Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1904-09-16

MT. r. y. Emmert was IN New York
last week buying goods.
Mr.. A. A. Lamon of Harpers Ferry
spent Monday night in this city.
Mr.. Conrad Rousch aui wife, Of
Pittsburg are on visit to his parents.
Mr.. c. c. Gorsuch, Of Westminster
Maryland, spent Monday in this city
with his son.
Rev. J. P. Stump and wife, of Alex
Va, were visiting in Cerards-
town last week.
Mr. Edgar Kaufman, OF Baltimore
spent several days in this city last
week with friends.
Rev. Adam G. Link, of Strasburg,
was IN town on Tuesday enroute for
Presbytery at Bunker Hill
Mrs. Frank Trammell was on a
visit to Miss Emma Houseworth at
Vanclevesville last week.
Miss Florence Light has gone to
Decatur. Georgia, where she enters
the Agnes Scott Institute.
Mr.. and Mrs. d S. Griffith, of
Gerardstown returned last week from
visit to the Worlds Fair.
Miss Bessie Satter, of Washingt ton,
who has been visiting. Miss Lucy
Rice, In this city, has retur ned home.
Mr.. Thomas Brady, of Clarksburg
passed through here on Wednesday
en- route tor Mercersburg with his son
Camden, who enters the Mercersburg
Academy this year.
Mr.. A. F. Bentz has broken ground
for the erection of a fine new store
building on the old Chambers lot
which he recently purchased from H.
H. Rutherford.
Mr.. Charles Lamar, with party of
friends, made the run from Winchester
to Martinsburg last Sunday In his
automobile In SO minutes, the fastest
time made by any of the 10 cal ma
chimes.
Mr.. Frank Cushwa, who spent last
year at Harvard University, is home
on short visit He will retu, n next
week to Yale where he will resume
his studies. Mr.. Cushwa is preparing
himself tor college work.
Mr.. Bob Criswel has returned
from the Worlds Fair. We have not
seen him since his return but we
venture to say that he thinke the
fair the biggest thing, in the way OF a
show, on earth.
Commissioner Geo. M. Bowers. can {
home to spznd the 4Tst anniversary
Of his birthday with his family or
Tuesday Heis still delighted to see he
Democratic county court making geo
roads though it is bitter medicine
10 themachire.
Mr.. Charles Becker, who has beer
clerk in the Shepherd pharmacy fol
several years has resigned his position
and left on Monday last for the west.
He is good druggist and may locate
III the west but expects to return home
tor a short time before locating any,
where.
The Royal Blue baseball club wen
to Staunton Monday to play a series
of three games. They arrived in
Staunton at AIS after an all day ride
aud attempted to play without any
rest or practice and lost II to 1. In
the second game our boys made an
excellent showing and should have
won the game. The Stanton boys
did not earn a run and onlv made A
hits while our boys earned rurs
made hits and were robbed OF two q
base hits by rank decisions OF the UNI
pire. Shell pitched splendid game
and had he Yielded his position as well
as he twirled their opponents would
never have scored as the in and out
field played an errorless game. The
score was S to 2 in favor of Staunton
The Blues played in Winchester or
their way home.
Funny Frank Desoon, OF THE Mis-.
Bob White Opera Co.. is political
prophet, and is looked upon by mem.
bers OF the theatrical profession as
"sure tip" man. At every election O
any importance in the past twenty
years he has never failed to guess cor
rectly who the lucky candidate was
going to be. Friends and acquaint-
ances have won sums of money by