Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1917-05-10
NOTES FROM NEARBY.

Farm, the home OF the late Judge Henry
Lee, near Boyce, Clarke county, was
destroyed by lire last week. The loss IS
parity covered by insurance.
"A prisoner escaped from the convict
road force near Charleston Saturday. A
bloodhound was set on his trail The
fugitive made friends with the dog and
took il on into the mountains OF Boone
county with him. The dog cost $500.
Frank L. Hamilton, OF Charles Town,
formerly OF Shepherdstown, has bought
the Colonial Apartment building in Ha-
gerstown, corner Potomac and Antietam
streets, and will remodel the structure,
converting il into handsome hotel oil lOo
rooms. twill be made two stories higher.
The convention OF the Cumberland VAL
ley Firemen's Association, which was 10
have been held in Charles Town the ilrSt
week in July, has been called oil. The
local committee concluded that ii was not
advisable to hold the convention, because
of the high cost of living and other I'M
favorable conditions.
The main building OF the Keyser Pre-
paratory School was destroyed by lire
early last Thursday morning, together
with the library and other equipment.
The loss is placed at $4,000. The work
of the school is going on in temporary
quarters and the structure will be rebuilt,
as il was we'll Insured.
BY vote OF about six to one the voters
OF Martinsburg, at special election held
on Tuesday, approved an issue OF $780,
600 in bonds for street paving, building
subway under the B. & 0. Railway at
Queen street, extending the waterworkS
system and other municipal improve
ments. A little more than hall OF the reg
istered vote was out.
The Pittsburgh Life and Trust Com
pany, an insurance concern, has been
wrecked by gang OF scoundrels who re-
Gently got in control of its affairs and stole
81 GOO, 600 OF its funds. A number OF per-
sons in Shepherdstown and vicinity hold
life insurance policies in the company,
which was represented IN this section by
a very active agent in Martlnsburg. There
are scores of victims also in MartinSburg
and Berkeley county.
A map published by the State Geolog-
ical Survey has been given circulation,
showing the mineral deposits OF the State.
Jefferson county is colored blue all over
10 indicate our chief mineral resource,
that OF limestone Berkeley county has
a streak of the same color, reaching from
the Potomac river 10 the Frederick coun-
ty line, with width OF live or six miles.
No other counties of the State have so
much limestone as Jefferson and Berke-
ley, although Hampshire, Mineral, Grant,
Hardy, Greenbrier, Monroe and Mercer
each have small deposits.
That long deferred light that was TO
have illuminated the face OF the court
house clock so many years ago is TO be a
reality at last. Scaffolding has been
erected around the tower by contractor
H. p. Cline for the purpose OF making
needed repairs to the tower nd also to
put a new roof on it, The faces OF the
clock will be covered with glass half
inch thick set in delicate but strong steel
frame. The hours will be painted in
black characters on the surface OF the
glass. Electric lights will be placed in
side the glass. J. N. linn will put the
new roof on the tower.-AdVOcQte.
The case OF Isaiah Glass and J. Lester
Bender, both OF SharpSburg, charged with
trying TO blackmail Woodson Cobb, a Nor
folk financier, has been started in the U.
S. Court for the Eastern District OF Vir-
ginia at Richmond. Attorney J. Cleve-
land Grce is representing the defendants.
The case against Bender is being tried
first. Bender was charged with conSpT-
ing with Isaiah Glass TO extract SAL 900
"hush" money from Cobb. The charges
grew out of the arrest Of Cobb on charge
OF transporting the wife OF Glass from
Sharpsburg to Norfolk in violation OF the
Mann white slave law. AT the hearing
Cobb told OF being blackmailed by Bender
and Glass, who threatened to have him
arrested il he did not pay SAL 900. Glass
was arrested, and he confessed that he
married the woman in the case for the
sole purpose OF bringing "huSh money"
from the Norfolk man. He eloped with
Erma Mae Bowers, Of SharpSburg. Four
days later, according 10 the confession OF
Glass, she was found in Norfolk with the
man she admits maintained her in luxury
for more than five years. Glass was
formerly chauffeur for Cobb, and was
employed to teach the girl to operate ar
automobile he gave her. II was while he
was thus engaged that he conceived the
idea OF blackmailing Cobb Glass plead
ed guilty TO the conspiracy charge and
turned States evidence, duplicating Ben
der.
There is more Catauh in this section
OF the country than all other diseases put
together and for wears IL was SuDDOSed