The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-06-08

sion sooner. The court has made q
record as every case on the docket has
been disposed Of either by continu.
ance through agreement OF parties or
by opinion and final decrI. Every ap.
plication for writ of error and ap.
peal has been passed on and more than
half of them refused.
Grafton too is after the state guard
encampment. The local commercial
organizations will meet to take &c.
ton. On the subject the Sentinel
says "Grafton has the edge on any
town in West Virginia for central loca.
ton as well as available ground. The
ease with which Grafton can be reach.
ed by rail from any part Of the state
first commends 1t. Then the fair
grounds for drill, camp and rife range
purposes could not be excelled. 1t is
believed that the encampment can be
secured II the people continue to man
ifest their interest in bringing the
West Virginia guardsmen together
here"
Returning by way of Charleston,
Chicago and Vancouver to the pro.
vince of Cebu, in the Philippine
Islands. Charles N. Bond, brother OF
Adjutant General John B. Bond, was
a visitor in Charleston this week. He
is on the way to the Philippines from
a visit to friends and relatives In Min.
eral county and other counties in the
northern part Of the state. He is su.
pervisor Of schools for Cebu province.
Before his going to the Philippines
Mr.. Bond was principal for three
years Of the public schools at Keyser,
and prior to that engagement he was
superintendent and principal Of the
schools at Sutton, Braxton county. He
has been in the new possessions seven
years, which. he declares, have been
the happiest Of his life.
Three wills have been filed for pro.
te in the clerks office In the last
-~S days says the Martinsburg World.
One of them is that of the late Col.
Isaac V. Johnson, who died In Shep-
herdstown two weeks ago. This will
was curiously drawn, being mostly
memoranda in lead pencil on scrap
paper. 1t disposes Of number Of ar.
ticles o: personal property to various
friends Of the deceased. The bulk OF
his estate is left to his son Frank and
two daughters.
A writer who signs F. Fl. in letter
to the editor of the Morgantown Post.
Chronicle calls attention to the fact,
Last Sunday was June 4th, 1915; 81
years ago was Sunday, June 4th, 1853.
the morning of which there appeared
a heavy white frost, generally referred
inNthese days as the "big frost" 1t cut
to the ground every garden, every
corn field and in fact every green
thing, even the fields Of wheat that
promised abundant yield and already
nearing the harvest were frozen"
Continuing the writer says: For o
time as the disaster became known,
CONSERVATION showed in every face,
and famine was predicted, by many.
Vegetation was further advanced than
1t is now and had promised bountifui
harvests. Discouragement and dis
may soon gave way to q more hopeful
SPIRIT. Cornfields were hurriedly re-
painted; the wives and daughters re.
planted the gardens; the barren wheat
fields were plowed and sown in buck
wheat and many thousands OF acres
throughout what Is now West Virginia
were also sown in buckwheat; more
buckwheat cakes were eaten the fol.
lowing winter than ever before or
since. III
1.-THE seriousness Of the disaster in
spired the greed Of the Spectator, and
a few men Of means early began to
buy up grain and -four for speculation.
thousands, Of bushels Of wheat and
corn were bought by them. hoping to
double their outlay. But the season
and Providence were on the side OF
the husbandmen, whose labor was
rewarded By Immense crops and the