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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-10-02
Superintendent Morton Reported
the Schools FIourishing.
NEW TYPEWRlTERS FOR
COMMERCIAL DEPART MENT
New Method of Promotion and Glass;
fication Adopted in Martinsburg
High School Same as in Vogue In
other Towns-Teachers and JAM.
from The World Of Tuesday:

From The World OF Tuesday:
The board of education met in regu-
lar session last night in the Burke
street school building. President H. l.
Alexander presiding The commissions
ers We're al present except Fl. Kuhn.
Mr.. J. p. Talhelm was authorized to
put up the election booths at the vari-
GUS polling places for the election to
be held November 2 and afterwards to
remove same.
Current bills were passed and order
ed paid. Teachers salaries for the
first month of the school term, amount
ing to S1S6750 and janitors' salaries
of $142 were ordered paid. Also $50
TO Miss Tabb as librarian OF the pub
lie library.
Miss Cora B. Copenhaver made APP
plication for position as substitute
teacher. Application was filed.
Secretary Pitzer reai letters from
the superintendent of schools at Fair
mont, Hagerstown and Charles Town
addressed to presiden Alexander in
answer to his inquiries as to the
method of promotion and classification
of pupils in the public schools in the
towns mentioned. 1t may be added
that the methods in practice there are
practically the same as that recently
adopted by Superintendent Morton
and the high high school faculty of
Martinsburg.
Supt. Morton was instructed to pur-
chase 1000 report cards Tor the high
school.
Supt. Morton was present at the
meeting and made verbal report of
the school doings. He said the schools
were doing very well Under present
conditions and the difficulties encoun-
tered owing ito lack of room in the
ward schools.
Supt. Morton was granted leave
ton on Wednesday and Thursday Of
this week as he wanted 10 attend the
wedding of his sister.
Supt. Morton suggested to the board
that as matter of economy it were
better to buy two new typewritens for
the commercial department OF the
high school than to pay SIS rent
piece for three; that new machine
could be bought for $50 only S. more
than is being paid now for rentals in "a
year Three typewriter agents were
present at the meeting. They were
Mr. Forman, for the Remington; Mr..
Shirley Shaul. this city, for the Mon
arch, and Mr.. Keen for the United Co.
of Baltimore, rebuilders OF typewriters.
They were giver chance to briefly
state the erits of heir machines.
The board decided to buy two new
typewriters and Commissioner Bar
rick and Prof. Chas A Waynant of
the commercial depar- ment of the
high school were appointed commit
tee to make the purchase.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-10-02
May Use Checks Of Any Size

The solicitor of the Treasury De-
partment has rendered an opinion that
bank checks may be drawn for sums
less than 81, and that it was not this
character of checks" that was in
tended to be prohibited in the crimi-
nal code, as adopted by Congress last
session, but metal tokens or due bills
circulating a money. II you have 80
cents in bank you may therefore give
a check for that amount.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-10-02
Debt Case Again Postponed.

Charleston. w. Va. Sept. 27.-Attor-
ney General Con'ey has returned from
New York, where he appeared before
Special Master Littlefield in the Viz
ginia debt suit. Owing to the fact that
the printing of the record was not
complete, the argument of the case
was postponed until November 4.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-10-02
Remove to Old home.

Mrs. Elizabeth Slyer and Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry PearreE who removed to
this city from Hedgesville several
months ago have returned to their
former home in that village Mrs.
Slyer will sell her property on West
Martin street. known as the Wisner
home.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-10-02
LIST OF AWARDS
FOR THE EXHIBITS
Committee Decides Upon Prizes tor
Apple Show and Carnival
NOVEMBER q AND 5 WILL
BE DATES OF BIG EVENT
Apple Growers Urged to Select Their
Choicest Fruit For Exhibition--The
Rules and Regulations Governing
the Apple Show--Some Valuable
Suggestions.

Preliminary arrangements for the
Big first annual apple show and fruit
carnival here November 4 and un.
der the auspices of the Berkeley Coun.
~ HoTticulturai society are now under
way, and the prizes for the exhibits
have been practically decided upon by
she committee in charge OF this por-
son Of the work
AS stated in The Evening World, the
cash and merchandise prizes cup
medals, etc, will amour. to approx
fnateIy $1,000. and will be the most
valuable offered at any fruit exhibition
ever held in this section OF the United
States.
The fruit exhibition viii be held In
the skating rink on South Queen
street, and the doors will be open from
10 o'o'ock in the morning until 10
ss'Clock at night. Hundreds of barrels.
Boxes and plates of the choicest apples
aver grown in Berkeley county will
Oe on exhibition in competition for the
handsome prizes offered. The varie-
ties will al be carefully labeled, and
a study of the exhibit will be well
worth the time of every resident of
Snis as we'll as neighboring counties.
School Chi ren are especially invited
and il is expected thar strawrides
from all sections of the county will
ne arranged A number of barrels of
Tine apples will be distributed among
the schoo9 children attending the ex-
hibifion
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-10-02
Mrs. NJ Buckles.

Mrs. Bette Buckles, wife of Mr..
Newton Buckles, of Halltown, Jeffer-
son county, died Sunday night at 8: 30
o'clock OF typhoid fever, aged 40 years.
She is survived by her husband and
two sons: William, in New York, and
Forest at home; also two brothers and
two sisters Maybery G.. and Howard
A Taber, this city; Mrs Edward
Rauch, south of town, and Mrs. Rich
ard Johnson, of Tablers Station.
Mrs. Buckles was the daughter of
the late James w. Tab er and was
born and reared at Tablers Station,
this county. For the last twelve years
she resided at Halltown. She was a
member of the Lutheran church and
was a most estimable woman. A wide
circle of friends will mourn her death.
Funeral Tuesday at p. m. at the
house. conducted by Rev, Mr.. Hath
cock, of Shepherdstown. Interment in
Charles Town.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-10-02
Handsome Challenge Cup.

Glass viii include the best five
sscuse-bushel boxes OF commercial apples
cone variety or mofel, TO be judged
sas>ccrding TO quality, cooring and
method of packing The prize in this
class will be the handsome silver chal-
seDge cup offered by the Martinsburg
'.tsoaud OF trade The winner of this cup
vsill retain ii for one year, and will
nave his name engraved upon the fine
trophy. This cup shall become the
property of any grower winning it
rnree years in sUcce sion.
Glass seven will be awarded for APP
ales and apple by-products to be an
bounced alter, and the prizes will con-
sist al valuable articles OF merchan-
aise, amounting to more than s100. In
addition 10 the above prizes there win
be a number OF cash and other prizes
for other exhibits, floats, etc.
General Exhibition Rules.
Entries must be made by letter to
God. James F. Thompson. Martinsburg,
Or personally at the skating rink not
Sater than November at D. m.
rEAhibitors must present full and ac-
,caEAAe lists OF the varieties and guam
G3tles entered and specify premiums
SorrsvhSch each is entered
Ali apples offered must have been
F'grown'ty the exhibitor
A prerIium will not be awarded I'M
siees apples exhibited are worthy. The
Judges may withhold first and award
SECOND or acme at all according TO
merit.
Winning apples are TO become the
property of the society, Except No. 5
which is to go to the State Expert
ment Station and No. which remains
the property of the exhibitor, to be
a0ctioned off during the show or not
AZ the pleasure OF the exhibitor).
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-10-02
The Prizes.

Glass will include the best collec-
don of five plates each OF the follow
eng varieties: Grimes Golden, York I'M
gserial, Ben Davis, Black Twig, Rome
Beauty, Winesap. The first prize in
each case will be S., and the second
Jsorize SO. amounting to total of $4S.
Class includes the best collection
or five Plates each of Stayman Wine
sap, Jonathan, Stark Gano, Rambo.
paradise, Northwestern Greenng,
BALDWIN, Smith Cider, Abemarle Pip
pin The first prize in each case will
he IS. and the second $50, making
eotal cash prizes OF $45.
Glass 8 is for the best single plate
tsS varieties other than the above
grown in Berkeley county; first prize,
81, second prize 80 cents for each vari-
ETY.; PROBABLE value of prizes. s25
Glass 4 will embrace the best one
eushel box of commercial pack of each
sf the following varieties; Grimes
aSo'den, Rome Beauty, Jonathan Wine
sap Black Twig. The prizes will be
So for the first. and So for the second
Ghe total prizes being $40.
Glass Especial prizes from the
West Virginia experiment station) in
: csudes the best standard barrels of
commercial pack OF the following:
York Imperial Ben Davis, Grimes
Golden. Black Twig. Ia each case the
Eirst prize win be 500. and the second
asrize $40, making total cash prizes OF
: 1920 in this class
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-10-02
Harrison Tabier.

Mr.. Harrison TaDler, one OF the old
est nd most substantial citizens OF
Berkeley county, died Thursday even
ing few minutes after six o'clock at
his home, near GreenSburg. of bron-
chial pneumonia, following an illness
of ten days. He was S3 years OF age
last Monday and was the last OF his
family.
Surviving are five children: Benton
and Henry Tabler, Mrs. Levi Welshans
and Mrs Harvey Mcdonald, al OF
near Greensburg, and Mrs. John Srine
of Lincoln, Nebraska; also II grand
children and IA great grandchildrep
The late Moses Tabler this city, at
one time deputy sheriff Of the county,
and the late Corbin Tabler, of the
Greensburg community were sous OF
the deceased.
The funeral was held on Sunday
afternoon at 1880 o'c'oct in the
Greensburg u. b. church, conducted
by the pastor, Rev. w. F. Gruver and
not at 10 a. m. as first announced In
terment in the hamily graveyard at
Smoketown.
Mr. Tabler was born on the old
homestead, about five miles northeast
az Martinsburg, where he spenH his
entire life and where he finally died
He was a farmer by occupation but
retired from active life some Years
ago on account of his advanced age
For sixty-seven years he was aaith
full member OF the United Brethren
church at Greensburg and, indeed
was one of the chez membets of
the congregation. He was held ia THE
highest esteem by young and old in
the community by reason of his high
traits of character and his death re
moves one of the best men OF the
neighborhood. He was a staunch Re
publican in politics but never aspired
to public Office, though taking an ac
tive interest in the affairs OF the
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-10-02
MIS- TICK JED
TUESDAY MORNING
Was Wife of William Deck of Near
Vancleyesyille.
JUSTICE WILSON DROPPED
DEAD IN WINCHESTER
Was Brother Of Cashier Frank Wilson
of Martlnsburg and Prominent citl-
zen--Funeral Wednesday Afternoon
Mrs. Deck was Member of Christ
Reformed Church.

From The World of Thursday.
Mrs. Josephine Deck, wife o. Mr..
William Deck, of Vanclevesyille, died
at six o'clock this morning after a
lingering Illness OF year, aged SO
years and II months. She is survived
by her husband and two daughters:
Misses Nellie and Bessie at home; al
so a sister, Miss Helen Gibbon OF
Vanclevesville, and Marion Gibbon in
British Columbia.
Mrs. Deck was a Miss Gibbon before
her marriage and was lifelong resi-
dent OF Berkeley county. She was a
member of the Reformed church and
one Of the most highly esteemed wo-
men in the community.
Funeral tomorrow at D. IN. at the
house, conducted by Rev DR.. J. A.
Hoffheins of the Reformed church and
pastor of the deceased. Intement in
Green Hill cemetery.
Justice Wilson Dead.
Chas. Wesley Wilson, we, l4known
resident of Winchester, dropped dead
in has yard yesterday afternoon at 1880
O'Clock of heart failure, aged 6S years.
He leaves a wife and ono son, Arnett
in New York; also one brother and
two sisters, al residing in Martins
burg; Mr.. Frank Wilson, cashier of
the Peoples Trust Co; Miss Alice
Wilson and Mrs. w. l.. Jones.
The funeral viii be held Wednesday
at p m. at the house and interment
in the city cemetery.
Mr.. Wilson was born at Harpers
Ferry, but had resided nearly all his
LIFE in Winchester. At the lime of his
death he was justice of the peaceI
and c'erk of the city council. He
was a prominent Free Mason and re-
spected citizen and his sudden and UNI
expected death has caused much sor
row in Winchester.
Douglas Island news., 1909-12-15
The M0rthIand The Latest News, from Reliable Sources, Concerning the Great
 North, Condensed. information for Everybody.

Skagway is out of debt.
 Cable time has been made official at Cordova,
 An epidemic of petty thievery is prevalent at Fairbanks.
 Willis Dertworth has been appointed postmaster at Deeriag.
 The Fox Gulch roadhouse was burned last month with a less of SjS,O0O.
 Cordora has experienced shortage of water during the cold weather
 Fire destroyed the electric light plant at Prince Rupert the first of the month.
 From fifteen to eighteen hundred is the estimate of the winter population at Nome.
 Cordova people have subscribed lio- orally to fund for an unfortunate res ident of Ellamar,
 The ladies of the Presbyterian Aid society of Fairbanks have placed on sale homemade cook book,
 The works Of the Tanana Electric company closed down last month and the lights on the creeks are out.
 A corporal named Case, from the marine corps at Sitka, fell OTerboagd while duck hunting and was drowned.
 The school board at Cordova has asked the town council to appoint truant officer to compeII attendance at school.
 Richard Booth, a young man living at Metlakahtla, shot himself with Q rifle while deer hunting. The wound was fatal.
 Hot Springs freighters are tangled up in a rate war, Goods are hauled from Hot Springs to Sullivan creek for l cent a pOund.
 M.J. Heney says that he could easily use another thousand station men on the Copper River road this winter- He has no use for graders,
 Maj. w. P. Richardson warns mUsh- CTS to the Iditarod that the trail from Knik Arm, at the head of Cook inlet, presents very few attractions,
 A debating club at GibbOn offsets the cold weather by selecting warm sab- subjects, sRch as, "ResolEed that hell is a place of everlasting torment"
 A consignment of 800 ptarmigan shipped from Nome to Seattle on the steamer Senator on her last trip down was seized by the federal game warden.
 The "Alaska News Bureau" is BOW furnishing news te the afternoon papers of Alaska, with the exception of the Nome Gold Digger and the Fair banks News
Douglas Island news., 1909-12-15

The Miners Union Bulletin, of Fair banks, says the oUtoek for wage workers in that district fer the winter seascn is not encouraging, aud points out that men are being employed at a reelection to $A per day, with Rn iron clad agreement that wages will act be- come dsRe Until June 70, ISl0. The pager contends' Chat the spring clean ep wiil be practically ended 5efore June lG, and there wi3l be abundant opportunity fer unserupGlo9s operators tc defraud lgbocers out of their pay.
 4 gocd many Alaskan newspapers have offered as gu excuse for President Taft in his stand against territorial Legislature the assumption that he is ignorant of the true situation eff Alas kan affairs. After mature thought in the premises, it occurs to us that it is mere credita ble to the president to at tribQte hjs course to the eXigeacies of political environment rather than ig- nogance on the subject Of which he speakE, and Of which there appears no good reason why he should net have informed himSelf-ranana Leader.
 Seward, Dec. A.-Word was received from Knik yesterday by the local authorities of the murder Gf George Purches cn NoVem Der y. Purches and miner by the name of J..J. KosheVni- koV had had trouble over woman, and meeting that day had hct words which led to blows, which were followed by the shooting and almost instant killing of Purches There being DO local peace officers. the miners held Q meeting to consider the case. resulting in de- cision to hold the murderer pending the arrival of officers from Seward.
 The ice is getting in geod shape for heavy travel, according te ceports re- ceiEed from the interior and there will soon be 8 good trail for rapid transit from Ccrdora to Copper Center, should present plans be carried into execution. The other day train was Lun from Niles glacier to Cordoya in enc hour and ten minutes. This shows that the traiu can go some when the necessity arises. When the trail is broken from Copper Center to Tiekel it will be pos sible for travellers to leave Copper Gen. ter in the morning and reach CordoVa the same night, providing close train connections were made.--North Star.
 Two physicians have diagnosed aca8e of 8 woman now residing at Nenjlchek and both proclaim her to be affected with that dread malady known as lep- rosy. One of these physicians, Dr. J- M. Harrison, who is we'll known III Seward, examined the disease very carefully several times while the victim was at Kenai, and says he cannot be mistaken in his diagnosis, as he has had experience in the treatment of this disease. The woman is .a,creole-part Russian. part .natiye-apd is about D years of age. Her mother is said to have died from the affects of the same disease. The woman has .an.enlarge- ment Of the nese and has running sores on her breast. Both of theseare symp- ,toms ef,s leprops condition, although they answer to g form of syphilitic disease. pr. Joseph A. Romig, in charge Of this government school di- vision of Alaska, has directed that the woman be taken to Seldovia and placed in isolation until l,such time as he can .make.a thorough diagnosis of the case.
Douglas Island news., 1909-12-15

While drunk in Fairbanks Nov. i, Patrick ). Mahoney and Brick Fona&s engaged in scufEe in the Pioneer sa- }oon aud when the scuTIe ended Fonaas was dead. An autopsy revealed q rap, ture Of a blood vessel Oi the brain, and Mahouey was exoperated by coroRer'6 5ury.
 Immigration Inspector KaEis Krauo zunas, in his report to the department of commerce and IaGor, says that there have been.breaches of labor contracts and violation of the contract IaGor Jaws both at Nome and Fairbanks. The charges will be investigated by the de. partmeat-
 Four hundred Valdez residents have signed and organized the "Alaska Ter ritorial Club7 with '. D. Flynn, pres{ dent; K. k. Ritchie, ice-President4 anG Chas. G. Ganty, secretary. It's parPoSe IS to neip along the movement of hoEae ra7Ie for Alaska and to assist Delegate Wicaersham in has Gght fer his biiL
 A New York paper e&ys. That Aiae- l,a is fertile field for SaGmers is tndi- cateG by an exhibit of it's farm prodCct0 nov beiug eoac{udsd in t&is city. Az r5caltuHsts iu Eastern states have been attracted in large nQmbers og the dis play. 1t surpassas the farm exhibits of sn ordinary county fair, and as r9salt hGudreds of homeseekers have arranged te start farms in Alaska, par ticUIarly in tke Tanana valley region.
 The secretary of tke tre&sary, ia his estimate of the expenses Of government for the coming year. appoTtions S98l,- zoo to Alaska, as f0Rows: BounGary e6rvey, &20C0OO; care of insane, &50,800; education Of natives, s2OO,O00: pvotec- tion Of gaC2e, 1000; reindeer, Sl2,OCO: support of natives, S19,500; cable aud telegraph lines, STa,OOO; St. Iiehael canal, ,SloO@0a; lighthouse tender end lights, S125,oO0; salary Of governor judges, etc., S9Qs9OG.
 En bis annGai message Te congress, President TaSt Aanales Alaska by say ing- q recommend legislation which shall provide for the appointment by the president Of g governor and also Of an executive council, the mem bers of mhch shall have legislative powers s0f- 6cient to enable 1t togive tke territory local laws adapted te its present growth. [ strongly Gepgeeate legisle- tion looking to the election of terri- toHa legislature 3u that vast district"
 &our Dawson ,passengegs .on Q lat0 stage each left the metropolis @ths ssusrt bottle Of whiskey. Having all taken 'farewelr' just before etarting they did not refer to the toettfes &In5& after being ,on the road two haars, by which time the contents of the bottles was frozen. When a roaahoUse Was reached each man carried his bett4eIn and thawed it.out by the stove, bat ,es the e'goods'' at the roadhoUse was not frozen, they did not open their omn'bn5 again placed 1t ia the stage. Before the second roadhouse was reached. it was again frozen end the same pvocess was repeated all the waySo Whitehorses the four bottles of booze being thaweG oat ,ao less than IA times en the wey out. On reaching here each &ellcw ,took his bottle to his room, thswed Che contents and cultivated a'"Lonesome." rStaC,
Douglas Island news., 1909-12-15

Chas. ". H. Heideman has 6e&ttfe capitalists interested iu the Organrza' ton of a stock company to back the es' tablishmeut of fox farms in Central Alaska.
 ". A. weis, of Cordova, has 6een bound over to the tender mercies of the grand jury under bonds of 87,OaC for ap alleged assault against Miss Myrtle West.
 E. l. Kelly, Kelly tho Rlgser,' es csped from the Fairbanks jaii, where he was serving a9Oday sentence for as sault, was captured and was giTea an other go days for his pains.
 VQko Perogich, the Fairbanks nUr. derer, whose sentence hes been com muted to life, has been taken to the government penitentjary at McNeiFs island to serve out bis time.
 Juneaa youth are te have Gheir steps guided in the straight end marrow path if Postmaster and Bookseller Spickett has bis way. No Deadwood Dick O. Nick Carter stories will be soid at his place.
 {n his annual report, fred Dennett, commissioner Of the general land office: states that the coal land entry laws gre indefinite, and urges that they be made more specific concerning the consoli- daticn of claims
 ". k. West, 8 special agent ef t8e general land office, secpred search warrant to find certain papers that were said to have been taken fr0pl the Juneau land office. The papers have a bearing cn the CordeVa coal eases.
 Emil Msurer, wealthy GerpaR aud an attache of the German consulate at Chicago, has established 8 camp in the vicinity of Mt. Mckinley and wiLL spend the winter hunting. in the spring he expects to climb the big mountain.
 The Langley brothers, owners Of tae steamer Tana, which was forced to go into winter quarters on Fish creek on the Panama on account Of the early freezeup, contemplate the construction of another boat at LeBarge in which to bring down freight next spring.
 ". A. Mckenzie, chief special ageat for Alaska of the United States census bureau, is interesting himself in the matter of recommending to the govern. ment feasible plan of keeping a cor rect record of the vital statistics of the territory-birtbs, deaths and cases of contagious disease.
 Wada, the Jap mUsher, and Alfred Lowell started cut on the morning of Dec. { on the long overland mush from Seward to tRe IditaroI. The men are sent out by the Seward Commercial club to make the round trip fer the purpose of demonstrating the feasi- bility and advantages of Seward as 6 starting point for the new gold 6elds.
 The government road between Il and 22 mile pest is jn g very bad condition, owing to the Chilkat river having cut in and undetermined portion of the road. As long ss the river is frozen this will cause nc inconvenience, as wagons can take to the ice, but it will need repairing the first thing in the spring.-Haines Pioneer Press