Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1904-09-23

lshed In Martinsburg, Berkeley
County, West Virginia.
DR.. Baker. went to Newark, New
Jersey on Monday.
Miss Lizzie Wysong is on visit to
friends in Wheeling
Miss Kate Stewart is on a visit to
her aunt in Loudon county.
Mr.. J. X. Denny, of Gerardstown,
was pleasant caller at this office on
Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. H. Holt spent sew
eral days in this city with friends last
week.
Mr.. C. w. Cline, of Chambersburg,
spent several days here last week
with his parents.
Mrs. c. r. Holman. and children,
OF Spencer. N. c. are on a visit to
relatives in this city.
Miss Reta Duffy. of Richmond. Va.
is on an extended visit to friends and
relatives in this city.
Mr.. J.. P Sperow presented US with
a basket of fine pears last week for
which he has our thanks. They were
very fine.
Mr.. Clarence McGinnis has accept
ed position as prescription clerk at
Shepherds drug shore. He is capa
BILE and efficient druggist.
Miss Mary Wilburn. of Berkeley
county, spent the past week with Mr..
and Mrs. John w. Mitchell, near
hepherdstown.
Misses Flick and Berie Stewart
and attorney w. w. Downey and DR..
E. l.. Sencindjver left on Monday on
an automobile trip to Baltimore.
Mr.. Arthur Robinson. haybaler, in
the southern end Of the county had
the misfortune last week of catchin q
his hand in the machine OF his baler
and part of the hand was torn off
Mrs. Annie Anderson. who was on
three weeks visit to the FIRMLY of R
n. Marshall, near Bunker Hin, re
turned on Saturday to her home in
Pittsburg.
Opening at Frank S. Emmert's
Thursday Sept. 2oth 1904.
Miss Baker OF Bait more will have
charge of the millinery department
this season.
Everybody cordially invited.
Among those who have recently re-
turned from the World Fair are
Messrs V. w. Seibert, G. ". Miller,
w. H. Kilmer, Decatur Hedges, and
A. Januey.
Mr.. James Hamill has returned
home from Lake Toxaway. North
Carolina. where he has been engaged
during the summer at Toxaway Inn
The season closed last week and Mr..
Hamill is now home for the winter.
Mr. Holmes Henshaw, eldest son of
Mr.. Marion Henshaw, who moved
from this county to Kansas some 10
years ago, is here on visit. He spent
two years searching for gold in Alas
ka, but is now engaged in the oil bus
mess in California.
During little visit to Bunker Hill
last week we had the pleaure of a
short stay at the home o: Mr., and Mrs
James Henson and while there meas
ured two stalks of corn he had cut
from his field, one measuring 1875
and the other J6 feet in length. The
tallest corn, we believe, in the county.
A negro barber was driven out OF
Washington, Pa, by a mob who
threatened to tar and feather him,
aud terrorized him with guns He
kept the only barber shop in the town
but it is alleged that he charged too
muCH. oilll inc pSeI tluSt ana some
others are allowed to do business in
w ashingtou. Pa,
John Conrad, Greeucastle who is
member of the {. V. railroad floating
gang. now stationed near Harrisburg,
is at home suffering from a terrible
cash across the right side of his face
which was inflicted by a foot
pad. Mr.. Conrad had gone into Har-
risburg to have his monthly pay heck
cashed and it is supposed that foot