Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1906-04-13
n. N. HolIis, Of Gerartis,oun,

Gailher in Charlestown.
Mr.. Charles Hollis, who has been in
charge of the Standard Oil business at
La Plata, Maryland, has been transfer
red to Harrisonbu-g, Va.
Mr. c. F. Wall has purchased 275
acres of the Davenport farm near
Charles Town of Mr.. John C. Burns
and paid 500 per acre.
/ Hon. Marshall Mccormack, of Ber-
ryville who was so i'll during the win
ter is back again at his law office at
tending to his business.
uMr. James Faulkner dropped in un-
expectedly at his home at Boydville
on Fridayiand spent some days. Jim
is looking well and is making his
mark as lawyer in Chicago.
One decayed tooth causes another to
decay. Have them attended to at ence.
See us. Prices right, all work guaran-
teed. DR.. w. H. Sperow, dentist PEG.
pies Trust Company Building. End
| floor.
| We used to know woman w no
was always dissatisfied. An old fash
Toned woman who knew her once said.
| "She wouldn't be satisfied in heaven,
with her apron full of red apples
An engineer corps, supposed to be in
the service of the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad, has made the initial survey
for railroad from Millville Station to
the ore deposits on the Malthy farm,
near Manning's Ferry.
A fight to increase the liquor license
in Winchester from $500 to $3.50 was
killed at the meeting Of the city eoun-
ell Saturday night. The saloons are
required to remove all screens, blinds,
etc, and to close at 10 O'Clock at night.
Little Colds" Thousands Of lives
sacrificed every year. DR.. Wood .
Norway Pine Syrup cures little colds,
cures big colds too, down to the very
verge of consumption.
How true il this: serhe distillcr rides
in steam yacht, the wholesale dealer
in an automobile, the retail dealer in a
carriage, but the purchaser of the liquor
pulled around by the hair of the head
by a policeman"
Rev. Mr.. Isaac the new pastor of the
First Methodist church arrived in town
on Saturday evening and preached his
first sermon on Sunday morning. He
is an earnest, forceful speaker and has
made most favorable impression up
on his new pensioners.
Rev. DR.. William A. McCarroll,
prominent Presbyterian minister, died
at his home in Shippensburg, Pa, on
Saturday aged so years He was char
man of the Presbyterian Pen-Mar re-
union committee, and in that capacity
visited Martinsburg frequently.
Capt. III. c.. Getzendanner. recent
cashier Of the National Citizens Bank
of Charles Town, has become general
manager of the Jefferson County Tele-
phone Company. This company now
has over 300 phones, and the organiz.-
ton of farmers lines company all
over the county is contemplated.
The school board at its regular
meetingon Monday night were brought
face to face with condition that must
have prompt attention. This is the
crowded condition ofthe schools. There
must be something done to meet the
demand and there will probably be
measures taken toward the erection of
a building in the first ward. The board
4 will have the support of the people if
they give the first ward building.
We are publishing in this issue
part Of an article recently published in
the Ohio Farmer on the Organization
and operation of rural telephone lines
and we will give our readers the re-
mainder in another installment next
week. This article shows what may
be done by the country people and eff
fectively keep out of the hands of the
telephone trust. 1t would pay the
farmers of Berkeley county to consider
this matter and to act.
Man is the only creature that knows
he will die. Yet he is the only creature
that laughs. He is the only creature
that manifests joy in his existence.
Every rational man knowsthat he has
no mortgage on tomorrow. 1t is not
his. He may never see it; he may die
before dark. Few let the dark of this
Interchangeable fall athwart their path.
they laugh and are gay, even when
their heads are grayed for the grave.
They hasten to future of which 1.-THE
wisest have as shadowy knowledge as
the fool. This future is forever, and is
said to be influenced for eternity by
our conduct here. Yet this is about the
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