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The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1915-10-15
..o.ERLY PACKED APPLES COM
MAND TOR PRICES.
e.,vers Should Make a. Especial w.
49, 70 Pack This Year Accord
Ina 10 Approved Method.
q. ID. SHAW.
Maryland Agricultural College
Extension Service.

wellgrown, carefully packed apples
,sIdom 70 begging on any market. Am
A rule, it il the wormy. diseased, poor
w. colored fruit, packed a. 2 careless.
Saphazard manner that has depress.
nv effect on market prices.
Before beginning to pack, consider
+ba kind OF packages best suited to the
variety, and for which there - The
rraatest demand ON the market to
which YOU expect to consign. Many
yroEers do not consider the relation
which the package bears 70 the selling
value Of their fruit. On some markets
yhere Il a good demand for fancy Stay.
man, Crimes, Jonathan and similar
varieties packed ia boxes, while other
markets prefer these same varieties
IN barrels. Such varieties as Wine.
szp. York, Ben Davis, ETC., can best
~ marketed in barrels on most mark
cts.
Do not attempt to pack more than
one grade In boxes. Select the choicest
fruit for this package, using that which
Y entirely free from blemishes of all
kinds and OF the highest color. Market
nil other grades In barrels.
In barrel-packing face with the
stems to the head. Fruit used for fac.
ing should not misrepreBent the con-
tents OF the barrel, either III size, color
or quality. Shake the barrel frequent
" during the filling to insure O tight
pack. Place the top layer stems up,
extending about an inch above the
ends OF the slaves. Corrugated paper
pads can be used to good advantage
At both ends OF the barrel. No mat
ter what package liz used or the grade
packed, have each cOntainer filed with
the same size and quality OF fruit
throughout. Mark each package &C.
cordingly.
Improved methods OF production and
packing will make marketing easier
and more profitable. The Extension
Service Of the Maryland Agricultural
College is giving detailed information
through demonstrations or otherwise,
10 growers In Maryland who want to
know more about grading and pack
ing apples II there is an Agricultural
Agent in your county, get in touch with
him and arrange for packing demon
stratIon Ia your community. Where
there is no County Agent the Maryland
Agricultural College arranges for the
holding OF such demonstrations at the
request OF local growers.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1915-10-15

The gridiron may not offer a.
many dangers a. the battlefield, but
for the moment its heroes are just -
ha-oic.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1915-10-15
SELECTING HEAVY LAYERS FROM
YOUR FLOCK.
ROY H. WAITE,
Maryland Agricultural Experiment
Station.

It has been rather conclusively
proven by experiments and observa-
tons at several of the Government Ex.
pertinent Stations that II ig possible
to select the heavy laying hens with u
remarkable degree OF accuracy BY
rather simple methods. This happens
to be about the best time Of the year
to make the selection. OF course, the
method IS OF use only In selecting the
hens to Be kept for breeders. Their
first years laying period Is over and
therefore, the system is OF no use "a
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1915-10-15

And Immediately after the above
sale, the undersigned administrator
will sell at public sale at the same
place the following personal property,
to-wit: Roam horse, s years old; gray
mule, A cows, manure spreader,
spring wagon, rubber tire buggy,
buggy harness, sleigh and bells, corn
shelter, lot or household goods con-
sisting or 20 yards rag carpet, bed
room suit, wardrobe, lot OF mating,
lot OF window blinds, iron bed and
spring, combination book case and
desk, lot Of linoleum. clothes basket.
lot Of lamps, lard cans and lot or
glass jars, ? hoes, axe, grain cradle.
2 log chains, block and tackle, ton.
Terms of Sale:-Cash for all pur-
chases under five dollars, and credit
of six months will be given on all
sums of five dollars and above, pur-
chasers giving their notes with ap-
proved security, bearing interest
from day OF sale. No property to be
removed until settled for.
WILLIAM III. SHARP,
Administrator OF Samuel T. r. Sharp,
deceased.
John W. Reaver, Auctioneer.
Jacob M. Long and Marion }. Abbott,
Clerks.
Michael Z. Walsh, Attorney.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1915-10-15
President Wilson to Marry.

The engagement OF Mrs. Norman
Gait, or Washington, To President
Woodrow Wilson was announced nc
the White House Wednesday.
No date was set for The wedding,
but it will probably occur early ~
December in the Executive Mansion
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1915-10-15

|DUBLIC SALE
A. OF VALUABLE
Real & Personal Property
Administrator 5 Sale Of Valuable
Personal Properly.

The undersigned, will sell at pub
lie sale near Tannery Station, wv. n.
Ry., Carroll county, on
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9th, 1915,
at 10 q. m, u farm containing lao
Acres, more or less, improved by On
two story house with eight rooms,
large bank barn, wagon shed, buggy
shed, dairy and other farm buildings,
about 100 acres are In q good state or
cultivation. and another dwelling
house with six rooms and outbuild-
ings. This property constitutes one
OF the fine dairy farms or the county.
Terms of sale will be made known
ON day of sale
At the same time and place will be
offered the following personal prop
erty, towit: work horses, brood
mare, Percheron, Dapple Gray,
years old; Roam brood mare, Roam
horse, years old; colt, years old;
. head OF milch cows, Durham bull,
- head or hogs. "a shoats, Q brood
soWs, 8-horse power gasoline engine,
International; Scientific feed grinder,
Ross feed cutter and belt, wood saw,
Deering binder, s foot cut; Ideal
mower, hay tedder, good as new;
Superior grain drill, horse rake
land roller, sulkey corn plow, 2
Oliver Chilled plows, No. 40;
spring tooth harrows, one lever;
hill side pillow, 2 3-legged corn plows,
8 single shovel plows, 2 double
shovel plows, smoothing harrow, !
harrow corn nlantnr Schuttler
wagon, inch tread; Western wag-
on, inch tread; buggy, 8 sets
breechbands, sets lead harness, set
buggy. harness, Q sets check lines,
collars and brides, wagon saddle, .
scoop shovels, 3-horse thribble tree,
3 2-horse double trees. lot single
trees, maddocks, hoes, rakes and
forks, corn barrel, grind stone, lot or
fence wire, lot Of old iron, ladder, %
it.; cow chains and halters, five
gallon oil cans, IA gallon oil can,
tanning mill, platform scales, hay
carriage, lot grain sacks, lot of vine
gar, lot OF corn and potatoes. House
hold and kitchen furniture, lot of
milk cans, lot OF milk buckets, lot of
carpenter tools, iron hog troughs,
wheelbarrows, sausage grinder and
lard press, 2 large iron kettles, lot
OF hay and fodder.
Terms or Sale:-Cash for all sums
under SO, credit OF one year will
be given on all purchases or $40 and
over, the purchasers giving their
notes with approved security, bear
ing interest from day Of sale.
WILLIAM III. SHARP.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1915-10-15

= farmers life il very independ-
ent- i'll dunno whether 1t is or not"
replied Farmer Corntossel. I'm
gettin' purity tired of havin' to be
polite am laugh at the same old jokes
the summer boarders bring around
every year.r-Washingt Star.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1915-10-15

a woman wants a divorce from her
husband because he shutters. As
some men never stutter unless they
are angry, the presumption l. that
tne gent in question was not always
In amiable mood.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1915-10-15

The woman who thinks the afro
cities OF war are just too terrible for
anything will soon 90 away for the
summer and leave the eat with jar
or condensed milk and no can opener.
Washington Times.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1915-10-15

You say she takes pains To con
ceal the size OF her feet? What do
YOU mean2p II mean she wears
shoes two sizes too small for her.
If that isn't taking pains, what Is?
Houston Post.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1915-10-15

Tho greatest movement cf TIE 49,
considered from tho standpoint Of 10
Eerial prosperity lD the awakening of
~ people 70 the need of better farm
;lng
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1915-02-19
CLARKE IS VISITED BY
A DESTRUCTIVE FIRE
Three Buildings Totally Destroyed
and Six Others Damaged.
Loss About so, 900.

The town of Clarke. located inst across
the river from NOrthfOrk. was visited by
destructive fire sunday morning, which
Was discovered ai,at 3 - o. clock. Three
OF the principal buildings were complete
~ destroyed and six others damaged. en-
failing a loss estimated st from $I7.OO
t. $1,000. The fire started FROM an un-
known cause in the two-story stucco
building owned by the Clarke Dew. Iop-
ing Company. The building being a
frame structure the flames spread rapidly
D. the adjoining building, owned and oc-
eupied by I. sbsw's Hardware store.
lhis building was quickly destroyed, and
the adjoining building, which VA the
Clarke jail and court room, immedistely
'ught nre and WAS consumed. The flames
were confned o. these rhree building-.
the fire department. doing excellent work
~ saving the buildings on the Opposite
si'ie Of the street. Several time the-e
buildings were Threatened but the iame-
were quickly extingui-hed.
The stncco buildinx, valued att $50
with tZ,orD insurance, wa occupied by
several parties. Tate l.. Ernest. Who
lived In this building. lot ali his furni-
ture, which Wa valued st sI,zOO. lie
carried 80 insurance. Attorney Law
spn Worrell's law Offices we're housed
here and his complete library. vsIued NJ
800. wss destroyed. He carried ssOoo
insurance
The building owned and corrupted by
Shev's hardware store was valueh Al
$50, With insurance 100. The en-
tire furniture stock. valued a s3.1D.
with insurance Of o.. ~. Wa lot.
The jail and court room wa- valued Al
81 800 with 81 900 insurance.
The excItement ran high when The
hsme- threatened the Bank of CLARKE
located ~ the corner ~ the street. tha,
~ss IN the path of the IRE. The 6xturs>
were removed from the bank and their
danosgr wiiI not exceed ssUp, which !.
covered ~ insurance. Two t-o-sor,
br'ck buildings, also owned b. the CLARK
Developing Company, we're dsnaerd o.
the extent Of $50. Both wsre inmrrd.
Harry Hsrrisi picture shcv and Lam
berfs boarding house v~rs s;ixhsiy dam.
tOonsnnsd os Rsp a.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1915-02-19
Women Liable to
Prosecution Under
White Slave Law

Women who voluntarily accompany
men from one state W another for i'm
moral purpos~s are liable TO prosecution
under the White Slave Law according 70
q ruling Of tie United States Supreme
Conrt, received BY the district attorney.
The tribunal Monday decided that the
woman being a conspirator in the act, 10
equally gnilty with the man, and there
tore sh0ald be prosecuted with them.
The decision, IL is p-id. will have .
good effect on the application of the
Mann Act. II will put q stop " the
blscsmsiIIng BY sdventure-se-, and sim
mers the Law down n the confines in
winch congress obviously intended Il
should be kept. Innocent girls will be
protected, hot blsckmsilers will get short
shifts under this construction.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1915-02-19
HOW A COAL MINER
GAN SAVE MONEY
Colored Man Becomes Rich, Buys
q Cotton Farm and Now Lives
independently and Com
fortably.

Several years ago there came TO the
manager of one of the coal mines in the
New River field Of West Virginia a dar-
key from South Carolina. 10y the name
Of Ike Mitchell, who asked ~ be put to
work IN the mine. He Was given work
and for the first time entered a coal mine.
From the start his industry wa~ noticed,
~ wss also the fact that bis home sur
rounding~ soon had a clean and healthy
appearance, that his Wife and children
were we'll clothed, and that his family
lived we'll. a. judged by his purchase at
the company store.
After working several months Ike came
To the manager one day and asked if he
would keep some money for him that he
had saved from his earnings, and the
manager was surprised when he Was
handed three hundred dollars. From
this time on this industrious colored man
left his savings with the manager, and at
the end Of two year., after paying all his
living expenses, he had accumulated two
thousand dollars in cash, which he drew.
and returned with his family to the cot
ton fields Of his native state. There he
bought q piece Of land. and the last re-
port from him 70 the effect that he Was
raising cotton. ~ we'll A. serving a milk
r''ute in a neighboring town, and was
stlii making monsy is"m ti,- capital he
had accumulated from working n the
mine.
Ike Mitchell might have picked cotton
in his native state for lifetime before
bis savings would have amounted to -
much A. they did ia q West Virginia
NINE IN two years, and there is . similar
opportunity here for the laborer Who
wants 10 work hard and save his surplu.
earnings.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1915-02-19
M|NINe FATALITIES
SHOW DECREASE FOR
MONTH OF JANUARY

The list Of fatalities in the coal mines
of West Virxnis during the month Of
January has just been issued by the De-
psrtDent a Mines, and shows that twen-
ty-t~o vorkmen we're killed during the
mo- IN, ss compared with thirty --even
de.fhs in January, 1914. and twenty-nine
during the preceding month. OF tins
number two died from injuries received
In previoos months, reducing the total %
twenty.
While The usual percentsee Of deaths
are due n csrele~ns-s and disobedience
70 mine rules, the decres-e is most zrst-
Tying, and especially in Mcdowell coun-
~. uhe heaviest coal producing county in
the state, where only three fatalities were
reported during The month. OF the Others
Eve were rrrorsed from Fsyetss county,
shrsr from Marion, tvo each from Min
sr,l. Raleigh ana Logan, and one esc.,
Iron Brooke, KAnavhA. hineo and
Upnhns ssnsda
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1915-02-19
TOWN RUNS
OWN SALOON
South Dakota Village
Conducts Bar Along
Model Line
EARNINGS SO TO SCHOOLS
Municipal Obligations Are Alse
Paid With Profits From the
Wet Goods Emporium.
EARNINGS 60 TO SCHOOLS

The city Of Lennon. =. d.. runs 10
own saloon. lt has done % for over si,
months and the profits. $1,000 month
90 far, 60 10 the schools, municipal i'm
provement. and other activities Of soot
account The manager OF the wet en-
porium is a prohibitionist. His two har
tenders are total abst.iners. They alone
OF all persons connected with the enter
prise receive wages and they are paid -
well that there il no inclination To graf,
and no desire 10 urge the sale OF intox
icants
Technically the city is not in the saloon
business, and the barroom is not owned
by the municipality. IL 10 controlled
and owned by the Lennon Civic a.soci
alton, q non-dividend-paying corpora
ton, composed OF scorrs OF stockholders
whose shares cost 81 each Since the 60
loon opened the profit has been 81, ,Ss7. =
6d. with which il has paid all liabilities !;
taken over 81 90 worth Of city warrant.,
500 worth OF school warrant- and has
paid 600 for the good roads fund. There
10 still balance on had.
NUMBER OF SALOONS REDUCED
Several years ago Lennon was . town
OF I, ,2OO inhabitants and there were eight
saloons. The result was that each man
did n eut-throat business 10 make prof.
il OF about $40 q year. The state lexis-
lature then allowed one saloon for every
6Oo of population. Temperance forces
threw the Lennon problem into court
and tied it up for six months. Then the
wet element OF the town had departed or
entered other lines OF businss. and the
town was dry, excepting for drug stores.
In South Dakota thee stores may sell
liquor. IL was then that the municipal
saloon idea Was born and tried.
STRICT RULES IN CICY HOTEL
Certain rules were adopted by the A.
sociation at the outset which put il out
Of she class Of ordinary saloons. The
sale Of liquor is not pushed nor encour-
aged.
A black list is kept. and persons whose
names are on il cannot buy liquor in the
saloon. They must 20 TO drug
stores. Patrons who show q disposition
to become intoxicated are shown out
peremptorily, and known drunksrds are
not allowed 10 enter. Liquor often 10 re-
fused 70 men whose families are known
70 he in want. and careful list 10 kept
Of those who cannot afford u buy liquor.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1915-02-19

Keystone, W. Va
Dear Editor:-For my personal de-
fense desire 70 make sstste Q
through the columns Of your widely rad
and influential paper.
some time seo an article appeared In
yonr paper sent ~ some one from in
this -sction stating that all of tire school
teschers The Gulf vere
working for their schools in an effort %
secure Libraries excepting Mrs. CIsytor
and myself. Permit me to ssy that am
working and have been st work ~ hard
and earnest a. ! kno~ how % make for
the general betterment of the community
and the children with whom have 10
deal - anyone else. Only ] have prse-
fieslly nothing 70 work vish and bot liz
tls 10 vork On The people Of this piscs
viil sos even - noch - % - ehsscn
ncr e.a.s $1,000, - N hsn - 9uah.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1915-02-19

The moss you can gss them 10 asssnd is 9
dance or come other place Of frivolisy.
Yss. have solicited come money for .
library fund. What do you or any one
eiss think Of . person wearing silk dress-
e. with bear fessr Let me stase. have
o Ne aim in teaching which 10 uppsrmost
OF al Other aims and isieas and that is 90
help make those with whom come In
contact besser and % that end, am work
i'g hard 20 make this the foremost col
ored school on thee operations. I make
this stassment 10 the public for my per-
sonai protection. - such uncalled for
and unfounded criticism - that which
~as sent 20 Jour paper and published
some time ago have much weight and are
deeply felt. such articles not only re-
fect on me but on my srsching, and
think the public have . right 70 know
that DO not stand for n. am doing
all can 20 lift up fallen humanity and
shall ever do the beat can.
With bess wishes for the suoce-s of
Jour paper. arm humbly the peoples
servant.
MISS HESTER A. PARKER,
Hot Goal. w. Va
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1915-02-19
NECESSITY OF
WATCHFULEESS
What a Negro Could do
in Legislature to
Help His Race

The nece-ity Of Negro representation
IN the Legislature of West Virginia wa-
never more forcefully demonstrated than
IN the present. session.. Bills have come
up for consideration which seriou-ly e.
iected the Negro and in few instances
would have done him harm had they
been enscted into lsw. The Republican
friends and fair minded Democrats had
no intention Of 1oing injustice % the
Negro. They simply did b5t kDo- and
would not have knovn bed nos kern
sxhAsd- scfive NeRro>s bs>n elossly
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1915-02-19
IN DEATH GRAPPI.F


Although dszed from the blows and
bleeding freely, Mr.. Land sprang upon
his ass2ilant, elutching his right arm as
he Was about to deliver the fifth blow.
With his right hand he pinionsd the de-
tective's left arm. gradually working his
grip up to his throat Clinehed in tlss
way the two men struggled about the
room for several MINUTES, Mr. Land max
ing an effort To get 70 his Office door t.
make an alarm.
DETECTIVE DRAWS GUN
When the lawyer had pushed bis AS
sailant over to the door he let 20 one
hand in order To open the door. Wish
one had free, quick a. a flash the detec-
tive landed another blow with his black
jack. this time over the lawyers fore
head, and the blood began streaming in
To his eyes. To add u the seriousness of
the situation the white man 1T this point
drew a pistol but before he could Use il
or the blackjack again Land had both Of
his arms pinioned, holding him in this
position unal help came.
PLACED HIS AsSAILANT UNDER
ARREST
With the assistance Of one Of the occu-
pants Of the lower iioor of the building.
who came 10 Mr.. Lands rrscue, he car
ried hIs sssailsnt over 20 the police sta
ton across the street, where he was plac-
ed under arrest.
The next morning in police conrt he
was fined SlOo and costs for carrying con
cealed weapons and sent on u the corpo-
ration court on the cbarge of felonious
sssarIt. His only explanation Of his
murderous asssultupon Lawyer L-nd vas
that he must have been temporarily in
sane.
ROBBERY THE MOTIVE
IL - the concensus Of opinion that the
motive that provoked the murderous -
ssult upon Lawyer Land Was robbery.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1915-02-19

watching every mearase which came up,
ietected the ioksrs-
Not . man i'm either branch Of the lexis-
lsture knew the e6scs the ''full crsw''
AMI ''experience'. bills would have upon
the Negro il enscsrd into Law, but forsu-
n~s~ly there were Negroes upon the Kround
who told tie memhsn Of the commitsse
and Il Is now practically certain that
neither Of the subsie and unpecessary
bills will come ous a the cnmmittee.
IL Was not the intention of the framers
OF the primary elecslon Law to eliminate
the Negro commissioner; the legislation
was general and - the Republicans
thought would have applied To all. they
overlooked the fact that it would have
been practically impossible for the Negro
70 get approximation with only two men,
Sers Of the comnittes elected from each
senatorial district, NO two Of whom could
he chosen iron the same county. Ne
groes were on the sl@rt. called the atten-
ton of the Republican lesders to the
omission and the bill was amenied to
provide for three committeeman at-large.
With the Republican party it 10 under.
stood that these three additional CON-
mitteemen will be Negroes, the white
and Negro Democrats may form a sim
liar agreement il they desire.
The effort on the part Of certain at
taches of the supuems court Of appeals to
satisfy their personal spleen against Hon.
L. %. Wilson, state librarian. by clipping
through an amendments putting the a.
sistant librarian -nder the court wa.
frustrated by the waichfulne-- of Negroes
who are wary of losing anything which |
the race now possessss. whether educa-
tionsl facilities, positions, patronagss or |
rights Hon. w. w. Hughes. who in
Iroducsd the amendment when he found
hat he had been dsceived, made the
m 'tion that q House rect-le from the
which had already been
killed in the Senate
The statement 10 often made that one
'r two Nsgnoes could not accomplish
snythiI in the lawmaking body of the
tate; much would be achieved n the
nbtle attempts TO deprive the race Of
lights and privileges were detected and
exposed in time for the many friends O,
ne rare IN line up against the measure
which on the surface appear 80 innocent
'ut are frought with % much meaning T.
he Negroes Of this stsse.
The majority party pnd most of the
minority IN the presens legislature would
'ot Intentionally do one thing to harm
he rrce or hinder IL progress in this
'rest state, bus shsrs s.se shrewd enem,aI
m the outside who can couch their me-
arious schemes againt the Negro in snch
anguaee that only the well informed COL
red man can dete It it' = real meaning and
he real intent OF the maker.
Ii Is % Ire hoped that the next session
the legislature will have at lesst one .
'egro ~ a member To look after the in
ere-ts OF the "a 600 members of his race
a the stItr
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1915-02-19
LAND
VICTIM Of FEL0-
NOUS ASSAULT
Attacked in His Office BY Former
Policeman, He 0,erpowered
And Disarmed His
Assailaut.

NORFOLK, VA. Feb s.-AttOrney
Walter III. Land one of the best known
members of the Norfolk bar owes his life
t. the fact that he is a strong man phys
ically and an athlete besides. Mr. Land
Was attacked in his Office Friday evening
February 5th, shortly after o'clock, by
w A. Davis. white. q private dete tive
and former member Of the Norsolk police
force, who used a black jack and a pistol
in his effort TO exterminate the lawyer.