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A REPUBLICAN NEWSPAPER
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in Berkeley County.
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SPECIAL SESSION JUSTIFIED.
This from the Wheeling Intelligen
Wser of Tuesday is worthy of repre
duction in the columns « f every well
intentioned newspaper published in
West Virginia:
“The Fairmont (las and Ugh' Com
pany has presented its patrons with
an unwelcomed Christmas present in
dbe form of a 25 per cent advance In
cost of natural gas. A:ter January 1
natural gas for domestic purposes will
cost, In Fairmont 20 cents per thou
sand cubic feet, less a disc tint for
prompt payment of 2 per cent. Here
tofore the price has been 16 cents per
thousand with the same discount. It
is noteworthy that during he last
year a number of cities and towns in
West Virginia have submitted to ad
ditional natural gas charges. In Park
ersburg the rates have been advanced,
also in Morgantown, and probably
other places that have escaped iv tire.
“There is an abundant supply of
natural gas in West Virginia for a
population many times greater than
that of the entire state. A few years
ago natural gas was sold in places
like Fairmont, Clarksburg and Morgan
town at :our and five cents per thou
sand cubic feet. Cheap natural gas
was an attraction held out to manu
facturers. It was fondly b ped that
the abundance of this splendid fuel
would transform West Virginia into a
great industrial state. These hopes
have been blasted. Why? We are
still producing gas. If kept a' horn ■
it would still be a potential factor to
accomplish the upbuilding of the stat<-,
hut every day it is pumped across our
borders in eventless millions of cubic
feet, it is not only going awav rom
us hut the drain upon our supplies is
constantly advancing the cost of th ■
relatively small portion that is con
sumed in the state.
“Every day he problem of securing
for the state of West Virginia s. nu
small portion of the benefits which
should have resulted from the devel
opment of our natural gas wealth, be
come more pressing. Every day the
supply is being diminished and i.k
volume of gas taken from us becoin,.,
greater and greater almost h u. .
The time is not far distant wm-n
cheap natural gas :or any purpose wiii
have entirely disappeared from West
Virginia.
i “The state can do one of two things,
ft can either limit the pressure at
which gas is pumped from the state
or it can impose a license charge for
the production of ga.-, of a certain
amount, per thousand cubic feet
Eithtr or both of hose things should
be done at rhe earliest possible mo
ment. The subject is of sufficient' im
portance to justfy a call o the legis
lature; and it is of such magnitude
that i' ought not to be involved with
other controversial questions.
"Le* us solve the natural gas prob
lem for the benefit of our own peo
ple.”
OUR STATE SCHOOLS.
The Central Republican, published
at Belingtnn. Barbour county, m oi
the most ably edited wvkly part - oi
the state, ha-- the following to sa>
concerning our state educational ; t
s'.itutions:
From the report that comes from
over the state the instit.iti ns oi
learning are doing good work hi
year. They are all well tilled wi;..
students and are broadening th' it
courses. The University, we hear, t
doing exceptionally well this year
The Hoard of Control seents to In
handling things in a manner that i
bringing a chorus of general apptova
fr<rn all over the state. The stat<
normals are also ptishing o the front
and we may expect to .-ei much bettei
work do.te along he purely norma
lines. Until recently we have not ha<
what we might term a normal sehco
in the true sense of the word, hut now
we are getting 'hem waked up in suet
a way that we may expect bettei
things of them. The state institu
tif ns are a great expense to the state
apd we should get good resttl's iron
their work. Along wi h the we ntigh
shy rhat the common school system it
living bettered, and we lutar tha- th<
rural schools are actually waked tt|
and the enthusiasm in many neigh
borhoods is actually o marked that
■very citizen is talking soho I. It al
depends on who the teacher is in this
respect. If a teacher is so inf ititatef
with his work that lie tauno keep th*.
enthusiasm from being contagious, yoi
will see a neighborhood that will b<
waked up along all lines of knowledge
The idea that any b dy can teach i;
country school has long since been
exploded, and we are now air ai.i
seeing that a better grade of teaeber
are getting settled in the schools ub
the wages are being moved no
Our idea of a school system is one
continuous performance fr m the low
esi grade to the university, where the
education may be finished. It will not
be long until we will have many advo
cates <>i this doctrine among the lay
members of the school. Now there
are some leading lights who thins
they own and control certain institu
tions. and that there should be no ad
vancement. only along the line th >
mark out. but we reserve th*' right
to hink about his matter and these
so-called leaders as we please.
CONGRESS NEXT MONDAY.
The sixty-first congress was called
into extra session for a special pur
pose—the readjustment < f the Dingley
tariff schedules. The regular session
which will organize next Monday will
take up the leg slative routine where
it was laid down by the preceding
congress. There are many important
questions of legislature left unsettled
by the sixtieth congress which the
sixty-flrs will be obliged to take Up.
The president has made it plainly un
derstood by various public declara
tions that he favors certain amend
ments to the interstate commerce law
such as he believes to be necessary
to the realization of the Roosevelt
policy of a larger degree of federal
control over railroad rates. He is
also km wn to favor some form of ma
rine subsidy enactment that will prove
effective in establishing American
shipping lines in foreign trade. What
are known as the conservation and
development policies are prominently
in the- public thought anti the congress
soon to assemble must take up var
ous phases of these issues f r con
sideration and definite action. Not
withstanding the large amount of talk
that has been afloat concerning what
certain members of the majority rep
resentation in the house will endeavor
to accomplish in the way < f readjust
ment of the newly framed tariff sched
ules there is no reason :o expect that
the regular session will consume time
in attempt to reformulate the work of
the extra session says the Baltimore
American. The public rnind is in no
frame to c< ntemplate patiently a re
raising of tariff questions. Whether
the Payne law is, as Speaker Cannon
declares it to be, the best tariff law
which has ever been enacted, or
whether it be as defective as those
who are attacking it represent it to
be. the plain, common-sense view is
that it should he given a fair trial.
Thus far, judged in its broad and gen
eral effect, it seems to he operating in
a way calculated to pr mote activity
In all branches of industrialism and
trade. The insurgent movem -nt,
based as it seems to he upon opposi
tion to the tariff schedules, is no*
likely to prove a formidable de mon
strat ion.
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THE WASTE OF LAND.
I The recently published idea rela
i rive to utilizing the waste land of
West Virginia, Kentucky and Ten
nesse is one deserving the sincere
aid of the public, says the Hunting
ton Herald-Dispatch. In the three
s ates thousands of acres are annual
ly going to waste. In West Virginia
alone, thousands of acres of valuable
land are lying idle w hen thr> ughout
the more thickly populated states |
'here are hundreds of unfortunate
poor who would be made happy and
given a means of livelihood by the op
portunity to w rk a small section of
these lands. Hundreds o: farms in
this state that have been unw sely i
tilled for years, have eventually ceas
ed To produce as they should andi
these, with some work and careful
cul'ivation, could he made productive
j again.
On the Immense waste acerage ofi
j three states alone, thousands of poor!
! families could he given homes and
m a v uu:i \n
I country where schools are accessible.
The only rouble with the movement
is tha'. the interest and attempt now
being made to bring life, will very
pr bably bo allowed to die out before
it has giined sufficient impetus to
amount to anything.
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ADVERTISERS SHOULD COME
HALF WAY.
Several of our exchanges who like
i The Evening World have been preach
| lug early Christmas shopping, are now
I Insisting that the merchants meet
i them half way and begin early to pub
lish their Christmas advertising mat
ter, the claim being made that in
many instances purchasers withhold
buying until later in the season in or
der that they get the benefit of lower
! prices, etc. The point is well taken.
When one considers the fact that for
i the coming two weeks the mails will
i be flooded with advertising from mail
order houses, it may he easily seen
that the present Is the opportune time
for home merchants to tell their pa
,1 trons through the columns of the
home newspapers what they have to
I offer for Christmas. 1). n't delay your
| Christmas advertising, Mr. Business
1 Man. You’ll lose money If you do.
The mail order house will get In ahead
o' you as sure as shooting. “Do it
now."
Among the Sick.
Mr. Harry Hewitt, the well-known
traveling man and race horse owner,
is very ill here with chest trouble. H s
condition for the past week has been
s< rious.
FOR HAZING GIRL.
Board of Regent* Ha* Matter Under
Investigation.
The State Board of Regents is up
against the job of ferre'ing out the
persons guilty of hazing Miss Mattie
Taylor, of Elkins, while a student of
the Fa inn nt Normal School. Miss
Taylor, who is a daughter of Attorney
Blaine W. Taylor, was at a ball game
between teams of the Fairmont school
and :he Davis and Elkins College of
Elkins. She rooted or her home
team,and this was resented by sonn
seven Normal School girls, who took
it ujmn themselves so haze Miss Tay
lor. It was only a!ter the victim had
broken several articles of furniture
over -he hazer's heads that she was
treated to an ice bath and a coat of
pink chalk. For a while nothing more
was heard of the case, but an appeal
has been made to the Board of Re
gen1 s and the Governor, and it is re
ported the board at a future meeting
will take some drastic action relative
to the hazing.
MARATHON RUNNER.
W. Howard Steven* Made Swift Time
at Wayne*boro.
Waynesboro, Pa., Dec. 8.—\V. How
ard Stephens, who has made quite a
reputation by his long-distance run-!
ning, ran from Waynesboro lo Ring- s
g Id, Md„ and return, a distance of
six miles, in .Tim. 20. Sunda.v Young j
Stephens had several disadvantages j
in the course. He was suffering from j
a severe cold and’ the weather was too ;
warm for such violent exerc se. A j
large crowd witnessed the feat. The j
new candidate for Marathon honors
pounds. Two ninths ago he ran nine
miles in 4r)in. 27s. in West Virginia.
Stephens will run from Waynesboro
to Greencastle, a distance of nine (
miles, Christmas day.
Young Stephens has made several !
runs around this section. He former
ly resided here, but has been making
his hooie in Waynesb rotor some tim^
past.
WANTS NEW DEPOT.
Cumberland Wants Baltimore and
Ohio to Bl*iId Passenger Station.
The Cumberland city council passed
a resolution calling for a public meet
ing to be held In the council chamber
December 27 to take action looking to
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad pro
viding for that city "the most impor
tant point on the Baltimore ami Ohio
railroad between Baltimore and the
Ohio river furnishing more revenue
than any other point between the
points named with a suitable and con
venient passenger station. The res
olutions say the rallrvad company
has never furnish<*d "proper or ade
quate accommodations and conveni
ences in the shape of a passenger sta
tion."
This is a step in the rigiit direction.
Martinsburg would ptssibly have a
new- station if she would ask for it In
the right way. It is certainly as much
needed here as a: Cumberland.
$50,000,000 DESIRED.
Waterways Money Wanted By Rivers
and Harbors Men.
Washington, D. O., Dec. 8.—The
appr p.ialion of $50,000,000 annually
for the improvement of the waterways
of the country and a bond issue to
cover the improvements needed will
be the slogan of the delegates to the
National Rivers and Harbors Conven
tion which will be opened today at
he New Willard hotel by President
Taft. .Many of the delegates have al
ready arrived, and all is in readiness
for the opening session.
This evening the officers of the con
gress gathered in the Red Room of
the .Yew Willard at their annual ban
quet. At this meeting the final busi
ness connected with the opening of
the congress was discussed.
HAVE CONTROL.
Farmers' Strike Would Paralyze the
World.
The farmer is the man who moves
the world, we might say. If he would
go out on a strike and re use to raise
a crop for a single year, it would un
doubtedly produce a more disastrous
effect than would result fr in a uni
veisal strike of all the other labor or
ganizations combined. In fact, he could
iwralyze the world; yet there are
many persons who don't seetn to know
how much more our pr sperity de
pends on the farmer than it does on
the dude with the cane and waxed
mustache.
A human hair of average thickness
can support a load of 6 1-4 ounces,
and the average number of hairs on
the head is about 30,000.
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BERKELEY’S APPLE’
SHOW AT CAPITOL
Washington Filled With West Virgin
ians and Everybody Talking
Apples and Politics.
Washington, D. C. Dec. 7.—Berkeley
county may not have been so well
known heretofore, but hereafter every
body who has been in Washingtos
this week will know that there is such
a garden spot in (rod's country, Th<
Willard is headquarters for West Vlr
ginians and nearly every ether per
son who rubs shoulders with you ir
the lobby is from the “Little Mouu
tain State.’’ West Virginians art
all talking apples, Berkeley county
apples, and sending all comers to tht
tenth floor of the hotel to see the ex
hibit.
Smith, the “Apple King,” is surely
on the job. He was the first on tht
floor and is going to stay until tht
lights are out on Thrusday night. Ht
had the pick of the floor, and the fruit
that you see when you enter the hall
is a placard “These apples grown in
Berkeley county,” and maybe they
non i mane a snow. mr. smnn nan
been handing ont Grimes Goldens tc
all comers, and the complimentai v
things that are being said of the flav
or can't be told here.
All you hear is "Have you seen the
flue apples?” The Martinsburg Board
of Trade has done a great thing foi
the city and county by making this
exhibit. It is the best advertising
stunt Martinsburg ever had. Aftei
you have seen the apples you talk
politics, but yi.u must have seen Berk
eley county's exhibit before you art
allowed a word about “plums.”
In another dispatch you are told >1
the “plum pickers.” They are all hers
and Congressmen Sturgiss and Hub
bard were in a most affable mood
provided you had been up to see the
show. They certainly are booster-^
for Berkeley apples. Both these rep
resentatives know of Pacific Coast ap
ples but they declare that these art
the finest they have ever seen. Mr,
Sturgiss says it is a magnificent ex
hibit.
Major Eliot, who is incidentally
looking for reappointment is, another
Berkeley enthusiast. He would like
to own a Berkeley county farm, with
a big orchard. The Major is still in
terested in limestone there and is fol
lowing up its development closely.
While R;ad Commissioner Light is
his own Francis B. Gessner, and is
promoting his own department and
incidentally boosting one of his friends
for the Martinsburg poetoWce. The
said Francis B. Oessner Is always to
be found In the midst of a gossip of
one of them and they know how a
word from him will give them some 1
' of the notoriety they are seeking,
it is said there are mere here from
West Virginia than from any other J
state, and meeting them in the lobbies
of the hotels you feel tha; they own
i the place. There is scarcely a promi
nent man of the state who is missine.
They are here trom all parts and are
, ’aking the time of the Senators and j
1 Congressmen.
GUILTY OF CONTEMPT.
and
Judge Dayton Sends Baltimore
Ohio Striker to Jail.
Philippi. W. Va., D c. 9.—In th<*
Federal court here six striking ma
chinists of Grafton were arraigned on
a charge of contempt of court in that
they had interferred with and assault
ed men going to and from the Balti
more and Ohio shops at Grafton de
spite the injunction now in force.
Five of the men charged with con
tempt were discharged, while the
sixth, a striker named Snively. was
given thirty days in jail.
SHEPHERDSTOWN’S NEW DEPOT.
Norfolk and Western Station Credit
to the Town.
The new passenger station of the
Norfolk and Western railroad at
Shepherdstown. recently completed
at a o«tt of $2>>,(K)(>, was taken pos
session of yesterday. The new build*
ling ranks third among he passenger
1 stations in West Virginia, being ex
celled only by that of the Baltimore
1 and Ohio at Wheeling and that of the
Chesa[>eake and Ohio at Charleston.
E. B. Spedden will have charge cf
the new station, G. H. Moffett will
have charge of the old freight dep* t.
Notice.
Pursuant to the provisions of the
act of the legislature 190C> for the r g-,
illation of licenses' notice is herebyj
given that the following application
has been filed at this office1 for the sale ;
of spiritous liquors, wines, porter, ale,
beer and drinks of like nature.
John P. Keating, residence 123 N.
Maple avenue, place for which assign
ment of license is desired is 'No. Ill
East Martin street, Martirisburg, W.
Va.
Given under my hand and the seal
of the County Court of Berkeley coun
ty. W. Va., this lfith day of Nov ember,1
i 1909.
B. A. HOBBS,
Clerk County four of Berkeley Coun-;
ty, W. Va. ll-19-4t
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PLANTING APPLE
TREES AT HANCOCK.
Hancock is rabidly becoming one of
he great fruit growing centers of
the country. The Elberta Fruit Farm
is the name of the latest company to
invest in Hancock farm lands to be
converged into orchards. The com
pany was rganized at Hancock and is
composed of Orlando Harrison, Geo.
A. Harrison, Frisby Smith, Alfred W.
Sisk and George Harry Brootfe. The
capital stock is $25,000. The company
has secured about 400 acres of land
including the Benjamin Barnhart, C.
W. Sprigg and Joseph H. E.xline
farms and will plant them in apples
The Henderson heirs planted tour
thousand apple :r*es on their lands
across the Potooiac from Hancock.
Green Valley farm, north of Han
cock, recntly purchased by the heirs
of Ralph C. Graves who died in Wash
ington, is rapidly being converted into
a fine fruit .'ann. R. S. Dillon and
his force planted the trees.
The Tonoloway Orchard Company
has 700 acres near Hancock in apples.
They have about 50,000 apple trees.
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