Evening journal. [volume], November 02, 1907, Image 1

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WEATHER.—Rain tonight and probably Sunday; colder.
MARTINSBURG, W. VA.? SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2. 1907,
PRICE 2 CENTS
In Hospital at Bcltirn
on Friday.
’ERATED CH FOB A TUMOR
to Rally From the Shock,
| Death Speedily Ensued—
reran of the Civil War Suc
[mbed In Morgan County.
Lydia Conners, wife of Ait
tonners and an estimable nod
lown resident of South High
this city, died in the Citr hus
Jaltimore. Friday, following an
Eon.
Concert; was iak n tr* 1uc
Iwspital some time ago far t
(for a tumor, and it was decided
operation was necessary 'fun;
berformed several da.-M ago, hjt
latient failed to rally from the
and her death speedily ensued.
. Conners had been a resident of
bitv for a number of years, and
well known and respected t • a
circle of friends. She was aged
48 years, and is survived by her
hnd and the following children
I George Chambers, of Hancock,
Mr3. Sterling Rife, of Martins
and Mr. Marshall Conners, cf
| city.
Ie remains will be brought to Ma’’
lurg over the Baltimore & Ohio th<s
|ing, and will be taken immediately
late residence on South High
1st. The funeral arrangements
noT'‘yfeH5SSl tdttfpfeted.
An Old Veteran Dead.
illiam Eplinger is dead, in Morgan
lty, near Berkeley Springs, at the
of 76. He was one of the most
stantial farmers in that section,
lg a German from Somerset county,
He leaves a second wife and two
Idren. He was a Union veteran
i the only man in Morgan county,
o after serving three years in the
ny, re-enlisted for service again.
HERS WANTED THE LINE
ID TOOK THE LAW INTO THEIR
OWN HANDS.
ire Up Tracks of the Baltimore &
Ohio Before the Officials of the
Railroad Could Prevent It.
k mob of several hundred farmers
■e up the tracks of the Baltimore
^Otaio railroad near Boynton, not
f from Cumberland, on Thursday,
d before officials of the company
■re aware of their action the mob
t in a grade crossing for the 1’enn
Ivania and Maryland Street Kailwav
Supervisor M. F. Folecy, of the Pitts
rg division of the Baltimore & Ohi >
llroad, started for the scene of the
table, but his train was derailed and
e crew soon overpowered. Foley i
is forced into a wagon and driven i
Salisbury, several miles distant. The J
tltimore Ohio liacl refused to alio.''
e trolley company to cross its
tclt at grade and the farmers, who
.11 be benefitted by the trolley line,
,ve become defiant Several iujune
KTave been granted and it Is a
n as to whether the Baltimore
L or the trolley company or
k guilty ot contempt of court.
Baltimore & Ohio has issued at
As for as many of the rioteis
Mown, which will result in a
§■ battle. The Pennsylvania
|^Ld purposes to construct a
||j^»'ro.-;tbur£, Md., to Johnson
PRESENTED BIBLE AND FLAG
OAK GROVE SCHOOL HOLDS IN
TERESTING EXERCISES.
Testament and Old Glory Also Pre
sented to the .Reding School By
United American Mechanics.
The members of the Junior Order
United American Mechanics on Thurs
day presented a handsome flag am'
a finely bound Bible to the Oak Grove
school, the ceremonies taking place at
1 o'clock in the afternoon. Tho Bible
i was presented by Mr. C. W. Foltz in
a very neat and appropriate address,
and the flag was tendered by Mr. E.
J. Whitmore. Both were accepted or.
behalf of tho school by the teacher,
Mis3 I-Iayslett, who afterward gave a
recitation in keeping with the occa
sion.
At the Bedington school at J
o'clock, the Mechanics also presented j
a Bible and American flag. The cere
I monies were very interesting and ap
I nropriate. Thep rincipal speaker was
Mr. John J. Hetzel, who delivered auj
eloquent address. Mrs. Laura O. Ta
bler, of Martinsburg, the teacher of
tin's school, accepted tho gifts in a
neat, speech. The children rendered
an interesting program.
INJURED AT THE ICE PLANT
WILLIAM RINKER FELL DOWN
THE ELEVATOR SHAFT.
Was Badly Shaken and Bruised and
Left Arm and Side Severely In
jured—Laid Up at Home.
William Riker, an employe of the Ice
plant, was the victim of a peculiar
and very painful accident shortly after j
6 o'clock on Friday evening, when he
fell down the elevator shaft while has
tening to leave the building after com
pleting hia day’s work. !
Mr. Riker failed to notice that thcj
elevator had been drawn to an upper j
story and opened the enclosure and
jumped in. He was precipitated to i
the ground below, a distance of several j
feet.
The heavy fall caused a severe
sprain of the left arm and Injuries to
the left side. He was also badly sha
ken up and bruised other wise.
The injured man was taken to his
home on Hooge street, where he will
be confined for several days.
town, Pa., which will be a competitor
of the Baltimore & Ohio. It will con
nect with the Cumberland & Western
port system at Frostburg. Cortefi H
Jenning3, of Jennings, MU., is presi
I dent of the new line.
NOTICE TO RED MEN
Tuscnrora Tribe to Attend Church
On Sunday Morning.
Allmembers of Tuscarora tribe, No.
50, Imp. O. R. M., are hereby notified
that the sermon that was to have
been preached to the tribe by Rev.
C. C. Waite at the Christian ehurcn
Sunday, October 27, was postponed un
til Sunday, November 3. All members
are requested to be present. Meet at
the wigwam 10.30 sharp.
ll-l-2t. H. KEE DAVIS, C. of R.
Property Sold.
The Foreman estate was sold at pub
lic auction this afternoon in front of
the county court house by Mr. Frank
Foreman, administrator. The farm
contained about 131 acres and brought
$73.50 an acre the purchaser being
Mr. John Foreman.
The sale of the Charlie Smith es
tate was postponed until next Satur
day a week.
.. .
Needed By Presbyterian Church In
This Section.
THERE ARE MANY VACANT PULPITS
Lack of Clergymen In the Synod of
Virginia Is Deplored By That
Body at Its Recent Meeting
In Charleston.
A -special dispatch from Charleston !
has the following to say concerning
the meeting of the Presbyterian syn- j
od of Virginia, which adjourned there
this week:
The laet of the visitors who came to
the city to attend the 120t.h session
of the Presbyterian synod, have gone.
The session was a busy one, tvtepl
on Friday afternoon, when the mem
bers of the synod attended the recep
tion at the home of Governor Mac
Corkle. The whole time was spent
in the transaction of business. But
with all that, little of importance was
clone. By tar the most striking fea
ture of the meeting was the continual
harping by every speaker upon the
lack of ministerial candidates. The
steady stream of young men, which
is being drawn from the church by
commercial attractions is hurting the
ministry.
The report of the visitors showed I
that there are may vacant churches ;
in the synod of Virginia and that the
men now in training will not more
than fill these churches. leaving the
hundlfeda of men needed for the mis
sionary fields out of consideration.
And this the Presbyterian church is
not willing to do. Another striking
fact is that while the synod deplored
the fact that the young men of the
church aro not entering the ministry
and passed resolutions concerning it,
there wa3 now ord spoken concern
ing the advisability of raising the sal
aries of ministers as an inducement
to young men with vocations for the
work. Another feature of the situa
tion is that the synod was universally
in favor of the continuation of the
churches policy of allowing none hut
trained men to become Presbyterian
ministers.
The reports of mission secretaries
j brought to light the fact that both in
jthe foreign field and the home field
the Presbyterian church is doing great
work. The synod seemed to appreci
ate this fact and there is little doubt
l that the contributions to missions this
; year will bo much greater than those
in the past.
PATS Bill LICENSE TAX.
I
!
i Ohio t'onnly Turns in Largo Sum to
The State Treasurer.
An exceptionally largo remittance In
the sum of fl01.S3I.01 was receive!
Friday at the auditor s office in Charles
ton from Sheriff Taylor, of Ohio comi
ty, being license taxes received m
Ohio county for the year 1907. With
amounts previously sent to the audi
tor's office the total amount of license
taxes collected in Ohio county thi'>
year will aggregate $155,000, the lar
jgcst amount of license taxes collected
| In any county in the state.
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Tills Orchard a Gold Mine.
: A four-acre apple orchard, owned
by W. O. Whftacre, five miles west of
j Winchester, lias yielded Mr. Whitacre
i $2,500 in cash. He received a check
for that amount from a Chicago com
mission merchant. Five hundred bar
^ rels of apples were picked from the
-orchard and shipped to the Chicago
j market, where $5 per barrel was ob
Itained. The orchard Is 13 years old. !
THEIR REST WEAPON
Merchants Should Use Newspapers
te Fight Mail Order Houses.
UN EXPERT GIVES HIS OPINION
Henry Cornell Declares That the
Buyers Should Be Reached
Through the Newspapers—
Some Timely Advice.
Addressing an audience in Kimiiu
on advertising the other night Henry
AVatson Cornell, of Chicago, said that |
the best returns eomo to the merchants
who bases his appropriation upon the
Volume of expected trade and upon th.
facilities of hir, store and then spend.
Iris money intelligently. Tho speaker
continued:
"Under conditions that exist today
there are but two courses before a
merchant: lie must cither do his
advertising in the newspapers and
get high prices for his goods throug j !
creating a demand for them or ho mus! |
at the end of a season throw a mas , (
of unsold goods on tho counters in j
greatly reduced prices.
“The worst feature of the plan
whereby tho goods are loft over to
bo sold under cost Is tho fact that It
educates the public to the expecta
tion of lower prices. Everything thai
so educates the people Is detrimental
to trade.
“These ‘mill eud specialist' sales
are tho worst features of that form
of merchandising that Is fast passing
from the arena. The Influence of these
sales has been toward teaching the
people to put off buying until late it.
the seagou and toward a constantly
descending scale of prices during the
season.
"The newspaper is tho merchants'
best friend, his sharpest tool in his
trade and his best weapon of defens:
in the lnslduous attack of the mail
order house. The ad man is not a
grafter looking for money for nothinr.
He is a merchant with a legitimate
proposition to offer and his work i
more valuable to the merchant and
to the city than almost any other." ,
Mr. Cornell added that merchant.;
who do not patronize the home news
papers because some of their com
petitors do not, generally fail to real
ize who their real com petitors are. The
merchants of a city realize that ever; j
mail and every foreign newspaper thm
goes into the homes of a city contains
the letters and advertisements of com
petitors and that every' advertisement
so reaching the citizens of a town if,'
a menace to that town.
MRS. GATROW PARALYZEG
WELL-KNOWN LADY IS IN At
CRITICAL CONDITION.
|
Suffered Second Stroke Todav, and
Her Life Is Despaired of By Her
Family and Friends.
Mrs. Jacob Cat row, wife of former
Deputy Sheriff Cat.row, residing alon»?1
the Tuscarora turnpike, near this
city, is lying critically ill at her hom>
as a result of two strokes of parnly- j
sis, the last of which she suffered
this morning.
Mrs. Catrow’s condition is such us
to alarm the members of her family
and friends,although they hope for the ,
j best.
Mr. Catrow recently sustained a
! severe injury to his side, as told ir
| The Evening Journal, and both he and
i his estimable wife are now confined
I to their beds.
MR. HARRY BRYABLY INJURED
■-*
i WAS VICTIM OF A HUNTING AC
CIDENT ON FRIDAY.
Darkesville Man Struck In the Face
| By Bird Shot From the Gun of
Mr. J. T. Shrodes.
Mr. Harry Bryarly, a woll-knowii
resident of Darkesville, this county.
was the first victim cf a hunting ac
.
cidcnt this season, and as a resul*
is nursing a very sore lip and jaw
tVhile he and J. TH Shrodes, of the
Bame neighborhood, were hunting, Mr
Bryarly scared a partridge, which
flew toward Mr. Shrodes.
Tho latter failed to observe that
Mr. Bryarly wa3 directly in line with
tho bird, nnd pulled up his gun fir
ed. He killed the bird, and if the
two men had been closer together Mr
Shrodes. would undoubtedly have fa
tally wounded his friend.
The bird was between the two men,
and at least a score of shot struck
.Mr, Bryarly in tho face nnd breast.
Luckily the men wero about 100 yards
apart, and tho shot had partially
sp'mt their force when they reached
him. Those that struck on the breast
failed tu break the skin, but one lead
en pellet entered the lower lip and
another tho jaw, making painful
wounds. Tho affair was entirely ac
cidental.
WAS VERY MISERABLE DAY
WEATHER CONDITIONS MADE
MATTERS DECIDEDLY BAD.
Busy Farmers Driven From Their
Fields, and Local Tradesmen Felt
the Effects of Steady Drizzle.
After a period of bright and fa
vorable weather covering several days
past, the weatherman decided to breaK
up the situation early this morning
and old Jupiter Pluvius was called
upon to let loose a deluge that suc
ceeded in making matters mighty un
comfortable for all throughout the en
tire day.
The busy farmers, deep in their work
of husking corn, were driven from
their fields, and either worked abo ?t
their barns or came to town to attend
to business matters. Hundreds of
fanners In the county lost very valu
able time because of the rain. Mun>’
of them are paying as high as $2 pe‘
day for men to husk corn, so great
is their desire to get their crops un
der shelter, and the loss of a single
day is a heavy blow to them.
In the city matters were decidedly
dull. The merchants stated that bus- i
iness during the greater portion of
the day was at a standstill on nccoun1 1
of the rain, but that they hoped fur
better conditions tonight.
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HOT MANY HINNIES,
Local lluuters Chased the Bunnies {
AVilh Success.
Ernest Hill, Edward Sprinkle anc
Edward Snia! ont into the count;,
hunting Frida; id bagged ~2 rabbitv
and one bird. They report rabbits
as plentiful, but rds hard to find.
Other hunting parti' got a few rab
bits. Many pernor „rre prevent!
from taking a Jaunt into the woods
and fields today by the rain, but if j
the weather is favorable next Tuesday, I
scores of hunters will be chasing the |
game that day.
Will Conduct Services.
Rev. W. D. McCurdy, pastor of tin: j
First Baptist church, of this city, will
leave Monday for Stanleyton, where
he will assist Rev. J. R. Brown in a
‘ two-weeks., revival meeting.
Exposition Commissioners Are Op
posed lo Another Year.
MEETIMG HELD ON FRIDAY NIGHT
West Virginia Commissioners Join
With Those of Other States In
Deciding to Close the Fair
Late This Fall.
At a meeting of the State Commis
sioners’ association, at'the Jamestown •
exposition Friday night, tho represen
tatives of the states of Maryland, Mich
igan. New York. Kentucky, Connecti
cut, New Hampshire, \Vfl3t Virginia
and Louisiana voted unanimous.I.
against a continuation of tho exposi
tion another year, declaring that thoy
did not consider it a good business
proposition.
Tho meeting of the association ha I
been called by the committee of throe
appointed for tho purpose of reporting
to the board of directors upon tho ad
visability of continuing tho fair text
year, but none of the members of the
committee appeared to present view*}
upon tho subject. After waiting for
more than an hour tho members of
tho association discussed tho matter
themselves.
It was pointed out by several that
In viow of tho fact that they had ox
pended their appropriations and that
their legislatures would not meet this
fall, they were helpless and could not
go ahead, as there were no available
funds. It was also pointed out that*,
no fair, no matter how successful tho
first year, could be continued another
season.
One of tho bitter enemies of tho re
opening plan was Dr. W. C. Stubbs,
of the Lousiana commission, who said t
that Governor Blanchard, who had
been a visitor at tho exposition this
week had been Ignored and slighted
by both Director General Martin and
President Tucker, for not only did
these two officials fail to first call
upon the chief executive of Louis
iana and extend to him a formal wel
come to the exposition, but they l'uil
ed to return a formal call made upon
them by the governor. There were
several other commissioners, includ
ing Col. J. C. Given, of Ohio, who de- i
clared that the management of the ex- A
! position during the past summer hadfl
j been such as to destroy any faith hi
! future prospects.
WANTS Bid TRACT OF LAM).
New York Mun Asks Governor to
Him 50,000 Acres.
Governor Dawson is in receipt of
following letter from Adolph J. Ft
guzy & Co., 103 Bleecker street, Ne'
York city: *
“We havo been requested by u num
ber of men, composed of professions
agriculturists and cattle raisers to
find for them a tract of land of about]
50,000 acres. If it is possible for the
same to be had in you state hilly
let us know and we will forward full
particulars.”
As the governor does not know of
such a tract of land that could be
had, ho would be glad to have infor
mation from any one who can give
it.
Mr. Mortimer Promoted. 1
H. I. Mortimer, who has been serv
ing as assistant storekeeper of the
Baltimore division of the Baltimore &
Ohio railroad, with an office at Bruns
jtvick, has been promoted to the posi
tion of storekeeper of the Phil rule!
! phia division, with his office in Phil
i
i adclphia.