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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-07-05
Soldiers Enjoy
Dancing Party

A dance Thursday night at the
agricultural college gymnasium was
the first large social event Of the
season given in honor OF the draft
boys I'm the Army Vocational school
there. AS the boys are in quaEan-
tine and consequently are not al
lowed to leave camp, the affair was
a special treat to them, and a fine
time was enjoyed by all present.
Miss Ruth Failyer. mess sergeant,
who was in charge Of arrangements
for the evening, issued invitations to
q select crowd OF 125 girls. Mr..
Faulders at the piano, assisted by
Mr.. Cordner at traps, gave two ex-
celIent musical selections.
Punch was served during the
evening.
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cised a bearish influence. opening
lower, with August $162L to q ana
September $1.63h to 70, were fol
lowed by q moderate further setback,
but then by g. reaction.
Activity on the part Of export in
terests gave firmness TO the oats mar
ket. Only a meager amount of new
oats TO arrive was offered After
opening unchanged TO accent lower,
with Aug,fst 69& to Is. prices sagged
g little further and then rose TO above
Wednesdays finish.
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Livestock
CHICAGO LTVRsToCK.

Chicago. Ill. July So. S. Bureau
of Margetk) Hogs. receipts $1,000;
steady to strong at best time Of
Wednesday, bull. Of ssal Leg SI6;;659
$500 Q1665i light $l6.96 g ~ 90;
rough $15.50016.60; pigs $16.O00l6.35.
Cattle. receipts 5000; steers gener-
ally steady; strong weight, cattle
freest sellers; butchers stock dull;
calves steady.
Sheep, receipts 10000; sheep steady;
lambs very slow, Is TO 500 lower than
the best time Of Wednesday.
ST. PAUL LIVESTOCK.
South st. Paul, Mimi, July 5.-Hogs.
receipts $500: s to 100 higher; range
$l6. 6@l6.6O; bulk $16.259630.
Cattle, receipts 1000; killers STEADY;
steers $T.50017.00: cows and heifers
S800014.0o: veal calves steady, $500
@14.T6; stockerH and feeders dull.
sheep, receipts 75: steady; lambs
&I0.009i700; wethers $7.009l2.6O;
ewes $5.00@1l00.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-07-05
DULL TONE TO
STOCK MARKET

New York, July 5.-The stock mar
ket settled down to It's recent dull
routine after showing some gains in
the first half hour. Some OF the more
speculative issues like Sumatra To
reacted / to N: the decline was
checked later on fresh inquiry for
metals. equipments. oils and special
ties. Railway steel springs became
active at an extreme advance of 2
points and Royal Dutch oil jumped
6 points on cables from London re-
porting an extra dividend for last
year Of IS per cent Liberty 3h's sold
a. 1858 to 1852, first As at 94.04 to
94.10. second As at 94.06 to 94.10. and
~ S at 96.16 TO 96.24.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-07-05
Kindred Party
At Farm College

About 800 members of the Kin
dred Farmers club notored to Far
go yesterday, and spent the after
noon visiting the Army Vocational
training school now in session al
the agricultural college. They were
conveyed by IS autos under the
direction Of W. 3. Richards, Cass
county farmers agent.
A picnic dinner was served at the
noon hour.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-07-05

While a troop train was in Fargo
Wednesday evening. the men being
given an opportunity to exercise
while here, one Of the soldiers suf-
fered q broken arm. The accident
was the result of game of leap
frog the soldier falling on his arm
in such a manner as to fracture the
bone. He was Immediately given first
aid treatment and taken to the troop
train.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-07-05
CITY MARKET SATURDAY.

The CITY market will be open as
usual Saturday. according to an an
nouncement today by Mrs F. e. Kin
dred, food shop inspector in charge
for the dav who adds that there
VIII be a varied offering OF garden
stutTs IN spite o last Mondays hail.
storm which worked no little damage
to gardens.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-07-05

AFTER SLOW TAX RETURNS,
Several assessors Of Cass county
have not yet reported their findings
to the county auditor, but an effort Is
being made 10 round up the slow
districts so as to permit the county
equalization board TO begin opera
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new POSITIONS
WON BY BRITISH
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NCSAIl4GS0 IESLI page ~
thirteenth, which had just been
brought to the sector from the north,
the forty-third and the seventy-sev-
enth. Notwithstanding their strength,
however, they were unable to make
any showing Of withstanding the
shock
At only one point did the enemy
hold the attacking troops up and
then only for a. brief time.
Just north of this attack, a minor
operation was in progress. Here the
British made one small attack and
two raids which kept the whole line
boiling. This attack. although small,
proved great success. and the Brit
ish advanced their line 400 yards on
a front Of 1900. in addition to cap
turing considerable number of
prisoners.
The German artillery was Smelling
Hamel this afternoon but at latest
reports no counter attack had deveI-
oped and the Australians were CON-
solidattng their new positions.
Hemstitching. picoting. pleatInR.
Mrs. A. Anderson, Bl7 ara Av. N.-AdY.
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" CHICAGo PRODUCES.


Chicago. July 5. = Butter,. IN
unchanged. Eggs, receipts 1887 cas-
es; unchanged Potatoes, lower; old.
receipts cars: Wisconsin. Michigan
and Minnesota bulk S1.65; ask S1.75:
90 cars: Arkansas, Mississippi and
Louisiana sacked Triumphs $4,000
2.60; Louisiana white $2.00Q2.40: Vir-
ginia barrels $5.25@6.50. Poultry,
alive. unsettled; fowls 2sh springs
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-07-05
CHLCAGO CAsM MARkE2L.

Chicago, Ill, July Corn. No 2
No. 4 yellow $I.60G1.65. oats. No. 3
white f8079; standard 78A a.. Rye.
No. g. nominnal, - Barley 500 @ l.2G;
nominal. Lard $3.50. Ribs $4,000
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-07-05
MACHINE FOR AUDITOR.

An adding machine or the office OF
the county auditor was authorized
by the county commissioners Wed
nesday, and the purchase Of the same
fof 1915 ordered.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-07-05
AUTO PARrY REr1IRMe

Mr.. and Mrs. Claude Nugent, Mr..
and Mrs. Aubrey Lawrence, and Phil
tarnum, returned Thursday evening
from an auto tour Of several days
through northern Minnesota
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STANLEY WANTS HIGHWAY

Stanley township. Cass county, has
petitioned the Cass county board Of
commissioners for an extension oil
the Barnes and Mapleton township
roads into Stanley township. The
matter has not been acted upon.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-07-05
LODGE NOTICES.

r. e. Hatcher, worshipful master,
ton Of Shiloh lodge NO. /, A. =. & A.
NJ, will be held in the Masonic temple
today at 4:30 p. m. The Master Mason
degree will be presented. Visiting
MasonS are welcome.
J. p. Johnson, secretary: Mckinley
lodge No. 922. M. B. A., will meet in
regular session this evening at the A.
o. u. W. hall. A class of candidates
is to be adopted. Refreshments will
be served.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-07-05
M.uRPHY AAs eA11En

Attorney M. W. Murphy Of Fargo
who recently was appointed for for
eign service with the American Red
Cross, has already sailed for France
according to word received in
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RafhaI Auxiliary.

Mrs. ]. BIauvelt, Eighth avenue
south. entertained the members of
this auxiliary Wednesday afternoon.
Seven workers were present and
they completed four pairs of socks
and two surgeons gowns. A social
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-07-05
Ia AohiMa kmifRar.

Mrs. Anna Maria Wells. who re-
Gently came to Fargo from Michigan
to reside with her son and daughter
in-law. Rev. and Mrs. Paris q. Wells
Fourth avenue south. is an active
worker for the Red Cross. Mrs
Wells Is 81 years Of age and on
Thursday completed her seventeenth
pair Of socks.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-07-05
Markets
LOWER PRICES IN
THE CORN MARKET

Chicago, Ill, July 5.-Good weather
over the greater part of the corn belt
tended today to make values decline.
Besides traders who had been out in
with q favorable opinion Of the crop
outlook. The fact, too, that receipts
continued liberal and that wheat was
being held back instead OF corn, eXer-
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-07-05
8TTNNEAPoLIs GRAIN.

90 cents higher; in carload lots,
standard flour quoted at 5000 a bar
rel in 9S-pound cotton sacks: ship
ments $3.50 barrels Rye $1.70@
l771a. Barley s6c0SI.16. Bran $24.46.
Wheat. receipts today were 1914 cars,
compared with 1911 cars a year ago.
Corn, No. yellow s1550l,86. Oats,
No. white 74075. Flax $4.15@4l8.
CHICAGO PROnTCE
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SOL DER BREAKS ARM.

lions on July 16. to which date It
has adjourned.
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The Cass county board Of commits
sioners completed it's business We'd
nesday evening and adjourned till
Tuesday, July 8 at 10 a. m.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-07-05

Congregational Mems Class.
Seven workers attended this meet
ing Wednesday evening and devoted
the time to the sorting Of oakllr1o.
Mrs. Alex Bruce, Mrs. r. H. Slocun
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-07-05
FARGO PRODUCE MARKET.

Prices here given represent average
prices being paid by Fargo produce
dealers for shipments from outside
dealers in less than car lots and sub
iect to usual grading.
Dairy.
Butterfat-churning cream ....s 4bc
Butter-average fresh dairy ..... S5c
Butter-packing stock .......... &c
BggB.
No. / fresh. loss off .....-...~-..$9 $3.50
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-07-05
VeeG1s About TOeG,rD
THEATERS.

Liberty = Priscilla Dean in '"rhe
Two Soul Woman.
Madame jealousy.
Isis-Jane and Catherine Lee In I'VE
Should Worry
Grand--Vaudeville.
Princess-Jack Livingston in who
Is to BlameT' and '"The Eagles Eye.
strani--Kitty Gordon in ''The Pur-
pie Lady.
Lyceum, Moorhead-zello Keefe IN
zone Hour"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-07-05

A. R. Bergeaon was the speaker at
the Fourth Of July exercises held at
Tower City.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-07-05
BRYAN ma EARGO-

William Jennings Bryan, former
secretary Of state. was in Fargo over
Wednesday night, coming from VAL
ley City, where he spoke at the
Chautauqua. and going north on the
morning Of the Fourth.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-07-05
REALTY TRANSFERS,

Francis Beidler and wife to Acme
Invest. Co., lot % blk Darling's End
ad; 81.
Acme Invest. Co. to Harry T. Alsop,
same land; 81
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Store DOzOnStniYS

Csc to 35c Dress Gingharns 18
36-inch Percaes, all styles 10
Wash Goods 'FVaried assortment NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 15
SITS and $500 Tub Skirts 95c
SO Popn and All Silk Skirts OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. A9B
Womens Wash Dresses II styles Observation-Disclosures. 1876
$100 Chldrens Bingham Dresses to II year sizes SO
Up $3.50 Chdren bingham Dresses to II year sizes 119
Jap Silk Waists white flesh and striped 189
Lingerie Waists white and fancy Observation-Disclosures. SO
$3.50 bingham and Percale House Aprons ....,.,.. 95
$500 Sateen Petticoats black navy and colors SO
One lot of Corsets at LOO
10 dozen Envelope Chemises ...,............. 65
Womens Coats priced to $20OO $795 and $1O95
Womens Suits, values up $20OO Observation-Disclosures. $50
Silk Dresses, values to $3.50 895
Silk Popin Dresses values to 1915 ........... 545
Chdrels Coats sizes to H. price $195 and S95
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| and Miss Madeline Keller were the
supervisors.
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I Her5st Department Store.
Eleven members Of this auxiliary
were present and gave the time to
the sorting OF oalxunn. Mrs. Robert
Clendenning and Mrs. @. g. ThayeE
were the supervisors.
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Swedish Lutheran Auxiliary.

The regular weekly meeting of this
auxiliary was held Wednesday after
noon in the K. G. hall. There vera
IL workers in attendance and they
completed 10 bed jackets and turned
In four pairs Of socks.
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Ne7gs of Won1e1pS Work In Mamy Fields

hour was enjoyed after the business
session. and the hostess served ice
cream and cake.
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BERGESoN SPEAKER ON
FOURTH,
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Woodrow Wilson Auxiliary
There were IA workers in attend
ance at the meeting wednesday
morning and the completed AT
wipes. Miss Clara Emerson and Miss
Marie Ostbye were the supervisors.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-07-05
MUST REPLACE SIDEWALKS

The Great Northern Railway corr
panv must replace and widen the
sidewalk from the Viking hotel to
its tracks on the east side Of Broad
way. according to a ruling by the
CITY commission. which held that the
present sidewalk. in addition to not
being as wide as provided by the or
dfnances, Is also a menace to pedes-
TRANS. o. M. Strate. commissioner
OF streets. had ordered the sidewalk
replaced. but the company pleaded
war conditions as an excuse to post
pone the work. The city auditor was
authorised to notify the company
that the work must be done this
summer,
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-07-05
BANK CLEARINGs
coRaAarest0NFPs AnJoqlRN

Today, sSs4.7ss.s2: a year ago,
SS2K. A76. 90.
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Third Floor

Hundreds Of items not advertised displayed on tables for
easy selection.
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MRS rs' A. Anderson. III ara Nv. R4 Ild ::
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-07-05

Miss Harriet Pearson, Eighth
street North, returned Wednesday
evening from a six weeks trip to New
York. Boston and Washington. The
homeward journey was made by way
OF the Great lakes.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-07-05

Ftev. and Mrs. W. S. U1rich and
family, Miss NJ. Kirkeby, Miss Marie
Csstbye and J. E. johnson made up a
party that motored to Pokegama
Beach, Detroit, and spent the holi-
day at the johnson cottage.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-07-05

Of the First Presbyterian church. Of
ficiated at the marriage of Miss Ed
ma Sorenson and DR.. Louis Olson of
Mcintosh. MINI. The wedding cere-
mony took place in the parlors of the
Comstock hotel. Moorhead. DR.. Oh
son is a. veterinary surgeon at Nc.
Intosh and will take his bride 70 that
city to reside.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-07-05

Mrs. John Legreed is entertaining
the members of the Ladies' Aid 60
ciety of the First Lutheran church at
the church parlors this afternoon.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-07-05

BIrs. J. p. Hentschell, Eleventh ave-
with friends at Lake Minnetonka. Be
fore returning to Fargo, Mrs. Hent-
schell will visit in Duluth and Sioux
Falls, S. D.
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Mr.. and Mrs. T. J. Heaiy and fam
ilv and Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. r. Husttng
and daughter, Lucille. who have been
occupying the Hanson cottage at De-
troit. Mimi, for the past ten days
are returning to Fargo today. Mrs
George Rusk. Front street. has leased
the cottage for the month Of August
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-07-05

Miss Bernice fuller, Thirteenth
street south, left this morning for
Devils Lake to spend some time as
the guest of her aunt, Mrs. n, K.
Whitcomb. Before returning to Far
go, Miss Fuller will also visit Mrs.
Charles Garske at Garske, N. D.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-08-16
SKEETS AND SHAG
AGAIN PLAYING BALL

| You just can't keep ''Skeets'
Hays and "Shag" Rollins out of
the game "Skeets" was formerly
sihort-feTder on the Martinsburg
Blue Ridge team, while "Shag''
played the outfield. Both were
cracking ecod fiall; players, too.
"Shag'' is a brother of the redoubt-
able Reggie, the best outfelder
that ever played in the Blue Ridge.
stSkeets" was for. several YEARS
in the consular service of the Unit
led States, and was for some time
a vice-consular in England. Find
ing this too tame for his active
spirit, he enlisted in the navy.
"Shag" enlisted in the, army. Now
the TWO are located together again
in England, playing ball in their
spare time and again making
good" with a vengeance. They oft
EN- play on opposing teams, and
when they thus hook UP they scrap
with each other as if the outcome
of the war depended upon their per-
sonal efforts.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-08-16
CATCH DESERTERS
NEAR WINCHESTER

"A poss headed by Sheriff PAN
nert, of Winchester, on Tuesday
night captured an alleged deserter
from Camp Lee. Va, and so scared
another desemer at the fate which
tefell his comrade that he surren-
dered early Thursday morning at
the Winchester county Jail to Tailor
J. f. AHnel. The men are George
Oliver Taylor, OF Frederick county,
who was inducted into the army by
tie Frederick county exemption
board, and Walter o. Quinn of
Washington county, Va. Both men
are members of Company X, Ninth
Train battalion, at Camp Lee.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-08-16
LOST FIVE HOURS IN
ABANDONED MINE

Lost in an abandoned coal mine,
without lights, and prisoners for
I'VE hours, Walter Mayfield, Harley
Warmtan and J. c. Fortney, of Nor
gantown, We're saved by 2 searching
party after they had given up hope
Of rescue. The men went into the
mine to investigate it when their
lamp went out and for five hours
they wandered about vainly in an
effort to find their way out
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-08-16
|ENCINEER FROST IS
HELD ON SUSPICION
His Wife Jumps From Auto and
Is Injured.

Mrs sylvia E. frost, is in crit.
ioaI condition at a Cumberland
Hospital with a broken left arm,
ifractuTed skull and crushed jaw
tsone, and her husband, George A.
frost, is under $1,000 bond for a
hearing later. Mrs. frost Ieaped
from an automobile her husband
WAS driving Tuesday evening on
North Center street, that city, strik
i.sS telephone pole. She has been
an invalid IS years and it Is said
she objected to her husband con
tinuing the drive out the pike as
|dhey were meaning their home. He
Is alleged to have been running 80
miles an hour. Ti'ost. fast freight
conductor on the Baltimore and
Shio railroad, says he does not
Know what prompted his wife to
iump. She was seen TO move from
The rear seat ITO the running board
and leap.
Several years ago frost received
Ia Carnegie medal and 81 500 from
the fund for saving the life of an
old mian at Hyndman, Pa. He was
|Isssing thro ugh on freight train
when he saw the man lying an the
track in the path of a passenger
train. frost leaped from his train
and grabbed the man, the pair roll
ling down an emtbankment just as.
the train whizzed by.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-08-16
RAISES TOBACCO
FOR THE SOLDIERS

Patriotism takes various forms.
end in the case OF William T. Rowe
OF Wheeling, It consists of raising
tobacco in his own back yard, which
he will have made up into stogies
and sent to the United States sol
0iers in France. Mr.. Rowe has
planted large patch OF tobacco in
his yard; which is the first to be
grown within the city limits.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-08-16
SPOKE in YIDDisH

The $4,000 SANDER suit brought in
Hagerstown last March by Boris
Brill against Benjamin Berkson, a
wealthy Hebrew business man of
that city has been mon pressed"
by order of the plaintiff Brill in
his declaration alleged that Berk-
son had accuse ed him, speaking in
Yiddish, OF being a thief.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-08-16
INJURIES FATAL

George Poffenberger, SO years
old, who fell into the cylinder of a
threshing machine on his farm
rear Beaver Creek, Md, Wednesday
and had his legs shredded, died in
the Hagerstown hospital Thursday
afternoon. The surgeons amputated
one mangled leg and ampuhation OF
the other was contemplated.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-08-16
BARN is ERECTED
TO BUILD ANOTHER

Contractor James Wednesday
completed the raising of a 45xS0
foot bank barn Of modern construc
ton for Mr.. J. D. Burkhart on the
Tuscarora pike. He viii soon start
the building OF new barn on
Messrs. Thompson and Downey's
farm in Back Creek Valley, to re-
place the one lost by lightning.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-08-16
EGG GANG BUSY

Some time Wednesday morning
the store of Jacob Frankforter, Man
chester, Md, was entered by rob-
bers and 700 dozen of eggs and
other articles stolen. His loss is
$780, Charles Brilliant, Of the same
place, also had 1920 chickens stolen
at the same time. Frankforters
store was robbed two weeks ago.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-08-16
GOING AFTER HIM

Sheriff H. s. Miller left hast night
for the negro "Hud" Ford, locked
up in Philadelphia awaiting remov-
al to this city to answer charges Of
insulting Mrs. Roy yanMetre. The
requisition papers came in yester-
day morning.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-08-16
PREMIER BALL PLAYER

Private Lee Percy, of the Quar-
termaster's Department. Camp Han
cock, Ga. is spending his furlough
in town Mr. Percy is a former Mar
tinsburg ball player, the premier
right fielder.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-08-16
UNION PICNIC

The Sunday Schools of the two
Methodist and Presbyterian chur-
ches of Hedgesville will. hold I'M
ion picnic Saturday on Fuss lawn.
near Hedgesville.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-08-16
DRAFTEE DIES

A telegram was received at Whit
acre, Va, announcing the death Of
Thurman Fletcher, who was in the
military service at Camp Lee, Va.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-08-16
HAD BATTLING TIME

Clarence Snder, Berkeley. w. Va.
while visiting the Damily of Char
les H. Fisher, near Pondsville, Md.
captured rs rattlesnakes, old and
young. Several caught at Black
Rock, measured four feet in length.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-08-16
TO GALVESTON

/ Kenneth E. Ardinger, Williams
port, who has been stationed at
Cuba with the United States Ma
lrines for the last two years, has
been transferred to Galveston, Tex
as,