Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1906-05-18

county, west virginia
Miss Virginia Lucas, of Charles
Town was in town on Tuesday.
The Presbyterian church At Green
field, w. Va, destroyed by fire, will be
rebuilt.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. F. Alexander, of
Charles Town spent Sunday with rel
atives in this city.
Mr.. Frank Hess, of Baltimore come
up on last Sunday to see his sister and
brother who have been sick.
Mrs. Mary B. Campbell, of Hop
kinsville, KY, is visitor at Boyd
will, the guest of her brother Senator
Faulkner.
Mr.. John Davis who has been on a
visit to friends and relatives in this
city has returned to his home in Cnm-
berland.
Wanted-for the U. s. Marine Corps
men between ages q and 30. An OPP
portunity to see the world.
For full information apply in person
or by letter to Recruiting Office, North
east Cor. Holiday q Fayetts Sts.,
Baltimore. Nd. or Post Office Building
Martinsburg, w. Va, If
Mr.. Edward Hess who has been ill
at his home in North Marttinsburg for
the past two weeks is improved sutfi-
cient to be up again. We hope he will
soon entirely be himself again.
Dr. J. H. Oliver and family, of Bed
ington, returned on Monday from a
visit to their old home in Washington.
While there the Dr.Has taken sick and
was detained about week. He is now
in good health again and ready for his
practice.
The new bridge over the G. V. Il. n.
at the Warm Spring road is nearing
completion. The bridge itself has been
done for some time but the fills on
either side have been big job. The
changes are going to be great inn
provsment and one for which thelpub-
licl will doubtless feel grateful to the
county court.
Many of our people heard last Sun
day for the first time, and with delight
Rev. J. P. Stump, pastor of the Meth
odist Church here. The good reports
that had preceded his arrival here have
been fully verified, and we are all sure
that his ministry in Luray will prove
a blessing not only to his own congre-
CATION but 10 the community at large.
-Luray courier.
Miss Virginia Hess, eldest daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. A, Il. Hess, was oper-
ated upon on ilast Thursday evening
at the family home in North Martins
burg for appendicitis by DR.. Martin.
specialist from the Maryland L niver-
sity Baltimore, assisted by DR.. Wright
OF The same institution and Dr. Sites
and Eagle of this city. The operation
was successful and the patient rallied
nicely from it but has been dangerous
ly ill this week.
Only little cold in the hean may be
the beginning of an obstinate case of
Nasal Catarrh. Drive out the invader
with Ely's Cream Balm applied
straight to the inflamed stuffed up air.
passages. Price zoe. If you prefer to
use an atomizer, ask for Liquid Cream
Balm. 1t has all the good qualities of
the remedy in solid form and will rid
you of catarrh or hay fever. No CO.
caine to breed dreadful habit. No
mercury to dry out the secretion. Price
rs c., with spraying tube. All drug
gists, or mailed by
Ely Bros,
56 Warren Street,
NY.
In his special message Mr.. Roose-
welt says the the attorney general has
reported to him that Investigations
have disclosed that the sugar trust
rarely if ever pays the lawful rate for
transportation and is thus improperly
and probably uniawfully favored at
the expense of its competitors and Of
the general public" Representatives
of the Standasd Oil Company says
that the criticisms of their concerr 8
are unjust. They say that they have
not violated the law, and that they
showed Mr.. Garfield over the field and
that he promised them 'square
deal" One paragraph in this report
follows: "One does not care to handy
words with the president of the United
States. 1t is not easy to diflerentiate
between Mr.. Roosevelt the president,
and Mr.. Roosevelt the individual. He
has given of his ADVICE most generous
ly on every subject, from the size OF