Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-05-05
AROUND THE COURT House
license Day" Keeps Sheriff Gard
ner and Clerk Bender Busy.
ABOUT $4,000 WAS TAKEN IN
Circuit ourt Was Exceedingly Dull
During the Day Will Probated
and Administrators Qualified.


and Administrators Qualified.
Monday, being the last a Of Apfil,
was known as License day at the
court houss. as Ii was the last day on
| which permits could be secured 70
conduct hotels. restaurants, saloons,
illiard and pool tables, tobacco stores.
ere. Sheriff Gardner and County
| Clerk Bender were busy all day issn-
ing licenses. as the greater number of
these requiring snch permits had post
poned the matter TO the last day.
The receipts of the sheriff's Office,
where the cash was taken in. amount
ed to about $40, 600 for the day. OF
this amount the saloons contributed
81. 500, being $500 each for Is places.
Two saloon licenses were not renewed
that of the old Continental hotel
and that OF the late Jacob Schleuss.
The remaining 81. 500 was collected
from the tobacco stores, hotels, etc.
Sheriff Garduer stated that he felt
rich this evening, but that the needs
of the county were such that the
$40, 900 would melt like a snowfall. in
the july sun.
WILL PROBATED.
The will of the late d G. Branden-
burg has been filed for probate in
CLERK Blenders office. Under its 0
visions all the real and personal prop
erty of the decedent goes to his son,
Amos B~randenburg. The estate
amounts to about 81, 900.
ADMINISTRATORS QUALIFIED.
d. W. Schleuss and Charles A.
Young qualified as administrators OF
the estate of the late Jacob Schleuss.
Mr.. Schleuss left no will, and his
Property will be divided according to
law. His estate amounts to several
thousand dollars.
SUIT CONTINUED.
In the Circuit court the suit of the
Hannis Distilling 90. against the
Berkeley County CONT was continued
to enable the attorney for the County
court to secure additional Information
from the state of Maryland as to how
that commonwealth assesses the prop
! erty of the distilling company located
in that state. This suit grows out OF
the attempt to assess about 80. 900 bar.
rels of whisky in the warehouses of
the distillery, a matter of about 1850,
900 The case will come up at the
next term of the Circuit court
In the Circuit court Friday even
ing. the jury in the suit of Hiner
against Trump, known as the lumber
case, returned a verdict for Mr.. Hiner
for $2s. Mr.. Hiner asked SIS.
SUIT OVER OIL
The Time Oil Co, through Attorney
Ward B. Lindsay, brought suit against
the Crawford Wooden 90. for payment
on a barrel of oil, amounting to $l7. so.
The oil was delivered to the Balti-
more and Ohio freight station, but
lowing to the fact that the address tag
had been torn off. the freight agent
refused to allow the Crawford people
to remove it, and the Oil is still at
the freight depot. Mr.. Crawford
Therefore refuses to pay for some
thing he didn't receive, although the
freight receip. had been signed.
Court was adjourned by judge
Faulkner until Monday morning, ami
the jury was adjourned over till We'd
nesdav morning. when the members
will complete their work and be dis.
charged for the term.
CASE CONTINUED.
The hearing of Mrs. Ida Belle Keep
linger. which was to have been held
in Justice Felkers' court this morn
ing. was continued till May 8. Mrs.
Keplinger is charged with having two
husbands.