Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1912-12-12
NOTES FROM NEARBY.

Fire in Charles Town last Friday de-
stroyed the residence of Philip Jackson,
principal of the colored school.
Julian w. Mcdonald. assistant agent
of the B. & o. Railroad at Stephens City,
Va, has disappeared, with his accounts
about 5000 short.
Ashby and Frank Sprint, trading as the
Sprint Produce Company, ofWinchester,
have gone into bankruptcy. II is said
that they lost S27 900 in handling apples
in 1911.
The loss from fire in West Virginia dur
ing the month of November was So, 5o2.
The State Fire Marshal very properly
says 5000 day is too much fire waste
for West Virginia.
Mrs. Nettie Elsea Page has brought
suit in the circuit court for Clarke county,
Va, for absolute divorce from her huS-
band, William Thomas Page. She allie
ges cruelty, desertion and other grounds.
C.E. Martin, one of the promoters OF
the proposed street railway in Martins
burg, has put up bond OF $1,000 that
work shall be commenced not later than
April |, 1913, and that the line shall De
in operation in one year from that date.
Charles F. Teter, a prominent. West
Virginia politician and business man, mas
brought suit for sum ranging from $4o.-
600 to 100000 against Sam Moore, his
former law partner. Teter alleges that
Moore has been steadily defrauding him
since 1902.
AT Winchester few days ago while
Gilbert Earhardt was throwing coal from
a B. & o. train for his poverty-strlcken
family he fell under the wheels OF a car
and was cut in twain, dying instantly.
His wife and three young children wit
messed the tragedy.
Walter Ettinger, the Martinsburg man
who hid his money in a stove, where It
was partially destroyed when someone
started fire later on, has gotten $4OO IN
return for the charred fragments. Treas
ury experts were able to decipher what
was left of the bills.
In the United States Court at Martins
burg on Tuesday the Pennsylvania Steel
Company brought suit against the Wash
ington and Berkeley Bridge Company,
operating the bridge at Williamsport, for
SIS, 800 damages, with interest and costs
from December "a, 1910, on account OF
Judgment for injuries received by Frank
L. Benning when the bridge collapsed
while being constructed.
Another disastrous wreck occurred on
the Western Maryland Railroad at PEN
Mar last Friday night, when freight
train and train OF empty passenger
coaches met in head-on collision. Five
train-men met a fearful death and SIX
others were injured. This was the Path
wreck on the Western Maryland road
within 81 days, causing the loss OF many
lives and enormous destruction OF prop
erty. The government will now make
an investigation OF conditions that permit
such disastrous results. II is privately
said that the wide-open whiSkey saloons
OF HagerStown are responsible for about
three fourths OF the trouble.
DR.. ]. S. DeJarnette, superintendent OF
the Western State Hospital for the Insane
at Staunton, has created quite a commo-
ton among Virginia druggists by suggest
ing in his annual report that special in
stitution be established by the State for
the treatment OF drunkardS and habltual
users of drugs and the cost be placed as
a tax on liquor dealers and druggists.
Staunton druggists replied to DR.. De-
Jarnette, claiming that they comply with
the law in the sale OF drugs. DR.. De-
Jarnette has come back, saying that there
is an alarming increase in the number OF
persons admitted to the hospital for using
drugs and liquors, claiming there must be
a disregard OF the law on the part OF some
body.
The agitation in reference TO law by
which county officials will be paid regu-
lar salaries instead of being remunerated
by fees has brought forth the publication
of the amounts received by sheriftS and
county clerks in West Virginia. The
figures given show that the sheriff OF
Jefferson county for the year ending June
30, 1912, received 1864 06; for Berkeley
county, POS So; Harrison county, &l,-
1852; Marion county, $2l 1862 GO; Ohio
county ,$l9, 246. &c; Monongalia, $l3 .5O4.l2
and so on. These amounts do not in
clude allowance for the keeping OF pris-
oners, or jailors or janitorS, nor the fees
for serving summonSeS, executions and
other miscellaneous services. The dep
uty sheriffs, however, receive their share
OF fees from the sum named. The earn
ings OF the county clerks, as evidenced by
the report of the State Tax Commission
err, show that the clerk for Jefferson coun-
ty received 81, 1855 for the year; Berke-
ley county, $4,lSl,06; Kanawha coun-
ty, SIG, l29.75; Ohio county, $40, 74O.7O;
Harrison county, $ll ,69l.50.
Young Men To Learn A Good Trade.
Many men who began as apprentices
and continued after learning the business