Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1926-05-19
CIRCUIT COURT ADJOURNS REG
UIAR TERM.

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nointed special commissioner to sell
"Ayrlie." an estate of 81 acres. near
Shepherdstown. as 4 means of par
titioning the estate of her mother.
the late Mrs. Eugenia Pierce. S. ]
/ Hodges. Geo. c. Link and W. P. Lick
+ ider testified that it was imprac-
ticable to divide the property among
/ Mrs. Pierce's heirs without a sale.
An order of reference was entered
I in the case of j. B. Wiltshire. ad-
ministrator. c. t. a. of Daniel Claigg
VS.. Arthur G.. Claigg and others, the
case being referred to Miss L. G.
Briscoe. commissioner in chancery
/ for a report.
The suit to clear up the title to
! the Hopkins land east of town, re-
Gently sold to Wooddv & Casey. end
ed by the appointment of T. c.
+ Green, Special Commissioner to ex-
ecute a valid deed to the purchasers.
Mrs. Ada Thomas was appointed
+ trustee of fund created under the
will of her late husband. James A.
! Thomas. to succeed the late e. E.
/ Cooke.
Logan B. Shut and others VS.. The
A. ID. Goetz Company and others. re-
i ferred to Miss L. c. Briscoe to ascer-
tain and report the value of the per
sonal and real estate owned bv Lo-
! gan B. Shut: the annual rental val
ne of the real estate. together with
the amount of debts and liens there
on and their respective priorities.
Robert Fields was appointed a
trustee of Virginia Lodge No. 1. |.
f o. O. F.. Harpers Ferry. succeeding
! w. B. Cross resigned. The other
trustees are J. E. Baden and H. H.
Chambers. An entirely new board
of trustees was appointed to hold
title to the property of the Pine
Grove Cemetery Association, at Har-
pers Ferry. The trustees are B. C.
Sponseller. c. NJ. Marquette. Roy A.
Butts. C. Bloom Wentzell. H. Fl.
Chambers. B. F. Eackles. and Kemp
Mauzy.
Upon the petition of Junius G.
Prempert and wife. Mary E. Premp-
ert. they were permitted to adopt an
infant son of Broaddus H. Garrett,
of Martinsburg. 1t was recited in
the petition that the child's mother.
who died last winter. had requested
Mrs. Prempert to adopt him; that the
i father is in ill-health with several
other children to maintain. and con-
sents to the adoption. The order,
allowing the adoption, gives Mr.. and
Mrs. Prempert the right to name
/ baby. who is now four months of
age, Junius Gardner Prempert. Mr..
| Prempert is assistant superintendent
of the Northern Virginia Power Com
pany with home at the power plant
in this county.
James Brown. the 15-year-old col
ored youth. found guilty of breaking
into and entering the passenger sta
ton of the N. & w. Railway Com
pany at Charles Town last February.
was sentenced to the Reform school
till he reaches the age of 81 years.
The several suits instituted against
Father James M. O'Brien. which in
volved valuable farm. near Hall
town, on which the Blair uuarries
and lime works are located. were
compromised. A. decree was enter
/ ed bringing the litigation to an end.
Father O'Brien. who is "a wears of
age, had been duped by security
sharks to whom he gave negotiable
notes in payment for stocks that
proved to be of little, if any. value.
The sharks promptly sold the notes
to innocent third parties. The suits
against the aged priest were institut-
! ed by the parties to whom the notes
| had been transferred.
Court adjourned for the term,
Wednesday afternoon. Judge Rod
gers issued an order Immediately for
! a special term of court in Charles
Town on Monday. May IT..
amount of property for taxation that
is now kept in hiding"
Robert L. Withers. Summit Point.
farmer; president Farmers & Mer-
chants Deposit Company, Charles
/ Town 1.-THE experience of Vir-
ginia. Kentucky and other states that
have classified intangible properties
at lower rate of assessment than
tangible properties, convinces me
that the system is worthy of adop-
tion in West Virginia. In Kentucky,
for instance. in 1917. real estate
produced more than n per cent of
the states revenues from direct lew.
VS., and only about 7 per cent from
intangibles. In 1924. under the one
ration of The classification law, the
real estate produced only AT per
cent of the whole. while the revenue
from intagnibles had increased to
4 HtdflN 20 per cent OF Ine IOldi. Il SSS
no reason why similar relief to real
estate owners should not be realized
in West Virginia"
Milton Rouss. orchardist: farmer
former member House of Delegates:
According to my view. West Vir-
ginia is seriously handicapped be-
cause of the lack of such provision
as the Property Classification Amend
ment will afford | want to see the
Amendment go through. Under ex-
listing conditions we are retarded and
held back. We do not dare invest
in bonds or other securities. because.
unde our rate of taxation on those
investments the tax rate is prohibi-
tive. While we have comparative
I ~ low tax rate in Jefferson county.
still it is high enough to prevent in
vestments in bonds. securities. etc.
Therefore. our people are obliged to
seek loans outside the state. The
ratification of the Property Assess
mpnf a mon dY11ppt hill in my opin1On