Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1912-04-12

The barber shop Of Williams & Me-
Init is to be improved by new med
ern trent
Mrs. Z. M. Seibert has been visiting
her uncle, Mr.. John w. Trammell, in
Hagerstown this week.
Misses Eva ahd Theresa Cumisky
have been visiting friehds 10 Washing
ton during the past week.
Mr.. and Mrs Peyton r. Ramer, OF
Waynesboro, Penn, were here last
Tuesday visiting friends and relatives.
Col. d. w. Shatfer, manager of Il e
Vehicle Company returned last we, k
from trip to Detroit and Flint, Mich
igan.
Judge Faulkner returned on Tues
day FROM Berkeley Springs where h,
he had been holding the regular tern
of court.
Miss Ethel Downs and Miss Jesse
Horsphall, students at Randolph
Macon Women's College, Lynchburg,
spent Easter at home.
Col. r. P. Chew, Of Charlestown
will be the principal speaker at tie
unvelling of the Jackson statute at
Lexington, on June 49,
Messrs. Edwin G. and Harry =.
Henshaw has qualified to administer
the estate of their father, Mr.. Il. s..
Henshaw who recently died near In
wood.
Miss Florence Fockler and Carroll j..
Cumisky, both of this city, were mar
rled at the Catholic church last Mon
day evening by FIR. Fallon in ne pres-
ence of number of fri uds and az
quaintances.
Miss Martha Pearrell, of the Hedges
vile vicinity was opersted upon / he
City hospital Tuesday by Or, 0ales
assisted by Drs. Butler, Myers aud
Hedges Seventy-hve gall stones and
two ovarial cysts were removed.
DIR. John F. Beck, of Washington
county, has brought suit against the
Hagerstown Fair association for Sc, 900
damages for injuries received during
the fair last year when railing fell
throwing him and others out into the
race track.
soap" Mitchell, of Shattuck, Okla,
Editer Of the Shattuck Monitor will
soon start on for the Democratic Ma
tional convention in Baltimore next
June. lie is going to make the journey
on foot, accompanied only by his dog.
He expects to make mum Der of po-
liticai speeches on his way east.
At call meeting of Winchester
Presbytery held at Romney last week
Licentiate w. r, Hill was dismissed
to the Presbytery OF Brazos, Texas.
Mr.. Hill goes to the town of Blessing
few miles from thsGulfcoast and he
viii leave for bis new field next week.
His fani lily will follow in the fall.
In the presidential primary in the
state of Illinois on Tuesday matters
were given turn on both sides Col.
Roosevelt got back at Taft by carry
ing the state by large majority and
Clark got even with Wilson's success
in Wisconsin by carrying the state
against him. This indicates that the
fight is far from being won in either
party.
The Postal Telegraph Comps has
entered suit against the Bell Telephone
Company for diverting business from
its lines to the Western Union lines.
The Western Union and the Bell CON-
panies were merged year or SO ago
and have for some months been oper-
ating in conjunction. The two offices at
this place have been merged and at
other places where at all possible.
The April Eclipse.-A total eclipse
OF the sun will occur On April 18th
that will be seen to the best advantage
in Europe In this country the sun
will rise partly ecIIpsed in most of the
Southern, NJ iddle and Eastern states,
and at New York City will emerge
from the shadow ubout 6.32 a. IN. Dur
ing tie eclipse the centers of the sun
moon and earth will be exactly in line
for moment, with the moon between
the sun aud the earth. The path of
totality begins in Venezuela, crosses
the Atlantic, traverses the northeast
corner of Portugal and Spain, passes
over Paris and near Liege, Hamburg
and st. Petersburg and ends in Siberia.
The moon will be at such distance
between the sun and the earth that
the diameter Of the sun and the moon
will seem to be anuroximatelv identi-