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Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1909-12-10

". c. KENNEDY, II. TONGE, Supt.
Vice Pres. & Gen'l Supt.
Il A. Riddle. 9s1. Pass Agt.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1909-12-10
Special Commissioners Sale.
of valuable
Real Estate.

The undersigned special commissioners, by
virtue of the authority vested in them by
decree of the Circuit Court of Berkeley county
W. Va. entered on the E}rd day of September
1909, in the Chancery cause therein pending,
in which w H. Kil~er and Son were plain
tiffs and James II. II ,bertson ct al, were de-
PENDANTS, will sell at public auction at the
front door of the court house ofBerkeley coun-
ty, w. Va,
Saturday December IL, 1909,
at o'clock p. m.
The following tracts or parcels of real estate
situate in Hedgesville District, said County
and State, the one containing
Three Acres
more or less, and the other containing
Sixty Three Square Poles
and being the same real estate conveyed TO
James II. Robertson by Charles Barnes by two
deeds bearing date the 22nd day Of December
1902, one OF which is recorded in Deed Book
No, l04, page 23t and the other IN Deed Book
No. l0l. page 252.
This property lies along the line of the B. &
o Il. X. Company neur A,lensytlle 1t is i'm
proved by
Two Story Frame Dwelling House
goo d repair. 1t will make a desirable
nome for a raiiroader
Terms.
one-third of the purchase money cash on
day of sale, remainder In two equal pay
ments due In one and two years res pectiveiy
with interest fron date of sale, the purchaser
giving his notes for the deferree payments
with interest from date, ana the title TO be re-
| tanned until all the purchase money is pad
Allen Noll,
W. C. Kilmer,
Specia Commissioners
! / hereby certify that Allen u. Non, special
commissioner in the above entitled cause has
| L. Dew. Gerhaldt, Clerk
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1909-12-10

The undersigned intending to discontinue
housekeeping and leave town will sell at my
present residence Si7 Boyd avenue on
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1909-12-10
Public Sale
Of valuable
Personal Property

Having sold my farm and intending to discontinue
farming will sell public sale at nv home
nes and half southeast OF Martinsburg, on the
Sulphur Spring road on what is known the Capp
Tuesday, Dee. IA, 1909,
beginning at O'clock a. m. the following persona
property to-wit.
3 Head Horses and Colts
good brood mare will work anywhere hi,ched
aud is good driver, rising year old colt this
colt is ured from Hambietonan mare, and from joe
Sherman, the John w alker horse; the weanng colt
bred from Hambetonian mare and BY the Boyd
Ktlmer horse. These colts are perfectly sound and
have fine style
4 Head Jersey Cattle
of which are mca cows one will be fresh the first
part OF January all these now giving milk
will be fresh about the mdale OF May, one
thoroughbred Jersey heiter eligible TO register will
be fresh in June. IBIS heter is bred from the ST.
Lambert strain.
6 Fine Young Ewes
will lamb in March.
Farming Implements
one two-horse wagon, one heavy spring wagon with
pole, buggy, one-horse How down wagon Oliver
chilled pow No, 40, double cultivator drag harrow
single cultivator, single and double shovel plows,
cuitng box as good new. corn basket, sets sin
gle harness collars ano brides, halters, 3 COW
chains. log chains pillow gears. forks, rakes mat
tocks, picks, hoes. etc.
Household Goods
bedSteads, bureau, buffet wash stand, lamp stand,
chairs rockers lounge, gallon copper kettle lot
empty crooks, lot carpet churn, large range good
new. air-tght heating stove and pipe lot granite
ware, lot dshes, gallon jar gallon jar lot buck
cts, grind stone wash boer moving scythe shot
gun, five gallon oil can, sewing Taehiue lot empty
non
Terms.
A credit of nine months will be given on all sums
Of SO and over the purchaser 10 give his bond with
approved security negct able and pa, able at the
Merchants and Farmers Bank with interest from
Gate but u paid 1T maturity interest witt be remit
ed. Under $lo cash. NO property 10 be taken
away until the terins complied vith
" iliam n. Holland
Dodd < Hodmap, Anctioneers.
HARDWOOD Bugkbart, Clerk.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1909-12-10
To DELINQUENTs

We have large number of overdue
accounts on our books for subscription
and are now making preparations for
sending out statements to all who are
owing si.00 or more. The postal laws
require publishers to collect up within
one year or discontinue sending the
paper and we sincerely hope all who
are in arrears will respond promptly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-30

ing were positively dangerous to life.
The first letter was sent after the at
tention of the Commissioners had been
called to the situation by Capt. Daley
of the ninth police precinct.
1t has been suggested to the Commits
sioners that il the proper lights are not
placed at the Benning crossing, the Com
mssioners could order the stationng of
a special railway crossing policeman at
the point for the protection of life and
property. This would mean a greater
expense to the railroad than the main
tenance of the lights.
The Commissioners, however. have de-
cided on no such step at present, the
action suggested by Commissioner Mac
farand today being embodied in the fol-
lowing motion:
mo reply has been received from the
Washington Railway and Electric Com
pany to the letter of the Commissioners
of May %, 1909. inviting its attention TO
the dangerous condition existing at the
Benning railway crossing of that COM
pany. due to the insufficient light at that
point which is within the private right of
way of that railway company, and there
more cannot be lighted by the District, as
would otherwise be done. and requesting
that it erect and maintain clusters of
lamps at that station. The company has
not provided the light. which is absolutely
needed there. Therefore. l move that its
attention be urgently invited to the neces-
sity of this action, in order to protect life
and property"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-30
ALEXANDRIA COUNTY, VA.

The Bancroft Citizens Association was
The following officers were elected: Pres-
dent. Fred C. Handy; vice president, w.
w. Wright: secretary, Ira H. Ragsdale;
correspondent, James w. Head. The con-
stitution and by-lows framed by COM
mittee at a previous meeting were read
and adopted as working basis, and the
same committee was reappointed to re-
ceive and consider any and all proposed
amendments and submit them in writing
at the next business meeting. The men,
bers Of the committee are Walter X.
Handy, G. S. Phillips and A. H. Bukey.
The school committee, consisting of
Messrs. Stephen p. Wright, chairman;
w. c. Lee and James w. Head, appointed
at previous meeting, We're confirmed
and will constitute the permanent school
committee. After large number joined
by signing the constitution the associa-
ton adjourned to meet the third Tuesday
in August.
H. A. Thrift broke ground Wednesday
for two more houses on the haywood
subdivision to Cherrydale.
Guy Stalcup is erecting house at
Chesterbrook
Mrs. Hattie Walker of West Falls
Church has just had house finished at
Chesterbrook
H. S. Merrell and H. p Merrel of
Washington have purchased three lots at
Franklin Park and will build two houses
Mr.. Scharf Of Washington has purchased
a fine building lot and w. p. Bosher of
Newport News will erect a residence on
his lot on Massachusetts avenue at Frank
lin Park.
Stephen p. Wright, agent for Mrs Alb
bic Fox is building two attractive cot
tages near Magnolia farm at Bancroft.
The patrons of the Bluemont branch of
the Southern railway expect to enjoy the
conveniences and comforts which the new
substatfon at 7th street and Virginia ave-
nue. southwest is expected to furnish them
when completed the middle of August
The building for the use of offices and
sheds for the W., A & F. c. electric
railway at Lacey station is completed and
presents an attractive appearance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-30
Engineer Crushed Beneath Engine.

BALTIMORE, July 30.-James Burgan,
fifty-eight years old. 231 South Washing
ton street, an engineer, was crushed about
II o'clock yesterday morning between his
engine and the water tank at the Presi-
dent street station of the Pennsylvania
railroad He died few hours later He
was taken to his home in the eastern dis
trict ambulance after the accident and an
effort made to save his life. but he expired
in agony. 1t is said that the engineer
was coupling the engine to a tender when
the brakes were thrown off by his fire
man. who did not know he was between
the two.
Burgan had been in the employ of the
railroad company for many years, and Is
survived by a widow and several small
children.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-30
JACk|ES OFF FOR SEA DUTY
NAVAL BATTALION LEAVES FOR
ANNUAL CRUISE.
District Boys Will Take Part in
War Game of Big Ships Off
Massachusetts,.

About 100 jackies of the Naval Battalion
of the District of Columbia boarded street
cars at the foot of 9Th street shortly be-
fore o'clock this morning for the Union
station, whence they departed later to be-
gin their annual cruise.
On arrival at the station the sailors
were busily engaged for nearly an hour
bidding their friends goodbye. They
boarded a special train of the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad which pulled out at
1910 o'clock for Philadelphia. On ar
rival at the Quaker city they will be
joined by reserves from Camden, n. j..
and Philadelphia, after which they will
report for duty to the commander of the
League Island navy yard on board the
Z. S. S. Prairie. which will be used to
transport the sailors to Provincetown, the
massachusetts naval base, and where the
rest of the fleet Is now located
At the Massachusetts town the tackles
VIII be distributed among three battle
ships of the North Atlantic squadron, the
Mississippi, Idaho and New Hampshire
Owing to the fact that the militia is sail
ing under secret orders the plans for the
maneuvers have as yet not been an
nOunced, but the men will be drafted into
regular sea duty and will be drilled in
practical naval tests. They will take part
in the war maneuvers which have started
near Provincetown.
At the close of the maenuvers the Dis
trlct reserves will board the u S. S.
Prairie and return home by way of Fort
ress Monroe.
The sailors had been summoned aboard
the U. S. S. Puritan last night to re-
ceive their pay for the last six months,
and many remained all night to be ready
for the start this morning
The officers of the Naval Battalion are:
Commander, s. w. Stratton; lieutenant
commander, r. l.. Ferris: Lieut.. John
Doyle Carmody. commanding the list Di-
vision: Lieut.. ]. A. Dempf. commanding
the I'd Division. Lieut. +. S. Durston,
commanding the Sd Division; Lieut. r. L.
Fryer, commanding the 4th Division:
chief engineer, John f. Mittendorff; pay
master. John l.. Johns; surgeon, Fred
erick Merchant; ensign, Lewis Z. Britt
son, and ensign. Joseph B. Dalton
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-30
PARSONS CAN'T GET CASH BACK
NO UNREASONABLE DELAY IN
ISSUING HIS PERMIT.
New Law, Raising Rates. Went Into
Effect While Contractors APP
plication Was Pending.

James l.. Parsons. a local contractor.
says he is out $50 by reason of delay in
issuing building permit to him. Incl
dentally. he wants ii back. or has asked
the Commissioners for refund.
Mr.. Parsons made application for the
permit in question. which WAS for repairs
to a building at 9th and G. streets north
west. July .. and if the permit had been
issued on that day ii would have cost
him 81 July l.. while the application was
pending, the new schedule Of building per-
nit fees was put into effect. Mr.. Parsons
was notified July 80 that his application
for the permit had been granted, and the
following day he was compelled TO pay
S6u for it.
They Turn Him Down.
Acting Engineer Commissioner Kelly
has moved that Mr. Parsons be told that
July l.. 1909. was fixed by the Commits
sioners as the date upon which the new
system of fees should so into effect in
the building office All permits issued on
der the new schedule, although several
of them were applied for prior to July IL.
The delay in issuing his permit was
caused by the request for the use of pub
lie space for certain vault privileges
which required special reports. and Ii is
believed that under the circumstances
there was no unreasonable delay In get
ting out his permit. In several similar
cases the ruling has been that the new
ers see no reason for changing this rul-
ing
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-30
Keeps Promise to Wed AZ Years.

WlLkEsBARRE. Pa. July 30-Joseph
Byrne OF Kansas, who left this city to
enlist in the Union army for service in
the civil war and told little Mary B Ber-
gold that he might return some day TO
marry her, made good his forty-seven-year-
old promise yesterday when he secured
a marriage license They will be married
tomorrow. Neither has been married be-
fore. Byrne was eighteen years old when
he enlisted and Miss Bergold was eight
and lived near by him. He spoke half in
Jest, although the child had always been
his favorite. After the war he went west
and prospered there, and now has a com
Portable fortune Recently he returned to
this city and found that Miss Bergold was
still unmarried. His youthful liking for
her soon returned. and he asked if she
would marry him. He is now Sixty-five
years old and she is fifty-five.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-30
Western Senators Yield:
Taft Wins Tariff Fiqht

When five western senators-Messrs
Borah and Hepburn of Idaho, Jones and
Piles of Washington and Bourne of Ore
gon-emerged from consultation yester
day afternoon shortly after o'clock and
announced that they would vote in the
Senate for lumber at s1.25 and not fight
the conference report the deadlock of
the tariff cOnfereeS ended and within an
hour the conference agreement had re-
celved the signatures of all the conferees.
Their acquiescence in the Presidents
demands for $1.25 lumber assured the
necessary majority to adopt the confer
ence report in the Senate, the point which
had held back an agreement all day.
Ihis yielding of the western senator's
had not been obtained without a struggle
with the President. but the President
stood pat on his demand of Yesterday
morning and forced the DIRECTORS in both
House and Senate to accept his terms.
little salve was applied to the wound
ed sensibilities of the mountain senator's
by restoring the eighth of cent on lead
ore which the Senate had taken off
while the coast senators were accorded
an increase of duty on shingles. The best
that the cattle senators could get in the
way of emolient was a duty on tallow,
vinstead of free tallow.
The House high tariff men died hard
and fighting to the last. The House DR.
ganlzatlon had stood steadily by the
glove industry. but the President was ad-
aHlant In his lnSlStence upon the lower
rates. Mr.. Littauer and the Speaker had
personal interviews with the conferees,
and were told that the jig was up and
that the House must take it's medicine.
The insurgent movement in the House
came to an end last night when, after
three hours talk at a meeting of forty
two insurgents, it was found that 1t
would be impossible to hold them all
against all features of the report. Some
of the insurgents We're willing to fight to
the last ditch on their own schedules,
but would not stand up to the end for the
other fellows.
The report was signed, the President
notified, and the conferees adjourned,
with the understanding that the report
should be made to the House today
AS a final act of caution the tariff con-
ferees assembled early today and review
ed their work. They desired to make GER
tain that in the confusion attending the
last few days sessions mistakes had not
crept into the report
NO errors We're discovered except few
tnat did not affect rates. These were
corrected easily. and long before noon it
was announced that the Payne-Al1rich
bill was In shipshape for it's second voy-
age through the House and Senate, this
time In the form of conference report,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-30
LIGHTS At BENN|NG CROSSING
ATTENTION OF RAILWAY COM
PANY CALLED TO MATTER.
Commissioner Macfar1and Takes Ac-
ton in Consequence of Represen-
tations of Citizens Association.

Declaring that the Washington Rail-
way and Electric Company has not fol-
lowed the suggestion of the District Com
missioners in May that clusters of cleo
trio lights be maintained at the Bennng
station as protection of life and prop
erty, Commissioner Macfarland moved
befor the board of Commissioners to-
day that more urgent second request
be sent to the railroad.
This action of Commissioner Macfar-
land followed visit by representatives
of the Benning Citizens Association, who
declared that the conditions at the cross
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-30
.PENNSYl VAN|A RAILROAD
Bulletin.
WHEN CONGRESS ADJOURNS

of the Sixtyrst Congress adjours the
and and their families will find the
comprehensive of the Pennsylvania Railroad Chi
cago and St Louis convenient for their homeward trip.
THE Pennsylvania Limited" leaving Washington SIS
and arriving Chicago 85 the morning. and the Chi
cago Limited leaving Washington AS pm and arriving in
Chicago o'clock the afternoon through draw
ing sleeping from Washington Chicago
There is these trains from Washington.
Train leaving Washington at and arriving Chicago
845 the day also carries through sleeping
Through sleeping Louis Washington 40
pm. daily.
Convenient service is also provided Pibug Cleveland
Toledo Detroit Cincinnati Indianapolis and Louisville
Pullman tickets tables and full inorma-
concerning the points north and will be
furnished &. M. Newbold, D. P A., 18th and
ngton
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-30
WARTIME Tor TAE TkA1N Ar VruoN 5TATloN
PAYNE EXPLAINS
RATES TO HOUSE
Continued from Tenth Page)
ment to enforce collection of import
duties.
Tax on CORPORATIONS.

duties.
Tax on Corporations.
Every corporation. joint stock company
or association organized for profit, and
every insurance company, is required to
pay annually an excise tax of j per cent
upon its net income over and above
5000. This feature was put into the bill
to raise additional revenues to apply on
the Treasury deficit. The section was
prepared by Attorney General Wicker
sham, assisted by other able lawyers In
the administrative circle, and great care
was taken to guard against double taxa
ton. 1t provides a form OF publlclty
which will enable the government TO eX-
erciSe supervision over corporations. me
form of returns which must be made
by corporations and other features of the
corporation tax law were made public In
detail during its consideration in the Sen
ate. 1t is estimated that from soo,0Oo,W0
to S3o,oOoOOO a year would be collected
under this new form of federal taxation
Issue of Canal Bonds.
The Secretary of the Treasury is au-
thorized to issue Panama canal bonds to
the amount of SOC. 900. which sum,
together with that already expended.
equals the estimated cost of the Panama
canal. 1t is not intended that the bonds
shall be issued except as needed to pro-
vide money to carry on the work of ca
nal construction. The bonds are to be
payable fifty years from the date of is
sue and will bear interest at a rate not
exceeding ; per cent. When the bonds
are sold the Secretary of the Treasury
will restore to the working balaqce the
S5O.O00,OUO paid originally for the canal
property and the canal zone.
The re-enactment of the provision au-
thorizing the issuance of Treasury GER
tificates for money borrowed to meet
public expenditures increases the amount
of the authorization from $1O0,UOO,OOO to
500 OOO,oOO A large number of other
provisions that are in force under the eX
listing tariff law are included in the con-
ference bill, with a few changes In phra-
seology in several cases.
The drawback provision of the Dingley
law is incorporated in the conference bill
in lieu of the drawback of the House bill
which intended TO permit the substitution
of domestic material in the manufactured
article for export to the same quantity
that the imported material, upon which
drawback was obtainabe, was used III
the manufacture of similar articles for
domestic consumption.
An additional provision was adopted
emitting users of domestic alcohol in the
manufacture of perfumery and cosmetics
to secure drawback of internal revenue
tax to the amount of alcohol used in an
exported article.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-30
BUYS Noted Virginia Plantation.

ROANOKE. Va, July 3O.-R. j. Rey-
nolds Of Winston-Salem N. c.. million
aire tobacco manufacturer. has purchased
the Chiswell plantation. in Wythe county.
the price paid being S350OcO. The place
is named for Fort Chiswell of revolu-
tionary fame and was constructed pri-
marily for defense against the Indians.
The farm includes 5000 acres of the
finest bluegrass land In Virginia. 1t is
one of the most important land deals for
years. and 1t is thought Mr.. Reynolds
will take up his residence in Virginia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-30
Lives After Taking Bug Poison.

YORK, Pa, July :0-Poison used to kill
potato bugs was gulped down by Michael
Gentzler, farmer of North Codorus
township, in an attempt at suicide. Cent?
poison. enough to have killed seven per-
sons. it is said. and this probably saved
his life He drank the mixture during
the absence of his wife from the house.
He said that he was tired of living.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-30

John flanagan. about fifty-eight years
old. an extensive farmer and owner of
stone auarries. died suddenly at his home
near Bakerton, w. Va. He was sitting
on his porch and complained of pain in
his side, and while his wife was in quest
for some remedy to relieve him he died.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-30

ID. II. Willard, an insurance man at
Johnson City, Tenn, who was arrested re-
Gently upon several charges of embezzle-
ment, involving the funds of different in
surance companies. was held for court
as the result of hearing before mag
iStrate.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-05-04

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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-05-04
SNOWSTORM IN APRIL,

For the next thirty days commenc- ing today we will make over and thoroughly renovate all old cotton and hair mattresses, put the latest design of good art ticking on same, rolled edge, making as good as new, for $S. Call us. either phone, don't wait. This offer Is only good until May s.
 TURNER BEDDING FACTORY. flo in