Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1910-08-19

acre.
! Mr.. and Mr. George L Sencindiver
are visiting friends and relatives in
New York state.
Mr.. Harry Staub is home from Pitts
burg recuperating from an operation
for appendicitis.
Mr.. X d. Sherrard, the Gerardstown
merchant, las been in Baltimore this
week buying goods.
Miss Anna Sherrard. Of Gerards
town is visiting Mr.. j. w. Gilkeson at
| Moorefield this week.
| Mr.. John w. Dodd went to Berke-
/ ley Springs last Tuesday To MAKE an
address at the Home Coming at that
place.
Miss Eloise Potter, Of Darlington,
Pennsylvania, is visiting the home Ct
Nr and Mrs. q. w. Mckown, onW est
King street.
| The republicans of this senatorial
| district met at charlestown last week
, and nominated Tracy l.. Jeffords for
the state senate.
Mrs. Albright, of Pittsburg, with
her children are visiting at the pater-.
nal home, Mr.. and Mrs ID. n. KEGS,
at Jones Springs.
Hon. William Campbell is visiting
the New England and New York mar
kets in the interests of The Virginias
Fruit Exchange.
There was fine rain through the
Southern end of the county on last
Monday morning and farmers are feel
ing much better they have for some
time.
Mr.. Kirk Place, who owns the old
Benson farm on the Opequon has
threshed his wheat and 1t averaged
about twenty five bushels to the acre.
He is good farmer and is improv
ing his place wonderfully.
Mrs. H. L. Alexander aid child, who
have been spending some time at Pen
Mar have returned hone. Mr.. Alex
ander went ever OH Saturday and
spent Sunday and Monday and accom-
| panies his wife home on Tueaday.
The Comery Band Picnic at Pen
Mar on last Saturday was the largest
ever taken from this city. There was
more than two thousand tickets sold
South of tie Potomac river and it
took several large trains to haul the
crowds.
Col. Turner a. Milton, who has
been here for the past month or more
spending his vacation, left for his
home in Kansas City OH Tuesday.
! He is confident of winning the
Swope case and becomes more OPTIC
mistic every day.
Mr.. w. L. Jones, wife and daughter,
returned last week from delightful
| trip through the lake region ard
through New York. Mr.. Jones attend
ed the meeting of the National Jewelers.
association at Detroit and then went
| to New York where he stopped to buy
his fall goods.
| This office is under obligations to
STATE Superintendent of Schools Nj. +.
| 1. fD al
/ Architecture, very interesting and
instructive book of more than hun
dred pages. The work contains
large number OF handsome cuts aud
illustrations. The b~oS is a credit to
the compiler and Will Ue a srea. n
10 school officers in planning school
buildings.
Mrs. V. B. WarrenfeIls, Of Chatta-
nooga, Tenn, is here on visit to her
old friends and acquaintance She
was before marriage Miss Bessie Por-
terrified, the only daughter of the late
William r. Porterfield and sister of
Mr.. ]. L.. Porterlield, OF this city. This
is her first visit to her old home In
more than twelve Yeas. She is accom-
panied 10y her three children, daugh-
ter, pearly grown, and two sons. Her
many friends are delighted to meet
her again.
There was considera bic excitement
in the town of StauntOp, Virginia,
! last week over house and considerable
ground sinking into the earth. The
ground was setting for several days
and for some time it was not know
what caused the caVeing In put later
it was decided that the building had
beer built over "a stream which had
been covered in years past and that
the water had undermined the ground