Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1922-04-20
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

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A Front Royal man was Hned 500
and costs In Haserstovn on Tuesday
Tor driving IN automobile while he was
Intoxicated.
". T. Turner Hagerstovn man who
was mentally unbalanced, committed
suicide last Saturday by hanging him
SET. He leaves q wife and six children.
Fire last Monday burnt out the
heart OF Pocomoke City, Nd, de.
stroying most OF the business places
OF the town and some fifty dwell
ings. The loss is estimated at some
100000.
G. G. Bailey, OF Luray, who claim
cd to have been seriously IL not perma-
nently injured and incapacitated as a
result OF being in train wreck near
Boyce, sued for $4,000 damages. and
accepted $1,000 as a compromise.
A telegram has been received in
Parkersburg announcing the appoint
ment OF J. Walter Bee, Of that city, as
head OF the field force Of the Office OF
the federal prohibition director for
West Virginia, succeeding Charles r.
Lilly, of Grafton.
James J. Jerries, former heavy
weight priZehghter, has written to
Billy Sunday that he wants to devote
his life 10 eyangelistic work. Billy is
willing to help train him and do all he
can for HIM, and a group OF coal oper-
ators Of West Virginia agree to bear
all the expense.
Mrs. G. McIntire Weaver, OF Berke-
Icy Springs, West Virginia's only wo-
man lawyer, who sued Mayor ]. E.
Kelsey, Of that town, for $4,000, al
leging Islander, lost her suit Friday af-
ternoon, when a jury in the Morgan
Circuit Court at Berkeley Springs
brought in verdict for the defendant.
At special session of the county
court Monday an order was entered
declining TO reopen the case of the
closing OF the road along the land of
Miss Minnie Hopkins near the horse
show grounds at Charles Town. Sew
eral sessions Of the court were taken
up In the past few weeks in hearing
testimony in this case.
Damage suits aggregating 100000
against the Norfolk and Western Rail-
road were last week compromised out
Of court. The estate of the late John
G. Lee, wealthy farmer and cattle deal
err, who was killed at Kennerly's cross
ing, in Clarke county, when struck BY
an express train last summer, sued for.
$4,000 damages, and the amount &C.
cepted by the estate is understood 10
have been $500.
Martinsburg baseball fans have been
greatly agitated for the past week for
fear that they might not have a team
in the Blue Ridge League. DR.. Guy
+. Morrison, who had headed the base
ball association, resigned as president,
and nobody else seemed willing to as
sumo the responsibility that he re-
linquished. Monday night, however,
at meeting of baseball enthusiasts
Lewis II. Thompson, one of Martins.
ourg's most prominent business men.
was prevailed upon to take the presi.
dency, and under his management il is
assured that good team will be kept
in the field
Arriving at his home in Charles
Town Sunday night from Fort Ben
ming. Ca, Private Harry Quick. who
was mechanic with the 9th u. S. In
fantry, is the last Jefferson county
soldier who in any way was connected
with the army in the World War on
with TIE army Of occupation. He en-.
listed in April, 1919, and served threo
year,. Exempted from the draft, he
volunteered as mechanic in order to
see some of the world. Within three
months after he enlisted he was in
CobienfZ, Germany. He remained in
or near Coblcntz until December %,
1921. The following month found him
n Fort Slocum, New York, and in
snort while he was transferred to Fort
benning, where he continued in the
service until his final discharge.