Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-01-10
A MIstake Has Been Made.

Mr.. L. s. Walker, c'erk of thu
county court of Shenandoah coun.
ly, and ex.officio clerk of the
Board OF Supervisors OF that coqn.
ty, has refused to comply with the
request of the Legislature to furn
ish il a statement OF the expenses
and disbursements OF the county
for the two preceding years, giving
as one of the reasons for his re-
fusal that sour board Of supervisors
are SIX level headed faruers Wht
have the Interests of the county al
heart, and hey can run the coun
ty as we'll as The legislature
Some seventy five out OF one hun
dr,d counties have been heard
from.
The Board of Supervisors o.
Shenaploah county have for a mum
Der of years been noted for the
thrift and economy With when
they have managed the count''
affairs, keeping the c)1nty nee
from debt while prov idirg for al
legitimate and necessary expenses
The president of the board tor a
number of years, and may he yet
was a farmer who raised a very
large family of children and who
so administered his aft airs IS Ia
give each one on lis majority o
6ne farm and exercised the same
ability, thrift and business princl
Piles IN directing county legislation
At the same time they do not neg
Iected the best interests of the
county.
They have steadily resisted all
attempts to tear down the stone
courthouse, which, while not as
6ashy as the exteliors of some
modern structures would be, Is a
solid stone structure not displeas-
ing to the eye that loves the an
tique; but they remodeled it for
treasurers and sherif1's offices,
Jury room, 81, and built a large
and airy court room in the rear
Later they followed this with two
large FIRE proof clerks Offices for
both county and circuit clerks, vith
tile floors, iron ceilings and roll
iron shutters and fitted them out
complete with the most improved
modern furniture.
The people OF Shenandoah are
frugal, industrious and thrifty. A
large number of them are related
by descent to the Beers in the
Trausyaal, and, like them know
how TO stand for their rights and
are Jealous OF their prerogatlves.
In their frugality, they recognize
the necessity of providing a safe
and convenient receptacle for the
county records, In which every
citizen of the county is vitality ill.,
terested. When they once set
about to do it they did it well aud
thoroughly. In this respect the
people OF Shenandoah are far ahead
of the people of Augusta county
one of the largest and richest
counties in the State. We say the
people of Shenandoah, and we
mean the people of Shenandoah
They built the large court room'
the large and handsome clerks
Offices, and they own them. lii
owning them they use them
When a Shenandoah county n an
comes to " oodstock, he knows 1t
costs 20 loaf around the hotels aud
that his presence in the stores at
ter bis business is transacted, is a
nuisance. If he wants q place to
warm or to rest-a rendezvous
where be can meet his fellow county
man be goes to the co unity build
ings. There noue can mo'est him
nor make him afraid. He paid his
portion of the COST of these build
Jugs; he is a JOINT stockbo'der IN
them, he has a right there, and he
knows this aud makes use OF this
knowledge tor his own comfort and
convenience, and last, but not
least, he IS proud of them. la the
same way the county Jail, an old
fashioned stone structure sitting
back IN a green lawn shaded by
tall locas,s, offeu Is the taste OF
the eye in this age of tinsel shows
and surface glitter, but the Interior
of this jail was one Of the first in
this Slate to be fitted up with
steel cages-even before enterpri'.
ing Augusta adopted them. The
"Dumb Dutch" of Shenandoah, as
the refined and brilliant Harrison
burgers, aud dainty aud chivalrlc
Wlnchestrlan used to call them
"befo' de wal" are not SO dumb as
they may look, and while they do
not always make that show oil pa
rade that comes to those who are
more accustomed TO parading and
are therefore more expert at 1t,
they generally get square down to
the practical and solid in life and
in the long run this repeats the old
lesson OF the hare and the tortoise
the slow moving, carefully consid
ering Shenando ah farmers In the
end get there 6rst and more salts.
tactorily.
We think County Clerk l.. s.