Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1920-01-29
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

anu nunoer OF chickens owned by
Simon Kendlc died as a result of eat
ing spoiled canned corn which had
been thrown into the yard by Mrs.
Kendle.
Claude Parsons, formerly a Balti-
more and Ohio brakeman, OF Cum
berland, and Russell Kimmell were
arrested at Keyser Saturday and
placed under $3.50 bonds each to
await the action of the Mineral coun
ty grand Jury They are charged
With selling cider which tested 6 per
cent alcohol
Ii is said that the liquor interests
OF the United States offered Charles
L. Hughes Sl500OO to become their
legal representative. He refused. A
blank check was then presented to
William II. Taft and he was invited
to nil in his own price. He declined
The amount of the retainer Elihu Root
accepted is not known.
Eldridee Stotler, young man liv-
ing in Morgan county, this State, was
out hunting last week, when his gun
was accidentally discharged The
load pierced his side, inhicting a NOR
tai wound. He was taken to the
Kings Daughters Hospital in Mar
tnsburg, where he died a few days
later.
Mrs. Eliza Ann Clark, 90 years old.
who is believed to have more
descendants than any other woman in
west Virginia, died few days ago at
| her home at Wayne. She was the mo-
Their of II children, 4 living; lO1
grandchildren, 50 living; 3l3 great
grandchildren, 255 living, and "A
great-great- grandchildren, 40 living.
This is total of 469 descendants, 3S1
OF whom are living
AT the annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Washington and Berke
ley Bridge Company last week Ed
ward w. Byron was elected president.
and Samuel M. Shafer, vice-president.
Henry Holzapfel, .Jr., was elected a
director to succeed the late Col.
Joseph-C. Roulette. David K. Cush-
wa, 5. M. Shaffer and E. w. Byron
were appointed a committee to adjust
the lawyers fees in connection with
the litigation recently terminated in
the Federal court after an eight years
light with the Pennsylvania Steel
Company.
seven train men of the B. & O.
Railroad were arrested in Baltimore
tne past week for robbing cars in their
care OF valuable merchandise. Goods
to the value. of $4,000 were stolen a
considerable part Of which was found
IN the homes of the accused men.
from every section of the country
come reports of the dishonesty OF
train men, showing how the morale of
the railroad employees has deter
lorated for some reason or other.
lime was when railroad men took
especial pride in protecting the COM
pany'S property and interests. but a
great change seems to have taken
place in the character of the en-
ployees.
In connection with the celebration
or the one hundred and thirteenth an
nlversary of the birth of General
Robert E. Lee, and the annual meeting
OF the board of trustees of Washing
Ton and Lee University, at Lexington
va, President Henry Lee Smith an
nounced a bequest of 100000 from
the Mccormick family of Chicago to
be used in developing the present
strength of the university. The be-
guest is in the form of an endowment
fund in memory of the late CYRUS Nc
Cormlck, inventor of the reaper and q
native of Rockbridge county, Vir-
ginia, and himself a trustee and bene-
factor of the university during his life
time.
An interesting case was presented
IN the Berkeley Circuit Court in Mar
tlnSburg this week, by which John
W. Dodd, the well-known auctioneer,
sues Edwin E. Bolton and Louise
Nunkle, executors of the estate of
Eiizaoeth Kunkle, to make them COM
piete the sale to him Of two fine farms
OF the decedent These two farms lie
along the Williamsport pike, mile
or two from Martinsburg, and Mr.
Dodo was manager of them for the
heirs; He claims that he purchased
the farms from the defendants for
nearly $4,000. The defendants claim
when the alleged sale took place thew
had not qualified to administer the
hunkle estate and therefore had no
right to sell the property. The ltiga-
ton over the matter promises to be
interesting.
Crooks in the uniform of soldiers
have been plying their trade in Fred
ericS and other parts of Maryland on
a large scale. Most of them appear
as agents representing publishing
iirms and several have made gooI
hau's. After telling hard luck
story the agent" solicits his victim
10 subscribe for book or magazine
al a price ranging from 50 to Sc. with
me promise OF souvenir or prize to
follow the first publication. So NIL
merous have these fake agents be-
come that the Rev. William l. Kane
pastor of ST. Johns Catholic Church
notified his congregation SUNDAY in
Frederick to have no transaction with
any agent supporting to represent
Catholic firm without his endorse