Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1873-01-04


Board of Supervisors was held on Mon
day and Tuesday last, and closed up all
the business of the County to the first
of January. The County Court system
now goes into operation, composing the
Magistrates of the County, who will
convene at Charlestown,o OH the'3rd Mon
day Of February for organization.
Ray~ EXrIRED.-The terms Of office,
for our recent County officers, such as
Clerk of Circuit Court, Recorder, apd
Sheritls, expired on the ;iirst of January,
to give place TO the newly elected Off
GERS. The old ones have been faithful
and prompt iii their respective dnties,
and have gwen general satisfaction
throughout the county. The Clerk and
Recorder, Messrs. Chapline and Fayman,
have held their Offices for several years,
and discharged their duties ably and
satisfactorily. Messrs. Chase, .Chapllne
and Koonce who haye held the offices
of Sheriff and Deputies, for some years,
have also discharged their respective
duties with much satisfaction to the cit
liens of the county, and credit to them
selves. Mr.. Robert 7. Brown, who for
number of years previous to the war
was Circuit Clerk will take the place of
Mr.. .Chapine. as Circuit Court Clerk,
and Mr. Z. \. Moore, who was also, for
number Of years previous to the war.
Clerk of the County Court will take the
place Of Mr. Faynan rs County Court
Clerk. These .Ltittemen Aa$e had large
experience in their respective duties in
former years, and will no doubt render
general satisfaction TO the people of the
county as they formerly did.
EeSr The gentlemen who composed
the Board Of Supervisors, during the
last yea'. Of this county, W. think havi7
discharged their duties, in managing the
affairs of the county, with considerable
credit to themselves and satisfaction to
.the people Of the county. They were
gentlemen of sound Judgment and eXpe-
iiencc, and managed the affairs of the
county with much righteousness, and
should have the cncomiums Of every
citizen of our county. If the members
Of the new County Court will manage
the affairs Of the county as well as the
retiring Board Of Supervisors they will
have the congratulations Of the citizens
Of 1he county.
E5" WHO STOLE TgAr TuRKEY p
We learn that certain minister Of this
town had his only turkey stolen from
the coop a few nights ago. He was
building high hopes upon feast OF
reason and flow Of soul" with that turkey
on New Years day, and intended to in
vitc his brother ministers to partake of
his carcas, when 10 apQ behold the
turkey, one morning. was found missing
Any person who will deliberately COB
Bile Up a ministers last gobbler from
the coop is .gi$en over to hardness OF
heart and reprobacy of mind. 1t is too
bad to think about, and is an unpardon-
able sin.
BE- STAND FIRM.-Wc understand
that VI 'ssrs Grantham, Butcher and
Shirley, our Representatives to the
Legislature, stand firm against rcmov-
ING the Capital to Wheeling, Temporal
riy Why in the name of common
sense should it be moved to Wheeling,
temporarily, for then it must be re-
moved again permanently ,-hcaping
taxes upon the people for nothing. Bet
ter put it on wheels at once, and move
it around to suit every locality We
congratulate our representatives upon
their just action.
BE- In corroboration of the state
ments made by our Georgia correspon-
dent, we clip the following from
Georgia paper -
CANE vs.. CorroN-The Hawkins
Vile Dispatch gives the following re
suits of contest between a cane aid 4
cotton patch. The Dispatch says:
Mr.. Lewis Ball, tarmsr in Wilcox
county, raised this year, upon one and
a halt acres of cane, nine and half
barrels OF syrup, which he has just sold
in Hawkinsville at forty-eight and fifty
cents per gallon. He received Sill 10
for the product of this acre and a half
Mr. Bal also cultivated four acres of
cotton, which made him two bales-one
bale of 800 pounds and one OF 300. He
sold the small bale al 10 l-2 and the
large one at l6 81 gents. The cotton
brought him $l33 25-showing Il diff
ference of over s37 in favor Of the cane
crop.
Here we have s3Q4.35 as the product
of ) l , acres, or 1898 per acre in
cash products.
We clip the following from Georgia
paper:
Two boys in Worth county. with two
mules, raised twenty bales of cotton.
seven hundred bushels Of corn. besides
oats and potatoes.
According to our correspondent, the
corn, oats and potatoes will support the
boys and mules, and leave them $500
piece clear profit for their labor.
Editorial Brevlties.
Our citizens are busily engaged in
filing their ice houses with beautiful
and solid ice from the Potomac, six and
eight inches in thickness.
The West Va. Legislature has ad-
journed over the holidays, until l4th of
LanuarN and nnr dnlenatns Mnssrs Grnn