Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1912-07-18
WEST. VIRGINIA NEWS

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at his home in Charleston ever since the
Baltimore convention.
There was disastrous fire in the bus
mess section of Warrington last Monday,
causing a loss of about 800, 900.
Governor Glasscock has signed an or
der for the West Virginia State Militia to
20 to Mt. Gretna, Pa, for military ma
| neuvers from July 18th to August Sd.
Former Governor A. B. White has
come out with an appeal for West Virgin
ia Republicans to get together. He is
scared to death for fear the Democrats
will elect Governor and Legislature.
Roy Williams, aged Is years, and Ell
bert Stewart, aged p, was calling on Miss
Bertha Blackburn, near Charleston, the
other night. when they became angry at
each other because OF Jealousy. The
quarrel ended in Stewart shooting and
killing Williams.
AT the meeting of the West Virginia
Association of local fire insurance agents
in Clarksburg last week WIS. Lindamood,
of Parkersburg, was elected president. E.
E. Cooke, OF Charles Town. first vice.
president, A. c. Scherr, of Charleston,
second vice-president, and c. w. Thorn
burg, of Huntington, Secretary-treasurer.
An enthusiastic meeting Of the West
Virginia Lumber Industries Association
was held at Elkins last week. This as
ISOLATION was organized last November,
its object being the furtherance and pro-
motion of the prohibition amendment in
West Virginia. After some discussion it
was decided to hold grand rally in FL
kins on October IL. Those in the organ
ization employ between 1900 and 5000.
All OF the mills in the section are expected
to be closed for the rally and some OF the
biggest prohibition speakers in the country
will be secured.
Following charges by Mayor c. N. KIM
ball that Wheeling brewing company,
which controls the only ice plant in the
city, is charging exorbitant prices for ice
and that it is discriminating in favor o.
the saloons, the city council OF Sistersvllle
took steps toward the opening of mu-
nicipal ice plant. Within the past six
weeks the price of ice has been advanced
50 per cent, and confectioners, meat
dealers and others are protesting strongly
against what they term "a hold-up."
Councilmen Schupbach, Hetzel and SUIT
ton were appointed committee to inves-
tigate the situation. Many poor persons
are suffering for want of ice on account
OF the big jump in prices.
The Twin Mountain and Potomac Rail-
road, now under construction, will be
ready for traffic between Keyser and Burl-
ington, w. Va, on August |, and by fall
it will be completed to Twin Mountain,
its southern terminus, distance OF Is
miles. The motive power and much OF
the rolling stock has already been re-
ceived at the Keyser yards, where shops
and roundhouse have been erected. The
road was built for the purpose OF tapping
the rich farm and orchard lands of the
valley running out from Keyser to Twin
Mountain. AT the Keyser end of the line
there are already many large fruit bearing
orchards that will make shipments over
the line as soon as it is opened, while at
the proposed southern terminus of the
line on New Creek Mountain the Twin
Mountain Orchard Company is planting
thousands of trees and getting the land
cleared in Patterson's creek valley for
general truck gardening.
The unanimity with which West Viz
ginia Democratic Congressman are being
renominated, as fast as their conventions
occur, shows clearly that the people OF
West Virginia approve their course in
Congress and have implicit confidence in
them. Adam B. Littlepage, from the third
district, was renominated by reclamation
at Charleston June a. John w. Davis from
the first district and w. g. Brown from
the second district were renominated by
reclamation on July 9 at conventions held
at Clarksburg and Grafton respectively.
John M. Hamilton. of the fourth district,
has no opposition and will be renoDlinated
by reclamation, the convention having
been called to meet at Parkersburg, July
3d., Certainly it is strong testimonial
to the Democratic party and TO its repre-
sentatives in Congress that not one voice
has been raised in any convention which
has yet been held against the renomina-
ton of the men sent to Washington by
Democrats to look after the interests OF
the State and its people. II has been
matter OF frequent comment that West
Virginia has never before had such strong
representation in both houses Of Congress
as at the present time, and that the peo-
pie are satisfied with this representation
is evidenced by the unanimous desire of
Democrats to return the same men.
Hereafter no liquor will be sold on any
of the dining cars of the Pennsylvania
Railroad system east of the Ohio river.
This order went into effect last Friday
and is being strictly enforced. II is due
to the activity of the Anti-Saloon League
in Pennsylvania, which pointed om the
inconsistency of the railroad selling Ii
quor while at the same time it was try
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