Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1913-06-26
WEST VIRGINIA NEWS.

"Parcel."
The Norfolk & Western Railway will
eleciriiy 30-mile section OF its line be-
tween Bluefield and Vivian, w Va. The
work will be done to facilitate the hand
ling Of the coal traffic.
Governor Hatfield has appointed A. ID.
Sees, OF Huntington, to be hotel inspector
under the new law. If Mr.. Sees at
tempts to enforce all the fool provisions
OF this law he will be kept mighty busy.
The towns in Tucker county, which
have had license heretofore, have been
refused by the county court. The only
two counties in the second congressional
district which sell liquor are Jefferson
and Berkeley And if the will OF the
people were in effect neither OF these
counties would have saloons.
The town council of Hinton, this State,
has passed an ordinance providing for
unenviable publicity for evil : doors.
Hereafter the police authorities will be
required to publish in the newspapers
the names of all persons found in gamb-
ling places or houses Of i'll repute. The
new ordinance is said to have already
exerted salutary effect.
Walter M. Kincaid, postmaster at
Hawks Nest, w. Va, was arrested last
Friday by Postoffice Inspector Allen on
the charge of rifling registered mail.
Kincaid, il is said, confessed before Uni
ted States Commissioner Champe, at
Montgomery, and was held under bond
to await the action of the next Federal
grand jury. The postal authorities allege
that y registered letters were ritled by
Kincaid and that he secured considerable
sum OF money.
AT Parkersburg last week the West
Virginia Educational Association elected
the following officers for the ensuing
year: President, o. q. Wilson, Elkins;
vice president, Miss Dora Rogers. Par
kersburg; secretary, A. p. Morrison,
Clarksburg; treasurer, J. Frank Marsh,
Charleston, and member executive COM
mittee, F. M. Longanecker, Parkersburg.
Morgantown was selected as next years
meeting place. A motion to change the
meeting time from June TO November was
voted down.
A suit for 5000 damages was entered
in the circuit court at Huntington by the
Socialist Labor Star, local publication,
against Governor H. D. Hatfield, Major
Thomas B. Davis and Lieutenants Foster,
Templeton and II. II. Rice of the State
militia for the destruction of printing plant
Of the Socialist newspaper several weeks
| ago, the militia officers confiscating the
plant. w. H. Thompson, the editor,
was arrested for publishing articles in
connection with the miners strike, which
il is alleged tended TO incte riot.
AT the very first dash out of the box the
Public Service Commission selected for
its secretary w. w. Whyte, OF Mellow
ell county. This is the same Whyte who
was sheriff of Mcdowell county and turn
ed up short in his accounts, who was
State Senator and for years member of
the old Republican State committee and
identified with all the crooked deals for
which it was denounced by Republicans
by none more bitterly than the Wheel
ing Intelligencer, which excoriated
Whyte as defaulter and destroyer of
honesty in Republican politics. If West
Virginia is indeed TO be McDowellized,
then Whyte'S selection is most appropri-
ate. AS for confidence in commission
which would choose Whyte to have the
custody ofits business-holy Heaven !
Monroe Waterman.
Ten OF the eleven commissioners re-
Gently appointed by Governor Hatfield,
pursuant to resolution adopted by the
last Legislature, TO confer with the au-
thorities of Virginia relative to the debt
suit pending between the two States, met
in Charleston recently and organized
with the election of Judge John w. Ma
son, OF Fairmont, as chairman, and ohm
T. Harris, of Parkersburg, as secretary.
Governor Hatfield was requested to no
tify the Governor of Virginia that the
commission is organized and is ready to
meet a like commission from that State.
The commission will meet in Charleston
again on July p. The members of fhe
commission who took the oath OF office are
U. @. Young, Buckhannon; Joseph S.
Miller, Kenova; James A. Lenhart, King
wood; Joseph E. Chiffon, Charleston
John w. Hamilton, Granville Henry
ZilIiken, Wellsburg; William T. Ice, Jr.,
Philippi; w. E. Wells, Newell; John w.
Mason, Fairmont; and r. J. A. Bore
man, Parkersburg.
A news item from Charleston states
that the new Public Service Commission
has announced the assignments of its
members and committee appointments
for the first year. Virgil L. Highland
will be chief OF Bureau No. OF the COM
mission, and his jurisdiction extends
over power companies, including hydro
electric companies, telephone and tele-
graph companies. and pipe line compan-
les. Charles H. Bronson as chief of
Bureau No. 2 will be in charge of CONF
railroads, express companies, sleeping
car companies, freight lines, car compan-
les, toll bridges and ferries. w. c. Kill
mer will be chief OF Bureau No. 3, COM
prising public utilities, including gas
companies. electric lighting companies
and electricity for lighting, heating or
power purposes, and water companies.
Howard N. Ogden will be in charge of
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