Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-05-01
DISTINGUISHED GUESTS
REPRESENTATIVE MEN
Gathered at the Tables are Inspired by Their
Surroundings and Spurred in Their Under
taking by Utterances Of the Speakers.
Greatest Event Of the Kind Ever
Held in the State

j. Faulkner as POSTMASTER Of the
evening. The appearance of Senator
Faulkner was the signal for storm
of applause. He spoke at some length,
touching on the marvellous natural re-
sources of West Virginia, and partic-
ularly of Martinsburg, her brave and
energetic men and fair and loyal
women and bo,ndless possibilities. He
congratulated the Board ,f Trade for
the suspicious circumstance OF the
hour and paid a tribute 20 the old
Board of Trade that had done so much
for the material advancement of Mar
tinsburg and said that the new board
was worthy offspring.
Senator Faulkner then introduced
Elk Governor w. A. MacCorkle, of
Charleston, president of the West vir-
ginia State Board or Trade. The
speaker made a profound impression
on his hearers by his eloquence and
grace of delivery.
Mr.. Mac Corkle is the last DEM
ocratic governor of the state to the
present time and his friends in Mar
tinsburg were glad to welcome him.
! Following Governor MacCorkle
came Congressman George C. Stur-
giss, of Morgantown. Mr.. Sturgiss ex-
pressed his pleasure on seeing so
many of his constituents before him
and spoke of his love for his adopted
state of West Virginia and his early
and continued belief that her won
derful resources and the energy of her
people will place her in the forefront
of the manufacturing states of the
/ Union; and that Berkeley county and
Martinsburg must eventually share in
this material development and in
which the Board of Trade will have a
part.
United States Senator Stephen B.
Elkins, from the town that bears his
name, was the next speaker. He
made one of the most pleasig speeches
of the evening. 1t abounded in humor,
sound reasoning and good advice to
the Board of Trade and other citizens
|of Berkeley county by pointing the
way for them to pursue in order that
Martinsburg may achieve the destiny
awaiting her as busy center Of trade
and mandatory for which the nat
ural conditions are so favorable.
One of the deepest as we'll as one of
the witiest speeches OF the evening
was delivered by Hon W. p. Hubbard,
of Wheeling. congressman from the
first district. BY his happy allusion
to some of the mottos on the dinner
programs and turning them % good
account to illustrate point, he at
once gained the attention OF his hear
ers and held it closely to the end. He
urged the people. generally, to coop
crate with their local Board of Trade
as one of the most potent means for
building up the town. He said that
this community is unusually fortunate
in having so many natural resources
at their very door, and which only
await development, Towns and cities
he said, are built up by commerce and
manufactures, and for the latter Mar
tinsburg is especially well located;
but 1t takes energy. industry and
wise local government to do it.
When United States Senator n. B.
Scott, of Wheeling was introduced the
audience recognized familiar figure.
He alluded to his visit to Martinsburg