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WILL COT DOWN POLES
Telephones Removed From County
Public Offices
COUNTY COURT’S ULTIMATUM
American Union Telephone Co^ Will
Be Brought To Book By County
Court.
JFromi The World, of Tuesday:
The com my cou rt met in regu lar
•session this morning.
When court convened it was inform
ed that the American Union Tele
phone Co. had removed the telephones
from the public offices of Ilerkeley
'County, Imcludlng the phone in the
county clerk's office. Th:» drastic ac
tion created something of a rumpus
and the court at once got buey.
A bit of history will he interesting
m this connection.
About nine years ago the county
court granted a permit, to wihat wan
then known as the Winchester Telo
pphono Co., to erect its poles on the
'■county roads, but no regir ar franchise
mas given, nor was any arrangement
'made by which the telephone company
•should pay for this permit. This com -
■pany was afterwards bought by the
American Union Te1e])!hone Co.
'■water, -he county court asked the
telephone company to furnish phones
*n the public offices of the county fn e
•of charge For some time the tele
phone people did not present any bills
‘for these phones; but later they did
^present such bills but the county
■ court did not pay them. Finally, last
March the telephone company wrote
to the county clerk that, after January
1, 1908, these phonos1 would be charg
■ ad for at the rate of $r. per annum
apiece.
T,1kvi the county court directed the
•clerk to summon the officials of the
telephone company to appear before
five court orv March 6. J. B. Crockett,
■off Hagerstown, acting disrict miperin
/tfcendonft. aippeared, with counsel, be
rfort» the conrt and confirmed the ac
' tk>n of the company .n charging for
' the phones, but the court refused to
pay the bill.
On Monday. May 4, the phones were
removed from the public offices of the
'county a>- follows: circuit court e’erk.
county orsirt clerk, sheriff, jail and
.-almshouse.
'Obviously this cripples the service
of the ubttc offices and, naturally,
the officials are very indignant, espec
ially since ttlie Chesapeake and Poto
mac Telephone Co. Puraislbes phones
free of change in the aforesaid of
J#C'S. and the Martinsburg Power Co.
' pays fi\e cents a pole p'r annum to
t the County.
Vow tiaaanuchi as the permission of
the county court to the telephone
"compare' to erect its iMiles on the
•county roads is worth thousands of
•dollars a year, for the reason that
dt saves the telephone company the
necessity of obtaining permission of
private land owners; and inasmuch as
large sums of money are paid into the
•county treasury in other states and
counties fo-r franchises of this nature,
and inasmuch as the Atnerioan T’rtion
Telephone Co. lias not shown proper
courtesy and consideration to the
county court. it. is the intention of
the court to charge the American
Union Teephone Co. a large amount
per year for the use of county roads
for their poles: andi that if the afore
said telephone company does not com
ply with its terms the county court
•will! rescind Is permit and order the
various road superintendents to chop
down the po'es of the telephone com
pany as being obstructions to the pub
lic highways.
The county court this afternoon vis
ited the ia'i! and the King’s Daughters
hospital.
Actress to Wed Indian Chief.
Miss Maxel Moran, a St. Louis act
ress woh took part in the spectacular
•production “ Louisiana” during the
World’s fair here, has been wooed and
* won by Henry'Standing Bear, o Sioux
" chief and Lnited States interpreter
for the Ogalala Indians. Standing
' Bear, it is reported, is now hastening
'to New York to claim his bride.
Standing Bear, an atheletic Carlisle
^graduate, was in charge of a band of
Sioux Indians at the World’s Fair and
iwaet Miss Moran at that time. She is
tun expert horseman, and won the
chietfs heart by the way she rode the
(Indian pon es.
Weak women should read my “Book
"No. 44 for Women.’’ It was written
iMpnrrrl-' fnr women who are not
well. The Book No. 4 ‘tells of Dr.
Shoops “Night Cure” and just how
these soothing, healing, antiseptic sup
porttorieg can be successfully applied.
The book, and strictly confidential
med cat advice is entirely free. Write
Or. Shoop. Racine, Wis. The Night
'Cware f» sold by all druggists.
I
SAGAN-'GOULD WEDDING
SAGAN RENOUNCES HIS CHURCH
TO WED.
Pope Refutes To Recognize Mme
Gould's Divorce and Prince Will
Turn Protestant.
Rome, May 4,—One of th» gre»+.e«
dfl flic ill ties 1n the way of a marruaig*
between Prince Helle d« Sa«an ant
Mme. Anna Gould Is the tact that t.tw
Catho’.c church, not recognizing df
vorce. has refused to annul Mme
Gould's first marriage The Prince U
determined to marry Mme. Gould a nr
to this end he w'4.1 turn Protestant.
This wtLI enable the couple to Ik
united by both a civ'.! and religious
ceremony. If the Prince remains i
Catholic theme could be no religious
ceremony, and conswju entity his wlf<
would not. 1*e accepted by society.
MRS. THAW VISITS HER SON
__
j Embraces and Kisses Him Setting a
Rest Rumors of Disagreement.
i Pougbiknupsie, N. Y., May 6.—Harrj
K. Thaw awoke early in his lange air}
room in (he Dutchess county jail or
Tuesday morning and eagerly a waiter:
the coming of his mother.
At II o'clock Mrs. Thaw reached
the jail. She came by train front
New York, and was met by Harry Van:
Cleef. a Poughkeepsie lawyer, whos<
wife is a nleoa of Mrs. Thaw.
Mother and son embraced and kiss
ed each other. For four hours the]
were alone in Thaw’s room, interrupt
, ed only when a negro waiter from thf
| Nelson House arrived with dinner. II
} was the first meal Mrs. Thaw had
witih her so<n since the killing of Stan
ford White.
During the day fifty hymn 1>ook!
were received at the jail from New
York. Thaw' explained to Jal-loi
Havens that he had ordered them foi
the use of the prisoners in the ser
vices he'd every Sunday afternoon.
Whn the inquiry- into Thaw's sanity
is resinned in this city next Monday
the number of expert witnesses will
be numbered to five on each side. This
decision was reached by Justice
Morschauser, who issued the writ of
habeas corpus on Thaw’s petition and
before w'hom the hearing will take
place. His decision is taken tq mean
that the inquiry will be conducted ex
pedtiously and without necessary ex
pense.
SPRING MILLS SCHOOL
Closed With a Picnic Given by the
Teacher To Pupils and Patrons.
Marlowe, May 5.—Miss Leola
Brown, teacher of Spring M:111s school,
closed bet- term by giving a picnic to
her pupils, patrons and friends.
At noon an elaborate -table was
spread decorated with evergreens and
outt flowers. The menu consisted of
ham, chicken, beef, picki'cc*. salads,
deviled eggs, sandwiches, rolls, cus
tards, -lettuce, and a variety of calces.
Those present were Mrs. B. L. Wil
liamson and daughters Pauline and
Elinor, Mrs. Olttairtes Brown- and daugh
ter Mary, Mieses Rose. Edith and
Theresa Duvall. Augusta Light, Jose
phine and Nanay Means. Susan and
Kathryn Startzman. Effie and Clara
Zonibno, Louise Wofford. Ant and a
Jack, Mamie Johnson, Elinor Poisal,
Pheobe Perry, Kauhryn and Margaret
Young, Bessie and Betty Beard. Anna
Williams, Edith Dodd. Nellie and Eliz
abeth- Sperow, Messrs. John. Paul and
Clifford Young. Summerfield Payne.
Charles Nicely, John Miller. Sherman
Beard. I tester Cri-m, Benjamin Zombro.
After dinner games were played
and Ml** Brown- was crowned "Queen
of tile Mtuy" b> Miss Kathryn Young,
after which ail returned home feeling
very grateful and wishing much suc
cess to Miso Brown in her chosen pro
fession. X. Y. Z.
OLD INDIAN FIGHTER DIES
Remained Bachelor Because Sweet
heart Was Tortured To Death.
Traverse City, Mich., Mat 5.—"Un
cle Dan” Whipple, aged 109 years,
died Sunday night from. heruorrhav#
of the brain. Sunday lie seemed as
well as usual and took a long walk in
the fields.
Mr. Whipple was born in Catta
raugus county, N. Y., on March 1
1799. He was a member of General
Fremont's exploring party on his his
toric trip across the Rockies. He w»s
*ong a companion of Kit Carson, and
later served through theeivtl war in
an Iowa regiment.
He never married, being true to the
memory of a sweetheart wtho was tor
ture<l to death by Indians before hia
eyee, when he was a young man in the
West.
Train lVo. 8 on the N. and W. be
tween Kenova and Bluefleld struck
andi killed three men Monday.
FOR BIO DEMONSTRATION
Ryneal Company Shoulders All
Responsibility.
BIG TIME IN MAY ASSURED
Firemen Have Half the Money
Already Subscribed—Notable
Meeting Tuesday Night.
, After a good dead of tflfMdaldying
around the matter of the firemen's
demonstration when the C. V. Fire
men's conventon is held here on May
20 is finaly settled in flavor of that
proposition. This was brought about
at a special meeting of Ryneal Co.
No. I Tuesday evening, the company
assuming all responsibility for raising
the necessary funds and for the suc
cess or failure of the undertaking.
The meeting was well attended.
Several of the associate members of
the company' and about a dozen others
were also present. In the absence of
! President Cseorge Ryneal, jr„ Vice
President James W. Barrick presided.
After discussing the pros and cons
of the demonstration at some length,
Mr. ,1. Frank Thompson moved that
, tihe matter be quashed, but this was
voted down.
A .set of resolutions was read from
j the fire board to the effect that Ry
neal company would have to assume
j the responsibility of raising the $700
offered in prizes and everything else
in connection with the demonstration
itself. This the company readily
i agreed to and. on motion decided by
i a practically unanimous vote to hold
the demonstration proposed, thereby
sustaining the action of the company
| at a special meeting April1 27. So the
thing is now a go.
1 The committee has figured out that
; the demonstration cam: be pulled off
for $300, nearly half of which
'amount has already been subscribed
j and the boys are not nearlv through
| with their canvass. That the whole
amount can be raised without much
' tioluh'e they feer absolutely sure. The
j Ryneal laddies are determined to
| make the demonstration a big three
days’ success and all they ask to
make it such is the support of the
business men as well as the hearty
cooperation of their brother firemen
of town to the extent that they join
in the parade and throw no cold
water on the enterprise.
Invitations were mailed today to
Hose Companies Nos. 2, 3. 4 and 5.
this city, to join hands with No. 1.
Already five invitations have been
accepted from a distance. These are
the Sarah Zane Fire Oo. and the
the Charles Rouss Hook and Ladder
Co., of Winchester: the Friendship
Fire Co., of Chambersburg: the Vigi
lant Hose Co., of Shippensburg, and
the Cumberland Fire Co., of Car
lisle.
Now that, the demonstration is a
matter of fact and no mere conjec
ture. acceptances wilt come pouring
in from various points. It is con
fidently' believed' that at least thirty
fire companies will be in line of pa
rade. representing a thousand men or
more, not to mention the bands of
music.
As intimated. $700 wilt be offered
in prizes in the way of drill’s, races,
band contests etc.
The first day, Wednesday. May 20.
will be convention day with the big
parade in the afternoon. The second
day will be devoted to drills, races
and other contests, the contests wind
ing up on the morning of the third
day.
Big posters advertising the Martins
burg domoustration will be gotten out
im a day or two and sent out up and
down the valley.
Mr. Bdward Burns, of Chambers
burg. traveling passenger agent of the
Cumberland Va'-ley railroad, will be
here tomorrow to arrange for rates
and schedule of rates with the com
mittee.
Having met with so much encour
agement In the last few davs the
boys feel much elated and have no
fears for the successful outcome of
the belated undertaking.
The Fire board resolutions are
herew th published by request.
resolution*.
Whereas. The attention of this
board has been called! to circulars
dated April 28. 1908, issued to the
Cumberland Valley Volunteer Fire
men’s association, and signed by W.
F. Slaughter, H. T. Graver, M. Quinn,
F. Anderson and John Poisal. mem
bers of Ryneal Co. N'o. 1. Said circu
ar offering 1700 in prizes for the va
rious contents during the convention
of said association and promising in
connection a celebration to be given
on May 20. 21. 22, and
Whereas, N’o official responsibility
seems to be attached to said offer but
implying t.hat it is issued' by the Mar
t nsburg Fire dei>amnent, and
Whereas, Companies Nos. 2. 3. 4 aud
T> are unwilling to hold any celehra
General Conference of Methodists
Begins Today,
ELEGATES FROM EVERYWHERE
Never Before in It* Hietory Ha«
Baltimore Entertained Such a
Cosmopolitan Convention.
Baltimore, May 6,—Everything U in
readiness for the General Conference
of the Methodist Episcopal church,
which began its month's deliberations
this morning at 10 o’clock. The Lyric
has been arranged so as to comply
with the regulations of the body The
delegates have nearly all arrived, and
a number of the remaining few to
show up have telegraphed that they
will arrive today.
•Never before in the history of the
city has Baltimore entertained such a
cosmopolitan convention as the Gen
eral Conference, All the continents of
the world are represented and most
of the races have memberships in the
conference. From the two conferences
of Japan the subjects of the Mikado
have sent men with the features of
the Causcasian and. both men and
women with the almond eyes ana yel
low skin. India has ministers and
laymen who, with the colored’ turbans
and many-hued olothes, will make
things interesting with their naive
questions and quaint but pointed ob
servations on what, is going on. The
subjects of tlhe autocrat, of all the Rus
sians are represented by several
Finns of gigantic stature, who, while
not breaking some of the canons of
the church, strained' themselves yes
terday by smoking numerous Russian
cigarettes. There are Chinese,
Swedes, Germans, who took ott t.helr
■ hats when a hurdgurdy stopped in
' front of th“ Lyric and an Italian be
gan grinding out “Die Wacht Am
Rhein;’’ Swiss cantonese, who look
the part; Africans. Malays, Austral
ians, Canadians and many from other
parts of the globe.
A JAPANESE TEA
Mrs. Tabler Hostess at Function—
Mrs. Walker Entertains.
•from The World1 o*f Wednesday:
Mm. Mayberry G. Tabler, West King
street, gave an elaborate Japanese
tea this “vening from four to six o'
clock. The guest of honor was Mrs.
D. C. Westenhaver, of Cleveland, O.,
who is Mrs. Tabler’s house guest.
Mrs. A. M. Gilbert presided at the
punch bowl and Mrs. Charles Davis
son and Miss Carrie Roush, Misses
Rj-mnte and Hester Parks and Miss
B’anche Rauoh served the refresh
ments An out of town guest was
Miss Eva North, of Conmellsville, Pa.
Bridge Club Entertained.
Mrs. Stuart W. Walker, East Burke
street, entertained the Bridge chib
Tuesday evening.
Broke From Lockstep.
Jeese Briggs, a negro servim la life
sentence in' the state pnitnet’ary at
Moumtevtlle, W. Va„ was shot and
killed hyWardten C. G. Daiwson Satur
day. Briggs broke from the lockstep,
and' when ordered to gelt back in line
| began throwing stones at thle warden.
Dawson then shot him through the
breast, killing him instantly. Briggs
had been sentenced to hang for mur
der, hut ‘the Governor commuted' the
sentence to life imprisonment. The
coroner'® jury, which sot immediately,
exonerated Dawson.
New Postmaster.
Mr. Char lea A. Suesseroth has been
confirmed as postmaster of Cham bar s
burg, succeeding the laita Dr. David
Mac lay.
tion or demonstration this year, ow
ing to the fact that the business men
deemed it unwise at this time, there
fore, be it
i Resolved. That the officers and
member® oif Ryneat So. 1 a -e hereby
notified that if their company atjthor
7,e this committee and are wi'ling to
proceed with the demonstration, and
confirm the action of this committee,
they must also be responsible foj- the
promise to pay said 1700 in prizes
and assume all liability therefor, and
furthermore publish the fact of such
' responsibility so as not to embarass
the other four companies individually
or the Martinsburg Fire department
as a whole.
Resolved, That a copy of these reso
'ution® he transmitted to Ryneal So. 1
and also published in the city press,
after Rvnea! No. 1 has first had an
opportunity of acting thereon as a
company.
The above resolution was adopted
by the Fire Board May 1, 1908.
From the minutes.
1A. D. DARBY.
Secretary.
THE Y. M. C. A. LECTURE
SECRETARY TIBBIT3 WILL BE
HERE.
Notable Lecture in Evening Before
Cornerstone Is Laid Under the
Auspices of Auxiliary.
The Ladies Auxiliary to the Y. M.
C. A. has been in communication with
Mr. George F. Tibbitts, of Washing
ton, interstate secretary of the Y. M.
C. A., and he has consented to deliver
a lecture here on the evening of May
28 in the opera house for the benefit
of tihe fund the aoxiliarv is raising
with which to furnish the new Y. M.
C. A. building here.
Whilst the matter will not. be defin
itely settled until the meeting of the
auxiliary at the Bpicopal parish house
tomorrow evening, yet it is quite
'likely that the ladies will agree to
assume all responsibility for the lec
ture and that the same will be a pro
nounced success, financially and oth
erwise.
'If Mr. Tibbitts comes at the time
designated he will remain over for the
Y. M. C. A. cornerstone laying on the
afternoon of the following day
ANNUAL EXAMINATION
Five District School Graduates Pass
and Are Given Diplomas.
The amnuat' examination of gradu
ates of the district schools of Berke
ley county was held here April 25,
conducted by Mr. Willis P. Evans,
county superintendent of schools.
There were twelve applicants for
diplomas and of this number five
young persons passed. They were
Miss Bertie Powell Opequon district:
Samuel G. Williamson. Falling Waters
district: Korah L. Tabler, Opequon
district, and Misses Minnie Kearns
and Carrie C. Hull, both of the Falling
Waters district.
The diplomas entitle the holders to
entrance to any normal school in the
state without, examination.
The five graduates mentioned intend
to prepare themselves for school
teachers.
KEPT DISORDERLY HOUSE
Matron and Colored Inmates Pulled
By Police.
Rachel Rice, colored, arrested for
keeping a disorderly house, had a
hearing before Justice Thompson this
morning and was found guilty. Fine
and costs, $10.
George Mackey, Blair Williams and
Pearl West, also colored, were given
ten days in jail as inmates ef the Rice
house.
Stole His Clothes.
Lester Tutt, colored, will have a
hearing tomorrow evening before Jus
tice Thompson on the charge of steal
ing the clothes of Tom Walker, an
other co’ored man. Both live in a
shanty down at the stone quarries.
TO SPEND $50,000 MORE.
Big .Power .Plant .on Shenandoah
River to be Enlarged.
S. R. Hams bo rough, president of
the Winchester and Washington
Railway Company, which operates a
hNg power plant on the Shenandoah
River atMillville, amdl auppi'es Win
chester, Berryvil'e and Charlestown
with light and power, announced to
day that the capacity of the plant
will be doubled at once and that
contracts for $50,000 worth of addi
tional machinery Wave been let to
the Westinghouse and Dayton Globe
Iron Works people.
OLD VETERAN HERE
Confederate Soldier Revisits Scenes
Of Hi* Youth.
Mr. Franklin Vorhees, formerly of
DarkesvSlle, but now living down in
Virginia, :® •"‘siting (friend® In this
vicinity. He was in town today greet
ing some of tihe old sofldiers and other
acqaiwtance® aifter an absence of sev
eral years.
Mr. Vortices is a Confederate veter
an. having served in Go. D. Second
Virginia regiment, infantry of Gen
eral Stonewall1 Jackson's brigade. He
went through the Wilderness cam
paign and lost his "light arm at the
battle of Spotteyfl-vta/nia in May, 1864.
Tile re is a Pink Pain Tablet made
by Dr. Shoop, that will positively stop
any pain, anywhere, in 20 minutes.
Druggists everywhere sell them as
Dr. Sheep's Headache Tablets, but
they step other pains as easily as
headaches. Dr. Shoop's Pirns. Pain
Tablets simply coax blood pressure
away from pain centers—^hat is all
Pain comes from blood pressure—con
gestion. Stop that pressure with Dr.
Shooip's Headache Tablets and pain
is instantly gone. 20 tablets 25c Sold
by all druggist®.
CIRCUIT COURT SESSION
■Number of Chancery Cases Dis
posed of This Morning,
| -
SUIT AGAINST THE B & 0. R. R,
—
i Case From Jefferson County Argued
In Chambers At the Afternoon
Session.
| From The World of Monday.
Circuit court convened this morning
at 9:30, Judge Fautkner presiding.
The ft Mowing were the proceeding?*,
they being affl cases to chancery;
Wilbur H. Thomas, -atimr. etc. vb.
J. W. F. Beil and others; decree con
firming report otf commissioner and
directing a distribution of tihe pro
ceeds of sale.
iR. N. Stewart & Son. etc. vs. J.
WtiHtem Miller and others; order filing
demurrer and setting same for argu
ment.
Magaret A. Hout et al. vs. Laura P.
Dedkert and others, decree appointing
commissioners to make part ition of
the real estate among the parties
thereto, being the real estate of which
the late W. D. Miller died selzd and
joseeesed.
Ella L. Kel'ler etc. vs. Laura A. Sut
ton. et aJ., decree' confirming report, of
special commissioner of sale, and
showing distributions' of purchase
money and' placing cause on deferred
docket.
F. C. M#ee & Co. vs. Maggie Btar
rick e.t al., decree dismissing cause
and placing same on retired docket.
Ella Strode, adtnr. vs. J. W. Hol
lida, et al., decree confirming sale of
real estate to purchaser at private
sale and/ directing a deed' to be made
to said purchaser.
Clara Gruber, etc. vs. Ernest Gfov
er, et. al., decree overruling demurrer
to plaintiff's bill) of complaint and
giving defendants 30 dlays within
which to fie their answers.
ni ICI IIWUII s^CSdivjll.
This TiftiPTnocnv a case from Jeffer
son county was argued to chambers
before J.udlge Faulkner. It was the
case of Mrs. Mary E. Jacobs, use
Georgia Home Insurance Co. against
•the Baltimore and Ohio railroad which
was tried! at the February term of
court at Charles Town. This afternoon
argument was heard on a demurrer to
the evidence. A Moore, jr.. Of Berry
vUle, and H. H. McCormack, Char’es
Town, for the plaintiff, arndi Forrest
W. Brown, of Charles Town, for the
defense.
SNAP SHOTS.
Idlae fin full bloom.
“Uncle Joe" Cannon is stili1 in the
race.
Old Virginia is fast becoming a
“dry” and thirsty land.
After all that has been said to the
contrary. Gov. Hughes' name will
not. be withdrawn from the presiden
tial canvass.
Virginia is getting dry and dryer
still. If this drouth keeps up a year
or two, no rye wiLl i»e found to all
the la ml from Danville to Beer
sheba.
Tine Maryland republican, state con
vent ion indorsed President Roosevelt
and his administration and instructed
do legates for Secretary of War Taft
for the nomnaition for the presidency.
Tile man who has the puolic inter
ests at heart, rather than he who
will work onf.' for a little Clique of
political v ire-workers, is the man who
deserves a/nd shou <1 have the votes of
the people.
About 15 saloonkeepers in Hagers
town dttl not take out Ifceme under
the new taw.—Hagerstown Globe.
If the like number in Marti nsburg
woutd hJave fai.il ed to take oat lioeruse,
w woul I be utmost a “ dry" city.
When by corrupt practice any can
didate wins the delegate® of a county
and so defeats the wilt ofl the people,
the way shotiid still be open for the
Choice of another rather than for the
party to bear the burden- of such bad
practice and he rWeated in the elec
tion.
Hon. George M. Bowers has been
reappointed by President Roosevelt,
fish commissioner for another term of
four years. The senate confirmed the
appofinlment. After a 12-years' ser
vice as head of the U. S. Bureau of
Fisheries, such recognition as this fa
the strongest credent'al o!f faithful
and efficient servioe. His fellow citi
zens of Martinsburg and of the state
generally will join The Evening World
in sincerest congratulations.
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