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The St. Mary banner., 1921-08-06

1t has been said that not On. -,
q thousand passes this perfectI, -.
change without experiencico
very annoying and sonetims. -:
symptoms. Those dreadful bat l.,
sinking spells, spots before IL >
dizzy spells, nervousness, are oss'a
of the symptoms. Every wOmss .
age should prefit by Mrs. Block;s
ence and try Lydia E. PinkhauI1
table Compound.
If you have the slightest douh |,
Lydia E. Pinknam's Vegetabt h
pound will help you, write to I'S|
Pinkham Medicine Co., Lynn r
about your health. Your Letter Is
opened, read and answered bysvr
and held in strict confidence.
The St. Mary banner., 1921-08-06
A Case for Silence.

"Josh," said Farmer COrntOssel,
"did you tell the new summer board
ers there are no mosquitoes worth
mentioning"
"Yes. The language that has been
used about those mosquitoes has got
40 free that the less they are men
toned the better"
The St. Mary banner., 1921-08-06
For Erocks,

making over of the small girls frocks.
IL her skirt Is too short and there Is
no other way of lengthening it, good
idea Is to buy harmonizing or con-
trasting material. put hem on with
1t and then fashion effective cuffs and
collar Of the same material.
The St. Mary banner., 1921-08-06
New Underoarments.

New undergarments Of rose-colored
crossbar dimity are the newest note
Extremely attractive fashions are
the dainty chemise. stepins and sleeve
less gowns, edged with tiny lace edg-
ing.
The St. Mary banner., 1921-08-06

next the sheet and draw the fronts
together and the sleeves straight out
Verify all measurements and If neces-
sary stretch and pin the sweater into
shape. When partly dry, turn the
other side up.
The St. Mary banner., 1921-08-06

A good dressing for fruit salad Is
made by adding to one cupful Of plain
mayonnaise three tablespoonfuls Of
sweet whipped cream and three quar-
tegs Of q cupful Of grated coconut
The St. Mary banner., 1921-08-06
Style.

Style Is the result Of the artist 3
efforts to say something, not prettily.
or showily, or grandly, but clearly,
completely, decisively.-George Samp-
son.
The St. Mary banner., 1921-08-06

Learning and wisdom are M
ways on good terms.
The St. Mary banner., 1921-08-06
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The St. Mary banner., 1921-08-06
ALIENS F0OT.EASE D0fll

When shoes pinch or corns AMI =
ache, get a package of ALIENS IN
EASE, the antiseptic powder to h =
INTO the shoes. 1t takes the slim =
corns and bunions, gives instant M
Smarting, Aching. Swollen feet lN1
pounds Of powder for the feet vm y
py our Army and Navy during the vv,
The St. Mary banner., 1921-08-06

An income tax is the price Of n
sion to Il theater.
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Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-08-23

will
aided by the making harmonogy him
told
him ahead deoganzc department would
Councils failure appointments the
the officers Council Of
three others under specific political What the public
get through politically suppose
when where political ability
the og this situation there viii be further difficulty.
The Council wants reflect the will the people
day the mills well who stand
the
that that them harbo
gambling whether report without
qualifications that simply Overwhelming
Council riding the
police chief opposition which springs somewhat from the fact
that the public has had of impartial administration Of thu laws
intended everything else been positive enforce
Council made it
possible that august body aOmersaat back
politics. public
generally the dismissal of the police
If the people Will make point their cmcmen and tell
the will of the
publish them Thursday
night identify themselves there with the which will
old principle that principle above politics. if they viii!
neishbos themselves similarly
Council Will do people police
4en they placed late June Git
they overlooked Official ime)
hands of the police chief The Council
lem o political
Of the City
lice department than have of political manipulation
signed to keep the organization intact
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-08-23
POWER FOR THE POLICE CHIEF

Thursday purely DO
appointment three policemen Of last Thursday night done
under political truce which was ARRANGED at the l nnna Of thc
makes ooice
rover his department and makes him responsible
efficiency denartn,on. rofo,nfv
meeting planned that night Will convince the
city fathers naturally do what the the the
of
b.
fc, ularns s ,t+o,l ory,ri,
demonstrated efficiency ro,e deuarro We arc
resnonsva ,blic
Will
wear ago has no standing with nonarsan pope who want n ss
1f, doing satisacorlv
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-08-23
COMMENT over
west VIRGINIA

THOSE "GENERAL CONDITIONS
(From The Wheeling lntelIigencer)
Governor Morgan has refused the
demand of the United Mine Work
ers that he call a special session OF
the legislature to abolish the mine
guard system in this state AS his
reason he asserts that since "cOndi-
lions generally" are as they were
when the legislature had such legis-
lation under consideration at its reg
ular session, and since the member
ship is unchanged, he feels that no
good could be accomplished by such
q course.
In reply it might be said that the
bill abolishing the mine guard sys-
tenn was not defeated at the regular
session by Conditions generally
a aiority of the members of both
houses are in favor of it, and had
it been permitted to follow its rcgu-
lar course it would have passed. It
was defeated by a 'Darticular con
dition' instead of a general one.
This "Darticular condition. was
described by Senator Jesse Bloch
Immediately after the legislative
session closed. Mr. Bloch said:
The Republican party was pledg-
ed by its platform to legislate for
the abolition of the mine guard sys-
tom. A bill was introduced to make
this possible. 1t was acted upon by
the judiciary committee Of the sen
ate and was brought out on the 0oar
Of the senate, where it remained on
the calendar for few G--='
coNld not have been defeated from
the floor Of either house, fut J.o
coal interests were against It's pass
age. They feared the loss of their
political control in the counties
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-08-23
TUESDAY, AUGUST Is

confined to West Virginia alone. We
may be more than ordinary sinners
in this respect but the undre valua-
ton complaint is a very general
one. 1t is heard in Pennsylvania, in
New York and other states, the
same as it is heard in our own. The
inequalities are found there. too, the
poor man, as rule, paying more
than his just proportionate share Of
taxes while the wealthy nay less
than their just share.
We wish this abuse could be
remedied in our own state at least,
but it is easier to talk about it than
it is to bring abou' a most needed
reform in this important matter.
Still, continuous agitation of the
subject ought to result in at least
a partial correction of the abuses
attaching to the present system Of
levying taxes.
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-08-23

where the mine guard system is
most fagrantly in force, and accord
ingly brought pressure to bear upon
the governor. He in turn passed it
on to his chief advisers and support
ers in the senate, and succeeded in
having the bill taken back to the
committee room under the pretense
that IN amendment was 70 be offer
ed, The mine guard bill died there.
1t was tabled in the committee
room and never again mentioned.
If, then, the conditions are IN
changed, and the membership being
the same trick could be played a sec
that if special session were to be
called the mine guards would be
abolished. 1t is not probable that
the same trick could be plaed a sec
ond time.
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-08-23
UNFAiRNESS IN TAXATION.
From the CIarkebur1 Expone,+


When State Tax Commissioner
Walter S. Hallanan tells us that
real estate is grossly undervalued
in West Virginia for purposes Of
taxation he tells us no news. for
everybody knows it. At the same
time, however. his address deliver
ed before the West Virginia Real
Estate convention at Huntington
last Monday has started the news
papers to discussing the subject, a
number of them commenting at
length on the evil, so that Mr..
Hallanan really seems to have ac-
complished something after all.
The unfairness of our system of
imposing taxes is a marvel The
law expects property to be assess
"a at its full value, and yet Mr..
Hallanan says the average valUa-
ton in the state is only forty per
cent, which means that in some
districts it is higher than that and
in some lower, thus causing the
tax burden to be mequally impos-
ed. Some counties in the state,
Mr.. Hallanan declared, pay three
times as much for the support OF
the government as other counties
are paying, that is in proportion to
their wealth, and there is great in
justice in it.
The proper remedy for this is to
have property in all of the counties
assessed at its full valuation. If
this were done taxes would be no
higher in the aggregate than they
are now, but the inequalities would
| be wiped out, some paying more
tax than they do now and some
| paying less.
These inequalities in some cases
impose great hardships. For in
stance, here in Clarksburg the tax
levy is based on what is supposed
to be about forty per cent valua-
ton, but as is generally known,
there are not a few properties here
on which the valuation has been
| placed far below forty per cent,
thus those who are often best able
to pay escaping their full share of
the burden.
But there is one class of people
who get the limit, and that is the
class that patronize the savings de
partments Of our banks. Saving
! deposits are taxed at a hundred
cents on the dollar, Thus the in.
dustrious workman who manages tic
save up five or six hundred dollars
/ by keeping a savings account will
! pay two and a half times as much
! tax on every hundred dollars of
his wealth, and some times moro
/ than the rich man who owns houses
and store buildings for which he
, receives high rents, but whose real
estate is assessed on a forty pei
cent or lower valuation. Can you
think Of a greater injustice in tax
alton than that?
This is only q single illustration
of the unfairuess of the taxing
game. but there ar scores Of 9th
ors that might be cited and yet the
comedy is plain. 1t is to assess all
property at its actual value, for
what it would bring in the market,
! Nut the difficulty is to get it done.
Under valuation for taxing pur-
! poses is the evil that needs to be
removed, but under valuation is not
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-08-23
knockab0ut
Notes
q SOURCE OF MONEY.


1t has long been contended here
theoretically that strict enforce
ment Of the traffic laws would yield
money,-much money, probably
enough money to make the police
department se!f-supporting; but
now comes along the actual eXpe-
rience which confirms the theory
and We find a single officer at sin
gle point detecting some half dozen
motorists for violating the speed
limit. or otherwise breaking the law.
OF five dollars each this soon runs
into money. 1t is our private opin-
ion that the problem of revenue for
street Improvement would be ma
tcTially eased were every Violator
caught and properly fined under the
law. The city is in strategic po-
sition, as u matter of fact; GOOD
streets apparently (and unfortunate
ly, to be sure) bring speedsters,
specdsters bring fines, fines bring
revenue; revenue brings more rld
better streets, more and better
streets bring more speedsters, and
so on until everybody is happy and
the city is rich and all streets are
paved and SO forth. The first thing
is to get those breaking the law
at present. The police are doing
good work along this line now. and
we hope it will continue. Reason
able motorists who break the law
nay their fines and make little OBJ
lection In point Of fact the laws
and penalties in this city are ex-
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-08-23
INSTITUTE

To the uninitiated the annual
teachers institute means little; to
the teacher it means everything in
the way OF inspiration, instruction,
social pleasure, and all the other
Influences which play in and around
meetings of teachers. And the in
stitute season in existence in this
city this week, means much to the
hundred or more teachers who are
in attendance. Teachers are great
assets, fundamental assets, to So
ciety; and the public wants to sec
them satisfied with their work and
wants them to have some Of tae
pleasures which are rightly the priv
ilege Of every one. Every com
munity enjoys having teachers as
guests, and the normal community
will wish that the visitors may have
a thoroughly enjoyable as well as
profitable period OF study in the
city land we can only hope that the
Martinsburg guests Will enjoy their
stay here.
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-08-23

tremely easy; in Hagerstown and
oth-r MARYLAND POI IS a motorist
driving an automobile while under
the influence of liquor is fined 500
and costs or given similar jail
sentence, and in many places tlc
licenses of drivers so convicted are
revoked for a period. We have not
reached that stage in the local
courts as yet, although we are grow
ing.
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-08-23
MELLON HAS
NOT RESIGNED
lsY International News servIee.l


Washington, Aug. 22-Formal de-
NAL of reports that Secretary Of
the Treasury Mellon has resigned
was made by the White House to-
day.
The president has not received
Secretary MELONS resignation nor
has he had any intimation that the
secretary has any desire to resign.
and published reports to the con-
trary are incorrect secretary to
the president, George B. c Christian
said
Following the defeat in his tax
revision program at the hands OF
Congress, reports were circulated
here that the Secretary Of the Treas
ury was greatly displeased. The
White House denies any knowledge
Of such an attitude on the part OF
the secretary. The Offices Of the
Secretary CT the Treasury also is
sued a denial of the report.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Robbins, OF
West King street, have returned
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-08-23

Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Robbins, OF
West King street. have returned
f1,O-,, Gofish1lrv Md
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-08-23
STILL SELLING.

A note vest rday told of the sale
in Morgan county Of a fruit farm
for what is generally regarded a
good price. The sale in itself did
not represent any tremendous
amount, but as an indication Of the
sustained trading in orchard prop
critics it is significant. This year
is not the most rosy for orchardists
because Of the blighted yield; but
despite that orchard properties can
be sold.
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-08-23
Martinsbur,6.!;
In The Past
TEN YEARS AGO.
[Taken From tbs Files of The
JournaD

Norwalk Motor Car Co, of Nor
walk, Ohio. votes to transfer its
plant to MartinsburG.
Mrs. Isabelle K. Siler, this city,
Mrs. Florence Criswell, this city,
and Mrs. Jacob Sprinkle, of the
county, expire.
FIVE YEARS AGO.
Hose GO. No. 8 holds fair for
benefit of home fund.
Alleged negro girl refuses to sit
in Jim Crow compartment of c.
V. train after crossing Virginia line
and is arrested, tried in Winchester
held to be a mUlatto and is fined
William6pOrt pike directors ask
county court to protect new surface
OF road by prohibiting cleated We
hicleS from using the road.
r. l.. and Charles Nicodcmus open
city restaurant.
L. f. Thompson is called to Bal
timore by the illness of his son. Lee
gard, in hospital there.
ONE YEAR AGO.
Plans made for the formation of
a second class Boy Scout troop here.
Quarterly conference increases
the salary of Dr w +. Gruyer, First
L. B. church pastor here.
Bond issue Tor schools in Failing
Waters district is lost by a narrow
margin
Burly negro with revolver holds
nm MtrCt1o sb,rJo,, ~, ({voo+
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-02

Copyright 1921 2 Rights Reserved Registered '. s. Once
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-02-11
RANKS WITH NATIONS GREAT
Services of John Marshall of Virginia,
Famous Jurist, Live in the
Pages Of History.

John Marshall was one Of Americas
greatest jurists. lie was the third
chief justice and Was an aristocrat by
birth and breeding. He kept a retinue
of colOred servants.
Robin Spudiock, Warshall's body
servant, wore long, fine stockings OF
brilliant cOlors and Travelled around
with his master. His appearance was
go unique that once in Philadelphia,
when he was walking alone with an
air OF considerable importance, a mob
gathered and threatened him with vlo-
ience, as a black valet vas quite I'M
usual in those parts, ii is recorded.
He was a faithful servant, however,
and a bequest in Marshall's will
showed the chief Justices apprecia-
ton.
Marshall was born In Fauquier
county. Virginia, in 1875, lie died July
@, 1885, at Philadelphia. He served In
the Revolutionary war was a member
Of the Virginia convention 10 ratify the
Constitution in l7SS; was a United
States envoy to France, l797-l79S
was n member of congress from Vlr-
ginia, 1799-1S00; was secretary OF
state, 1S00-1S0l, and was chief justice
of the United States Supreme court
from 1901 to ls35.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-02-11
GREED WORSE THAN POVERTY
Former Always Fruitful Of Evil, While
the Latter Is often Incentive
10 Thrift.

The fear of poverty Is moi IN Itself
a bad thing, writes Or. Charles Au-
hrey Eaton in LesIie's, II may become
the mother of thrift. II acts as a spur
10 endeayor. and seine men. like some
horses, do their best under the spur.
Poverty is not always an unmlxed
evil. In fact, IL is and has been looked
upon as n 81 the distinctly Christian
virtues. although there seems to be
rather n feeble desire TO practice this
particular grace.
Greed. on the other hand Is always
bad. II Is plainly the ontcropplng of
the hog in human nature. II is the
fear Of poverty run amuck. II is H.
Illustrated by the drunkard who often
had too much hut never got enough.
Greed is ~ the bottom " most OF our
troubles today and has been equally
fruitful Of Cyil ia every age aud among
every class. We can never come 10
permanent social peace while the fear
of poverty emhitters one-half the peo-
ple and greed drives the other half to
self destruction. Nor will II get Us
anywhere to infect the whole pOpula-
ton 9th the greed germ and turn so
ciety into a clarified trough.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-02-11
- The "
Scrap Book
eEL0lT REALLY IN IlLlN0lS7
Old Records Recently unearthed
esem to chew That the Wlseon-
elm City 70 Misplaced.

II some day you should e the ad.
dress written Chicago. Wis.," or
"Beloit, Ill.," don't guffaw loudly and
accuse someone Of ignorance Of geOg-
faphy. Urban A. Lavery. chief drafts
nan Of the Illinois constitutional con
Vention's committee on p~hraseology
and style. unearthed records which al
most forced the Chicago politicians to
60 to Madison instead of Springfield.
The records showed that the original
southern boundary Of Wisconsin was
On a line with the southern end of
Lake Michigan.
The government in dividing up the
Northwest territory in 1857 so stipu-
lated, but Ia Nathaniel Pope per-
suaded congress TO include the terri
tory including Chicago in the enabling
act making Illinois a state, relieving
Wisconsin of much in the matter of
crime records.
As for Beloit. commonly supposed
to be in Wisconsin, it was discovered
that the Illinois general assembly in
1881 started out to fix the northern
boundary of the state '5y celestial OBJ
servation." Through an error Illinois
grabbed OFF some Wisconsin territory
sea the lake, and gave away some
Illinois territory further west, leaving
the business district Of Beloit, which
Is really. in Illinois under the old sur
yey, IN Wisconsin.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-02-11
TALKED WITH MONKEY KING"
osddhist Disciple Was Positive That
the Animal Understood Speech
He Addressed to Him.

A third degree disciple Of Buddha
who halls from the famous Yellow
mountains (Huang sham says they
n the home Of tigers. wildcats. wild
horses. goats. bears and an animal re
sembling q panther. with bristly hair
and imperviOus skin-and monkeys.
The monkeys he divided into two
classes, n the ordinary brown
monkey with a tail. the other white
breasted and white faced, with a gray
back and but little smaller than a
man. He intimated that this type
manifested a degree Of intelligence
when spoken to. very much resembled
man. and was tailleSs.
To this second class belongs what
he called "the Great White Monkey
King" ruler of all the beasts Of the
mountains, and described as being
more than twenty feet tall, with arEas
ten feet long, four tusks each at least
a foot long. a face and eyes proper
tionately large. and a voice that made
the earth tremble whenever it spoke.
He said he had seen this great mon
key king twice-once at a distance Of
half a II. and once when re dropped
down from a high cliff and stood with
In fifteen feet Of II. On this Occa-
sion the monkey king was attended by
five smaller monkeys.
He attempted to address them,
~whereupon they all sat down and gave
respectful hearing. ~pructuating his re-
marks with asserting grunts which In
Dictated that the message was being
understood. When he had finished his
speech the monkey king arose mutter
ing something and started away.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-02-11
Japanese Marriage Customs.

Marriages in Japan are generally
brought about by older married cou-
pies who act as go-betwecns. There
Is u popular saying that everyone
should ACT H. a gO-hetwcen at least
three times. The gO-between, know
Ing a young maj aud woma whom
he regards as suitable TO each other,
proposes the match confidentlally 10
the parents Of both. II preliminary
reports are mutually satisfactory TO
the two families, n meeting Of the
Young couple and their parents and
relatives =, arranged on neutral
ground. ANY intimation Of the real
purpose rf this meeting Is tactfully
avoided AT the time. though the pur-
pose of IL Is. Of course, fully under
stood by an concerned. Under this
arrangement either family may,
without giving ofcnsc, drop the
matter after the first meeting, but II
the results OF the preliminary in
~uection are satisfactory TO both
sides. the parents meet again and
definitely arrange the match, which
is made binding by an exchange OF
presents