Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1906-07-06
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oustutSS.
Mr.. William Holland, of Berkeley
/ springs. was pleasant caller at this
Office Thursday.
Messrs. Robert Boyd, Harold Ben.
der and DIR. Clifford Sperow are camp,
ing on the South Branch.
Miss Emily w. Redd, of Prince Ed
ward County, Virginia, is visiting the
family of w. T. Siler near Hedgesville.
Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Moore, of JEFF
Ierson county were visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. J. w. Tabb, at Bunker Hill last
Sunday.
w. {. Kilmer as trustee, will sell
under orders from the U. S. bankrupt
court, the real estate of Amos Williams,
bankrupt, valuable farm, etc., at the
'front.' door of the Conrt House, July IA.
Messrs. ]. William Stewart, Alex
Clohan, Z. M. Lamar and E. &. Hen
shaw left on Tuesday for the peach
belt OF Georgia. The object of their
trip is to see how the Georgians pack
their fruit for shipment.
| Miss Ella May Turner of Shepherds
town, was among those upon whom
degrees were conferred at the COM
mencement exercises of the West Wiz
glnia University. She got the degree
OF Bachelor of Arts We predict
that 1t will not be long before she re-
ceives higher degree of "Mistress of
Hearts.
The festival held in the fifth ward
school yard by the firemen of that
ward closed Wednesday night. The
boys were very successful in view of
| the weather and the number of count
er attractions, and they will net about
Sl25 as result of the affair. This will
go toward new uniforms and equip
ment. The members of the company
thank those who attended and patron
lied their festival.
:f1nafore" was repeated in Win
ceester last Tuesday by the same cast
that rendered it here SO successfully on
Thursday, Friday and Monday nights
OF last week, and the young ladies and
gentlemen were highly pleased with
their reception there aud the appre-
ciativeness of the audience, which had
a tendency to enthuse the players, and
better action was the consequence.
A fierce wind and rain storm passed
to the south and east of Shepherdstown
last Saturday afternoon. Lightning
struck and killed two cows belonging
to Daniel w Hendricks near Uvilla.
and number of trees in that vicinity
were blown down. At Harper's Ferry
considerable damage was cone by the
storm, which passed down the river
I, from that point.-Register
The Shepherdstown Tennis Club
was organized last Saturday by the
election of the following officers:
President, ]. ID. Mulhoon; vice-presi-
dent, Hampden TripIett; secretary,
MISS Margaret Potts; treasurer, Miss
Lenora Marten. About twenty men,
bers joined the club. The grounds on
the corner of Duke and High streets
are being placed in order, and regular
games will be played Tuesday and
Friday of each week.
Rev. DR.. Woods, of the Presbyterian
church, has gone away ON three
weeks vacation and during his absence
his pulpit in Martinsburg will be filled
each Sunday morning and at Tuscarora
at the usual hour by Rev. Chas. R.
Stribling, of Waynesboro, Va, who is
here on visit to his neither, Mrs. Ann
E. Stribling. There will be no services
in the church in this city during that
time on Sunday nights.
The farmers have finished cuttin z
| wheat, and it is reported to be of good
| quality, and the heads well filled, I'M
| der which conditions there will be a
good yield. The wheat stood up re-
markably well, considering the num-
Der of severe storms that visited this
section. This was due TO the fact that
the dry weather in May, prevented a
too luxuriant growth of straw, The
! timothy hay crop will be great deal
better than was anticipated earlier in
/ the season.
/ State Senator John j. Corn we'll. Of
( Romney. hos been retained by Sheriff
Johnson to institute proceedings in an
attempt to enjoin the United States
Leather Co., from dumping their acids
and waste matter into the South
Branch of the Potomac at Moorefield
Mr.. Cornweli says he expects to be
able to secure an injunction and to
make the same permanent. He is act
ing in general movement started in