Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1901-11-06
LOCAL BRIEFS

democrat ticket, was enthns,,s,;-
csily rec I'd here last Friday IN the
opening s"d only speech of tie cam
Pa'gn In Berryville. lie made a
FRANK plain talk filled with common
Sense and torcible arguments for
democracy. lie said the issues j..
vowed IA TINS campaign were more
Nltai tnan those of any previous cap,.
paieh Tor thirty years. lie spoke of
the splendid aud capable admins.
tr"t'on OF affairs 10y the Democratic
regime referring especially 10 ~.
settlement OF the matter of virginia
"ohaS, pensions for The old Conf.J
crate soldiers, aud other responsih;l
'ues, which they met in the face Of
many obstacles. He said the oues
non mostly discussed WAS the ron.
.ention aud the suffrage clause
lie considered the right OF SUFFRAGE
should rest on one high plane: thai
the white man should vote aud ,h,
negro should not, and that iuteVi
gence and integrity of character
sho"id be prerequisite for the voter
lie SAID the talk of disfranchisiug
the poor white man was Nonsense
me poor white man has been rhe
backbone Of the Democratic parry.
aud that party did not intend q.
commit suicide by eliminating thi,
class from elections. He paid hi.
respects To Roosevelt, Hoge aud other
Republicans in scathing mannsr.
which brought plaudits from rho
crowd. which numbered nearly ff,,
persons. including many ladies.
If you want good fresh
bread go to J. T. Kercheval &
Co., and get Corbys famous
mothers bread.
At meeting of the stockholders
OF the Clarke County Horse aud Co.t
Show Association, held M the cour;
house last Saturday. the directors of
the Association were directed hv 4.
resolution TO purchase the aropcyt,
known as the Shenandoah DRIVING
Park, and woods adjacent thereto.
which matter the Association have
had under consideration for some
time. The property Is held at
S2340, and $1,000 has been raised
from the sale Of stock of the Assoria
ton To meet the required amount.
The park property is now owned bv
MIR. Joan :. Russell. The purchusr
OF tue Driving Park Is considered "A
good business move ON Jhe part of
the Association.
Buckwheat flour at !. Z.
KerCheval & Co.
At meeting Tuesday Of the Sen
Tor and Junior Momen's Auxiliar,
Societies of this place, il was deter
mined 10 consolidate the TWO societies
under the head of Womau's AuNil-
Iary. New officers for the eusnping
were elected as follows: Mrs. Edw.
Wall, Presidents: Miss Annie Moore.
Secretary; and Mrs. y. b. Neil con
scented TO remain as treasurer until
the first of the coming year. In the
last three years the Woman Aux
Hilary of the United States have rails
eb over 100000 for missions
All kinds of fruit at !. T.
Kercheval & Co.
Mrs. Ida X. Roger, the beloved
wife of Mr.. Scott Rover. a we'll
known farmer of near Berryvine.
died last Monday at 1880 p. IN, after
"a months illness. Death was caused
by complication of diseases. Mrs.
Roger was the daughter of the late
Daniel q. Mumma, who served two
years as Mayor Of Hagerstown and
had charge Of the Baltimore Cusom
House for ten years She leaves one
small daughter and husband. Her
remains were taken TO Hagerstown
for interment Wednesday morning,
after services had been held at her
late home by Rev. u. II. Scanlon.
A full line of nuts at ]. T.
Kercheval & Co.
The Berryvile Fire Company held
its November monthly meeting last
Friday night Besides the transac-
ton of routine business, the question
of re Installing members of the com
pany VINO have been suspended fer
the non payment of dues was warm
| " discussed. The company has an
nulled the provision of its bylaws.
requiring the payment of monthly
dues \ meeting of the Fire Com
pany is called for Friday night, No
vember 18TH.
Prunes and evaporated
peaches at J. 7 Kercheval &
Co.
Halloween night in Berryville
was duly observed by the small boys,
bonfires and removing gates being
the chief features of the program.
In Winchester pandemoninm reigned
toat night. aud number of Youthful
offenders xvera calie1 tO pOlicp com