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Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1913-03-28
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
FRANCHISE.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN
Take notice that the Winchester d
Washington City RAILWAY Co., cor
potation Under the laws OF the state
OF Virginia and licensed to ~ bust
ness also in the State of Wes, Viz
ginia. las this day filed its appllca-
ton with the recorder OF the village
of HeGgesville, in Berkeley County,
w. Va asking the consent and per
mission OF the City Council CT said
village TO erect and maintain its pole
line: add string IT'S wires thereon, tor
the purpose of transmitting electric
current on along and over the street
IN said village which is now or was for
merly a part of the Warm Springs
Road leading from Martinsburg, INF
said county. to Bath in Morgan Co.,
and also on, along and over such 9th
er street or streets in said village as
the council may from time to time per
NIT and that action upon said appli-
cation will be asked OF said Council
at its first regular or called meeting
to be held at the expiration of thirty
DAYS from this date.
Dated March p 1918
WINCHESTER q WASHINGTON
CITY RAILWAY co.
A. Moore Jr. BY Counsel
Faulkner d Nadeubousch.
Attorneys. SD 3 - st
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NOTICE TO LIEN HOLDERS.

TO all persons, holding liens, by
deed e trust or otherwise, upon the
real estate, of George W. Parsons,
II. d. Parsons, W. s. Parsons, John
Parsons, or Sarah Parsons, wife of
said George w, Parsons, or either of
them, or any part thereof-pursu-
ant to a decree of the Circuit Court
of Berkeley County, w. Va, made
IN a suit therein pending, to subject
tho real estate Of the said George w,
Parsons, H. d. Parsons, w. S. Par,
sons, John Parsons, Or Sarah Par
sons, wife Of said George W. Par
sens, To the satisfaction of the liens
upon their real estate, or any part
thereof, you are hereby required to
present all claims, held by you and
each of You, against the said George
w. Parsons, II. d. Parsons, w. S.
Parsons. John Parsons or Sarah Par
sons, wife Of said George w, Parsons
or either of them, which are liens up
on said real estate, or any part OF 1t,
for adjudication, 10 me at my Office
in Old National Bank Building, in
Martinsburg W. Va, on or before
the S1st day of March, 1913.
Given uudcr lay hand this 9th day
OF March, M.
W. B. COLSTON,
COMMISSIONER in Chanc
cry Of said Court.
S-D-3 7-4t
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NOTICE TO TAKE DEPOSITION
In the Circuit Court of Berkeley Coun-
ty State of West Virginia.
Mary f. Criswell, plaintiff.

Sterling E. CFiswell, defendant.
To Sterling E. Criswell:
Take notice that the dispositions
of sundry witnesses will be taken at
the Office of Faulkner, Walker and
Kilmer in the County OF Berkeley
and state Of West Virginia on the 31st
day of March, 1918, between the hours
of 8 a. m. and 8 p. In. to be read in
evidence on the hearing of the above
cause, in behalf of Mary Il. Criswoll
If from any cause, the taking of the
same shall not be commenced, or be-
ing commenced, shall not be complet-
ed on that day, the taking of the
same will be adjourned from time to
time, until they are completed.
Yours, etc,
MARY E. CRISWELL,
BY Counsel.
Wa & Ia % %
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W-3 s 10 % 20.

MARY E. CRISWELL,
BY Counsel.

Having qualified as administrator
OF the estate of Margaret A. Curtis,
deceased, notice is here given to
persons indebted to said estate to
make payment of same, and those
having claims, to present the same
properly authenticated for settlement.
S. A. LA FEVRE,
Administrator of the Estate OF
Margaret a. Curtis, deceased
S-D9-7-4t
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1913-03-28
The Trottng Stallion.
SILK BAILEY

will make the season of 1913 at the
home OF the undersigned near Shep-
herds,own, and at J. II. Hellers Ber-
kelley Hotel Stables in Martiusburg,
Mondays Tuesdays and Wednesdays
az home. Fridays and Saturdays in
Martinsburg.
SILK BAILEY.
is a handsome. rangy young mabog-
any bay of splendid style, four years
old gentle and kind of disposition,
and is developing fine speed. He is
now being trained by j w Weller at
Frederick Md, and will begin the sea-
son April 10Th.
PEDIGREE,
SILK Bailey. 52I02, "a b h foaled
1909; by Joe Baldwin, 4OSS3; dam
D0lade. by Baronade. 3O5O4: grandam
Dolly Delight. by Gambetta Wilkes,
1853, etc (See Dolaide Vol XNIlJ
Bred by }. l.. Luke, Charles Town W.
Va; passed to ?. n. Brilliant, Charles
Town ". Va
SILK Exporter, 33446, Joe Baldwin,
41SS5. Jennette Rose silk Bailey.
52l02. Baronade, 3o504.- Dolaide Dol
ly Delight
Given under my hand and seal at
Chicago, H., this 18th day OF January
4. ID. 1870.
FRANK e. BEST. REGISTRAR.
TERMS $500 insurance
For further particulars ard descrip-
ton. see the owner.
p. n. BRILLIANT.
near Shephcrdstown. w. Va.
Pasha my handsome thoroughbred
shetland Pony will make the season
with SIX Bailey al home and al Mar
insurance.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1913-03-28

CORINNE HARRIS, Defendant.
The object of this suit is to OBJ
tain Il decree for absolute divorce.
And affidavit having been made
that the said defendant Corinne
Harris is nonresident of this State
the said defendant is required to ap
pear within one month after the date
of the first publication of this order
in the Clerks office of our said
Court. and do what is necessary 10
protect her interests.
1t is ordered that copy OF thi;
order be forthwith published once
a week for four consecutive weeks
in The observation-disclosures news
paper printed in the town OF Mar
tinsburg, in the County of Berkeley
and be posted at the front door OF
the Court House of Berkeley County
At least twenty days before Judgment
or decree is rendered.
L. Dew GERHARDT'
Clerk
Il. 4. WATSON, Attorney for Plain.
tiff. s.D.s,7 At.
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NOTICE TO TAKE DISPOSITIONS
Pittsburgh Bridge aud Iron Works, q
corporation,


NJ. p Wells.
In assumpsit and attachment pending
before the Circuit Court Of Ber.
kelley County. West Virginia:
To NJ. p. Wells:
Take notice that the depositions
of B. H. Schewe and others will be
taken at the offices of the Pittsburgh
Bridge and Iron Works. at Roches-
ter, in the county OF Beaver, State
Of Pennsylvania, on Saturday, the
18th day of April, 1913, between
the hours Of eight a m. and six p. m,
20 be read in evidence in a certain ac-
ton at law, pending in the Circuit
Court of Berkeley county, State Of
West Virginia. in which the Pitts
burgh Bridge and Iron Works, cor
poration, is plaintiff and YOU are de-
PENDANT. If for any reason these
dispositions should not be begun, or
being begun, should not be completed
upon that day, the taking Of the same
will be adjourned from time to time
until completed
PITTSBURGH BRIDGE AND IRON
WORKS, A CORPORATION,
w Is % 20 At. BY Counsel
Martin & seibert, Attorneys
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Ten thousand people will read your
ad in The World. Can you afford to
overlook this huge purchasing force
which yau can reach only through
The World
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journed from time to time, until theJ
are completed.
Yours, etc,
DUVALL HARRIS,
ned BY Counsel.
w 10 1t.--Ady.
SD II ct.
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Public Sale Calendar

March 2o.-M II. HARMON, 621 n.
Second street.
March 20. MARGARET DUNN,
front of Court House.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1913-03-28

In line Of A. Payne; thence with a
line of the latter N. Is deg. F. z5.s
poles to a stake in line of same and
corner to the land Of Sallie C. Hays
lett; thence with her line S. 50 IL
deg. e. 500 poles to a stake in hol-
low; thence N. Is IL deg. f. SO poles
to a stone corner TO same and in a line
OF A. b. speck; thence with his line
s. 50 II deg F. SO poles to stone;
thence 5. 10 deg. w &c poles to a
stone in the line of A. B. speck;
thence S. 80 deg As min w. 500 poles
to the beginning, CONTAINING 5
ACRES, aud being the same real es-
tate conveyed to the said c. E. Ridge
way BY deed from John W. Price and
wife, bearing date the 9th day of Apr,
1903, and recorded in the Office of the
Clerk Of the County Court of Berkeley
County, West Virginia, in Deed Book
No. 119, page eos. This property is
improved by good dwelling house
and all necessary outbuildings.
1T WILL MAKE AN EXCELLENT
HOME FOR TRUCK OR OTHER
SMALL FARMING.
Terms Of Sale.
one-third cash on the day Of sale
and the residue in two equal, annual
payments, with interest from day of
sale, the purchaser to give his notes
Tor the deferred payments, payable in
one and two years, and the title to be
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1913-03-28
ORDER OF PUBLICATION.

The State of West Virginia:
At rules held in the Clerks Office
Of the Circuit Court for the County
of Berkeley on Monday the Srd day
of March, 1913
DUVAI.L HARRIS, Plaintiff
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retained until all the purchase money
shall have been paid
CLARENCE E. MARTIN, Trustee.
w Is 20 20 "a.
SD II At
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NOTICE TO TAKE DEPOSITION.
In the Circuit Court of Berkeley
County, State of West Virginia,
Duvall Harris, plaintiff,

Corinne Harris, defendant
To Corinne Harris, defendant:
Take notice that the deposition
of sundry witnesses will be taken at
the office of r. e. Watson, in the
County of Berkeley and State OF West
Virginia on the 18th day of April, 1913,
between the hours of a. m and 5
p. m, to be read in evidence on the
hearing of the above cause, in behalf
of Duvall Harris, plaintiff.
If from any cause, the taking of the
same shall not be commenced, or be
ing commenced shall not be complet'
ed on that day, The same will be ad-
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1913-03-28
PUBLIC SALE CLERK

My services are at your disposal
if you contemplate public sale.
| have had a considerable expert
'ence, extending over period OF
years, as a public sale clerk and
can assist you materially in your
preparations for a sale. | will
write up your sale on short notice,
act as clerk at the sale and do 1t
lin a satisfactory manner and for a
moderate price. References: ]. w.
sDodd and L. C. Hoffman.
HARDWOOD BURKHART.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-20

members to probe all departments, save
the penitentiary that being left to the
tender mercies of the governor, and they
have been busy. Net results have not
been heavy so far. but the promise is
for an abundant harvest. This commit
tee put expert accountants to work on
three different departments at one and
the same time, and it was not long be-
fore the tree began to bear fruit. The
first shake brought down one of the most
pious citizens of Jackson-Leigh Wat
kins, assistant state land commissioner.
He had been a clerk in the office of the
state auditor for several years, and was
appointed to the place in the land office
by the governor because of hS peculiar
fitness for the place. Because of long
spell of sickness in his family he forged
a pay certificate and got $500 from the
state treasury last April. His friends
claim that he confessed because of cold
feet. He knew that the legislative COM
mittee was on the books and accounts
of the auditor. and that his bogus trans
action would soon be found out, where
fore he made confession first to the au-
ditor. and then to the governor The
governor had appointed him and was his
friend but he went through the ordeal,
and caused the arrest of Mr. Watkins.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-20
EXPOSURE is NOT
WITHOUT SAD FEATURES

This arrest and exposure was not with
out its sad features. Mr. Watkins is a
Christian gentleman. a deacon in the
Presbyterian church, and his religious
associates are standing by him. He re-
paid all he had stolen, with interest, be-
fore he confessed to his crime, and for
that reason his friends are doing their
best TO secure light sentence.
The governar's probe has brought out
other peculations-the state lunatic asy-
lum being now in the limelight, and
promising some of the best sensations of
the day. So far only one arrest has been
made, that of Mr.. Kline, head dairy
man of the asylum farm, but others are
expected Mr.. Kline is indicted on the
charge of having stolen a certain cow,
and the report is that he is going TO
confess, duplicating a number of other
persons connected with the management
of the asylum dairy and farm. Tt is
possible that he will do so. but at the
same time, the friends of Mr.. Kline are
very busy trying to save their scalps.
The charge is that several other head
of cattle have disappeared from the asy-
lum farm. and the officers of the insti-
tuition are being called on for an expla-
nati0n
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-20
GRUB COMES TOLIFE
AFTER II YEARS
Swarms of Insects Mistaken for
Locusts Infest Trees of Kan
sas, East and West

Kansas City, July 12.-(Special)-
That thrill, high pitched. rasping chorus
that has come from almost every tree
in and around Kansas City the last two
weeks, and is growing each day in in
tensity is the noise Of the cicada sep
tendecim, wrongly known as the seven
teen-year locust. A brood of this fellow
is Matching out this year in western
Missouri and eastern Kansas, and hard
ny tree in all that territory is with
out his song.
But the insects that are singing In the
trees this summer are not locusts at all
and they do not eat the foliage of trees
or any green thing, although they do
considerable damage to trees.
The entSnc1ogists of the bureau OF
agriculture have been studying the
cicada for many years and are now so
we'll acquainted with its habits that
they issue bulletins foretelling the ap-
pearance of the various swarms In DIFF
ferent parts of the country.
In 1911 there was an extensive brood
Matched in western Missouri and eastern
Kansas. That was the thirteen-year va
riety. The one Matching now is the sew
enteen-year kind. and this brood is one
of the most extensive known.
Prof p. A. Glenn and Prof. S. x. VIII
liams of the University of Kansas, have
made exhaustive researches into ths
cicada that appear in this part off the
country. They said recently that the
present brood would be the greatest
known in years, and that the female
would do considerable damage to frui
trees in the laying of It's eggs.
The eggs which bore the countless bill
lions of the brood that is appearing nov
We're laid in the summer of 1896 In twigs
A few weeks after the eggs We're laid thu
baby cicadas, about the size of minute
ants, crawled out of the eggs and dropped
to the ground and burrowed from two tS
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-20
HOSPITAL FOR INSANE
NOW FURNISHING NEWS

Though not connected with the peniten-
tiary investigation the state hospital for
the insane is furnishing good deal of
interesting news for the papers. So far
only one man has been arrested, Dairy
man Kline, but 1t is confidently believed
that other arrests will follow. Mr.. Kline
does not propose to be made goat"
of, so he declares, and it is expected that
he will tell the grand jury a few things
of real interest when he goes on the
stand. He has already stated that he
knows good deal about the management
of the institution. and that all is not
straight. While he has been arrested for
the theft of one COW, it Is stated that
several cows have disappeared from the
asylum herd, and that Kline did not get
all of them by any means. William S.
Hamilton. asylum trustee, has been In
dicted for purchasing supplies for the
hospital from his own store. So far the
penitentiary probe has been inserted
into but one of the several farms.
at Oakley in this. Kinds county, an
other at Belmont, Holmes county, and
still another at Parchman, in Sunflower
county, and 1t is expected that on this
latter place the greatest shortage will
be found. The Parchman farm COM
prises about 5000 acres and is divided
into 10 different farms or camps. as they
convicts, over which presides a sergeant
and two or three guards. A few weeks
ago Governor Brewer and his account
ants visited the Parchman farm, and
while there discovered that the sergeant
in charge of one of the camps was be-
hind few dollars on the sale of a lot
of peas. He had sold the peas and had
been paid with a check for about $50,
but he had never turned the check into
the state. The transaction and the short
age were discovered by the accountants.
whereupon the sergeant committed sui
eide. and this closed his accounts 1t was
claimed in his behalf that he did not take
his own life because of the disclosures.
but the fact remains that he suicided
after the governor had turned him up
BREWER HAS NOT SPARED
HIS POLITICAL FRIENDS
AS stated, these exposures and confess
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-20

four feet straight down into the earth,
each forming for himself a little subter-
ranean chamber or cell adjoining the
sappy root of the family tree. In this
underground cell, about the size of a
small grain, but gradually growing with
its occupant, each cicada remained in the
form of a white grub, sucking its food
from the tree root and living In solitary
confinement for II years. knowing only
Its moist earthen chamber, separated from
its brothers and sisters rarely changing
it's position, save as some accident to
the nourishing rootlet caused It to bur-
row further in search Of another.
When the cicada is ready to emerge 1t
burrows to the surface and builds itself
a little mud chimney, and there 1t lies
while its wings are forming under a hard
shell. Then it crawls out and goes to
the parent tree and climbs up 1t and
clngs fast with its claws. and within an
hour the back of its parchment-like shell
bursts and the winged cicada emerges
ready to fly and to mate
One of the wonders of this insect Is
that it's long life of 13 and II years un-
derground is a preparation for life of
wing. BY the middle of July all of the
patriarchs of this insect brood will have
perished But meanwhile they will have
attended indrstriously to the perpetual
tiop of their species. the female furrow-
ing the branches of trees in which to
lay her eggs, from which. during this
summer, countless billions of ant-lib ci-
cadas will emerge to burrow directly into
the ground and there await the trumpet
call of their resurrection day, which will
occur in 1880.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-20
CONFRONTS YERGER
WITH HIS THEFTS

1t was while hunting the records of the
penitentiary office here in jackson that
the Burns men discovered evidence that
Lawrence Yerger, the secretary of the
prison board for six years, had been rob-
bling the state on shipments of cotton seed
by changing the weights on the bills of
lading and deducting from the checks sent
him by oil mills in every direction, sum
sufficient to cover the weight changes,
and putting 1t in his own pocket
Being advised of that state OF affairs
Governor Brewer called Mr.. Yerker to his
office at the capitol and told him he was
surprised to find he was a thief and that
he had robbed the state of thousands OF
dollars. Mr.. Yerger was very Indignant
at the charge but when he found that
the governor knew just what he had been
whole matter, finally admitting that he
own use, and explaining how he haa
worked the game. He maintained then
and does now that he had no confederates
that he was going it alone, but the de-
tectives were convinced he must have had
assistance In doing so much weight chang
ing. Car loads of seed were frequently re-
duced from 60.0O0 pounds to 25.00O or 10000
after they had been paid for at the origi-
nal weight and then the weights changed.
The result was that A. C. Davis, the
shipping clerk on the convict farm, and
W. r. Gowdy. the manager of the Jackson
Oil mill, We're both indicted for completely
and placed on trial. but the state failed
to connect them with the embezzlements
and their cases were thrown out of court.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-20
WORK NIGHT AND DAY
ON COTTON TRANSACTIONS

Meantime, the governor and the detec-
tives are working day and night on the
cotton end of the proposition, their the
ory being that Boyce & Co. of Memphis
and Clarksdale have swindled the state
out of a quarter of million dollars. This
is what they have been after all along,
and the disclosures OF graft in other d.
rections was merely incidental to the in
vestigation of cotton deals by Boyce "
Co. The result is that there has been "a
fearful shaking up of penttentiary at
fairs generally. The chairman and tht
Secretary of the board of trustees are eli
route to the penitentiary, the Two othe,
members of the board Montgomery ano
Taylor are indicted for maifeasanca IN Of
flee, and their conviction seems assured,
as no man can be found who will testify
that they have attended TO their busine IS
as the law directs II they had, Yerger
could never have stolen as much as he did
he would have been caught up with on
his very first deal. In fac, there would
have been no first steal. for the good and
sufficient reason that Yerser would not
have had charge of the cash, i being the
business of the trustees to handle all
funds.
The idea now is to get rid of all the
present management of the penitentiary.
Chairman Smith is out. and Governor
Brewer has appointed James i. Thames
of Simpson county as his successor. He
has taken charge of his offiee ana pro-
roses to devote his entire time and at
tention to it's duties. That viii he some
thing very different from what the state
has been experiencing. The old board met
once month, remaining in session just
one-half day, so that they averaged sin
days work per year, and for which they
were paid $1,000 per annum. The law re-
ouired the trustees also to visit, inspect
of the several convict farms every month
but that has not been done with any start
ling degree of regularity. Col, Leroy Tay-
lor, trustee for the northern district, has
been in such feeble health year or
longer, that he has been unable to Visit
the farms but he has managed to put IN
his half day per month attending board
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-20
legan to get busy sure enough

The Burns detective agency at New
Orleans was put to work on the case,
and Governor Brewer made trip to
Europe where he hunted up records
of cotton sales by Boyce & Co. of
Memphis, finding sufficient to justify
him in the belief, as he said on his
return, that they had robbed the state
of nearly half million dollars. This
firm has purchased nearly every bale
of cotton the Mississippi convicts have
produced during the past five or six
years. They seem to have been given
the preference every time lot of cot
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-20


That is still his idea and the idea of the
detectives, but Boyce & Co. have per-
sistently refused to produce their books,
which they ran out of the state as soon
as the Kinds county grand jury began to
grind, and the subpoena duces tecum is
sued by the grand jury has failed to get
them so far. Meantime the governor has
sent man to Europe and he procured the
masters weights on all cotton raised on
the Mississippi convict farms, together
with the weights grades, etc. 1t is
claimed by the governor and the detectives
that these records from Liverpool and
Manchester show concusively Boyce &
Co. bought long staple cotton for short
staple prices, and that was gain of an
average of 40 pounds on every bale of the
several thousand purchased by Boyce &
Co., wherefore they have swindled the
state out of from $lO00oO to s300,OOO on this
appo11Ot
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-20
How Failure Talks

From the Milwaukee Wisconsin.
John d. Rockefeller. Jr.. discussing
success with that homely wisdom which
is his heritage from his father, said tc
a reporter:
THE failure reads wrong meaning
meaning In accord with his nature
into the most helpful precepts.
Are you laying anything by for Q
rainy day?' was the question that was
put to a man on the high road to failure
THE young man looked up from his
newspaper, yawned and answered:
" Yes. indeed Every fine day l post
pone lot Of work.