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EVENING JOURNAL.
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VOLUME I—NO. 165
MARTINSBURG, W. VA., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1907.
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PRICE 2 CENTS
WAS miff SESSION
But Council Transacted Much Im
portant Business.
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H TCHiNG QUESTION TAKEN CP
A ad Finally Referred to the Street
Committee For Solution—The
Other Business Considered
at the Meeting.
The members of the city council
hid a somewhat short and bree2y
s< ;Sion Thursday evening, and trans
ai ted a greeat deal of important bus
iness. Every member was in his seat,
including Mr. McDowell, who has been
forced to absent himself from several
m»etings, on account cf an attack of
typhoid fever, from which be has eu
thely recovered, in the absence of
Mayor Harrison, Acting Mayor Lemcn
occupied the chair, a,nd handled the
b, siness of the meeting with grace
and decision. The members present
were: Lemen, Little, Zill, Caskey,
S. hill, McDowell, Stewart, Rentch, Cu
sbwa and Thompson.
After the usual batch of bills had
been disposed of, the question of the
proper heating cf the council chain
b> r was taken up, and placed in the
li lids of the real estate committee,
w th power to act. The room had
been illy heated this fall, and the
n -tubers of the council have suffered
fi im the cold.
Mr. Little brough up the matter of
concrete sidewalks in the third ward.
Hi stated that the property owners
oil West John street had improved
tleir premises handsomely by con
si 'hicting concrete sidewalks, and ask
e l that the improvement be still fur
ther enhanced by an order requiring
Mrs. Downs and Mrs. Cunningham
to lay concrete walks immediately.
This was acted upon favorably.
Mr. A. S. Garret, the South Queen
street merchant, appeared before the
council and spoke upon the Queen
si reet mltching probleem. He said
that he had received orders not to
tie his horse, but that the festive ani
mal would not stand in front of his
place. This brought forth an animat
ed discussion, in which the hitching
question was thrown wide open and
discussed at length.
Several months ago the council in
sM-tucted Mayor Harrison to stop the
p actice of hitching animals on Queen
Street, in the downtown section. ‘Tin
mayor took action, and caused no
tices to be posted along that thorough
fare. Owners of teams have ignor
ed the mayor's ukase, bringing about
the present situation. It was finally
decided to place the whole matter -n
the hands of the street committee
with power to act. This committee
will hold a meeting in a day or two.
and go over the situation carefully,
and endeavor to find some satisfactory
solution of the problem.
It was brought to the notice of the
council that a number of property
owners on Queen street have failed tr
pay their proportion of the assess
ment for paving that thoroughfare. Ef
forts have been made by Cily Clerk
I.eiter, acting under the einstructions
of the council, to collect this money
but much of It is yet outstanding. Mr
Letter was instructed to notify those
who have failed to pay to do so im
mediately; and if they fail to obev
the mandate of the council, suits f te
compel them to pay will be immediate
ly instituted.
Mr. William Haunis, of Washington
spent Thursday in this city on bust
ness.
WAS 1IERY ABLE SERMON
| LARGE CONGREGATION BEARD
REV. H. I. STEPHENS.
Will Deliver Sermon on Saturday
Night, and Will Preach to Men
Only Sunday Afternoon.
The\ sermon of Rev. H. I. Stephens
at Trinity Methodist Episcopal church,
south, last night was one of the ablest
! sermons that he has delivered in the
I series of interesting discourses he
jis preaching in this church, and the
-congregation was the largest to which
he has preached. The discourse was
listened to with the closest attention
land the audience went home deeply
impressed by tho message it receiv
ed.
The pastor of the church and Mr.
Stephens are both much encouraged
by the results of the meeting so far,
and by the prospects of larger re
sults.
Contrary to local custom, Mr. Ste
phens will preach tomorrow night,
Saturday, and he will preach three
times on Sunday. Tho sermon at S
o'clock on Sunday afternoon will be to
men only. The men of Martlnsburg
will have the opportunity of hearing
Mr. Stephens then. Service this af
ternoon and tonight Saturday at 2.30
a service will be held for chl!u; < u.
HAPPENINGS IN THIS STATE
INTERESTING BITS OF INFOR
MATION PICKED UP.
Brief Items Gathered of Matters of
Interest to Residents of This Sec
tion and Boiled Down In Brief.
MANNINGTON.—Samuel Wallace
left a sick bed Tuesday and disap
peared as completely as if the tnitli
had swallowed him. Ho came here
from Evansville, Ind., a short time
ago to accept a position in the Home
wood pottery. A few days ago he was
etaken sick, and the physician who
was called, stated that he was threat
ened with typhoid fever. He had not
been removed to a hospital, but was
still in bed at his boarding house
CLARKSBURG.—Beginning January
27 and ending January 30, the Clarks
burg Poultry and Pet Stock associa
tion will give its annual show. This
year the show will be seen in Hoff
man's hall, on Court street, which will
prove an ideal place for the exhibit.
ROMNEY.—It is reported lliat 2,000
crosstics belonging io Pancake k Co.,
were burned on the Carpenter place,
on Patterson’s Creek last week. How
the fire originated Is not known. *
ELKINS.—Three trials held in
Squire Ward’s court for allowing saw
ust to get into streams adjacent tc
mills, resulted in a verdict of not
guilty.
ROMNEY.—Two consignments o!
black bass for the South Branch, ar
rived at Romney, one of them goin
to Sheriff Johnson and other to tin
Club.
Captain Dick Robinson, of Wheeling
clerk of the county court of Ohio corn
ty, who has been spending some tim<
at his fishing home in the Trough, re
turned home taking with him mori
thVin 20 bass, that averaged more
than 2 1-2 pounds. Three of the lar
ger ones weighed over four pounds
George Wickham, who is still in th«
Trough, caught one a few days age
that weighed 6 1-2 pounds. Captaii
Robinson, who has been making an at
! nual pilgrimage to Romney for t
, long time, says he had more and bet
ter sport this year than ever before.
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Fat hogs wanted. Gray Silver. ti
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TELLS OTHER SIDE
“Farmer" Writes of (lie Bail Or
tier Bustos Here.
MAKES SOME CAUSTIC COMMENT!
But Is Wrong In His Premises
When He States That the Articles^
Appearing In This Paper Were
Written By Merchants.
The following communication nnen
the mall order business has been hand
ed The Evening Journal, With a re
quest that it bo published. As liili
paper believes in being fa'r on ai
questions, and giving both sides th<
request is complied with.
The Other Side.
The man who dees not paronizo ;
catalogue house is less likely to l:uow
what kind of treatment to exnect fron
'such houses than those who do.
Wo think the articles which hurt
appeared from time to time in The
Evening Journal deprecating tho buy
ing of goods from catalogue houses
! were written by merchants who wisl:
such houses suppressed, or by writer*
who were paid either directly or indi
rectly for doing it. In either eveni
they are not friends to such practice*
and are incompetent judges of value,
offered.
If purchases can be made at hone
las cheaply as away then little thru
need be wasted in writing people If
patronize home trail;. The racrchan
who will meet competition wilt hn,
these same dupes have sense enottgi
to patronizo him.
Tho writer know? he can buy jusi
jas good articles from an advertislm
j merchant as were ever handed ovet
a counter, and that I Ho merchant wil -
ls willing to descrit e his goods and
attach his price thereto .« as likol*
to correct errors as the man whov
descriptions are not. coni'tied to papoi
and who spends his time studying how
10 erect a Chinese wall around hi>
vicinity to keep people at home. T>
wishes its portal? only tor private t.se
when he alono wishes to nuy.
Martinsburg has seven I wholesalt
houses, but her merchants buy good'
n Hagerstown, Ptltimuiv, Philadel
phia and New York. Many of then
oppose bridging the Potomac but wel
come the Cumberland Valley freighi
depot for prhatc use.
If hay is selling in Berkeley count?
for $15 and they can have it deliv
j erml f. o. b. Martinsburg from the
west they don't hesitate to buy in tilt
jopeu market. They find the railroad
a good institution to deliver hay, bui
| they don’t like it to carry to us a pri
vate shipment. This is a narrow viev
^o take, and its practice will build it,
no town.
Again we send for an article cost
jirfg us 85 cents and save 15 cents
The merchants ray we should hav
bought of him and kept the money a
'home. IV e contend we have kept 1
cents “at home." If he could hav
bought it for 75 cents and sold it fo
a dollar then we should have paid
bonus of 15 cents to keep 10 cents i
i Berkeley county. W» at philanthro
pists we should be. But we migh
save the merchant atfice expense am
rent and add glory and fame to ou
I name by handing over to the sheriff 11
! cents for public purposes and still bi
!in a nickel.
I
i Some time ago potatoes were offerei
to Martinsburg merchants who wer
jnot willing to buy and the farmer a
last went to a relative in business an
tried to sell. “Cousin B” then offere
10 cents per bushel, saying we ca'
i buy from Beachley in Hagerstown fo
I tills. Mr. Farmer then took his pott
' List of the Surviving Members of
a Gallant Company.
ONLY THIRTY-SEVEN ARE YET ALIVE
Mr. Robert L. Billmyer, of Jefferson
County, Has Compiled List of
Remaining Members of the
Famous Company F.
R. L. Billmyer, of Jefferson county,
has compiled the following list of the
surviving members of Company F,
i First Virginia cavalry, commanded by
the late Captain M. J. Billmyer, which
i will be read with great interest hero:
Lieut. TV. N. Bcmcn, Shepherdstown.
Lieut. P. P. Marshall, Kearneysville,
W. Va.
Lieut. J. M. Billmyer, Vancleveavilic.
| W. Va.
Sergeant N. D. Baker, Martinsburg.
Corporal William H. Hunter, Toron
to, Iowa.
Robert L. Billmyer, Shepherdstown.
James llamlll, Martinsburg.
Morgan VunMetro, Martinsburg.
Joseph B. VauMetre, Shepherdstown
McGill Turuor, Groeusburg, W. Va.
Thomas F. Jones, ShepherdBttown.
Fred Kepllnger, Shepherdstown.
| Mason Marshall, Shepherdstown.
Jacob Rush, Shepherdstown.
S Frank T. Grove, Shepherdstown.
\ John P. Hill, Shepherdstown.
\ William It. Dock, Shepherdstown.
t James Small, Cumberland, Md.
I Frank Jones, Shepherdstown.
‘ * White WlTscii, "NotT HRIrKSYTTa” *"
Thomas Williamson, Harrisonburg,
Va. *
George W. Fryatt.
Ignscious Yontz, Ainjusta
Va.
county,
John Smith, Augusta county, Va.
I rank Lucas, Kearneysvllb', W. Va.
Edward Hensel, Charlottesville, Va.
James P. Conley, Shenandoah Junc
tion, W. Va.
George Leo Roberts, Let town,
Va.
Robert R. Lucas, Sliepherdsttown, W
Va. *
John Seibert, Pennsylvania.
William Johnson, Fluvana county,
Va.
Jacquclin Morgan, Kansas City, Me.
John Driscoll.
Henry Reynolds, Shepherdstown.
Robert L. Osborn, Shenandoah
Junction, W. Va.
Mayberry Small, Philadelphia.
There was on the roll of Company
F from first to last II l men, of whom
43 were killed or wounded and iti
captured.
toes heme.
i A Martinsburg merchant built a fine
store house and sent to Philadelphia
for gas fixtures. A dealer In fixtures
within a couple of blocks "kicked" and
then went to Hagerstown for castings
i which could be made at home.
' A v.igc.n maker and blacksmith call
' ed at a hardware for wagon rims of
|- a certain size, and seeing the stock
1 enough for two wagons and a half
1 said: "If you don't think me a hog
‘ I shall take all you have." He then
1 went to another hardware man and
I “cleaned up” his stock in another
patter^, and received even less good;,
1 than at the first place. The smith
‘ was told it takes several weeks to
get these goods. Query. What is the
I next wagon maker to do? Moral. The
merchants do not take care of their
t customers.
i We are not writing this article ir
ijariy spirit of ill-feeling toward the
t j merchants at home. Almost all cur
ri purchases are made at home. If we
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NOTES OF LOCAL CHURCHES
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; NEW CHANDELIER PURCHASED
FOR LUTHERAN CHURCH.
Rev. R. A. White to Conduct Ser*
vices Each Evening Next Week at
Gerrardstov/n—Other Notes.
The congregation of St. John's Lu
theran church purchased a very hand
some chandelier for their church au
ditorium. It Will cost about ?300 and
is expected to arrive shortly. The old
chandelier was badly broken while be
ing repaired.
j The regular quarterly communion
services in the Presbyterian church In
this city will bo held Sunday, IJC*
comber 1. The usual preparatory ser
vices will be hold at the usual time
Rev. R. A. White wll hold services
at his church in Ccrrardstown. each
night of next week. He will be as
sisted by Rev. J. Calvin Stewart, L).
D., of Richmond.
Lutheran day service will be held in
St. John’s Lutheran church on next,
Sunday, Nov. 10. An excellent pro
gram has been arranged for the occa
sion, and the pastor will preach an
appropriate sermon.
The Sunday school of the Presby
terian church in this city decided to
hold the Christmas entertainment on
Friday evening, December 27.
GRAND LODGE WILL MEET
ODD FELLOWS TO HAVE A NOT
ABLE GATHERING.
State Officers Will Assemble In
Clarksburg—Martinsburg Lodges
Will Be Represented.
The meeting of (he grand lodge ot
lie lrul'pemlPiit Order of Odd Fellows,
which in to com cm In Ctarksbu.jr on
Tuesday, November 1'j, will bo one of
the biggest fraternal assemblages
convened In that city this year. All
of (he past grand masters of tin lodge
In West Virginia are expected to lie
present as this will be the occusion
for the presentation of a grand mas
ter's jewel to each one of those who
have attained this distinction.
The Clurksburg lodge is making
elaborate preparations for tho enter
tainment of the multitude of brother
Odd Fellows who will bo present for
the occusion. t
The grand encampment will begin
on Tuesday, the 19th, while the grand
lodge will convene on the 20th. On
the night of the lath, a number of
candidates will take the work In the
second degree. The iniatory exercises
will be witnessed by a large number
i of visiting brothers.
A feature of the convention will be
the parade of the Cantons on Wednes
day, the 20.
The Martlnsburg lodges of this ordcT
twill bo represented by Dr. W. F
i’Langford, the delegate from Tuscarora
jHodgc, and Mr. Edward DeGrange, the
delegate from Berkeley lodge.
WILL cal: TV. J. C. SILEIf.
Jefferson ( minty lurches Want Xar
tinsburg ’'blister.
The Presbyterian segregations at
Duflields and Shenandoah Junction last
Sunday voted unanimously to call as
their pastor Rev. John Calvin Siler,
I of Martinsburg and Zion church will
: probably take action next Sunday,
j when a formal call will be extended.
Rev. Mr. Siler is a graduate of Union
Theological seminary at Richmond,
Va., and if he accepts this call, which
it is hoped he will, it will be his firsl
| charge.
FIREMEN WILL MEET
To Determine Question of a De
monstration Here Tonight.'
ALL IH FAVOR OF PfMSITION
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And It Is Expected That the Meet
ing of Business Men and Firemen
Will Vote For Celebration and
Old Home Week.
Tho joint committee of business men
»nd firemen, appointed several weeks
ago to take up the proposition to hold
a firemen’s demonstration and old home
week on the occasion of the meeting of
the Cumberland Valloy Firemen's as
sociation in this city next spring, will
hold an adjourned meeting In tho fire
men’s hall at 8 o’clock this evening, and
it is expected that tho matter will be
definitely determined at this session.
A meeting was held two weeks ago,
at which time practically every fire
men and business man on the commit
tee expressed himself as favorable to
the proposition; but there were some
details to consider which left tho situa
tion “up in the air,” and caused a pont
ponement of any definite action until
this evening.
J. Frank Thompson, chairman of the
joint committee, was seen today by a
representative of The Evening Journal;
and expressed himselffaa boingjentirely
confident that the proposition would go
through without much trouble. Mr.
Thompson, personally, is heartily in fa -
vor of the dual celebration, und his po
sition on tho committee is such that ho.
will be enabled -o lend very material as
sistance toward a successful consumma
tion o’ the project.
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In the event the firemen vote to hold
the dual celebration, the member.'! of
the business men’:; committee will im
mediately make a through canvass of
the business places of the city tor. tho
purpose of ascertaining whether the
necessary funds will be contributed.
As many business men have already ex
pressed a willingness to contribute lib
erally toward the project, its success
now seems assurod.
ELOCUTION TEACHER APPOINTED.
Hr. McWurry Takes Tills Position at
Sbepberd College.
R. P. Garry, of Shenandoah Juhc
tion, has been_ appointed teacher of
elocution for Shepherd college, and
has entered upon his work. Mr. ifx-'
Garry Is a graduate of Shepherd col
lege, having taken both the normal
and academic courses and also grad
uated In elocution from Prof. llyrou
|W. King’s school of oratory in Pitts
Iburg. Ho has since had' considerable
experience, having taught four or five
years in southern colleges.
KICKED BY A COLT.
Mr. Ramsbnrg Seriously Injured at
Inwood.
i Mr. Clement Hams burg, a weil
1 known farmer residing near Inwood,
■ was kicked in the right side by a colt
j on Tuesday and seriously Injured. The
janimal landed both hoofs upon the un
fortunate man, aud for-a time it was
reared that his injuries were dangi.r
I OU3.
Removed to City.
Mr. TV. H> Boltz and family, of near
' f.unker Hill, have moved into the pro
perty recently vacated by Mr. C. H.
Quenzel.
WANTED—Boy living on Boom
to c arry The Journal. Apply at
once.
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