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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1916-09-30
BALTIMORE HORSES WIN
ON CUMBERLAND TRACK

A fast track marked the aopening
of the annual exhibition of the Cum
berland fair and agricultural associa-
ton, member of the Lake Erie cir
cult yesterday. Betting was lively,
pools being sold legally on that
track The running events were par
tiCularly exciting.
Baltimore horses were first in both
harness events. The officials were
Hamilton l.. Rowe, Pittsburgh, start
ing Judge; w. w. Cochrane, Balti-
more, presiding Judge, and Scott
Croy, Washington, d. c., Col George
A. Pearre and J. Brooks Boyle, judges.
The timers were Harry Cochran, Daw-
son, Pa Vitus Rossworm and John
G. Shearer.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1916-09-30

! foolishness as that and we just went
on a cannin' our fruit and gettin'
ready for the winter just like we had
always been a dom.
1t was gettin' around toward early
fall time then and we was all pretty
busy pullin' fodder and picking APP
pies and euttin' corn and one thing
and another, and things was sure GO
in fine with me and Maggie and that
boy. Well, sir, We didn't hear nothin'
| more about that Goyermint Doctor
til one day old man Longs boy was
ridin' by and told me that he heard
them fellars had been down around
the mill last week and would prob
ably be gettin out this way long
about Monday or Tuesday
And sure enough, Monday mornin
here comes one of 'em up through
the field and smilin' and lookin' as
cheerful as you please. He said that
he was one of the Govermint Doc.
tors and that he just wanted to tell
me how to keep from gettin' typhoid
fever and how to keep the little fel.
lars from gettin their summer bow.
Ell troubles. | lowed to him that we
had never had no kind Of sickness
and hadn't took a dose of medicine in
over a year and that | didn't spect
that he knowed such an awful lot
about these things, anyhow, and that
he was most too young lookin' to be
goin round tellin' us older folks
about how to keep the babies from
gettin' sick in the summer and how
to keep from gettin' typhoid fever.
Folks around that country had been
havin' typhoid all their lives and |
lowed to that young fellar that they
would keep on a hayin' it. We hadn't
never had no typhoid in our little
family, me or Maggie or the boy, and
told him so, but he kept right on
askin' me questions and putin em
down on some kind of card or other.
Finally, when he got through with
he put his pencil in his pocket and
just lit in to tell me all about typhoid
fever, just where it came from and
just what | would have to do to keep
from gettin' it. He talked right in
terestin', that young fellar did and
sorta found myself listenin' to him.
He really seemed to be a right nice
sort of a chap, and didn't want to pry
round at all, like | heard he would.
Well. finally he shook hands with me
and said that he hoped that | could
see the common horse sense in the
things that he had been tellin' me
about and that | would go ahead and
do those things just to protect my
family, and then he left me some lit !
tie books and went on down and got
in his buggy and drove on up the
road to the next house.
Well, of course, wanted to protect
Maggie and the boy and myself and
! had already put up a lightnin' rod on
the house and done all of those kind
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1916-09-30
A GOOD FRIEND

A good friends stands by you when
in need. Martinsburg people tell how
Doans Kidney Pills have stood the
test. Mr. Poisal endorsed Doan's over
three years ago and again confirms
the story. Could you ask for more
convincing testimony?
A, s, Poisal. blacksmith, 313 s.
Winchester Ave, Martinsburg, says
Disorders of the kidneys had bother
ed me for three vars. had to get uu
often at night to pass the kidney Sc
cretions and my rest was broken. My
back was lame and if ] did any bend.
ing or lifting. was very painful.
Doan's Kidney Pills, procured at Shep-
herds Drug Store. cured me. Estate
men given Feb. 1909
On May 3, 1913, Mr. Poisal said: 81
have had very little trouble from my
kidneys or back since using Doan'3
kidney Pills. | still take them once
in a while and they keep my kidneys
in good condition.
Price soc. at all dealers. d ont
simply ask for a kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mr.. Poisal has twice recommended.
Foster-Milmurn Co, Props, Buffalo,
N
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1916-09-30
COTTAGE PRAYER
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CContiued from page -
the third chapter of John was read.
and the words Marvel not | Say
Unto Thee, Ye must be Born Again"
was chosen for the text.
The evangelist stated that his
heart was heavily burdened for the
nights service, and requested the
audience to help him by praying for
him. He said he would talk straight
but tenderly. He expressed apprecia-
ton of the ministers, but warned
them they needed more preaching on
regeneration. He spoke of the sad
tragedy of lives going from the
threshold of the church to hell, and
said Nicodemus was a church mem
Der. The Devil, he said, was a most
frequent church goer.
He said we are not saved by church
ordinances as beautiful, sacred and
deserving as they are; not by love.
ly character or worldly standards nor
mere sorrow; not by reformation nor
environment, but by the exercise of
a saving faith in Christ Mr.. Ste
phens spoke. in his usual foTceful
manner and his strong message was
well received.
Continued on page two)
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1916-09-30
HORSE RAISERS
MAKING BIC MONEY
Motor Cars Have No Effect q, r.
Bushes, But War
Helps

CHICAGO, Sept. 27-The Eur--..-
war has caused such a scara.r. ,.
horses in the United State. ,a..
farmers who raise the adaptable ar
gian. whose weight range from ...
to 1500 pounds makes it an eNceua,.
cavalry or police mount. are pH#..
a high price on the animals. a.s.,
at the present time is being accented.
by the horse dealer.
While thousands OF Percheron- and
Belgians. weighing from 1.50o ~ j.
500 pounds are at present emsu..f
in drawing cannon and ammua.a.-
wagons ON the battlefelds. thee arr
not so commonly used here IS HE
lighter animal.
A cross between the Percaaran
stock and the American horse makes
an almost ideal general purf ann.
NAL, and a well matched tea WHI
bring from $500 to $500. where form.
erly a team could be purchased ~
5000 to $500. There is no importation
of horses at this time and therefore
American farmers are short OF tha
adaptable Belgians, which in part
accounts for the increased value
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1916-09-30

The following storyette. written by
one of Berkeley county's residents
who took a most active interest in
the government campaign two years
ago to educate the people of the city
of Martinsburg and the rural districts
of Berkeley county how to live-how
TO care for their premises. and espe-
eially their water supply sources that
human life might be protected
against the ravagers of water-born
diseases especially typhoid fever. is
full of truth. when typhoid is again
prevalent with the relaxation of the
proper interest and care of homes
and PREMISES
STOP! LOOK lIsTEN!"
Communicated
"Yes. | reckon twas about two
years ago. ! was livin' over in Berk-
eley county then and had as fine a
little farm as there was in the state.
Maggie and the boy were alive then
and our little home was just about
as happy place as you could find on
this side of Jordan. Me with as fine
health as man ever boosted of and
havin' good luck with my crops too
and everything goin' as fine as a fd-
die, and my place all paid for, and
nothin' to do 'cept enjoy Twin as the
good Lord intended we should
And how we did enjoy sittin by
that old open fire those cold winter
nights. me and, Maggie and the boy.
and just talkin' and talkin' and
dreamin' about how fine it would be
when the boy growed up and what
we was goin' to make of him and
how some day he was goin' to be
great man and how-but stranger, do
you want to hear this story?
Well, alright! Things MAS goin
good with me that year-let me see
1914 I low it was. no man that ever
lived had more to make him happy
than I did then and | was just a goin
along like lots of other folks and
thought | wasn't such a bad kind of a
fellar just as fellars run and that
after all this was a pretty good old
world to live in. You know when
everybody you love is WELL you are
mighty apt to feel that way.
Well. sir, one night whilst | was
readin' the evening paper, and Mag
gle and the boy just settin' round, !
happened to see an article that some
fellar had wrote sayin' that the Unit
ed States government was a goin' to
send some Health Doctors down to
Berkeley county to do somethin' or
other, | didn't exactly make out what
they was drivin' at, but anyhow, |
didn't pay much 'tention to what it
was they was talkin' about because
things was goin' so fine with me and
them govermint fellars are all the
time gettin' up some new tangled
business anyhow. Me and Maggie
we just figured that there wasn't any
use takin' up our time with such
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1916-09-30
NOTICE

The partnership existing between
Willis f. Evans and w. S. Snyder,
trading and doing business as Willis
F. Evans & Co, at the North East
corner of Martin and Raleigh streets,
is this day dissolved by mutual con-
sent All parties indebted to said
firm are hereby notified to settle same
with Willis F. Evans, and all persons
having claims against said firm to pre-
sent same to Willis F. Evans for pay
ment.
Dated at Martinsburg, w. Va, this
14th day of Sept. 1916.
WILLIS f. EVANS
w. S. SNYDER.
9-23-90-10-714.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1916-09-30
ANNUAL MEETING
(Contiued from page H.

Cross visiting nurse will be clearly
depicted on the screen West Virgin
las Red Cross nurses at the front in
the great European war will be
shown. Everybody is cordially in
vited to attend this affair.
Reception FOR Nurses.
A reception will be given the grad
oate nurses association at the Kings
Daughters hospital Thursday after
noon from ) until o'clock. All mem
bers of the hospital circle are espe-
cially invited to attend.
Those Attending Meeting.
The register today shows the fol-
lowing attending the meeting: Mrs.
Fl. c. Lounsbery, president, Charles
ton; Mrs. Susan Cook, vice president
Wheeling; Mrs. r. J. Billiard secre-
tary-treasurer, Wheeling; Miss En-
ma Vernon, president of superinten
dents association Fairmont; Miss E.
w. Bauer, Huntington; Miss n. A.
Learned, Hansford; Miss Laura s.
Meeks, Fafrmont; Miss Phenia Mar
tin, Fairmont; Mrs. n s. woodward
Warrington; DR.. McCune Rosa. city;
Miss l.. NJ. Sharpless, Charleston;
Miss Mhude M. Brantner. city; Miss
Ethel M. GoGnell city; Mrs. Alberta
Arnit a-Porter, Ganotown: Miss Love
Rayc Conrad, city; Miss Ada Locke,
city, MISS Nellie Manning, Clarks-
burg; Miss Mary Jane Tierney,
Cla'ksburg; Miss Mary A. Lamb,
Chenille; Miss Lillian NJ. Boggs,
Clarksburg; Miss Jane r. Garner,
city; Miss A. E. Butts, city; Miss w.
Louise Kochert Wheeling; Sister
Mary Acquinas, Parkersburg; Sist,
M. Adelaide, Clarksburg; DR.. j. Nc
kee Sites, city; DIR. l.. X. Rosa, city;
DR.. T. K. Oates, city. Misses c. A.
Cox. Cecilia Heelen, city. and Mary
L. House, Washington. D. c., were
visitors at the meeting.
Trip by Automobiles.
Tomorrow afternoon an autom :
bile trip to Winchester and AntietAm,
by way of Hagerstown, returning ~
the way of Shepherdstown will be
the feature. The party will leave
here about o'clock.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1916-09-30
''OFFICIAL MOTHER"
FOR THIS BAD BOY
Court Will Name "Mother" For Young
Lad Who Killed His After She
Beat Him

NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 27.-Willie
thinner is to have an official" mother
to take the place of the one he shot
to death last July when she beat him.
Some time next week District Attor-
ney Luzenburg and the juvenile court
judges will confer and probably name
who will mother" Willie.
Two socially prominent women have
applied for the job. Willie has lost
some of his sulkiness as the result
of the notoriety thrust uDon him. He
has even developed a sense of digni-
ty. He went in for philosophy today
when told of the official mother"
plan.
you can't have another mother,
when the regular mother is dead" he
said "a fellow has only one mother
and | killed mine"
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1916-09-30

time since he had been there two
months ago and ! thought about that
ycmg Govermint Doctor and what he
had told me and ! began to seel sorta
uneasy and guilty like and / couldn't
sleep none Of a nigdt just for think
in Of Maggie and the boy in there
on the bed Of affection and for it all.
And things gettin' worse me, with
my carelessness, Nto blame all the
time
OF course I didn't have much heart
for to be a dom anything about TIE
place and the neighbors they was ali
mighty good and did what they could
to nelp me out, but ! tell you. my
farm and stock sure was goin' down
hill all the time and then-my boy
died. And the night we buried HIM,
poor little fellar, Maggie was just al
most deliriOus and we had to have
two more doctors with her and
stranger, | pray to my Maker that
mo man will ever have to go through
the black night that ] did then
Along about midnight it come up a
storm and it was such a storm as
you hear folks tell about but hardly
ever see. And as we sat there in
that little room, all feelin' sorta
helpless like, it just seemed to me
that God was sorta takin' hand in
things and shown has wrath at me
through tire elements and | knowed
then that | had surely committed a
awful sin against God who had sent
me Maggie and the boy and against
the world in not protectin' 'em.
And along about sun-up Maggie
breathed her last | stepped
right softly to the door and looked
out. 1t was cold and clear and crisp
and | felt snap of life in the keen
Army GOd-Life and nothin to live
for! And | lowered my head and
prayed. stranger, and asked God to
forgive me my sins and make me
better man and of some use to my
fellow bein's and when | raised my
head and looked down toward the
road, there drivin' out to make more
of his visits and tell all the folks in
the county just what he had told me
a month or two be ore was that same
young Govermint Doctor and | was
so asa4ned of myself and so lost and
lonely that | just got out of his sight
and went back to Maggie's side and
knelt down and prayed that If Mag
gle could not forgive me for all I had
just naturally been too self-satisfied
to do that God would forgive me and
let me have chance to help any
body that ! could from typhoid. cause
there amt nothin worse that I know
of.
It's a low, sneakin' disease and once
you get it it can't be cut off short, its
just got to have its own way. And
after we laid Maggie away | heard
tell that our we'll water might not be
pure. and that it could be examined,
and even though | knowed it was too
late | got the doctor to take a SAM
pie and when the answer came back,
he said it was loaded with some
thing called Colon Bacilli which is
dangerous and he give me a paper
and I just copied them big names
from it and right then and there
promised him I'd clean my well, put
water-tight and fy-proof closet on
the farm before I'd ever let anybody
else come on the place.
Now I've done it and my mind is
freer and easier than | thought it
ever could be but I've rented my place
with an easy mind cause | know if
them tenants of mine ever gets ty-
phoid fever they will be gettin it
szgszzsss
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1916-09-30

of things that folks generally does
to protect life but / was pretty busy
about that time and | never did get
around to dom just what that young
fellar said ought to do such as put
tin in the right kind of outdoor tot
let that is hy-proof and water-tight,
like the books he left, told atoIt, and
to protect our drinkin' water by
spendin' a mighty few dollars and a
little extra labor by putin con
crete top on our well, so as all the
water could drain away from it in
std of into the well cause that's what
he doctor said makes polluted wa
ter. the drainage of out-nousea into
drinkin gwater. and if had took care
Of both these here thing I'd been a
different man today. So. neigIbor
you listen to my story.
It's the same with many another
what didn't pay no heed and il viii
Keep on bein' the same With many
another that didn't pay 10 heed and
j.; will keep on bein' the same with
thousands more if they don't STOP,
LOOK AND LISTEN" But, sir. as
said we was just all so w3ll and ney
err had no sickness that somehow or
other that young fellar and what he
had told me just slipped out OF my
midland | never tho't no more
about him. | didn't think no more
about him and what he had told me
til late that fall and then | thought
about him good and proper ard if |
lad thought more about what he told
ne at the right time, Maggie aud the
BOY would have been with me today.
But you know stranger, how some
folks put off. Well, sir, one even
along late in November the boy
Harry we used to call him, came in
aomplainin of feelin' bad and navin
sort Of a headache. Maggie didn't
tllink that it would amount to much
and so just gave him a good dose Of
oil and put him to bed. The next
mornin' he was still ailn' and for
about the week he kept gettin' worse
best send for DR.. Blank.
Well, the doctor got out there toll
srably early the next mornin' and
pronounced Harry's case as lookin'
IKE it might be typhoid. Said that
the little fellar was a goin' to nave
a he fight to make if it was He
eft Maggie some kind of medicine to
give him and | tell you what, she
Just waited on that boy and looked af-
ter MIA III such way as o1iy moth
er can look after anybody. And OF
course she had TO do all the coOkin'
and house work so as to make it pref
Y hard on Maggie havin' little Har-
rs sick with typhoid and SO helpless.
him every day and so II jas, dragged
along that way for about three
weeks and the boy gettin' weaker
and weaker all the time, and pickin'
1T the bed clothes and cryin' ont in
lis pain and just a suffeiin all the
time.
And in the meaAtime the doctor
said it was the typhoid and we must
all be awful careful or we would get
It too, and do you know up to that
Tine | had never heard that typhoid |
lever was ketchin' disease but now
know it. only too we'll. Maggie just |
worked herself down to almost moth |
II tryin' to care for him and make |
aim comfortable and then-the next |
hing | ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS SHE WAS, |
DOWN IN THE BED.
Old Dr. Blank pronounced that she |
Iad typhoid, too. and he told her how |
,he got it then, stranger, for the first
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1916-09-30

Farmers, mechanics, railroaders,
laborers, rely on DR.. Thomas Eclec-
tic Oil Fine for cuts, burns, bruises.
Should be kept in every home Csc
and soc.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1916-09-30

from some Of them neighbors and not
from my old home where I lost Mag.
gle and the boy.
PRO BONO PTBLICO.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1916-09-30
ECHOES FROM COUNTY WIDE SANITATION
CAMPAIGN; TYPHOID MAKING INROADS

CITIZEN WITH HEART INTEREST IN WELFARE OF PEG
PIE OF MARTINSBURG AND BERKELEY COUNTY
SOUNDS TIMELY WARNING IN STORY FORM-PEOPLE
LOSING INTEREST IN CARE OF PREMISES SINCE ME-
MORABLE EFFORT BY EXPERTS IN 1914
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1916-09-30

Dyspepsia is Americas curse. To
restore digestion, normal weight, good
health and purify the blood, use Bur.
docks Blood Bitters. Sold at all drug
stores. Price. S100.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1916-09-30
BIG JAP STEEL ORDERS PLAE0

Pittsburgh, Sept. 27.-Wataro NJ
bura, representing one of the largest
Japanese importing houses. has JUST
placed contracts with steel mills here
for plate. shapes. bars, galvanized
sheet and tin plate, the total orders
amounting to $5,000000.
The finished material will be used
for the reconstruction campaign now
in progress in Osaka and Toxic, Japan
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-08-01
MOTHERS SHAVE MAY KILL
Razor in Unframed Hands Slips,
Severing Artery

Pittsburgh, Aug. IA shave, with
his mother, Mrs. Margaret Cochran,
handling the razor, may cost Will
liam Cochran, of Braddock, his life
Cochran wanted to go to church Sun
day morning, and, although he had
an old old-style razor, he never had
delved into it's mystery.
Il believe | could shave YOU" sug-
gested his mother.
"Try it," responded Cochran.
Operations proceeded with fair aiIc-
cess until Mrs. Cochran, ovcr-conf-
dent, tried the razor on the back of
Williams neck. The blade slipped as
she was making a downward stroke
and cut a deep cash in the sons
arm, severing an artery. Two ply
sicians summoned say Cochran's con-
dition is critical.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-08-01
THREATENED STRIKE
New YOrk's Street Car Lines May
Be Tied up Before Night

New York, Aug. l-New Yok's
vast surface system of street car
lines, comprising a total mileage of
l,575, was threatened today with the
most complete tie up in the city's his
tory. The right to unionize is the one
big issue involved.
Unless this right is granted the
10000 surface men by the companies
they threatened to carry the fight to
elevated and subway lines.
Such action, company and city Of
ficials admitted today, would result
in such street car strike as america
has never known. AS it is, tie-up
Of the surface lines would seriously
hamper business of all kinds.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-08-01
ECHO OF EXPLOSION
Fire Breaks Out in Ruins Of Buildings
in Jersey City

New York, Aug. Fire broke out
last-night in the ruins on Black Tom
Island, where the disastrous ammuni-
tion explosion of Sunday morning oc-
Cured, and half the fire department
of Jersey City, aided by fire tugs
from New York harbor, fought the
flames which centered about the pier
where large quantities of shrapnel
and high explosives were stored. Ex-
ploding shells made an almost con-
tinuous cannonade.
Three officers of corporations doing
business on the island were under ar
rest last night, and a warrant was
out for a fourth. Preparations were
under way at Jersey City for a joint
Federal, State, county and municipal
investigation to fix the blame for the
disaster which killed at least three
men, injured scores and caused ap-
proximately S90,00O,000 property
damage.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-08-01
THE DEUTSCHLAND J..
Tugboat Timmins 10 Garry Dragnet
to Pick up Mines

Baltimore, Aug. 1--Owef Coleman,
the pilot who brought the German
subsea freighter Deutschland safe
into port, will take her out again.
IPlans of the promoters call for him
Ito pilot her down the bay before
night.
Shortly after the information con-
cerning the pilot became known the
tug Timmins and the smaller launch
Efco started out toward midchannel
carrying drag, apparently to pick
up any mines or distractions.
There were reports from various
members of the Timmins' crew that
the sailing is at hand. The revenue
cutter Apache lay in the Patapsco 2
short distance below the Deutschland,
apparently ready to see that she had
fair play on her return journey.
Rumor had it that the Deutschland's
sistership, the Bremen, is due along
the Atlantic seaboard either today or
tomorrow, but there was no definite
Information as to whether she will
dock here or in Boston.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-08-01
ALLIES MAKE GAINS.

London, Aug. 1.-The allies main
tain unceasing pressure both on the
western and eastern fronts. The
British north of the Somme advanc-
ed at some points on the plateau to
the north. of Bazentin.le-Petit..
The British and French started a
fresh combined attack on Sunday
from Delville wood to the Somme
and made dogged progress which
brought them near the village of
Maurepas, The misty weather. which
has hindcred the operations. has Civ
en- place to clear skies, with intense
heat.
The Germans are making the most
determined counter-attacks and off
cially claim that the allies have not
gained foot of ground by Sundays
attacks.