Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1905-04-07

State Senator Campbell, Of Jefer-
son county was IN town on Tuesday
last.
Governor Dawson has designated
July 40 as West Virginia day at the
Lewis and Clarke centennial at Port
land, Oregon.
VIII cure any case Ct Spring Few
er. (" Reymsnn Brewing Cos "Bock
Beer" on sale to-day.
One house end lot l-2 miles from
town on pike Very desirable home fer
sale. See ) S, FelSer.
Mrs. w. B CorrwelI, Of Fairmont.
arrived here last Monday night, for a
visit to her fasher and sister, Gait
and Miss Jane Colston.
A farm of 43l acres ~ miles
from railroad station with house aud
barn in good neighborh"od good land
big bargain $40 per acre. See S. s.
Felker.
Rev. d. !. Woods, pastor of the
Presty terian church at Blacksburg,
Va, has been here this week en- route
for John Hopkins hospital in Balti-
more to have his eyes treated.
James NJ. Vanmetre, who has been
sick with pneumonia at his home
near the Jefferson county line, is re-
covering aud is again able to get out
in spite of his years, being up il the
eighties.
The weather on last Saturday and
on Monday was fine and most tavora-
Bile for moving. There were the usual
amount of changing of residences.
Most of the changes took place on
Saturday but not a few moved on
Monday
Reymapu Brewing Co S Beck Beer
is the Standard of Wheeling. Call for
it today
We had pleasant call Wednesday
from Mr.. Edwin Davis Shepherd, for
merly of Clarksburg. He is now trav-
cling for R. c. Osburn, sales agent
for Garrett-Buchanno Paper Co.
of Philadelphia.
Sheriff E. D. Gardner, John Dean
AID Harry Hamm ond, of this CITY
went TO Berkeley Springs last Friday
afternoon to confer degrees upon sew
eral members OF the lodge of Masons
there. The harrisburg men are all
prominent members OF the local ledge
Of that order.
Mr.. Max Robinson has been on a
business trip to Savannah Ga. and
Mr.. Al T. Brown, and Mr.. Goodwin
were leitto keep house 10 his absence.
They did the honors in great shape.
having entertained a nun Der of frie nds
one night last week Mr.. Robinson re-
turned on last Saturday.
Mr.. A. D. Darby has begun the
work OF placing a concrete sidewalk
In front of his double brick house O,
West Race street.
The contract has bsen awarded tor
sidewalks in front of the Shepherd
drug store, the Tabler clothing store
and the frnitstore, and work will e
started opMon.lay next.
Such things as constitutions are
obsolete so far as our strenuous Presi-
dent is concerned. He simply kicks
1t out OF the way and goes ahead.
Such things in this country ere grow
Ing more frequent and will continue to
do so, because of the utter indifier
ence OF the people. Some day the re-
publican oligarchy will pull the
whole dadgummed fabric of their lib
critics from under their feet. and may
be they will sit up and begin to take
notice when tits too late
c. A. Edwards.
DIR. A. ]. Gill, now ia attendance at
the Baltimore Conference on last Mon
day introduced a resolution against
the restriction of negro suffrage and
directly bearing upon the proposed
constitutional amendment to be vot-
ed upon in Maryland this year. 1t is
said that the resolution was almost
unanimously adopted. Everybody to
their liking and there is no account
ing tor some peoples taste. Tae ven
cradle doctor OF divinity is quite a
politician and the question OF negro
franchise seems to be close to his
heart.
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