Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1922-07-27
NEW VOL. 5S-No. 80.
NOTES AND COMMENTS.

| NolES AND COMMENTS.
The board of directors OF the Bal
umore OHIO Railroad at a special
meeting in New York .ct Thursday
elected Hon. John ]. Cornwall, cF Rom.
hey, th's state, to be generel counsel
OF the company, succeeding the late
Hugh L. Bond. Jr Mr. Cornwell went
to Baltimore the first of the week 20
, 'Sur'c he duties OF hiS new Office.
as there are important questions need.
.ng atien; on He will reside in Bal
timore, though he will retain his legal
residence in West Virginia. Mr.. Corn
well has been one of the associate
counsel OF the b. & O. for twenty
years or more, except during the four
years he was governor Of this State,
and for the past two years has been
its general legal adviser in West Vir-
ginia. He is also director of the
company, as was Mr.. Bond. Mr.. Corn
wells friends rejoice at the honor and
good fortune that has come TO him.
The company, however, is also TO be
congratulated in having at the head
OF IT'S legal department. man Of such
character and ability. The genuine
honesty and fairness Of Mr.. Cornwell
mas won for him the full respect of the
people OF this State, and the realization
mat ne is to be so closely associated
win the B. o. management will
give this great corporation still high.
er standing in West Virginia. Mr.
Cornwell will be n great asse. 70 thc
Is. o. and the relations between
this State and the company ought IN
be genuinely harmonious because OF
the regard in which he is held bv our
people.
! ne Hon. VIM. Z. Chiffon is out in
a letter strongly advocating Hon. NJ.
M. Nicely for the Senate. This ;s
rather shabby on the part OF Mr.. Chill
ton, who had cordially encouraged
mrs. Brown to enter the fiEit Oi
course Major Nicely is not to be blan.
ed Tor this exhibition of Kanawha
county politics, but Mr.. Chilton's per-
formance will not help the candida
cy OF the Major a great deal.
The Swarthmore Chautauoua did
not hoodwink the citizens of Martins
burg as easily as they apparently did
the citizens Of Shepherdstown with
second-rate list of performances for
tney leit the guarantors Of Martins
ourg to pay $3.50 loss sustained this
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lady OF circumstances that is n shame
for theatrical people to make such
request, has received five notices for
her Indebtedness to the guarantee fund
and from every indication she will have
TO raise her part of the loss even if il
is necessary for her to sell her home.
t,ut sad and unfair as the situation is.
tne people OF Martnsburg hereafter
VIII probably learn the lesson that il
is better to patronize their own amuse
Inents rather than pay travelling Chau-
'auquas who neither pay taxes and
even evade local and State taxation on
tne merest pretense of being n charit-
able and educational institution
which IL probably is from the light Of
The circumstances as evidences N This
old lady's case-charitable, because
they leave her the home, even If she
must mortgage it-Shepherdstown In
dependent
Far be il from us to withhold sympa
thy in the case OF the distressed DID
lady referred to BY the Tr1ependent
bur to alleviate the anr" - Of those
who may be troubled Mt the though;
OF me mortgage, we hasten 10 relieve
'heir anxiety. We understand that her
ooIigation may run as high as S1.o5.
and even this is more apparent than
real, for she can sell ticket and re-
coup her loss. That there is no gen
eral feeling of disaster in Martinsbure
is evidenced by the fact that under
the leadership OF men like !. r. Poland
and Rev. ]. X. Jacobs the people OF
mat city have promptly signed a CON
tract for return of the Chautauoua
next year, and the purchase of more
than $1,000 worth of tickets has al
ready been pledged. What the Mar
tinsburg Evening Journal thinks Of
the Chautauqua is shown by the fol-
lowing editorial in its issue of last
Friday:
Assurance, by popular action at the
night session on Wednesday, that the
Chautauqua will return next year is
good news, and those who are standJ
ing by the program year in and year
out are doing fine service for them
selves as well as for the CITY Each
year sees new recruits to the rank1
OF the Chautauqua guarantors. Each
year sees the underlying educational,
idea OF Chautauqua grip more citizens
This in itself is good sign. II prom
ises easier sailing in the future for
securing the Chautauqua. That has
always been the experience in other
towns. The people have come to ap-
preciate more adequately the value OF
Chautauqua appearances, tney have
come forward to its support in greater
numbers every year and the Chautau-
qua has become fixed summer event,
That is what we hope will happen to il
in Martinsburg. The idea is essen,
tally public one; il aims to interest
numbers of people and according as