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ESTABLISH KD 18S2, Vi ARTI .'s'StJUIl'x, W. Y'a., S.-YTt'lSOlV. i<* :mHTA K Y 28 li)14. VOL.32 NO. 52
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Home of Robert Parker, Colored, Destroyed Ly
Fire and Two Members of the Family Meet
Horrible Deaths.?Two Sons Also Badly Binn
ed and They Are in the Hospital.?Funerals
of the Victims Tuesday Afternoon.
In a liro rau.'t'd by the? explosion
of a lamp in th0 home of Hubert I'ur
kor, colored, at IJuaker liill. Sunda\
morning, tlie wife, Mr.;, llcile i'ark r,
was burned to death and her daugh
ter, Viola, so severely burned that
she died a few hours later. I^ouis.
aged ten, Floyd, aged thirteen, two
sons were also badly burned about
the face and hands and were brought
to the City Hospital for treatment.
The girl was seen to be dying after
they had started with her to the
hospital and the vehicle was turned
back and she died on the way home.
Mrs. Parker perished i:i her home,
which was destroyed, only a few in
cinerated bones of her remain ; boinz
found. The home of William Hender
son, another colored man, was also
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Res van! Men Ar/.n Should j
Act Before (he Stale In
spector Acts.
All he.i-ol ami restaurant keeper?.,
should get busy at once to secure
their licenses for next y: ar. Under
the new law all persons desiring io
engage in such business must first
make application to State Hotel In
spector A. D. Sees, Huntington, and I
if his approval is not. secured the li- I
cense cannot be granted.
It is imperative that the applicants
now file their applications because
the inspector must pass on them, then
they must bP acted upon by the city j
before the county court passes jud;j- i
ment. All of this will require at
least {>0 days, hence the necessity for |
prompt action. Apnlications can he'
secured from the county clerk.
ENROtlTE 10 GOLDEN GATt
TOURISTS MIL FINDS
From the "Top of the World'?
Visited Relatives in Salt Lake?
Encountered Severe Storms.
Tlie party of California tourists
who left here more than a week ago
bound for San Francisco, have been
heard from as they crossed the
Rockies in sight of I'ikes IVik. on
a postal mailed from the "Top of the
World" 10,241! feet altitude, and later
from the city of Suit. J,nke. where
the party visited a few d:ivs Mr.
George Smead, the husband of Mrs.
Smead, one of the party. The other
members of this party of Martins
burgers are Mrs. Anna Out row, Mis
Ada Dutrow and Lawrence Hut row.
The tourists report an enjoyable
trip though they have been traveling
all the way in one of the worst
storm periods of recent years. They
marvel at the wonderful ttiings of
burned and the flames spread to :: 1
liouse, but it was saved.
I'he Parker woman was lillii.M; a
lamp, i'roni a coal oil can, in wuien j
v.a-s a burning wick, which set tiro I
i') *ii .' oil. and caused the awful ca- !
tastrophe. Tlie unfortunate won.a.i
entirely covered with flaming oil j
a'ai perished in a few minutes 1
agonizing pain, before aid could nc
possibly had to take her from her
burning home, which was set on fire
by ihe explosion.
The bw.rfal v?? tak<? place
row at two o'clock in a cemelerv
near the home.
.It-sides the husband and chldren
?" '< 5? i? jj ? oned, she ieav?s -'ov'c!
'? 1 <)'hers, the family of. children in
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nature . s seen in ercsing r: ? ijiu
less western prairies, and gre::'
liocky Mountain system. And art
enthusiastic in desc.ri'o ;'>?< ?.
n spiring city o f she LaU?r Da;.
Saints, built by flrighs.iii Voting in
magnificent grandeur unsurpassed in
modern times.
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Distribution cf Property Made and
Julian Lee Carter Named Ex
ecutor Without Bond.
In tlie oliiice of County Clerk Ilobbs
Monday forenoon the last will of Phyl
lis Carter was admitted to probate
i ac docunn lit stated ihcit. a lot on
West BuiV.o street shall go to Celes
iine Carter, a daughter; a son, .Jul
ian Lee Carter, gets t!i,? home prop
erty. and the remainder of the es
tate is bequeathed to the four chil
dren.
Julian J,o0 Carter is named as ex
ecutor without bond. The will ^.vas
written July 8, 1010. and is witnessed
by Xota Wever and J. M. Woods.
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\<Vesc. Virginia Solor.s, Convictcd of
Bribery, Entetcd Penitentiary
Yesterday
MOIJND3VILL1C, Feb, "l.",.?State
Senator Hen A. Smith and Delegates
S. U. (1. Rhodes, Hath Duff. 11. A
As!.bury, and David Hill, convicted
of bribery in connection wHh 1:? la
conic-! for United Spates S* eat ,r. ;ir
wearing stripes in the state peni
tentiary, and they hrve lost their
identity and become vere :umb(Ts.
Warden Hrown has not yet deehbrl
\\ It at occupation he will '.rive the r. ' 1
and iV-y av< allowed to ro^.n ab >'"
("if ( :?rrider? t f 'he iast'tntlo.1 Vh?
men i^ronp together '-nd keep alo''
from trie other prisoners.
terms range from five to six and a nab
years.
Will PROSECUTE
MM GENFRAL
\.i tc'L'ey Hitrkhart Vv'll Repre
sent This Government In
Import a I Case.
I Di.- rii t Attorney Sutnim r.
Ihsrkhart, or Albuqerque, Now Alexi 1
(i). wh > is here on a visit to his age-!
mother, Mrs. James S. Burkhart. of
1?"0 Court Square, has an important j
mission before him in the trial of :t
Mexican general.
On .v pril the lirst the ease of <I? n
? lal ,loS(> Xex Salor, on a charge oi
\ iolating the neutrality laws will I
come lit) for a hearing at Santa , !
Ct .v Mexio >. and Attorney Burkhar
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by virtue of his otlice will prosecut.* ;
the ease on behalf of this govern
?O.-Mt i
.lent.
This Fe.deraJ general with a body I
:f troops, following a battle at Chi-|
hua. i*? which the rebels were vie-:
? r'o?:s, rctreaied across tho border1
:ine of the United States, and wan I
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vre:Med on a warrant in the state of
Texas.
i'he ease is one of international
:i >v .! at this time when there is
P'-h tense feeling that has come of
he drawn-out insurrection in
'exieo. which lias involved the vital
-re :1s of this government and
v.. :iy ot Iters of the civilized world
of outrages perpetrated upon
ouijjecls.
.ir. Burkhart will remain here for
;&me days while he renews boyhood
icquaintances.
CART BEFORE THE HORSE.
( Pittsburg Press.)
It scorns that llio first stop toward
mproving marriages is to make it
possible for the average young man
;nd the average young \vom;ui to
an income sn(ficient to maintain
i fi? home for children. This does
iot moan a home (ft luxury, by any
neaus. Luxury is riot a benefit; it
s a (hmg( r. Too much income at
lie beginning of a marital partner
ship is as pernicious as not enough,
l'liere is splendid value in the dis
cipline to two young persons in
reuig how fo spend rr.w^oy spar
ngi \ ! wit]-, intell igence. 'Y\v
aliv of r i<:h men vho say th".y were
lappiest when poor and struggling j
?? far from being ;i)i humbug. They
robably were haj>pi' r tin n. evn il |
hey ddn't know it, for thoy were1
iot suffocated by things- they liadj
room for their real affections to ex- !
??rc.se.
Put the couple about to marry
liave a right to expect. enough in
to keep thero above want; and
if Ukv lack it., though being them
"!vcs willing to work, then eloa.rly
oe'.etv is at fault and is justly to be'
pen aui/.cd. Th .-e states, therefore, j
vvhlch urn enacting eugetfe marriage!
laws before tliey have just laws
regulating industry are putting the
rt before tl:e horse and, it may be,
?'impelling men and v omen to live
together without the formality of a
.ved'ling eeromonv. 'rite state has a
? gut to insist that men and women
-??coking its sanction for living to
gether shall not be so diseased as
fo make it probable that their olf
-?pring will also be wretched and de
!'("4ivo. The objection to those
al certificate marriage laws
i not that they exceed the state's
' htful authe rity. The objection is
that they are not rightly timed.
Wither marrirgo nor b ehclorhood
"an be whole some if there is not
enough tQ oa.t.
If01 TORTURE IS SOOTHED IN DEATH
Mrs.
AJvin Shade Toys With Death in Treacher
ous Coal Oil Can and it Explodes Covering Her
Body With the Flaming* Fluid.?Crazed With
Fright and Agonizing' Pain She Fights for Life.
Husband Also Badly Burned.
I?< spite the many warnings against
lin' coal oil can, like the empty gun,
it will have it", loll ot death.
A tier a few hours of agonizing
torture, early Sunday morning, .Mrs.
i
Moll in Shade, of (I loug.it: y, this coun
ty, succumbed to burns caused bv a
coal oil can exploding and throwing'1
llaming kerosene all ove.r her person,
as she w.is kindling a lire.
I'rightened beyond sense by her
awful predicament. and the. excru
ciating pain, she lied from her home,
and the wind fanned the dailies that
in an instant, destroyed her clothing
and hair while the oil burned into
her tlesli.
vVhen neighbors rushed to her aid,
attracted by her agonizing screams,
she was burned beyond human help. 1
15esides awful external burns that
cooked the llesli, the llamas had
been inhaled into her throat and
lungs.
The first aids applied by friends
at hand and the family physician,
who was hastily summoned, only
tended in small measure to palliate
her awful suffering until death in
tervened and the last, curtain was
rung down on the heart-rending
tragedy. She died at six o'clock
Sunday mornirg.
It seems that the family returned
Saturday night, about ten o'clock
from calling at a neighbor's house
and the fire in a stove had died down
I to a few embers, and in her hurry
j to rekindle it Mrs. Shade attempted
to pour oil in tho stove and u bllnd
I ing Hash followed. Tho oil was
! spattorod all over her and .Instantly
I she ran from her home, seroamlng
I for help, and to those who came to
her rescue promptly she appeared as
a pillar of Hanie.
j The husband, who was near when
I tho explosion occurred, was also so
| vercly burned, and couW not aid lier
! <?u account of his own awful plight.
I His hands ajid face are badly burn
I ed.
! This was Mrs. Shade's second ex
| perience of this kind. About seven
years ago when the family resided
i in Stephen City, Va? she was severe
ly burned by a flash of oil while
I kindling a Are.
The funeral will take place from
her home on Tuesday a.t 10 o'clock,
and interment will follow In the
Chestnut Oirove cemetery. She was
only 30 years old, tho wife of Alvin
Shade, a well known farmer, who
survives her with a small daughter.
One brother, Charles Whitaere, lives
in Martinsburg. Her father, Joshua
Whitaere, with one sister, Miss
On it a, and four brothers, Lee, Aus
tin, Holmes and Marry, live in Fred
erick county, Virginia, where she
was reared in girlhood.
Wilbur, Earl mild Port Shade, who
reside in this city, are cousins of the
unfortunate woman.
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C'jrivcne at Richmond on
Ti^sday for Four Days
Session.
Today Piof. 10. C. Morton, superin
U ndent. of Hi'- Martinsburg schools,
left for Iciclnnond, V?., to partici
pate in the annual inciting of the
National fOdueational Association,
which will close on Friday. Sta***
Superintendent. M. 1*. Shawkey will
be among those from West Virginia
to attend.
These meting? are held under the
supervision of the United States De
partment of Education, and the asso
ciation is made up of state superin
tendents of schools, and normal
school principals, and eity superin
tendents of schools.
Vsually the attendance runs about
two thousand. Last yeair at Phila-'
delphia the representation from this
strit" was 04.
Dr. 1*. I\ C'laxton, Commissioner
of Kdueation, will be in attendance,
at this meeting, and will be the chief
spf,,i ker.
A QUESTION WITH TWO SIDES.
(Brockton Enterprise.)
Twelve years ago Adam Foster, of
North Woburn, it is said, was driv
ing a coal team for $10 a week. Now
lie owns a $50,000 truck farm. TTe
went "back to the soil" and found
there a congenial and prosperoua
living. Only 0110 of the many exam
ples, to bo sure, but not enough to
justify a universal call for the city
man to soothe liis nerves and fcaitten
his purse back on the old farm. To
offset this picture we have that ol
the farmer who says: "Well, my
brother Jim was wise enough to set
that farm.n' don't pay. lie went tc
New York and now he's general man
ager of Smith, Smith & Jones. Gets
? a year." The field on the
other side of the fence always looks
attractive, and sometimes the maver
ick that jumps over grows plump on
what he finds. It is not safe yet to
accept as a general rule that the
tra iling of the country man fits him
for success in the city, and that the
city man is eminently fitted to make
good in the country; but more and
more dissatisfied persons are acting,
perhaps not unwisely, on that for
BI R DS~""o F FASH I ON,
Perhaps the bird best known by
name to those interested in the
plumage question is the egret or
white heron, from whiich the beauti
ful osprey plumes, now worth from
eight to twelve pounds an ounce, are
taken. Interest in this bird is the
greater because it is known that the
osprey is not part of the bird's (regu
lar plumage but is assumed before
breeding time and shed by the time
the young are reared. In tropical
Countries, many of the white herons
are shot by native hunters as soon
as the nuptial plumage is ripe, <and
in this way the heron colony may
suffler seriously, the young being uu?
able to look after themselves ^