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STABLISHED 1882, MARTINSBURG, W. Va., SATURDAY, APRIL 2(5, 1913. VOL. 32. VO. 8
[Clement Sets j
Fleischer Right
4,No man can enslave the eoul cf
noiber man against the will of the
enslaved one," said the eloquent Kab
bi Cbarlta Fleischer, the o'.ber deyt
t ibe Cambridge Negroes' celebre
lion of emancipation. Continuing,
Jbe said: "That, it stems to me, is a
perfectly obvioue psychological fact
for tbe average Negro to realize.
"Yon no longer wear the chains of
bondage. Fortunately for ns white
'folks, even mora fortunately than
!for yon, those chains have bten
struck cff; but if you are etill en
elaved, the chains ere of yocr own
jforgiag and welding."
Perhapa Dr. Fleischer would
omaintain?he must in conaiatency?
#thatall the ; petty prejudices and
sliecriminotion e agoinst the Jews in
? bis oonntry, objections to their pro
pinquity in select residential quar
tera, to bny promineDce in certain
summer rcsorte, to their edmifeion to
membership iu eooiol clubs, 6iicb bb
President Tsft very b&ndeotnely
* went oat of bis way to rebuke in the
'.National Capital and in the United
"States artuy; mean, sneaking, little
lingering survivals of tbe barboritice
practiced againet Jews in the Middle
-Ages, and still in togue in mediaeval
civilizations, like Iioseia ard Turkey
, that all tbeae invisible, imponderable
chains, cot so light even in this
country, but that they may be made
embarraeeing and harassing and even
bear! breaking to sensitive toulct,
are of the Jewa' own forging and
, -welding. Those of no Christiana
-wboee inherited faith gore to tbe
length of applied Christianity cannot
vdismiss tbejmat'er eo eaaiiy.
Tbink bow little evuil bravery,
?defiance, straggle, wrestling, agsinei
, social ostracism, lo genera), tbe
?suffer tbe fight tbe victim puts up,
4be more hopeless bis case becomes.
"Neither is tbe victim be'ped by pa
?iience, self effacement, high conduct,
?-znncb better than by scorn and com
'bat. The withes that bind are
^intangible, the enemy is not to be
come at, face to face, by tbe boldest
man. Tbe tests of character, of
intelligence, tbe appsal to reason
end troth in argument are made of
'little account. Tbare is u "sinking
?of tbe bean" eucb aa everybody has
? experienced at one time and another,
and which is tbe settled lo:
of despised peoples, and which, liko
some obeenre ailment of the stomach,
comea on from trifling causes. Tbe
strongest man is "knocked out" by
any trouble at the stomach, But
bow immeasurably more crippling
tbe eick goal! Especially for ?trug
. gle against wounds to seif reapeci,
how much more vitally, neoessery ie
tbe nntreromeled eoul ?E H. Clem
ent, great Boiton friend of tbe Ne
gro and humanity.
DEFENCELESS SOUTHERN
NEGRO GIRLS,
Ooabonua, Mis?., Mureo 28?An- j
o^ber shocking ou?r?igp hie been
committed in ! be Southland. A
yoaDg girl 18 jpnrfl old, had to leave
ber heme and her mother to escape
the brn','3 like Ire* r.f a Sonthern
"M . f venae'?}. Th:- e'oi y : ?;n ?
lived here und became proiperoQP.J
There were five children, three bvy?\
at)J two girla. Ad tbey grew ujj
'.bey were sent to echool.
Recently the young lady gradual
and returned bome to live. Bat she
wua cot tbe Eime little girl tbu;
went away to school; now abe
a woman, tall and stalely, and after
getting eff tbe train ?be was picked
oat as the prey of o relentless demon
She recMveda note every hoar of
tbe day end night to go out ana
meet the Eender at a place that be
bad telected. Bat all hi9 advance
were repalaed and then tbe genile
man?)) got mad. He tben went to
her mother with the threat that if
the girl did not meet bim be would
shoot them bolb, or barn tbe boace
down over tbeir beads while tbey
fclept. Tbe mother accompanied the
j??r 1 when she kept the appointment.
Upon tbeir retarn heme it wee de
cided to ?end tbe girl cway and ebe
got safely out of Mown. But he:
tormentor soon),. miaeed her and
threatened ber mother with death if
abe ?ua not back home by April 15."
To ihoee who think the above on
f xoggeration, they ore aisured tbe
! editor of tbe Herald knows of cases
equally harrowing. One such h&p
pened in Chicago a few years aj>o
? when the girl's orrn father camp
ai the behest and on tbo money of
the wbiie seducer, bad bis eon or
rested for eltaling the 15 year old
daughter out of the Sta'e, and wonld
have carried ber back but for tbe
intervention of the S *?ea Attorney's
0flic^ through F. L Barnett. The
foofl of the white slave '.rhflio would
have their h*nda full if thev would
look after the bundreda of Southern
colored giris who are eacriGced ve^r.
ly to tbe Inat of white men.? Fel
lowship Herald.
GOLIGEOUS SPECTACLE
Will I>e Historical Pageant fit
Wheeling Daring Semi-Centeu
rial Ct lebration.
Visitors nt West Vlr^iniu's Semi
centennial ceh brut ion at Wheeling
Judo 15 21, will have opportuoity of
reviewing one of the most spectacu
lar and gorgeous night pageants ever
RGt-n in Amorici. Tbia affnir will bo
ibe historical pageant, which is to
feature the exercises of Tuesday,
J iu) e 17.
Practically every city in Went
Virginia will be represented iD tbie
parade by a float, depicting the his
torical events of the slate as thay aro
centralized in the different cities.
Around every oity, villago and Lam
let iu West Virginia are grouped
stirring scenes, which, reproduced In
tableaux in such a pageant as is
planned, would form a thrilling and
inetrnctive number.
The commercial organizations and
city official? in each city of the state
have been asked to cooperate in this
affair, and assurances have already
bten received that a great many cit
ies will bo represented.
The pageant will be led by the
Ship of State, bearing Uncle Sam
and Columbia, who will have an
esoort of a Legion of 50 Uolden
Stars on a hoiaeback, each star rep
resenting one your in the history of
onr state. Another inU resting float
in this prcc ssion will be the Car
Triumphant, which will be done in
whiie and goid and be rrpresentative
of the prefect duy prosperity ??- ?
V^r, d ih; 'ii' ? ?>er -e\?.\<- and
W. H, PAGE IS WELL
KNOWN IN ENGLAND
Now Ambassador Has Had Lit
erary Garser.
Now York.?Walter II. Ihige, tho new
ambassador to the ???;?1 rt of St. James,
is a southerner, lie was horn In tho
village of Cary. N. <hi is,"*?r> ami was
graduated from ilandolph Macon col- ,
lege hi the spring of lS7<k after which |
he pursued i out graduate studies at i
Johns Hopkins university. lie was j
one of the tirst follows ??1* tho latter
I
university when it opened in the tall
of 1ST*>. having won a < I reek sc!;o!nr
ship uiuk'i* I>r. Hasil L. < JiMersh'evo. I
For a number of years he was presl- ;
dent of tho Now York Alumni assocla-J
tiou of the university.
Having chosen a literary career, he
fell naturally Into Journalism and
magazine work. For tho Atlantic
Monthly ho wrote a s/viety study of,
the old southern borough. whieh led
to his obtaining an euragoniont to
travel through tlit* south as a corre
spondent of the Boston Post, tho
Springfield Republican and the New
York World. Tie* soclo'oglenl prob
loins of the south especially engaged
ills attenti ui. and he later delivered a
series of lectures on these topics at
Harvard university.
In ISfiO Mr. Page Ixvamo ?Ml'for of
the Forum. and it was dm* to his vigor
ous editorial policy that this magazine
was made success ft: 1 after having fail
ed to pay anything on the investment
for several years. In the course of
his work as editor of the Forum Mr.
Page been mo one of the best known I
litterateurs in the I'uPo.l States, and
his writings attracted the attention of
{
Kuropoan men of letters.
From P-l?.r> to IS^t Mr Page was the
literary alitor and advNer for tho pub
lishlng tirtn of Houghton. Mltiiln S:
Co. and for the next three years was,
the editor of tlie Atlantic Monthly, to'
which magazine ho had been a con j
trlbutor for years. Since 1PtM> he has :
been the editor in chief of the World's
Work and has l>cen a tueml*>r of the ?
publishing firm of Doubleday. Page j
& Co.
The new ambassador has a wide tic.
quulutanco among men of letters and!
science in England and is an intimate j
friend of tnnnv contemporary F.nglish j
statesmen. Ills selection by President I
"Wilson is considered a happy one and |
is on a par with those previously sug-j
gosted?President Hmer'.tus Fliot of
Harvard university and Iilehard < >I;i<?>*
uf Massachusetts.
Mr. Page is the author of "The He*
building of Old Commonwealths" and
is a member of the University and
National Arts clubs. His home is in
Card en City. In 1SS.0 he married Miss
Alice Wilson, tho daughter of I ?r. Wil
liam Wilson of Ann Arbor. Mich. They
have several children. Mrs. Page lias J
always been a woman of domestic I
tastes.
Dono First Socks at Forty-nine.
Leavenworth.?Andrcw Allen, forty
nine years old, has had the experience
of wearing his first pair of socks. It
was not of Allen's own choosing that
he donned the socks. An official of
the Knnsas state penitentiary stood
over him while he took off a pair of
rubber boots, the only kind of footwear
tie has been accustomed to use.
CABINED WATERFLANE
MIGHT GROSS GGEAN
British Eipert Bsssribes Best
Type of Air Graft.
London.?Harold Short, a pioneer in
the use of tin; P.ri' h wuterplane,
when asked his opinion '-oncoming the
typo of machine ii' ;? y to make the
<r;?! -n'' 'Vic f' j ?. i e v ? i e d:
ut i \ i M
type of wuterplaue. twin engines each
of L\X) horsepower, tanks Inskle the
body to oarrv 4Si) gallons of i>etrol.
enough for twelve hours' flying, ami
P'h> gallons of lubricating oil. a cabin
with a sleeping blink, food lockers and
a wireless telegraph installation.
"She would travel sixty-live inil?-s an
hour under favorable conditions, and
with two stops at depot ships during
the voyage to till up her petrol lanKs
she would fly from Newfoundland t??
the west coast of Ireland In thirty
hours."
The flight. he thinks, would best be
made from west to east, so as to take
advantage of the prevailing westerly
Winds.
Two days of tine weather would be
enough for It. The air man would
travel nt a height of 0.000 feet. If one
of tho engines failed at that height i
the waterplane would cover 100 miles !
1 i
before touching water and could then
go along the surface to tho nearest j
depot ship. If 1 k? 11 i engine* failed
she could call n liner with her wireless I
Installation.
WOMEN CONTROL TYRO.
Elect tho Mayor nnrl n Majority of the
Council In tho Kancan Town.
Tyro, Kan.? The election of a worn- i
an mayor and a majority of women !
In the council of Tyro is assured by !
complete election returns.
Mrs. II. ('. I h'fenbnugh was oloeted
mayor, Mrs. 1-. I\ Herring. Mrs. Myra i
Newton and Mrs. Maggie I'ark were j
elected to the council. The women's i
ticket was designated Independent on ;
th" ballot and competed with IMogres- i
sive and Citizens' tieket.s.
The women's platform called for a i
"clean up" of the town, better street
lighting and an annual audit of town
1 m >ok s.
G0L.F LINKS IN SKYSCRAPER.
Char!os Crar.o Has Nino Hole Coirrao
In Chicago Building.
Chicago.?('harles K. Crane. who may
bo appointed to u post in tho dlplo
ti?j?Ji<? service by !'resident Wilson, is
M g<>lf enthusiast to such nil extent
thnt l:e Ii:is just completed a nine hole
course on the twelfth floor of tho
Crane building. Tho course was laid
out by Tom Vardon ol' the Spring Lake
(\. .! ) club, who is also In charge of
it. The course has sand covere<l put
tin;; greens and hazards. The founda
tion is of burlap.
Pulls tho Wrong Tooth.
Chicago.?Is a tooth worth $1,000?
What Is Its value? These are two
questions that will have to be answer
id by a Jury In the municipal court,
when tho cnse of Miss Madeline (J.
Henry against <teorgo \V. Nevius. a
dentist. Is called for trial. Miss llenrv
filed suit charging that she went to
the doctor's office and asked to have a
wisdom tooth pulled. Instead the (lec
tor pulled the wrong tooth, she alleges
Bears Twanty-four Pounds of Twins.
Alpena, Mich. ? With the birth of
twin sons to Mr and Mrs. John Lh
flouse the record for large children
was broken In Alpena. Kach child
weighed twelve pounds. The parents
nre (if average size. Mrs. Ladouse Is
twenty-eight years old and la the
mother of five other children.
FIRST CHILD
Horn in Wtsl Virgini* n I * * r k? r ?? I
bur<$ Womm.
On June 20 ut, II o'clock noon,
I Weht V'iiginio will 1 e ox?c')jr 50
; je?rfl old Th o event <>f c urse will
j be fittingly ceiebrhU d all over the
'?t,ve, the cihbration entering at
W heeling.
Of inlf rent in this connection is
tin; fact lb?? Mrs. Lucy (JCricpp)
(sKrdner. now liv<n? at Pttrk??t sbu i ,
whs probably tbe firs* chi d bor*. j
WfcH' V rginia II'; birth occ .red
f-imultaneoufIv wrh ?h?' bir'J of tl,?
fc?Meon June 20 1803. m nr Poiu'
I'lra-*h?i 1, Mhmmi c on'y. If it i*
?i uad t! s it. M ry. (* h t ?I r >? r wh^ (hi
fi h chi d born in <h ? new ?*t?te, hhe
\*i!I bo aftkeri to h11' nd and ihk1 a
!" ruif'ti' part in ' I ?? c h b'a lo- /i?
\N r: .
Anecdotal
JJjerature
By W. G.
lUviRBINS SyLLAIU.BS.
The following HSQimg Incident
ooi'urrsd in a primary school iu North
Carolina about tiiu middlu of tbo
11 f i i?- ? .
The ttnober called up Ibe junior
"Polling class. The lessons conaiet
?d of words of two syllables, among
nli eb wau Ibc word potash, and it
(nil lo little Holm lo spall it. Hbo
hegmu: p,o,t?pot, a, B,h?asb, aud
tbeti bssila.od.
"Woll,'' 6aid the teacher, "pro
nouuce it ''
A i.d In a clear and loud voloo,
lit'In 1 Solon pronounced It Anbpot.
Th?< t.i aeher broke out In a loud
!t?uu 1? in which Uiu hcbolars Joined
It uelily.
[ N'nti: The liMle ?irl whh W. (Vs.
? iuuyhti r, now ('?.'{ yc iira of sge. j
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N or ^ i t.
Mayor 'Giynor, discuaeinft at a
H oi/l.lyn dinner j>art y the efllcaoy
ol prayer, eniiled and eaid:
4 There art? noiuu people who aro
ton impatient and cynical o?er the
mtiHer of pror. Ttiey are like
In tie Tommy,"
"I'a," nnd little Tommy, "you
kiowJim and Horace? Well, pnf
.) im and'Horace ,8av their prayers
tvirv night, and ae>U God to rnaka
Vin Rood boys.'7
4 How nice'' Quid the father. "Jlovr
nico !"
"lint,'' h?.M Tommy, "God ain't
iloue it ) ot
Alwayb With Us
Koprcfirntaijve I'njo, condemning
rreUk'83 fntsnco at h dinner io Waah
io^< or>,
"The foul?and especially th? fi
nancial fuu!?the ft ol who wrvokB
bti !<sf and C'rcnlen pnnice?we bnvo
aiwu; h wiili uh. Iv's like tho caee of
thd ?!oii)p H|i>aknrt who whouted one
Inc-z n^ winter night/'
41 VVheie i* now th?* fool who rocked
11)e bont nil tumuu i?''
?' II ? '* do* u on the pond," answered
a vo ce: "down on tho pond trying to
eee how near he can ekate to the
(larger lino."
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Rain Ok Shjne.
VV in. J / nninge Bryan, looking up
from a dish cf crabs in Baltimore,
told a reporter that a certain psendo
pro^n stfivo reacmbleci Washington
VV! i *?.
"0;i tho outHkirta of Lincoln," he
continued, "I wan caught 10 a siorra
ore day, and took "belter In a one
story cottage,thatjleaked abominably.
My host, Wofrhing'on White, apolo
1 gize'i for the l?ak, and I naid to him:
? But, Wa^binaton, why don't you
I patch the plao' 7"
? VVH1, yo ece, yonr honor,*' eai I
' he, "wht n it'? a rainin,' I n*n't do It,
I nrd when it'n clear, it w ;o't ??'?id
1
do"), fo I juet naturally Uew it
| alone
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Tiik Okoun ditch*
! Oh! the K!OUtdhog and the mole,
Each crawled out ?lowly from the hole,
At o vfiy time the mole Mid pner/.p,
The tfioundhog said eix we<k* more
r z??.