Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1902-05-29
LITTLE LOCALS.
The Things oflnterest that are Happening In
Our Nelghborhood and Elsewhere.

their conduct. The English sparrows
are killing thousands of them. The
minute a locust takes flight he is
pounced upon by sparrow and de-
voured.
Kent McCarty, of Stephens City,
Va, who visited the family of Rev. j.
C.Thrasher in Shepherdstown last cum
mer, was accidentally drowned last
week at McKeesport, Pa, where he
was attending school. He and anoth-
er boy were in boat in the river, and
in rocking it they upset it and both
were drowned.
The Republicans of Grafton and
Taylor county have endorsed Hon.
Ira E. Robinson for the State Senate,
and he will undoubtedly be nominated
and elected for the short term. Nj.
Robinson is a member of the Board Of
Regents of the Normal Schools and a
warm friend of Shepherd College, and
his friends here rejoice that he will be
in the Legislature.
DR.. W. L. Byers, of this place, who
recently took the examination before
the State Medical Board at Parkers-
burg, has received his diploma, ac-
companied by letter complimenting
him upon the excellent examination he
passed. DR.. Byers has located in
Shepherdstown for the general prac-
tice of medicine and special surgery.
He will have an Office in town and also
at Valley Rest.
Mr.. John Crowl and Miss Alice
Rutherford, two well-known young
persons of Shepherdstown, went to
Washington last Sunday, and while
they were in the city took opportunity
to get married. The ceremony was
performed by Rev. DR.. j. G. Butler,
of the Lutheran church. Mr. and
Mrs. Crowl returned to Shepherdstowp
the same night and surprised their
friends by announcing the matrimon-
ial news.
The company that owns most Of the
property at Bridgeport, opposite Shep-
herdstown, has sold to G. T. Hodges
the big frame house and lot that has
long been one of the landmarks at
that place. He paid $500 for the
property. Mr.. Hodges has not yet
made any definite plans as to his Pur-
chase, but he may develop it and make
it another thriving place of business
such as he has at various points in
this county.
Harry Marshall, who has been
supervisor on the B. & 0. Railroad,
with headquarters at Martinsburg,
has resigned that position to accept
place as assistant to President Daniel
| Baker, of the Standard Lime and
Stone Company. This is response
bic and desirable position and carried
a good salary with it. Mr.. Marshall
is one of the best of our Jefferson
county boys, and his friends here con-
graduate him on his success.
1t Is estimated that the wheat in
Jefferson county will make about
half crop. While the stalks as a gen.
eral thing are pretty short, they are
heading up nicely, and if June is
favorable the prospect will not be so
bad. There are some fields in the
county that will be hardly worth cut
ting, but there are fortunately not
many of these. 1t is said that Jeffer-
son has a much better prospect for
wheat than Berkeley has.
A. R. McCarty, of Mt. Union, Pa,
and H. w. Baird, of Cleveland, Ohio,
have been in Shepherdstown the past
week in the interest of proposed sys-
TEN of waterworks. They have looked
this territory over very carefully, and
think that it is practicable to install
waterworks in Shepherdstown at
price that will insure the soundness Of
the project. They have applied to
the town council for a franchise, and
advertise the proper legal notice in
the REGISTER this week. We hope
that these gentlemen may be encour-
aged to 60 ahead with their project,
and that the proposed Improvement
may become a reality in the near fu-
ture. We want to see our town have
all the up-to.date improvements that
we can afford.
Martinsburg had a political sensa-
ton last week Of an interesting sort.
Max Robinson, manager Of the Au-
burn Wagon Works and one of the
most respected business men in the
community, was a candidate for couu-
cilmen, and the men who are running
town affairs at present were deter
mined to beat him by hook or crook.
Postmaster Alex Clohan and Charles
Lamar, the leading Republicans, in
duced Miss Mabel Rinker to complain
before a magistrate that Mr.. Robinson
had insulted her. She is a telephone
girl, and said that ne had kissed her
and tickled her under the chin, He
emphatically denied her story, and
demanded a hearing. The evidence
was very shaky, and the magistrate
threw the case out of court. A night
or two afterward, William West, big
burly fellow, relative of the girl,
made brutal assault upon Mr.. Rob
inson, but fortunately did not succeed
in doing him much harm. They sue
ceeded in defeating Mr.. Robinson on
Monday, but there is a great under
current of indignation in Martinsburg
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