Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1906-06-21
WEST VIRGINIA ITEMS.

The seth annual session of the West
Virginia Educational Association will
be held at Fairmont Tuesday, Wednes-
day and Thursday Of next week.
The West Virginia Bankers Asso.
citation met at Elkins on Tuesday.
Hon. Henry G. Davis made the ad-
dress of welcome, and Senator ~Elkinf
also delivered an address.
The peach crop of Hampshire coun'
ty will be enormous and will be worth
in the neighborhood of 100000 to
the county. The question of getting
men to pick the peaches is becoming a
serious matter, some orchards con-
tanning as many as 10000 trees Of
one variety.
Kiugwood had destructive fire
last Friday morning, among the prop
ertv burned being the electric light
plant, which will throw the town into
darkness for some time to come. The
total loss will reach $4,000.
Sam Gibson, Sam Higgins and Joe
Sharp caught large she bear on the
Gauley last week. The bear was one
of five and had been hunted and
trapped for by Mr.. Gibson last fall.
He had left his trap there during the
winter and few weeks since rebaited
it and caught this one. She had had
cubs but they had evidently gone of
with the other bears. -POcahOntaS
Times.
A curious tragedy occurred in Ka-
nawha county this week. U. B. Ken
ney, a farmer, had his barn destroyed
by fire some months ago. He sus-
pected his neighbor Robert Walker of
setting it afre. He built a new barn,
and rugged up spring gun that
would be fired by opening a door.
Monday morning Walker was found
lying by the barn door filled with
shot. He may die.
Henry Kimble, 80 years old, was
indicted in Parkersburg in the United
States Court for illicit distllling, and
on whose farm a 60-gallon still was
recently found, pleaded guilty to the
charge, and was sentenced to pay a
fine of 500 and to serve 80 days in
Jail. He was given a light sentenc e
on account Of his age His still is
said to have been used in Smoke Hole,
Pendleton county, for 40 years.
The Board of Public Works has
finished values for tax purposes on
quasi public utilities with the valua-
ton on private car lines operating in
this State. There were "a companies
and their aggregate valuation is fixed
at $522.050. The total valuation
made by the board on the taxable
public utilities, such as steam rail-
roads. traction roads, telephones and
telegraph, express companies, pipe
lines, light and water companies and
private car lines is over two hundred
and twenty millions.
The State tax commissioners office,
through the Attolney-General, has de-
cided a question of great interest to
the sheritfs of West Virginia and in a
way that will cause them much re-
joicing. Attorney General May has
decided that sheriffs are entitled to
five per cent commission on collections
actually made up to February l. The
tax commissioner Office has been the
subject of query by nearly if not every
sheriff in the State, whether they were
entitled to only two and half per
cent on taxes collected during the two
discount months of October and No
vember, or five per cent. The tax
commissioner referred the question to
Attorney General May, and he, after
careful examination of the law, de-
cided that sheritis were entitled to five
per cent straight up to February |.