Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1911-04-28

;..ue of the Dunn furniture Com
papy.
uss Ella Potter Thompson has re-
nod from a visit to friends in Roam
oke, Va.
Miss Mary Campbell, of near Ger
.rdstown, has been visiting Mrs. Nora
Abell on w. Burke street.
Mr. f. C. Poole, of Washington,
.no,t last sunday with his brother
LAWYER X. Poole, IN this city.
Attorney John o. Henson, assistant
..,orney general of West Virginia,
wss here for few days this week Wis
ting his mother.
Mrs F. W. Trout returned last week
from a visit to her son Mr.: Horace
rrout at Omaha, Nebraska, and other
,a,atives in the state of Nebraska.
Mrs. W. H. yesterday, Of Washing
~, who was on a visit to her sisters,
Mrs A. C. Nadenbousch and Mrs. w.
: SULLIVAN, returned TO her home
on Monday.
Deputy Marshal Dawson last Fri
dsy took Jim Negley and Club Samp-
son to Wheeling for trial in the U. s.
court for oootlegging. Negley lives near
the mountain ana Sampson is ne
gro about town.
The fine three story business build
ing of the Lord Brothers next TO the
city ball is being pushed with good
deal of vigor. The walls are now above
the FIST story and there is good force
of hands working on it.
NIB. f. Irwin is having his resi-
dence Oh the corner of West John and
College streets thoroughly overhauled
and rebuilt. The house will be all re-
weatberboarde6 and a modern bow
window attached OH the front.
We are glad to state that Mr.. W..
w. Housewerth, VINO was psralyzed a
few weeks ago, is improving slowly,
but to all appearances surely. He Is
able TO sit up at the window and tG
wave HIS hand TO his friends as they
pass.
We learn with great regret that our
venerable fellow townsman, Mr..
Phlllp oclaaImann, has been quite Ill
at his home ON East Burke street. We
are gaa 10 say However at present
writing he is mucf. improved and APP
parenliy On the road to recovery.
The season this spring is very late
ana tue farmers have Teen greatly de-
lsyet III their farming operations.
Usually farmers begin planting corn
ABOUT the 10Th of April but many
farmers have not plowed a furrow as
yet and will net be able to plant corn
for several weeks to come.
We are informed that Mr.. Daniel
Baker has purchased the Cunningham
farms at Falling Waters which were
not sold at former sale by order of the
court and that the price paid was $751;
900. 1t is understood that Mr.. Baker
purchased them for the Standard Lime
and Stone Company, for The high
grade limestone they contain.
Mr. Wyneoop Lenen, who have
been Spending the winter here with his
brother and sisters, left for his home
III Minnesota last week. Mr.. Lemen
has been living in the Northwest for
many years but has made it a rule TO
spend the winters here with his friends
and thus escape the rigors of the
Northwestern winters.
The Baptist congregation In this
city, has been working toward the
erection of new church on the site
now occupied by the old church. The
finance committee has been canvassing
the members and from the report
made by them it seems that there is nc
doubt about new church right away.
The committee reports that they have
pledges amounting to $4,000 or more
which is regarded as very encourag'
ing.
Mr. William M. McQuilkin, the
laundryman, has his new building on
college street about completed and has
MS machinery installed. He is now
thoroughly equipped aud with every
facility needed to do the best of WORK
IN the most expeditions way there
ought not to be any laundry WORK sem
cut OF town. Mr.. McQuilkia is s
spiended citizen, he has shown com
mendable enterprise in building such 8
me plant and undoubtedly deserves
'ne patronage of his fellow citizens.