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Quick Work by the Incorporators
Resulted in Charter Scon Reach
ing the City After Being Approved
by Secretary Re-d?All Purposes
of Organizat on Plainly Set Forth.
Tuesday afternoon the charter ol*
the Eastern Panhandle Fair was re
ceived and is now at the Board of
Trade rooms, where it can he seen
by anybody desiring to inspect it.
On last Saturday the copy was mail
ed to Secretary of State Reed and
Monday afternoon a telegram was
received saying it met with the ap
proval ol the state oliicials and was
being mailed.
The charter recites that the asso
ciation shall he known as the East
ern Panhandle Fa r and the chi ?!'
works will he located in this city.
It further soys that the organization
is for further advancing the inter
ests of agriculture, horticulture, po
mology, manufactories. mechanic
art, and all kindred subjects in all
of their classes, and for the competi
tive exhibition - of farm products,
live stock and trials of speed. To
acquire, own and hold by lease or
otherwise, such real and personal1
properly as may be convenient Tor
the transaction of its business1 and
to promote the general interests of
the community -and for all other pur
poses for which such organization1;
are intended.
And for the further purpose oi
maintaining an amusement park and
play ground.
The cap'tal stock is $50,000, -divid
ed into 1,000 shares oi' $50 each. .'V
sufficient amount of the stock has
been subscribed and paid in.
The incorporators are George Ry
neal, Jr., Max Robinson, A. C. Me
Intire. Grnv Silver and (\ M.
bert, all of tins city.
5IIT finfV
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Interest:? rig S1 a 11stics Shovvirajy
Enormous Development in
Efjsfo?*n
Hardy county, West Virginia, lias
become one of the most important
fruit-growing sections of the Ear^t
according to statistics compiled lv
the Baltimore and Ohio railrori'
which show that hi twenty-fiv> of
the leading orchards in that locality
there are 153,000 growing fruit trees,
79,300 of which are bearing and giv.e
every indication of a record cro]
next season. Hardy county is si;
uated u the southeastern section o!
West Virginia and is reached by 11 ir
Hampshire Southern railroad, which
connects with the Baltimore and
Ohio line at P.cmney, W. Va.
The Hardy county section is typi
cal of the conditions favorable to
fruit growing which prevail through
out West Virginia, where the moun
tain soil and moderate climate make
it possible to grow fruit of super
ior quality and in greater quantity
per acre than that produced in the
west.
Among tiie larger orchards in the
Hardy county fruit belt are those
of the Moorefield Nursery and Or
chard Company, with 35,000 grow
ing traps, 8,000 of which are bear
ing; the Branch Mountain Orchard
Company, with 17,000 growing trees,
8.000 of which are bearing; the A. W
Harper orchard, with 15.000 grow
ing trees, 10,000 of which are bear
ing; the Bean Settlement and the
Bean Brothers' orchards, wiln IS
000 growing trees, 17.000 ol whic-.?
are bearing, and numerous other
els which contain from 1,000 to
3,000 bearing trees.
Apple and peach growing in West
Virginia is being done under scien
tific methods of horticulture, i'<?e or
chardmen receiving the expert, as
sistance of horticulturists connected
with the Agricultural Department of
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad.
Telephone Company's Profil.
Receipts from the onoraUons of
the Chesapeake ond Potomac Tele
phone Company in the Dis'rict in
1913 amounted to $1,830,715,15, and
expenses aggregated $1,143,028.57.
This, according to F. H. Bethel, pres
ident of the company, who yes*?rd*i.y
filed a report v*Mh congress, left a
balance applicable to interest and
dividends of $696,686.58.
I
1 "EMPTY Hi"
Ausirkn Dies From Gimshot
Wou?? d? V v \ erid F i red t h e
?>uol in i'idy.
I..? iin'Ua V% i?.u a Uvb'
A ? oil v <w . JmiILO k5llhU.i\
o> iicu i* i.1 iciiU sent a bii.
. w ..-.suing li.'uldii ??:.j :it*uU, wliiK
^vJw? V. 1 v. 1 i ['UlL'i, i uU ?Vi.cl i L 1 11"
v.uea, .1; Austrian, u cd late Wed
atiiu?iy ?iiun.ag ai the Luy Hospital,
v. herc ne h'ui L.v.v.n brought for treat
ment.
lie i to been en -.ployed at Magnolia
o it J ais> _>a-.l coils.-; action v w'_a, u i .
had is? ins buni*. quaru r.s a pistol
lroni v. uicii, as he thui:0i;;. ne hail ex
tracted ail ihe shells. Another la
bor, r, 1'riend as he says, cam,, in
a?.d seeing the weapon . ;ui believing
u i? l)-.1 empty, pointed it at him and ^
pulled the trigger and a leaden
ivi-nt crashing through Mike's head.
Tilt bullet passed through his face
frcm o;io side to i ho otlu r making a
big, lacerated wound. At the time
he was knocked senseless, but he
later ri-v'v- and o.viden ; 1 *:ach
wonderful vitality that fa!a! lion -
v.rre out I'or his re(ovor\. I'a i:->
nionia complications developed and
ha .toned the end.
Mike in his. own statements clear
id his friend of any vrhniva! ch u .'e.
?Uid it is njv umed no action will be
*<:!;e i by tin* ?dorvan couniy authori
' >s. This is but another ;iwf v 1 tr > /
?;]v -.Ijrovrrh the fool who will e^akc
? pinvthins nut of an "empty gun."
sMiiu f!if4ro spr
? i f fc' f r *? l" \"> : j "r? ?VJ
$ <i :? r, ft .? v :?? . * S : S S
mill. i m r\l\L
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Number of Operations
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im:-oil IJi-1 ci'n*ic?;? s w.ay.
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; ;.ei< ii -?i. y, o: ML . ! j:i!iu Pari;
. ;".V( nt an append- ctomy o
at the City Hospital {hi.-;
rain.-;, ar;i is rear,\ vh\i.-; from the
t cfi'ects all right.
. ssie Leonard, who was on
a on for appendicitis at the City
I:.'.-pita! sc/errl weeks ago, yester
?V.y rotismod and is being treated for
indigos!ion. She lives on the Ttis
earora pike.
1'j. C. fludy. the Ihilt imorljs and Ohio
? loyc, who was so soveroly injured
; wee!* ago in a f<i-l from a ltfcomo
; 5vo, i'; reported from the Kings
Daughters Hospital today as greatly
inr r .v^d. Ti is expected ho will he
able If* go lo his home in a few dnvs.
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La;id Hnc Bce.i Purchased ar.d Work
Wi!i Begin With the Hiarly
^prinjitime.
Mr. S. S. Uncord, the efficient
^ 'N.
postmaster at Berkeley Springs, was
H the city yesterday evening, en
route to Washington. Whilo lie is
;innoyod at the postoffice robbery, he
feels that he had taken every po -
sible precaution to keep thv property
of the Postofiice Department safely.
The less was $520. it is possible he
will ca;l at the 'department while in
the city.
An it cm of unusual interest was
"iTipn/ ted in that i' appears Herl:r ley
Sprirgs will soon la.vo a modern
hotel. Mr. Alex*. McXeii has pur
chased the 'Dole" lot, immediately
in front of th? postofiice as a site.
The location is admirable. The lot
was once the proporty of Georg<
Wa hington and ha:; quite, history,
ft would thus appear that the dream
of Washingisn is finally to be ful
filled and the city of ' Bath," th-'
n?me given 1 he place by him, :s to
become a favorite watering p'ace, as
he predicted.
?8VFQ UK1TB4IM
OttSLO 1/101 ismi?
ttflTll I||Q DA: ; P?A
IS I hi kiiO b.Ah ;Ji
Farmer, Once Track \YaIker,
Finds Uroktit Uaii, a.ui Saves
No. From Wivck.
I Willi a rod bandana tied > ? . v. .i
! oi' i stjok, Levi Holt, an ? -i i.t 1.1
j v:\ p.Ot.r Groat </acapon, \\
i afternoon ii&gged westbouuu pas^eii
iter train No. io 011 the liait u: =v ::C
Ohio Huilroad.
IIoil. a former track walk< r, ill- :o\
eied a broken rail at the 01 ..
i.e. Because of h?> for an ? *. it. I?K? y -
mem he was "instinctively "okia*:
down as he walked.
!!?? i?ani .[lately knew tao iLiny 1
t.) ^iiie-h thc train was exposed, anil
know in;.; it would surely l>o v. reeked
he i jvy&ed it. After the broken ra?.
had been made safe the train pr -
ceedod 011 its journey aliiiou;4li a it;
tie laic.
Gets Nice Orders.
.Mr. \V. 11. l'leiston has rotim
from a trip through the South, f !:? :?<
.ho .ecered several nice orders. !
r-pori: the ?mdnoss outlook exirou
!v good and predicts a prosperous
- <; ason.
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19(1 i i|y 1'Hvshh j
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WiJJ Peri\x*t Permanent Or^aiii
'-tlulili ii, jLiiitJCl il?Ii OI
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iJll <CL lOi h.
i *?? ?' ?reaie?i .> 1ia.1l tunij.,hi ih
n.:-ku<j. ; t;i the i'Jii.-;lorn i'anhaa
i .t;!* will holu a very important
ar mo object. 01 which i.-? 10
,.jv .t tiijj by-:a a s ami charter, aa i
? ?? el uireeiors. Every stockholder,
? }? ?? >it?!y can, should be present
? m ln> busiiK ss demanding at
on is of the greatest importance.
JJeci;use of tin; inclement weather
'' lias I - .. impossible for the solic.i
iiiakc a iy progress with their
- h, and ft i" ihat reason the pros
of ;iil intorest.?d ]>ersons is iu?
;:oj:itlv*o. After 'ho organization to
l,:ht the directors will he in a posi
'ion to procr-ed with the work. The
?rr. s frr iho fair are very hivit
luy. and with concerted action it will
not ho long until work has been start
ed on tho grounds.
mz npyrrrs PAiinUT
mi i Ibo!i:K irAubil!
t sr " Tf |fn (rrjr* juijiy
nbkim
Ja rncs BuLcs and Allen F.iclout En
gage in L>:.ti;e Late Wednesday
Afternoon.
Late Wednesday afternoon f^:n-:is
iiutts and All- n .liidout had some dif
ficulty at the corner of North Queen
and IJast Race streets, and tho re
: was they engaged in a battle.
Oli'1- ; were < ailed and Butts ar
;('-,t"d hut Ilidout succeeded in mak
ng his t-scap". Iiutts gave bond for
hi- appearanr<? when wanted, but the
wr'.al will not be held, until Hidout is
captured. , ?
f;f|^P0pQQ0D D.,
.tui<'.i 2??t.^ui >\\ 1 Lr
KM HT ill
Ben net'. & Talbo'it G offerers of $20,
C00 and Two Weeks are
Lost.
The air roinprc or plant of Ben
nett <<:? Talbott. who haVe a large ccn
t.rac* on tb? T'"w i'n v.-Magnolia cut
off of !he I'n'li 'u*e and Ohio Rail
road. burned al Mngirlia, near Han
<?< ^k, the losj* br ;.g about $20,000. Two
r.'r-ck:-., each f,o frr>t fall went iown
in th^ fire. The electric light plant
wr.s put out of commission by thr
and the . 1pr e compressor en
r' ? v-. r -o df t''( yd. It will be two
\vrr>l;i- Ik 'o^p. the /"mtractors will be
S
a.r }r to- ro e'ine. Messrs. Bennett k
Ta'hott and tb?ir general superin
f^ndent. Mr. O'JTara, were on tbe
ground at the time of the fire.
IS EXONERATED
Oc.v.o.iGtration in Courtroom When
Act on f ought by Mrs. Bond for
?50 0C0 for Alleged Assault is De
cided in Senator's Favor?Would
Have Found for Senator Without
Hearing Defense.
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., Feb. 19.
i'niied St .tes Senator Thomas
I'ryor Co:e late yesterday was ox
mi :\u ii ut* charges of improper con*
duct by a verdict in his favor return
ed iii district court here in the suit
i\ r $.".0,000 damages instituted by
Mr.--. Minnie 13. Hond, of Oklahoma
City.
The verdict was returned ten
minutes aft or the ease was given to
lite jury. Only one ballot was ta
kcn.
' W e find," the jury stated in the
verdict, "the evidence submitted by
he plaintiff entirely insutlicient up
en which to base a suit; that said
v i.HT.c" wholly exonerates the de
: at! uit and had the defendant, at
the conclusion of the plaintiff's evi
! e. announced that he desired to
:c L'.ciince no evidence* and rested his
? ase, our verdict would have been
:'ie s.inu* in that event as now re
lumed by us, in favor of the defen
dant."
Cheers Greet the Verdict.
ik'spite the efforts of bailiffs to
?? Villain order when the last words
?:f the verdict, "favor of the defen
d ut," were read, the crowd which
' ?. ii the capacity of the courtroom,
' srr.e'l into a cheering throng, order
ly buf no less determined to give
vent, to their feelings. Those dis
: :< :l by Hie verdict forced their
Way !o the doors and left in silence.
Senator Core heard the jury's de
el i< ,? i without change of counten
ance. M,j's. Gore was the first to
L ra: p l'is hand. When she turned
ami shook hands with Henry Car
penter, the foreman, tears ran on the
cheeks of both herself and the aged
farmer.
"The verdict confirms my faith
thai truth will triumph," said Sena
tor Core. "1 never for a moment
doubled the outcome at the hands of
the jury."
E. J. Cicfdings, chief of counsel for
.Mrs. I ion (I, sad Una t an appeal to
the supreme court would be taken
on the grounds that applause and
demonstrations in the courtroom dur
ing the trial had influenced the jury.
Senator (lore said that he would
roil :iin in Ok! ilioma City until Sat
urday, when lie will go to Hot
Springs for a short vacation before
retnni'ng to Washington.
AUeged Attack by Senator.
Tf ! of the suit began last Wed
nesday. In her declaration Mrs.
IJond alleged that the senator attack
ed her when tliey conferred at a
hotel in Washington last March, in
connection with the possible appoint
ment of her husl>nnd, Julian Bond,
as internal revenue collector at Ok
lahoma City. Core' seized her, she
alleged, throwing her violently across
a bed. She claimed she freed her
self only after several mm appeared
in the doorway of the room.
In his answer Senator Gore denied
the charges, and alleged that the
suit was instigated by political op
ponents.
Mrs. Bond wns called as the first
witness. Repeating her ^allegations,
she denied any knowledge of the
plot alleged by the senator, who is a
candidate for renoinination at the
Oklahoma primaries next August.
Officeseckcrs Witnesses.
T. 10. Robinson, Kirby Fitzpatrick,
and IJ. H. Karp, who were in
Washington at the time of the hotel
episode, appeared as the principal
witnesses for >7rs. Bond. All were
unsuccessful candidates* for Federal
positions. Robertson and Fitzpatrick
elaimed to have been witnesses to
the alleged assault, while Earp as
serted that he had been importuned
by Core to have Mrs. Bond leave
Washington am* "hush the matter
up."
Testifying in his own defense, Sen
ator Core characterized the allega
tions as "infamous lies," and assert
ed that Mrs. Bond seized him, and
at an opportune moment Robertson
and Fitzpatrick appeared in the
i
room.
FIREMEN'S FAIR
IS IN FULL BLAST
Opened Last Night Under Most
Auspicious Circumstances.
\>in JLast Ten Oays.
\\ hat promises to be a most >;uc
cessiul bazaar, to cover a period o?
ten days, was opened laat night in
i- oiler b lLali by llose Company .\c.
-. Useur W?ilt, captain, and Jas. a.
Johnson, president.
1lie committeemen who workei1 >ut
a plan tor this event, have done tufci.
work so well tbai tho fair bids sure
ot success. * Everything, needed ln"tho
way of clean amusements has been
provided, something to please all peo
ple of all ages. ^
There are many ibooths at which
various novelty articles and refresh
ments are sold, and dancing every
night, and the sweet music therefor
adds much to the pleasure of the
whole event.
On the admission tickets a valuable
door prize 'will >be given. Other
prizes will also be given.
Hose Company No. 2, now that the
boys have a fine building on the coi
ner of North Queen and Second
streets, are making a tbig effort to
get an auto hoae truck. The pro
ceeds of this fair is to be a nucleus
to a fund to this end.
Making Success of Restaurant.
A. Armstrong, manager of tho
timore and Ol io restaurant at Cumbo.
was a visitor in Martin.sburg today.
Since he assumed charge of the res
taurant. the first of tho year it has
been renovated and improved until
it would he a credit to a large town.
.Mr. Armstrong came here from
Ohio, and seems to be pleased with
Berkeley county, so far as he has
seen ft. .
TO RAID THE TREASURY.
(New York ,W(Orld.)
The good-roads movement is now
sweeping through the country with
increasing force on the initiative and
at the expense of the States them
selves and their localities. Soimb
twenty of the States have already Im
proved 10 per cent or more of their
highway mileage outside of the
streets of cities. The other States
are rapidly joining themovement and
need no stimulus 'bJybnd that sujh
plied by their own self-interest.
it is at this time that the House at
Washington votes 284 against 42 to
put the Federal Government into the
same work on an initial appropriation
of $25,000,000.
No one will be greatly deceived
either as to the purpose or the effect
of this step.
The purpose is to open for Con
gressmen an improved highway by
which to raid the Federal Treasury
in making votes for themselves at
home.
The effect will not be to stimulate
the States in this great "work but to
turn them from sslf-dependence to
dependence on the Federal Treasury
through the medium of grabbing Con
gressmen. <
It is therefore but a modest start
in federalizing a great State and lo
cal undertaking. It is the little head
of the camel which precedes the fctg
body into the tont. It is only $25,*
000,000 now. It will be ten times tihat
shortly. There Is some limitation on
the number of mudholes to claim a
river and harbor appropriation, an<f
on the number of towns without a
Federal building. There are practi
cally no limitations upon the highway
mileage of any cross-roads section
wbich would demand and get a share
u the Federal "bounty.
As a new measure of centralization
it Is notable. As a measure to de
bauch Congressional politics, to de
moralize the spirit of local self-help
hhI to promote grafting in public
work whose safety always increase*
vith the distance from the source of
payment, it is still more notable, and
calls loudly for the awakened atten*
tion of the country. , , . . t