Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1914-11-26
Deferred Items.

Deferred items.
More than 200 men have been indict-
ed by the grand jury of Pike county, KY,
for selling their votes.
The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad has laid
off 1000 men along its main line and
branches in order to reduce expenses.
Business at the Panama Canal is grow
ing. During October 1891, 200 in tolls
was collected from vessels passing
through the email.
Henry Clay Frick, the Pittsburg mil
lionaire iron manufacturer, moved into his
new residence in New York just finished
at cost of 100000. He paid 81, AGO.
600 for The land on which it is built. II
has an art gallery in which there are pic
lures that cost Mr.. Prick more than $lO.-
600, 600.
In ruling OF the Public Service Com
mission made in Charleston Friday it was
held that express companies must receive
packages for transportation when offered
during regular business hours. The
Adams Express Company had declined
to receive a package OF money from the
Charleston BanKs during the day when
shipments could not be made before early
the following day and before the banks
opened.
John O. Schenk was made defendant
in an action brought in Wheeling by Mrs.
Laura Farnsworth Schenk, his former
wife, for the recovery OF an automobile,
piano and other articles classed as we'd
ding presents, ofthe aggregate value OF
1922. Mrs. Schenk also asked Tor
81 900 damage for detention OF property.
Several years ago Mrs. Schenk was tried
on a charge OF attempting to poison her
husband. The jury disagreed.
A movement has been launched which
has for its purpose the bringing OF the
Belgian refugees TO West Virginia to farm
the idle lands OF the State. The State
Board OF Agriculture had made plans for
this before the present European war, an
agent having been sent TO Belgium to in
duce the Belgians to come to this State,
but the war opened while he Was there
and he fled to England. The plan is to
lease the idle farms of the State to the
Belgians and the State of West Virginia
will be benefited through the tilling OF its
land by expert agriculturalists. 1t is be-
lieved that several thousand BelgianS
can be persuaded to settle in this State.
From back IN the Cumberland Noun
tains OF Pike county, in Eastern Kentucky,
comes the story OF an aged mountaineer
who attended his own funeral service,
being carried TO the log cabin meeting
house to listen TO the words OF the exhor-
ter or evangelist who travels through the
mountains occasionally on horseback.
Iud MaerSon, a typical backwoodSman
living in one OF the widest sections OF
Eastern Kentucky, some distance from
Elkhorn City, becoming i'll, feared no tu-
neral service would follow his death.
Therefore, when the eXhorter made his
periodical trip through the hills, the aged
man requested that his funeral be held
The day was appointed and the NOUN
tain people for miles around alfred them
selves in holiday garb and flocked to the
log cabin church. Maerson, who had
been failing fast, was much improved on
the day of the funeral and was carried TO
the church. The obsequies, as is often
the case in the mountains, were made a
gala occasion, a dance being arranged al
ter the service.
Samuel S. Stouffer, residing several
miles south of SharpSburg, threw open
his large apple orchard, consisting Of
nearly 20 acres, 10 the people ofthe COM
munity TO come and get all the apples
they desire. Mr.. Stouffer had picked
from the trees the apples, and those left
after packing and the fallen apples we're
now free to the residents OF the neigh
borhood. Mr.. Stouffer. who is one OF
the largest farmers in Washington county,
employs at intervals nearly all the pop
uIalion OF Anletam, and the offer OF free
tppleS, many of which will keep through
cut the winter and can be used for ap
lebutter making, etc, are given mainly
to those who have been his employees.
ir Stou'ier has been following the Gus
'om of giving the apples to the residents
1T The neishhUrhood each year, rather
ihtn .ltemp,ing to make cider from them,
chg lnar The good they do the people
exceeds the snail amount OF money
NlI,h mIghl be bruu ,i,t 10 him by con-
ting Them mo Clacr Some families
amer as ma as 40 bushels.
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