Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1906-09-21


from Baltimore where he has been WIS.,
iting relatives.
Miss Elizabeth Spencer, of Roa noke
Va, spent several days in this city as
the guest of friends.
Mrs. &C. Matthaei left Sunday for
Washington where she will be the
guest of her son Mr. J. H. Mattha eli
for several weeks.
Mr.. Golden b. Mowery, has gone 10
Columbus Ohio, where his uncle a. s.
Mowery resides and where he expects
to be street ear motorman.
Mary, the little 9-year old daughter
of Mr.. S. 5. Cline at Bun ker Hill, fell
from an apple tree last week and
broke her leg above the ankle.
We wish to call attention TO the new
advertisement in this issue OF Nj. q.
Tabler the clothier. He is saying some
thing about his tailoring department
that viii interest any and all who'll
good clothing.
Mr.. S. S. See, of Roanoke, formerly
proprietor of the Tuscarora chair fac
tory which started in the old skating
rink later taken by the Crawford
Wooden Co. has been here on visit
the first time in eighteen years.
X. Poole, d. w. Snyder and w. b.
Lindsay AS special commissioners OF
the Circuit Court will sell the Wine
braner home property at the front door
of the court house on Saturday Oct. 26,
1896 The property is located AT Wint-
braners Cross Roads near Vancleves-
vile.
George Cramer, colored man living
near Kearneysville. was caught in .he
act of stealing some articles from
counter at the and 10 cent store by
Proprietor Rockwell, and was arreste
and given hearing before Justice
Thompson. He was fined $4 end costs
which he paid.
F urniture at private sale. AS in
tend to rent my dwelling house in
Gerardstown | offer at private sale
part of the f..rniture therein. This fur
niture is new, without scratch or
break and will be sold at less than
original price Also, lot of Older fur
niturs, tables, chairs, stands, oil and
heating stoves &c. cheap.
9.l4-4t4. Jas B. Morgan
Alice Nash, colored, was held for the
action of the grand jury by Justice Eel
ker on Saturday afternoon aftera hear
ing on the charge of stealing So from
John West, white. Robert and Annie
Firth and John Smith, who had beer
arrested for completely in the affair
were dismissed. West claims the
money was stolen out of his pocke
while he was asleep by one of the
crowd, and the evidence pointed to The
Nash woman.
Former Sheriff c. l.. Stuckey has il
his possession an old and valuable
relic of colonial days in the shape of a
deed for 156 acres of land near Jones'
Spring, this county, which was secured
from Lord Fairfax by Thomas Jones
the great-great-great grandfather o
Mr.. Stuckey, who held the LAID unit
his death. The deed is written on ole
time sheepskin parchment, and al
though the instrument is 143 years old
the writing is almost as clear and dis
tinct as the day the deed was written
1t is signed "Fairfax" in the baron
own writing.
The Berkeley County Court has de
cided to repair thefording across Mill
Greek near Bunker Hill in accordance
with the conditions which obtained be
fore the flood washed the bed of the
creek away. Mr., S. S. Cline, proprieto
of the mill at that point, made prop
osition to he court TO share the expense
Of replacing both the dam and the roat
way, but the court decided on the NOR
economical plan. The ford is immedi
ately above the dam, in deep water
and the court will fill the bed ofth
creek high enough to permit safe pas
sage of teams. Mr.. Cline will do tn,
work.
Edward Cook, famous Western Pre-
school athlete, of Chilicothe, o. vii
enter Cornell this Fall. Cook is a schoo
boy athlete who took first place un
aided for his high school in the Chica
90 University intercollegiate tracI
meet last Spring, winning three frsts
a second and third Cook runs q hun
dred in even time; does better than :.
seconds in the 900; has good records il
both hurdles; has performance of L
feet 6 inches in the pole vault and ha
also done good work IN the broad an,
high jumps. AS he is the most promi
nent American school boy athlete O