Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1902-07-10
West Virginia Items.

The pumping station of the Fair
mont waterworks was burned last Sun.
day, and the city is in bad predica'
ment because of the lack of water.
Governor White has directed that
the annual encampment OF the West
Virginia National Guard shall be
held at Parkersburg, beginning August
5th.
At Sweet Springs last Saturday w
NJ. Mahan and Charles Baker, while
on a spree, committed suicide with a
shotgun. Maban shot himself through
the brain and Baker was shot through
the heart. Each leaves family.
The new home of the Hampshire
Sportsmen' s Club, on the South Branch
Of the Potomac river near Romney
was dedicated on July 4. Two special
cars carried members from Wheeling
and Pittsburg. The lodge, with
grounds, cost over 100000. There are
q bedrooms in the building, with
bath, dining rooms, parlor and other
apartments.
A beautiful site of 100 acres neal
Beverly has been donated to the Ma.
sons and will be accepted and used az
the site of a home for needy Masons
their widows and children. A com.
mittee headed by Ex-Governor Atkin.
son is now considering the erection Of
the home, which will soon be begun
and it will be the first State home
erected by any secret order in West
Virginia.
The State Of West Virginia is pref
ty well fixed financially. The Audi
tor has just addressed letter to the
Governor showing the condition Of
the Treasury. The bonds held by the
State aggregate 6O6,6OO-all West
Virginia town and county bonds.
There is $4,000 in bank stock and
balance in the State Treasury Of
$377,8l2, making a grand total OF
$l,l04,4l2.
The State Board of Public Works,
consisting of Governor A. B. White,
Auditor A. G. Scherr, Treasurer Pc
ter Silman, State Superintendent of
Free Schools Thos. G. Miller, with
Secretary of State VIM. NJ. O. Daw-
son, who is ex-oficio secretary Of the
board, are at Mountain Lake Park,
where they will complete the work of
assessing of the railroads of the State.
1t is likely that the officials will be
there at least two weeks.
The intensity of the feeling in this
district over the Scott Caldwell sena-
torial contest 10 shown by the action
of Sherman Robinson, of Richie coun-
ty, who was the Caldwell chairman Of
the recent senatorial convention that
split. Since it has been definitely de-
cided that the Scott candidates are to
be recognized he has abandoned the
Republican party in a public speech
and joined the Prohibitionists. He
will carry large following with him.
-Parkers6~ry Dispatch.
The West Virginia Educational
Association, which adjourned at
Mountain Lake Park to meet next year
at Greenbrier White Sulphur Springs,
elected the following officers for the
ensuing year President, Thomas c..
Miller; secretary, A. j. Wilkinson;
treasurer, Geo. S. Laidley vice-presi-
dents, Joseph Roster, J. N. Deahl,
Josiah Kelley, U. S. Fleming and L.
J. Corbly. The resolutions adopted
favor the payment of teachers for at
tendance at Institutes, ask for forest
reservations of the headwaters Of large
rivers, and assert that to compel a
teacher to depend upon an annual
resppointment is unjust and in oppo-
sition to the best interests Of the
schools.
A wild man, who has been wander
ing through the woods of half a dozen
counties in central West Virginia for
the last two months, terrorizing the
people whom he met. was caught
in Clay county, near the Braxton coun-
ty line. He proved to be Thomas
Cart, who two months ago escaped
from the sheriff Of Clay county while
being taken to the asylum. He was
horrible sight when arrested. He
had lived in the woods, claiming the
Lord had sent him to the wilderness
to escape the devil, which he thinks
is following him. He had eaten moth
ing but roots and herbs, and his cloth
ing was tatters. He thinks the Lord
had commanded him to kill three
persons and he has made several
murderous attacks on persons he met
in his wandering throughout Braxton,
Clay, Gilmer, Calhoun, Nicholas and
Roane counties. He fought viciously
when taken and was only overpowered
because of his weakness from lack Of
proper food. He was taken to the
asylum heavily guarded.