Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-05-01
Pithy Paragraphs

The painting of the posts on the
Woodstock White Way has added
materially to the good looks of Main
Street. Next week will be the paint
ing of the telephone posts. Above
all, keep the street free from litter.
All of the paint between Seven
Fountains and Senegambia won't
make it attractive if one has to wade
through trash and litter to look at
it.
The yearly scramble to pay dog
taxes ended yesterday. April 80 was
the last day for payment to avoid
fine 1t is the habit with many
to wait until the last minute to com
ply with the law. AS consequence
Treasurer Harpines Office has been
deluged with applications for dog
tags. Incidentally, and of more i'm
portance, many are paying capita
tion taxes. Some had to, to get
dog tags. Others are doing it in
order to vote.
The sudden Illness of Charles P.
Wightman, which gave rise to the
report that he had been paralyzed,
was due to other causes, and though
he is critically i'll there is an i'm
provement in his condition which
warrants the hope of his ultimate
recovery. Mr.. Wightman was a
former sheriff of Shenandoah Coun-
ty, a member of the School Board,
and for years has been one of the
county's leading merchants, located
at Edinburg. Many messages of
sympathy have been received by
Mr.. Wightman's family.
The jury list is now in the hands
of the sheriff. Probably you will be
one of the fortunate ones to serve
the state at the May term of court
which begins Monday the 18th. A
special grand jury will be impanelled
to consider a number of prohibition
and other cases. Jury service is,
at best, an onerous job, but the
judge takes few excuses for a fail
ure to respond to the courts man
date.
Among the marked improvements
in north Woodstock is the new con-
crete pavement in front of the home
of Judge and Mrs. Frank S. Taven-
ner. Hugh A. Kneisley has begun
similar improvement in front of
the Kneisley home in the same local
ity. Woodstock is the best paved
town in the Valley, and it is getting
better.
The disqualification of Woodstock
and Shenandoah County folks is al
most a matter of daily occurrence.
Mrs. Jas. G. Graveley and Mrs. w. D.
Sager are listed among the latest pa
tients to be sent to hospitals. The
former was taken to Winchester on
Wednesday for a serious operation.
and the latter left the same dav.
with her husband and DR.. w. G.
Ford, for Richmond, where she will
be operated on for goitre.
Z. M. Shannon, of Mt. Jackson.
for several campaigns chairman of
the Democratic Committee of Shen-
andoah County has been elected a
member of the Democratic State
Committee to succeed the late Wal
ter Switzer, of Harrisonburg. Mr.
shannon is a successful business
man, treasurer of the Shenandoah
County Fair Association, and ac-
tive in political circles.
Sheriff B. NJ. Borden was unex-
pectedly visited on Sunday by a le-
glon or relatives, who took charge
OF the jailer's residence and aid ont
a feast fit for an epicure. Naturally
the sheriff was surprised, and This
surprise continued until some one
told him that this was his natal dav
Which birthday? We are modest
ask the sheriff.
1t is stated that William E. Car
son. OF Riverton, will manage the
gubernatorial campaign of Senator
Byrd. Mr.. Carson is widely known
IN Virginia, and for years has been
leading Democrat. However if is
more than likely that the Senator
VIII manage his own campaign with
the assistance of other friends lika
Mr.. Carson.
Arch Lawson, three-time prohibi-
ton offender in Rockingham Conn
" was given a two-and-one-half-
year penitentiary sentence in Harri-
'onDurg Tuesday. Lawson had skin
pea bail, and was arrested in Win
chester. Bail of $1,000 was forfeit
90 and a part of a Rockingham
county woman's property was sold
% pay the forfeit. No foolishness
about prohibition enforcement in
Rockingham.
Probably you have paid your can
tation taxes. So far, so good. Per-
laps you have failed to register.
fhis must be done or the payment