Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1915-05-06


rested at Fairmont few days ago fol
carrying into the State more liquor than
the law allows. They got the stuff fIon
Pennsylvania joint just across the Yves
Virginia line.
1t is said that the temperance people o.
Hagerstown will have published in The
newspapers the names OF those who &c
on the license bonds OF saloon keepers
There's good deal OF squirmng over
the proposition.
Ralph Shafier, student OF the Cham
bersburg high school, has been Obliged
10 discontinue his studies because OF a
prank played upon him by another boy.
As he was about TO sit down chair was
pulled from under him, injuring his spine
He may never fully recover.
AT meeting OF the West Virginia Anti
Saloon League in Parkersburg last Thurs
day E. T. Lick!ider, OF ShepherdStown,
was elected secretary. Rev. S. K. Ar
buthnot, OF Parkersburg, was chosen as
president, and O. w. Crabbe was re-
elected superintendent.
Tennegroes OF the Boyce neighborhood,
in Clarke county, were arrested last Sat-
urday on the charge OF poisoning thirteen
mules belonging t. S. H. Edison last jan
uary. All OF the mules died from arSenate
OF lead poisoning. Detectives have been
at work on the case ever since, and they
have at last rounded up the alleged cul-
pritS.
The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad and its
employees will observe mothers day on
Sunday, every person employed by the
company being urged 10 wear carnation.
All passengers on trains who take a meal
in dining-car will be presented with a
boutonniere-a white carnation for those
whose mother has passed away and a
red one for those who have not been so
bereaved.
Mrs. Allie Smith and her son, OF Rhode
Island, were drowned at Overall, Page
county, Va, few days ago, while at
tempting to cross the Shenandoah river,
the boat in which they were riding spring
ing leak. They had been visiting her
father, Levi Miller, and were on their
way to board train to visit while in
Shenandoah, prior 10 returning 10 their
home in Providence.
In Hagerstown last Saturday Judge M
L. Keedy refused twelve applications for
liquor licenses against which remon-
stranceS had been filed. In some oftheSe
cases the applications will be considered
again, provided the applicant can secure
acceptable bondsmen in place OF those
not approved by the court. Two of the
WilliamSport saloons were cut out, but one
has chance to get another bondsman.
Detectives have been engaged TO in
vestigate and run down incendiaries be-
lieved responsible for the burning OF the
yearling thoroughbred barn on the farm
OF Henry T. Oxnard, near Uppervile,
Loudoun county, Va, Friday night when
all OF his horses were burned to death.
The horses were valued at more than
$4,000. There were 30young thorough
breds in the barn, and although every
effort was made to rescue them, none
was saved.
In the circuit court at MartinSburg last
week Stewart Barrett was acquitted OF
the charge OF attempting 10 kill his broth
erin law, Grant Stevens. Stevens had
alienated the affections of Barrett's wife,
whereupon the latter shot and badly
wounded Stephens. The unwritten law
cleared Barrett. Mrs. Barrett, who sat
in the courtroom and chewed gum dur
ing the trial, wanted to testify against her
husband, but Judge Woods declined to
allow her to take the witness stand.
Twenty-one cattle, so sheep, 50 lambs
and 10 hogs belonging 10 William H. Nc
Kinley were killed last Saturday on the
Clarke farm, in Frederick county, Md,
under the direction of federal and State
authorities. The stock was valued at
ST 900, and was killed because OF re-
appearance OF the foot-and-mouth dis
ease. Indication OF the disease was dis
covered several days ago, and after an
examination by federal authorities an
order was issued to slaughter the stock.
A few months ago $4,000 worth of stock
was killed on the same farm because OF
the disease.
A dastardly attempt was made about2
o'clock last Saturday morning to blow up
with dynamite the large frame tabernacle
which is being used for the revival CAM
paign which Rev. DR.. William E. Bieder-
wolf, the evangelist, has been conducting
In Hagerstown for several weeks. But
little damage was done. A hole was
blown in the southeast side of the taber-
nacle and in the ground where the dyna-
mite had been placed. Dynamite experts
who examined the spot believe the dyna-
mite was not laid on the ground, but had
been stuck between the boards and the
waterproof paper with which the exterior
ofthe building Sliued. Splintered boards
were hurled in every direction. The ex-
plosion was heard in all sections OF the
city. Persons living near the tabernacle
say that the explosion rocked their houses.
II is believed that the attempt was made
by persons hostile TO the revival CAM
paign, which has stirred up the town.
DR.. Biederwolf, who has been outspoken
in his denunciation OF gambling, bad the