The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-08-23
LETTER FROM THE KANAWHA
VALLEY,
Crops and PrOspects-POliiic
Late EIcctiOns-The Capital RemOr-
nI-Thc Right Candidate for the Va
cant seat I'm the Court of Appeals.
RED House SHOALS, WEST Va, !
August 20, 1915.

Editors OF the Register.
Although the wheat suffered badly,
when in the first stages of growth 10y the
unusually severe trosts OF last spring,
there were prospects Of a fair crop, until
the RAINY spell set in and frustrated their
hopes. A good deal WAS destroyed or
damaged IN shocks, and what little there
Is lett of it proved to be OF inferior quail
Itv. Oats were good and hay excellent.
The prospects of corn, tobacco and pota-
toes are very promising, although the
recent floods devastated hundreds Of
acres Of ,pIendid looking corn and tobac-
co along the river and on the creeks.
The pul,atIon OF the venerable body
polite, IN our section, is hardly perceptI-
Die, though the professional wine pullerS
are pcggIng away at the usual rate, at
present on initiation or contraction. Such
iullncss may be attributed to the somniiic
influence OF the dog-days, or 10 the pre-
vailing political middle, caused by the
financial movement, and it will require
something like third term race 10 sur up
the siumUerIng spirits OF political HE, Tae
resent elections .. County SuperluLeHd-
enls, had no political complexion, Ily
IN a few instances candidates announced
themselves Ms party men. We
can hearti y endorse course,
where such elections are not
made a political issue, and We hopg
that our people did select ab,e-minded.
ryp-rIcnccd men tor the offices, wnhou,
regard To- their political creed.
\ GOOD dral-no doubt, more than
necc,,ary--has been said about the re-
nova ii the capital. 1t has been AS
serted that the Third District entertain,
nothing hut hard feelings Tor their
brethren in the upper end Of the State,
on account OF it. This Is purely cNagera
alton. True would not Ike 10 have the
capital in our midst, but lis rcmOva. does
no. heap upon Us the ruin, these lar
GIFTED prophets OF the pres, talked of.
The fact l., that the material interest ot
our valley l. entirely independents %! where
the capital oi the State l.. Our immense
natural resources, our navigation and
transportation facilities, Insure oar val
lev future, which dozen capitals with
/ tarer dozen gambling and other houses
} could not secure u. Charleston may
thank her creator for having her moral at
mo,pherc somewhat purified by removal
of tue capital. We doubt not that ntcw
parties there, have been materially dam
aa.t biz That move, and cried irariu,ly
ABOUT an outrage tina. mad been commit
ted on them, but this was natural Pinch
a pig's tail and you will near it squeal
Different names have been mentioned
in connection with the vacated seat crea-
ted bv the death OF Judge PAUL. We
would call attention 10 man whose
integrity of character, vnst learning and
experiences in the judicial career, intel.
l.Clual power and gentiemanly conduct
throughout his lite l. one Of those few
who may justly aspire to the high
position of Judge of the ~
preme Court, and fill it no doubt with
credit and honor to himself and tn his
fellow citizens. That man is JUdge
james W. Hoge, of Putnam.
lie was born and raised n"H7
: o,tsylllc, AlbcrmHle county, Va.
where his father was minister of note
He'll in the prime of life, being forty
.lyr wears old, and has been practicln-
law Tor the last twenty years. lie has
an cuviuble reputation Ms lawyer, and
occupied many positions Of Importance,
ana among others WAS Judge OF the CIR
cui, Court for eight years, which position
he filled with marked ability, plainly
proved by the small number OF m. de-
cislons which were reversed 10y the Court
OF Appeals Being one Of the foremost
lawyers Of the State, and having extern
,ive experience on the be: ch, combined
with an un,ulied reputation, we are con
fIrut that no better selection could be
made to FIJI the vacant seat of the Court
%; Appeals, and hope that our people
viii act accordingly, JENNIE.