Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1907-10-11

uter ana MEMBER OF Col. John =
Mosby's famous command during the
civil waF, is dead at his home near
Winchester. aged rs years. He is sur
vived by his widow and two sons
Col. Chas. f. Teter and Mr.. Samuel
A. Moore, both of Philippi, were here
last week several days in connection
with affairs Of the Berkeley Real Es-
tate Company OF which they are Pres
ldent and Treasurer respectively
Messrs. II. H. Emmert, Arlington
Roush. w. B. Lindsay and Frank
Vanhorn left on Saturday in Mr.. EN-
merits large automobile for q trip to
Washington and Baltimore. They re-
turned on Monday.
U. S. Fish Com missioner Bowers
and family moved on Monday to
| Washington for the winter. They
have taken quarters I'll the Mari
| borough.
Mr.. William r. Riley, who moved
from near Middleway about two years
ago to Fairfax G. II. Virginia, was here
during the past week on little visit
TO friends. His looks indicate that the
climate agrees with him and that he
is prospecting,
Mr.. and Mrs Charles j. Faulkner
have issued invitations to the marriage
of their daughter, Miss Sallie, to Mr..
Stephen Snodgrass on Tuesday evening
| October % at THEN home, Boydville, at
6 O'Clock.
! Municipal clean-Rp daysare engaging
the energies of W0men's clubs in
Southern towns The Cherokee Clab
of Gainesville, Ga, mad cleaning
day on September Il, and the town
showed marked improvement after
day ofburning waste paper and remov-
ing rubbish and cleaning sidewalk s.
Prof. A. G.. Kimler. formerly priuci
pal Of Shepherd College State Normal
School at Shepher Istown more recently
teacher of che nistry and physics in
|
chosen principal Of the high school at
Little Washington, Rappahannock
county, Va, and has moved with his
family 10 that town.
Miss Eatydld Josephine Jones, Of
Washington. ana Judge Selden b.
Kingsbuiy, of Honolula, III. /. were
married Septcm Der 18th at the Ameri-
can consulate. The ceremony was per-
formed by THE venerable iArchdeacon
Fortin, only the immediate friends and
relatives from Washington, VirgiLia
and Ohio being present.
Rev. J. p. Tyler who has been called
as rector to the Episcopal church al
Hagerstown, we are advised has not yet
accepted the call but is holding it
under consideration. Mr.. Tyler, lives
a, Ashland, Virginia, and holds the
honorable position of Archdeacon of |
Virginia. His friends here hope he
may decide to come to Hagerstown.
The big Leagues have closed with the
Chicago "Cubs" easy winners of the
national league and the Detroit !
"Tigers" winning by six points over
the Philadelphia "Athleticsn in the !
American league. Tuesday the Worlds
championship series started end the
base ball world W i'll soon know what
team is the best in the world.
The farmers and fruit growers of this
county are having very strenuous
time cutting off corn, seeding and
picking and packing the apple crop by
reason of the lack of help. In most sec
tons they are paying'$1.75 per day for
hands and they are hard to get even at
that price.
The Jefferson County Court at a
special term ON Tuesday ordered an |
election TO be held On Saturday, No
vember O. The object of the election is |
to ascertain the sense OF the voters of |
the county on the question of refund
ing $4,000 worth of county bonds. 1t
is proposed to retire the above amount |
of bonds bearing five per cent interes t,
and substitute for them an equal
amount bearing four per cea inte rest.
Relatives of Mrs. Fred Hartsell, of
Wheeling, were bemoaning her death
over her coffin few minutes before
the minister arrived to conduct the
last sad rites, when she suddenly sat
up and climbed out of the coffin. There
was a rush Of mourners for the open
air, windows beng used as exits They
were terror stricken and the minister
swooned. The family was too poor to
have physician, and the woman fell
into a swcon, in which she remained
three or four days. Her husband
thought her deed and sent for the un-