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Newspaper
Shepherdstown Register
Location
Shepherdstown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1922
Page
1
The report details moonshine activity and trials in Charles Town and nearby areas. Key figures include Mrs Turner, Bruce Mueller, and others facing penalties for liquor production. Justice Baker presided, praising Mrs Turner for shielding her husband as officers uncovered stills and mash.
The Jefferson Circuit Court session led by Judge J M Woods overruled a motion in State v Francis Miller finding him guilty of selling moonshine with a three month jail term and $800 fine. J L Kindall was acquitted on moonshine making but faces a pending charge of selling liquor illegally. The court also confirmed sale of quarry equipment by Southern Limestone Company and issued an injunction to pause sale by John T Porterfield, trustee. Divorce actions between Brown and Goladay were continued for depositions, and a new trial motion in Coffman and Gilmore v Wall was overruled with a $931.48 verdict for Wall. Other cases, reconciliations in maintenance matters, jury scheduling changes, naturalization grants, and building loan by-laws issues were addressed. The grand jury investigated a New Louisiana lottery ticket sale charge against W L Fink but did not indict.
Otho Shepherd, Avilla farmer, hospitalized in Martinsburg after surgery, gains comfort as neighbors cut and shock his corn crop. Six men worked from dawn to noon repairing fields and aiding the family. Shepherd improves and hopes to return home within a week.
Construction accelerates from Sharpsburg to Shepherdstown with a new concrete section on Government Avenue and a hill road from the river bridge to Ferry Hill Farm under way. Contractors push toward finish before cold weather, highlighting local growth and a stationery sales push at Tyner mill papers.
Martinsburg area obituary notices list Mrs Martharginia Anderson of Berkeley County. Also reported are the deaths of Mrs Martha Riddle of Chambersburg and Colonel Lawrence Tierney, plus Wm A Sloniker. Orchard report notes a small apple crop after a spring freeze with York Imperials dominating, prices 75 cents to 1 dollar per hundred pounds, barrels 55 cents. News mentions Baltimore and Ohio Railroad freight car orders and Shenandoah Junction rail shelter debate.
A fragmented entry records a land sale near Washington involving buyers and sellers. It mentions parcels around ten nerves per acre, a price of about 100 dollars per acre, and connections to farm locations and individuals, but the details are unclear due to OCR errors.
A dense local update lists events from Shepherdstown and surrounding counties including trustees meetings, farm bureau talks, school and church activities, farm sales, and personal notices. It mentions a yearbook for 1822, hunting accident near Malluewk, road work on Shepherdstown to Charles Town pike, railway labor issues, civic meetings in Shepherdstown, and multiple marriages and social visits among Jefferson and Berkeley county residents.
The West Virginia Board of Public Works raised the Jefferson County Telephone Company's assessment by one third from 75,000 to 100,000. The revaluation aligns the tax base with the valuation for late-night purposes, allocating 65,000 to Charles Town and related districts and distributing 5,900 to Kabletown, 35,50 to Middleway, 21,800 to Shepherds Town, and about 11,500 to Harper's Ferry and adjacent municipalities.
A Woman's Club meeting is set for Friday at 2 o'clock in the club room. Mrs. Jarrett will discuss "Some Aspects of Democracy Illustrated by Shakespeare's Julius Caesar and The Enemy of the People" and all members are urged to attend.
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