Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1901-06-27
West Virginia Items.

The seven-year old son of Godfrey
Polling, near Grafton, was struck by a
Baltimore and Ohio passenger train
Sunday and killed.
Governor White has announced that
the annual encampment of the West
Virginia National Guard will be held
in September at Wheeling.
During quarrel in restaurant
in Fairmont the other night A. j.
Janson, the proprietor, struck Joe Wi
ley over the head with bottle and
killed him.
The coal miners in the Maratlme
mines near Matewan, on the Norfolk
& Western Railroad, are on strike,
and serious trouble is feared, as they
are rather lawless set.
The West Virginia State Education
al Association will hold its annual
session at Mountain Lake Park next
week-July 2, 8 and4. State Super
intendent Miller is president Of the as
ISOLATION and A. J. Wilkinson secre-
tary.
A work train went through the
Laurel Fork bridge on the Dry Fork
connection of the West Virginia Cen
trail railroad, IA miles south Of Hen
bricks, killing three men and injuring
several others. The dead are William
Booker, roadmaater, ]. W. Crowl, en- =
gineer, and ]. Speelman, fireman.
Frank Coe, Baltimore and Ohio
Waterman, was found dead about two
miles west of Parkersburg Tuesday
morning lying across the railroad
track, having been killed daring the
night by a train. He had been at
tending a wedding at Barrackville and
it is thought he sat down on the track
and went to sleep on his return home.
DR.. A. J. Baker, a leading physician
of Grafton, ard his 8-year-old son were
drowned Monday evening while bath
ing in the Valley river, one mile above
town. The boy went beyond his depth
and in attempting to rescue him the
father was also drowned before help
arrived. The bodies when found, one
hour and twenty minutes after they
sank, were lying within foot of each
other and had Aoated but short dis
lance. The drowned boy was the
only child. Mrs. Baker is Frustrated
with grief.
A sad case of drowning is reported
from Wardensville, W. Va, where
Aubrey P. McKeever, bookkeeper,
and his grandmother, Matilda Kellar,
were drowned while trying to ford
Lost river. The river was high and
the horse broke loose from the buggy
and left the occupants stranded IN
the stream. The water rose rapidly
and finally drowned them both. The
man was weak from an illness and
could not help himself and his grand
mother was too old to struggle against
the current.
J. Russell Trotter, until recently
State superintendent Of free schools
and now a member of the board ofre-
gents of the West Virginia University,
received from Edward Atkinson, SUI
perintendent of instruction in the
Philippines, letter asking him to ap-
point three teachers from West Vir-
GINA for the islands at salary of
$1,000 year. Mr.. Trotter immedi-
ately appointed Roy Roger and Will
liam S. Morris, both Of Marshall COL
lege. He will make the other ap-
pointment later.
In connection with the recent i'm
mense coal deal in the Fairmont region
it is stated that Senator j. N. Cam
den who had large individual interests
in that field, disposed Of all of his
holdings, which are considered the
most valuable of any that are included
in the deal. Iii stated by parties
who profess to know the stipulations
of the contract between the syndicate
and Senator Camden that the Senator
received 100000 cash down and will
receive 100000 cash per year for 80
years whether or not coal is produced
on the leases, or an aggregate Of 9l5,-
100000 cash in so years.
The West Virginia Editorial Asso-
citation held its annual meeting at
Fairmont last week. A trip to Man
nington and entertainment by the
people of that hustling town, was a
feature of the meeting, and Friday
night delightful banquet at Fair
mont, presided over by Owen McKin-
ney, was enjoyed by the editors and
their friends. A splendid menu, a
feast of reason and flow Of soul, and
good cheer in general, made it an oc-
casion long to be remembered. j.
Slidell Brown, of the Kingwood Ar
gus, was chosen president for the en-
suing year, j. Bruce Hess, Of the Man
nington Enterprise, secretary, and
Henry c. Sample, of the Fairmont
Free Press, treasurer. The association
accepted an invitation from the Wheel
ing Board of Trade to meet in that
city next year.
The majority of men working in
Norfolk & Western shops at Roanoke,
Va, were laid off on Tuesday in con-
sequence of slack work, occasioned by
the floods in West Virginia. The ma
chine, boiler, blacksmith and erecting
shops are affected. The delay will