Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1920-12-16
ITEMS OF INTEREST

.esI VI agriculture. Electric To.. w.
poultry houses are 10 be Ign, .s'' a
early in the morning 81 -. 1'"'' O
will think it is dayligh, and o., ...'fs's
get busy and kept burning a''
afternoon so they will be asb.m 4" e
to roost early. The addition, " 90
OF eggs produced it is es,:-s, ...''.'s'
more than pay for the electric r,. VII
The annual Offering O, n,l
stock in wildcat motion pi,,m, '...'s'
panies amounts to more TIA. ~, I'M
100000, the vigilance comDi,,a, -
National Association of the ~. :. We
Picture Industry announce :, ,,oo
York. This judgment. it was s.:.
based on an investigation of sa,.,l
companies which has been in n-oo ."!
for three and one-half mor,bs
report declared that only two "s
of the companies had any assa,.
proved earning capacity and ONLY ~,
dozen had officials of a., oy." -.'
ence in the motion picture business
1t is likely that the name If n,...
and Elkins College at Elkins u.s.
State, will be changed to westm;,s so.
College. 1t is said that m,io-i,.
of the trustees favor the change -.
will hold a meeting in the near ,pm,.
to officially give the school the Mas,
name. While this institution 49,,
helped when it was first organizes :.
some extent by Senator Henry r
Davis and Senator b. Elkins. and w..
named FOR them, they failed to ala :.
as generously as had been an,i,ip,e4
and probably the trustees think TIA,
they have been sufficiently hoaore5 ,o,
what they did for the college.
A negro who gave his nam. as 81.
ney Mosslcy, and who said he hal
escaped year ago from the Mounds.
vile, w. Va, penitcntary. When. he
was serving a siX-ycar sentence f5r
killing his wife and a negro man. sur.
rendered to the PHILADELPHIA author.
ties. Walking into dctcl.y. head.
quarters at city hall, he inquiries ri
Detectives Engel and Gorm'ey 10 hat
was the "pace where murderer,
come" and added: "Im murderer
Course, only shot my vii. a-i an.
other man" He told Oh, Detectives
he had escaped while working with
road gang and inability to WORK led
CavSed him to surrender.
Moving picture films that g'-riiy
crime or make criminal careers or a.
ventures fascinating or ai.ur.ng will
hencefOrth be barred in Pennsylvania.
the State board of cenSors aanoun:.i
in Harrisburg. Films in Which Grim.
inals are shown as heroes II education
and refinement. who live in luxury and
persistently defy and outw!l the
authorities by their superior vii, re-
sources and audacity, even though in
the end they are caught, are seriously
objectionable, the board announced.
Especially the board decrcei where
they are shown in the eui to make
merely perfunctory profeSSly"S OF re-
form while reapine rich Ala: est and
attaining great rewards n spite q
II cir criminality."
The women of Washington, North
Carolina, are watching their husbands
as never before and the husbands are
watching themselves more closely
as the result of a revival there Rev.
B. F. McLendon, the evangelist, ha:
eighty-five $40 bills instead Of ten
dimes in addition to the "mOraI VIC
tory" AT the closing meeting OF the
revival series McLendon leaned over
the pulpit and said he had an important
announcement to make. at has come
to my knowledge that there is GER
tain man in Washington who has not
been true to his family or his religion
and who has not been leading an up
right life" McLendon said. Inns
man is in the congregation ton g1t
he will deposit so bill in the 1o'.ec.
ton plate It will be taken aS loN~n OF
his repentance and no hing turner
will he said. If he fails TO 80 ms
warn him that ! vii anaoa-- MS
name" when an inventor" or '!!'
collection was taken il Shows, II Is
said, eigh y-fve SO bills ON. ave
notes asking the minister o. '''V
quiet, for Gods sake" and TromiSaGO
paw the SO in the morning