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Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1915-04-10
RIGID DIVORCE LAW
HERE AFTER MAY |
Remarriage Of Either Party to An
other Person Prevented for at
Least Six Months.

1t Will not be as easy 10 get q dl.
'orce in Lnls state after May l, when
Lne recently amended statute will be-
come effective. Among the more raul-
al departures from the Old divorce
law is that which provides Ior a d.
VOrce commission, whose duty II shall
De TO probe all divorce cases, to de-
iend the interests of the state aud
generally to take all necessary steps
90 prevent cOllusion or fraud.
Another feature OF the law is that
which provides that alter suit HAS
Deen entered the case shall be tried as
an action at law unless the court
refers it to q commissioner in chanc.
cry.
II tried as an action at law the
case would be heard by the court up-
Oh oral testimony or the reading OF
dispositions.
Other requirements include that
which says the applicant must have
~een resident or the state for at
least c! year prior to a suit The
suit may be brought in the county in
winch the defendant resides and may
De brought by the wife in her own
name without the necessity Of act.
ing through legal next friend"
Whether the defendant answers or
not the case shall be tried and heard
independently Of either party. The
court may require the costs at any
time under penalty of Withholding
decree.
Where it is charged that the de.
PENDANT lived unlaWtully with anoth-
er uncorroborated testimony of the
partlceps criminis is held insufficient
lor the granting of divorce. The
statute also provides that neither Of
tne parties to suit may marry an
other until the expiration Of six
months, except they marry each 9TH
er. Ihe court can disbar either Of
the couple from marrying another for
any time not to exceed five years.
False dispositions are a misdemean.
or punishable by from $50 to $500
flne. When the final decree Ia an
tered the testimony is ordered seal
ed and can be opened only on court
decree. 1t is provided that the law
does not affect cases pending between
the dates Of passage and when it be.
comes effective
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1915-04-10

Jack johnson surrendered the
belt of fstic honor on Monday.
Willard has the name, but didn't
knock it out Of Jack Johnson. Jack
intended to retire, and having held
the honor from July 4, 1910, and
having lavishly spent money, it is
patent to us, that he preferred the
1852, 900 cash before the fight and a
quarter of a million dollars to flow
into his hands, one fifth of which
has already been offered him than
merely own the belt honor,
The fact that Jack played with
him half the time and landed on
him whenever and wherever he
wanted for 20 rounds, shows Jack
was the master in the ring. 1t is
Our belief had Jack followed the
advantage of his terrible uppercut
IN the first round, Willard would
have gone down. Or had Jack not
rushed the fight, Willard would
had no chance to win. johnson
was not knocked out and did not
want to be.
Some of the prejudiced pale
faced newspaper men, lay great
stress on Jacks immoral conduct.
We never liked it, and never shall.
Can these pale editors refer us to a
high-toned gentleman and moralist
now, or to any who have FOUGHT
prize fights? 1t is a frightfully
immoral game and as brown faced
editor, we would rather be popu-
lar with God than to be able to
whip the world, wear the belt to
Our grave and leave ten billion dol
lars. Jack WASH knocked outi.
He layed down and by it rose with
thirty-two thousand dallars in his
pocket and at least quarter mil
lion dollars to flow into his hands,
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1915-04-10

IL IL hlRh -nOon.tlno for Negroes to
change their funeral displays and pro.
cessions. There ia as much of it done
over one cent worthless fellow az there
10 over . decent citizen. 1T is proper
and right to bury all, but common sense
should always govern it
AS the poor hard working girls and
boys try to and often do outdress the
rich, 30 the poor ones who had not
enough funds TO pay for medicine and
palstsble food for The sick in life, spend
all the insurance money in dee ), b
to make show. Its wrong. Why
not show respect for the dead by walk
ing to the grave yaId2
1t was done before and soon after the
war. and is done now in many parts Of
this state. Let US 60 back to it. Auoth-
or method is disgraceful, and that 49,
after preaching the sermon. and all the
other preachers and local preachers
have had their say, the cuffin
10 opened and the crowd told how TO
come up and 20 back after taking the
last look on the dead who always died
in tho faith and have be en- preached into
the kingdom. 10 every case the Lord
took him away" The Lord had no
more to do with taking him away, than
lilo had In making hIm-anothsr delus-
ion-for man IL mans prod aud
as like begets like, 80 they live and de.
Another thinp. Why pay exuavagunt
prices for a coffin? Why not go, George
NJ. Miller or John Carter to make YOU q
better one for ten dollars, than you can
get for hundred? Better still why
not fall in line with the ad vance of The
age and prepare your owD grave and
make it out Of cementI That is. have
the hole dug the bottom, sides and ends
strongly and nicely cemented with q
wooden arch made for a covering, over
and on which, cement is 70 be pou, i 1t
burial. This is the way we shall be
planted. and if we live long enough,
will help make our OVID sleeping place
We shall not be taken into church,
and nc exposition will be made Of our
dead body, and being an sgnostic our.
self, no preacher will be able to tell
whore we have gone. Be that AS it may,
give cement graves a thought as to b. I'M
far better and cheaper than wooden
collins.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1915-04-10
PAROLES
FOR SEVENTEEN
Happy Band of State Convcts Given
Release and Go to Their
Homes

Warden Mont. Z. White, OF the state
penltentlary at NOunuSvlIle, SATURDAY
received papers for the release or Il
cOnVlctS, serving time III the luStl-
tuition from Governor II. ID. Hatfield
at Charleston, acting upon The recon-
mendatlOn or the parole and pardon
boards Tor the months OF December
January ana February. Inc seven>
teen were all given their liberty tina,
day. Sixteen OF the ones reieaseu
were paroled and one woman, LILLIAN
Dance, who has been suffering from
tuberculosis the past TWO years, was
gwen conditional pardon.
Thos receiving the paroles are: r.
'R. Alley, sent up from Wayne county,
for receiving stolen goods. he wan
,~-V wing nVe-ye2r sentence; K. w.
MesSey, aged 20, miner, who was
given q lU-year sentence in Ulpshur
county Tor manslaughter in 1910; fuIl
kolash,, aged 20, a miner, sent up
from Tucker county to serve a tern,
or from to IA years for grand lar
ceny in 1911; J. e. Swiger, aged II,
sent up from Pocahontas county in
1910 to serve two years for malicious
shooting; Walter Goard, aged 20, sent
up IN 1913 to serve three years from
ayette county for unlawful wound
ing; Frank Waetson, aged 20, sent up
from Harrison county, to serve IL
years for robbery; Leroy Watson,
aged 70, sent up from Upshur county
in 1912, for a tive-year term for man
slaughter; r. w. Wood, sent up III
1903 from Kanawha county for second
degree murder. Wood is afflicted with
chronic rheumatism; John Hart, az,
ed 81, sent up for 10 years for man
slaughter from KanaWha county;
Nelson Meyers, aged 80, sent up III
1917 for five years for manslaughter;
Harry Wakefield, aged II, sent up
from Tucker county for 10 years for
burglary; Obey Claypool, aged 81,
sent up in 1911 from Upshur county
for from two to 10 years for grand
larceny; c. Arbaugh, Joseph Mating
~, Earl Maurseye, l. G. Gillespie.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1915-04-10

AS planned in the outset Jack John
son was 70 fight Jess Willard lest sun
day April 4th. But 1t was so cruelty
wicked, our praying President utter
veDed and the Cuban President about as
conscientious az our ruler acceded and
put it off until Monday 9Th. inst, that
the sanctity Of the holy Sabbath should
observed.
Inasmuch as our President Is a great
scholar, and pronounced historian
an author of several volumes-and
knowing that many thousands Of inof.
fensive Negroes have been shot down
like mad dogs, burned alive. nnd swung
to II ees, bridges, and lelegraph poles.
and that Oh one warm Summer Sunday
train was chartered or sp, cjaily ran
Cor miles to see human beings eyes
punched out with red hot irons, his
teeth knocked out, his finger nails torn
off; then piled finely split, rich pine
around the poor Negro, saturated it
with coal oil, and mid shouts Of JOY
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1915-04-10

white woman proudly stepped up struck
q match and set the oil and pine to
burning.
Cooked to chsrred object, q hotel
keeper cut big chunk from the dead
body, took it back to his hotel. aud At
meal time o-nsmented his table with it
while bis guest ate in POPULARITY. Be.
isve whom we declare that. thousands
of acts Just az black have taken place
sinoe 1863 in this Plesid ent Wilson's re-.
ligious county. 1t Is universally know
that for centuries, bull fights on Sun.
days have been going on and the
Cubnns, have no more desire
to expose and put an end to it than
President Wilson has to stop lypching
at home in America, for not word in
any Of his messages has ever been writ
ten or uttered against it. Yea, verify
should tho mote be taken from our ow n
eyes before we look at the evils Of 9th.
els.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1915-04-10
TRYING TO SAVE
STATE MILITIA

Officers and men of the West Vir-
glnia National Guard have inaugural
ed a movement among commercial
bodies and individual business men
bu which they hope to raise enough
money to maintain the armories and
thus prevent the guard from being dis
banded because Of lack of funds.
Adj. Gen, Bond has arranged to
to place the plan before the war de-
partment and find whether under this
arrangement West Virginia will be
entitled to it's share Of the federal
appropriation. The legislature ap-
propriated nothing for the guard at
the regular or special session early
this year.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1915-04-10

Consistency thou art a jewel. Many
parents Of the church in this city, put
on the war paint because their tots 20
to Billy Spears place and play pool and
others denounce the place because balls
and fights frequently occur there"
However, when tho preachers salary
is back at the end of the year, bills are
thrown over the towu by these church
Hail to church banquet TO raise money
TO pay their pr eacher. The little ones
may not be allowed to speak out against
it, but rest assured they will do some
thinking and more talking 10 them
selves.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1915-04-10

and in shaking hands and bidding
Willard good bye, advised him to
save his money, indicative that he
has made and thrown it away, and
that he intends to hold on to what
he has and will get Jack, you are
wise. And had you not been a
black man and whipped a white"
one you would not be exiled today.
The difference between Jack John
Son and his foulest traducers is
this: he marries and lives with his
women, and they disgrace and live
with theirs in violation of law. A
day or SO back, Southern white
man shot colord man dead on the
streets and when taken before a
justice be boldly declared he shot
him because he was walking with
my wench.
Jack we are glad you are out of
the game and congratulate you for
being honest in it, and for never
showing the white feather. Brave
man. II onest fighter, and al
ways kept his hat on his head and
looked the w h foes in the eyes.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1915-04-10
rive Thousand Took Examinatin-
Staff f Eighteen at Work-Next
Ordeal In June,

work was begun Monday at Char.
lesion on the grading or the exami-
nation papers Of the county schol
teachers of West Virginia who were
examined Thursday and Friday in tn.
various counties of the state. 1t is es-
timated that 5000 teachers took the
examination, Of which $50 were of
hanaWha county. A staff of IS grades
Will pass on the papres, and it is ex-
pected it will take them four weeks
TO complete the task. They will work
IN the chamber Of the house of dele.
gates. The list Of grades follows:
superintendent II. r Brookover.
Morgantown; Principal, George P.
stewart, Lefiston; Supt. r. w.
Thrush, Keyser; Supt. J. w. Greene.
Hamlin; Miss Mary Fravel, Pota:
Mr.. J. H. Copper, Herndon; Mr.. w.
H. Compston, Ripley; PRINCIPAL
Ralph S. Beckner, Griffithsville: Mr..
Clarence Roby, Greenland; Supt. A.
I. Morrison, Clarksburg; Mr.. R. H.
Carder, Earnshaw; Mr.. H. A. Slower.
tuiioden; Mr.. Orval Hill, Carlo; Miss
Maude Waugh, Kanawh AHEAD: Mr.,
W. j. Sharps, Grantsville; Mr.. Rus.
sci r. Bell, Clay; Miss Eva l.. Steere
Belmont; Mr.. E. s. Knee, Shepherds.
town.
Three examinations are held dur
ing the year. The next will be June
81 The last tests will be given
July 22-23.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1915-04-10

There is no possible way to make po
litical capital out Of the alleged fnan
cial condition Of West Virginia, made
80 by the refusal Of Our solons to decree
that funds should be made available to
be paid out. The funds arc III the
proper hands ready to be pald-all's
wanted is the authority to do 80. The
state is not bankrupt and the moraLori-
um Is out Of place-no need for 1t.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1915-04-10

Mr.. j. Hampton Baum2artuer de
lights seemingly to tell the pubic about
thelstars and stripes The Is. & D's work
men are going to don tuis year, and how
they will entitle men and their families
to passes. If newspapers are no adj
vantage to the B Il O., and all other
railroads, why does Mr.. Baumgartner
keep on weekly sending out his news
letter and never pay the editors, or offer
them anything in return for it? The
absurdity of corporation allowing a
few we'll paid men TO say what and
what not 1t shall do. There is no law
that could keep us from paying ary bill
we owe in any way the party chooses to
take it. and the same holds good with
railroads exchanging mileage to editors
in pay tor what they print.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1915-04-10
FIFTY CO|W|CTS IN
FAyETTE COUNTY

Fayette county officials have Just
completed negotiations with state
authorities for the use Of 80 convicts
on fayette roads. The men will be
taken from the penitentiary ana
placed In camp on May first. War.
den M. u. White and State Engineer
Williams are looking over a prospec.
tive camp site.
Fayette is the only county to ap
ply lot men 80 far this spring. At
present two other counties, Berkeley
and kanawha, are using convict la
Dor. Pleasants county, which used a
camp last summer, has completed
the road work and the convicts have
been returned.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1915-04-10

"wild hairs" in consequence OF which
we may not be able to see things plain
ly, but as we see it, We venture the as.
sertlOu that President Wilson and his
cohorts won't find much consolation in
the result Of the Chicago election
DemOcracy's fOOlishness caused it.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1915-04-10

Murder! Murder! was screamed two
weeks ago last wednesday night by an
old lady pushing hundred years old.
When outsiders responded, "Rsndolph"
Kramer was, 1t is said, choking his
daughter, who broke his glasses and
SCARED his face. We suggest that our
Principal challenge less willard after
that victory. And still the B'd. Of Ed
pays no attention to it.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1915-04-10
SATURDAY, APRIL 10. 1915.

Germany wants peace aud wants
everything to go witt, it. Did it catch
the inspiration from Jack Johnson 8
victory In Cuba. That's what he got.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-02-09
Russians Great Work.

A. A. Balakshin, Russian, is at
the head of the greatest farmers
union in the world, a most remark
able organization composed of the
Russian peasantry covering a vast
stretch of fertile land from the Ural
mountains to the confines of Mongolia.
The chief industry is butter making,
and almost the entire output has found
ready market England. M. Balakshin
assumed the task of organizing the
farmers some years ago, and has sue
ceeded to an extent not dreamed OF at
the beginning. He is regarded with
loving reverence by the 100000 souls
to whose we'll being he has devoted
his life, and by whom he is affection
ately spoken of as "the little grand
father
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-02-09

enea to much and can well listen to
little more"
Judge, she Is of very affectionate
nature, and her appreciation of your
sons virtues is very great Though
her conception of yourself is naturally
very vague one, it is only to be
expected that she should wonder how
you could live SO long without a visit
from Oliver"
His lips took strange twist. There
was self-contempt in it, md some
other very peculiar and contradictory
emotion. But when this semblance OF
smile had passed it was no longer
divers father she saw before her, but
the county's judge. Even his tone
partook of the change as he dryly re-
marked:
What you have told me concerning
your daughter and my son is very in
teresting. But 1t was not for the
simple purpose of informing me that
this untoward engagement was at an
end that you came to Shelby. You
have another purpose. What is it?
can remain with you just five min
utes longer"
Five minutesi 1t only takes one to
kill hope, but five are far too few
for the reconstruction of one But
she gave no sign of her secret doubts,
as she plunged at once into her sub
ject.
81 will be BRIEF" said she; "as brief
as any mother can be who is pleading
for her daughters life as well as hap
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-02-09
CHAPTER III-continued.

Meanwhile Judge Ostrander was
looking about him for Mrs. Yardley.
The quiet figure of squat little body
blocked up a certain doorway.
81 am looking for Mrs. Yardley," he
ventured.
The little figure turned; he was con-
scious of two very piercing eyes being
raised to his, and heard in shaking ac-
cents, which yet were not the accents
of weakness. the surprised ejacula-
ton:
Judge Ostrander!"
Next minute they were together in
a small room, with the door shut De
hind them. The energy and decision
of this mite of a woman were surpris-
Ing.
Il was going-to youth the morn
ing" she painted in her excitement.
ITO apologize" she respectfully fin
lshed.
Then" said he, cit was your child
who visited my house tod&y?"
She nodded. Her large head was
somewhat disproportioned to her short
and stocky body. But her glance and
manner were not unpleasing. There
was a moment OF silence which she
fastened to break.
Peggy is very young; it was not
her fault. She is so young she doesn't
know where she went. She was found
lettering around the bridge--a dan
gerous place for a child, but we've
been very busy all day-and she was
found there and taken along by-by
the other person. l hope that you
will excuse it, sir"
What he had to say came with a de-
cided abruptness.
who is the woman, Mrs. Yardley?
That's what 1 have come to learn, and
not to complain of your child"
The answer struck him very strange
ly though he saw nothing to lead him
to dlstrust her candor.
II don't know, Judge Ostrander. She
calls herself Averill, but that doesn't
make me sure of her. You wonder
that 1 should keep a ledger about
whom / have any doubts, but there
are times when Mr.. YaTdley uses his
own judgment, and this is one of the
times. The woman pays we'll and
promptly" she added in lower tone.
Her status? Is she maid, wife or
widow"
"Oh, she says she is a widow, and
see every reason to believe her."
A slight grimness in her manner,
the smallest possible edge to her voice,
led the judge to remark:
"Pretty?"
Not like a girl, sir. She's old
enough to show fade; but / don't be-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-02-09
FIRST WOMAN TO GET STATUE
Monument Was Erected Fifty Years
Ago to Brave Colonial
Dame.

Admiring friends of Mrs. Woodrow
Wilson are planning a memorial
o.nebody suggests that this take the
form of . statue-''the first statue OF
a woman to be reared in this coun-
try"
ONLY a few weeks sitter Nordica's
death. It was said that statue should
he erected TO the memory Of THAI
sweet singer. On that occasion It was
also said that it would be the nrst
statue TO a woman IN America
But 217 years ago another Ameri-
can woman did something which not
only deserved a statue, but get II
Haven't you ever heard Of Hannah
Dustin?
Captured by Indians at Haverhl'.
dragged from bed. where her one
veek-old baby was promptly murdered
this hardy woman walked for days
through snow and slush many miles
aud without shoes. She was destitute
Of everything except courage
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-02-09
CURE FOR NERVOUS PEOPLE
Physicians Have Found Work to Be
as Effective as Rest. II Not
More SO.

Some physicians are finding that
work is quite as effective cure for
nervous disorders as rest ever was-if
not more so. How one doctor is PROF.
ing this is told in the Survey lie is
DR.. Herbert :. Hall of Marblehead.
Mass.
Doctor Hall discovered that the pa
tent must feel ''the call of the job II
q cure is to be effected So in 1895 he
established a workshop in Marblehead
wherein patients, supervised and
taught by experts, are now making ar
ticles that are salable and are getting
wages for their products Weaving,
cement work. dyeing and pottery lave
been the most successful trades. jew
elry and metal work have proved too
irving for unframed and unhappy pa
tienss to carry through and sell profit
ahly But In the other occUpa. ions
about seven thousand dollars worth OF
merchandise has been made and sold
each year, although the workshop has
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-02-09
If HAIR Is TURNING
GRAY, USE SAGE TEA
Don't Look Old Try Grandmother's
Recipe to Darken and Beauty
Gray, Faded, LifeIess Hair.

Grandmother kept her hair beauti-
fully darkened, glossy and abundant
with brew of Sage Tea and Sulphur.
Whenever her hair fell out or took on
that dull, faded or streaked appear
ance, this simple mixture was applied
with wonderful effect. By asking at
any drug store for ''Wyeth's Sage and
Sulphur Hair Remedy" you will get
large bottle Of this old-time recipe.
ready to use, for about SO cents. This
simple mixture can be depended upon
TO restore natural color and beauty
TO the hair and is splendid for dar.-
drum, dry, itchy scalp and falling hair.
A wellknown druggist says every
body uses Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur,
because it darkens so naturally and
evenly that nobody can tell it has been
applied-it's so easy to use, too. You
simply dampen a comb or soft brush
and draw it through your hair. taking
one strand at time. BY morning
the gray hair disappears; after an
other application or two, it is re-
stored to its natural color and looks
glossy, soft and abundant. Adv.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-02-09

piness. Reuther has no real ailment,
but her constitution is abnormally
weak, and she will die of this grief If
some miracle does not save her.
Strong as her will is, determined as
she is to do her duty at all cost, she
has very little physical stamina. See!
Here is her photograph, taken but a
short time ago. Look at it, l beg. See
what she was like when life was full
of hope; and then imagine her with
all hope eliminated"
Excuse me. What use? l can do
nothing. am very sorry for the child,
but" His very attitude showed his
disinclination to look at the picture.
(TO BE CONTINUED)