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Entered in Post Office at Martins
burg, \V. Va.. as Second Clas3 Matter.
wjiu OUTLOOK!
- - I
Year Will Be Exceedingly
Good.
Mr. G. P. Miller, of Konmey, pop i
larly known as the "West Virginia
.Teach King," comment ng on the
fruit out'^jok for this year, while in
Martinsbuig this we ok. said the out
look throughout this country for a
bumper peach crop was never better.
He said, he had been getting infor
mation Iro.ii the various peach belts
of the United States, and all were
favorable. In this \Y?st Virginia
shares equally at this time in good |
prospects, but of course the major
part of the commercial peach or
chards are in Mineral, Hampshire
Morgan and Berkeley couniies o!
ihe Eastern Panhandle.
There was a time when the favor-j
able outlook throughout the peachj
growing states would put a dampe. j
on West Virginia peach men's pro-,-!
peels of lucrative prfces, hut local!
?grower? favored by climatic condi
tions, mu'o planted wisely and well
of the best varieties ripening in th?
iatL> summer and autumn from Ihe
Klberta season on throughout the
housewife's canning season, and for
several years have generally realize 1
profitable prices, by marketing their
fru t. when the demand for peaches
in quantity in the homes is most
general.
n-.. . a
i"3B3 S 'JMPv \ & s
?v 1 asil^?* B * M'
ties Asu !*r. J V '? ? ?. W En .: .> .? ?
t >
Banks In All Parts of the Country
Deal Extensively In Live
Stock Paper.
Capital thai can 01113' be estimate 1
vaguely, but amounting to a sum in
volving ilie use of ten figures, is con
stant ly:;tantly employed in financing
tht; live slock industry of the llnii
ed States. Occasionally ^reference
is made by financial writers to cattle
and sheep paper, but the volume in
which it is handled by banks, loan
companies an'd others is rarely com
prehended. Credit is the basis or'
tlie great live stock industry and re
cent appreciation in values of cattle
and sheep has materially increased
the monetary necessities of the
trade.
Both cattle an 1 sheep paper heav
ing the right names are go i 1 col
lateerl, the elements of risk and
rate of interest varying according
to the location of the security and
the manner in which it is tended.
There can he no 111010 desirable loan
that one on cattle in the feed lot,
making daily gains in weight, as
each pound added increases the val
ue of the security. Even in the West J
the clement of risk lias been largely
decreased in -recent years, as the
practice of winter feeding has be
come general. j
During the last quarter of a cen
tury the nature of the business of
financing feeding and grazing opera
tions has undergone a radical change
and today we find cattle and sheep
paper acceptable by banks in evfery
part of the country. At such live
stock centers as Chicago, Kansas
City and Omaha it is standard, but
even in New York and New England
banking centers this class of secur
ity finds keen purchasers. The coun
try banker carries it among his as*
sets with confidence and private in
dividuals seek it as means of lucra
tive investment"-. Through live
stock commission houses at the
principal market centers m'llions of
dollars are being constantly lent, the
indorsement of the commission con
cern giving such paper good stand
!g n. A business necessitating the
use of such enormous sums natural
ly go afield for accommodation.?
1'reeder's Gazette.
Soup to t>e Served.
LAKE FORKST, HI.. Jan. 20.?The
Lake Forest Woman's Club is to serve
school children with soup at midday
meal. Three cents a bowl will be
charged those who can afford to
pay. Those who cannot, will zot it
free. Those who pay ".ill not know
which ones do not.
Mr. Miller BeiievCs the Yic!d This
Highway Commissioner Williams
Says West Virginia Has Be
come Aroused.
' West Virginia is right now ox
;<.:encii;g the dawn of a won i<_ rial
od r a-:, era." declared State Hign
way Inspector A. Dennis Williams, cf
Aiorj-'!'.P: o\\ n, dii tin' o Of'as ion of a
brief business visit at Wheeling this
w eek.
'Sentiment lor better highways i
sweeping the state in an overwhelm
n g t! le. As a result, things are !>e
ing aeeom*>li nod that would have
been deemed impossible ten. yes live,
years ago. Good roads are the best
asset any community, any state
country may have. Without bigs
.1 i?' highways progress is blocked.
"T'ie V. - i. Virginia department of
ai b v:-.-; is yet.in its infancy, but it
is aeeouy'd; shing a great work. .Tust
now. ai! efforts are being c<'?;'< red
principally on a campaign of educa
i: Mi, ii:e fruits of which are already
pen ing. l\i.ovemoiits for tlie const ruc
tion of great state highways between
Charleston and Huntington have been
sc afoot, while means of improving
" ai'!s in every section and commiuu
:'y h< :ng studied out preparatorv j
to carrying into effect a plan of gen
'''!1 bet: 'rmen that will give \Ve :
V:' i:ni. a <" nsplcnoiis place in :h.
n. rank o" good road states wit'
a very few years
For Convict Labor.
"The convict and jail prisoner
? r plan. ;.s provided for in the nav
road-? law, is doing much t.t> bain.'
.his realiaa; aboat. It. is a g';< 1
; w. and \\ \'.), wh'n we get it to wk k
iier properly, accomplish still eiov
I 1 re. w !i:rris n coun'v is domn;
t ng ) o-~ eilities by b
? r.re t mod rn ick hi' h . ay v. !
i-il prir "! hor. With 1 e<? o .< ? ~t
of spring, 1 expect to see dmo-l
e\ery conmy m the sta.te taking
vardage. of lie- nlnn."
Arrangements for woih'ng tie {
dado prison convicts on the road
; ve net yet been cam:.let, j .Ma. ,v
jam;; said. The lira cor.vh.d
of road builders v/ill he put :o
in Berkeley counly in the spring. ?I;
Williams will devote much of hi?
time to studying the experiment,
"hen after all the more imponan:
'!s of the sy-.iein have been wnrk
i r-,d satisfactorily, all convicts
ivaih.bie f-;.r the purpose at the pee-'
'leniuivy will be utilized, the plan
being to distribute them among * 11e
various counties where their ser
vices may be needed the most, under \
the direction of the state board of
control, as required by law.
Want a Tug.
GLOUCESTER, Mass., Jan.
Gloucester vessel owners and fishing
captains are waiting to learn whether
Assistant Secretary of the Navy
Roosevelt will grant a plea by Con
gressman Gardner, and order a tug
to the Bay of Islands, Newfoundland,
to liberate three vessels pinned in
the ice with holds filled with frozen
herring.
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r&5 i rTTrrs ihi
HARRY H. HOLMES
Executive Comnitteerr.an for
Progressives Gives Reasons
to the Public for Resignation
AIMS Of MQVEME8T SERVED
Says f-.r.cty Per Cent of Moosers
Have Had No Purpose to Abandon
the Republican Party, and He Advo
cates a Reunion Under the Old Ban
ner?Virile Dccumcnt Tells Why
Factions Should Unite.
llarry Holmes, long a lead r of Re
publicans in Wirt count\, *nd well
known editor, who had be< n dcsig
iiaUul as a member for \\ n <>r iin>
1 i ogi\?.;si\e state executive (< inmit
tec, and who was a Progrcr :dw kvd
cr in (he campaign of lOi'J, re. *. at
ly received a letter from Joseph Hand
Inn, of Wheeiing, advising him of *he
fortli( oming Progressive conference Hi
1 arUers! m *. and . kill!; him to at Lend
and to give a report of tjie condii: >n
of the 1'n -;r< ?sive party in Wirt.
-dr. 1; and la n, who is .si.'le chairman
c-t the Progressives, assumed that Mr.
ii'diW.s ;;ml oiiier men:hers < . the
C:?.".mi!te;?, who hai! been IP mib cans,
ami who had supported Col. K .osevclt
in K*l- through the Progre. -ive or
ganization, had abandoned tlie Repub
lican party permanently.
A Ringing Answer.
Air. Holmes has given to the I)i =
patch-News an answer to Mr. Hand,. a.
in an open loiter, wireh he (!?? iaia. >
states hi.s own position, and tae posi
Lion of l.nely per cent of the rio.--.' . -
sives in Win couiI>y, wha ho sa.v> h id
uevcr any thought of permanently
Quitting the Republican part v. Mr.
Holmes' letter is a ringing answer, it
is a virile political tio.-umcni and a
profound discussion of tho recent rup
ture. He declares thai the purpose of
the Progressive movement h.ul been
served and he advises all of his asso
ciates to unite under a common stand
aid and to support those principles
which have made the parly and the
count.> great. His letter in full fol-!
lo w s I
January 21, 1914. ;
lion. Joseph Handlan,
Chairman State Progressive Com., i
Wheeling, \V. Va.
Dear Sir:
1 beg to acknowledge the receipt of;
your communication of tho 10th j
ins.t., auvismg me of the meeting of |
Lha ex ecu Live committee of the P'ro- ?
gressive party, to be held in Parkers-1
burg during the Just week of pros-j
enL month, in which commcnicalion
you request me Lo furi;Lh you witii a '
renort of conditions generally in my i
county, and particularly ; s to what
h s been done toward lo< ji organiza
tiou, and ?<?> give my views as to can
didates for congress from this con- i
gressional district, etc.
in reply permit me to say that I es-j
teem and appreciate your frank, open j
ie:'or. and will endeavor to bo equally
frank and open in my answer.'
In the first place, I conceive it my
dnLy to tender my resignation as o j
it mb< r of tic executive committee of
the Progressive party from Wirt conn* j
Ly, and ask that the same be accepted. .
i feel compelled to talco this course
because J' am not in sympathy with
me Progressive party movement as a
separate and permanent party organi
zation and n? vrr have been; nor do.
I believe that any considerable num
ber of the voters in this county who
took part in tho movement and sup- j
ported Col. Koo- ' velt in tho lasL cam-l
paign are in sympathy with such a
course. For my part, I am a Republic- ?
an in pi'ineij and aiways have b'-en.
From knowiclgc; and intimate ac
quaintance with the followers and
supporters ti Co I. Roosevelt, in this
country, it is & to say that at least
ninety per cent oi tlcrn feel just as 1
do about it. \V ir a they voted for Col.
Roosevelt., they n d It, not because
they had left the Republican party?
nor becausr t: / hud permanently
cast their lot ? n a: other party, but
they did it to ?" " the methods em
ployed in the C; ; o convention to
nominate Mr. Tafi. It was oniy a:
means to an end the accomplish-!
ment of a purpose. J hat purpose has
been accomplished; th< chastisement
has been adie li^tei* 1 and now they
are content, to r iirn to the Republic- 1
an party, the party of real material'
progress, with so many glorious
a.-h:. v-emoTf-H to its credit during th'j
last fifty years. The voters who make
up the so-called Progressive party as
veil as those who followed the for
tunes of Col. Roo:s"V*elt in the last eleo
tion, arexiiow, and were then, Repub
licans in principle and believe in the
fundamental doctrine of the Republic
an yarty as__firmly as they ever did.
Tlmy have not cuangou rAOir pOlUloH:
faith tiv>r their political creed. To do
tn would bo to admit thai they hav??
always* been wrong. it would not only
bo sueh tin admission on the part oJ
tii*> manses who supported Col. lioose
volt, and those who still cling to the
1 :ea that th y should keep th<> organl
zation of the Progressive party, but il
seems to mo that it would bo an ad
mission that Co'. Koosevell and the
other 1? id> rs i>t' this organisation have
j'^i only l i'i'ii wronK heretofore it^
t>. ? ii* advotaex of Kepubllean princl
ple<. hut have aeted in bail faith b>
bo
In la04, Col. Roosevelt accepted tho
no1 .a:Ion for president at the hands
c iln? Republican ,.: i.\. upon a plal
lonn ,u v 11? i11\ tilt lit. publican prin
*?' pies. Tha year ii?.?? \otcrs of ihe
country, b\ the largest majority ever
gi\eu in a na ioual election, declared
in i'avor of the..' principles of gov
crnm. nl ye; foith in the Republican
phitlorm. As provident, during tlm
next four years, ho exerted all his
power, force and ability to carry
?I'1- pledges of tho Uepublicati
P-: iy as sot lot tli in tio! Uepnblican
P'-i' form, and ii is generally admitted
that ho stjeceeded admirably, and tho
country prospered, Pour years later,
it is generally conceded that If Col.
!>'? lsoveli did not actually write the
piat form upon which .Mr. TafL was
iioiiii na ted : 11< 1 ehc'ed, ho completely
dominated those who did write It, as
well as tho national convention which
a>!. >pied it. ilas 111Republican party
of !-jday dropped from its articles of
i iitieal faith anything of vital con
s; i|uence since lltul ami 1 i?OKY If the
prnciplos of (lie party were correct
in ! !??> !, and I DOS, the}' were correct
i'1 I I ?. and they were still eor
and vital in this year of grace,
' ' ?? In all t heir essentials they are
same. it must, be admitted by
') one ihat that Republican plat
<>' '?' 1 - was tho most liberal ami
-s've ever written by a. Repub
' ''! national convent ion, since the
patty has had an existence, and was
1***1- miliaria My diffeient from the one
? JP'i( '1 by t ? e I'rogi essi ve parly, save
1 "a t iU t i i < ? iasier were em braced some
ol the minor heresies of the l.Jryan
wing ol ?lie | Jeiuoci iii ic party, that,
would soeni more at home in a p 1 at
form ado111ed by a Socialist, or Pop
nlist con von t.ion than onfi adopted by
men who had followed the party of
Lincoln, ' Grant, and Blaine; but the
men v.ho loll owed Col. Roosevelt in
the late election did it, not. because
of the difference in the two platforms,
but in spite of them.
I ho split in tho Chicago convention
was brought, about, not. over any dif
ference in political creeds or political
principles, but over the methods used
in naming a candidate, and that 1s no
longer an issue. That issue was for
ever settled (iii the election day In No
vember, 1 !>!L\ when Mr. Taft and Col.
Roosevelt both went, down in defeat.
-\o.v it belongs to the "dead past," but,
mo vital principles of government for
which tho Republican party stands
and has stood for more than half a
century, the principles which Col.
Roosevelt himself, as a candidate and
president., has endorsed, are not dead.
Tney can not and will not die. They
may suffer defeat, but they will not \
P'tish. 1 rue principles are eternal,
imperishable, immortal.
The Progressive party believes in
tho principles of protective tariff; ro
doo.s the Republican party. The Pro
gressive party believes in a sound,
sal'o and sane currency; so does the
the same principle? The Republican
party in its national pi. >:in, in i!iJ2,
declared its belief in a "s, If-controlled!
representative democracy, which ia a
government of Jaws and not of men."
1 >ocsn t the Progressive party endorse
thes ante principle? Tho Republican
party, in 1012, declared in favor of
''11 i!e w quest ions which social, eco
nomic and political d'-vloprnent hy.ve
brought i/ito the forefront of the na
tion's int' rest. Does the Progressive
party occupy a more advanced posi
tion than this?
The Republican parfy has declared !
that it will strive, not only in the;
nat on, but in the several states, to}
en-r . tho necessary legislation to safe*
rv 'd the public health, to limit effec
tively the labor of women and chil
dren, to protect, wage-earners engaged
in dangerous occupations, to enact
comprehensive and generous work
men's compensation l?\vs, and in all
posf bio ways to satisfy the just do
nvnds of the people for the study and
koju ion of the complex and constant
ly changing problems of social wel
fare Uoos the Progressive party offer I
any ting more liberal or comprehen
sive? Can it do so in good faith?
The/ Republican party is opposed to
monopoly and has enacted stringent
av.s against it and has enforced these
laws. It favors civil service reform, it
was the originator of our conservative
policy. Does the Progressive party
oppose any of these policies or prin
ciples? Certainly not. The principles
of the two parties are tlie same. Then
why keep up two party organizations,
except in tho interest ot the Demo
cratic party?
Iii tho second place I am opposed
to keeping up the organization of the
Progressive party, because it can not
and will not supplant tho Repub
lican organization. It has no vital
principle, and advances 110 llvo issue
outside of those of tho Republican
party, upon which it can eurviva
In every state and congressional elec
tion in this country since 1912, with
perhaps one single exception, the
strength <?t* tho Progressive party haa
dwindled pathetically. in every iu
stance with the one exception noted,
the vote of the party fell off from
that of l'J 12 anywhere from forty to
ninety per cent. In all of these elec
tions, the nominees of the Progressive
party accomplished nothing beyond
ami above aiding tho I>emocratic par
ty and its candidates. For a forcible
lesson along this lint1, we need not go
away from home. In the special con
gressional election recently held in
tho llrst distriit of our own state, the
Progressive candidate, Mr. l.aughlin
came out a very poor third, but ho
did succeed in drawing away from
the Republican candidate bareljT
enough voles to defeat him and to
el ee t Mr. Xeely, the Democrat. So 11
will he in the future. If the Progres
sive organization is maintained In the
siaie a 1'? I the nation, it maWsueceed ill
so dividing tip the votes of those who
are opposed to the principles advo
t|au'(Il l,y 111,1 ''emocratlc party, (hat
the ''it i? i' may continue in power in
deMnitely in Hie nation. As to tho re
*?ll mi our own state, you surely know
?i- do tlie oilier leaders or the Third
arty movement, that it can result in
nothing else than tho success of the
Democratic party. With tho mainto
name ot a third Party organization,
111(3 <,J,ndldaio in the field, It
"mans a 1 kmiorratic governor, with
i"e statu government Deeinoerutic in
a 11 Its branches, including a Demo
4 atlc legislature and six Democratio
congressmen and a Democratic United
v U C|S SC,Kl,or' A,1<J becauxo of what?
)l,.iy Icason of a division of the Ho
[Ml?' party on any vital issue of
political principle, hut on account of
a row among the leaders and would
tic cis of the party, over the nam
a, Vliny candidate. I believe
L * the Chicago national coriven
i1 ?([ '"en fairly conducted
Dmt (,ol. Roosevelt would have been
mimmi,.,!. I believe he was tho choice
v ,? . T of the Republican
v tuh ot the country. For this rea
supported him In the general
; r1, to rebuke L i?
in I ! 6rS for tho mothods used
'ominating Mr. Taft. For my
ogy to off Ul? ratter' 1 havo no *vo\
noi ???" Ut t0 g? fur^er, I can
to rnt n?.? W0U,d b0 t0 do violence
y political conscience and th?
have H ?f po,,l,cal l"'nc'ple? th*t l
calt'il. ays ??"???< I? u?d ,,iv?
t'hu ?ZTd,U!"> 'aSt p,ace' 1
and v Ul?,d"ty of Republican
1 ,W,ry 'regressive party man to
the oldah ,dlff0renCe" and ral,y un,l'!r
? Old bilnner, and thus present a
"1 !r""\ l<> common foe! Ma
dates d?ed m ?f nom,natl?K candi
in 1<l|'> , natlonal convention
?'-> J"st as they died In our own
btato convention In 1908. We have
d", /."ted10. fr?m <" ??
? nailed, hut much to ho apprehen
ho'ih'st'u1 IJemocratlc control of
both stale and nation. Let U8 haV(! 4
e'd 'i,OITh-honestly conduct
ji ' ":h a" Progressive Ttepub
and all Old Lino Republican.
win he'T |W|UVb? asBurance that they
ever r J, v 1 Wlth an" that who
In th? . a "laJorlty of the votes
.<l v ', rry Wl" have th? un'te4
the polls n","ri?f both faf:Uon?
t ie polls. But those who favor th?
emocratic party and desire to see
principles'1 it"'^ voclte"^:"^
and assist in the election of Its c?n*
wi?dbe?rralnlng Wh? those candidates
h.'pMnl "'e f?reg0ln8 views, It W?I
lKnSii y?U Why 1 'cn(ler my res
M,nation as a member <-,f ??,
committee of tho executive
Very0reshp0ectPfr?CSS,Ve
Elizabeth, W^Va!* I10LlAiI'S. |
B'G RADISH FOR BRVAm{ '
^crctary GetT^"' Thf 7 p .
Long, Weighing 12 Pourifdi.
LOS ANGELES, Cal., ?an/24.-Ba
cause of the wellknowu Jniaesa ot
Secretary of State Brya^ tor ^
radishes, a produce. flr?/ hero
"" ,"m a radi,ih U,ree riU six Inches
tl,irty Inche8 '"rf*circumference
?ndwelghtog twelve/pounds.
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