Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1911-12-21
LITTLE LOCALS.

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ton the past week at from IL to IS cents
pound-according to how badly you
wanted one of the fowls.
A number of cedar trees were cut from
the Hollida place near Scrabble last week
and shipped to Baltimore for Christmas
trees. This is new business for this
section.
The lace store Of A. ]. Hannah, in
Martinsburg, was burned out Tuesday
morning, the fire having started from the
explosion of a coaloil stove. His loss is
placed at 1000, insurance 5000.
Col. K. o. Allen has sold TO Alexander
T. Jones, of Winchester, the farm known
as the Undertake farm, between Sum-
nit Point and Middleway. The place
contains III acres and the price paid was
$4,000.
The farm Of l37 acres that belonged to
the late Miss Margaret Knott, east of town
along the Potomac river, was sold at pub
lie sale last Saturday in this place. DR..
). T. Knott, whose farm it adjoins. bought
ii at $3.50 per acre.
During the holidays we will send out
accounts to those of our subscribers who
are in arrears. II you don't get your pa
per after the first Of January II will prob
ably be because you have not paid for it.
We hope everybody will square up.
Have you seen the DIXIE BOOK OF
DAYS, which is on sale at Owens & Mil
ler's2 This is considered the handsom-
est quotation calendar ever issued in the
United States. Il is edited by Matthew
Page Andrews, and retails at one dollar
the copy.
Senator Vim. E. Chiffon and Congress
man VIM. g. Brown delivered addresses
in Charles Town last Thursday night be-
fore the Red Mems organization of that
place. The distinguished visitors were
very cordially received by the people Of
Charles Town.
The Shepherdstown Graded School
will close its session Friday OF this week.
The holiday exercises Of the primary de-
partment will be held at $50 a. m. and
of the other part of the school at 1890.
School will resume its sessions on We'd
nesday, January Sd.
A number OF the members OF the Re-
formed Church descended on the parson-
age last Thursday evening well laden
with provisions of various sorts and filled
the pantry with good things-much to the
pleasure Of their pastor, Rev. ]. David
Miller, and his wife.
The sale of the house and let of the
Tenant heirs on Washington street and
of the McChan property on German street
did not take place as advertised, both
parcels being Withdrawn. They will be
put up again on Saturday of this week.
See advertisement in another column.
There was lively runaway in the west
end of town Tuesday afternoon. Alfred
Knode's three-horse team scared at M.
r. Moler's store and ran up the hill at
good speed and with lots OF noise from
the rafting wagon. They were caught
at the west end OF town before any dam
age was done.
At a recent communication OF Mt. Nebo
Lodge, No. 81, A., F. & A. NJ. the fol-
lowing officers for the ensuing year were
elected and appointed: ]. Hugh Miller,
w. NJ. F. w. Myers, S. W.; %. L. Spe-
row. J. w.; E H. Remnant, treasurer; F.
L. Weltzheimer, secretary; c. R. Owens
All f. L. Johnson, stewards.
Err. Carmichael, of Winston-Salem,
N. C., has been appointed as assistant TO
Agent E. B. Spedden and begins his
work in the N. & w. passenger station
here today. Robert Early, in charge OF
the freight station, leaves Friday for a
fifteen days vacation, and his place will
be taken by Relief Operator Harris.
Mrs. James s. Phillips was here from
Norfolk for a day or two last week. She
contracted with Alex Henson and Geo.
b. Entler to build a pretty little stone
bungalow on the fiftY-acre tract that she
bought few weeks ago from Mr.. Hen
son, a half mile west of town. II is to be
finished by next spring, and Mrs. Phillips
expects to occupy it next summer.
A very pretty wedding took place at
Shenandoah Junction on Tuesday at 100
p. m, when Mr.. Harvey Lee Molef, son
Of Mr.. and Mrs Newton Moler, OF Bak-
erton, and Miss Sadie V. Moler, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. William Moler, OF Be-
thesda, were united in marriage. Rev.
w. A. Lynch, OF the Methodist Church,
performed the ceremony. The bride
wore gray travelling suit, with black
picture hat, and carried white and pink
carnations. Immediately after the we'd
ding the happy couple left for Washing
ton, New York and other points East.
They will make their future home at
Brunswick, Nd, where the groom is an
employee of the B. & o. Railroad Com
pany.
There was good deal of excitement
among some of the folks living east OF
town last week over the finding of seven
huge box kites that were at first taken for
aeroplanes. L. V. Hause saw one OF the
queer objects lying in a field near his
house. He investigated the thing, which
he took to be flying machine, and then
looked around to see if he could discover
a dead aviator. He saw fine wire lead
ing across the field, and he found another
| of the objects, similar to the first. He
| followed on after the wire that stretched
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