Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-03-13
MARCH COURT DAY
BRINGS BIG CROWD


court day crowd on Monday, althe
| there was little or nothing out of the
ordinary to attract the gathering. Il
the olden days March court day was
the one big annual event for the dis
| play of thoroughbred horses and Main
street was the show ground Beribboned
sires of sturdy stock were paraded fol
the inspection of breeders of that fast
disappearing mammal, then known as
a farm horse, and to the delight of the
small boy who wormed his way through
the throng and was always in the way.
1t is different now and not near SO
colorful. Honking Henry's sputter
where Percherons once paraded. and
the stamping ground of the Belgian is
the parking place of the road louise.
In the days agone there were swinging
doors, which were never still, through
which solace seekers surged toward
polished counters and brass rails TO
irrigate the internal mechanism, and
where speech was simplified into one
terse sentence, .What'll you have? ?"
New in some secluded spot outlets
are scared with stuff at which SAL
amander would shy and the convivial
cuss lapses into coma, or babies him.
self into the bastile. Yet in the good
old days there were more evidences
of that exhileration induced by snake
bite panacea than are seen these days,
and court day pilgrims on the delirium
tremens route are the exceptions now.
and not the rule as once they were.
GRAND JURY INDICTS FOUR
Melvin Drummond's alleged pencil
ant for poultry resulted ina true bill''
being found against him, and the in
dictment charges that on the night oil
January Is, 1925, he unlawfully enter
ed the hen house of j. H. Massie in
Madison district and stole ,therefrom
eighteen chickens of the value of $1,000.
Arthur Himelrighl of Davis district
was indicted for the possession OF a
bootleggers layout, which embraced a
complete still and twenty three gallons
of stomach scarifier.
John Middleton, of the same section
of the County was also indicted for a
violation of the liquor laws,
The investigation of the charge
against Lee Pingley, also of Davis dis
trict, for prohibition offence, resulted
in finding of mot true bill,' there
not being sufficient evidence to sup
port the charge.
NJ L. Frye, one time resident of
Ashby district at Cross Roads, was in
dicted on liquor charge.
The grand jury investigated the
circumstances surrounding the shoot
ing of Rails, a negro youth at Stras-
burg, by young white man, Ents-
miniger. The grand jury after prob
ingsthe circumstances involved in the
shooting concluded that there was not
enough evidence TO justify an indict-
ment. 1t was proven to the satisfac- |
ton of the jurors that Rails was killed
by the accidental discharge of gun in |
the hands of Entsminger.
TUESDAYS SESSION
The morning session of the court
was devoted TO the call of the criminal
and civil dockets and the fixing of
cases for trial at this time.
The criminal docket disclosed that |
Carl Conner, Milton Donavan, j. 7.
Hayden, Samuel Howe, Samuel Pol |
lard, Isaac N. Rhinehart, Harry Robin |
son, Alonza A. Stewart, Robert NJ.
Weaver and viii Miller, under indiet- |
ment for different crimes, are flgi
tives from justice, and the cases against
them were continued.
The three indictments, against Henry
F. Grablll still untried, were by agree
ment and on motion of the attorney for
the Commonwealth nolle pressed and
stricked from the docket.
The civil docket, still heavily laden
ed with cases to be adjudicated, in
dicates that this term Of court will still
leave number of unheard cases to
90 overto the future terms.
Among the cases continued was the
one of Birdie Mohler against j. Frank
Boyer, growing out of an automobile
accident som months ago at Kerns-
town. Because of personal injuries
sustained by thea occupants of the
Mohler car, in colliding with the Boyer
automobile, suits for damages aggre
eating s35. 600 are pending This ca Sc
went over TO the May term of court.
ASSESSORS APPOINTED
Burgess E. Nelson, was appointed
deputy land assessor for Ashby district
and qualified by executing bond in the
sum of $1,000
VIM. Keller gave bond in like sum
or the anne office in Johnston district,
succeeding E. Z. Sine, who because of
his having accepted position with the
Valley Light and Power Company,
resigned.
The pension applications of Sarah E.
Leeper and Margaret A. Lambert were
approved and ordered Ger titled to the
Auditor of Public Accounts.
VIM. Hollar was appointed Trustee
of Wesley Chapel to succeed G. r,
Rhinehart, resigned.
The following were appointed Trus.
tees of st. James, E. L. Church of the
Gravel Springs pastorate, in Cedar
Creek, Isaiah McIlwee. Riley Lima
weaver, NJ. L. Swartz, John Racey anc
Clayton Rudolph.
/ 1t appearing to the Court thai
erroneous assessments of orchard ta1
was made against the following person.
| it was ordered that they be exoneratee
from the payment of the several sums
enormously charged, j. F. Walker. IS. Is