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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1917-03-03
SATURDAY. MARCH 3, 1917.
THRIFT GARDENS.

Throughout the country 1000 COM
munities are organizing for backyard
and vacant lot gardening this year.
The Thrift Garden Idea, which means
the utilizing of the backwards and
waste grounds OF the community, was
originated by Allen WI Clark with q
view of directing attention of the peo-
pie of the towns and cities to an i'm
mediate and effective way of reduc-
ing the high cost of living. A way
which lies near at hand-the back
yard.
Mr. Clark's foresightedness in this
will help solve the most serious prob
lem now confronting every household.
The distressing food riots" now rag
ing in some OF the eastern cities, and
the high cost of living make this the
psychological time for directing the
attention Of the people to the means
of relief at hand.
II has been estimated by authori-
ties on gardening and production that
backyard thrift garden. 25x50 feet,
viii supply a family Of six with an
abundance OF fresh vegetables. sufi-
eient to supply all needs through the
season if judiciously planted and Civ
en- the proper care and attention.
Philadelphia was the frst city r
realize the tremendous Importance
and great economic value Of utiliz-
ing vacant lots and waste grounds
for gardening purposes. The Phila
deIphia Vacant Lots Garden Associ
alton has been making use Of waste
ground for the past nineteen years.
and has given employment to hun
dreds of her poor, making of them
self-sustaining and selfrespecting cit
liens making OF them producers in
stead of consumers.
The people of the United States arc
beginning to husband natures re
sources whether we are drawn into
war or not. Thrift gardening viii
teach the people economy, thrift and
preparedness. We have become an
extrayagant people because of our
abundance. We have been profiigate
with natures store house. The pres
ent situation is largely due to willful
waste.
Only quick-maturing vegetables
should be grown in backyard or 9th
er limited space. such as lettuce, rad
ishes, onions. string beans, beets, car
rots and tomatoes. In the vacant lot
and larger plots potatoes may be
grown proftabIy. especially at the
present market price OF So per bush
ell.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1917-03-03
FoReIeN LEATHER TRADE.

Official statistics Of exports and i'm
ports for the calendar year 1916 show
that shipments OF all varieties of tan.
ned leather and manufactured leath-
er goods exceeded those Of the previ-
Gus year by only about $9,6OO,00O, be
ing S159,727.71S, against $156,114.S70
in 1915 and $67S57,259 in 1914. That
the increase over 1915 was not great
er was due to the materially reduc-
ed foreign business in leather goods,
other than boots and shoes, which
amounted to S16,337, 761, as compared
with s36,492 ,152 in the previous year
Consequently, considerable gains in
other items we're necessary to over
come this loss of about $4,000, 600 in
harness, saddles and other leather
goods. Exports of boots and shoes
in 1916 aggregated S42,524.196, against
$SS,57S,579 in 1915 and $16,71215O in
1914, while the total of all manufac-
tured leather goods was $50 sol
in 1916, $75,249,S33 in 1915 and $22.-
S81,263 in 1914. During 1916, only
slightly more than one-third of the ex-
ports were of manufactured leather
goods, whereas in 1915 these consti.
tuted almost one-half of the aggre-
gate
In the years exports Of leather,
there we're increases in all varieties,
with the exception OF unclassified up
per, consisting chiefly of such kinds as
cowhide sides, the amountu of which
was almost S6,000.000 less than 1915.
and also in other unclassified leath-
ers, made up principally of such vari-
ties as harness, bag, strap, etc, de
scriptions. Total exports of all leath-
er and tanned skins were $100,501,917
as compared with 0,865, 037 in 1917
and only $44,975,996 in 1914
OF the $100,000,0OO odd total export
ID last year. about So per cent con
sisted Of shoe feathers. including $40
454,237 upper and $50 ,932,706 sole. OF
the remaining Is per cent, $11,019,-
321 consisted of betting glove, pat
ent, carriage and automobile leath-
ers. and $7,097653 of unclassided
kinds. In reality, however, the pro-
7ortion of shoe feathers was proba
bly, nearer to 50 per cent, as exports
last year of patent leather amounted
to $6,99S,S61, and although this va
riety is used almost entirely in shoes
it is not included in the government
tabulations under the heading of up
per leather.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1917-03-03
SENATOR CHIT TON
IS TO MAKE FIGHT
VIII Contest SutherIand's Election to
the United states Senate, Next
Week.

The extra session of the Senate,
already called by President Wilson.
Will bring the senatorial contest from
West Virginia into prominence at the
outset. Senator Chiffon, it is under
stood, expects to protest against the
seating of Senator-eIect oHward
Sutherland as soon as Mr.. Sutherland
comes up to be sworn in. Mr.. Suth-
erland will be given his seat tempo
rarily on his credentials from Cover
nor Hatfield. but the contest of Sena-
tor Chiffon will have to be taken up
and Investigated, and the fling of it
so early in the session viii bring the
case Up at once.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1917-03-03
so DECEPTIVE.
Many Martinsburg People Fail to
Realize the Seriousness.

Many Martinsburg People Fail to
Realize the Seriousness.
Bachache is so deceptive.
1t comes and goes keeps you
guessing.
Learn the cause-then cure it.
Possibly it's weak kidneys.
That's why Doan's Kidney Pills are
so effective.
They're especially for weak or dis
ordered kidneys.
eHre's a Martinsburg case.
Della Bowers, 526 N. High St, Mar
tinsburg, says: My back was weak
and achy. 1t seemed as though my
whole system were affected on ac-
count of my kidneys being disordered
It only took a box or SO Of Doan's
Kidney Pills, however. which pro
cured at Shepherds Drug Store, to
cure the kidney complaint | am per
fectly willing to recommend Doan's
Kidney Pills to anyone
Price soc at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for kidney remedy get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same thai
cured Della Bowers. Foster Nlilburr
Co, Props. Buffalo, N. Y.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1917-03-03
PROGRAM IS READY
FOR AGRICULTURAL
SCHOOL, MARCH SO
ANNOUNCEMENT MADE TODAY
OF the SPEAKERS AND TOP
les FOR DISCUSSION
SCHOOL WILL BEGIN TUESDAY.
MARCH 6, AND CONTINUE
FOR FOUR DAYS
WILL BE HELD IN THE FfREMEN'S
HALL-MR. BRANsON
WILL PRESIDE

Beginning at o'clock on the morn
ing Of March 6. and continuing for
four days an agricultural extension
school will be held in the F iremen's
hall under the auspices of the Agri
cultural Extension Department of the
West Virginia University. County
Agent d. p. Branson, who is respon.
sible for the school, will preside A
splendid program has been prepared,
and topics of vital interest to the
farmers will be discussed by promin.
ent men. The morning sessions will
begin at 8 o'clock and the afternoon
sessions at 1870. The program:
Tuesday, March 6.
Introductory Remarks-County A.
gent d. P. Branson.
"Will 1t Pay to Thin Fruit" e. G.
Auchter
Putting Legumes into the Rota-
tion"-Robert B. Dustman.
"Fertilizing the orchard c.
Auchter.
Noon lntermission.
Pruning c. Auchter
Organic Matter Robert b. Dust
man.
"Wednesday, March z.
"Spraying"-E G. Auchter
"Lime" -Robert B. Dustman.
Selection of Trees and Establish
ing an Orchard E. c. Auchter.
Noon lntermission.
Manure Robert B. Dustman.
Care of the Orchards C. Auch.
ter.
Thursday, March 8.
Production of Sanitary Milk"-H.
W. Cave.
Commercial Fertilizers and Expert
ment Station Results B.
Dustman.
DAIRY Herd Management" H W.
Cave.
NJ Don lntermssion.
Meadows and Pastures Robert
B. Dustman.
"Babcock Testing II. w Cave
Friday, March 9.
Elements Of Soil Building Rob
ert B. Dustman.
Butter Making" w Cave.
1.-THE Farm Garden Robert B.
Dustman.
N Don lntermission.
Growing Profitable Corn Crop
Robert b. Dustman.
Dairy Cow Demonstration" H. w.
Cove.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1917-03-03
STATE WOOL MEN
HAVE DONE WELL
According to the Monthly Crop Re.
port BY the Department of
Agriculture,


West Virginia wool growers have
been doing pretty well under the free
wool provision of the Underwood tar
iff act. According to the Monthly
Crop Report, issued by the Depart
ment of Agriculture, the wool grow.
ers of but five states in the Union
averaged higher price per pound for
wool in 1916 than those of West Vir-
ginia
While the average price to the pro-
Queer in 1916 was 26.7 cents, com.
pared with 22.S in 1915 and 1874 in
1914, the average price in West Vir.
ginia for 1916 was 32.9 cents, com.
pared with 272 cents in 1915. The
production of wool for West Virginia
is given as $4,000 feeces in 1916,
the same as in 1915, with the weight
averaging five pounds each year and
the total production 2,750, 900 pounds
in each year.
The difference in price, however,
made 1916 a very different year to
the sheep grower. According to the
same authority, west Virginia in 1916
produced 9,2S700O bushels of white
corn, 9,729000 bushels Of yellow corn
and 3696,000 bushels of mixed corn.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1917-03-03

roads, mo matter how much they cost
1t is not a question Of wealth.
Neatness and cleanness are as char
acteristic OF the simple farmer and
hard-driven clerk as Of the carefully
valeted marshal of finance. They are
the result of habits of mind which
can be cultivated in the youthful mem.
bers of family, by precept and the
influence of neat, clean surroundings
that reveal the presence Of any I'M
tidiness by its unpleasant contrast.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1917-03-03
LARGE CROWD WILL
VISIT charleston
on Inauguration Day, While Many
West virginians Will See Pres
ident Wilson Sworn In.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2s.-The in
augural committee in charge OF the
ceremonies attendant upon the rein
auguration Of President Wilson ex-
poets large attendance from West
Virginia where the results OF the last
election showed that Mr. Wilson Is
very popular Tie eastern part OF
the state is 50 close to Washington
that many persons can leave home in
the morning and return at night,
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1917-03-03
II NATIVE TREES FOUND
IN WEST VIRGINIA

Andrew Price. in the Fayette Tri-
bune gives the following as the list
Of AZ native trees to be found in West
Virginia: Oak, chestnut, walnut pine,
cherry sugar ash, elm, thorn, plum,
spruce buckeye, hemlock, birch hick-
DRY, aspen, willow, sycamore, fir GU
cumber mulberry, hazel, service
roundwood, balsam, redbud, locust
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1917-03-03
Return From Indiana.

Mr. and Mrs. John w. Stewart and
son. William. have returned from
French Lick Springs. Ind. where Mr..
Stewart has been spending several
weeks for tie benefit OF his health.
re g. now in a much improved con
d'tion.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1917-03-03
GEORGE w. cox MUST
SUPPORT HIS WIFE

George W Cox was told by JUS
tice Wolf yesterday evening that he
must support his wife Agnes Cox,
and caused him 20 enter into a bond
10 give her IS week for months.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1917-03-03

spicewood, ironwood, dogwood, gum,
beech, cedar, holly. persimmon, haw,
alder, pignut, popular, hornbeam, lau.
rel, leatherbark, pawpaw, sassafras,
sumach, magnolia, crab apple, tama-
rack or larch and arbo vitae.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1917-03-03

For dyspepsia. our national ailment.
use Burdoek Blood Bltters. Recon-
meudoa Tor strengthening digestion.
purifying the BLOND. Az 80 drug stores
sl0e a bottle.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1917-03-03

However one Of tie pleasant
things about a supercrisis is the way
that Harry Thaw dropped out Of
sight.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1917-03-03

America must learn how to con-
serve food II high prices have any
thing to do with Il the lesson has
been learned already
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1917-03-03
Germs Peel Right
Off With 'Gefs-Es''
2 Drops, and the Corn is a 'Gonerg'

When you've got to walk on
the sides Of your shoe to get away
from those awful corn-pains. there's
only one common-sense thing to do.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1917-03-03

% takes a woman 10 observe every
action o. man witlloat appearing to
know be Is Oh earth
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1917-03-03

Put 9 or drops OF "Gets-It' ON the
corn right away. Pain and inaan-
nation will disappear, the corn will
begin to shriVci from that instant
then 1T looSens and falls right off.
There's no other corn remover in
the world that acts like "Gets-It."
No new discovery has been made in
-remoVers since "Gets-It' was
born. Don't forget that fact. Gets
IT. does away forever with the use
of salves that irritate, bandages that
make a bundle Of your toe, plasters
that half do the work. knives and
scissors that draw blood. Use Gets
"Gets-It" is sold everywhere, S5c
bottle, or sent on receipt of price by
ID. Lawrence q Co, Chicago. Ill.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1917-03-03

Sold in Martinsburg and recon
mended as the worlds best corn rem
ody by w. s. Harper & Co. A. NJ
Gilbert, e. c. Shepherd and Leap
Worthing.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-05-03

II guess, Pat, you haven't ms good
hen here as we have IN the States"
said an American on holiday in Ros-
common.
"Pll tell you," said the Yankee,
about hen my mother had. She
went out one day and ate feed Of
corn and returned and laid twelve
eggs. She went out on the next day
and ate feed of corn and laid twelve
more eggs She went out the third
day and returned and laid twelve more
eggs. She went out on the fourth day
and hatched seventy-twO chicks out Of
thirty-two eggs. Now that is the kind
of hen we have in the States"
"Well," said Pat, 'Ill tell you about
a half-blind hen my mother had. She
ate feed Of sawdust, thinking it was
oatmeal. She went to her nest and
laid a plank twelve feet long. Again
on the third day she ate more saw
dust and laid another twelve-foot
plank. She sat on the three planks
and Matched three kitchen chairs, a
sofa, one table an mahogany chest
Of drawers. Now" said Pat, with
twinkle In his eye, 'that is the kind
of hen we have in RoscOmmOn."--
Pittsburgh Chronicle-TelegrAph.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-05-03

shall live and fight on for love and
you"
God bless you"
"YOu are going away7" she asked at
last.
II must break with everything. l
must give you your chance of free
DOM"
VERY WELL" said the woman. "Now
hear me. You can't go go far on this
earth or hide yourself away so cum
ningly but that can find you and
maybe follow you. And 1 will. Now,
l must go. left my car down the
road yonder. VIII you go with meT"
The man shook his head and knelt
down before her suddenly and caught
her skirt in his grasp. His arms swept
around her knees. She yielded one
hand to the pressure of his lips and
laid the other upon his head.
go now," he whispered, "for Gods
sake. If look at you must follow"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-05-03
Feast of Minerva.

All Guatemala celebrates the feast
Of Minerva, the most elaborate observ-
ance in its calendar. The revival of
this feast, educational and patriotic
in It's motives, is the idea of the pres
ent president, Senior don Estrada Ca
brera. Like Its Roman precursor, it
marks the close of the school year, and
prizes are awarded for excellence in
scholarship. One of the prizes-$1O0
gold and trip to the United States
was given by an American company
for the best essay written in English.
Ceremonies intended to inculcate love
of country and devotion to duty also
form part of the celebration. There is
also an exhibition of the products of
the republic held in connection with
the annual event. OF the exhibits this
year, coffee, sugar and sugar cane de-
serve special mention. American-made
plOws and disk plows specially adapted
to sugar-cane cultivation were on dis
play.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-05-03
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
CTo BE CoNTINUED.)
MUST ASSIST WITH DISHES
Court Order Out Of Ordinary, Since
II Is the Wife Who Is Ordered
to Do This.

Tain't right now, for a woman to
enjoy the movies alone. She must
take her husband occasionally, and
also she must help him wash the sup
per dishes.
This Is the SOlOmonic wisdom dis.
pensed by New York judge in the
domestic relations court, where the
only thing he failed to find out about
John Mackey was how he managed to
squander $S month. John, who Is an
electrician and lives with his wife and
four children, was arraigned on a
charge of cruelty preferred by Mrs.
Mackey. When her story had been
told the magistrate asked Mackey
what he had to say in defense
1--WE worked at the same place for
twenty-five years." he said. "Ive
turned my earnings over to- my wife
for the last fifteen years. l make
twenty-siX dollars week and / give
my wife twenty dollars pay night for
food and clothing for herself and the
children. Out of the balance 1 pay
the rent of sixteen dollars a month.
Every night my wife leaves me to do
the dishes, while she goes out to a
movie show or to visit friends. She
never will take me along with her."
"Charge dismissed" said the court.
Hereafter, Mrs, Mackey, you will
help your husband with the dishes and
take him out to the movie once in
a while"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-05-03
Suspicious Of the Home Folks.

Our Cousin Joe has no confidence
in anybody except strangers. If his
own brother were In the jewelry busl-
ness Joe wouldn't buy a pin or lodge
emblem from him. If he needed any,
thing of the kind he would purchase 1t
from some perfectly reliable fellow
that he had never seen before and
never expected to see again. If a. good
substantial citizen that Joe has known
for 20 years should try to almost give
him lot on one of the best streets of
the town Joe would laugh at him.
"None Of you sharpers can trick me-"
Joe would say, and then he would buy
a lot In the Rocky mountains from
someone he had never seen or heard
of before.-Claude Callan in the Fort
Worth Telegram.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-05-03

And there was another reason that
held him to his native land. He would
still tread the same soil, breathe the
same air. with the woman. He did not
desire to put Seas between them.
He swOre to himself that the free
dom he had offered her, that he had in
deed forced upon her unwilling and re
Jecting 1t, should be no empty thing SO
far as he was concerned. He would
leave her absolutely untrammeled. He
would not write to her or communi
cate with her in any way He would
not even seek her to hear about her
and Of course as she would not know
whittier he had gone or where he was
she could not communicate with him.
The silence that had fallen between
them should not be broken even for
ever unless and until All, yes, he
could not see any way TO complete that
unless and until" at first, but perhaps
after while he might.
He knew exactly where he would go.
Dick Winters, another classmate and
devoted friend at Cambridge, had gone
out West shortly after graduation. he
had big cattle ranch miles from a
railroad in a young southwestern state.
Winters, like the other member of the
youthful trlumvlrate, Rodney, was a
bachelor. He could be absolutely de-
pended upon. He had often begged
Meade to visit him. The engineer
would do it now. He knew Winters
would respect his moods, that he would
let him severely alone, that he could
get on a horse and ride into the hills
and do what he pleased, think out his
thoughts undisturbed.
To Winters, therefore, he had gone.
He had an idea that his future would
be outside Of engineering. Indeed he
had put all thought of his chosen pro-
fesSiOn out Of his mind and heart, at
least so he fancied. Yet, spending an
idle forenoon in Chicago waiting for
the departure Of the western train, he
found himself irreslstibly drawn to the |
great steel-framed structures, the sky
scrapers rising gaunt and rigid above |
he other buildings of the city.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-05-03
CHAPTER Ix-continued.

"Shurtliff," said the young engineer
after the mound had been heaped up
and covered with sOds and strewn with
flowers and the wOrkmen had gone, Il
have left everything l possess In your
charge. You have a power Of attor-
ney to receive and pay out all moneys
to deposit, invest, and carry on my fa-
theirs estate. The office Is to be closed
and the house Is to be sold. My will,
In which leave everything to Miss IL
Ilngworth, is in your hands. You are
empowered to draw from the revenue
of the estate your present salary so
long as you live. If anything happens
to me you will have the will probated
and be governed accordingly"
"Mr. Meade" said the old man, and
he somehow found himself transferring
the affection which he had thought had
been buried beneath the sod on that
long mound before him, to the younger
man. He had loved and served u
Meade all his life and he began to see
that he could not stop now. nor could
he lavish what he had to give merely
on a remembrance, "Mr. Meade" he
said. "where are you going and what
do you intend to dor
II don't know where l shall so, or
what | shall undertake eventually"
said the man. "I'm going to leave
everything behind now and try to get
little rest at first"
And you will keep me advised of
your whereabouts?"
"Perhaps-I don't know. One last
injunction: you are not to tell anyone
ihe truth"
God forbid" said Shurtliff, 1--WE
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-05-03

have lied to preserve the honor and
fnme of him we loved who lies here"
Don't render our perjuries of non.
effect"
Il will not, sir. | haven't found that
paper. I guess it was destroyed"
Il presume so. And now, good-by."
Aren't you coming with me?"
Il want to stay here little while by
myself"
Shurtliff turned and walked away.
When he reached the road, down which
he must go, he stopped and faced about
again. Meade was standing where he
had been. The old man took off his
hat in rcverent farewell.
Meade was not left alone. Beyond
the hillside where his father had been
buried rose a clump of trees. Bushes
grew at their feet A woman-Should
man be buried without woman's tears?
-'-had stood concealed there waiting.
Helen lllingworth had wept over the
dreariness, the mournfulness of It all,
She had hoped that Meade might stay
after the other went and now that he
was alone she came to him. She laid
her hand upon his arm. He turned and
looked at her.
Il knew that you would be here" he
said.
Did you see me?"
II felt your presence"
Listen" said the woman. "You are
wrecking your life for your father's
fame. A man has a right perhaps to
do with his own life what he will but
when he loves woman and when he
has told her so and she has given him
her heart, did it ever occur TO Won
that when he wrecks his life he wrecks
hers, and has he right to wreck her
life for anyone else?"
"Oh, my God" said Meade. this il
more than can bear"
Il don't want to force you to do any,
thing you don't want to do and vOu
are not in any mood to discuss these
things" she said in quick compassion.
"Some day you will come back to me-"
He stretched out his hands toward
her over the grave.
II don't know" he cried. II dare
not hope"
"With love like ours" she answered.
''all things are possible"
Il can't bind you. You must be free"
he said slowly, turning his head.
You are breaking my heart, but |
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-05-03

In local theater, one evening re-
Gently, a powerful spotlight revealed a
house fly crawling over the powdered
surface Of a pretty girls back. "Oh,
lookie," whispered little girl, in tones
that could be heard all about her,
''lookie at the fyW "Hush, DEAR" the
child's mother cautioned. There was a
moments silence, then the little girl
again whispered hoarsely: II spec the
fly thinks he is on a marshmallow."--
Exchange.