Shepherdstown Register from Shepherdstown, West Virginia • 1

I I ESTABLISHED 1849. I L. SNYDER, Publisher I MMM) college notes. f.15. S.

Lakin and Hon. J. S. I 'he State Board or Control, i Shepherd College an official visit on Monday, inspecting carefully the whole material equipment and confer- ring with President White on fin.ir. es and future plans of the school.

1 The last chapel assembly for the first scmotcr was held Monday morning, at which time both Mr. Darst and Mr. Lakin addressed the students and impred them with swme of the bigger and more serious things of life. Another feature of the week that has brought the attention of students to the sterner realities of life has consisted of a series of final examinations which were brought to a conclusion today at noon. Here's wishing good luck to one and all.

Entailment for the past semester summarised shows that a total of 59 young men and 98 young women were resident students and that 25 young men and 51 young women were taking correspondence courses. The total enrollment for the semester was 233. This added to 168 students of the past summer session not now in residence cr taking work by correspondence already makes an enrollment of 401 for the year 1921-22, ith another semester including a opting term beginning April IS to further eclipse the record of the preceding year, when a total of 379 students was reached. Jefferson county leads the list for resident students this year, with Hampshire second and Hardy third. It is interesting to note that the percentage of boys coming from counties to the west of Jefferson is one-third greater than that of girls.

Berkeley easily leads the list of correspondence students, with Tucker second, Hampshire third. Hardy fourth. Jefferson. Pendleton, Morgan and Preston each have several teachers doing correspondence work, while the others 1" are located in Urant, mineral, nuicigu, Pocahontas. Kanawha, Wayne, Fayette, Logan.

Doddridge Taylor and Pleasants. Last week's basket ball program began on Friday afternoon, when Pennsylvania State Forest Academy was met. The visitors had upwards of a score of points when Walper started in for the locals and continued his good work to the end of the game, at which time the score book showed thirteen pvunts to his credit. Late in the game Wec Willie JVIusser was sent in ati forward. First he took his placo 1 against tlic giant guard from Pennsyl? vania, v.

lto showed signs of embarassment, evidently due to recollection of the story of David and Gbliath. Coach Legge then very considerately shifted Musser to the other forward position opposing a smaller guard, from whom, though captain of the visiting team, his glory immediately departed, for( Musser soon tossed in a counter from a long shot. Knode and Lowe also scored once during the encounter, which went to the visitors, 34 to 19. In the afternoon our girls met the strong high school sextette at Waynesboro and won easily. Mary Grose, who had hitherto led in scoring, was time surpassed by Ruth Clipp, who scored 21 out of 35 points made by S.

C. Whi Waynesboro had twenty-three chances from the foul line, they caged the ball on only eight trials, the remainder of their 19 points coming from field goals. S. C. scored five points ftom fifteen trials after a foul.

Berkeley Springs High School failed to live up to advance notices, and our boys had a field day. After the first ten minutes Walper, Maddex, Knode and Cletus Lowe were withdrawn with the score 21 to 0. Reinhart took center, Crowl and Musser went to forward, and Donley and Rudolph Lowe to guard. Toward the last half the team became very active and mn.C many of the most beautiful and aid cult shots seen on the local floor V-T f'na' score was 09 to home team were aS lows: Reinhart, 18; Crowl, Musser 12; Cletus Lowe, Lowe, Knode, Maddex, 2, a a afternoon our girls will meet the famous Pcnn Hall team Uu: and the outcome thi? will "L- watched with considerable interest. Robbers Found Guilty.

.1 and L. F. Arvin, the Hum wick men who were charged robbing the store of C. A. Kiblcr at but'e'ds of a large quantity ol mere, some eeks ago, were in j.

in Circuit Court ol Jefk-r-i this week. Arvin was 1 iuesday and Merchant on edncsd The jury had but little cultv in rendering a verdict of in case. Judge Woods has '-t pronounced sentence upon the men. dr Kibler has been highly commen.h.j tor his determined and successful efforts to bring these robbers justice. As soon as the burglary vercd he took the trail, and kt-Tt on it until he found the goods arJ the guilty men.

He now has the satisf action of knowing that a bad gang 0 marauders ha9 been broken up. rges against the men for robbing a store in Virginia and for stealing rom cars nn thc B. O. Railroad are Kt to he faced. Arvin was a locomotive fireman on O.

Railroad, and is a 'f Merchant. Thc two are acof a number of other robberies it is said that several other persons I implicated with them and may be Styqj Shephe THE DEATH RECORD. Mrs. Carrie B. Caton, wife of Walter Caton and daughter of James P.

Staley, of this vicinity, died last Saturday in the King's Daughters' Hospital in Martinsburg, following a surgical operation performed several days previously. Mrs. Caton had been in declining health the past year from a complication of diseases, and in the hope that an operation would afford relief and prolong her life she was taken to the hospital. The operational however, revealed such a serious condi-1 tion that it was manifest her days werd numbered and she passed away about half-past ten o'clock on Saturday. Her death brings sorrow to her family and friends, for she was a devoted wife and mother, a good Christian woman, and her life was spent in service to others.

She had been for years a consistent member of the Reformed Church. Besides her husband and father, she is survived by two sons, Guy and Forrest Caton, and a brother, Walter Staley The funeral service was conducted in' the Reformed Church in this place on I Monday by her pastor, Rev. Dr. S. L.j Flickinger, and the tody was interred in F.lmwood Cemetery.

Mrs. Sarah Travers Coc, widow of W. W. Coe, died at her home in Charles Town Wednesday night of last week, She had been in failing health for! some time past, and about two weeks i I 11v uwaiu osiw uccauic utUlUbl, finally passing away. Mrs.

Coe was one of the best of women, and was esteemed by many friends who will sor; iow at her passing. Cultured and re- i fined and kindhcartcd and consider' ate, she was respected by all who knew 1 her, and she will be greatly missed in the community in which her long life i was spent. She was a daughter of the I late Wm. H. Travcrs, in his day a lead- ing member of the Jefferson county bar.

Her husband died in Marchj 1920. Surviving are a son, Travers Coe, of New York and London; a daughter. Miss Sara Coe, and a sister, Miss Elizabeth Travers, of Charles Town. Mrs. Susan E.

Kephart, widow of Jacob Kephart, for many years a highly regarded resident of the Duffields neighborhood, died recently from the infirmities of old age, following an illness of several months. She was in the 80th year of her age. She was a daughter of the late William Rider, of Harper's Ferry district, and all of her long life was spent in this county. Shd was a good woman, devoted to her family and her home, and was esteemed fbr her many womanly virtues by all who knew ner. ane is survived by three sons.

Walter Arthur B. and Elmore Kephart, all of the Duffields vicinity, and by a brother, the venerable J. Wm. Rider, near Harper's Ferry. Af ter funeral service in the Methodist Church at Uvilla, conducted by Rev.

J. H. Haley, the body was laid to rest in the cemetery adjoining. Josiah Kitzmillcr, a native of Keedsyville, and a former resident of Shepherdstown, died recently at his home in Auburn, Nebraska, in the 74th year of his age. Mr.

Kitzmiller first came to Shepherdstown ftiore than fifty years ago, when he worked as a carriage-maker for the late John P. Hoffman in the shop still standing on Princess street. He left here for a I time, but returned some twenty years ago and worked as a carriage painter and repairer. He then went West, locating in Auburn, where he had lived for a number of years. Besides his wife, he is survived by a daughter, i Mrs.

Daniel P. Keedy, of Omaha. I and a brother, Augustus Kitzmiller, of Kecdysville. Samuel Avey, another native of Kecdysville, also died in Au1 burn recently, aged 58 years. He sold I pianos and accssories.

Mrs. Emma Jones, wife of H. Kyd jones, cuea iasi aaiuraay ar ner nome in Shepherdstown, following a painful and distressing illness from can, cer. She had suffered greatly, and death came as a merciful relief to her. Mrs.

Jones, whose maiden name was Derry, lived in Harper's Ferry before her marriage, and was 45 years years old. BesiOTs her husband, she is sur, vivd by sons, Kenneth and Roger. and two daughters, Mrs. Katherinc Cochran, of Rohrersville, Md? and Cecil at home. The funeral service was held at her late home on Monday, Rev.

John A. Grose officiating, and the body was interred in Elmwood Ceme. tery. Daniel Webster Snyder, who lived in Shepherdstown many years ago, died last Friday at his home in Baltimore, i in the 64th year of his age. He was i a son of Webster Snyder, who was a brother of John, Conrad at.d Joseph Snvder, well-known resident- of this palce in yeors gone by.

The deceased, wno nad been blind Tor a long time, was a first cousin of Mrs. Get). F. Turner and Mrs. Bcrnie Billmyer.

of this place. I Charles Edwin Reed, a prominent resident of Fairmont, W. died at his home in that city last Friday night, 1 flged 55 years. He was a brother-inlaw of Maurice E. Miller, formerly o' Shepherdstown.

He is survived by his wife, his aged mother, three brothers and a sister, Mrs. Miller. He was very highly regarded in Fairmont, where he had long been active in business. i John R. Ellyson, a well-known shorfstory writer of Richmond, Va dropped dead on the street in that city last Friday.

He was for many vears i engaged in newspaper vtirk He is survived by his wife, who was formerly Miss Marie Elizabeth Holt, of Ijcriis MONTANI SEMPEF rdstown, Jefferson County, Harper's Ferry. He was 60 years John G. Conard, a well-known an highly-esteemed resident of Neersvillt Loudoun county, died very sudden ly on January 24th, aged 75 years. Hi wife died suddenly about two year ago. The deceased is survived eight children, one of his sons beini C.

Elbert Conard, of this vicinity. James W. Gore, for many years man ager of the Shenandoah Milling Com pany, which was later merged into th Northern Virginia Power Company died Tuesday night at his home nea Millville, aged 74 years. Three daugli ters survive him. William H.

Miller, one of Berkelc county's old residents, died last wee at his home in Back Creek Valley aged 77 years. He was the father 0 fifteen children, of whom ten are sti living. His wife also survives him. Marvin P. Landis died last Sunda at his home at Bcdington, Bcrkele county, in the 86th year of his Three sons and two daughters sui vive him, one of his sons being Grar Landis, a Charles Town merchant.

Rev. Dr. David B. Floyd, a wel known Lutheran minister and for soni years a professor in Susquehanna Un versity at Selins Grove, died la! week, aged 75 years. His body wa taken to Martinsburg for burial.

Mrs. Delia Catherine Byrd, wife i D. W. Byrd, died at her home in Mai tinsburg last Saturday, aged 76 year Her husband, lbur sons and thrc daughters survive her. John W.

Weller, aged 66 years, die last Monday at his home at Pikesid near Martinsburg He is survived 1 r-? mo hue iinu iivc sons ana aaugniers John M. Dooley, a native of Charh Town, aged 73 years, died recently i Staunton, where he had been treatment. George S. Anderson, a former res dent of Martinsburg, died a few ago in Burlington, Iowa, aged 65 year The Riverton correspondent of tl Winchester Star gives the followir notice of the death of Wm. M.

Righ stine, a native of Shepherdstown, wl died at Riverton on January 21st: W. M. Righstine, of Riverton, died Sunday morning of Bright's diseas He had been a sufferer for some tin with this malady, but his illness ir mediately preceding his death was i only a short duration. He was a wi ower and was 74 years of age. Rightstine's first wife was a Miss Ha ris, of Riverton, and the second Mi McCarthy, an aunt of Mrs.

W. E. Ca son, both of whom preceded him tto tl grave. Since his last wife's death 1 had lived with Mr. and Mrs.

Lew Willis near Riverton. Mr. Rightstinc death marks the passing of one of tl old citizens of the community and death will be mourned by many his friends and neighbors. For tl past few years he had been as bookkeeper at Baker and Company wholesale erocerv house, attending re i ularly to his duties there in spite of advanced age and rather frail constit tion. He was some years ago boo keeper at the Baker flour mill of WI i Chester.

The funeral was conducti on Monday from the Baptist Chun at Riverton, of which deceased a member, and the burial took pla in Prospect Hill cemetery at Fro Royal, Rev. Mr. Moncure officiating. Madame Hugh Here. Madam Ethel Hugli, of Berr Switzerland, delightfully entertained large audience in the Shepherd C' I lege auditorium last night, havii come here at the invitation of the man's Club of Shepherdstown Pistrii She was introduced by Mrs.

Snyder, president of the club. Madame Hnpli devoted the hour ai a-half which she used to a descripti' of Switzerland, and illustrated tb 1 wonderful country by a series of bea tifi'I and interesting slides showi: mountain and valley, river and lak city and chalet. Best of all, howeve I was her rendition of the folk son of the people, which she sang in Freni and Italian and Germany, the thr languages used in the three main visions of Switzerland. Her p'easii voice, well trained and of great swec ness, enabled her to sing these soni most delightfully, and she was warm applauded. Her address was alroget! er pleasing, and everybody who w.

present enjoyed the evening to tl fullest extent. Madame Hugli was Mi Ethel Camp, of Washington, and fro her youth has been popular in She herdstown, where her pleasing pcrso ality has won for her warm frieni who find her the more gracious at agreeable as the passing years add ner cnarm. wniie nerc sne was 11 guest of Mr. H. L.

Lyne and Mr. ar Mrs. Frank Lyne. She sails for Euroi on February 18th, but hopes to turn to America next year, as she hi been pressed make another toi of the United States Bakerton Hall Sold. i W.

L. Manuel has bought from O. Knott and C. D. Carter the publ hall and adjoining residence proper at Bakerton for $2,905.

Mr. Manu will occupy the residence as a hon and will convert the hall into a stnr room. The people of Bakerton a disturbed at losing their ha the only place there in which they cj hold entertainments of a secular ture. toum i LIBERl. Virginia.

Thursday. Fehrnar I. PERSONAL NOTES. Among the visitors to town on Tuesday were Hon. James S.

Lakin and Hon. j. S. liarst, of Charless ton, members of the State Board of Control. They visited Shepherd Coly lege and both made addresses at the 8 chapel exercises.

While here they i inspected the school property and the Rumscy monument grounds. They that plans havc? been made for the new athletics building, work on which r( will begin the first of next July, when the appropriation will become availi. able. This structure, which will be large enough to accommodate all indoor sports and exercises, will probv ably be located on the lot now owned I by the State at the corner of Princess and High streets. It will hive a large floor for games, with dressing rooms, shower baths, lockers, and balconies ample to scat the largest audy iences.

Mr. Samuel M. Huyett and Mr. and Mrs. William Huyett, of the Lectown neighborhood, were callers at the Register olVtce on Tuesday.

Mr. Huyi nit will hoor? nf cfnrlr fflrm. inn implements, on Tuesday, Febie ruary 28th. He will move the first j. of April the Stridcr farm near Lectown, where he has lived for a numis her bf years, to the Small farm thnat he purchased a few months ago, located west of Shcpherdstown.

Mrs. John B. Garden, of Wheeling. president of the State Federation of Woman's Clubs, is in Shepherdstown today, guest of Mrs. Wm.

B. Snyder, president of the Woman's Club of I Shepherdstown District. Mrs. Garden. who is a woman of charming aljty and very popular in West Virginia.

is to speak before our woman's club this afternoon. Mr. T. I). Gray, horticultural ialist of the West Virginia University at Morgantown, spent yesterday in i- Shepherdstown, where he was advises ing with persons interested in regard s.

to a system of tree planting for this i community. He also made suggeste tibns concerning the adornment and tg beautifying of the grounds about the t- Rumsey monument, it) Mr. Geo. W. Freeman, of the NaItional Highway Garage, was called to Mont Aim, the first of the week by the serious illness of his father.

Mr. J. W. Freeman, who had double pneumonia. The latter is now safelj rpast the crisis and Mr.

Freeman has d- returned. r. Mr. Geo. W.

Burgan, of Bridgeport was among our callers bn Tuesday He has finished the repair work or ie his section of the canal in ie tion of next season's business, includis ing two new concrete wasteways al Locks 39' and 40. Col. and Mrs. John P. Lucas and their child have been spending the past week at Kcarneysville with Dt and Mrs.

C. C. Lucas, the Colonel's parents. Colonel Lucas is new sta's tioned at Fort Sill. Oklahoma.

Kis i Mr. Charles Goldsborough, of Culu-! peper, and Mrs. Llewellyn Mo k-j Veigh, of Richmond, have been at Leen-1 land this week, having dome home tc cd help celebrate the birthday of their ther, Mrs. Netta Goldsborough. Mrs.

Chas. W. Brown, of Bethlehem is here to be with her mother, Mrs i Henry C. Marten, has been ill the past week or two, with bul little hope of her recovery. Mrs.

Bramhall Campbell, of Luray ie' is here to spend some time with her sister, Mrs. Chas. B. VanMetre Mrs. Campbell was formerly Miss ence Furrey, of this place.

ct. i Mr. and Mrs. Piquettc Mitchell, ol Detroit, were in Shepherdstown foi I several days the past week, having id I been called here by the illness of Mr on Robert Gibson. at Mr.

O. H. Kaylor, of Washingtor county, visited the Register office 1K last Friday and had us print his sale bills. He will have a big sale or February 22d. P.s -H Mr.

W. A. Cessna and Miss Reta co Cessna, of Rainsburg, are spend1lj. ing this week with the family of Rev John A. Grose at the Methodist parson tI age.

Mrs. G. A. Randolph, of Richmond, is here to spend a few weeks with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.

Fonrose as Shipley, at the Shipley Hotel. ie Mr. Wm. A. Moler, of the Dufflelds ss neighborhood, called at the Register office yesterday and renewed his subp.

scription for another year. Mr. Olin McKec has been on the sick list this week, threatened with id appendicitis. He is very much better to now and is able to be out. tie lcj Mrs.

Marie MacBrien, of Washing5C ton, spent the past week in town with Mrs. Fonrose Shipley at the Shipley Hotel, ur Mr. R. V. McDonald, of the Kcarneysvillc neighborhood, was among the callers at the Register office the past week.

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Henry, of ic Charles Town, spent the week-end in ty Shepherdstown with Mr. and Mrs. G.

el W. Harper. 1C Mrs. Henry Dcrr and Mrs. John Mentzcr, of llagersttiwn, were callers at the Register office on Monday last.

in Misses Nellie and Lillie Marshall, of a-; Moler's Cross Roads, are visiting relt atives and friends in Hagerstown. licfli 2d, 1922. Sqir.re on Shenandoah Junk. I Squire Nihiscr Spratt threw his quid of tobacco into the coal scuttle Tucs' day and settled himself in a chair in the Register office. "I sec you had my name in your paper last week." he remarked.

"My wife didn't like it very well, for she says first thing 1 know IM get a if I keep on expressin' myself so free." He looked around cautiously. "I don't mind if put a piece in statin' what I think of that station at Shenandoah I Junction," lie went on, "provided you don't get me into trouble with that great big agent out there, Mr. 1 or Dan'l Willard, or this here Mr. Van Horn up to Cumberland. "I was out to the junction the other Jay, to meet my niece, who was ing on a B.

O. train. Thq train was late, and I had to wait tbr some time, Say, that young woman who named the place Shenandoah Junk hit the nail on i the head. Everybody calls it that rtow, and it will never get rid of the name 1 until they build a new station. I noticed that they have varnished the scats in the old place," said the squire.

"But, laws, that just makes a smooth race course for the bugs. Honest, it was awful the way the people talked about the railroad officials. One family that had been in the station a long time was for lynching whoever was responsible for the old shack." The o'd squire heaved a sigh, and shook his head. "Mebbc we are a mite too hard on them B. O.

fellers," he said. "Perhaps they are afraid of making another big mistake at Shenandoah junk. You remember that a few years ago they installed an interlocking switching system there, costing some fifty or sixty thousand dollars. Well, they used it a few months and found out that they didn't need it afltr all, and all that money was wasted. Mebbc the B.

O. fo'ks arc afraid that if they go to work and join wttn the Norfolk Western people in building a nice new station that these here flying machines will be established permanent and take all the passenger business from the railttoads. They'd feel awful foolish if they should have an elegant passenger station on their hands and no passengers to use it." "Do you think that the flying chines will really become practical as a means of carrying passengrs?" the squire was asked. "Well, no," he replied. "I agree with this here man in Chicago.

that a flying machine to be penccny sate must oe Duut arter tnc similitude of a bird, and I never etfpect to trust myself in one of them until i they invent the kind that can lay an egg." The squire poked some tobacco in i his pipe and lighted up, remarking: I "Lobks as if we will have to travel through the air, though. Our roads are getting so bad and railraad fareq are so high we'll just have to do somc! thing. I wish I was an angel right now." i 0 Great Snow Storm in the East. The worst snow storm that has pre vailed for many years passed along the eastern coast last week, beginning on Friday and Continuing until Sunday, i From North Carolina to Philadelphia the snow fall was enormous, in many places attaining a depth never before recorded. Eastern North Carolina and Eastern Virginia were smothered der a great white blanket such as the oldest inhabitant could ntit recall an equal.

In Richmond and Roanoke there was ten to twelve inches of snow. Washington had 27 inches and more inches, these two cities being in the centre of the storm. AI Philadelphia the snowfall declined 114 about ten inches. West of the Blua Ridge mountains the storm was not at all severe, only four or five inches of snow falling in Shephcrdstown. All 5 railroad travel was blocked in Wash.

ingmn and Baltimore, the trolley linesi were tied up and the highways clos, ed. By Monday travel became nor mat ukuiii iransporiation was restored. 11 Mr. Chas. D.

Wysong and Mrs. Frank Lyne left last Saturday morning tor Baltimore, the former to spend the week-end with Mrs. Wysong and Mrs. Lyne to visit friends. When they started from Shcpherdstown they knew nothing of the terrible storm that was raging eastward, but by the time they got to Washington Junction thev be, gan to see something of it.

Their train was late reaching Washington, and it took about three hours to make i the run of forty miles on to Baltimore. They arrived in Baltimore about Ave o'clock, and found that city covered with a foot and a'-half of snow, with great drifts in some of the streets and no cars running. They were 1 fortunate enough to get a taxi, and Mrs. Lyne was able to reach the home of her aunt, Mrs. McClcary, while Mr.

Wysong eventually found relatives. He wa9 not able to get to wheTe Mrs. WySbng is staying until Monday afternoon. They say that they have never seen such a remarkable snow storm, and they counted themselves i very fortunate to get to their destinations. Many persons had to re, main in the stations all the stalled street cars served as hotels Saturday night.

Mrs. Lyne returned on.Tuesday and Mr. Wysong was 1 expected last night. If you want the best advertising and the most attractive sale bills, have your work done at the Register office. Boswell has Lord Calvert what you have been reading about.

$1 50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE. NEW VOL 57--No. 5. THE PINS HIIjLS UOAD. I A road engineer in writing to the Pegister recently in protest against the remarkable decision of the State rtoad Commission locating the pfcS 1 S's'e road between Martin burR and Charles Town by way of tlu i'inc of Berkeley county, makes this statement: "The on'y permanent thing about road is its locution.

Let us try get" that right." The commission has as its Hrst step in this section of the State made a wrong location. No matter' how much money may hereafter be1 spent, the locatton of the road will' always be it shall bo changed to a route satisfactory to ar I least a fair proportion of the people Our correspondent very truly that having carefully studied the pbscd route between Martinsburg and Charles Town, he has arrived at the conclusion that it will not meet the needs bf cither local or through traffic in the most practical manner." Why, then, has the commission made such a selection? It is by long odds the mbst costly route that could been chosen, so economy could not be inc reason, accommodates a of persons than any route that wa9 suggested, for mucK tof the road is through a barren sparsely settled section of country, the fine Hills of Berkeley county being notoriously poor. There is not one first-class farm between Martinsburg and the Berkeley county line, with pbssibly one except, tion, though the good roads law that in selecting a route due ation shall he given to sections. The law says that the commission shall give due consideratibn to im portant cities and towns, facilities of transportation and commercial In this case the commission has re-' versed the law. It avoids Shepherdstown, the second largest town in the ctounty; it ignores Shenandoah June, tion, the most important railroad center in the county; in fact, in the en-, tire distance between Martinsburg and Charles Town it goes near but one vil- lage, Kearneysvillc, passing along its southern border.

By selecting the obscure Pine Hills. the commission disregards the main traveled roads, with their solid roadbeds and wide right-of-way and ex'ccllent alignment, that have been used for a hundred and fifty years, and which could be converted into firstclass highways at a minimum cost. It loses the opportunity to connect Shepherdstown with the magnificent system of State roads of Maryland and Pennsylvania leading North and East An apologist for the commission says that it has selected the Pine Hills route so as to avoid railroad ciossings. It has not escaped them. There are two branch lines to be crossed near Martinsburg, the main line of the Norfolk Western, the Valley Branch of the B.

and the Belt Line in Charles Town. Besides, for what it will cost to bridge the Opequon and make the necessary fills at Riley's Ford, it is i probable that every crossing on the Shepherdstown route could either be bridged or tunneled by permanent construction. Dr. Stephenson is the Democratic member of the board. We do not charge that partisan politics influenced the board's do not believe that this is the case.

But we do think that he ought to have been more regardful of the interests of Jefferson ume cwc inmo 01 uemocracy in West Virginia. The State Road Commission has made a wrong decision in the selection of the Martinsburg-Charles Town route. It selected the location without having gone over the ground. It ought to do the right thing and change the route so unsatisfactory to the people of this section. New Electric Signal.

1 Electrician Fisher is installing for testing purposes a new electric device at the Norfolk Western Railroad crossing Main street in Shepherdsfgvn. As a train approaches creasing the signal swings around and shows the word "Stop," while a red fight Rashes off and on. When the train has passed, the signal swings back tout of sight, showing that the crossing is safe. This new danger signal is being installed here for testing purposes, and it is understood that if tt is satisfactory a number of them will be bought and installed along the raihoad..