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?t)f piflnecr press4 An Independent Weekly Newspaper Devoted te the Moral, Religious and FtoiaMeiaI Development of Humanity. RAT8S OF tUDACRIPTIONr 1 year $1.50 * aoatki 7&c. t BMAtbS 40c. 1^7 for *U advertisements Is due la tdviits unless advertising is run by yearly eeatract, in which case the ad ?ertfarer pa>s every tbroe .T.cnths. A4vertlelng 1 inch one time 76c. SUadtai 50c Isliet< Rates to Clubs. Rst4 for Sample Ooplcj. Entered In Poet Office at Martins bare, W. Va., as Second Class Matter. J U. Clifford, Editor and Proprietor. Drawer S6t, and Bell 'Phone ?0K, llartlasVurg. W. Va. ' MiLtlULJl., . . SATURDAY,FKBRUAUY 21 1014 If we had our way the Panama Canal would be at free of tolls as we would have ? ur public roads, The Progressives are going to have a love-feast at Huntington and a mighty shouting is going to take place. Coxey elill lives, and is planning an other trip to the Nation's Capital. It in supposed the old orde' stands?"Keep off tha grass!" Fervent-will- be the prayers for the raising ?f the Titanic. It can be done acd as it rises frem its watery grave, a band ihenld play "Nearer my God lo Thee!" There is a war on against split skirts Unlet* something be done it will soon be herd to tell whether our women are drested or nude. So far us the little girl tote are concerned to split the most accessible part of their anatomy with a gad would be the best thing. Just ae fleas keep a dog scratching so could two or three shrewd congressmen keep thoee hot headed Southern cranks in the Seuate and House, on their feet fighting against Negroes constantly for they aeem to think they were only sent there to defame and degrade them President Wilson and Governor Glynn of New York hare had a conference and agreed to put an end to the Murphy rule- And It ie said they hope to win by ' and through Progressive plans. Blest jour souls, don't you know T. R, ie going to sweep that state as a guber natorial candidate? Sure as 2 and 2 are 4: thence to the White House .You|ira right Mr. President in ap pointing Robert H. Terrell, Eeq., for judge in a District of Columbia munici pal oonrt. He ie able to fill it, and it will soon be seen whether no foul a mouthed Southerner as Jim Vardaman is bigger than the United States Br> a man Mr. President and go out of office honored by the colored people like Gro ver Cleveland did. Contend for the Parcel* Pest. It's the best thing that has been given to the poor since the robbery prices of the express companies begaa their monopoly. Look eut and into matters when U. 8, Senators oppose and promise to take the system out of the hands of Postmaster Burleson, Maybe they haTe stock in express compa nies. Contend for it, because the express companies cut prices on all parcel post articles and raised priccs on these that can not be conveyed by parcel post. A year or to ago, Woodrow Wilson, then Governor of New Jersey, said in a speech in Philadelphia: ??It was a ca lamity to five Negroes the right to vote." If tbeir ignorance constituted bis alleged calamity, why does he want the ignorant riffraff of all other coun tries to come her*, swear allegiAnce and become voting citizens? Truly ?'there is a nigger in the woodpile." Not only should a test be put to all who want to come to this country, on the basin of literacy now, but it should always have been so and we hope it will so pass the Senate and House. The very rough weather last Saturday and Sunday was against the quantity, but fiot against the quality of tbe Quar terly Meeting at tbe Dudley Baptist Church. Peace and harmony prevailed daring all the transaction of business. Rat, S. M. lieane preaohed at 11 a* w* Sunday and handled his subject in his usual way?well. At 8 p. m., Rev. W. P. Fisher, a born historian, elated hi* hearers, and at 8 p. m. Rev J. W. Ware 4&fd himself great credit. He is a'reader, la student of affairs, sod can forcibly Ltell whit h? lexd* about. Keep on. fyspol^on H tid: ' (iliow uae a people I hat read. and I'M t-how \ou a people thut w il1 i ule the worM ! As to the Lipco'n Memorial exsrc'fee lat>t Thurpd'iy night it pa) s to always have the lj!'<4 ant hue the in do their bent nod the b<-^t will alwats go to hear th?-io That e*er?body? and there were main ?>f the he*t of the whites there ?bear cheerfu testimony that it watt up to-date if the talk of the town. Our chief ambition was to mix aud ininiile the bent c f the two races, in or der that each could better understand the oth?r. There is nou white person with truth. faii-p'iH' aud honesty within him who could meet or ?fe any of those who read ard sunn, that night, but what would revolt. at the curse of cnite, tbey have to meet daily sod all for no other reason than j just God saw fit to make them of a dat k? r color. Let uh throw colo? to the wind*, and recogni/.e th- sou! ?Growth in Mankind. When R;V. I>r. Kt nt sf. Thompson de clares ihat"8?ri" 's ' the worst, wotd in human >p?-k'11,'' il e editor of tb>s paper ake ? isi?..e wit i? It m / s we see it, sin U essential to our s-n'ivht ion, aiul if it v*?te left ions, we would not destroy it. What would no?n >. monut to, if he were made p i lee- ? He could only King piaies for it, but haVinv ' he po*er to inus'er ?ii>. ;n ti d ? the m lit he redeems turns If from s n <u d inak a himself (it to associa;e with the Son oi God. Our fitst delight it*, that we were con ceived in sin atid born '?i iniquity; and our second delight ii M ar,, we are a part of God and ? nly need the will pow er lo mow to be our own G>?dly maste: of self, atid keep sin at hay?the glory of man atid will of God. Then why des roy sin? What would the Li'e of Christ been had he no con.ended with and over come sin? The same could be itsktd of Paul, Job, and a host ot others. Shi testa the metal of a man or woman. Lsarn to love God and youi lellow man, aud you cannot loves n If the people of this sla'e would take as much interest in their n;ic and oil, as I they do in that robbeiy debt. of Virgin ia, they would be far better off. Of al) oth?-r matters to ponder ovri. from a monetary point of view,xas and oil I ake preeminence. If both are h exhausti ble, and we make use of only about 80 percent then we advocate^ t he pale of the remaining 70 per cent. If the Manufaciureis f/gh and Heat Company charge 30 or 35 cent a p< r 1000 cub4c feet. Mireiy they ought in be will ing to pay 2 or 3 cents p-r 1(00 cubic feet at the wells when piodu?:? d. If our menioiy it not at imilt, umie than 600, 000 00i) cubic feet, are taken from West Viigitila daily. If the stale can pet 2 cents for every 1000 cubic le^t . i would give it $12th0 daily or S-l 380 000 yeaily; arid al X cents if 18 000 daily, or $(>,lh0, 000 Men (if the type above referred to as a iule don't want foine. ii.i g good fo nothing. IT thes;on ra'.t oh pu.d \ ei > a Ion for the production of crude oil, you may with s.ifeiy double the above <'nily and annual estima'ed valuen'to tins ,-tate. If oidinaiy heat within buildings and stacks of combustible irta'erial will cause spontaneous coiiibtnt;o i, what is to binder the perpetual fire wi'lnii the earth, feeding on the luel ??f decayed vepetatlon for millions of yems to ?ive us picciou? stones, coal, gas and oil for ever. If the following statement he incor rect, ex Governor McCorkle may ?or. rect it, lor it ha* been a long time since we think we heaid hirn j-o ^ay: That Pendleton County has ei:ou?h coal in it to last the whole world four hundred years. If that be a* true ?s that all the limestone is the product of the hones of all things that have Imd, is it. not as reasonable that gas is as inexhaustible ?? aie limestone and electricity? t.used on tne fact that nothing can b-i annihi lated. If so, sell It and let the living poor be benefited.but if truthful science foresees its destiuction, then it is our duty to strictly conserve it. Mrs. lhillis Caiter, w.le of the late Itnry Carter and daughter of the late JoWn and Patience Jones, died in l'hi.j - cielphia, the I2th inst. where she had g e to visit her daughter. She was a In-, w< ? man, an exiellent neigh)) >i, a lovm,. a d dutiful mother-climaxing her lifewi-h practical religion. She leaves th?ee claugli iers, one son and a host of friepds who leved hei for her simplicity and goodness of soul, It i> sad to see such lights along the shore of time go ou t, Rev, {jLorge Carter performed church duties and she was interred in Mt. Hope Cemetery; DELINQUENT LAND ? SOLD List of Keal Estate Hold in thn C?'Ui ty of Berkeley, in the month of Jan. for the lion pavn.tnt of taxes charged theieon f?>r the > ear 1 .and | ii'i Iiuhi d by lnd i v ui unit': AiiDKN l.>lsTlli? T l'. W J-eitor, Lot 2t>. PurchuM-i'. Kai/hud Miller.. Amt. 95. GeuaiiI'ST avn DI' I Kict?Alb*.?t I'.ne and J L Hut., r. it 5 a Cireen Sp'. Mt Purchutei l\at/. and Miller Ami c' 11? HK!KJF>\ II I K Hl>TI<lCT?E II? l? hIibw. 51 a. N. Mountain. Futrlimcr. Katz and Miller A nit 01) ?EH L? v is. 12? a. 11 iV O R R. Pnrch >s? r (i. E. Speights. A Hit. Jj?i fjJ3?1"' t ' l',n i h 28 a. Harper V ltid^e. Purchaser K and Miller Amt $1 112 RIiiLCkKHv lJlM'KlCT?la wii (jit't n Lot 22 In\vm d. I'uich; ?-?? i. K 1' 1 ? i?i rer. Amt ^7 Maktiksiu kcj District? Sum* B l uz Lot. I't rchaper. L?eorj;i' VV. 1'ux'tn Amt. 87?A n/? M?ii> -i S as ri/. Mil; Lot. Purchaser li L). (iardner. Amt. S5 0*4.?Edim 1. lli?.. L??t. Pu? chafer; K S. Miller. Ami si -1 <? ?!>#?n'l Sutton, N Q'jeen Sr. l'lcchuxfr, K S Miller. A mi .r'2 ' ?!. OPEQI'OX I'lSTIiir ? 7 i' ( 'op* i ti:i v *>? Lot 1 uud 2, Hlk. ;{ Morrow "t* Ann, Purchaser. W. C. Morgan.v Amt. i;.(4 ? John Farrin L>t 4i) U. ami L ^\?I.. l'u ch^H^r. K'nz and M^h-r Amt. 81 ? C. P, Roth w ell, Lot 1l!T, R L. lv-tt rin^r Purchaser. Kaiy. and Miller. An t b5? John button. L it Tab ti Road- Pur chaser, Chae, beaut. Amt ?1.23. The owner of any teal estate al ovt1 described arid sold Lin heiiw. ?>r asfi^ns or any person having a rij^ht to tliar^t such real estate for a debt, may redeem the fame by paying to the puuhai-ei his heii8 or assigns. within one year from the st^le thereof, tha Muount spec ified as above, and rueh additional taxes thereon as may have been paid by tbe purchaser. his heirs or assigns, with interest on said purchese money and taxeB at the rate of twelve per centum per annum, from the time the same may have been paid. Given under my hand this 2nd. day of Feb HJ14, E. H TABLER. Siiekiif, SALESMAN W AM TED to look af er our interest in Berkeley and adjac ent counties. Salary or Coinmission Address LINCOLN OIL CO., Clove land, O. NEGUOIN AMERICAN UlSTOKV Traces status of ihe Negro from dis covery. colonization ano settlement 10 the close of the Revolution, involution of Citizenship to 20th Century. Also biographicitl bketchea of eminent men aod women an illuminating sidelight?. To every instruoor of colored youth, every student iu secondary *choois. ev tvery one desirous of making further researches this work is commended by educators, scholars and investig?tors. Full bibliography, chronology and compreheusiv e index- Illustrations. $1*^5 bv postage ?140- Agents wnnted. Address; J. W. Cromwell, 1439 lawanu r?t., n. w.t Washington,D? C West Virginians, Who Purchase Stallions, Should Exercise Good Judgment. As the horse breeding season ap proaches many horse dealers of the Middle West are shipping into the slate of West Virginia, stallions anil jacks to be used for breeding pur poses. Wherever these animals tare sold at reasonable pri-ces there can, of course, be no objection to this prac tice. Many promoters, however, are organizing companies in the various farming communities for the purpose of selling to, these companies, stai lions and jacks at exorbitant prices. In many cases $2,000 to $3,000 is asked for a stallion and $1,200 to $1, 890 for a jack. It is seldom that an animal is worth this much to the far mers corrfposing these companies. First class imported stallions may be purchased readily at from $1,200 to $1,800 and home bred animals are al ways available at from $800 to $1,200. ?hicks should^ sell at from $000 to $1, 200. Organizing a company and purchas ing a hich class sire is certainly a c mmenrtahle step for any commun ity to take but there is no reason why the stockholders of these com panies should pay exorbitant prices when excellent animals may be se cured for much Itss money. Before nnying $2,.r?00 to $3,000 for a stallion 'ook around and see if a better ani mal can not he purchased for less money. AN APPEAL 10 THE ? foi help while collecting materials for the International t?xh?bition of the bcok inUubtry and Graphic Aits Le piiy. May-October, 1914. On account, of the celebration ol the 150th Anniversary of the Royal Academy for tlie Graphic Arts and the Book-Industry at Leipzig, Ger many; there will be a groat Exhibi tion made up and organized ro show the Graphic products of all people, .amis and nations from the earliest .imes up to these days. The plan >f tho exhibition shows the following 1G groups: I. Graphic Arts; 11. Ap plied Graphics and Book-making, 11 lustrating; ill. lns'u: uction, Educa tion,- Schools; IV. Paper Manufac turing; V. Stationery and Writing Materials; VI. Colors, Lithographies and Copper-plates; VII. Photography, VI11. Reproduction; IX. Streotypy, Electrotvpv; X. Printing Processes; XI. Bookbinding; XII. Publishing, book-trade; XIII. Newspapers, Ad vertising, Canvassing, Periodicals; XIV. Libraries; XV. Machinery; XVI. Measures for the Protection and Welfare of the Workers, etc. These groups have been subdivid ed into about G3 classes. Each group is to be introduced by a his torical and a technical instructive de partment. The development and the position in the history of civiliza tion of the various branches of the book industry will be clearly dem onstrated, models and apparatus foi demonstrating purposes and the cin ematographie art will be shown. Ti?* publications of booksellers and .tiusic publishers will be brought di rectly to the notice of the pub'ic through the medium of libraries an? reading rooms, through lectures niblic readings, recitations and con cert trecitals. Anything in our mind' will be under the banner of ih "black art." Many learned societies. and associations connected with tin book industry will have their con Kressp.s nnd mppt nt fbo nviiihuin. ground. When I read the news I asked my self if it would be possible to show at the exhibition some exhibits oi the negro people in America, ii whose matters I am especially inter ? ested. So I come to all willing to. help me in my undertaking, to asU fo>r their cooperation while collect iug exhibition matters. Any printings, writings, photos, pictures out of the slavery time un til this Jpy will be welcome. Pupils and students, lessons, .school plans and pictures, photos of professors, teachers, students and buiidings, whole models of publish ing houses, Schools, Colleges anu Universities will be heartily accept ed. Likewise drawings of scholars and students. Authors or publishing houses should send of all books and pam phlets and writing they have pub lished one or better two copies with order blanks that every exhibiton visitor may have the opportunity of ordering the exhibits through my self. Lodges, banks, societies and oth eir organizations should contribute some amount to cover the cost of certain matters to be bought while not on the market. Editors shou'd send the best they have, if possible a model of the whole business plan. Here is an opportunity for the Colored people of America and for those who have devoted their lives to the culture-work among the color ed people, to demonstrate what they have done already and what they could do in the future. Another im portant feature while collecting ex hibition materials is that all will have great value for the future, as the great Museum-library of Leipzig will participate in the exhibits when the fair is oveT." vou will have no expenses to pay for the exhibition of what you send. I will care for that. But whatever you send writs your name upon it. Please do what you can in tli? mutter. Write about your help as noon as possible and senu your ex hibits?old or new, good and bad? to pastor pa in j o. m:ntsen, (Juntforferstr 1, 1, Leipzig-M. Uvrmany: Other- negro papers are asked to pr lit the* foregoing lines ol'~ Pastor tlentsch in their respective columns. f THE EDITOK. C. Feltz in Colorado Investi gation?Pa>nt Creek Ma chine (inn in Use DENVER, Feb. 11.?The same ma chine gun which was used by Bald win-Fellz detectives in lan attempt o break the West Virginia coal strike was imported into Colorado coal fields and used was testified by V. C. Feltz before tho congressional committee nuulring in/to the coal strike in this state. Manager FeUz ol' the TV.ldwin Feitz Detective Agency was ques ioned by Representative Byron as o the armoured automobile om which they mounted rapid fire gun and which was used by mine guards. ' Did tiie company give you full authority to import guns (and am munition?" "When they wanted 'hem they told me to get them," de elareil the witness. A'"direct charge thai George W. Hcleher, a detective, was murdered in Trinidad by the United Mine Workers of America was placed yes ^rday by Feltz. The killing took 'dace November 20. ?lilOi Feltz said Lewis Ceancenelli had ?enfessed the murder in the pres mce of Judge Advocate Houghton md Adjutant General Chase. ^yiMOSiE&OHfc I o > e <: t I ee I * t. I j * 4 Ttnins 'cavi !'1 mnsliur^ as tollown WK T OU ?. 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Is j. ei! town e..cepi >anday n?d f umc>? , r No. 40 vy. 4 1 -1. n. fir V i??l>i n ;ton and tQlc 1 inedlale ?ik?u ? No 2 Daily ai io.i ; 1 m .0. V. y .011, hal 1 imore. an ' i\' t v> Vol k, No fc Daily al *,jv> ^ ?u ivi V\ liiltmiore , 1M.? 11 aoc 11/ 11 j. *u.i t'';w twin No 14 Uail> al b.oy t; .?? ??.?? Vv ashiHgu?r $.*ltiniore, Phila?itipiiia and 4>ew Voik. Mo 12 Dail) Duv|uu><>e Lmuiuu" .1 [2,23 a. in. toi vVa ihi.ijituii, liaipumr , Philadelphia and New V-M k. iNo 10 Daily ext ej.?; - - u ? . .u t i 3 . a * for P rcdcrick , dui 1 i*?n.i *. ? <? .?. m miur mediate station? via m<i line. No lM i aiiy except S'i at 0.30 \> m lor Washington a.id i>au ..?ore and ail in erm. diaie stalio.i *, Con ?<;< ts tor f re-to. Lck. J. W. St^U UiGIN ** , ' 1 ".it. 1' i.??? AN j^e111. i'-aiUmorx J?1d R , S; BO D C lu< t v ^ ^ M t *?5 a? t.11 sinm W Sensational Case. PARKERSI3LJRG, Feb. 4.?former State Senator Thounas Gartlan, poli tician and oil man, widely kno?*p ov.-r West Virginia was made db'jnJani in divorce proceedings instituted ihJs afternoon by Mrs. Cecelia Gartla'i. The bill in the case wis not and Mrs. Gartlan's counsel would no> dis cuss the ground of action to be alleg ed but is gaid the case will prove sensational.