Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1911-09-30
GREAT APPLE CARNIVAL
WAS SPLENDID SUCCESS
Contlnuea rrom paEe one.

lticultural Society to the visitors, other
invited guests and citizens. The func.
ion was held in the Y. NJ. G. A gym
nasium and it was a most agreeable
and successful affair. The hour ap-
pointed was s O'clock, but it was a
4 few minutes after when the more
than $50 guests took their seats in
the improvised dining hall, after grace
being said by Rev. j. S. Dolglas.
The Ladies Auxiliary of the Y. NJ.
lC. A. served luncheon and they well
! sustained the reputation gained on
previous public occasions. They were
assisted in serving by a number Of
ladies not affiliated with the auxiliary.
The large assemblage OF representa-
tive men, handsome women and pref
f, lily decorated tables presented a scene
long to be remembered. 1t. tcok an
, hour at least to do full justice to the
delicious viands. During the progress
Of the luncheon the Martinxburg Or.
ohestra played number Of pleasing
selections that gave an added zest to
! tho feast.
| Mr.. A. c. Nadenb usch was the
| POSTMASTER and he performed the
| delicate task with that grace, taste
and refined humor that makes him an
ideal POSTMASTER. When cigars were
| reached Mr.. Nadenbousch announced
that the unexpected duty had devolved
| upon him to deliver the address of
| welcome to the visitors, which had
been assigned to another. This he
did in a few felicitous words.
| Mr.. G. w. Southern, of near Clarks-
burg. was introduced as the first spea-
| ker of the evening. The elderly gen
| tleman made somewhat lengthy
speech, prefacing his remarks with
| the statement that he was a self-made
nan, and 1t was evident that he was
pardonably proud of his maker. His
| speech provoked much amusement.
The next speaker was Mr.. T. r..
| Symons, OF College Park. Md, state
| entomologist, who made plea for the
| local horticultural society to cooper
! ate with like organizations elsewhere
| il the enactment of laws to prevent
the introduction into the United States
from foreign countries, of trees,
plants, etc, infected with destructive
pests that are now costing the country
F., millions of dollars.
Mr.. Symon's was followed by
| another Marylander in the person of
Mr.. Orlando Harrison, of Berlin. on
the Eastern Shore, who said he felt
complimented to be invited to speak
before an assemblage OF men, so many
Of whom had bought nursery stock
| from him and whom he regarded as
friends as well as custorters
| DR.. J. A. Robbins, of Charleston
remarked when introduced that his
| city on the Kanawha had recently
| adopted a slogan, namely, &C. o. c.
coal, oil, gas" and he suggested as a
| slogan for Martinsburg More apples,
| bigger apples, better apples"
Mr. George NJ. Creswell, of the State
Agricultural College, at Morgantown
and who is here this week at the car
nival practically demonstrating how
| apples should be advantageously pack
ed for the market, was introduced as
the man who had learned the business
in the famous Hood River Valley in
Oregon. Mr.. Creswell advised the
fruit growers present to pack their
apples in boxes as they do in the
West, and better prices and a more
firmly established reputation for Ber-
kelley county fruit would surely result.
Mr.. Nadenbousch then read letters
CT regret addressed to President Alex.
| Clohan of the Berkeley County Horti-
| cultural Society from H. w. Colling-
wood, of New York, editor of the Ru-
raj New Yorker; Prof Thomas f.
| Hodges, president of the West Viz
| ginia University at Morgantown; At
tcrney-General William G. Conley, Of
Charleston, and Congressman w. G.
! Brown, of Kingwood.
Mr.. J. H. Knapp. of Parkersburg, as
! the next speaker, made a hit by re
marking that he had been inf rmed
that the present banquet was being
served by a ladies auxiliary; and jude
ing by what he saw around him he
said if those ladies were merely an
auxiliary to soneth 'ng else, that SON.
thing must be a mighty big thing,
that after all the women were M
tiLsburg's most valuable asset
Mr.. +. NJ. Harris, Of Cincinnati, was
numogously introduced as man who
knew all bout the cold storage busi-
ness, Whilst not denying this state.
ment tle gentleman from the Buckeye
! Stat advised the Berkeley county
fiu.t growers to put up a better and
more honest pack if they would ell.
nance the reputation of their fruit ald
incidentally, get better prices. Put
the name of the grower and the var
tety of the fruit inside OF the barrel
and not ON the outside alone" said he.
"and don't put any runty apples the
middle of the barrel to deceive the
simple"