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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-10-06
PASSED A BOGUS CHECK
Mr.. 0. N. kiImer the Vic i'm Of a
Clever SwindIer.
LOST HIS DISHES AND SIP. 40
Winchester Horse Thief Also oper.
ated Around Here Bought 200
Crates of Peaches
Crates Of Peaches

Mr., y. N Kilmer. the well-known
North Queen street china dealer. was
the victim of a SMOOTH swindler sew.
eral DAYS ago, and as result is ont
Sl2- 40 in cash and $40 set Of dishes
The man who victimized Mr.. Kill.
mer is the same individual who hired
a horse and buggy of Liveryman
Baker. in Winchester, Friday of last
week. and dfcamped to Maryland.
where he left tie Stolen property at
WilliamspoIt He app AIRED first in
Mr.. Kilmer's place of business Wed
nesday. md sked to look at set of
dishes. He stated that he resided
near. Bunker Hill. where be was. en-
gagged in farming He save tile name
of William Sewers. After locking at
the dishes, he left. saying he would
return later with his wife Friday he
returned alone. caying MS wife was
III and unable to come with him. but
that he would take the dishes
He tenderded a check for $22 40 in
payment, the check bearing the sigma
ture of ]. W. Atwell and being made
out on tie Bank of harrisburg. He
was so plausible in his conduct and
toll such a straight tale that Mr..
Kilmsr cashed the check. and the
stranger deposited the S12 40 in his
pocket, the dishes in his buggy and
then promptly drove off,
When the check was presented at
the bank the fraud was discovered,
the paper being returned with the
statement that NEITHER A w. Atwell
nor William Sewers was known there.
Mr.. Kilmer kept tile matter quiet for
few~days, hoping 60 get track of the
swindler. but an investigation by q
representative Of The World disclos.
ed the fact that the horse thief and
the bogus check man were the same.
As nothing has been heard OF the
dishes. it is believed he either dump.
ed them ia the Potomac as he crossed
or sold them to ONE che along the
pike. The swindler was last heard OF
about 10 miles from Chambershur1
with the offic rs hot on his trail
The same Individual hired horse and
wagon from Liverman Bogert on
Wednesday, sent it back by boy and
failed to pay for it. On that day he
drove to the Miller orchard and pur.
chased 200 crates of peaches, hadItEem
delivered to the express office here
but failed to show up toscomplete the
deal.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-10-06

Will no doubt attract large crowd
Of people. and will he the first address
to be delivered in West Virginia by
one of the big guns of the republican
party.
The meeting that night will be of
more than ordinary interest. az il will
follow on the heels Of the republican
county convention. when candidates
for the legislature, the County coutt
and superintendent of public schools
will be named in the afternoon. Botl,
great parties have planned a short
campaign this fall, and the work OF
several months will be compressed into
IA few weeks. making the campaign
an exceedingly strenuous one.
The democrats Will formally open
their campaign on the following Mon
day, Octoter 10. when their county
convention will meet in this city.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-10-06
DISASTROUS WRECK
Cars Go Over High Embankment
Causing Loss of $25, 900.

Shoemaker's crossing, about three
miles from Elkins. on the Durbin
branch of the Western MARYLAND rail-
road. was the scene Wednesday night
of one of the worst wrecks in point
of financial loss since the road was
built. 20 years ago. Cars loaded with
spruce and hemIock went over an
embankment Thomas Gilpin. a
green fireman was brried under mass
of lumber and was badly crushed,
sustaining injuries about the adomen
At the time Of the wreck tie engine
was shifting on a siding. Loose
brakes allowed one end of the train
to collide with the front end. and
gathering velocity the two trains sped
down the mountain, leaving the
tracks as they rounded the curves.
The damage is estimated at S25. 000
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-10-06
GAVE HERON TO UNIVERSITY
Colonel Thompson Adds to Museum
at Washington and Lee.

There has recently been presented
to Washington and Lee university by
Col. James K. Thompsou, of Martins
burg, Handsomely mounted great
blue heron. The bird stands three
feet in height. his slim and graceful
neck extended in an attitude of ex.
pectancy in mrked contrast with
the usual way of representing him
with neck drawn down between the
shoulders, which is his normal posi-
ton while watching the approach of a
fish. His head has black crest with
a white crown. His feathers are. in
general, blueish grey, the margins of
the wings and upper parts of the legs
being cinnamon brown His brest is
striped in black aud white. Over his
breast and back are strips of grey
dusty down.like greasy feathers. The
great blue heron belongs to the same
family as the handsome great white
egtet, and the better known, but less
e teemed, "fy-up- the-creek. -
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-10-06
SHIPPERS CAUSE SHORTAGE
THY Fail TO Promptly Load and
Unload Freight Cars.

THY Fail TO Promptly Load and
Unload Freight Cars.
1 Railroad men think th'y are begin.
ming to discover the reasons for the
recent car famine, aside from lack of
equipment on the railroads paIt
They say shippers are not unloading
and loading cars as quickly as they
should. thus holding tine cars back.
Even though this time of holding be
only a few hours or day, when it is
considered that there are thousands Of
other shippers throughout the coun.
try doing tie same thing, it means
PRACTICALLY the same thing as if the
railroads should cease operating and
should stop all train movements for
that period. Instances are numerous,
railroad officials say. where a manu-.
facturer is making kick about not
having cars enough, while at the very
time he is not loading or unloading
the cars that he has at his mills.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-10-06
STORMS GO AROUND HERE
Martinsburg Escaped Some Ugly
Weather Last Week

Martinsburg and this section
escaped some ugly weather ia the
storm passed out into the Atlantic
ocean through the valley Of the "a.
Lawrence river, while the Vast
Indian hurricane created havoc IN
Louisiana and Texa aud along fhe
Gulf coast generally. The southwest
hurricane has already dwindled b.
high western wind and does not
threaten much damage unTll IL
reaches the great lakes THen, unless
the distinctly low pressure area has
been very much relieved, il is apt
TO do considerable damage 20 lake
shining
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-10-06
NOVEL smoKE.sTAcK.
Engineer Light Rigs One Up our
OF Sugar Barrel

Fre.ght engine 1917, with Engine
man Pete Light at the throttle. be-
came entanaled in wreck between
the Cumberland Valley bridge aud the
Tebo crossing about midnight Safur-
day night, when a drift of steel cars
came down upou the engiue hef0rs
Engineer Light could back awar-
TIE caboose attached 10 the string Of
cars proceeded TO climb upon Mr..
Lights engine. knocking the smoke
stack off aud greatly worrying that
genial engineman, who was headest
for Cumberland. He managed to gen
through 10 Orleans Gross Roads. how
ever, where he rigCed up sugar
barrel and placed il upon THE frons of
his machine. in lieu of emoke-sfark-
The contrivanoe worked admirably.
and Mr. Light took his train into
Cumberland without much loss at
time. When he reached his dessinH-
tion he was complimented upon his
inRenuity, old railroaders saying il
WIS the pest improved smoke stack
they ever saw.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-10-06

ST. ANDREWS BAY. Fla, Oct 2.
The storm here was terrific. the tide
rising six feet higher than 1t has in fifty
years before. the only storm of equal
violence here being in 1856, The wind
came from the east, driving the waves
from the gulf entirely over the narrow
neck of land at the entrance Of the
harbor Every wharf on the bay was de-
molIshed. and there is not one left fit to
land supplies. The damage will aggre-
gate many thousands of dollars. The
wharfs at Panama City and Croman-
ton were also destroyed, and the beach
is piled high with wreckage.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-10-06
WANT CHEAPER COAL.
Winchester Business Men Complain
of Rate Discrimination.

OF Kate Discrimination.
A meeting of representative business
men was held in Winchester Monday
eveningto protest against alleged dis
elimination in rates on coal shipped
into Winchester over the Cumberland
VALLEY and Baltimore and Ohio rail
roads. committee was appointed to
bring the matter to the attention of
the state corportion COMMUNIST On. at
Richmond. which has the power to
correct such determinations. 1t IS as
serted by manufactures AMI merchants
of Winchester that they have been
paying since September /. 30 cents
mere per ton on soft coal than Mrtins.
burg. An effort was made at the
meeting to induce the Baltimore aud
Ohio and Cumberland Valley rail.
roads to build link TO connect the
two roads in Winchester.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-10-06

FORT COLLINS, Colo, Oct. Ito
save the lives Of his father and mother,
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Williams, their
son, Sherman Williams, aged fifteen
years, shot and instantly killed Joel
Clark, a landowner near Wellington.
So iustlilable did the killing of Clark
appear to Sheriff McCreary that he re-
fused to arrest the boy.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-10-06
BROKE HIS SHOULDER
James Clendenning Met With Acct
dent at Bunker Hill.

James Clendenning, a Young son OF
Mr.. A. c. Clendeuning, of Bunker
Hill, fell from a stand 10 the orchard
of Mr. G, Il. LeFevre while picking
apples and broke the bones Of his
left shoulder. The njmy is very
painful one and will conline the vic
tim TO his home for several weeks.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-10-06
VERY LITTLE RAIN
Precipitation In September Hardly
Enough TO Measure.

According TO the observations of
Mr.. George yanMetre. the govern
ment weati ermsn at this point, there
was total OF but thrce-fonrths CT nD
inch of rainfall in September. less
than for number of years TsR
highest temperature during the MON Ess
was CD the 2lst, when the mercnry
reached 81 degrees in the shade The
lowest temperature was ON the 25kb.
when the mercury went down to a.
degrees above zero.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-10-06
WILL EXAMINE ORCHARDS.
NOTED EXPERTS TO INvEsTIGaTH
AcH YELLous.
DR.. sheldon, of sIorgantown, and Prof
waite. Of washington. 10 60 Deep
~ Into the Problem.

DR.. John II. Sheldon. of the West
virpinia experiment station at Nor
ganfown, and Prof M b. Waite. Of
the government experiment station
at Washington, arrived In Martins.
burg this morning for the purpose Of
making further investigations cor.
cerning the yellows among tile peach
orchards of this county. As will be
remembered, DR., Sheldon spent sew.
eral DAYS in the orchards of this sec.
ton recently. when he found condi.
tions OF such a nature that he issued
a warning bulletin to the orchardis's,
advising them to destroy all trees in,
fected with this disease.
Prof. Waite, who is the government
pathologist on disease Of orchards
and high authority and expert H.
his line. was requested to come here
by the state experiment officials foi
the purpose of passing upnn the ques
tion of yeIIows, and he will make q
thorough investigation and embody
the result in a bulletin to be ISSUED
later. Upon the result of his invest.
cation will largely depend the nature
Of the campaign against the spread Of
the disease in this state.
DIR. Sheldon aud Prof. Waite will re-
main for two days. and in that time
will visit number of tile orchards
in Berkeley county.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-10-06
SENT TO REFORM SCHOOL.
TWO BOYS AND GIRL BEYOND
CONTROL OF PARENTS
TWO Men Pay heavy Fines For steal.
Ing Coal From Cars In Baltimore
& Ohio Yards Here

In Justice Felker's court, three
children, arrested ou complaint of
heir fathers, were sent to the reform
and industrial schools of this state.
were it is hoped that rigid discipline
and proper training NAV reel Jim them
from their vicious habits and make re.
spectible citizens ont of them. One
OF the children Is a girl of IA years,
May Belts. wholly incorrigible biz
of fiotsam, who spent the sunni
loafing about the stone quarries, half
clad and the sport of the workme u
and idlers.
Another was the l6.year old brother
Of the Belts girl. tough lad who has
been beyond control of his father, and
who would disappear from home for
weeks at time, only sneaking back
when the father had gone TO work and
breaking into the house to get some
thing to eat. He spent his nights
roaming the streets with other lads,
and slept in sand house.
The third case wss that of Elmer
Sperow. who has been i'll trouble
with the officers for theft. and whose
father decided that be would be better
off in the reform scbo7l. He is 1e
years of age.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-10-06

Morgan county will vote on the
pfoposition OF issuing bonds to tie
amount of $50, 900, for the purpose Of
building three iron bridees-one near
the mouth Of the Cacdpon river. one
at Michael Kline's and one at Peter
Keesecker's. over Sleepy creek.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-10-06
BORN AT MERcERsBURG
Lieutenant Governor of New York
Born at That Place.

Il is matter of no little interest
for people of this section to know that
Lieutenant Governor Bruce, OF New
York who was renominated by the
convention at Saratoga this week. was
born at Mercersburg, the son of Rev.
James Bruce. who was pastor of the
United Presbyterian church at that
place from 1858 to 1868.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-10-06
BUNKER HILL NOTES.
Personal News and Gossip From
That Pleasant Village.

Bunker Hill. Sept. 9.-One of the
old lime kilns of j. O. Baker and On.
was burned together with the she'd
ding around them on Wednesday
night. Messrs. Baker and Co had
filled the old kiln to burn sufficient
lime for use in erecting their new
kilns The outside of the old one
being made of heavy logs, the fire
broke through and ignited them. burn
ing them so they are useless. Several
carts stood in the sheds but we're re.
moved.
Mr.. W b. Clendening left Thursday
for the eastern cities. to purchase his
fall stock of goods.
Miss Georgia Lamp returned Thurs
day from a two weeks visit to Pitts
burg.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-10-06
WON'T SELL THE ROAD.
Coal & Coke Railway Is Not On
the Market.

the market.
Senator Elkins stated that there
was no likelihood of the Coal and
Coke road being sold to either the
Wan ash or anybody else. 1t has been
persistentIy reported that the Balti-
more and Ohio has been endeavoring
to buv The road in order to keep
Gould out of West Virginia, and the
Vanderbilt interests are said to be in
terested. We have spent too much
time and money building the Coal and
Coke, :" sad Senator Elkins. to
ALLOW some one else to reap the bene-
fit -
Ex-senator Henry G. Davis, was
asked about the rumors that he will
sell the Coal and Coke railway. which
he controls. to the Goulds. He said
81 wish YOU would say for me that
the Coal and Coke railway is not for
sale. | do not intend to sell it to
the Goulds or anybody else at the
present time. The road is in op IA
tion aud is coming up to NV expecta-
tions. The Western MARYLAND will
soon start to run through trains from
Baltimore TO where It connects with
the road at Elkins. and that will help
Us. but the road is not on the market -
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-10-06
SHAW TO SPEAK HF RE.
sscshss, ot rasA~oex no oess
LaesL funGtcA> camrA1a.
VII Address the S.psr. AZ Central
Opera House After Convention ca
saturday, October q.

The republican campaign In Befke.
ley county will be formally opened on
the night of SATURDAY.. October 10,
when Hon. Leslie NJ Shaw, seer tary
OF tile United States treasury. will
deliver a speech in the Central Opera
house. Mr.. Shaw has just concluded
q tour OF tie southern states, where
te made number Of addresses of a
political character His speech here
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-10-06

BURLINGTON. Vt, Oct. 1.--Gross
negligence on the part of the cattle
commission of Vermont in failing to
safeguard the interests Of the state in
the disposal of diseased cattle is charg-
ed in report submitted to Governor
G. ]. Bell by Attorney General &C.
Fits and made public here.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-10-06
AN OLD PAY ROLL
What Employees of Cumberland Val
ley Received In 1862.

ley Received In 1862.
Mr.. Charles Feldman has a motive
power pay roll of the old Cumber
land Valley dating in November 30.
1862 1t is in good condition and is
preserved as a relic IL shows the
tremendous change in conditions and
wages since those days. The report
was Tor s770.7o. the pay ran for fire.
men at the top S36 without extras
for enginemen highest they got was
500. Several made 50 extra. Nova.
davs they pull over the 500 mark for
enginemen AMI fremen from 500 on
up. In the old days of '62 they burned
wood in the engines. The report is
signed by e. Nj. Bidule. treasurer aud
%. N. Lull, superintendent --Hagers.
town Mail.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-10-06
COAL TO NORTHWEST.
West Virginia Aided BY New Line
of Steamers.

Oi ClShneIS.
A special dispatch from Morgan.
town says that an independent lin
of lake steamers to carry West Vir.
ginia coal to the northwest will be
the outcome Of friction with lake
vessel owners thar has been giving
operators great deal Of trouble for
years Lake vessels, il is claimed. do
not display the same anxiety to carry
coal they do other freights. and
wealthy West Virginia firms are pre-.
pairing to put in lines Of their own
The effect upon other traffic will be
interesting because, as retaliatory
measure, returning vessels will carry
anv sort OF freight thev can get. A
slashing OF rates to unheard OF prices
is forecast.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-10-06

President Kennedy and 3 party
OF Cumberland Valley officials passed
through Martinsburg SATURDAY. on -
trip OF inspection over the lower end.
OF the road.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-10-06
Big Land Deal.

The Tygerts River Lumber Co, Of
Mill Greek, has acquired the rights to
900 acres Of valuable timber lands
near Huttonville. closing deal with
Col. Elihu Hutton and Writ @. Ward.
both OF Huttonville The considera.
tion for the timber rights is 500. 600.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-10-06
Called a Pastor.

The Presbyterian church at Davis
has extended a call to Rev. Walter
w. Edge, of Pennington. Ga.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-10-06
STOLE COAL.

David Cook and Sullivan Bennett.
two white men. were up before jus.
tice Fel1er on charge of stealing
coal from cars on the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad. Thew were fined $40
and costs, which thew paid
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-10-06
Natal Statistics.

Born, TO Mr.. and Mrs. Walter
Athey. of East Martin st eet--a ~.
pound daughter
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-10-06
install statistics.

Born, to Mr.. and Mrs J. #. Wellin
ger Of Winchester avenue son.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-10-06
HAS CAUGHT THE SPIRIT.
sur HE ntnN't KNOW WAR rss
90 rnE Fansr FE~ DAys.

h"rier 4. woises write. interesting
letter 20 Friena Hcre Abous cog-
isge Life a. Mercsr.burg.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1906-11-21

decided to put the matter in form
before the next regular meeting next
Tuesday night. From the way this
crowd of younger Elks talk, they will
start the ball rolling at the next meet
ing for an Elk's club in Roswell
George NJ. Slaughter, as member
of the committee on entertainment
for the Cattle-men's Convention, to be
held here next April, made a propo-
sition that the local Elks take the
matter in charge and provide several
good shows for the occasion. 1t was
the census of the meeting that the
be accepted but nothing
could be done because it was not a
regular meeting. This question will
be settled at the next regular meet
ing, also, and will no doubt be set
tied in the Affirmative.
At eleven o'clock the members
drank toast to their absent brothers
and adjourned.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1906-11-21
FOR ExTERMiNATION OF
MOTH OR CATERPILLAR.

Secretary Graham of the Roswell
Commercial Club has for some time
been in correspondence with t1e U.
S. Department of Agriculture and
others relative to the determination
of the caterpillar which eats the
leaves off the cottonwood trees and
mars the beauty of our shade trees.
The result of Mr.. Graham's CORES
pondence is the offering of the follow
ing remedies:
Spraying with Paris green, or arse
nate of lead is effective during the
early summer against the browIn tail
caterpillar. 1t is less effective ag-
fainst the Gipsy motn, since this kind
of caterpillar seems TO be able to
absorb larger quantities of Paris
green than any other insect known.
1t is necessary to use so great a
strength of Paris green in order to
kill the caterpillars that the leaves
of the trees are badly burned. 1t is
owing to this fact that arsenate of
lead came into use as an insecticije.
since this substance may be used in
very strong solution without dan
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1906-11-21
er of burning the leaves.

ger OF burning the leaves.
But better remedies than spraying
are found for both species. With the
brown tail moth. the habit of passing
the winter in the old caterpillar
nests affords an easy remedy. AS
soon as the leaves fall in the autumn
these nests stand out conspicuously,
and nothing can be easier than to
cut off and burn these nests with the
thousands of caterpillars are destroy
ed. This is not an expensive remedy,
and every one in our beautiful city
should burn all nests on their places.
If every fone will do this, a majority
of the unsightly caterpillar nests will
be done away with for next year.
Another remedy for the gypsy moth
is to search for the eggs during the
summer and winter and destroy
them also. When the larvae are
young, arsenate of lead at the rate
of 10 pounds to the 100 gallons of
water will destroy them, but when
older it takes a stronger solution.
For the old caterpillars it has been
suggested that the tying of burlap
around the trunk of the tree in the
-destruction of the majority of those
present. The burlap should be exam
ined daily, anu the hidden caterpillars
be destroyed by crushing or burning.