Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1910-04-28
LITTLE LOCALS.

pretty nearly all of it sank into the ground
to repleniSh the subterranean reservoirs.
Fred Legge, one of our former Shep-
herdstown boys who is now student at
the Virginia Polytechnic Institute at
Blacksburg, made fine record in ath-
letic sports last Saturday at the field-day
exercises. He won the all-around cham
pionship prize, having carried off first
honors in several events.
In game OF baseball here last Satur-
day, Shepherd College was defeated by
Berkeley Springs by a score of to 5.
Up to the seventh inning Our boys had the
game all their own way, but then the Wis
itorS piled up number OF runs and took
the backbone out of the locals, who failed
to recover the lost ground.
Rev. and Mrs James T. Williams have
announced the approaching marriage of
their daughter, Alma Lee, to Mr.. Melvin
Talbot Strider, the wedding to take place
in the Methodist Episcopal Church South
in Romney, w. Va, on May oath. Mr..
Strider, the son of Mr.. and Mrs. N. s.
J. Strider, is well-known young bust
ness man of Charles Town.
Secretary E. T. Licklider informs us
that the officers of the Morgan's Grove
Fair Association have just paid $500 on
the debt owed by the association, which
brings down the obligation to $500. There
is still money in the treasury, and the
whole debt could have been paid, but the
officers thought they had better keep a
fund on hand in case of emergency.
Our friend VIM. H. Martin has bought
himself a boat and put it in the river at his
place above town. Mr.. Martin says that
he expects to catch more fish this summer
than he can make use of, and he will
supply hotels and boarding houses with
the surplus which leads us to remark
that he has never matched his wits against
the willy bass that inhabit the Potomac.
J. H. Leblanc, one of the Registers
friends at Ridgeley. w. Va, has the right
idea. In sending description he sug-
geStS that we use oney TO buy gaso-
line so that we cal avel around in our
automobile and cole from delinquentS.
All out-of-town subscribers will please
follow MIR. LeDane's example, and we'll
get barrel of gasoline for this purpose.
Director James II. Stewart, of the Ex-
pertinent Station at Morgantown, was
among the visitors TO Shepherdstown last
Friday. MIR. Stewart, who made brief
address at the Round Table meeting, said
that the Jefferson county fruit growers are
doing excellent work in spraying, and
predicts that our orchards will soon be a
most important feature OF rural business.
H. A. Clipp, who last year farmed the
Baker place near Leetown, has moved to
Loudoun county, Va, where hewill have
charge OF the fruit farm Of Lawrence R.
Lee. Mr.. Lee has bought several hun
bred acres of land near LeeSburg, where
he will establish very large orchards. He
has already planted sixty acres in apples,
and expects next fall to set out forty acres
additional.
There is every prospect OF an unusual
ly good crop OF fruit in this section, pro-
vided there is no unforeseen trouble be-
tween now and maturity. Pears, plumS,
etc. are we'll formed and are on the safe
side of ordinary weather. There is pros
pect of a good apple crop in this section,
and it is noticeable that many orchards
that bore well last year give promise OF
a good yield again this year, there being
an abundance Of bloom. News from the
peach-growing sections of Hampshire
county is to the effect that very large
yield of fruit is expected.
At special meeting OF the town coun-
eli on Monday night recommendation
for license TO keep aliquor saloonln Shep-
herdstown was granted to Hamilton &
Lane, of Berryville. They will have their
saloon in the Chapline building en- Main
street, where they conducted bar-room
a wear or two ago. This same firm made
application for alicenSe a couple fWeeks
ago. out was turned down at that time.
The reason for the change OF mind on the
part of the councilmen is not given. Two
members of the council, Messrs. Billmyer
and Weltzheimer, voted against the IL
cenSe Monday night.
Walton Morrow killed rare bird on
E. T. Licklider'S farm near town yester-
day morning. 1t was identified, with the
help Of Prof. w. M. Duke, OF Shepherd
College, as the black heron, which spends
its summers in Nova Scotia and winters
along the gulf OF Mexico. This fellow
was evidently on his way north when he
got bewildered and dropped off here,
probably Tuesday night, to meet an un-
timely fate. II is avery curious looking
bird, measuring about forty inches from
its toes to the end of its bill, and when
first seen on Mr.. Licklider'S place was
walking in afield with its head high in the
air. MIR. Morrow will have the bird
mounted by TaxidermiSt MichaelS.
The following deeds have been record
ed in the office of the Jefferson county
clerk: T. ]. Hoffman to George Fraley,
the Holman mill property, including four
acres of land, east OF ShepherdStown, for
800; J. B. Osbourn, executor OF Joseph
Engle, TO Blanche A. Brantner, 24O acres
% innd near Shenandoah Junction. SIG