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Newspaper
Shepherdstown Register
Location
Shepherdstown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1922
Page
5
Keysta I L Snyder, editor and publisher, is noted in the Western Maryland publication record as leadership in ongoing press operations. The note highlights editorial role and publication responsibilities within the regional newspaper context.
A 1922 report notes House focus on anti lynching legislation amid court conflicts. It highlights the Baltimore Sun attack on the Supreme Court over liquor rulings. The piece covers West Virginia Wesleyan College student emphasis, Babe Ruth fame, and a critique of rail road unions pushing shops to private contractors, with Western Maryland and Buffalo shops moved to private firms, risking jobs and costs.
In a vivid reminiscence the author recalls Shepherd College boys adopting uniforms after St John’s Academy visitors arrived, stirring President McMurran and faculty to organize a new company. The piece recalls officers, drill, Governor Jacobs visit, and the town’s reaction, with portraits of Baker, Seymour, Ed Billmyer, and others, plus wedding notices and upcoming local sales.
In Jefferson Circuit Court trials were postponed due to cold weather. Henry McGurrick pleaded guilty to keep a Neuse in Charles Town, with sentencing pending. A single jury trial heard about the Doubleday Fire Company case. Three divorces were granted with varying outcomes. Marie Stutrer faced a trial, and Joseph Nalley was acquitted of moonshine charges after a brief verdict. Sale of Berkeley Springs property continued with distributions to creditors. An estate petition granted Florence Lockhart Ha Lockart a lawyer’s fee and weekly support.
A sequence of property deals across Jefferson and Berkeley counties includes Joseph J. Turner selling a house and lot in Trussell's Addition to Shepherdstown for 2500 dollars. Mary E. McDonald and others selling lots in Charles Town for 500. Newton N. Baker Jr. selling a farm on the Jefferson Berkeley line for 15810. Louise B. Trapnell selling a house and lot in Charles Town for 8000. and other transfers involving Kable Town, Rippon, Bakerton, Harper's Ferry district, Halltown, and surrounding areas with various buyers and prices noted. The records show multiple parcels, parcels fronting roads, and a lien assumption in one case.
Classified notice seeks a May with cart for sale of Prietol Graham tires at 1300 dollars per game miscue. Location listed as A848 Boulevard Benton Warbar Mich.
Notes of the Churches report that the West Virginia Diocese of the Protestant Episcopal Church will not elect a Bishop Coadjutor this year. After unanimous vote at St Paul’s Church in Weston, finance committees were urged to plan funds of Episcopal and contingent accounts, including salary for a Coadjutor if decided later. Delegates to the Portland convention were named, with alternates listed, and several church events and appointments noted across the state.
The undersigned will sell at public sale at 1 pm in front of Odd Fellows hall on Saturday February 4 1922 a desirable residence on Main Street Shepherdstown comprising four two story dwelling houses with six rooms and hall and outbuildings. Lot fronts 27 feet 4 inches on Main Street and runs back 200 feet to the alley. Possession April 1 1923. Terms: one half cash, balance on time with option to purchaser. CHASM SHEETZ P Growl Auctioneer.
Fragmentary sale notice describes a rood limestone land parcel near church and farm buildings. It notes farm amenities, a quad community site, and terms of sale requiring one-third cash day of sale and balance in installment payments, with a deed of trust to secure the property. Administrator T. Knott directs proceedings dated 1224.
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