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Profs gionaI Cards
b. 10. GIBSON J
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Charles Town, JEFFERSON County, W Va.
; >Pfactices sin the ciEenit- courts w Ne.y
Virginia, the supreme court of appeals and
the United States district court at Mar
.kinsburg. Office over Miller's Pharmacy
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For any itchiness Of the skin. for skin
rashes, chap pimples. etc, try Doan's
Ointment. Soc at all drug stores.
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Good Salesman Wanted.

To sell our Fruit Trees IN This County.
Best terms known to the nursery
world. Steady employment, cash
weekly: Good money made selling our
excellent stock. Satisfaction and profit
from every tree. II you are the right
man, we will make you our county
manager
Cedar Hit NurssT and Orchard Company,
Box T.. WincAestsr, Tennessee.
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Jas. M. Mason Jas. M. Mason, Jr.
MASON & MASON
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW

Charles Town, Jefferson County, w. Va.
Will practice in the various COURTS Care
full attention paid to collections.
Office in Law Building n. George st
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T. C. GREEN
A ,unAn Nnxy Anr Az,

Charles Town, Jefferson County. w. Va.
| Berkeley and Morgan counties, in the
United States distriebeourta ct Martinsburg,
the supreme cou1t of appegis Of West Vir-
gina. Special attention to the collection
Of claims and prompt remittance of the
same.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-02-27
POISON LOVED ONES

Marie went out and brought bach
champagne bottle. She poured the
liquor and they drank it.
Next morning they ran out of the
mouse. They were widows. for they
themselves had used the poison.
They went straight to the chief de
gendarmes and told him of their sorry
plight.
We have killed our husbands" thew
cried. DO what is right with u.s."
But the official simply wept with
them and kissed them, for il was found
that the plot had been deeply laid and
that the sacrifice of the girls, which
has no precedent in history, had saved
thousands of French troops from Ger.
tain death.
Marie and Rose have been critically
Ill and for two months were lowering
between life and death, and 1t was
feared they would lose their reason
but they have recovered. and are now
Red Cross nurses. g..
In caring for the wounded they are
trying to forget their terrible life
drama. ...
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-02-27

age period. Although this NAV
10 involve considerable expense !, n
,, Deen calculated that for a we,.h.
mouse, one good stove will nro,J
heat enough to cure from ten thop.,l
10 twenty-five thousand bushels q, !
tatoes.
By careful storage in this wav o.,
ers Will find it possible to put MI
product on the market when the \
mand is at the greatest, usually f,r'
the middle of December to the m,aS
OF March. Careful grading and ma,
Ing will lessen loss from decav :,
secure better prices. In fact. to ouo.
from the bulletin already mentiops
With the growing demand for svs'
potatoes there is every inducement d
the southern farmer to adopt betsl
methods for growing and marketing
as to make the sweet potato a mo1
important money crop" 1t is az
money crop that the southern farm
should regard the sweet potato. A ID
early plants, however, should find
place in his home garden for hon
consumption. Even. moreover. IL II }
not desired to grow sweet potatoes y
a commercial scale, by little attsr
ton to the principles of storage whid
have already been discussed. the fam
er will find it quite easy to keen !
sufficient supply in good conditio,
throughout the year for the use Of bI
own family.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-02-27
GIRL IS VICTIM OF GOSSIP
Sent to Home for FriendIess After
Death Of Woman She Thought
Her Mother.

La Crosse, Wis.-Fifteen years ago
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred West decided their
childless home was incomplete and
they resolved to adopt a baby. A
little girl, one month old, was taken
by the couple. and upon her Mrs
West proceeded to lavish a mothers
love and devotion. The girl was
named Hazel West.
Two weeks ago Mrs. West died and
the. child, heartbroken over her loss.
heard neighbors whisper that she was
NOT Mrs. Vests child. For the first
time the girl learned she did not
know who her parents we're. Unable
to stand remarks made concerning
her birth, the girl appeared before
Judge Brindley.
lnasmuch as she had never been
legally adopted, the girl was sent to
the home of the friendless.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-02-27

ure removed. In a new Farmers Bull.
letin No. 54S published by the United
states department of agriculture un.
der the title of Storing and Market.
ing Sweet Potatoes" an account will
be found Of the latest discoveries in
this field.
Sweet potatoes have always been
abundant enough in the South. The
dih1culty has been to- distribute the
supply throughout the year. Growers
nave either rushed them out for sale
at digging time, flooding the market
with ungraded, badly packed, and un.
attractive stock or else stored them in
outdoor pits or banks where a large
portion decayed. The result has been
the loss OF a large percentage of the
crop and low prices for that portion
which did reach the market.
The remedy for this situation. say
experts in the department of agricul.
ture, is the marketing of crops from
storage houses. To keep sweet pota-
toes in good condition they must be
well matured before digging, carefully
handled, well dried or cured, and kept
at a uniform temperature after they
are cured. The storage house is de-
signed to make possible the last two
requirements. Detailed plans for the
construction of such storage houses
will be found in Farmers Bulletin
NO 54S which has been already men.
toned. On many farms in the South
buildings such as abandoned tenant
houses, which with a few alterations.
could be used for this purpose, are
already in existence. The cost of the
necessary alterations or of erecting a
new house, varies. Of course, too much
with local conditions to be stated with
any accuracy, but IN general it is
thought the outlay need not be very
heavy.
When the potatoes are first stored
IN these houses a temperature of 80
degrees to 80 degrees Fahrenheit with
plenty Of ventilation is maintained for
from ten days to two weeks In order
TO drive off the moisture. After the
potatoes have been thoroughly cured
In this way. the temperature is grad
ually reduced to SIS degrees Fahrenheit |
and kept as near that point as posi-
pie during the remainder of the stor.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-02-27
Heroic French Girls Tragedy
Thrills All France.
Kill Their Husbands When They Find
Latter, Who Were German Born,
Planned to Poison Garrison
With Arsenic.

Paris.-How two little French girls
poisoned the husbands they loved, to
save the life of an entire garrison has
just been made known in Paris, and it
has created tremendous sensation.
Rose and Marie Dupont, two eight
een-year-old twins were born at Vile
rupt, a small village on the Lorraine
frontier. In 1912 they married two
students of chemistry, named Ulrich
and Wilhelm, who loved them SO much
that they became French citizens and
bought drug store in the town.
Both unions were most happy until
July 20 of last year. when the hus.
bands received a letter from across
the frontier. Immediately both be-
came very nervous and asked the two
girls to go to their grandmother's
home In Longwy until the situation
cleared.
Both went to Longwy, but found
that their grandmother was not
there. They returned very late the
next day to Villerupt. ....
When they arrived at the drug store
they found 1t closed. Going through
the back garden they peered through
the closed shutters and saw their
husbands, to their great amazement,
talking in quite a friendly manner to
two uhlans in full uniform.
They could not believe their eyes
at first, but they were Mortified later
at the conversation they heard.
A deep plot had been arranged by
Ulrich and Wilhelm. They had stored
big dose of strychnine and during
the night it was planned to drop 1t in
the wine casks reserved for the French
garrison.
Are you sure the dose is strong
enough" asked one of the uhlans.
Why" answered Ulrich, ut is
strong enough to kill all the garrison
and its reserves"
With low cry Rose shuddered and
almost tainted. Both realized they
had been fooled, and that instead of |
being loved they were the wives of
The worst of scoundrels and even
worse than that-traitors.
We must act" said Marie, ito pre-
rent this most awful crime. even IL We
must commit one ourselves"
Half an hour later they rang the
ront door bell. They appeared very
oyous and explained their elation by
aging they had heard the war had
'een averted.
They said they were so glad that
hey wanted to open some wine I'm
onor of peace and the friendly uhlan
oldiers.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-02-27
CULTIVATION OF SOY beans
When Early Varieties Are Used God
Crop Of Forage May Be Obtained
Methods of Seeding.

In general way, soy beans shouh
receive the same culture as the o.
binary field bean. Prepare the lans
so that good root bed will be pro
vided and have 1t smooth and free
from clods. Seed may be put into the
ground as early in the season y
practicable, but the best results WI
be obtained IL seeding is postoonea
until the soil is well warmed. When
early varieties are used, fairly euod
crop Of forage may be obtained,
planted after some Of the earle
small grains. such as rye and barley
have been harvested. In this vay'
two crops may be secured from tns
same field in a single season. one
small grain and the other OF s0
beans. Another practice is to drill I'd
beans in between the rows OF con-
after the last cultivation. The metz
cd of seeding will depend, Of cours~
upon the kind of crop which 1t - ~
sired to harvest. If it is wanted "
hay or green fodder, sow eiine
broadcast or with a grain drill w.
IL beans are desired, plant In dr's
only, having the rows three to iow
feet apart.
There is considerable variation =
to the amount of seed sown per so'
in the different parts of the counu,'
Some farmers use only half buss.
while others prefer twice az nS"
Or even more.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-02-27

the relations between the state troops
and the regular troops will be closer
than ever. In truth the unanimous
vote OF the senate on this bill and the
approval which has been expressed of
the measure go to show seemingly
that this legislation is considered to
De one means of making the country
more thoroughly prepared to defend
itself If the occasion ever should arise
when defense will be necessary.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-02-27
Cross Section of Sweet Potato s.craoe Hous.

prepared by the United States Depart.
ment of Agriculture)
With home garden to furnish him
fresh vegetables and a well managed
poultry flock to provide meat and eggs
for his own table as well as a surplus
FOR the market, the farmer will have
the satisfaction of feeling that he has
very considerably reduced his cost of
living. He can therefore turn with
a freer mind to the production of a
money crop. ...
:, AS crop of this kind the sweet DO
tato Is yearly becoming of greater i'm
portance throughout the South. With.
In the last ten years the value of this
crop has increased so per cent. and
with better methods of storing and
marketing it is estimated that even
this increased value could be doubled
Such improved methods. moreover.
should make it possible for the south.
ern family to store sweet potatoes for
It's own use throughout the entire wear
and this. indeed, is a matter of prime
importance to the housewife. In other
sections OF the country the Irish DO
tato forms an important part of the
meal three times day; in the South
climatic conditions have made this i'm
practicable and some other substitute
has to be found. Hitherto there have
been difficulties in the way of using
sweet potatoes for this purpose. but
now that the problems in connection
with their storage have been solved
these difficulties are to a great meas.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-02-27
C0TT0NSEED AS FERTILIZER
Contains Nitrogen, Phosphorie AsId
and Potash, and Has Value Of
S14.96 Per Ton.

The following answer was given b
an inquiry concerning the value a.
cottonseed as fertilizer and as feed
by G. S. Traps. state chemist q
Texas:
The average composition Of cotton
seed is as follows: Nitrogen 3.l3 pr
cent, phosphoric acid 1.27 per cent
potash LII per cent. With nitrogen
at zoe a pound, phosphoric acid q
&c a pound and potash at &c q pound
a ton Of cottonseed would have d
fertilizer valuation of $14.96 per ton
l am unable to tell you. hoveyef
whether or not this fertilizer wouli
give profitable results on your black
hog wallow land. Land Of this char
acter usually needs vegetable mattf
more than 1t does fertilizers. That b \
to say. it needs applications Of stab
manure or rotation of crops in Wild
legume. such as cowpeas, cloyG.
ETC., is grown to be turned under o. !
grazed off. Sometimes 1t reacts y /
fertilizers and sometimes 1t does nj /
If cottonseed meal gives good results !
then the cottonseed ought likevin
to give good results. Whether yu
should exchange for meal or not "
ponds upon the basis of exchsnss
Good cottonseed meal has sometime |
more than twice the fertilizing valu
Of cottonseed. 1t is also of good feed
Ing value, and 1t would probably Pc /
you to use two pounds per day q
cottonseed meal for your horses an
mules to take the place of the mcr
expensive corn.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-02-27
TO PAY THE GUARD.
Uncle Sam to Be Paymaster for
State Militia.
Proposition Receives Unanimous Ap-
prevail Of Senate Committee
Will Help Solve Problem Of
Military Unpreparedness.
BY EDWARD q. CLARK.

(Staff Correspondent Western Newspape,
Union)
Washington.-The senate committe.
on military affairs has given favora
Die and unanimous report to a bill
which will make Uncle Sam in part
the paymaster of the national guards
men OF all the states in the Union.
This means that every Republican
and Democrat holding membership In
the committee is in favor of paying
the state troops out of the funds in the
United States treasury for the actual
military work which they perform.
Army men hold that this will increase
largely the efficiency of the National
Guard, will help solve the problem of
military preparedness and will largely
increase the enlistments In the mill
tary organizations of all the states.
This federal pay bill for the militia
may not become a law at this ses-
sion, but members of congress seem
to think that its passage virtually is
certain In the near future. Under
this bill the enlisted men in the guard
will be paid rs per cent of the pay of
q man of their rank in the regular
service. but of course the money will
be given them only for the hours in
which they are engaged in necessary
military duties. drill, book instruction
and the like.
For years the officers of the Ma
tional Guard from nearly every state
have been advocating this measure.
The governments division of militia
affairs in the war department has rec
commended it time after time. Con-
gress was opposed to it, but recently
lSeemingly there has been a complete
fhange Of sentiment, the vote in the
Senate committee showing this conclu-
sively for 1t has been said every DEM
ocrat and every Republican in the COM
mittee gave the measure his sanction.
Regular army officers and guards.
men alike have urged that nearly all
men when they are paid to do thing.
no matter how small the payment may
be. feel an obligation to do 1t. They
say that drill attendance will be in.
creased largely, that interest in the
guards work will be keener and that
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-02-27
"HOlD. THE FORT" MAN DIES
Samuel Wagner WieWagged the Fa-
nous Message for General D..
Sherman.

Terre Haute, Ind.-When in the
Civil war General John NJ. Corse, with
a small force was holding Altoona
pass, in the Kenesaw mountains. Ten
Ressee, and signaled General Sherman
for succor, the latter general caused
the famous message, Hold the fort,
for am coming" to be wigwagged,
Samuel Wagner. who died recently at
the age of seventy-three at Paris, ILL.,,
did the wigwagging from a limb of
tall tree.
He was a member of an Illinois reg
iment, from which state General Corse
was accredited.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-02-27
WIGS W~am9
WLRUORE
SOUTH CAROLINA'S EXECUTIVE

Richard Irvine Manning, who has
succeeded Cole Blease as governor of
South Carolina, is a product of the
state he now rules. He was born at
Honestly Plantation, Sumter county.
on August Is, 1859. His father died
when he was only two years old and
when he was a mere lad he assumed
the responsibilities OF the plantation.
This gave him lots of outdoor exer-
else and he grew up a strong, healthy
boy.
He attended the primary schools,
then was for two years a student at
the Kenmore university high school
and later at the University of Vir-
ginia, which he left in 1879 before
completing his course of study. When
twenty-five years old he started farm
ing with three plows on poor, sandy,
unimproved soil. In 1881 Mr.. Man.
ming married Leila Bernard Mere
dith, daughter of Judge Meredith of
Richmond. For several years he had
hard struggle and then had soma
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-02-27
WOMAN IS ASSISTANT GOVERNOR

For the first time in the history
OF Colorado the executive of the state
has appointed woman assistant
governor" That is what Gov. George
A. Carlson has done with Mrs. Carl.
son. On all measures affecting WON.
EN- and children that may reach the
legislature or the governor in his Of.
hcial capacity Mrs. Carlson's conclu.
slons will be held paramount.
Mrs. Carlson as assistant pov.
ernor' will play no mere perfunctory
part. She says she will spend many
hours daily at the state capitol and
will meet all women interested in
sociological questions and legislation
OF the humanitarian kind; especially
as it may affect women and children.
During Governor Carlson's term
as district attorney for Weld, Boulder
and Larimer counties Mrs. Carlson
was his assistant. In that time she
studied law in her husbands office.
1t was we'll understood in northern
(sOlnrodn fhof
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-02-27
NEWSPAPER MAN HONORED

When President Wilson named
Louis p. Brownlow a commissioner
of the District of Columbia, to sue
coed Frederick L. Siddons, he made
a nomination that seemed to be
wholly acceptable to everyone. Mr..
Brownlow is a newspaper man and a
popular one. For ten years he has
been a resident of Washington, and
In 1903 he married there the daugh-
ter Of Representative Thetus w.
Sims of Tennessee. He has been
Washington correspondent for south
ern papers and a representative of
the Raskin Syndicate. He is a mem
Der Of the Monday Evening club. the
Cosmos club and the National Press
club. .:
Mr.. Brownlow has been a con.
sistent Democrat, a close student of
politics and has taken an active in.
terest in local affairs.
He was born in Missouri in 1879
and entered newspaper work when he
was thirteen years old, starting on
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-02-27

Shirts and drawers made in this way
are more comfortable than flannels
The Japanese soldiers realized the
value of this kind of clothing when
they had to weather a Siberian win.
ter. The retail price for a vest is
about 81, for drawers about $3.50 and
for cholera belt about 25 cents. The
only drawback to this clothing is that
it Is not washable.
A company in Yokohama is supply.
ing large quantities of paper shirts
to the Russian army. They state that
paper clothes are extensively manu-.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-02-27

weekly paper he since
nrst daily newspaper
ien IN oo Two later the
was city editor
gon February 1904 Washington correspondent of the Nashville
Banner and - o '"'A'"o
washington
n.y. 70 succeed Irwin Cobb editor
year in
mere o number OF southern
foreign travel for the the world twice and
ten or twelve trips abroad. " ~ ~ Ae
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-02-27
TO FILL BIG MANS SHOES

I've got a big mans shoes to
FILL" said George Huddleston when
informed that he had been elected
to succeed Oscar Underwood as rep
resentative from the Ninth Alabama
district. And with this idea in mind
be at once set about fitting himself
to fill those shoes so. far as might be
possible. On December z, the very
day that the present session of con-
gress opened, George Huddleston
made his appearance on the floor. and
though his own term was not to be-
gin until March 4, he has been unre-
hitting in close attention to every
thing congress has done.
The apprentice congressman from
Alabama is known among those who
were acquainted with him in Birming.
ham. his home, as hard worker. a
man of retiring disposition and self.
made fortune. He Is about forty years
old. a bachelor, and his smoothly
shaved face carries lines of deterrni.
nation. Yet, in spite Of his reputa.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-02-27
Entirely in Order.

Phoenix, Aria letter from Mollie
Shane of Brooklyn, asking for the
names of unmarried members of the
Arizona legislature, who might be in
terested in matrimonial proposition
was referred to the committee on
militia and defense.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-02-27

lac'ured In Japan. No statistics of
manufacture. however are available
me garment sold by the firm is made
OF tough. soft fabric. strong enough
10 hold buttons sewn on in the or.
oinary way. and appears to be very
serviceable.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-02-27
Poorest Poultry Grain.

Rye is the poorest of poultry grains.
Corn and buckwheat should be fed
sparingly. as they are very fattening.
Wheat leads as a well balanced food
and barley as a close second. Feeding
TOO much buckwheat has tendency to
produce a white skin and light colored
yolks in eggs.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-02-27
PAPER SUITS FOR SOLDIERS
japanese Soldiers First Tried ,n.
MateriaI-shlrts Made for
Russian Army.

MISUNDERSTANDING" as paper
clothing is called in Japan. is made
OF the real Japanese paper manufac.
tured from mulberry bark. The paper
mas little size" in II, and though soft
and warm. thin layer Of silk wad.
ding Is placed between two sheets of
the paper and the whole is quilted.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-02-27
Best Farm Hen.

The farm hen is the hen that ~
a profit in the egg basket rather ~
the one that takes of the blue n'r
in the show. Sometimes the two -
combined in the same bird but D" :
ways.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-02-27
Care of Earth Floors.

II you have earth floors in your -
try house, after scraping of tine
layer douse the ground thick
some disinfectant before puttns
the new layer OF fresh dirt or grsvS
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-02-27
Germans Open Rail Service.

Amsterdam.-The German admins
tration in Belgium has announced that
a limited railway service will be
opened on thirteen lines in the region
of Brussels, fourteen in that of Liege,
five around Luxembourg and five in
the vicinity of Charleroi.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-02-27

1892
state senator In 1906 he candidate
against Ansel he
hed no state office
Mr. Manning been
association president
tne Home Building and Loan association