Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1908-06-12

Hedgesville Chapter, Daughters OF
the Confederscy held a festival at the
home of Mrs. Ruth Harris at Hedges
willie on last Saturday evening.
DIR. Hoffheinsis in attendance at the
at the commencement exercises of
Franklin and Marshall college, at Lam
caster this week.
Mrs. w. f. Gruver, Of this city, and
her two children, Paul and Pauline
left Saturday ON visit to friends at
Mt. Jackson, Va.
Squire and Mrs. S. S. Felket, have
gone to Des Moines, Iowa. Mr.. Feiker
goes as a delegate to the Supreme Con-
vention of the Woodman OF America
Mr.. Author Tabler and his sister,
Miss Ethel TabIsr has returned from
Massannutten Academy, to their
home near Bedington for the summer
vacation
We have an interesting commune
cation from the pen of Mr.. Geo. M.
Busey, now living at Riverside, Cali
fornii, which we VIII publish next
week.
Prof. Calvin Bolger, head of the mu-
sic department of Massanutten acad-
envy, Woodstock, is visiting at the
home of Mr.. E. s. Tabler, at Beding-
ton
Rev. A. B. Wilson, preached to the
fireman of Martinsburg last Sunday
afternoon at 8 O'Clock at the United
Brethren church on Pennsylvania
avenue.
We wish 10 call the attention of cur
readers to the new advertisement in
this issue of Mr. M. l.. Compton &
Sou. They are saying something that
will be interesting to the ladies.
The local tribe of Red Men, have ac-
cepted an invitation to the Red Mems
Celebration at Fredeick, Maryland, on
July and have engaged the Martins
burg City Band to go with them.
Mr.. Robert Vanmetre, of n ear Van
clevesville, who was badly injured a
week or 30 ago, by horse which he
was riding during storm running in
to a wire fence is improving.
Miss Ida Bishop who has been in a
Baltimore hospital for some weeks ig
now at the Kings Daughters hospital
in this city and is under the care Of
DR.. Sponseller. Her cond ition is en-.
| couraging.
Chris Stocker and Jake Rimel
caught 10 nice bass at the m GU tn of the
Opequon in Potomas river, Tuesday.
There was something doing this
time and Chris stayed awake and
therefore didn't fall in the river.
Miss Bessie Gard and her guest,
Miss Alice Harriott, have been in at
tendance at the commencement at
Gettysburg college. Miss Gard.
cousins, Roy and Lewis Smith are
graduates this year of that college.
The mayor of Timpson, Tex, who
has become famous on his salary of 81
a month, is being talked of for ths
Vice Presidency, but if elected we feal
he would drop dead at the sight Of his
first month wages.
In Oklahoma hereafter ever y bit {
newspaper matter complimentary to q
candidate must be labeled "Advertis-
ing matter" IT the law also mpels il
to be paid for, the newspaper publisher
in the new state may soon be happy al
last
Miss Mamie Eichelberger, since tn,
death of her mother, has gone TO liy,
with her brother, Robert at Davis. Hei
brother, David has gone to his aunt'l
Mrs. DIR. H. g. Hedges, at Brunswick,
Maryland and Miss Margaret stays
with her brother FIagg.
A bunch Of our young baseball en-
thuseasts got together last Saturday
and journeyed to Bunker Hill for 8
game with the lads at that place. With
"Rube Waddell'' Gsttle in the boz the
Bunker Hill boys could not secure q
tally whilst cur boys by some good
ba ting secured 7.
/; Master John Hensel, the little son o.
postman Chas. Pitzer was run down
nv snma geek less driver AT his hnrn