Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-01-30
NElGHB0RIKG NEWS.
| From Ae .shepherdsto,en Reqist.

crdt, has obtained a position in the
Pension Office at Washington. He
passed the civil service examination.
The Hagerstown Globe says that on
Saturday Mr.. B. F. Newcomer ship
ped to Baltimore hog that weighed
$40 pounds. 1t was fed by Mr.. III.
w. Hurley, Hagerstown. 1t was the
heaviest porker raised this season in
Washington county.
DEATH DE GEORGE d. MCGLINCY.
Mr.. George d. McGlincy died at
his home IN Shepherdstown on Sat-
urday morning last, January 18th, at
three o'clock.
Mr.. McGlincy was one of the most
widely known citizens of this COM
munity, and also one of the oldest.
He was born in Charlestown, Febru-
airy IL. 1908, where he lived until he
was three years of age. His parents
then moved to Martinsburg, where he
remained until he was seventeen
years old. From Martinsburg he
came to Shepherdstown, where, with
the exception of thirteen months,
spent in Parkersburg about two years
ago, he made his home ever since.
He was married February 8, 1882,
and had he lived until the 9th of next
month his wife and himself would
have spent fifty-four years together.
He was lifelong Democrat. His
first vote was cast for Andrew Jack
son, and he has voted for every Dem
ocratic President since, except when
he was disfranchised. In fifty-seven
years he never scratched a ticket or
bolted the nominee of the party. In
1912 he was appointed constable, and
served continuously for sixteen years.
He was one of the charter members
of Black Hawk Tribe No. 8 of Red
men of this place, and was also a
member of the State Great Council
and the Great Council of the United
States.
The deceased leaves an aged wife
and five children to mourn his loss.
The three daughters. Mrs. N. d. Lee,
Miss Jennie and Miss Bette McGlin-
cy, conduct the Lee Central Hotel
here, and Mr.. r. P. McGlincy is in
Illinois and Mr.. George McGlincy in
Eastern Virginia.
Ayers Sarsaparilla wonderfully i'm
proves the complexion, and brings to old
and young the bloom of health. AS
purifier of the blood it has no equal.
THE NEW ROAD LAw.-The Leg
islature in 1881 passed what is known
as "The Alternative Road Law"
which the voters of any county could
adopt at a general election. In 1884
Jefferson county adopted this law. A
marked change in the method of
managing the roads under this law is
the assessment of Sl.00 head-tax
against every male inhabitant twenty
one years old, instead of requiring
them to work upon the roads. The
charter of the town of Charlestown,
and re-enacted in 1872, dis
tinctly exempts from taxation for
ordinary roads, in consideration of
the town keeping its own streets in
order; the general law also seems to
exempt all towns on the same princi-
pie. The County Court, however,
had the assessors charge this tax
against the people of the town as well
as the county. AS result of this
the Town Council, at its last meeting,
that the corporation attor-
ney, Mr.. S. w. Washington, should
take the necessary legal measures to
relieve the taxpayers of the town of
this burden, and protect them in their
chartered rights Usarlestoacn Spirit.
There has been a great amount of
expressed in this town
in regard to the same matter. We
hope some concerted action will be
taken by our citizens or by the Town
Council to protect the taxpayers
from this unjust taxation. We pay
taxes now, without having to
help keep up country roads. If we
keep the corporation streets and roads
in good order it is as much as should
be expected.
BIG Ice CoNTRAcT.-Mr. Benz. F.
Graves was given the contract by
he Shenandoah Valley Railroad
Company for supplying it with ice
or its houses in Shepherdstown and
and he completed the
contract on Thursday. He furnished
80 tons for the ice-house here and 80
'ons for the one at Hagerstown. Five
Courthouse teams and eighteen men
we're employed in gathering the ice.
The scene at the river front here
his week was one OF great activity.
Not less than sixty men were en-
oloyed in cutting and hauling ice, and
/ large number of teams were in use.
The ice was of fair quality generally,
and some of it was unusually good.
It ranged from six to twelve inches
in thickness, and some was clear as
crystal. An abundant crop was gath
cred, and there is plenty left.
Stop that cough, by the use of Ayers
Cherry Pectoral-the best specific ever
known for all diseases of the throat and /
lungs. 1t will soothe the rough feeling
in your throat, give the vocal organs
aexibility and vitality, and enable you to
breathe and speak clearly.
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