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EVENING JOURNAL.
WEATHER.—Cloudy tonight: Thursday warmer.
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VOLUME 1—NO. 175
MARTINSBURG, W. VA., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20. 1907.
PRICE 2 CENTS
MANY FALL EVENTS
Miss Flo Straw Wedded to Mr.
Charles See In Washington.
PRETTY WEDD1N6 AT BUNKER HILL
Nuptials of Miss Marshall and Mr.
Clevenger Celebrated There—Miss
Bender and Mr. Staub Weie
Wedded In Martinsburg.
Miss Klo StrauBner the estimable
daughter of Col. ‘Paul Strausner, and
, a pretty and popular young lady of
this city, and Mr. Charles W. See,
senior partner of the wholesale firm
of See Bros., fruit and produce deal
ers of Martinsburg, were quietly mar
tied In Washington at 3 o’clock this
afternoon.
The ceremony was performed by
Rev. W. P. Locke, pastor of the Me
thodist Episcopal church, south, and
was witnessed by Mrs. Joseph H
Lyeth and Mr. L. DeW. Gerhardt, oi'
this city. Mrs. Lyeth accompanied thf
young couple to Washington, while
Mr. Gerhardt Joined them after their
arrival In the capital city.
Mr. and Mrs. See will spend a few
days in Washington, and will thee
visit the Jamestown exposition, re
turning to Martinsburg in about 10
days. They will reside here.
Clevengcr-Marshall.
Miss VertUe Elizabeth Marshall, the
protty and accomplished daughter oi
Mr. and Mrs. Hite Marshall, near
Busker Hill, and Mr. Ernest' Breni
Clevenger, a prominent and successful
young farmer residing near Winches
ter, were the principals in a very
pretty wedding which was solemnizei
this afternoon at 2.30 o'clock ai
East Side, the handsome country homi
of the bride.
The ceremony was performed bj
Rev. H. V. Wheeler, pastor of the Me
thodist Episcopal church, south, a>
Brucetown, and was witnessed by r
number of the friends of the contract
ing parties.
The maid of honor was Miss Car
‘rie Clevenger, sister of the groom,
who wore a pretty costume of brown
and carried pink chrysanthemums
The best man was Mr. Wade Marshall
brother of the bride.
The .bride wore a handsome travel
ing costume of brown, with hat and
.gloves to match, and carried a clus
ter of white rhrvsanthpmumn
After the ceremony a reception
which was largely attended, was held,
and this evening Mr. and Mrs. Clev
enger left for a trip of two weeks to
New York and other points in the east.
Upon their return they will rside at
liose Hill, the country home of the
groom.
The bride is a most estimable and
popular young lady, who has a host
of friends, while the groom is one
of the most prominent and prosperous
young farmers of Frederick county.
Staub-Bcuder.
Mias Lovie Lee Bender, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bender, of
Bunker Hill, and Mr. C. Harry Staub,
a former well-known resident of In
wood, but now an electrician em
ployed in Pittsburg, were quietly
married this afternoon at Trinity Me
thodist Episcopal parsonage In the
presence of a few friends. The cere
mony was performed by Rev. Dr. I.
W. Canter. The wedding took place
at 2.30 o'clock.
After the wedding Mr. and Mrs
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$1 down buys any lot in Berkelej
Place, and 25e, 60c, 75c or |1 a week
pays for it No interest. No taxes
No further payment in case of death.’
HIS FORMAL ANNOUNCEMENT
CHARLES W. SWISHER IS OUT
WITH A STATEMENT.
Defines His Position on the Tax
Question In This State—Says It
Is the Paramount Issue.
Special dispatch to The Journal.
Charleston, Nov. 20.—Charles Wes
'ley Swisher, secretary of state for
.West Virginia, today formally an
nounced his candidacy for the repub
lican nomination for governor. Ills
tannouncement says in part:
Being a candidate for the nomina
ition by the republican party of West
1 Virginia for the high office of gover
nor, to be chosen at the election in
1908, it seems to me tltting that f
1 make known to my fellow citizens
the principles which will guide me in
the conduct of that office, should 1
be chosen to fill it. They have a
righ to know my views and every oth
■er candidate's for state office,touching j
!the more important questions of state
concern. I purpose to be entirely
frank, as I want no man's support by
means of deception or false pretense.
I have been a republican all my life,
and have contributed, therefore, what
l could to the party’s success. I
make no boast of this, however, as
neither men nor parties can live on
past achievements. The people are
.more concerned about what is to be
lone than about what has been done.
The progressive policies inaugurat
ed and put into effect in this state by
the republican party, beginning with
the administration of Governor At
kinson in 1890, and continued and ad
ded to by the administrations ofgov
:rnors White and Dawson, have prov
ed of great benefit to West Virginia,
and it will be my constant endeavor
to continue these policies and, as
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“BE IT EVER SO HUMBLE"
rHERE IS NO PLACE IN THE
WORLD LIKE HOME.
And the Fine Lots at Berkeley Place
Afford a Splendid Opportunity
to Own That Home.
Every man with any ambition is
striving to own a home;every woman
is dreaming of a home she can call het
own, oy our easy, payment plan tnat
iream can be realized in Berkeley
Place, that new addition recently
opened up, and now on sale, by pay
ing $1 down and 25 cents ahd up a
'weelf, without interest, no taxes until
the lot is paid for in full, and a free
deed in case of death. Berkeley Place
is located just east and adjacent the
city, is high and dry, away from the
smoke and mud, and it is safe to pre
dict every lot will double In value
before paid for.
Mr. Husband, if you love that little
wife, you will provide a home. Take
her out to Berkeley Place and make
that choice for a future home, a chance
to pay for a home site on such easy
terms may never come again.
A card with the number, the week
ly payments and the price is placed
on each lot for sale. Take that card
and bring it at once to the office in
the People's Trust Co.'s building.
This will insure you the lot. Don't
delay, this opportunity will not come
again to own a lot in Berkeley Place.
Yours for home sites.
D. W. JACOB, Manager.
$1 down buys any lot in Berkeley!
Place, and 25c, 50c, 75c or $1 a week !
pays for it No interest No taxes.
No further payment in case of death.* i
Trains Crashed Together at Capi
tol dill, In Washington.
WRECK INJURES MANY PERSONS
The Switch In the Tunnel Was
Changed, and Southbound Train
Ran Into Northbound Express
How Accident Happened.
Twenty-two persons were injured
in a heud-on collision between two
passenger trains of the Southern rail
way which occurred at 5.40 o’clock
Tuesday afternoon at the southern en
trance ol the new Capitol Hill tunnel
which leads to the union railway ter
minal in Washington.
Train No. 210 bound for Charlottes
ville, plunged headlong into the en
gine of train 210, which was due about
that time from Danville. They col
lided about 50 feet from the southern
mouth of the tunnel. The former
train was just emerging from the tun
nel on the northbound track when it
should have been on the southbound
track.
The accident was due to the fact
that a switch near the northern end of
the tunnel was opened when it should
have been closed. This circumstance
shifted the southbound train to the
northbound track, upon which the
train going south proceded nil the way
through the tunnel without discover
ing the mistake that had been made
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WILL ASKFOR FUNDS
Martinsburg end Hagerstown to
Bo Asked to Aid Bridge.
MR. 6USHWA MAKES STATEMENT
Officers of the Company Are Great
ly Pleased at the Progress Made—
About $>60,000 Has Already
Been Subscribed.
According to a statement made by
Victor Cuahwa, of Williamsport, pres
ident of the Washington & Berkeley
Bridge Co., Hagerstown and Martins
,burg will lie thoroughly canvassed for
subscriptions and it is expected that
the enterprise will appeal to the bus
iness men and others who should be
Interested in such a vast improve
ment ns to respond liberally. So far
about $60,000 has been subscribed
Subscribers for stock will not be ask
ed for the full amount, but can pay
the same in monthly remittances dur
ing the time tl.e bridge is being con
structed.
Mr. Cuahwa was In Hagerstown on
Monday and enlisted the interest of
a number of prominent people in the
bridge matter, and arranged for a
meeting at Hotel Hamilton. Those
interested in the bridge are pleased
with the progress that has already
been made, and feel that there will
be no difficulty in completing the
linanclal end of the project,—Hagers
town Mall.
SECRETARY OF STATE CHARLES WESLEY SWISHER.
The formal announcement of his candidacy for the republican nomina
tion for governor was given out at Charleston today.
How the switch came to be changed
is a mystefy. The railway officials de
clare most positively that it should
have been closed. They made public
a general order issued only a few days
ago to all employes directing that the
switch in question should be set and
secured and not opened under any
circumstances. The railway officials
said that since the switch was not in
operation and therefore had no switch
man stationed to guard it, they do
not yet know how it could have been
changed.
They say it could not have been
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$1 down buys any lot in Berkeley
Place, and 25c, 50c, 75c or $1 a week
pays for it. No interest No taxes.
No further payment in case of death.*
Heclgesville, Nov. 20.—An oyster
supper was given by the young men in
honor of the ladies at the hospitable
home of Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Smaltz on
Tuesday evening. Those present were:
Misses Lula Swartz, Ethel Rickard,
Leola Brown, Fay Miller, Messrs. Har
ry Walker, Edgar Shrodes, Oscar Ho
ler, Harris Vermilyca. Music was
rendered by Misses Lula Smaltz and
Fay Miller during the evening.
No Quorum Present.
On account of no quorum being pre
sent the meeting of Hose company No.
1 was abandoned Tuesday night.
$1 down buys any lot in Berkeley
Place, and 25c, 50c, 75c or $1 a week
pays for it. No interest. No taxes.
|No further payment in case of death.*
EXHIBITS TO BE WITHDRAWI
GOVERNMENT AGAINST OPEN
ING OF EXPOSITION.
New York Bankers Scrambling Aft
er Government Bonds—Mrs.
Bradley Will Be Freed.
Special dispatch to The Journal.
Norfolk, Va., Nov. 20.—All the gov
ernment exhibits at the Jamestown
exposition are to be packed up Imme
diately after the closing day. This
means that the government will not
participate In the exposition next
summer.
Scramble for Bonds.
Special dispatch to The Journal.
New York, Nov. 20.—Banka of this
city have subscribed for $20,000,000
worth of the recently-authorized gov
ernment bonds, indicating that the
stringency here Is at an end.
Will be Acquitted.
Washington, Nov. 20.—The acquit
tal of Mrs. Bradley, on trial here for
killing former Senator Brown, of
Utah, is predicted. It appears that
the jurymen have already made up
their minds.
FUNERAL OF MR. RORERTS
WJLL BE BURIED FROM RE
FORMED CHURCH FRIDAY.
Obsequies Will Be Under Dicection
of the Lodge of Elks, of Which
He Was a Member.
The funeral of Mr. J. F. Roberts,
who died at his home on North Queen
street Tuesday afternoon, will take
place Friday afternoon at 2.30 o’clock.
The services will be conducted In
Christ Reformed church, of which Mr.
Roberts was a consistent member for
many years, and will be under the au
spices of the Martinsburg lodge of
Elks.
The religious services will be con
ducted by Rev. Dr. J. A. Holfhelns,
and the Impressive burial service of
the Elks will be used at the grave.
Interment will be in Green II111 ceme
tery.
The expressions of regret at the
death of Mr. Roberts were many and
sincere. He had a wldo acquaint
ance In tho city and ccgunty, and num
bered bis friends by the hundreds.
He was a genial and companionable
gentleman, a staunch friend and a
mull ui many cAuuieui. uuuiiuou. jjjr.
Roberts had the distinction of being
the oldest member, In point of years,
of the Benevolent and Protective Or
der of Elks in West Virginia, and took
an active interest In the affairs of
the Martinsburg lodge. He was very
popular With the members here, and
no lodge ceremony or festivity was
considered complete without the pre
sence of Mr. Roberts.
HE GOT SOMT GAME.
James Gibbs Went on His Annua
Hunting Trip.
James Gibbs went to Inwood today
on his annual hunting trip, and re
turned this afternoon with several
rabbits and a big gray squirrel. He
presented two rabbits to Mayor Har
rison, accompanied by an affidavit to
the effept that he, alone and unaided,
had killed them with his gun. Mr,
Gibbs presented the brush of the
j squirrel to a newspaper man.
j
Live merchants advertise.
$1 down buys any lot In Berkeley
| Place, and 25c, 50c, 75c or $1 a week
(pays for it. No Interest. No taxes,
| No further payment iu case of death.*
' AFTER PAPER TRUST
Gigantic Monopoly Will Receive At
tention o! the President.
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CONDITIONS ALMOST INTOLERABLE
Tariff on Print Paper Prevents Com
petition, and Enables the Com
bine to Dictate Prices—
Prices Are Advancing.
Perhaps one of the most rapacious
and odious trusts In the country, and
least deserving of toleration, is the
paper trust, it places a burden upon
the printing industry which Is noth
ing but a tax on learning In all its
stages, upon the sources of knowledge
of the masses and the plesurea of in
tellectual enjoyment. It Is a tax ou
mind, an Impost on the soul, ahd
threatens to shackle the higher nature.
The scheme has been elaborated with
devilish cunning and farsighted
finesse by some of the keenest and
most, selfish men in the land. This
trust, In epitome, is the best illustra
tion ot tho overwhelming power of a
giant monopoly of a dally and hourly
necessity. The monopolies of Queea
Elizabeth to favorites who beguiled ,
her leisure and caught her variant
fancy, were not more rigid and com
prehensive nor more inexorably en
forced. The imperial edict ot that
atuocratic lady no more firmly en
chained her subjects than doos the
harsh ukase of the paper trust control
the supply of that material to fJO.tJCO,- “
000 of people who masquerade as free
and self-governing.
Of course tho tap root of the evil
sucks its sustenance from the tariff.
The plots of the cormorants begun to
be Bpun 12 years ago in a proposition
to unite the paper mills In a pool. This
of course, would have been futile in
tho face of foreign competition. Con
gress was therefore, successfully Im
portuned to place a duty of $6 a ton
on new print paper, and the founda
tion, sure and four square, was thus
laid for the stupendous superstruc
ture of imposition. Tho next move Is
to exhaust the surplus stock and
create a paper famine, and thence it
is an easy step to raise In prices. Now
it is proposed to advance the charge
$12 a ton for the current year, and
an additional advance next year of
$10. Conservative estimates place
these increases, In the aggregate, at
the enormous robbery of $10,000,000
for the present, and $19,000,000 for the
coming year. The American Newspa
per Publishers’ association, In pre
senting its grievances to President
Roosevelt and urging relief both from
the department of justice and from
icongress, says:
“The excuse for these advances on
the part of the paper-makers is that
the cost of wood and labor have in
creased.”
This excuse was met in the argu
ment to the president by the state
ment that the published report of the
largest manufacturer of news print
paper gives the increased cost of ma
terial and manufacture, including ex
pense of administration and sales, at
about 64 cents per ton. That is what
we call geometrical ratio run to seed,
and, incidentally, run mad. An in
crease of total cost of 64 cents and
an enhancement of price of twelve
| dollars! It is a gracious boon that
the merciless pirates grant the news
' paper people the privilege of exist*
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$1 down buys any lot in Berkeley
Place, and 25c, 50c, 75c or $1 a week
i
; pays for it No interest. No taxes.
iNo further payment in case of death.*