Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1911-10-19
LITTLE LOCALS.


| Mr.. ]. d. Muldoon left last week for
Chenille, w. Va, where he has been
appointed a teacher in the State Normal
School. He had concluded not to take
up school work this year, but the Board
of Regents urged him to take the place.
In renting his subscription for another
year, r. H. Moler, of Palmyra, Va, writes
us: Continue the Register to my address
i cannot do without it. 1t is like visit
from brother or sister every week
from home. have been away from my
old home for 81 years, but | have found
no place like old Jefferson.
We submit TO some OF Our contempora-
ries that whiskey advertisements are very
much out OF place in family newspapers
published in "dry" communities. As for
the publishers who have been fooled in
to printing the insidious plate matter sent
out by the organized liquor interests
well, they ought to reform right away.
James L. Robinson, a Winchester fruit
grower, will net about s. a barrel for his
apples. They were sold at $2.65 barrel
to the BallSton Cold Storage Company,
which put up guarantee of $500 and
then afterward went back on the bargain,
FORGETTING the money. A few days ago
Mr.. Robinson sold his apples to William
Hartman, OF st. Louis, at $2.65 barrel,
so he is just s., 500 ahead on the deal.
There is an interesting exhibit of farm
and orchard products at Shepherd Col
lege just now, which has been gotten to-
gether by the students and arranged in
the main hall. The splendid apples for
which this section is famous are shown
up nicely, besides other fruits and farm
products Of unusual excellence. Princi-
pal Miller is deeply interested in this
work, and the exhibit is very pleasing to
him.
The hog cholera that has prevailed in
this section for the past couple of months
is spreading, and has gotten north and
west of town and is killing good many
hogs in Berkeley county. 1t is said by
some persons that the disease is not the
real cholera-they call il the hog measles.
Whatever name it goes by, however, il is
fatal to nearly all it attacks, and the loss
to farmers and others will run into thous-
andS of dollars.
ID. Wissler, OF Waynesboro, Va,
who few weeks ago bought from U. S.
Martin the latter's flour mill and residence
in Shepherdstown, has sold the entire
property back again to Mr.. Martin. Mr..
WissIer paid ST 900 for the property, but
what he sold it back for is not stated,
though it is considerably less than that
amount. Mr.. Wissler will remain here
for few weeks, when he expects to
move elsewhere.
John P. Kearfott, OF Kearneysville, is
making extensive improvements to. his
home at Kearneysvile. He is having an
up-to-dat hot-water heating system in
stalled, adding bathroom with modern
conveniences, and will put in an acetylene
lighting plant. Mr.. Kearfott's home is
already charming country place, and
these added comforts will make it one OF
the most desirable farm homes in this
section. J. N. Zinn & Co., Charles Town,
are doing the work.
Daniel Hines, one OF Sharpsburg's old
est residents, was in Shepherdstown last
week for briet visit. and he carried with
him an old-time umbrella of the sort that
is very rare now but extremely useful In
a rain, as it would amply protect three
or four persons. Mr.. Hines said that he
had owned the umbrella for 81 years,
and it is still good. He wore pair OF
"fine boots" which he said he had kept
as his best for q years. Mr.. Hines said
he believed in the good old things, even
to the old-time religion.
A very distressing tragedy occurred in
Martinsburg Saturday night, by which
Harry Lineberg, aged % years, lost his
life. The unfortunate man, who was for
merly B. & o. engineer, was walking
along the railroad track, when he caught
his foot in frog and was unable to ex-
tricate himself. A train came along be-
fore his cries for help could be heard,
crushing one leg off and severing his head
from his body. This was about midnight,
and his body was not found until an hour
or two afterward. His mother, who was
waiting for him to come home, heard his
cries, but had no idea II was her son I'M
til she learned that he was dead. He is
survived by his wife, from whom he was
separated, and one son. II IS said that
liquor was the direct cause OF his death.
DR.. ]. o. Knott, who for few weeks
past has been connected with the Wash |
ington Lumber Company as its fiscal
agent, with guaranteed salary and COM
missions, has been recently elected by
the directors of the company to the posi-
ton of general superintendent, on a very |
handsome salary. The company Is the
largest of the kind south of New York. |
1t is capitalized at $l,5OO,OOO, and will
deal exclusively In wholesale nlanufac-
ture Of lumber. II has immense tracts OF
timber land in Giles, Craig and Powhatan
counties, Virginia. The company has
just gotten control OF one of the national
banks Of Washington, D. C., with the
president of the Washington Lumber
Company holding prominent place in
the bank officiary. Dr. Knott has secured
a home in Washington on 18th street, n.
W., and seems to be congenially situated
both as to business and residence. The
appeal in the case of DR.. Knott will come
I'D soon in Nashville.