Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1904-12-15
News From Nearby.

The slate quarries of the Shenan-
doah Slate Company in Berkeley
county have practically been aban-
doned.
Captain Jack Adams, famous ex-
Confederate soldier, died at Quicks:
burg, Shenandoah county, Va, last
Sunday.
A local option election was held
at Berryville on Tuesday. The "wets
won by majority of 40, the vote
standing 104 to "a.
The U. S. Court of Claims has al
lowed 5000 to the Lutheran Church
of Sharpsburg for its use as hospital
during the Civil War.
In the circuit court at Hagerstown
last Thursday Charles Barton, the
old man charged with killing Simon
Talhelm on September 18th, was found
guilty of murder in the first degree.
DR.. j. G. Wolf and James A. Lem.
en- have been appointed deputy sher-
ifs in charge of the Berkeley county
Jail by Sheriff E. D. Gardner. Mr..
Lemen formerly lived near Shepherds
town and is brother of s. F. Lemen.
1t is announced that the law firm
of Faulkner, Walker & Woods, of
Martinsburg, will be the new attor-
nsy. for the Baltimore & Ohio Rail
road in Berkeley county in place Of
the firm of Flick, Westernhaver &
Noll, which has been dissolved.
Charles Parker, a negro boy Is
years old, employed in the psstofice
in Charles Town to sweep and make
fires, was arrested yesterday for steal
ing registered letters He confessed
and returned the missing letters, with
part of the money he had taken.
A large bank barn on the Buchan-
nan farm, owned by Mrs. Sarah E.
Grimes, near townsville, Washington
county, was destroyed by FIRE last
Saturday afternoon, together with
quantity of farm machinery and prov
ender. The loss is several thousand
dollars.
The Spencer Se.dle,s Apple COM
pany has been incorporated. Its
headquarters will be at MartinSburg
and it will propagate seedle" apple
and conduct general nursery bust
ness. The insorporators are S. S.
Felkner, w. H. Thomas, H. ]. Seibert,
E. D. Gardner and NJ. L. Dorm.
A number of persons from the Val
ley Of Virginia are mourning the de-
parture of swindliuQ concern from
Hagerstown. About a month before
Thanksgiving day man by the name
of ]. W. Crawford opened up poul-
try and commission house under the
title Of the Maryland Produce Com
pany. He sent out circulars and
agents, offering to pay high prices for
poultry, eggs, butter, etc, and was
soon doing a lsnd-ofiCs business, ship
ping produce to the cities by the car
load. Most Of the stuff he got came
from shippers and dealers in Clarke,
Frederick, Page, Warren, Shenan-
doah and Rockingham counties. The
first shipment, that were made, most
ly small ones, were promptly paid |
for, and then, thinking the firm was
all right, the dealers sent on snor-
nous quantities Of poultry and other
supplies. These were paid for in
checks, but, alas, the checks were re-
turned marked "po good" Just at
this time Crawford disappeared and it
was given out that he was sick in
Jersey City. Up to the present time
he is still in the same condition, bat
he is not as sick as those who dealt
with him so freely. 1t is estimated
that tie losses sustained through him
will amount to $4,000 or $4,000
I. H. Nave, of Broadway, will lose
about $1,000, it is said Front
Royal merchant is stuck for 5000;
A. Chrisman, of Winchester, loses
$l76; and scores of others lose vary
ing sums. The latest report concern
ing Crawford is that he has gone West.
where probably he will win more
money from easy victims. 1t is said
that detectives from the United States
Secret Service Bureau are after him
for using the mails fraudulently.