Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1910-02-17
LITTLE LOCALS.

ing until Tuesday, when the snow began
to melt.
VIM. T. Brown. son of Mr.. and Mrs.
|. w. Brown, of this vicinity, who some
time ago entered the employ OF the B. &
| o. Railroad as clerk in the Cumberland
office, has been promoted TO the position
of material distributor.
H. L. Snyder & Co. have sold for DR..
Crawford M. Bowles, OF Altoona, Pa, his
house and lot at Bridgeport, opposite
! Shepherdstown, to F. L. Weltzheimer for
81, $50 cash. The place is occupied at
present by Mr.. Rowland.
Rev. E. T. Mowbray, of Hagerstown,
who was active in temperance work in
that place last fall, will deliver an address
in the town hall, Shepherdstown, next
Monday evening at 100 O'Clock. The
people generally are invited to attend and
hear an earnest temperance address.
Willis Skinner has leased the Entler
Hotel in Shepherdstown, and will take
charge the first of April. Mr.. Skinner
has been assisting T. A. Carter, the pres
ent proprietor OF the hotel, for several
years, and has had experience in this line
of business. We hope that he may be
successful in his management.
Our friend Jacob S. Osbourn, from
southeast Of town, gave us a basket OF
beautiful Black Twig apples OF his own
raising few days ago. Mr.. OSbourn
has an orchard OF 1000 trees, of which
one-thrd are the Black Twig variety,
which bore their first crop last fall. The
samples he gave us are hard to beat
Miss Nellie Sheetz, daughter OF Mr..
John NJ. Sheetz, of Pilot Grove, Mo-, and
Mr.. Jesse Chamberlain, inspector OF brld-
ges for the ArteSian Belt Railroad, OF Tex
as, were married January 18th at the home
of the brides father in Pilot Grove, by
Rev. w. D. Kelley. The bride is most
estimable young lady, and is niece OF
Misses Bette and Katie Sheetz. She Wis
itedhere several years ago, and the friends
she made in ShepherdStown wish her
much happiness.
The editor of the Register has shaved
o'fthe muStache that has adorned his face
for-oh, well, say about thirty years, and
he has had TO listen to many reprehenSible
comments concerning his personal APP
pearance. While he admits that he is not
What might be called handsome, never
theleSS he thinks that there is no occasion
for the scandalous criticisms to which he
has been subject and there's going to be
trouble if some of these odious compan-
sons are continued.
Capt. H. c. Getzendanner, of Charles
Town, who with his wife is in Hot Springs,
Ark, writes us about tina jlmous resort.
He says: This is truly wonderful health
resort. The beneficial action of the
waters are almost nIarveloL; have now
taken the sixth bath, and ieel fit to lick
my weight in wild catS-even Terrapin,
Neck wildcats. DR.. NELL and J. A.
Thomas are also making satisfactory i'm
provement. The charges here for the
baths are very reasonable, from So to $40
tor q baths, and this includes fees of at
tendantS."
From the Pilot Grove (MoJ &ecor~
we take the following item concerning
former resident of this vicinity; George
r. Needy celebrated his nth birthday at
the home OF his son, James F. Needy,
south of Boonville, on New Years day,
1910. All his sons, Jas. F., VIM, Samuel
and Holland were present, except Philip,
who lives in West Virginia 1t was re-
union greatly enjoyed by this aged father,
surrounded by his four Stalwart sons. He
is hale and hearty and bids fair to live
many years yet" Mr.. Needy is broth
er of H. F. Needy, ofShepherdstown, and
has many old friends here who extend to
him good wishes.
The Martinsburg City Council has re-
fused to grant franchise to the WincheS-
ter and Washington City Railway Com
pany, whose plant is at Millville, this
county, to furnish electric current for
lighting and power in Martinsburg The
council declined on the ground that the
company hasn't sufficient power to sell to
make its entrance into the city worth
| while, but the real reason is said to be to
prevent competition with the MartinSburg
electric company. The Winchester COM
pany offers to give bond that it will be
able to furnish ample current, and there
is probability Of lively contest
DR.. d. w. Border, the well-known
fruit grower of the Kearneysville vicinity,
has done something new 70 fruit growers
in this section. He has leased an orchard
of60acreS on the south side of the main line
OF the B. & 0. Railroad near Kearneys-
vile to John II. Baker for a term OF
twenty years. The orchard is now i'll
bearing, having yielded fair crop last
year. Hail OF the crop each year is to 90
to the owner OF the orchard. One-half OF
the spraying material and also half of the
barrels or boxes for the shipment of fruit
are to De supplied by him. Mr.. Baker,
the lessee, is given an option to purchase
the orchard at $500 per acre at any time
during the life OF the lease.-AdVOcate.
We take pleasure in adding to our sub
scripton list this week the name of John
II. LeatherS, Esq, president OF the Louis
vile National Banking Company, OF Lou
isvile, Ky Mr.. Leathers is an old JET
ferSon county boy, having been raised in
Middeway, but has lived i'll Louisville
since the close ofthcCivil War During that
great struggle he was faithful soldier in