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Children Cry for Fletcher's The Kind You Have Always Bought, and -which lias been iu use for over JiO years, has borne the signature o£ i and has been made under his per sonal supervision since its infancy. '■M Allow no one to deceive you in 1 li is. All Counterfeits, Imitations ami ‘NTnst-ns-good ” are but Kxperiincnts that trifle wills and endanger the health of Infants and Children—experience against experiment. IU 1U1 UIU What is CASTOR 1A ©astoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare goric, Props and Soothing Syrups. It, is pleasant. !6 contains neither Opium, Morphine nor oilier .Nareofie substance. Its age is its guarantee. It destroys Worms and allays Feverishness. For more than thirty years it has been in constant use for the relief of Constipation, Flatulency, AYind Colie, all Teething1 Troubh ; ; ml Diarrluea. It regulates the Stomach and JUovu I assimilates the Food, giving healthy and natural klcep. The Children’s Panacea—The Mother's Friend. GENUINE CASTORSA ALWAYS rhe Kind You Have Always Bought In Use Fop Over 30 Years THr CENTAUR COMPANY, 77 MURRAY STREET. NEW YORK CITY. HEDGESVILLE ITEMS. leiigesvilkv Sept. 1-. Miss Kmm.i rodes, of Washington, is visiting ss Daisy Naylor. vlr. William Bodine, of LaPaii, Iml.. at his home hero suffering with attack of hay few r. Mrs, F. H. Bobbins and daughter, ss Florence, of Hagerstown, and ■s. Thomas Manor and little daitgli ■ were the guests of Miss Daisy .luylor first of the week. Mr. Kdgai Shrodes, of Tuntmlton. quite sick it his home here. Mr. Benin ,'verhart, who is datta.-r sly ill with typhoid ffiver at his me here, is very little improved. Mr. Chari' Donaldson, of Join s ring, was visiting his son, Mr. (i. Donaldson on Tuesday. Mrs. Geon. i dinger and sen, oi unswick, Md„ is visiting friends d relatives u re. Miss Leola Brown went to Toma- I awk on Monday to begin her duties s school mistress of Tomahawk! school. Thi’ public school opened In our village Monday. Only live rooms will be used this term. The instructors « ill he 'll. Grace Dillon, Jane Rin "!• and Virginia Dodd. Principals, Mr. Crowell and Mr. Miller. GANOTOWN NEWS. (hi uptown, W. Ya.. Sept. 12. The picnic at Howard’s Chapel was quite well attended by people from this vi cinity. All reported having quite an enjoyable time, Mr. Alexander Mason and family won1 guests at the home of C. C. Hie:t Sunday evening. Mr. Abljah Harney kill’d a large blaeksntk near his homo last Satur day. The reptile measured r> f.-ct 7 inches in length. Mrs, Jennie Shmnker was the u< at of Mrs. M; /ie Long Sunday. Mr. William llutzler and wife, Misst Della Mason and Rosa liarrl s<>n and Mr. George Shade were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Warner Ma son, Sunday. Mi s. Galtisha Detlaven and d 'Ugli er Kr.-gi. of Gerrardstown, were .visit mr IDs and Mrs. Alexander Mason Sunday. ■MgBRa«agigimaMregcc23gTanci B. & 0. PUCES ORDER FOP, 2,000 STEEL MRS In Line With Its Endeavors to Briny Its Equipment Up to the Highest Standard. Tin! Baltimore and Ohio railroad has jus! announced thut it has placed an order for I’.OOh new steel hopper cars. This is in line with its policy of recent years of bringing its equip ment up to the requirements of the company’s increasing freight business. Tic announcement is regarded here as an indication that the officials of the road are well satisfied with the way the freight business is increasing and is looking for further increase in this direction. The l>. it (). has spent millions of dollars since its reorganization .and the installation of President Willard as head of the road, for the purchase of rolling stock and the improvement of its roadbed and freight handling facilities. The extension of the Brunswick yards is one evidence of this policy and til is community is bench nine largely from the develop ment of the it. At (). business. May Get Station. There is itope that Shenandoah Junction in the not distant future will secure a new union station by the N. it W. and I!, it O. roads. State of Ohio, City of Toledo, Lucas County ss. Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he is senior partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney a Co., < 1 <• imo, business in the City of Toledo, county anti Stale afore said, ami that said firm will pay the sum of OXF 11t 'XI lRI',1) DOLLARS for each and every case of Catarrh that cannot he cured by the use of Hall's Catarrh Cure. FRAXK J. CHENEY. Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence, this til It titty of De ember, A. U., lS8f>. (Seal.) A. W. flLEASFN, Notary Public. 1 fall's Catarrh Cure is taken inter nally, and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Send for testimonials free, F. .1. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. Take Hall's Family Pills for con stipation. Sold by all Druggists, 75c. MR. LIGHT IN WASHINGTON. Mr. !>. M. Light, of East Martin street, popular helper engineer tit Ope quon, went to Washington to \isil his daughter, Mrs. Clarence McGlntiiss. Mr. Light tool: along a quantity of West Virginia peaches and chois vegetables for Itis daughter that will arouse the envy of those less favored TIRED OF HOME. Katie Chaney, aged 15, and Vernic Cramer, aged 15, tiring of home life in Hagerstown, packed their grips and ran away to Reading, Pa. There they were cooped by the odicers and will in- returned to tlifir homes. I —- —g Because of the Jewish New Year, a holi- ss day, our two big stores will he closed from 6 p. m. Wednesday until 6 p. m. j Friday. | 1 j > jj* I hat day you will find that we have prepared some extra special bargains for vou at both stores, FOR THAT DAY ONLY. Com 6 to & A e Bargain Feast WOMAN’S STORE KIRSONS w mv* Iff > ORIGINATORS Of BARGAINS IN MARTINSBU1IC MEN’S STORE 206-207 North Quran Street’ VVilt'n Building KIRSON'S xzss viacMummi * xsjmu ::gxznx&r. liW] IWHIIIIIIIIIMMIIIIHIiI III mi rnpmtf'atu.i Our Hair Ribbon Sale Is meeting with such marked success that wc have decided to continue the sale for the remainder of the week. Remember over 50 patterns of the very best 25c Hairbow Ribbon in every color combination imaginable. Sale Days CENTS YARD Sale Days Fall Suitings Our advance showing of Dress Fabrics includes every new W'eave and attractive coloring the well dressed lady of discriminating taste will wear this season. The best dress makers and tailors prefer to use our cloths because they keep their life and beauty until worn threadbare. FRANK S. EMMERT & SON. ™_ - -- - ----—— ■ - m———— —M———■ Declaring that "Nature’s handi work," h given i!s lull dun in the rounded curves and lines that the present stylos >-i go..ns worn by woman an. out mites, -It' well known young society girls in Morgantown agreed not to wear any dresses pat terned after the new plaited full skirt. In a petition which they are now circulating among the women there the n w creations which the modistes have decreed shall he the stvle for i the coming season are denounced as “hideous and tending toward artifi <;ialit "We intend to boycott liie new cre ations of the dressmakers,” said one of the leaders in the rebellion. “They are not gowns; they are anything one wants to call them. And furth er, lliey are not suited to one’s per sonality, as is tHo prevailing style, of gown the clinging modified hobble skirt. A woman’s gown should tit her form fully and in contour. The new gowns have no individuality and are prosaic in the extreme." ROUGH ON BABIES IN RUSSIA. Of '1.000,000 Born in the Course of a Year Onc-half Die. Americans are to lie invited to take part In the infant mortality confer ence to be held ai St. Petersburg, Russia, in the late fall. There are 4,000,000 children born in Russia each year ami 2,000,ni)0 of them die as ba ilies. An exhibition of children of all nations will be held at the end of the conference, children up to 7 years Being eligible. T.ast year's confer ence, held in Ilerlin, gave Hungary the world’s championship for fighting infant mortality, as all children under It years who are orphans or have bad parents come under state protec tion. The Government bears the en tire burden of 54,000 homeless chil dren. Ilut leading Russian philan thropists declare the Americans to be the best child rearers in the world. TEACHER-LOVER GOES FREE. Judge Says Letter He Wrote to Girl Was Magnificent; Not Illegal. Judge Keller, of the United States Dislrict Court, sitting at Webster Springs, knows it love letter when ho sees one, and it is to this fact that clarence Stonestreet owes his liberty, Stonestreet, it teacher in Braxton county, was indicted for violation of the postal laws, the parents of a young woman to whom he had been paying court charging that a letter he had written was obscene. Stone street made love to tlie girl, but the old folks objected to his attentions. He poured fortli his passion in a 1(1 page letter to (lie girl. This was the cause of the trouble. Judge Keller decided that the letter was not ob scene, lint that it was "a magnificent lo.ve letter.” Tho Evening Journal’s telegraphic news is Uie latest obtainable. King George Offers Manuel Use 01 Dome (By United Press.) London, Sept. 12. King George li.it offered to King Manuel a suite in Kensington palace. Thus another for eign royalty becomes more or less a burden on the taxpayers of Great Britain. At present Manuel occupies a house at Richmond. If he accepts the rooms in Kensington palace lie will have as fellow residents the Duke of Argyll and Princess Louise, Prin eets Henry of Battenburg, mother-in la i of King Alphonse, and the Count ess Granville. (By United Press.) Rome, Sept. 12.—After defying the sun, v.ind and rain, lor four con t dries the Roman Lmperor Marcus Aurelius lias been dismounted fron 1 :s si'li mini horse which dominates tilt Place du Capitoh; and removed to tin courtyard of the palace of the Con servatori, for repairs. Rain lias wash cd of the gilding and had weathei lias corroded parts of the bronrs'. BREWERS STATEMENT. "’Twas a little loo warm for whis key and a little too cool for beer ii the last, six months of 1911 and the forepart of 1912,” said a statement issued in New York by the Ifiptet States Brewers Association. It say; that's why beer sales felt away 1, ISO,218 barrels or 1.75 per cert it the fiscal year ending June 80. INWOOD FAIR. Sept. 17, 18, If), 20. For premiuir list set1 S. B. Cunningham. 8 8 eot CALL SQUIRE Hell Phone 22 W He Cleans, Presses, Repairs Cicthes Calls for and Delivers School Ms ifione and Post 0 Splendid Picture of Presidential Candi dates 5c. Any Magazine on earth at F. H. BAKER’S VARIETY STORE EM Slop Race Suicide (By United Press.) Vienna, Sept. 12.— Hungary has just i;:k< n practical steps against "race suicide.” A new law passed in July provides that all government offi eials above a certain rani; will re ceive from the state 200 crowns an nually for one child, 400 for two and when they have throe or more, 000 crowns, or $150 annually, lesser officials and all government employes half that amount. NO MORE Women and men who use PARIS IAN Sago can bo sure their hair will never turn gray. PARISIAN Sage' will preserve the natural color of the hair; stop it front becoming faded and lifeless, and by nourisniug ilie hair root give to tlio hair a lustre and radiance that com pels admiration. PARISIAN Sage stops falling hair; bansh1 dandruff; makes the scalp clean and free from itchincss and pro motes a growth of heavy hair. Large bottle 50 cents at dealers ev erywhere. Sold by M. A. Snodgrass on money hack if dissatisfied plan. Sept 10 12 17 “For Kent” cards Tor aalo hum Baltimore & Ohio EXCURSION Sunday, Sept. 1, 15 and 29 Round $1 Trip to Washington Round $1.25 Trip to Baltimore Special train leaves Martlns burg at 9.15 a. m. Giiifral Opera House i hursday, Friday, Saturday. Rand's Comedy and Musical Gogs \ tame show for old and young. One that will please if you are in a humor to ho pleas ed. You know what a dog is, and this is one Dog On good show, loo. Sheridan & Sloane Comedy Sketch. This variety of show for the week goes to make up a strong program for the week, so if you miss i!, you miss the treat of your life. A matinee every day at 3 p. m. with plenty of the best moving pictures that can he had. Two big shows at night, 7.30 and 9 o'clock.