with. the greatest avidity.
There seems to be no limit to the gull
hility with which they accept and there
nv sanction the most marvellous of expc-
riences, the laws of composition mold
M terrors for them, and Just such a
book as Robert Elder has written is
food and drink.
Presenting a vivid picture OF college
life at graduation time. the fortunes of
rho young hero. Jack Holiday. ar,
followed throughout a series of adyan-
,urcs in the West, where he goes in the
home that time and a new life will effacc
the scars of an unrequited love, and a
blasted fortune.
Tnrop ghout the story runs a note or
mysticism weakly sounded and some
What aimless. but nevertheless interest,"
ing and decidedly helpful In the unwind
inc of the plot The conventional ar
rather unconventional. type of WCstar,
cowbus is strongly drawn. the heroine
and her brother, Eastern types of the
affluent maGnate's children, standing
out in sharp contrast. Although inc
book as whole is trifie disiojpted
mary of the chapters are cxCeIIrn,Iy
written, and one in particular entitIcd
..The Sheepherd erder." is 4 Avid and com.
plete story all by itself.
The Washington times., 1913-05-20
Dempsey's Will
BY Eugene Gedry.

AN DEMPSEY was dyin'; his
friends and relations
wor gathered around him Vid
tears In their eyes.
The priest came an gave him the last
ministhrations.
Preparin' his sowl for Its home in the
skies.
"Ochone." Dan bewailed, soon me name
will be 'Dinnis,'
DER me corpse all the b'ys will lie
dhrinkin' their fill;
Would wan av yez mind callin' Lawyer
McGinnis?
IT'S meself that 'ud be afther maxim
a will"
McGinnis came In wid his pens, ink an
paper,
"Now. make yer last thestimint..
Dempsey" says he
ITO me WILDLY ten thousand I lave
that's the caper-
Or, IL she gets married-to make Ire
land free.
There's a thousand besides; 30 give
Patsy six hundred,
Three hundred an fifty, I'll give sis
An. that's all" Sure the counselor sat
there an Wondered
what about t'other fifty? The willis
not complate."
"Oh, that" said Dan Dempsey. Now,
how will spind it,
'Ts small sum av money, betune
ycu an me-"
"Arrah, man." spoke McGinnis, yer
life soon is inded,
Let it so to the b'ys for a taste Of
| spree"
"All right: there's no need for to ak II
| they want il,
, At h'istin the bottle there's none av
'em slack,
| Make 'em dhrink it while I'm on me
way to be planted
For 1 won't be along on the road
comm back"
The Washington times., 1913-05-20
CALIFORNIA; REAL EMINENCE-

II is worth while to keep in mind that in addition
|tc repeating the treaties between the United States
land Japan California is also undertaking pretty ef-
fectveIy to repeal the antitrust law of the country
California opposition has made if impossible to
carry into effect the otherwise accepted plan for dis
solving the merger of Hartman railroads The basis
Of that plan was that the Union Pacific should be-
come owner of the Central Pacific road. California
objects snd is able to veto this.
Whatever one may think about the details, II
must be admitted that California is quite an animate
and puissant little community with tendency to
get to the center of the map.
The Washington times., 1913-05-20
PUBLISHING FOR PROFIT.

Everybody of common sense will appreciate the
judgment of Mr. Norman Hapgood, now in control OF
Harper's Weekly, that a periodical, to be soundly
and permanently successful must be business prop
osition. "A magazine" he says, run much for
ideals that it lost money would be shortived indeed
hope il is run for money at least to the point of
maintaining sufficient margin for financial safety.
No enterprise that is not self-supportng can be
either so healthy or so useful as that performs
service of sufficient merit to enlist the practical
operation of the public This practical cooperation,
Of course, takes the form of readers that value a
journal sufficiently to pay for the privilege of read
ing it, and of advertisers that know it is read by a
sufficient number of paying readers to warrant ap-
pealing to those readers with paid advertisements.
When Mr. Hapgood, after several years as editor
Of Golfers Weekly, resigned from that post he gave
the explanation that he would not submit to having
the editorial columns for which he was responsible
edited by the advertising department. If it was
merited, this was severe Indictment, as it would be
of any publication hoping to satisfy public opinion
and thereby to maintain Hourshing circulation. We
are not implying that Mr.. Hapgood's Indictment in
that case was true bill. II may have been drawn
and we should like to think it was-in rather heated
moment of quarrel.
Mr.. Hapgood now in full control, as we under
stand it, of his own weekly cannot complain that his
editorial policy is marked out for him by somebody
else in the advertising department of his publication
We are sure that il is possible for him, Or for any
publisher of the right purpose, to conduct journal
without sacrificing ideals to money; and in that mis-
sion we wish him all good luck.
The Washington times., 1913-05-20

We have Slimpsed no floor plan OF the
new postoffice-this being apropos OF
a visit to the old-but it's our deckle-
edged hope that 1t will not be SO ar
ranged that the department desired is
ALWAYS all the way down the corridor
and around the corner and down the
other corridor mile or so. Also. there
seems to have been keen rivalry among
p. O. designers as to which could put
the retail stamp window farthest from
the place to mail letter. and our OBJ
servations have been that they all did
wonders. The average postoffice runs
a close second to Carnegie for the
honor of doing most to fill our lunatic
asylums.
The Washington times., 1913-05-20
LOAN SHARK LAW VIOLATIONS.

Some time ago The Times gave publicity to the
charge that the lately passed loan shark law is being
violated commonly and fagrantly. The charge was
made on the basis of representations that have been
laid before officials of the District government and
generally believed by those officials to be true To
get detailed evidence on which to base prosecutions
is a very difficult matter.
:, This same charge has now been repeated before
the Monday Evening Club accompanied by the prom
se that at an early date details will be forthcoming
Itfhe Monday Evening Club can get the needed tes-
timony to win some prosecutions under this act II
will perform a most useful service. 1t is curious
apd inexplicable fact that the victims of the loan
SHARKS are commonly dominated by So high sense
Of honor that they will not testify against the men
VINO skin them. Knowing they are being victimized;
kuovng that their necessities are used as the means
for extortion from tnem they yet esteem their own
good faith highly that they will not appear against
men who both rob them and violate the law Gould
there be better proof that this business of loanine
money is one in which the moral hazard is really
slight and in which, therefore, the interest rate need
not be extortionate?
The Washington times., 1913-05-20
HOW DO THE REAL PEOPLE FEEL?

Whether it is by initiation of a new measure or
BY referendum on the one just passed, California
seems likely to get chance to vote on the alien land
legislation which Governor Johnson has just signed
Under California law, it requires very low per-
cenage of signatures to referendum petition to sus-
pend the effectiveness of law and require popu-
Lar vote on it. Even if the States sentiment is as
strongly favorable to this measure as has been rep
resented and as is indicated by the legislative rec
ord, it would seem well-nigh certain that the petition
would be secured, which would suspend the measure
for year and half.
While the politicians seem agreed that the law
will be sustained people who are not politicians and
who think they know something about California
opinion are not nearly certain Not few of them
believe that the outcome of real campaign of ap-
zeal to the best intelligence of the community might
be different Certain it is that the opposition would
take into consideration questions that seem to
have had only one side presented before the Legis-
lature. For instance, right or wrong there are a
great many people in California who favor Asiatic
immigration, because it offers source of domestic
and agricultural labor which the State sorely needs
The Washington times., 1913-05-20
Third Question Unnecessary.

"HE report Of a disturbance in
Parkersburg last Sunday evening
was exaggerated.
Tine Philosopher went over, in
auired into It and found:
Fay yeniny. jung faller mem Vim vat
know mae en- Eckhart hae say hae call
on hes girl an bout saXty-fuv mennits
after seven shae slap hem lax dek-
kens!''
what did he do them
BAY yeminy. hae tai mae det, accord
in to Scripture. hae paid her fer te
slap met kiss
Did the trouble stop therc?''
NO bay yeminy-shae slapped hem
agen::"-Frostburg Mining Journal
The Washington times., 1913-05-20
The Probable Ghost.

SPIRITUALIST. accompanied by
n another man who shared the
~ same belief, was walking in a
country graveyard one night
when one Of the men declared he saw
a "shadowy FORM
Have you any idea whose ghost 1t
was?' asked the other.
No. l can't tell you." he replied, but
over yonder there lies man who had
three wives. On the stone OF the first
there is My Wife on the second My
Dear Wife and on the third My Be
loved Wife If any ghost does walk
hereabouts i should say 1t is the first
fe's.''-Harper's Magazine.
The Washington times., 1913-05-20
What's on the Roeran, in
Washfnqton Today

The following Masonic organizations
will meet tonight-Lodges: Arminius.
No. 25, F. c.; National. No. u: Myron
NJ. Parker, No. q. and King David.
No. es. not bulletined: Takoma. No.
.. lodge school OF instruction. Royal
Arch Chapters Lafayette. No. ..
mark; Washington Naval, No. s. r.
A. Scottish Rite: Mithras Lodge of
Perfection. business. Eastern Star:
Mipah Chapter. No. s.
The following /. o. o. +. lodges will
meet tonight: Golden Rule. No. 81,
degree; Washington. No. 6, and Amity,
No. -. business.
The following X. of P. lodges will meet
tonight: Webster, No. I. business
Excelsior. No. IA. rehearsal; Capital.
No. q. rank of knight; Myrtle. No. .,
business.
The following National Union councils
will meet tonight: State, War and
Navy. and Fraternal
The following Red Mems organizations
will meet tonight: Idaho Tribe. No.
Is; Waneta Council. No. s.
Meeting of Brightwood Tent, X. o. +.
NJ, tonight.
The Washington times., 1913-05-20
The Real Need.

A WANDERING peddlsr stopped
~ at a Southern cabin and opened
n his pack.
Nanny. let me show You
some self-raising umbrellas" he began.
mo use. man; no use" interrupted the
old colored woman as she btiSfed her
self about a boiler of clothes. "Cayn't
use nothin' like dat"
How about self-raIsing window
shades"
No good heah. kase dey amt no
windows wuf talkin' crbout"
''Self-raising buckwheat?"
NO good to me-we eat cohn pone
But, mister
We'll. mammy?''
IF you'H tell me how to tuhn desc
neah fohteen bad chillun into self.
raisin' pickanirries Ah'H be yo' frien
foh life. dat All will. sub. ."-National
Monthly.
The Washington times., 1913-05-20
Good Stories
In Ample Time.

Y WANT to be sure not to miss the
early train!' a bit anxiously
said the drummer, according to
the Kansas Cit yStar.
mo danger O. that, podner" reassur-
ingIy replied the landlord of the tavern
at Polkyille, Ark. Well rouse You out
plenty early enough in the mornin' so
you can be at the depot promptly at
train time and set around in the Geld
for two hours and twenty minutes, or
such a matter, waitin' for the train to
Lcome"
The Washington times., 1913-05-20
Because the Home Team

G. S. X: Why is it that getting in
a hole" and going up in :hc air, "
physical opposites. mean the same thing
when applied to baseball pitcher?
sAL-AMMoNIAC.
The Washington times., 1913-05-20
JAPANIC.

The Governor has ta'en his quill
And signed the anti-alicn bill;
And now, by all the gods above,
We don't know what to expect.
The Washington times., 1913-05-20
WE GIVE UP, CLIFFORD.

WE GIVE UP, CLIFFORD.
Pretty mdidens all around me,
On the street and In machines;
Oh. SEE them, but, confound me,
WHY don't I KNOW any qneensg
HomeIy girls I kno,0 a-plcnty:
KnotU 'em by the umptee-teens;
Prob'ly serenteen or tuonfy-
Why don't l kno,o any QUEENSf
/ ,1ouId knoi0 the kind that grdces
CoUerS Of the magazines:
Shades Of fdir-to middIinJ faces!
WHY don't knoD any queens.
CLIFFORD 7. MYNDoTT.
Our regards to Mr. Myndott. He i
braver than we are.
why we sympathize with California
The Jap acrObatic troupes in vaudeville
The Washington times., 1913-05-20

If you sit up until 3 o'clock tomorrow
morning you will have a chance to read
all about the Cuban inaug before going
to bed. 1t may aid slumber.
The Washington times., 1913-05-20

The Washington slums. as Mrs. WI
son has learned. are one thing.
The Washington times., 1913-05-20

The Washington slumps. as Clark
Griffith is learning. are something else
again. G. S. +.
The Washington times., 1913-05-20
Amusements,

National-"Some Years Hence" IN n,
NationaE"La Boheme," S:Is D. m.
Columbia-'The Road to YESTERDAY"
S:l5 y. m
Poli's-"The Million" els and Sis n. m
Belasco-Motion pictures of South pole.
Chase's-Talking pictures, to IL p. n
Cosmos-Vaudevilie.
Casino-Vaudeville.
Gayety-WrestlinS, tonight.
The Washington times., 1913-05-20
THIS& THAT
HABERDASHERS' TRIOLET.
Win Sometimes a Little orthe otAe,

HABERDASHERS' TRIOLET.
When customers come in for ties
Exhibit shirts and collars.
Display some zeal and enterprise
When customers come in for ties,
But do not let them realize
They're spending twenty dollars
When customers come in for ties,
Exhibit shirts and collars.
The Washington times., 1913-05-20
POPULAR FALLACIES.

The belief that six car tickets for a
quarter is cheaper than five car tickets
for quarter How often do YOU ride
just because you have ticket:
"Chew very slowly while you eat"
says Adviser-to-thc-P People John d..
Rockefeller. Talk on pleasant topics"
Pleasant topics 1t is. Shun the frumious
bandersnatch and John d. Rockefeller.
The most instantaneous success"
advertises a tobacco, lin the whole his
tory OF tobacco making" Making it..
presumably, very unique.
The Washington times., 1913-05-20
Filed Excuses.

HUSBANDS" was the pleasing
IS subject under discussion.
while the ladies sat gently
slipping China tea and nib
bling creamy cakes.
oh. my husband is funny! cried
ono of the fair damsels. He has such
awfully amusing excuses when he
comes home Late
Lets hear" said the other pouring
another cup of tea.
well. he's a maniac on system you
know. He has everything tabuia'ed-
AZ least as much as he can-and he's
a,,o, had . lot of excuses written out,
and numbered them
No r..,- ...
ing out late he just shouts up the stairs :
4 say. darling, it's No. :. or s, or y,
lust as the case may be. e."-Phiiadeiphia
Record.
The Washington times., 1913-05-20

No. Prorata. the Cucaracha slide Is
dance, The mistake is excusable.
The Washington times., 1913-05-20

Possibly we have the crooked dope on
IL. but it's our notion that not 80 OF
the 100000 persons in the L. s. A.
care who are put on the philippines
commission. Yet the P. C. Is persistent
front page stuff.