Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1915-05-20
WEST VIRGINIA NEWS.


AT the meeting of the Knights OF Co
Iumbus in BIuefield last week Weston
was chosen as the next place OF meeting
and the following officers were chosen !:
State deputy, Michael J. Cullinan; treas
urer, S. J. Hodges, Shepherdstown; ad-
vocate, Thomas J. Gilloly, Weston; lee
turer. William q. Lavelle, Tunnelton;
warden. L. ]. Smith, Elkins; chaplain,
Rev. P. H. McDermott, Clarksburg-
The farm near Weston, w. Va, on
which General Stonewall Jackson was
reared, is to be transformed into public
park, according to an announcement by
the traction company which has purchased
the property The old homestead was
destroyed by fire recently, but the grlst
mill in which the famous Confederate
General worked during his boyhood is
still standing. The place has been named
"Stonewall Jackson Park"
Handed check for his April salary
Gov. H. D. Hatfield returned it to State
Treasurer Long, declaring if was illegal.
The Governor asked from what fund it
had been drawn. and when told from the
blanket appropriation, the Governor de-
clared if was illegal to pay the money
from the blanket funds. II the Governors
contention is correct there have been
$4,000 worth OF the same kind OF checks
cashed by other employees Of the State
and for use in the support OF State insti-
futions
At the fiftieth session of the Grand En-
campment of Independent Order OF Odd
Fellows at New Martinsville last week
the following officers for the ensuing year
were elected: Alba Wolverton, ofPhilippi,
Grand Patriarch; H. E. Rennard, OF
Wheeling, Grand High Priest; Gilbert
D. Smith, Of ST. MarYs, Grand Senior
Warden Ed. c. Ambrose, of Marlinton,
Grand Junior Warder; c. S. Simpson, OF
Huntington, Grand Scribe; c. H. Riggle,
OF Fairmont, Grand Treasurer; E. t.
Licklider, of Shepherdstown, Past Grand
Patriarch.
On May the first there sailed from their
respective docks in New York, at the
same hour, two giant ocean liners -one
the Lusitania, of the Cunard line, one the
New York, of the American line. The
Lusitania, being the faster boat, was two
days ahead OF the New York. She passed
into the war zone on Friday, and then
came the terrible tragedy now so well
known On the New York was William
Campbell, editor ofthe Free Press. Wild
rumorS were afloat as TO her safety. On
Monday came the news TO his family from
Liverpool, "safe and we'll" In New
York is the desoIate little widow OF Alfred
6. Vanderbilt, refusing to be comforted.
By his death she will inherit many mil
lions, but it is safe TO say that she would
gladly give up that wealth for a like mes
sage, "safe and ll."-CharleS Town
Free Press.
The thirty-third annual convention OF
the West Virginia State Sunday School
Association closed at Charleston, after
selecting Morgantown for the meeting
place next year, and elected the following
officers for the ensuing year: President,
R. Graves Hubbard, Charleston; vice
presidents, J. D. Steele, Charleston; Will
liam E. Outcalt, Martinsburg; DR.. W. S.
Dicinger, Wheeling; Rev. John L. Hoyt,
Huntington; general secretary, Arthur T..
Arnold, Wheeling; recording secretary,
William A. Stricken, Ellensboro; treas
urers, ]. c. Bardall and James A. Zicka-
foose, Moundsville; committeeman, A..
d. Williams, Morgantown ]. T. Foster,
Mason; Frank Thornburg, Huntington /;
George S. Bailey, Wheeling. Resolu-
tons were adopted endorsing president
Wilson's untiring efforts in the face OF
great difficulties to maintain peace and
keep our nation from the crime and sor-
row OF war" Governor 1atiield'S sup
port OF the prohibition movement and the
efforts OF Prohibition Commissioner Blue
in the enforcement OF the prohibition laws
were also commended.
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