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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-03-17
Daily HeaIthogram.

1t is easier to build right than to
rebuild a faulty structure. Take care
of the child's health. Give it it's share
of outdoors, Of wholesome food and
proper sleep. This treatment will
make the average child healthy
grown-up with strong resistance to
disease.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1913-11-06
ProcrastinatOrs And Prophets Oh
Evil

Those who are clamoring for
delay in the enactment of Curren-
cy legislation and Claiming that
there should be no hurry in pass
ing the Glass-Owen Bill, forget
that the bankruptcy court, like
another warm place, is paved
with good intentions.
Business is being held up and
money boarded. awaiting definite
action by Congress in this all
important legislation, to which
every political party is pledged.
What sane reason can be adj
vanced for further procrastina=
tion :?
It is admitted that we have the
poorest and most inelaStic cur
rency system of any civilized ma
ton, and for the last six years,
the whole question has been
threshed out, until we know now
just as much as we will ever
know about it.
The Monetary Commission af-
ter years of exhaustive examina-
ton and personal observation Of
European banking systems by its
members, issued ton or two of
reports and findings. Hearings
BY the hundred have been had.
and no legitimate interest has
been denied a right to present
its views.
And now we are told that to
pass the bill will endanger the
business future Of the country.
When the Walker Tariff law
was enacted its opponents conf
IDENTIFY asserted that panic and
financial ruin would ensue. The
country never enjoyed such an
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1913-11-06
Trust the President.

That the Currency Bill should piss at
the present session is necessary to the
welfare of the country Although
matters are quiet on the surface. and
the Presidents tact and GOODNESS have
made any great outbursts impossible,
yet there is, underneath, the same b tier
controversy between him and pluto
cracy that is going on all the time be-
tween the forces of progress and the
forces of privil ,ge. Mr.. Wilson at the
present moment is the leader in tn
movement toward democracy, political
and industrial He is a wise leader
He has been thinking for more than
thirty&years with an excellent and a
highly trained mind about the human
problems of our time He has .seen
them against the back ground of history,
with disposition that has been con
servatively tempered by his occupation.
He once spoke of himself as man who
sought radical ends by conservative
means WHAT he is asking in the case
of currency is not too much Indeed lit
is not enough for an ultimate solution,
but it is necessary that that amount
shall be conquered now in order that
the forces of progress shall remain
dominant. If he is victorious in his
currency measure, he will have amuch
better chance in the desperate fight that
lies Immediately ahead. when amend
ments to the. Sherman Act come up.
If he is beaten in the currency meas
ure, it will mean much more than de-
lay of needed reforms-it will mean
that the democratic movement in this.
country, the progressive movement,
has received set back, and those who
are afraid Of greater equality in the
world have won a notable victory over
their foremost antagonist, which viii
strengthen them in confidence and in
position, and correspondingly weaken,
him. 1t is no time for hesitation. Let
those who are overmuch impressed by
detailed criticism by bankers remember
that country bankers, unless they are
very exceptional men. hardly dare to do
anything but agree with the big men in
New York This is no time for coward
ice. inaction, OF mob psychology. Won
Moltke said; First consider, then
dare The currency question has been
considered for many, many years. The
present bill has taken what was valu-
abe in the expert know ledge of the
Aldrich Bill. and it has added features
which give the people control. through
their government. and reduce the ex-
cessive control of a few over-wealthy
men. Such step is not violent demo-
cratic progress; it is only slow and
patient common sense, Let US take
that step. Norman Hapgood.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1913-11-06


era Of prosperity as followed its
passage.
When the Interstate Commerce
Commission was created the most
direful forebodings were heard
as to the bankruptcy of railroads
and embarrassment to business
that would follow. Has any one
governmental agency ever done
more to protect the small mer-
chant and shipper and incident
ally the consumer :?
When LaFollette got his reform
measures through in Wisconsin,
they were denounced as socialis-
tic and unsafe. Now every stu
dent of economics goes to Wis
! consin to study a system, that
! the railroad and other great cor
porations themselves admit is
wellnigh perfect.
President Vanderlip of the Ma
tional City Bank of New York
the biggest in the country=--con-
cededly the leading authority on
banking problems, admits that
4
the bill is, eighty per cent
good.
Can't we take chances on the
other twenty per cent as against
the existing system, which is adj
mitted to be almost wholly bad
The President lays down nc
/ hard and fast law as to changes
in non essentials. He does insist
thaItl1e Government and not the
Banks control the peoples money
and on that point lie is adalnant,
and backed up by public opinion
! regardless OF party prediction
/ If Congress will complete its Ia.
bors and pass the bill with suck
reasonable amendments as can bt
agreed on in conference, after The
law is in operation such change:
as may be needed to perfect /
can be made.
But for the Senate to furthe
obstruct the consumption o
this great reform is to dam bacl
the tide of prosperity now begin
ming to set in throughout TIL
country.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1913-11-06
Congratulations 10 Our Nsighbor.


Last week the Ransom Post
Office was opened in the old
Graded School building and is
now running as smoothly as if
Postmaster Stonesifer were a
veteran in Uncle Sans service.
The Office is excellently adapted
by location and equipment to the
needs of the community it serves,
and is of great convenience to
the manufacturers and others re
curing expeditions service,as the
Ransom mail bags are now deliv-
cred directly to and from the
trains.
We congratulate our neighbor
on this evidence of progress
and on having so good a Demo-
crat and genial and efficient a
Postmaster to preside over its
new Office.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1913-11-06
T Vs'ss. B&B v. 1ss:
boys clothing

Boys all wool Blue Serge
Suits-Grey and Brown Mixed
Cheviot Suits-Coat lined turnout
full cut knickers-lined thru
out, $500.
Boys Overcoats-extra value
Capitalization collar, Russian
style-sizes 2 IL to 10 years
Grey and Blue, $500.
Boys Boomers or Knicker-
booker Trousers, SOC to $3.50.
Boys Waists-Percales, Cham
bray, Linen, Flannels. Sateens,
etc., SOC to $3.50.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1913-11-06


And the women-the matrons and
the MAIDS of that time-their soft
voices and their gentle ways !! They
did not belong to women s clubs, they
did not ride bicycles and horses astride,
and they did not drive automobiles or
lecture on platforms. They were
brought up without coming in contact
with tie rude outer world. They were
generally educated at home by govern
esses. Everv girl had her maid, who
waited on her, and she was stranger
to drudgery, One would suppose, from
this that they would be useless toys as
wives, and poor companions for edu-
Gated and stirring men, but the suppo-
sition would be wrong,
/ have seen girl of IL take the head
of her fathers table in her mother s
absence, and play hostess in such a SIM
pie and sweet fashion as would charm
her fathers guests. She had watched
her mother in these trying ordeals,
and had insensibly learned her lesson,
and when it came her turn to preside
at hers husbands table5an take upon
herself the cares of family, she had
little to learn And when the great
civil War came. with what splendid
heroism she stood at her post at home,
and sent her husband and her sons to
battle And when the struggle was
ended, with what accomplishing cheer
fulness she undertook the drudgeries
of her altered circumstances These
are not merely the tales of fopd old
man, reveling in the visions of his
youth; they are parts of the immortal
history of the Southland.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1913-11-06

Mesars. J. G. Harrison & Sons Of
Berlin. Nd, whose orchards were not
hurt by frost this Spring. sold thirty
eight thousand dollars worth Of peaches
of eighty acres this season. netting
more than twenty i've thousand dollars.
or over three hund red dollars an acre
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1913-11-06

The Wheeling Intelligencer
published a 81 page paper last
week, which is a credit to West
Virginia newspaper enterprise.
1t portrays Wheeling in 1913 and
shows that West Virginia's larg-
est city is progressive" as is
the Intelligencer in business, if
not in politics.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1913-11-06
Col. Braxton D. Gibson For
The State Senate.


Already, the political pot IS
beginning to simmer ard future
party nominations are being dis
cussed.
Under the rotation h ory,-
Jefferson County is entitled to
name the next Democratic candi-
date for State Senator. She has
even a better claim in the
fact that with Hampshire, she
furnishes the majority without
which no Democrat can be elected.
Hampshire has a Senator now,
SO of course under the -constitu-
tion cannot have another. Col.
Gibson's father, the late Col. John
7. Gibson, was a native of Hamp-
shire County. Berkeley has had
Senator for two consecutive
terms and under the last Republic
can gerrymander has two mem
bers of tile House of Delegates to
Jefferson's one. Morgan with
half the population and a fourth
of the Democratic vote of Jeffer-
son, has the same representation
in the lower House and recently
held the Senatorship.
Under these circumstances it
would seem that Jefferson has
only to present her candidate to
have him unanimously endorsed
by the Democracy of the Eff
tenth Senatorial District.
In the person of Braxton
Davenport Gibson, the banner
Democratic county OF West Vir-
ginia would be splendidly repre-
scented in its State Senate.
In him the advantages of logi-
cal and good politics and avail
ability, with peculiar fitness for
the office, would seem to meet.
Modest to a fault and never a
sell, seeker---yet no man in the
State is more widely or favorably
known.
AS Past Grand Master Of Ma
sons and through membership in
other fraternal associations, as
| Commander of the Sons of Con
| federate Veterans fer West Vir.
| ginia, as a lawyer, a bank presi.
dent and a successful business
man lie has made good in every
relation Of life.
| Furthermore, by his service ir
| the Legislature when he repre-
scented Jefferson County in the
House of Delegates. and as q
member of the State Asylum
Board, he is particularly vel
equipped by experience and know.
ledge of Legislative procedure and
of State economic conditions te
represent the Eastern Panhandle
and South Branch Valley.
Port" Gibson---as he is known
| by his legion offriends---was q
c1assmate of President Wilson al
| the University of Virginia.
| He was his earnest supporter
before and at the Baltimore Con
vention, and believing in the mar
and his policies has not had te
change his convictions and afilia;
lions to meet, the favoring po1iti
cal breeze.
When elected he will wear NJ
mans collar, nor serve any inter
ests but those of the people hi
j would represent.
In point of eligibility and il
recognition of personal wortf
and loyal and lngrudging party
service, no stronger candidate
can be offered next spring for thu
Democratic Senatorial nomination
than Rraxton D. Gibson.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1913-11-06
children's dresses

Fine Serge Dress-sailor style
box pleat. back and front-col-
lar and shield contrasting color
finished with silk cord at neck
belt, deep fiem-Copenllagen,
Navy, Tan-sizes 4. S, 8 years,
$500.
Children's Boucle Goats1box
stv1e-wide belt of Messaline-
finished at front with silk frogs
large buttons, turnover collar
and cuffs Black sizes 2, 8,
years. S.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1913-11-06
Large 3-Story Brick Building,

containing THREE STORE-ROOMS
ON the ground floor and commodious
FLATS above, the Lot running all
the way through the block and bor-
dering in the rear on Liberty street.
May be sold as a whole or the
Liberty street lot cut off and sold
separately This property is also in
the heart of the business section of
Charles Town, the store rooms being
now occupied by John C. Burns &
CO., Clarence D. Eby and the Handy
5 and 10c Store.
3rd. Large = UNIMPROVED LOT
on the north SIDE of Congress street,
between Charles and Lawrence streets,
in good residence. section. May be
sold. as whole or divided.
The! above property was conveyed
to the undersigned trustee by the
deed of trust aforesaid from the said
Mrs. Sarah A. Talbot, to which ref
erence can be had.
| will be glad to interview or cor
respond with parties interested in the
above property with a view to giving
them any additional information de-
sired.
TERMS OF SALE third or
more cash on day of sale. balance in
equal installments in one and two
years, or one, two and three years,
evidenced by the purchasers promis-
sorry notes secured by deed of trust
upon the property sold, bearing inter-
est at six per cent per annum.
FORREST A. BROWN,
Trustee.
r T West. Auctioneer.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1913-11-06

In pursuance of deed 81 tfust
from Mrs. Sarah A. Talbot, dated
June End, 1913, recorded in the Coun-
-ty Clerks office of Jefferson County,
in deed book 100, at page 27S, | will
offer for sale at Public Auction in
front of the Court House in Charles
Town, in said county, on
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1913-11-06
A Boy Who Raised 1873 Bushels Of
Corn to one Acre.

In the current issue of Farm and
Preside appears an account of Hugh
W, Gunnell, Jr., ffteen-year- old boy
who raised 1873 bushels of shelled corn
in 1912 on an acre of Virginia land. The
date of planting was May Fl, and the
corn was harvested about September
rs. The cost of the crop was twenty
three cents per bushel. In addition to
the corn raised on this acre there were
365 lunches Of corn fodder, tied with
81 foot strings. and worth four cents a
bundle in the open market. The ac-
count stood as follows:
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1913-11-06
Merchant Tailoring.

Tailored to measure by Strouse & Bros,
Baltimore, Md.-==
The fashionable tailoring shops of
Strouse & Bros, Baltimore are repre-
scented by US.
If you want the best clothes have
them made by the best tailors.
Strouse & Bros, max ers of High
Art Clothing has been acknow edged
leaders for SO years. We have a very
large line of samples for your inspec-
ton.
Prices for suit or overcoat made to
your measure SIS. 90 to $4,000.
VIM. KAHN. Sadler Block.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1913-11-06
Saturday, November s, '13,


beginning at 10 a. M, the following
Valuable Real Estate, situate in
Charles Town, in said county, to-wit
1st. Lot on south side of West
Washington street, between Charles
and Lawrence streets, about II feet
front and 135 feet deep, improved by a
Large Brick DWelling-H
containing hall, parlor, sitting-room,
dining room, kitchen summer kitchen,
four bedrooms, bathroom, storage
garrets and upper and lower porches !;
SERVANTS HOUSE in the rear !;
and two-foom frame OFFICE BU1LD-
ING. May be sold as a whole or di-
vided into, two lots. This property
is ON the main street in the business
section Of Charles Town, between the
Bank of Charles Town and R. D.
Shugart's Saddlery Establishment and
is .san excellent site for business build
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1913-11-06
Large Brick Dwelling House,

End. Lot on the north side Of
West Washington street, between
Charles and Lawrence streets, i'm
,nrnuad hm a
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1913-11-06

Picture. OF The oIa Rssin. By a



cOnfsdsrals vstersn, 81
major A. R. b. Ransom, in the Sc
vance Review.
| remember well my mothers atti-
tude toward our slaves. She had a
school where all the young ones were
taught CONTRARY to law. She taught
them herself, and her Sunday-school
was always full. All our young slaves
could read and some of them could
write. Ny old Nanny always wrote
to my mother when she was away from
home, When we tthe chiIdren) gath
cred around the table to study our les
sons at night. she always took her place
at the table with pen, ink and paper.
Nov, children, she would say, "f am
going to write to your ma, and don't
want to give bad account of any of
you." | can remember the times l laid
my weary head in Mammy's lap and
said my sleepy prayers. and / remem
Der her sitting nodding by my bedsids
until should fall asleep. And re-
member Mammg's funeral for l was
almost man then, We were living in
Charlestowh, and Msmmy was old and
lived in cabin at the bottom of the
garden walk and never came to the
house. On good days she sat in her
door in the sun with her Bible on her
knees My mother was old and feeble,
but on good days she would walk down
to the cabin, while in bad weather go
on the back porch and look. down the
walk until the two saw each other, and
would wave their hands at each ether.
When Nanny died my father deter
mined to bury her in the Episcopal
graveyard at Zion Church. AL hough
a vestryman, he couldnot get permits
sion, but the procession moved up the
back street, about half mile in the
August sun, the coffin. carried by eight
strong men, my fatker with his hat off
walking Immediately behind it, When
we cane to the gates they were lock I'D
bnt after little delay they were open
ed som chow, and Nanny, the only
negro. lies buried in Zion churchyald
with the white folks and some day she
will rise as<white aa any there.
The most remarkable feature of the
situation in our section was that refine
ment and even elegance could exist or
such very small means A man with q
small farm (say 300 acres), worth
about $4,000. and few slaves was
really prince,-a prince Of the. kline
that no millionaire of the present day
! can even emulate. He had leisure tt
think, to read, to cultiAate his mine
and manners, Sand to indulge himself ir
social pleasure. lie was a better. edu.
Gated man, a better-read man in cur.
rent and ancient literature, and he was
a better hammered man than the mar
of the present age; freed from little
worries, his =telnperWas better, his
heart was softer, and his disposition
more sunny and genial. Social utter
COURSE therefore. was on plane
which is now unknown. There was
lit attempt at grandeur, or extrav.
agant display; beautiful simplicity
pervaded life and gave it its greatest
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1913-11-06

T. ]. West. Auctioneer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-10-03
SHIFTS IN WAR DEPARTMENT.
Appointments, Promotions and Resig.
nations Are Announced.

Recent changes have been made in the
classified service OF the War Depart
ment follows:
Appointments under civil service rules:
Office OF the chief of ordnance-George
Il. MacMahon. clerk at $500; Jerome A.
Schnar clerk at $500: John H. Lawrence.
apprentice craftsman at $500; wolcott e
Spofford. apprentice craftsman at $500
The adjutant generals office-William
Miner, assistant messenger at S120: Louis
T. Woodward. assistant messenger at
1920. Office of the chief of the Quarter
master Corps-Louis H. Trip. sanitary
and heating engineer at $500: John
Cunningham. laborer at $500. Bureau Of
lnsular affairS-Ralph j. Burton. clerk at
$1,000.
Promotions: The adjutant generals
oftice-Mrs. Emma b. Saxton. clerk.
from sl.9o to sl.A0; Gottlieb Ma
David Currier. from clerk at $500 to
chief of division at $4,000; Willard j.
Holmes. clerk. from $1,000 to $500;
Ernest X. Graves, clerk. from s1,400 to
$1,000: Percival Davies. clerk. from
$1,000 10 sl.400. James \, Ingraham.
clerk. from $1,000 to $1,000. Office of
the chief of staf-Paul ii. Brashears
from laborer at $3.50 to Waterman at
81 -. 10 $500 Office Of the chief of
the 0uartermaster Corps-Justin p.
Diesman, clerk. from $1,000 to $1,000:
Oswald ID. Quinlan. clerk. from $500
10 $1,000. Paul ID. Common, jr.. clerk.
from s1.4O0 10 $500. Office of the
surgeon general-Thomas r. Hudson.
clerk, from $1,000 to $1,000: Harry II.
Wakefield clerk. from $1,000 TO $l.400.
Office of the Secretary of War-Charles
II Hyland. clerk. from $1,000 to $1,000.
designations: Office of the chief of staff
Ralph X. Miller. Waterman at 1920:
Miss Madeleine QIackenbush. clerk at
$3.50 The adjutant generals Office
William K. Lee. clerk at 81 400 Office of
the surgeon general-ThomAs j. Brooks,
Waterman at $72p; George f. Nicholas.
clerk at $l,4D; Ralph NJ. lie Comte
microscopic al 81. so. Office OF the chief
a. ordnance-Carl ;. Winner, apprentice
craftsman al $500.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-10-03
WILL VISIT FORT McHENRY.
Secretary Garrison Accedes to Baltl.
more's Request for an Inspection.

Maj. Preston of Baltimore accompanied
b Gen. Riggs OF the Maryland National
ard. called on the Secretary OF War
today and asked him 10 90 10 Baltimore
and visit Fort McHenry 10 see what the
government can do 10 improve its present
condition. Fort McHenry has been aban-
doned military post and is in charge
OF a Waterman.
the authorities OF Baltimore in view
Of the approaching star Spangled Ban
nsr'' centennial next year. desire to have
tie historic birthplace OF the anthem put
in more attractive condition for that
occasion.
The Secretary was asked 10 visit the
fort. so he could make suggestion as 10
nat the government might be willing
aud able TO do in the matter III the
government cannot improve the fort the
city OF Baltimore desires TO do il.
Mr. Garrison designated October - as
tue date Of his visit 10 Baltimore He
wiii be accompanied by Mrs. Garrison
and Gen. AleShire. chief OF the Quarter
master Corps. who has Jurisdiction over
the reservation on which the fort is To-
s2.t6
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-10-03
INQUEST AGAIN ADJOURNED
IN ADMIRAL EATON CASE
District Attorney Declares Govern
ment Is Satisfied With De-
velopments.

BINGHAM. Mass, October ..-The mys-
FERROUS death of Rear Admiral Joseph
Giles Eaton at his home in Assinppi
seven months ago was the subject of fur
Their secret inquest here yesterday.
Eight witnesses We're heard, most of
them neighbors of the Eatons. II Is upon
the evidence adduced at the inquest that
Mrs. Jennie VI. Eaton, the admiral $
widow. who is charged with numbering
her husband by administering poison is
10 be tried October H.
Vt the conclusion of the proceedings
the inquest was again adjourned indefi-
ntteiy, but District Attorney Albert S.
Barker announced that il would be recon-
rened before Mrs. Eaton is brought to
trial.
Mr.. Barker declared that the govern
ment Is satisfied with its case as de-
Vcioped to date. He secuted reports that
the prosecution might be forced to qua sh
the indictment against Mrs. Eaton. and
said she would positively be brought to
trial October a.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-10-03

Mems New Fall Suits; English
and conservative models, of pure
worsteds and English suitings; also
black and white. blue and black
chalk stripes.
Values worth CO. 7R
$1,000 and $3.50. ID Il So 10
Sale price .........
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-10-03
Perfectly Credible.

} ..14 t,.. Boston Transcript.
P~nisv-f've written new novel. Come
up 90 my apartment and III show you
tn, proofs.
Friend Proofs Why, old CHAP, | don I
doubt Your word in the least.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-10-03
A Common Error.

Ifpm the London SPECTATOR.
IL IL a common mistake to think that
rudeneSs-which II some fearfully mud
die headed ways : sometimes thought to
~ democratic - q sign of independ-
snCe