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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1917-02-17
PUBLIC SALE:
or VALUABLE
personal PROPERTY

Intending to discontinue farming, |
will make public sale at my residence,
| known as the Dr. Ed Williams farm,
located one-half mile east of Green's
burg and three miles east Of Beding-
ton, seven miles northeast Of Mar
tinsburg, seven miles northwest Of
shepherdstoWn, on tho main road be.
tween Foultz's store aud the Green's
burg shop,
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY IS, 1917,
sale to begin at 10 O'Clock a. m, the
following personal property:
7 HEAD HORSES.
Nell" dapple gray mare, years
old, weight about 1850 lbs, in ioal by
ED Miller's Clydesdale horse This
mare is a No. / barshare leader.
"Bul," gray mare, years old, weight
about 1850 lbs, in foal by Ed Millers
Clydesdale horse. This mare is a
good wagon or barshare leader.
Charlie" and Easter" pair match
ed grays. three years old, VIII average
about 1850 lbs. each. Have been brok-
en- to work Heavy draft colts
Clyde gray mare, IL years Old,
weight about 1850 lbs. No. ] bar
share or wagon leader, in foal by Ed
Miller's Clydesdale horse.
Two mare colts, two years old,
heavy draft class, and blocky.
s HEAD CATTLE.
Pair Jersey helfers, viii be fresh
In early spring. Two mitch cows Civ
ing milk, viii be fresh about the
first OF March
Durham bull, coming two years old,
weight 800 lbs
TWO BROOD SOWS, will farrow
by day Of sale.
FARMING IMPLEMENTS.
No 9 Brown wagon and bed 30
bushel capacity, in frst-class order.
Deering binder foot cut. Deering
mower, IL foot cut, in good run
ming order. New international manure
spreader only used one season. Biek-
ford & Hoffman grain drill in good
order. Thrush and Slough buggy TO-
foot hay ladder Stick wagon, Sim
pick Double disc corn planter, with
check row attachment. Scientific
corn cutter. in good order Buckeye
double cultiyator, in good order No
40 Oliver Chilled pillow, new. Spring
tooth harrow. Single and double
shovel piows. Basket sleigh and bells.
Grain cradle and rake. Lot OF forks,
shoyels. mattocks and digging iron,
hay fork, ropes and pulleys.
Single, double and treble trees,
new. Moving scythe, crowd sticks,
log chains cutting box, cr0sscut saw,
pair sheep shears, new.
HARNESS.
No., ..o4~ Wou1rae 10. rssoae Fff-f. eafs
front gears, two sets pillow gears, one
set single harness, three collars, 3
brides, Citizen saddle, pair check
lines, choke straps, two sets heavy
fly nets, pair spreaders, wagon lines.
900 Bundles Fodder and Some Corn.
100 Rhode Island Red Laying Hens.
Empire cream separator No. a. in
good running order. 10 gallon swing
ing churn.
(NoTE- Chickens to be sold for
cash, no discount
TERMS OF SALE.
A credit OF ten months will be Civ
en- on all sums OF ten dollars $4,000 /
and over the purchaser to give note
with approved security negotiable
and payable at the Jefferson Secur- /
ity Bank, OF Shepherdstown or the
Bank Of harrisburg, Of Martiusburg,
w. Va, with interest from date, butt
If paid at maturity interest RENTED /
Under ten dollars, cash. Discount I
for cash. No property removed I'm +
til terms are complied with
CHARLIE r. MILLER, +
Dodd & Hoffman, Aacts,
Harwood Burkhart, Clerk.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1917-02-17
PUBLIC SALE
OF VALUABLE
PERSONAL PROPERTY


Having Dissolved partnership, we
will offer to the highest bidder, with
out reserve, on the Joseph l.. Porter
field farm. miles north Of Martins
burg, on the Martinaburg and Will
Transport Pike, on
TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 20, 1917,
he following described property. at
10 O'Clock a. m;
6 HEAD HORSES AND COLTS
Bib, roam Belgian horse, coming 5
years Old one OF the best barsharo
leader and work anywhere hitched.
jim, black mare years old, in foal
by Joe Harrisburg, an imported Per
cheron horse. good barshare and
wogan leader work anywhere hitehod
Charley bay horse years old.
works anywhere hitehed, this is an
exceptionally fine working horse.
Nell, bay mare II years old. in
foal by a Belgian horse, good strap
mare. , colts coming | year old.
80 HEAD CATTLE
No. /. Red cow will be fresh by
day Of sale; Nos. and s--red and
roam cows. are fresh now, No. i.--red
COW. will BIO fresh in early summer;
No 5blacx Holstein heifer, with
calf by her side; No g. roam heifer
with calf by her side. Nos. 7-s-9-10.11
&12 are heifers and viii be fresh by
day Of sale; No. t3.f heifer.; No
is, tat steer. No 16 black bull, viii
weigh about 200 lbs No. 17.--blael
bull calf, viii be year old in Spring.
Is head of / and year old heifers
and steers.
20 HOGS.
fat hogs will weigh about 150 lbs.
each. 16 cine shoats.
FARMING IMPLEMENTS
4 horse wagon and so bushel bed.
Deering binder; foot cut. only cut
ono crop; New Ideal manure spread
or, good az new; Hoosier grain drill
good as new; John Deer check row
corn planter with hitler and fertilizer
attachment; Osborne horserake;
Oliver chilled plows; No 40 and
No. 40xx 9; double shovel plows
single shovel plows; 2 Brown cult
yators. 4.square harrows; spring
tooth harrow weeder; 2 sets hay
ladders, Is foot.
HARNESS
sets breechbands, 9 sets front
gears, in good condition; sets plow
gears; collars; brides; wagon
saddle, set double harness, check
lines; heavy check straps sets
carrying straps; good 6.horse wagon
line; 4 good collar pads; digging iron;
grindatone grain cradle; log chain.
pick; shovel mattock; set of spread
ers; thribble tree; sets double
trees lot single trees; iron crowd
sticks; moving scythe; breast and
but chains; pitch forks; 4-prong
forks; buggy pole; About 200 BUSH
els yellow corn; about tons baled
hay and some loose hay; about 500
bundles fodder.
TERMS or SALE.
A credit of nine months win be Civ.
en- on all sums OF $40 and over, the
purchaser to give note with approved
security negotiable and payable at
the Merchants ard Farmers bank OF
with interest from date.
but II paid al maturity interest will
be remltted Under SO, cash Reason
able discount for cash. No property
to be removed until the terms are
complied with.
Hucltsters are welcome bur no cider
allowed.
r. w. BARTLES
J, l.. PORTnRFIELD.
Dodd & Hoffman, Auctioneers.
.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1917-02-17
REGULAR Meeting.

A regular meeting Of District As
ISOLATION No s Of the West Virginia
Association OF Graduate Nurses Will
be held at the City hospital on Fri
day afternoon at 3 o'clock.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1917-02-17
Go 70 snenI1erdatown.

Profs A. E. Auchtor and w r.
Legg, of the college OF agriculture,
state university, were in the city this
morning on their way to Shepherds
town to assist several orchardists
with their pruning
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1917-02-17

When a girl sees handsome
young man for the FIRST time she
wonders how she can help him get
acquainted with her.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1917-02-17

had for a more particular de-
scripiion OF the property to be
sold The plat Of the said Chas.
e. Williams Subdivision Is re-
corded in the Office of the Clerk
of the County Court OF Berke-
ley County, West Virginia in
Deed Book No III. page AZ.
TERMS OF SALES One-third cash
and the balance in two equal annual
payments, with interest from day OF
sale, purchaser to give notes for the
deferred payments and title to be re-
tained until all the purchase money
has been paid.
]. NLVIN KiIMER.
2 . 16 20 Trustee.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1917-02-17

rsbruary 15-Charles II. Miller,
o-o,non district, northeast OF Mar
,,psburg, Berkeley county.
February 16-Jerry Triggs, south
..st of Bunker Hill, Berkeley county.
February 17-Mrs. Emily q. Triggs,
u,,acbester pike. 1 IL miles south OF
wartinsburg, Berkeley county.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1917-02-17

=. following is a list of public sales
-" .s,sonal property, announced by
..ld & Hoffman, to date. Others
In he added from time TO time
.,d changes accordingly made.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1917-02-17
r. w. BARrLEs.
]. L. PORTNRFIELD.

Dodd & Hoffman, Auctioneers.
lIarwoed BuriShart. Clerk.
1 20 81; 2 2 3 ) 10 II 10 16 II.
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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1917-10-13
Satisfaction Our Aim

onded by Mr.. Roberts and car
ried. October II. 1917, was de-
clared holiday for all of the
schools of the parish, and all
teachers to repair to the school
buildings throughout the parish
atregular time for opening school
and render all the service posi-.
BILE in the registration, and where
the registration will not be held
in school houses, as such will be
the case in a few of the towns.
the teachers are to render such
assistance at the place of regis
tration as in their power to rem
der.
The following resolution was
offered by Mr.. Roberts, who
moved its adoption, and it being
duly seconded by Mr.. Rombo and
placed before the board, it car
ried unanimously.
RESOLUTION.
Whereas, the old school house
lots in the town Of Montgomery
are no longer of any use to the
school board; and,
Whereas, the Montgomery
school district is greatly in need
of the money; therefore, be it
Resolved, That we, the Grant
Parish School Board, in regular
session convened. authorize ]. H.
McNeely. president Of the said
school board. to make a cash sale
of these lots provided he can get
not less than SIS. 90 for them, and
in the event he should affect a
sale he is hereby authorized and
empowered to make deed to party
or parties. purchasing same
A number of claims being ex-
amined by the board and approx
ed for payment, the president
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and secretary were authorized to
draw against the proper funds
and pay them.
The board adjourned to meet
the first Friday in January. 1918.
]. H. MCNEELY,
j. N. WARNER, President.
Secretary.
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Education 7. H. Harris, were
read, and it appearing that in
order to carry out the wishes of
President Wilson and suggestions
from others in authority it was
necessary that October II be de-
clared a holiday.
On motion of Mr.. Rambo, Sec
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1917-10-13
Gen. Crowder on Exemption Board
Rules.

To Governors Of All States:
Number BATS. Subject: Misunder-
standing of section M Compiled Rulings
Number twelve issued originally as gen.
eral telegram number 8l85. Said Rul-
ing contained an express statement
that neither the military authorities at
the mobilization camp nor the Adju.
tants General of States were to be con-
sidered as Boards Of Review of the ac-
ton of Local and District Boards. 1t
has been brought to the attention of
this Office that under the alleged author
ity of said ruling, the Governors and
Adjutants General have been besieged
with applications to request rehearings
in cases where the only question was
one of the determination of fact by the
Boards. Only where through error in
law or through the nonculpable ignor-
ance of the registrant man has been
held to service who should have been
discharged or exempted is authority to
request rehearIngs by the Board grant
ed to the Governor. To interject into
the established system at this time the
Governor or his Adjutant General as a
new Board of Review is an error which
finds no justification in any ruling or
direction issued from this Office. How
ever nothing herein contained should
be construed as justifying upon the
part of the boards denial of respect
due requests of the Governor or of his
Adjutant General speaking for him,
wnen in the exercise of the authority
granted to these officials they make
requests upon the boards in the cases
enumerated in section NJ Compiled Rul-
ings number twelve. CRowDER.
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Official Proceedings of the Grant Par
ish School Board.
Colfax, La, Oct. 5, 1917.

1sh School Board.
Colfax, La, Oct. 5, 1917.
The Grant Parish School Board
met this day and was called to
order by J. H McNeely. presi-
dent.
j. H. McNeely, C. F. Black
well, R. w. Rambo and N. s..
Roberts were present, and A. W..
Stewart. E. A. Wall and B. D..
Fletcher were absent. A major
ity of the members being pres
ent they proceeded to transact
the following business, to-wit:
The parish superintendent
made verbal report relative to
the opening of the schools of the
parish, stating in substance that
where the people seem to be
ready for the schools to open,
that all of them opened on SEIZED
ule time, and arrangements had
been made for all other schools
to open October s, 1917, employ
ing something over one hundred
teachers In the public schools of
the parish for this season.
That the schools had opened
under very favorable conditions,
enrolling more pupils at the be-
ginning than had been custo-
mary to enroll heretofore, neces-
stating the employing of extra
teachers in some sections of the
parish to accommodate the chill
dren entering the schools.
Mr.. c. Scott Yeager, supervis-
ing architect of the Pollock
school building. made a report to
the effect that the building had
been completed according to the
contract and was now occupied
by. the school.
Z On fRotion of Mr.. Rambo, duly
seconded by Hr. Blackwell ano
carried. the report was received
and all legitimate claims against
the building were ordered paid.
Mr.. Rambo moved that the
claim of Mr.. Yeager for making
an estimate of the damages on
the old wooden school buildingat
Pollock, which building was
struck by cyclone, said claim
amounting to $4S.75, be paid.
His motion was seconded by Mr..
Roberts and after considerable
discussion by the board it was
allowed
B. "a nJsse3 thn 1t
regular meeting or the Grant
Parish School Board, in the Par
ish of Grant, in the State of
Louisiana, held on the 5th day of
October, A. D. 1917, at II o'clock
a. m. at Colfax, La, its regular
pll. na'a~~, shove bainr
then and there present the fol-
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lowing members, to-wit: j. H.
McNeely, c. F. Blackwell, R. w.
Rambo and N. S. Roberts. Alb
sent: A. w. Stewart, E. A. Wall
and B. D.. Fletcher. At which
meeting certain proceedings were
had, among which, were the fol-
lowing:
Mr.. Rambo presented and read
a certain ordinance and moved
its adoption, and thereupon Mr..
Roberts seconded said motion to
adopt said ordinance, and said
motion being then and there put
to a vote of the ''ayes" and
mays" and the roll being called,
said ordinance was unanimously
adopted by the votes of all of the
members present, each of said
members voting aye. land there
being no votes may" which or
dinance is in the words and fig
ures following, to-wit:
Ordinance amending an ordinance adop-
ted July 7th, 1916, by the Grant Par
ish School Board. Louisiana, provid-
ing for the issuance of $40, 900 Bonds
of Montgomery School District No.
Il, Grant Parish, Louisiana.
Whereas, on the 7th day of July,
1916, the Grant Parish School Board,
as the governing body of all school dis
tricts within the parish, duly adopted
an ordinance providing for the issuance
of $4,000 per cent bonds of Mont
yomery School District No. 81, of the
Parish of Grant, Louisiana, dated July
9Th, 1916, maturing in their consecutive
order, February l, 1917, to 1892, inclu-
sive, and inadvertently it was provided
IN the face of all of said bonds that
"The Board of Directors of Public
Schools of the Parish of Grant, Louis
ana, for and on behalf of Montgomery
school District No. q, of the Parish of
Grant, Louisiana, acknowledges itself
% owe and for value received promises
20 pay" etc.,
when, in fact, the bonds are required
oy law to be obligations of Montgomery
school District No. Il, and not of the
farisif lBoard however. SAID bon6s'
aaving been so issued, it is now desired
% confirm. ratify and approve the same,
md to indicate that they are to be re-
garded as the direct obligations of said
District;
Now, therefore, be it ordained o.
the Grant Parish School Board, Louis
lana, That the Sl0,0 900 bonds of Mont
gomery School District No q, above
described, are hereby in all things fully
confirmed, ratified and approved, as
issued, and shall be regarded
as the direct obligations of the Mont
gomery School District No. 81; just as
as though they, on their
face. prrporsed 70 be the Obligation
al to Dis -ict
Be it further ordained, That all ordi-
nances, resolutions or orders that are
or at variance with this
ordinance. are to the extent of such in
hereby repealed.
Mr.. Rambo moved that a Home
Demonstration ngent be employ
ad after tho irst Of January, as
the government agreed to put up
ygye -:
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two thirds of the salary if tht
parish would put up the remain
der, and it being understood that
the police jury had already put
up $500 of the remainder, leaving
only 5000 to be appropriated by
the school board. Mr.. Roberts
seconded the motion, and it be-
ing put to a vote of the ayes
and nays" and the roll being
called, j. H. McNeeld, r. w.
Rambo and N. S. Roberts voted
for the adoption of the motion
and c. F. Blackwell voted against
it, whereupon the chair announc-
ed the motion carried.
Some parties from the Bagdad
community appeared before the
board in the interest of building
a new school house in that CONF
munity, stating that all parties
concerned were in favor of builds
ing the house on land belonging
to F. M. Morris, and that the
said Morris had agreed to deed
the land for the proposed school
building to the school board.
On motion of Mr.. Roberts.
seconded by Mr.. Blackwell ard
carried, the president and secre.
tary were authorized to confer
with the fiscal agents for the
school board and ascertain if
funds could be had to meet the
current expenses for operating
the schools of the parish and with
which to build the proposed
school building until funds were
available from this years taxes
to meet the expenses.
On motion of Mr.. Roberts, duly
seconded by Mr.. Rambo and car
ried, $500 or as much thereof
as may be necessary. was appro-
priated out of the general school
funds as. premiums to-.the 4hny&
and girls doing club work in the
parish this year and making sat
isfactory exhibits at the fair to
be held at Verda. October Is and
10. 1917.
On motion of Mr.. Rambo, Sec
onded by Mr.. Blackwell and car
ried, So 90 per month was allow
ed each department of home eco
Monies in the parish to assist in
defraying the actual expenses of
these departments during this
session of the schools.
The question of giving a holt
day to the schools of the parish
on October II. 1917. the date fix
ed for the registration of all wo-
men in the United States from 16
years up to 80, both years inclu-
sive. was discussed at length, the
issued by Governor
Pleasant and the suggestions
made by State Superintendent of
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New Britain herald., 1917-03-24
KAISER AND HoILWEG
 UNDER VERBAL LASH
Accused By socAalist DeIuty KuIaert II Rs os iaators of waz
 pls Aro Hungry.

London. March 2z.IThe German emperor and Chancellor von Beth- Msrss denounced in the ReichstaS by tho socialist deputy, Ku- nert. as the orfg1natoFp Of the war, according to . Befiin despatch to Reu- ter's by way of Amsterdam. The incl dent occurred on Thursday during a debate on the public health estimates. Vice Chancellor Heinrich, referrang to Herr Kunert's remark, declared that . German who spoke In the same breath of Rna3ian and 0Afman conditions ifa-. suited his fatherland. The socialist deputy rstortsd amid socialist ap- plAuse:s 5 s Ss. 4 5
 'sBecause I compared German reac- tionaraes with Russian revolutionists you say insuited the fatherland. 1 should be proud If such progress was made in our country as has been made in the Russian empire
 Socialist Deputy Hoch, criticizine the statisttcs of the president of the board of health. declared that they did not allow the formation of a conclu- sive judgment and that the president should not have painted such q rosy picture of the health of the population when s'underfeeding is almost terri. hIe and bound to affect the, public hea1th.'' Another socialist stated thai in many ablishments workmen had collapsed from hunger.
New Britain herald., 1917-03-24
|"NEW HAVEN's TO ISSUE
 $5O,OOO,OOO IN NEW NOTES
Intends to Purchase Stock, of Other Concerns and to Refund Notes - Hearing Set for March 31.

a
 Hartford. March The New
 York, New Haven and Hartford rail-
 road has petitioned the. public utilities commission for apSsovai to issue
 4Se. .000. 900. in one-year notes for the p11rpose of securing funds to purchase certain preferred and common stock md bonds of the New Enxlnd Trans epoftation company, the capital stock so1the New York and Hartford Trans p0ftation company, the New Bedford,
 11akthas Vineyard and Nantucket Steamboat company. and to refund 6ortadn collateral gold notes, matur- sin4 May I, 1917, of the New England Ias1gation company and to refund
 teral gold notes of the New Haven road. maturing May I. 1917. The petition will be heard Saturday, x 1larch 31, at the capitol. at 10 .. m. Nhe road also petitions for approval Ei6k Authority to acquire certificates of Ebenedcdal interest in the capital stock sCf the Connecticut company, the Providence and Danielson railroad c0mparay, the Seaview railroad com Epany and bonds of the Providence anu DanielsOn railroad company. This petition will be heard at the saIne time.
New Britain herald., 1917-03-24
SHOOTS WIFE AND COMMITS I <: SUICIDE
HsisauepOrt Husband Eires Five SlaOts 4nd Runs Iron Dse. I..ser .i
 Ending Own Life.

Bridgeport, March 24.-Thomas Cornforth, who shot and fatality wound ed Ml9 wife last night, was found dead thiS orntuk n saeant lot It Mor- man and MaIa sysosd ARsnpe, . short distance from where tho siaootng took place. ss3dently . suicide. Ths body was m ' lkneehng position on the ground between two large cable spooi6 Cornforth, apparently, had stood between tho spools and shot 5hihself Tn tho left temple with the salnk revolver srtth which he had wounded his wife He dropped to the knesling positidn. partly supported by one Of the spo0ls, and died instantly. 8s Cornforth at midnight last night in sa jealous rage fired five shots at his wife in the room they occupied with thAir hve-year-old daughter at 9z4 Irnnstan avenue. One of the bullets pierced her abdomen, causing ., wound that the hospital physicians say prob- ably will be fatal. Another bullet shattered her left elbow and the three others went wild. Cornforth A imme- diately fled from the house and is supposed to have killed himself about dawn today,
New Britain herald., 1917-03-24
NlinDEity Amends Writ.

tsN J 4 j
 New Haven. March 24The amend- ed compialnt of minority stockholders
 in Massachusetts who have sought to
 recover $30e, ,O0o. O00---a suit in which triple dannages are claimed from the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad. companys5and it's directors.
 was received here today. and by 1t, only live directors, besides the coni- pany itself. are retained as fdefen- dants. The directors who are. eliIn- mated from the suit are E. D. Rob- tins. F. E. Brewster. A. H: Robertson, Y: A Hemenway, Of New Haven, II. F. Etll llG1ad efs Merid dAai EIs K.-. .dcHsfg ol l ISfaa4urd: JameS 8. Elton Of Water fbufy Ss.s H. Bf00leer of Ansonia; II. 1 ". Tart of Providence and George
 aMcC Cuilough Miller of New Jersey. The amended complaint now runs against William Rqckefelller, Lewi% Cass L.edyard. Charles s. Pratt and HI. McK Tswombly. K sz giss It is uiaderAtood that the complaint was amended because the law of New Torn states does not permit suit against directors living in Connecti- cut, Rhode Island and New Jersey. It is also said that the. directors who rcside in this state have never been served with notice in the original suit as such service had to be made ta New Fork.