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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-12-26
WILL REPAIR PIER
Contract Awarded to NJ. L. Lancaster,
Who Will Carry on the Work on
the Bridge at WiIIiamsport.

n. l.. Lancaster has been awarded
the contract to repair the damage to
Pier No. 10, of the Williamsport bridge
and he will begin work at once. AS a
sub-contractor under Elmor & Hamil-
ton, Mr.. Lancaster erected two piers
and the abutment on the Virginia side
of the river.
Mr. Pratt, the engineer went to
Williamsport after getting permits
sion from States Attorney Armstrong,
to remove the wreckage at the
fridge When asked by reporter IL
he had anything to say concerning the
jury's verdict Mr.. Pratt said he had
not He stated that he had said about
all he had to say before the jury ex-
cept some technical points and he de-
clined to discuss the outcome of the
jury's deliberations. Il still think
em right" Mr., Pratt said in regard
t. the cause of n, accident. He
stated mat he would go right ahead
with the work and complete the
bridge as soon as possible.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-12-26
TWO MAINS ARE cRooMs.
One From Hancock, the other Fur
Their West.

Two marriage licenses were issued
yesterday in the clark's office al Hag-
erstown in succession for two Maans-
The two Manns who applied for the
papers and, as it happened, are not
related and dill not know each other
before though not living far apart
One mas George G. Mann, Of Hancock.
who got a license to wed Bertha F..
Creek OF the same place The other
man was Miller G. Mann, OF Little
Orleans. w. va, and the lady Of his
choice was Miss Mary l Hcopengard-
ner. of Beele Grove. Md
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-12-26
PLACES
TO BE FILLED
soa3 sss VIII Have Opportunity to
Name the Large Army Of
Census Employees.

"a appointment Of clerks and
othgt employees needed Tor work on
the Aireeuth national census viii b.
cuag essional patronage. as in the
oasss q taking previous censuses
s4Aator Long. chairman cf the com
Mite on census. reported to the SEN
ate the house bin providing Tor aon-
competitive examinations to be held
throAghoat the country by means OF
the civN service machinery, but based
on i form of examination to be pre-
.scribed b. Director North AMI CON
fines to persons designated .Ey sena.
tors and representatives.
Members of the civil service com
mission contended for the use of their
classified lists, but the senate com
-nltlee on tine census follows the lines
laid down in the bin passed by the
house There are about $500 places
to be filed, and the bill will prescribe
that preference shall be given to per-
sons who participated In previous CEN
slsses. The positions win continue
about three years.
The Bill will be taken up immediate
~ after the holiday recess. The SEN
ate committee adopted new section
providing for the purchase OF the
property now ssed as quarters for the
censrs bureau and Of an abandoned
school building adjoining at limit
OF cost of $4,000. Provision is
made also for the construction of new
buildings not to exceed s250,000 IN
cost
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-12-26
CITY CAN RECOVER
COST or SIDE WALKS
Supreme Court Renders Opinion That
Property Owners Must
Comply.

A municipality having statutory
authority TO cause property owners
TO pave sidewalks at their own ex-
pense, can recover the cost of laying
the walk by the city, ON default OF
the property owner. The supreme
court Of appeals determined this
point in the case Of the city OF Blue
field VS.. R. G. McClaugherty. the de-
fendant contasting the right Of the
city to collect for laying the sidewalk
after the city had made demand
upon MeClaugherty to construct It
The circuit court of Mercer county
rendered Judgment for the defendant
and the city OF Bluefield appealed TO
the supreme court, which reversed
the judgment OF the lower court in
an opinion written by Judge Poffen-
bauger, holding that the power of the
city under its charter, to recover by
action money expended in laying
sidewalks, after having made a prop
er demand upon the proper owner to
construct them, is undoubted.
In the syllabus of the case, the
court says:
IAN ordinance of a city council, or
board of supervisors of city, having
statutory authority to cause property
owners to nave sidewalks at their
own expense, which requires a prop
erty owner to la 'granolitthic' walk,
on a street on another portion OF
which such walk is already laid, and
saying the walk TO be laid shall be
the same width as the granolithic
walks which have already been laid
thereupon, suffices for recovery of the
cost of laying the walk by the city,
on default OF the property owner, al
though it does not specify the compo-
sition Of such walk"
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-12-26
GIVEN SENTENCE
Gompers, Mitchell and Morrison Held
for Contempt Of Court by
Justice Wright.

Special Dispatch to The World
Washington. Dec. % - Justice
Writgh OF the Supreme court of the
District of Columbia today handed
down his decision, adjudging Samuel
Gompers, John Mitchell and Frank
Morrison guilty of contempt OF court
for the violation of the Bucks anti
Boycott injunction. The justice SEN
fenced them to Imprisonment, giving
Gompers one year, Mitchell nine
months and Morrison six months.
The case is that of the Buck Stove
and Range company against the Of
ficers of the American Federation OF
Labor
President Gompers has publicly an
nounced that he will go to jail. 1t is
very probable that the case will go
to the Supreme court Of the United
States on an appeal.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-12-26
TAKEN TO JAIL
Illicit Beer Sellers Get Trip to Park
ersburg to Face Federal
Grand Jury.

Deputy u. S. Marshal Brown ar
rested colored man OF the name OF
John Johns at Mooreiield, Hardy coln-
ty, for illacitly selling intoxicants. He
was brought before II. 8. Commits
sioner J Hammond Siler yesterday at
Berkeley Springs and was found
probably guilty In default Of $500
BAH he was brought here this morn
ing and placed In iail.
Deputy Brown left this evening on
train No. for Partnerships with fosn
negros whom he wiz place In the
Wood county jail To await the ac4 lon
OF the grand jury In the II. s. court
at the January term. all having been
found probably guilty OF selling in
toxicants illicitly Three OF them
are from this city and their hearing
before II. s. Commissioner Thomas
has already been told OF herein. The
young men are James Barker. O. j
Harden, Robert Moore and John
Jones.
Attorney Harry A. Downs accom-
panied Deputy Brown 10 Parksrsburg,
acting az a deputy and having legal
business there besides
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-12-26
BRIDGE SPAN GIVES WAY.
One Drowned and Three Others In
jured Near Fairmont.

Fairlnont. Dec. 23,-The new coun-
ty bridge at Point Marion, few
miles north of here gave way. span
falling into Cheat river, and taking
down eight workmen.
Joseph Gallagher, of Vincent. Ohio
structural ron worker, was killed.
The injured are Clinton Carr, OF
Frankfort, KY, arm mangled; and
Morris Thropp. of Pittsburg, leg
crushed.
Five others We're rescued from the
icy waters, and we're not severely in
jured.
The false work under the span gave
way, and Gallagher was caught UNI
der the debris and drowned. His
body is still in the water.
The bridge is to cost $1,000.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-12-26
THEIR HOUSE PARTY.
MRS. Crawford VIII Entertain Large
Company Over Holidays.

Mr.. and Mrs. w. Fl. Crawford and
Miss Mabel Crawford, South Queen
street viii entertain a large house
party over the holidays ending with
a New Years dance. The guests will
arrive here this evening and tomos-
row. They are Mrs. H. H. Higgins,
Miss Edith Higgins and Mr.. Waldo
Higgins, New York; Miss Cecil Craw-
ford New Rochelle. n. "; Miss Anna
Holohan. New York: Miss Rebecca
Brice. Philadelphia; Miss Jean Bow
ers. Washington Mr. Robert Lows,
Baltimore; Mr.. John Shearer. Cum
berland, and Mr.. Stewart Gilmore,
Washington
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-12-26
Thompson as President.


A nest OF the order OF Owls was I'M
stituted here last night with rs mem
bers by Organizer Max Well. OF York,
Pa officers were elected aud then IN
stalled by Mr. Well. The meeting was
held in Hammann hall. The follow
ing are the officers OF the nest:
Past presidenf--H. s. Thompson.
president--C. c. Lemen.
Vice President Frank Keller.
Secretary-~H. r. Gaver.
Treasurer IT. Lyeth
PhysicianG h. Hedges.
Invocafor--H. fmbach
Sentinel. w Heck
Picket--G II. Gaver.
WardenC. IT. Blake.
Trustees--T. r. Lemon. J. G. Wolf.
and q. T. Sencindiver
The nest will meet next Tuesday
night to hear committee reports. etc.
This new order starts with bright
prospects and the chances are that
1t won't be very long till It Is one Of
the largest IN town.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-12-26
FIGHT FOR TAXES BEGINS.
Legal Battle for s1,7oo,ooo Between
Camden Heirs and State Starts.

Parkersburg, Dec, 23--In the suit
Of the state Of West Virginia against
the estate OF former United States
Senator ]. n. Camden for s1.70J,000,
which the state claims should be for
fe.ted for failrre TO return true prop
erty value for taxation, the state
docketed it's notice. or bill, in the
circlslt conrt. and the defendant de-
INJURED
This is the inception of a bitter
legal fight, which is the first of its
kind in the history Of the state.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-12-26
Hedees--Watts.

From The World of Wednesday:
Miss Ida v. Watts and MIR. Jacob
Hedges. both of Berkeley county
were married yesterday morning at
Grace u. b. parsonage Hagerstown,
by Rev. G X Hartman
Extraordinarily.
A marriage license was issued here
this morning to Daniel Custer and
Miss Media McCarty, OF near Hedges
vile. They were married here this
afternoon.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-12-26
DIED FROM BURNS.
Death Came to Relief of Little Lillian
Sharon.

Lillian Sharon. the twoyeass-old
granddaughter OF Mr.. Michael Sharon,
corner OF Pennsylvania avenue and
Second street, died yesterday after
noon from the effects Of burns about
the face. head breast and arm re-
ceived two weeks ago while playing
with fire, causing her clothing 70
ignite. The funeral will be held
Thursday at .. IN. in the United
Brethren church and interment IN
Green Hill cemetery.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-12-26
chrlstmas postofice Hours.

The general delivery and register
ed letter department will be open till
II a. m. on Christmas day. The city
carriers will make the regular morn
ing delivery only and the rural route
carriers their regular delivery
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-12-26
FISH INDUSTRY
IN GREAT PERIL
Commissioner Bowers Sounds a
Note Of Warning.
GREED Is Running
AMERICAN FISHERIES
Annual Report Of His Department i
Made Publio--Asserts that Failure
of States to protect migratory Mem
bers Of Finny Tribe is the Cause
Some Statistics given.

WASHINGTON, Dec 22.-"The most
serious condition now confronting the
American fishing industry is the fall
Iure OF the states to afford adequate
protection to migratory fishes in State
land interstate waters.
This Is d serious note Of warning
sounded by George M. Bowers, United
states Fish Commissioners, In his an
nual report made public Monday. Mr..
Bowers graphically depicts the great
destruction wrought to certain species
lof fish and makes an earnest appeal
for their preservation.
Pointing to the history Of the New
England sa1non fisheries as warn
ling. the commissioner declares that
some OF the States seem yet absolute
Ily Indifferent to the crying needs OF
Fisheries for species of similar habits,
whose obliteration, he say, is certain
unless radical corrective measures
are taken. Mr.. Bowers states that
the fishes most in need OF considera-
ltioa are the shad, the striped bass
and the sturgeon ON the Atlantic
coast and die salmon in the Pacific
Estates.
The disappearance Of the sturgeon
from nearly every east coast river
MIR. Bowers states, shows how greed
and indifference may in single gen
GRAFTON destroy valuable fishery"
North Careiina stands out as the only
State among all the States in which
the bureau engages In the cultivation
Of shad, where the general decline of
/ this fishery has been arrested.
"The immediate effect of sensible
protective measl res in this State"
|says the commissioner, Shows the
results that may be expected from
similar legislation for the various i'm
portant streams, like the Potomac. the
Susquehanna and the Delaware. in
which the shad has been persistently
destroyed year after year without any
regard for the future"
OF serious concern is the trend and
condition CT the salmon fishery of the
Columbia river. Mr. Bowers declares
that fractional and personal consider
alton have been allowed to interfere
with the passage Of the artificial pro
pagation are nesatived by the necessi-
ty for federal control of interstate
waters in the interest of the fisheries
is thus again forcefully Illustrated
The report shows that the bureaus
MATCHES les in 1908 yielded 376.000,0)o
more fish than in any other year, and
delivered about f5s,00J,g00 eggs to
State and foreign hatcheries. The
total output was over 1871 100000
eggs and fish, of which over 2,400,-
900 900 were fish. Mr. Bowers says
the distribution of fish and eggs w
most instances fan far short OF the re-
quirements and declares it Is impera-
tive that this work be rapidly expand
ed to rect special conditions.
Mr.. Bowers recommends the estab-
Nshment OF new building to enable
the bureau ito meet the increasing
exaction of modern fishery work and
to live np to its weliearned reputation
at home and anroad"
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-12-26
Thrown from Mule.

Taylor Richard, an employee OF the
Martinsburg Ice and Coal Co.. while
breaking green mule this afternoon
out about the old cannery, was thrown
from the mule and pretty severely
hurt about the head and body.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-12-26
Schools Close.

FROM The World OF Wednesday.
The public schools of town closed
THIS evening for the Christmas holl-
days, They will reopen Monday. JAN
uary L.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-12-26
PROOF THERE is
A SANTA CLAUS
Great Editors Answer to Skepti-
cal Question Of Child,
FAITH ALONE NECESSARY
TO BELIEF IN HIM

AS Love. Generosity and Devotion,
and Thsnk God RE lives and viii
Live for All Time to Come to Glad.
den chldren's Hearts.
The following is an editorial in de-
Tense OF santa Claus which appeared
In the New York Sun a year ago, at
tracing widespread attention
sFwe take pleasure in answering at
once and thus prominently the com
mnication below, expressing at the
same time our great qualification that
its faithful author Is numbered among
the friends of The Sun
Dear Editor: ! am eight years
old
some of my little friends say
that there is no Santa Claus
Papa says. If You see It In the
Sun it's So
please tell me the truth; Is there
a Santa Claus?
VIRGINIA O'HANLON,
"l15 West Ninety-iFtn Street.
Virginia your little friends are
wrong. They have been affected by
the skepticism of skepticaI age.
They do not believe expect they see.
They think that nothing can be which
is not comprehensive by their lIttle
minds. All minds, Virginia. whether
they be mems or chiIdren's are little
IN this great universe OF ours man is
a mere insect. AN ant IN his intellect
as compared with the boundless
world about him, as measured by the
intelligence capable OF grasping the
whole of truth and knowledge.
yes, virgi.da, there Is a Santa
Claus. He exists as certaialy as love
and generosity and devotion exist and
you know that they abound AMI give
to your life Its highest beauty and joy
Alasl how dreary would be the world
if there were no Santa Claus! II
would be as dreary as II there were
no Virginia. There would be no
childlike faith then. no poetry, no
romance 10 make tolerable this ex-
isteace. We should have no enjoy
ment except in sense and sight The
eternal light with which childhood (
fills the world would be extlnguished
mot believe in Santa Claus You !
might az well not believe r fairies.
You might get your papa TO hire men
to watch in all the chimneys on
Christmas Eve to catch Santa Claus,
what would that prove? Nobody sees +
Santa Claus. but this is no sign that 4
there is no Santa Claus The most I
real things in the world are those
that neither children nor men can
see. Did you ever see fairies dane
ing on the lawn? OF course not, but
tHdl y fiO DltDi hltHA AbN} a. ff~N {
there. Nobody can conceive or i'm
agne all the wonders there are I'M
seen and unseeable in the world.
"You may tear apart the baby's rat .
tie and see what makes the noise in
side, but there Us a veil covering the
unseen world which not the strongest
maa, not even the united strength OF
all the strongest men that ever lived,
could tear apart Only faith. fancy,
poetry, love. romance, can push aside
that curtain and view and picture the
supernal beauty and glory beyond, Is
II all real? All. Virginia, in all this
world there is nothing else real and
abiding
no Santa Clausi Thank God, he
lives. and he lives forever thou
sand years from now, Virginia, nay
ten times ten thousand years from
now, ne viii continue TO make glad
the heart az childhood
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-12-26

Midwinter term begins January 4,
5 and 6. Send for catalogue. The
TriIState Business College, Cumber-
land. ND. It
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1908-01-30
Steering a Big Ship.

The work of steering big ship, even
with the aid Of all its machinery, Is
much more delicate than one would i'm
aglne. The larger and faster the ship,
the greater the difficulty. 1t is not
enough to hold the wheel In the same
position to keep the ship on her course,
for the wind and waves and the cur
rents Of the ocean tend constantly to
knock her off. The great wall Of steel
offers a broad target for the wind and
the waves. The art in steering is to
adapt the ship to these forces, and
when she is DETECTED, to bring her back
quickly to her course. If you could
watch the pinnacle. especially in bad
weather, you would see the needle Of
the compass constantly shifting from
side to side, which means that the
great steel PROV is not going forward
in a perfectly straight line.
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1908-01-30
Living by the Pen.

The fountain pen has proved Its use
fulness in a way hitherto unknown to
the general public, and undreamed of
by its inventor, according to a writer
In the Detroit News-Tribune. Two par
entless squirrels, but few days old,
hungry and dlsconsolate, were recently
discovered in the hollow of a tree in
the suburbs of Detroit. They were
rescued and given to sympathetic
man who lives near, and who willing
ly assumed the duty of fOster-parent.
After the orphans were safely estab-
llshed in a roomy wire cage, the prob
lem Of feeding them presented itself
They were too young to crack nuts for
themselves, and their little teeth were
too sharp to permit the use of rub
ber tube for liquid refreshments.
In this emergency, their protector
had an inspiration. He filled the reser-
volr of his fountain pen with milk, and
inserted the point in each small mouth
alternately. The orphans drank eager
ly. Succeeding experiments have been
equally successful, and when last
heard from the pets were thriving Wig
OrOuSly,
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1908-01-30
ENGLISH SPORT Is WORK.
Not Much Play About Hunting in
Scotland, Says n Boston Man.

Not Much Play About Hunting I'm
Scotland, Says n Boston Man.
THE Americans who think that En-
glish sport is play made easy have
something to learn" said John Mason
Little, who returned to Boston this
morning on the Saxonia after a months
shooting in Scotland. 81 know that the
notion prevails over here that the En-
glish 60 In for their sport in a spirit
of enjoyment while we are supposed to
make hard work of it. That is pretty
dream. As a matter Of fact, the En-.
glishman turns his sport into the hard
est kind of work. 1t may not be pro-
fesslonallsm, but their golf and their
hunting are undertaken in dead earn.
est
Since early in September, when he
went to Scotland for vacation from
business, Mr. Little, accompanied by
Mrs. Little and his two daughters, has
been in the Scottish highlands at Beau
fort castle, the country seat OF Lord
I4ovatt, which had been leased for tho
shooting season by Mr.. Lttle's son-in-
law, Charles w. Ogden Of New York,
says Boston Transcript.
"The Engllshman who is stalking
deer in the highlands may think he Is
having an easy time because he has
never been used to anything else, but
shooting in the Maine woods Is holi-
day compared TO the scramble up hill
and down after those Scottish deer. In
the course of days stalking you are
fairly sure to cover fifteen or twenty
miles, while even II you go out for
grouse, the tramp from cover TO cover
will take you ten miles before you know
| IT,"
The economic condition of Scotch
| lands Mr.. Little found especially inter-
esting to stranger. Practically the
whole of rural Scotland" he said, SIS
leased. at all events, during the hunt
ing season The hunting lands are so
valuable that there is hardly laird
of them who can afford not to rent his
estate for the shooting"
Mr.. Little said that the most forclble
| illustration OF the difference between
the old country and this was furnished
by a servant In the castle which he was
occupying. He spoke to a maid to tell
her that his telephone bell was not In
order. She seemed not TO comprehend
He repeated that his telephone bell was
not ringing and asked: DO you un
derstand?"
"Ah'm thliin' noatlce. sir" said thC
girl. "and Ah'll write tie manager di
rectly about IT.
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1908-01-30
The Party of the Winds.

Big, clustering. boisterous Northeast
invited all the little winds that live
up in the sky to come and play. North
east was so merry and mad that he
briskly blew and frlskily flew, getting
ready for his party.
He whisked the leaves and twisted
the trees, and broke off twigs with
greatest ease. He was awkward. too,
and made a big hullabaloo, for the lit
tie work he had to do. But at last all
was ready and the guests began to
arrive. North and East came togeth-
er; they were cousins in weather.
North was quite bright chap, with
cool manner and a clear complexion.
He brought as present some glorious,
glittering icicles.
East was. a high-spirited maiden,
who could never keep still minute,
and she brought gift of puffy, fluffy
snow.
The three winds played while.
They made little twirls and whirls in
the snow, then they made little tossings
and crossings or the twigs in the tree
tops. They bristled and whlstled, they
hustled and hustled and tussled.
But when they heard West Wind
coming, the three went away and hid
In the deep, dark wood.
West was such n mild, gentle little
lady she was quite contened all by
herself, and smiled sweetly and played
little lonely but lively games of pu9
and Whit. Then she went away.
She tried TO find the hidden ones
but although she blew into every crack
and crevice, and raised terrible dust.
she could not find North, Northeast or
East.
Then South came, and finding no one
| to receive him, ate all the ice and snow,
like the greedy fellow he was, and
went back to his orange-blossoms.
What strange party Youths Com
! paniou.