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Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-09-29
COMMENT over
WEST VIRGINIA
THE CONFERENCE OF UNEM
PLOYMENT,
From the Hampshire Review

(From the Hampshire ReVieW)
The conference on unemployment
called by President Harding, con
vened in Washington on Monday
The delegates selected were com
paratively few, though influential
persons, 1t will be an interesting
meeting, but what tangible results
will be accomplished remain to be
seen.
There is an unmistakable trend
of improvement in business Condi-
lions throughout the country For
one thing sentiment is better. Pes
simism is giving way. Interest rates
are lower The hard squeeze, in
most sections, is passing. The
South has much to encourage it in
the rise in price Of cotton, though
the crop is short The same Is true
of tobacco. There is strong mar
ket for both at fair prices, whereas
little while ago there was no mar
ket and the prices were at the bot
tom.
There seems to be a greater de-
mand for steel products. If that
continues it will lead to a stronger
demand for coal. When the steel
mills open the coal mines must open,
also However, there is no real
prospect of an immediate business
boom.
What can the conference on I'M
employment accomplishes? We con-
fess we do not know. Our observa.
ton is that much talk comes out of
these national conferences and little
practical results. The writer sat in
and listened to any number Of them,
especially during the war. Occasion
ally one got information that was
useful, valuable, but the war was
not won with conferences, with talk.
And so "Normalcy' will not be
brought about at conferences. The
country has been going through the
process of SOLDERING up after an eco
nomic spree. The spasms are past
but there is headache period left
and some adjustments have got tc
be made before they are gone.
Germany is coming back. Belgium
has come back, more than any coun
try in Europe. France is rebuilding
her devastated areas and getting on
her feet, despite her terrible plight
when the war was over. But 1t Is
not being done with talk. Economy
has been practiced and the people
of those three countries are al
work Work and economy! Thos'
are the things that transmute the
baser metals into gold. Strikes an(
lockouts won't do it. If employers
and employees would get together
the former forgetting immediate
profits and the latter wartime
wages, for the moment, things woulC
! begin to turn around again. Unit
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-09-29
Martinsbur@
in The Past
(Takcn From the Files of The
JournaD
TEN YEARS AGO

Visitors to Martinsburg hear one
Of the excellent concerts by the
City Band under direction Of w
f. McAneny.
Mrs. Charles Z. Dyche is in re-
ceipt Of one Of the first postal cards
or pieces of mail sent by aeroplane
in the U. S., sent here by her bro
Their.
Visitors take auto trip on tour OF
county orchards.
Apple carnival ball is held in
Eatz' Hall under direction OF A.
k0gelschatz.
FIVE YEARS AGO
county nurses society is form
cd in this city with Miss Martha
]. Silver, r. n, as president.
J. w. Kogelschatz, proprietor Of
KS Pharmacy, leases the large
store room of the E. F. Millard
Building on West King street and
will take possession January list.
William F. Mantz, native and
.tfe long citizen Of Martinsburg, ex-
pires at the home OF his son, N.
Baker Mantz, North Spring street.
ONE YEAR AGO
Messrs. H. C.. Jacobs and Paul
Gruver. sons of local ministers,
leave to enter Georgetown Univer-
sity to study dentistry.
Rain stops work OF painting all
telephone, telegraph and electric
light poles within the city limits.
Marshall D. Miller. superintend-
ont of the Millville division Of the
Northern Virginia Power Company
is instantly killed at Shenandoah
Junction when he slips on high
power electric light wire.
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-09-29

1t is not necessary that wa
rant be sworn out before arre3
are made in enforcing the state pr
hibition law any more than it
necessary to get a warrant to
rest burglar that is in your houl
Now, Mr. Editor, ] believe that
rights of a lawabiding citizen shot|
be respected and protected at lei
as much as that of criminal q
that those violating the 18th amen
ment should not be protected byl
provision in 4th amendment. TN
does not license some fellow to
late the law, steal a lot of go%
and conceal them away and IL
use them at his pleasure without
ing molested.
Violators Of the prohibition
are amenable to the state and a !
the federal courts. All sheriffs,
licemen and constables, by right
their office, and all those whom til !
may deputize to assist them, q
state police and the deputies 4
pointed by the prohibition comm|
sioner Of the state, and the fede1
prohibition officers are the ones tlj
are authorized to make arrests. II
courts should see to it that the
forts and labor of these officers
not prove abortive by some att
ney coming in and by touching |
the sympathy or by some little tee
nicality move to quash the char1
The thing the public wants isl
quashing Of the violators of the La
Every man VINO is called upon
serve on Jury should be ash
after sworn whether he believes
the enforcement of the prohibitil
law. If he does not, he should
be permitted to serve as a iuryniI
in any court. This is a pertine|
question and should be insisted
wherever jury is impaneled
hear cause Of this kind
Kindly yours,
NJ. K. BITS.
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-09-29
PROHIBITION LAW.
Hedgesville, Sept. %, !

Editor of the Martinsburg Evening
/ Journal
If you believe it will not be i'm
/ your valuable paper, l ask your in
diligence for space for another brief
article on this important subject.
/ The more important thing is the
greater shall be the effort to attain it
+ by any and all who are interested,
/ Now, Mr.. Editor, if these articles
/ through your kind assistance should
! be the means of helping one or more
of our fellows, who are now occu-
! pied in making moonshine or boot
| Logging, to refrain from doing so
and thus be saved from the peni-
! tertiary or the gallOws, and to en-
gage in some honorable business or
pursuit, | shall feel more than am
! ply rewarded for my labor. We ap-
prove of government quarantine of
cholera or leprosy and yet these are
comparatively harmless to the evil
Of the alcoholic habit and its eff
fects. The Charleston Gazette gives
an account Of an incident last Sun
day in Kentucky where more than
100 moonshiners, bootleggers and
men, crazed with the cursed stuff
aattcked a Baptist association, broke
UP the convention, shot the Bible
to pieces and took charge of the
church grounds.
Many are looking forward with
joyful anticipation to the 18th of No.
venf3er when representative Of all
the leading nations of the world will
meet in Washington to agree to dis
arm and disband armies so that war
in the future will be made impos.
sible. The sword may claim its
thousands but the demon alcohol in
Great Britain, France, in fact, every
| country, is claiming it's tens Of thou.
sands and yet l venture the asser.
ton that no move will be made
by the assembly of the greatest
statesmen and the mightiest intel
lects that has ever come together
in the history Of the world to ban.
ish an evil that, when compared
to war in the magnitude of its sad
effects on any nation, people or in
| dividual-war is by far the lesser
evil. Man can be made to realize
his condition in time of war, and is
in a condition to prepare to meet
his God, but not so when he is
drunk. One of the great evils con
sequent upon the use of Intoxicating
liquor is war, wrangling and murder
Why is justice perverted by so many
in authority, Why this friction be
| tween the federal and state laws?
The state road law in Sec. 49, be
ginning at line nine says:
mo person shall drive, or oper
ate any vehicle, motor driven OF
otherwise, upon any public road OF
street in this state when intoxicated
or under the influence of liquor
drugs or narcotics; and any one VIC
lating this provision shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor, and upon convic.
ton thereof shall be punished with
fine of not less than twenty-five
dollars nor more than one hundred
dollprs and mot orr confined in
the county Jail not less than sixty
days nor more than six months for
the first offense; and for second
offense he shall be deemed guilty
of a felony and upon conviction
thereof shall be confined in the pen
itentiary not less than one nor more
than three years" Now, Mr.. Edi-
tor, this law is in effect and this
law is being violated.
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-09-29
THE SUPREME COURT AND
THE PUBLIC SERVICE
COMMtSSiON

! (From the Wheeling lnteIIigencer.)
The stand taken by The Intclli
gencer relative to the Public Service
Commission and gas rate Increases
has occasioned quite bit of discus
sion over the state, and has brought
on The Intelligencer some an'agon
ism by friends Of the gas interests
and the members of the Public Ser
vice Commission.
A. Bliss McCrum, of Charleston, a
former member of the Board of Cen.
troll and prominent in state politics
defended the Public Service Commits
sion and the gas companies before
the Kiwanis Club Of Charleston. Mr.
McCrum is closely allied with the
gas interests in West Virginia, be-
ing retained in legal capacity to
look after the interests of some of
the smaller companies, and his stand
can we'll beunderstood. 1t is ri.
mored in Charleston that Mr.. Nc.
Crum would be receptive candi
date for Mr.. Riders berth on the
Public Service Commission.
After criticising the critics of the
Public Service Commission, charg.
ing them with ignorance and with
the sole desire to stir up trouble
Mr.. McCrum got down to his main
defense. He said that if the people
who oppose the rate increases of
the gas companies are not satisfied
with the decisions Of the Public
Service Commission. they are at per.
feet liberty to take their case to the
supreme court Of the state and get
it to review the commissions de.
csion.
Mr. McCrum has a very good ar
gument from the standpoint of the
gas interests, and one which would
show undoubted merit if it could
only be followed out The fact re-
mains, however, that the West Vir-
ginia supreme court made a ruling
as far back as in 1914 when the
Public Service Commission was
created that it could not review
cases passed on by the Public Ser
vice Commission, except in so far
as pertaining to questions of law.
This means in plain language that
the supreme court can have nothing
to do with changing a rate increase
allowed by the Public Service Com
mission. Once such a decision has
been given by the commission there
is no other alternative than facing
the music and paying the piper.
Some of the shrewdest lawyers
of the state have fought rate in
creases before the Public S ervice
Commission, and it is only puerile
to assume that they would have ne
elected the chance to carry their
cases to a higher tribunal if such a
thing were possible. They know
the limitations of the supreme court
in reviewing decisions Of the Public
Service Commission, and they know
when they are defeated. 1t remains
for men affiliated with the gas in
terests to come before the people
and attempt to allay criticism by
advising protestants against a rate
increase to carry their case to the
supreme court Of West Virginia
cases over which the supreme court
itself has ruled it has no jurisdic.
ton.
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-09-29
NOT NEW.

NOT NEW.
Judge Bakers condemnation of the
condition of the county Jail here is
aot new, is not unjustified and, as
III the past, probably Is futile ex-
cept insofar as his control OF the
disposition of federal prisoners is
concerned. Judge G. A. Wood, who
sat as temporary judge on the fed
eral bench here two years ago, ex-
pressed himself, also after person
al inspection of the jail, much as
Judge Baker did yesterday; and so
far as we know, nothing of any con-
sequence was done to remedy the
conditions. The situation as regards
ne chances for Improvement now
are much as it was then. The need
of renovation, or even new jail,
was conceded after Judge Wood had
condemned the Jail; the reasons
which hold today for new struc-
ture held at that time, but nothing
was done by the Court We are in
formed now that nothing will be
done until primary or regular cleo
ton comes along and a bond issue
can be put to the people; that is
some time off. In the meantime the
health and life Of the unfortunates
who happen to be sent to jail is en-
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-09-29

they are able to do it the country
will go forward a step. tce1 halt. 1t
will hobble along.
One great cloud that keeps the
sun from shining out in this cosn-
try is the prospect Of coal and a
railroad strike. There may be forty
conferences, but until those things
are out of the way there is not 60
ing to be any great revival IN bust
ness
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-09-29

Visitors to Martinsburg hear one
of the excellent concerts by the
City Band under direction Of w.
+. McAnenY.
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-09-29
COMMUNICATION

We invite communications
from our readers with the I'M
derstanding that they will be
published only when permission
is given to publish the authors
name. No anonymous communi-
cations will be published in
these columns.
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-09-29

To restore their old recipes and
their old delicacies, the people of
Burgundy will hold an annual ali
mentary and gastronomic fair" The
first Of these festivals will be open
ed November and will last for a
week.
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-09-29
Photographed NEWS
FROM EVERYWHERE

A millionaire copper magnate, VI
iting in Detroit, fell asleep whj
sitting at the entrance OF his NJ
He wears dark glasses and, W
he nodded, his hat dropped to
lap. Several passing pedestriaI
thought he was blind and when
awoke he found 40 cents in the h
A newly invented locomotive |
England has been successfully Il
ed. The locomotive with brain
stops automatically when it entd
a sector of rail upon which then
stationary engine; gives warm
of an approaching curve; provid
for the failure of automatic Drank
and correrts the errors Of sign
men.
So voluminous are some OF
writings of Victor Hugo that his 4
ecutcrs have decided it would
improbable to publish them. in q
cordance with a request in his W
that his works be published.
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-09-29
Kn0ckab0ut
Notes
NOT OUR HARRY.

NOT OUR HARRY.
The. Chicago newspaper sued by
the city for whole ten million dol
lars damages ought to get a square
deal with the judge presiding, If he
is anything like his namesake IN
Martinsburg. Judge Harry M Fish
er is sitting in the case. He is not
Harry M. Fisher, the well know Mar
tinsburg jeweler.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-10-06
LITTLE GIRL PAINFULLY HURT
Daughter of Mir. and Mrs. J. G. Law
 renee Cut by Windshield

Little Miss Frances Jo Lawrence, only daughter of MT. and Mrs. J. G. Lawrence, suffered painful injuries on Monday afternoon when thrown thru the windshield of the family car The child's face and head were severely cut, but it is believed the little one will not suffer permanent disfigure- ment. While driving westward on the far end of West Janssen avenue Mon day afternoon, Mrs. Lawrence in trav- cling over a little used section, acci- dentally struck stump, too high for the Dodge to pass over. The shock of the collision was so great the wind shield was shattered and Little Miss Frances was thrown from the seat of onto the jagged pieces that remained in the frame. Tho the collision bent the front axle Mrs. Lawrence was able to back the car around and start back to the city for medical aid for her daughter. She was met en route by Mir. Lawrence, who had been informed by phone of the accident. The little sufferer was taken to the office of Dr. J. C.. Hilton, where it was found a four-inch gash had been cut on the top of the head, deep into the scalp, with a smaller cut behind the right ear, and another on the cheek and mouth. The little girl lost consider able blood and was considerably upset by shock, but Tuesday was reported as resting easily.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-10-06
Polk C0untp Agricultural
 Notes
By c. w. BROYLES.
 Farm Demonstration

M. B. Fried, J. M. Taylor and
 Robert Putnam, all progressive far
 mers of Big Fork, are now busily en-
 gagged in picking cotton and baling hay. MT. Taylor has a quantity of
 exceptionally fine soy bean hay, which he is storing for his live stock These farmers are consider ing establishing some soil building plots and demonstration orchards in cooperation with the county agricul- tural agent, and it is likely definite plans will be arranged soon. for con- ducting this work.
 The farmers in the vicinities of Cove and Vandervoort are welcoming with great relief these recent rains, as the continued drouth had threat ened to reduce the yield from their 15O acre of late beans. Shipments
 are now moving steadily, the first one being expressed the first of the past week. J. c. Allen, cashier of the Bank of Cove, and the county agent are both keeping in close touch with the marketing of the crop. The county agent forwarded an order received by him Monday, for 1900 pounds at 8 cents per pound
 to be filled by the growers in those neighborhoods.
 :: :: ::
 The Boys and Girls Club of
 Shady Grove met Wednesday at the school house, where the boys hiked
 to some of the neighboring fields
 and were given a lesson in the field
 selection of seed corn. Some of the
 older boys are considering taking
 up the work of seed corn breeding selection in a small commercial
 manner. Let us hope they will de-
 vote some time and attention to this
 interesting and necessary work. Polk
 county needs it, not alone for the
 benefit of the boys but for the profit
 to the corn fields as well. The club
 is also preparing to exhibit at the | Polk County Poultry and Corn show.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-10-06
H0WAT Is DIRECTED TO
 CONCLUDE COAL STRIKE K
Decision of United Mine Workers Con- vention Before Polling of Dele
 gates Is Ended.


 Indianapolis, Sept. 28.-Alexander Howat, president of the Kansas min CTS, was directed today by the con- vention of the United Mine Workers of America, to order strikers at the Dean and Reliance mines to return to work. The convention decision be- came certainty before the polling of the delegates was completed.
 Unofficial figures gave majority against Howat when the Alabama del egates threw most of their votes to the administration recommendation favoring the order for resumption of work. At that time about 600 more votes remained to be cast, but the margin for the order, it was said, ex- ceeded this figure The delegates were unaware that a final decision had been reached and made no dem onstration, the balloting continuing.
 Howat, in a statement later, indi- cated he would not obey the conven- tion decision. He said:
 This action taken by the conven- tion is not going to alter our position in the least. We are standing as we have from the beginning and the only way we will advise the men to return to work is under the same customs and conditions that prevailed before the mines were closed by the coal operators.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-10-06
JEFFERSON HIGHWAY COMMIS-
 SHOWERS FILE STATEMENT
Total Expenditures S3O2, 2,553.66, With Balance on Hands S3,382.69
 

Commissioners of Road Improve ment District No. l, (the Jefferson Highway, filed with County Clerk Anderson, on Friday, their annual statement of receipts and expendi- lures as required by law. The report embraces the period beginning Janu- ary l, 1921, and ending September 1 of this year It shows that the total receipts for the eight month period were $305, ,936.35, with expenditures of $302, ,553.66. The balance on hand on September l was S3,382.69. Most of the receipts were the moneys received monthly from the bond buyers.
 The expenditures went principally to the contractors, who received a total of $337, ,331.55. Other large items of expense include the follow ing: Freight, SIS, 3,408.06; payments for right-of-way, $6,070.27; expenses for commissioners and board meet ings, $2,506.47; engineers fees, $6,- 6S6.85; payments on tractor and crushers, $7,537.67; bonds, interest and bank charges, s35 ,043.89; attor- neys fees, s1,000; assessment work, $9O2.50; commission for selling bonds, $815.00.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-10-06
SUING JAMES PEGRAM.
Mrs. Dove DOnohue Now Asks $25,.
 900 Damages.

Soon after withdrawing the suit that had been filed in her name against s. w. Duke and H. E. Manning of Mena, Mrs. Dove Donohue and her att torney, B. J. Stuart, appeared at the office of Circuit Clerk w. L. Parker and filed one against James Pegram, who is now residing in Illinois. Mrs. Donohue charges that Pegram has slandered her and in her suit she asks for $25, 1000 damages. In the bill of complaint the plaintiff calls attention to the fact that she had previously brought suit against Pegram and that the case had been settled when he pub lished retraction and paid $500 dam ages to Mrs. Donohue. Tho Pegram denied the truth of the charges he had made against Mrs. Donohue in his published statement, he is said to have told Mena citizens that they were true regardless of his retraction. It is because of these later remarks the present suit is based.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-10-06
EXPOSED PARK
& ..ir-ioner Dodd Advocates Annual - Not to Exceed Mills, to Pay no~s of Betterments-Some of
 the Needs.

n-.<;8 E Dodd. recently appointed - tse city council to have charge ot u.&<s. beautiful park, has done much ;s 3.o short time he has held the place x brinr the park back to it's former <>...*<;ve state, and wishes to do .1.-..5. ><,ore. In order to do this he IS .,'..<@sfinp the levy of small tax, not < s,s@<ed 2 mills, to pay the cost or sf. ]. sfferments. This includes the <.,-...@fion of an improvement district. s.ause there are no funds to pay .<. z .<<,4f- no definite plans, with blue sss:..<% etc. have been made to cover z>.s ~,erk to be done, but Mir. Dodd <s.k,oifs the following as a rough out s ,,f what he believes should be s;>-7[@ each and every part of which, <~,<,~a>er would be under the direction z,.5 Fl fhe discretion of the city coun- 1,..t the spring in condition more .<..<Venient for the public use, and xgrotect it in sanitary way. Re model the spring house,
 Enild curb around park and plant thA marking to desirable shade trees.
 H4ild 1900 to 1500 feet of addi- <jonal sidewalks. ,,
 Build greenhouse, probably of ustive stone, for care ot potted 6I4nfz and propagation Of plants Iof sale
 E6ncrete basins of the lake.
 StiIwell Park.
 Glean-up and otherwise beautify
 S:<<aell Park.
 8,1ild driveway around and es- <ak1ish playgrounds.
 Probably build a deer park larg- or than that now existing, and place <he deer therein.
 Install lights and benches.
 MI. Dodd, who, like all his prede-. eassors. works under the direction of fhe council, and without pay, desires it understood that these are but ten fatiFe ideas and plans of his own, and 4ra wholly subject to the approval of tHe <itv council He also wishes sug- ote<ions from any citizen taxpayer.