Martinsburg herald. [volume], October 10, 1908, Image 2

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COURT MOUSE JOB
TO lOCtl 8I0DEM
County Court Lets Contract for
Remodeling Hall of Justice.
CONTRACTOR WESTENHAVER
MAKES BID OF $21,987.87
Contracting Firms From Other States
Were After Job But Figures Were
Too High—Work to Begin Soon—
Pans for New Bridge at Glengary
Considered by County Court.
FVtrai The World of Monday:
The county court this afternoon at
2 o’clock opened the bids for the pro
posed extensive remodeling of the
court house. There were seven bid
ders, as follows:
The Cbas. J. Cassidy Co., of Wash
ington, D. C.; bid, $33,313.
at F. Smith Fire Proof Construction
Co., of Washington, D. C.; bid, $24,
953.13.
11. J. PhippH, Newport News, Via.;
bki, $20,400.
The Manhattan Co., of Vicksburg.
Miss.; bid, $24,900.
C. W. True, by P. Q. Shrake, (New
Matamoras, Ohio; bid, $22,64(1.
W. S. Small, Martinsburg, W. Va.;
bid, $27,900.
S. A. Westenhaver, Martinsburg,
W. Va.; bid, $21,987.87.
Mr. Westenhaver being the lowest
bidder the court, awarded him the
1 contract. *
It is a matter of local pride that the
big job of remodeling the old court
house will be done by a Martinsburg
contractor. It Is expected that Mr.
Westenhaver will begin operations
ns soon as he an-anges for bis lumber,
steel and other building materials,
which will consume a couple weeks
or more.
For County Bridge.
At the session of the county court
this morning three sets of plans were
considered for the steel bridge to be
jponstructed oveT Ilnck Creek at Glen
«ary.
Mr. J. B. Long, of Chamber&burg,
representing the Nelson-Merydith Co., j
at that place, and Mr. J. S. Mcllvaine, |
also of Ohambersburg, and represent
ing himself, wrere present at the ses
sions today and submitted plans Tor
the said county bridge.
STONE HOME TAG DAY
- J,***'
Popular Scheme to Raise funds for
Worthy Local Charity Planned
By Managers.
From The World of Saturday:
Mart in sbiing is to have a “tag day.”
It has become a fad in large towns
mmd cities to raise funds for charitable
institutions, by means of “tag day”
and the board of managers of the
"Stone Battlement Home,” are busily
preparing for “tag day" in Martins
burg, which will be on Saturday, the
tenth of October. On this day, from
eight o'clock in the morning until 9
to'cloek at night, tags will be offered
for sale at various stations in town
by the young ladies interested in this
broad charitable work. These sta
tions will each lie presid' d over by
an olkler lady who will act as chaper
on to the two or more younger ladies.
Every one is requested to purchase a
tag, and so help swell the fund nec
essary to carry on the different phases
of work done at the “Settlement
TTome” this coming year. Each young
•fady will have a box in which the pur
chaser twill: drop his or her offering.
The money boxes are gotten just for
this occasion, and will have to be
broken to get their contents.
Next Wednesday they wild have «
Met of stations, chaperones and young
■'adb-s assisting at' “tag day.” At
noon and evening chaperones and
assistants will lie reliev'd by otheir
ladies, who will take their places.
At some of the stations boys wriill
assist the young ladies.
OFF TO NEW YORK.
Stewart Vehicle Co. Men Leave for
Big Carriage Exposition.
Kron The World of Saturday:
Sir. Claude Stewart, president and
general nuamager o£ the Stewart Ve
hicle Co., and Mr. S. Preston Hop
kina, sales manager for the same, will
■leave tonight for New York to nrtend
the National Carriage Dealers' Expo
sition in the Grand Central Palace
next week. In Baltimore and Phila
delphia they will be joined by the
southern and eastern representatives
of the company.
This Martinsbvirg factory has a fine
♦•xhibit of buggies and runabouts at
the exposition.
OUR NEW YORK LETTER
Discretion Exceedingly Necessary la
Selecting from Up-to-I)nte Models
—Satin the Universal Trimming
—Glove Fashions Revolutionized
by the Long Sleeve—Exaggeration
of the “Grecian” Coiffure.
BY MONS GENE. DE PONTAC.
While the coat and skirt Buit has
In no wise "gone out”—as indeed,
it Is never likely to do, having made
Itself quite as indispensable to the
majority of women as the separate
blouse—still there is a strong ten
dency toward the cloth dress worn
with ruche or boa for the autumn
street costume. Cong, close sleeves
of cloth make this costume quite
practicable until up Into the first
really cold days and then comes the
fur coat.
Though every skirt is narrow and
more or less clinging, some varia
tion Is still allowed, for there are
absolutely plain skirts and skirts
slightly draped—skirts gored or
with pleats Introduced Just below
the hips skirts with flat habit
backs and others with from one to
three pleats in the centre of the
back. And It behooves every woman
to study with jealous care her own
figure and general style before es
saying any one of these, for with
most of the present modes It is a
perilously short step from the smart
to the absurd.
The princess skirt with high waist
line is again a feature of many of
the smart coat and skirt suits, but
not, gs formerly, snugly fitted to the
waist like a girdle, but merely car
rying the skirt up In the stra'ightest
possible lines, Its object being to
raise the waist. In many cases
trimming runs up the front of these
princess skirts, the long straight coat
being cut away sharply below the
bust to show the trammed front of
the skirt. This is a model seen on
many of the Imported French suits,
which, by the way, show a great
preference for rough fabrics—
tweeds, diagonals and wide wale
woolens.
Black satin trims tailored cos
tumes of all colors, and self-color
satin Is also much used. The new
est thing for this purpose Is otto
man silk with a satiny lustre and a
heavy cord, and this is being used by
some of the smartest designers The
changeable ottomans deeply ribbed,
are In Paris applied to revers, col
lars and cuffs, to waistcoats, and to
deep skirt-hems. Whole tailored
costumes are made up from otto
mans of 6olid color, and long redin
gotes of this same silk—which Is un
doubtedly the fabric of the moment
—are worn with light woolen skirts.
White gloves are no longer con
sidered the smartest wear unless
the costume be white likewise. The
latest Idea Is to match the gown with
glace or suede gloves a shade lighter
than the material. With the long,
close-fitting sleeve, the gautleted
d’Artagan glove, of chamois or
white buckskin, has come into vogue
for street wear. To be quite cor
rect, It must fit loosely.
Hair barrettes have grown wide—
some measure three or more inches
across -and assist materially in giv
ing the Grecian effect to the coif
fure, holding the hair in closely
above the nape of the neck and
bringing out the "Psyche'’ shape of
the knot. A new barrette is called
the 'Mary Uarden" and is a latticed
affair in shell, amber or Rhinestones,
shaped iiko the jewelled net which
held up the hair of ’Thais." Flow
ers or aigrettes are now worn on the
side of the head and projecting far
out at the back. The object to be
attained Is to make the line from the
up of the nose to the tip of the coif
fure as exaggerated as possible.
Embroidered law a lies are tuuc,.
worn with linen collars, and anic.i,.
the prettiest are those in white w...
ends of solkl color on which is
broidery done In white. Freu •.
women are wearing high str&tgn
collars of ilnen, instead of the tuin
over style, shaped upward a lath
behind the ears and across the back
and fastening behind with little but
tons or studs ^
"THE DEVIL,” READ IT,
The Sensation of the Hour.
FIRMER SUICIDES
It CUTTING TUMI
James Lucas Uses Pen Knife to
End His Existence.
CUT FROM EAR TO EAR
BRINGS QUICK DEATH
Rash Act Committed During Fit of
Temporary Insanity Brought on by
Over-Indulgence in Drink—Separat
ed from Wife for Ten Years—
Leaves Large Family.
Fran The World of Monday:
The people of the northern end of
Jefferaon county were startled yester
day to learn of the suicide of James
Buohanon Lucas, a well known farm
er of that county, residing about two
miles south of Shepherdstown and be
tween that piece and Dufflelds.
Between 11 and 12 o’clock Sunday
forenoon members of Mr. Brady Hen
ryks family, who occupy the front part
of the Lucas house, heard a noise in
Mr. Lucas’ room on the second floor
of the house as if some one had fallen
heavily to the floor. Upon In vestige
lion they found Mr. Lucas lying on
the floor beside the bed with his
tihroia.t cut nearly from ear to ear with
a pocket knife that laid by his side.
He gave a gasp or two and expired.
Sheriff Gardner, of Charles Town,
was notified, but as some of the Lucas
family thought that an Inquest was
not necessary, It being a clear case of
suicide, none was held by the cor
oner.
The cause of the rash act iwtas tem
porary insanity induced by excessive
alcoholism covering a period, it is
said, for a year or more.
The deceased ,vas 61 years or age
and was a native of Jefferson county.
He is survived by his wife residing in
Shepherdstown, from whom he had j
separated a/bout 10 years ago, and j
four children: Armistead. in Pitts
burg; Bine, at home; Daniel, in Shep
herdstown, and Mrs. Catherine Stehl,
of Centerville, Md.; also one sister
Miss Texie Lucas, in Shepherdstown.
The funeral will be held Tuesday
at 10 a. m. at t.he house and inter
ment in the cemetery.
C. V. FIREMEN
OUSTISECREURVj
Wellington B. Jones Refused to Re
linquish Office—Said Successor
Not Legally Elected.
The executive committee of the
Cumberland Valley Firemen’s Asso
ciation held a meeting in Antieham
Hall, Hagerstown. The meeting was
called to or<b r by President John A.
Rome, who requested that Owen R.
Middlekauff, Hagerstown, first vice
president, preside. These members
present: G. Fred Gibbs, secretary;
John A. Rowe, A. E. Gordon, J. B.
Wallace, Ralph I.Ioore, David L. Gross,
W. H. Richter.
The chair stated the object of the
meeting was to ascertain whether the
election of Secretary G. Fred Gibbs
at Mattinsburg 'W«s legal and to con
sider methods of securing the books
from Wellington G. Jones, Harrisburg,
former secretary of the association
fwbo was defeated at the Martinsburg
meeting for secretary by Mr. Gibbs.
Mr. Jones, contending that Mi. Gibbs’
election was not legal1, refused to give
up the secretary’s books.
After the reading of certain corre
spondence from Mr. Jones, Mr. A. E.
Gordon made ta motion, seconded by
Mr. Gross, that the president remove
Mr. Jones from the executive commit
tee, and was carried unanimously.
W. D. Berlin, Waynesboro, was ap
pointed in his place. Mr. Moore was
elected chai-man of the executive
committee.
The chair filled the to owing va
cancies caused by the removal of Mr.
Jones: Historian, Charles Bell, Har
risburg; revision of constitution, Ctias
Dunlap, Harririburg.
A. E. Gordon and Ralph Moore were
appointed to secure books. The sec
retary was Instructed to notify all
fire' companies in the association of
Mr. Jones' removal from all commit
tees he was on.
A vote of thanks wtas tendered Mir.
Middle kauff and the Antietam Fire Co.
for courtesies.
The members of th.' committee
were taken a ride behind,the Antie
tam horses, which they said was as
fine a pair of horses as they have
ever seen, in the Cumberland Valley.
Mis. Chanties Over, of Oakville, Pa.,
has returned home after visiting rel
atives in this city.
HARVEST HOME SERVICES
Christ Reformed Church Beautifully
Decorated—Pastor Will Attend
40th Anniversary at Pottsville.
Harvest Horae services were held
Sunday in Christ Re formed church.
The service in the morning was un
usual in that it consisted mostly of
the reading of Psalms of Thanksgiv
ing by the pastor and responses song
by the choir and congregation. The
address was in keeping with the oc
casion, takking a® his text, Ps. 05:11,
‘Thou crownest the year with Thy
goodness; Thy paths drop fatness.”
The church was decorated with the
products of the farm an.l garden and
was much adimired by those who saw
it. Suspended across the centre arch
at the foot of the chancel was the
motto: “Harvest Home,” in green.
The pastor announced that at the
close of the monthly meeting of the
missionary society on Wednesday ev
ening, Mrs. D. H. Stuckey would ad
dress the ladies on the work being
! done at the Stone Settlement home in
this city.
On next Saturday Dr. Hoffheins
will leave for Pottsville, Pa., where
he goes to attend the 40tli anniver
! sary of the organization ot the Re
formed congregation of that city, of
which he was the first pastor. Rev.
N. H. Styles, of Woodstock, will con
I duct the services and! preach the ser
| mon at the services in Christ Reform
ed church next. Sunday.
On Sunday, October 18. the Holy
Communion will be administered in
the church.
The regular qnotnthly meeting of the
Christian Endeavor society of the
church will be hefld Tuesday evening.
SOLD LIVERY
Sold Out to T. B. Underwood Satur
day Night, Who Took Charge
This Morning.
From The World of Monday:
An important dead was contnmi
| mated here late Saturday night, in
volving the sale of the well known
1 livery outfit of A. Kogelschatz & Son
| to Mr. T. B. Underwood who took
i possession this morning. The sale
was made on private terms.
! Messrs. Kogelschiatz retain their un
dertaking business, including hearses
and hearse horses, and will continue
the business at the old stand on North
College street as heretofore.
, Mr. Underwood recently moved to
[ Martinsburg from C&tonsville, near
Baltimore. He has been engaged for
some time in the insurance business,
| bat possessing good business qualifl
| cations he will doubtless succeed in
his new IVine, coming into possession,
as he does, of a well established and
up to date livery.
Mr. A. Kogelschatz, jr., started the
present livery 16 years ago last
February. About four years ago he
associated his father in the business
in connection with the latter's under
taking business under the firm name
of A. Kogelsclva'z & Son.
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
The cheapest things are often the
dearest.
It isn't necessary for a married man
to know Lis mind.
Debtors usually have better mem
ories than creditor*.
A man isn't necessarily a fisherman
just because he is a big liar.
Few kisses are stolen from the girl
with an onion-flavored breath.
Theoretically girls do not believe
in flirting—but prhcttcaHy they do.
A soft answer turneth away wrath
but it won't even stop a bill collector.
—Chicago News.
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
j A girl would rather have soulful
eyes thfin be able to see straight.
Most men try to be successful in
life by the way they brush their hair.
Nobody ever thinks he ought to be
as good as other people ought to be.
Most of the fun we get out of
things is spending money on instead
of making it out of them.
Either a man growls because his
wife doesn’t gi/ve him good meals or
because she does and they ccxst him
so much.—New York Press.
Rent Six Big Engines.
Because of the heavy rush of freight
the VV. M. R. R. have rented six of the
big P. & R. engines for $2t) per day
per engine. The engines reached Ha
gerstown Saturday evening and were ^
in service Sunday.
'CDUHTt count in
new ouwtns
Offices of Clerks County and Cir
cuit Courts to be Vacated.
TEMPORARY OFFICES
IN OLD CHINA HALL
Sheriff Gardner Will Retain Offices In
the Court House—Contractor Gives
Bond and Work Will Commence at
Once—Commissioners of Election
Named But Not Made Public.
From The World of Tuesday.
The seat of justice for all Berkeley
county citizens will be abandoned
tomorrow, temporarily, and the god
dees of peace and equity will reign in
new quarters.
Contractor Westenhaver who was
| awarded the contract by the county
court on Monday for the remodeling
, of the court house has given satis
[ factory bond and will commence at
once work on the improvements.
Much preliminary work, such as
tearing out old partitions and ceilings
can be done by the contractor, while
other things are being gotten ready
for the improvements.
While all these improvements are
going on the county court was com
pelled to find substitute quarters
where the business of the county
could be carried on. The property
on the south side of West King street,
known for many years as Kilmer’s
China Hall, has been secured by the
court and will be fitted up to accom
modate the clerks and other official®.
The work of moving the furnishings
and records of the offices of the clerk9
of the circuit an.l county courts will
be commenced tomorrow. It will be
no little job to transfer all the files
and records of the two offices and
great care in handling the property
will have to be exercised. There are
ir any valuable papers filed away that
will have to be looked after and taken
care of.
In the new quarters the clerks of
the two courts will occupy the ground
floor of the building and the county
court will have quarters on the sec
ond floor.
Arrangements have been made
whereby Sheriff Gardner will occupy
the two otfices in the annex to the
c^ld court house, which he now uses,
until his offices in the remodeled
building are finished. This will allow
the sheriff to retain his offices in the
court house at all times.
A night watchman will be kept, on
duty at the temporary offices, in order
that the greatest protection can be
given to the documents and papers
stored there during the time of re
modeling.
The matter of the bridge over Back
Greek at Glengary was considered
Monday afternoon blit no Anal actions
was taken.
The court has also named the com
missioners and clerks of election, but
the list will be gone over and *prob
ably revised before they are given to
the public.
The court today was making prep
arations for the flitting which will
eotmmence tomorrow. '
ENGINEMAN KILLED.
Abram McCleary Struck by Train No.
7 at Hancock Saturday Night.
Abram R. McCleary, aged 57 years,
died at tie Allegany hospitail at Cum
berland Sunday morning from injuries
sustained by being struck by Balti
more and Ohio passenger train at
Hancock Station Saturday night.
Mr. McCleary lived on his farm at
Big Pool, Md. He was a passenger
engineer on the Western Maryland
railroad and had been in the com'
pany’s service 25 years, ire made a
daily round trip on the accommoda
tion between Cumberland and Ha
gerstown. Saturday night he went to
Hancock station on a Baltimore nn.1
Ohio train with the expectation of
taking a Western Maryland train from
Hancock for Big Pool to spend Sun
day at home.
While crossing the tracks in the
dark at. Hancock Station he was
struck by the westbound train No. 7.
Mr. McCleary is survived by his wife
and five children. He was a member
of Zion Reformed church at Hagers
town. His body was taken from the
residence of Mr. Rufus C. Sheads,
conductor of the train of which Mr.
McCleary was engineer, this morning
and the funeral will occur Tuesday
afternoon, with interment in Hagers
town.
Impovements.
Rutherford & Melvin finished this
morning laying a cement floor in the
cellar of the Reformed parsoege, on
East Burke street.
V
FOR MOUN* DAY
Progra mme is Arranged by State
Superintendent of Schools
T. C. Mille%
State Superintendent of Free
Schools T. C. Miller, has just issued
the programme in his monthly bulletin
for the observance of Mound Day,in
the public schools on November 5th.
The programme consists of singing
the state anthem, an address by same
prominent speaker on “The Mound
Builders’’ and papers prepared by the
school stuJents on why the day is ob
served, a desciption of the mound as
it exists, and an historical sketch. It
is the idea, too, at this exercise to
have the children to contribute to a
fund to be used in purchasing the
mound, the price being $25,000. The
fund as collected will be placed in
the nearest bank to the oredlt of State
Treasurer Newton Ogdln, who -will
later draw upon the band and colect
the fund into one depository. When
each deposit is made, the idea is to
have the fact reported to the depart
ment of schools, Charleston.
MAIL POUCH STOLEN
Mail From Train No. 12 for Train
No. 3 Missing from Washington
Junction.
Another mail pouch was stolen at
Washington Junction Wednesday
night. This pouch had been made up
on No. 12 going east and was for
transfer to No. 3 going west. The au
thorities are at a loss to account for
these thefts of mail pouches. This is
the second one stolen from the June*
tion in less than a month.
The last one stolen was found later
hidden in a creek nearby.
MR. KENNEDY’S DINNER PARTY
Martinsburg Men Attend Notable
Function Near Chambersburg.
Hon. Charles J. Faulkner. Mr. A. C.
Nadenbousch and Col. Stuart W.
Walker, of this city, were among the
guests present at the luncheon given
by Hon. M. C. Kennedy, vice president
and general superintendent of the
Cumberland Valley railroad, at his
country home, “Ragged Edge,’’ near
Chambersburg on Saturday last.
The luncheon was served on the
lawn and the Ideal autumn day added
much in making it a most delightful
and enjoyable affair for all who were
fortunate enough to be the invited
guests of Mr. Kennedy’s hospitality. It
was a great gathering of representa.
tive men in the varied professions and
Callings in life.
INJURED AT FOOTBALL.
Member of Massanutten Academy
Team is Seriously Hurt.
Jule Homey, of Woodstock, a stu
dent at Massanutten academy, was se
riously injured Wednesday in a prac
tice game of football He was struck
In the side, several of hi® ribs being
torn loose and it believed that tae
is fatally injured.
Off to Convention.
Prom The World of Monday:
Postmaster Alex. Clohan left this
morning on Xo. 55 for Clarksiburg to
attend the State Postmasters’ conven
tion. He wias accompanied by Mrs.
Clohan who will spend a couple weeks
in Weston with her brother. Mr. Lewis
Crouse, with relatives in Wheeling
and Pitcairn, Pa., with her daughter,
Mrs. Prince Dunn.
“THE DEVIL," READ IT.
THE
ORGANIZED 1892,
CAPITAL $100,100.00
Btotkli jldere Liability 9*00,000.00.
M,arfil iimhikI Undevlded ProKti - 913,000
HOTEL BERKELEY BUILDING
Receives deposits, toons money and
transacts a general Lankina bus^ess.
Accounts for individuals, corpora
tions and tirins solicited. (had
Dr. J. Whann McSherry, President
af' ThuTeL [ Vice Presidents.
W. J. Lambert (
EDWARD RUTLEDGE, Cashier.
CHAS. A. YOUNG, Assistant Cashier.
Directors
Dr. J.W. McBtierty
Harry S. Cushwa
Win. Thatcher,
W H. Henabaw,
Peter S Bpemw.
Jon. B. Vanmeter,
W. H. McDonald,
W. Wels^an.,
Joseph Michael
W. J. I.mtiert
Jos. W. McDonald)
Cbas. Thu me],
Sf. G. Stuckey,
Joseph FisMus,
John W. Holida,
M S. Butts
l)r. E. L Sencindi*e»,
John L Williams
Clarenoe E. Martin
Interest Paid on Time Deposit*.
Discount Day, Tuesday