Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1912-08-22
LITTLE LOCALS.

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further.
A son was born on Saturday last to Rev.
and Mrs. Henry w. Tiffany, at their home
at West onion, w. Va. The youngster
weighed nine and half pounds, and both
he and his mother are doing well. Mrs.
Tiffany was Miss Carrie B. Engle before
marriage, and daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Jesse A. Engle, of the Bakerton vicinity.
Judge Faulkner has rendered decision
constituting the will CT the late Josiah H.
Alexander, of Hedgesville who after MAX
ing number of requests to various in
stitutions left the bulk of his estate to the
county of Berkeley for the use of the poor
the county. The county will receive up
wards of $4,000.
The installation of new equipment in
the Halltown paper mill, which has been
in progress for several weeks has been
completed. A new system of dryers has
been put in, increasing the capacity of
the plant from 30 to 80 per cent, without
requiring any increase in the working
force employed. The new machinery
was started up last week.
Deputy Marshal Brown wentto Charles
Town on Thursday and took into custody
Frank Patterson and Mort Fuller, color
ed, both charged with bootlegging. The
charge against Patterson is an old one, he
having been in the u S. Court once be-
fore in answer to it. Fuller, it seems,
has only recently entered the profession.
Both men were taken to MartinSburg for
| ahearing.
A stereoptican lecture on Japan will be
delivered in the Methodist church at
Uvilla on Tuesday, August q, 1912, at
O'Clock, by Rev. T. Murata, native Jap
aneSe student OF Vanderbilt University,
on Japanese manners, customs, sceneries
and the missionary activities, with special
stress on the inadequacy Of the native re-
igion. Come and hear this interesting
lecture. Admission Is c. children l0c.
Mr.. Geo. w. Johnson, of Parkersburg,
w. Va, who in association with his
brother-in-law, Mr.. ThoS. o. Everhart,
has been operating stock and dairy
farm near Kearneysville, this week
shipped two carloads of Jersey cows
from the Kearneysville farm to farm he
has recently bought near Parkersburg.
Along with the shipment Of cattle was
number of purebred Berkshire hogs that
will also be used in stocking the ParkerS-
burg farm.
The "Junior Editor" is welding the
editorial pen again this week and we hope
that you are pleased with the paper. 1t
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Miss Edith Lillian Lee Shaffer, daugh-
ter of Mrs. j. w. Thomas, OF Martinsburg,
and Mr.. Frank F. Clendening, OF near
Charles Town, were married last Friday
in Martinsburg by Rev. w. d. McCurdy.
The wedding was surprise to their
friends for it was to have taken place in
October. Mss Shaffer is sweet and
charming young lady and has many friends
aud admirers. Mr. Clendening is a rail-
way mail clerk, running between Wash
lngton and Pitts burg. He is graduate
of Shepherd College and his many friends
here join us in wishing him long and
happy married life.
Judge Keedy will hear on Aug. q, go
a. m, in Hagerstown the remonstralce
filed in the matter of the application for a |
liquor license by Alton Payne at Sandy
Hook. The petition alleges that Payne's |
application does not sufficiently describe
the place Of sale that no building is on
the land where Payne proposes locating |
his saloon; that Albertus Spencer, whose
license was recently revoked, is to have |
an interest in the saloon; that Mary E.
Spencer, offered as security on Payne'S |
bond, is not bona fde owner ofreal es-
tate worth, above encumbrances $1,000. |
T. A. Poffenberger is attorney for the |
proteStees.
The postoffice and express office at
Kearneysville was robbed Saturday night |
last. Entrance to the building was ef-
fected by breaking the tranSom over the |
door. Chicken crates and egg boxes |
were piled up in front of the door to |
furnish the robbers an easy way to get
through the transom. Once inside, they |
broke open quantity of mail evidently |
in search for money. Some postage |
stamps and cash, all amounting to about |
twelve dollars in value were all that were |
missed from the poStoffice when an ex-
animation of the place was made Sunday |
morning. From the express office, it is
believed that number Of packages were
stolen.-Adp0cdte.
The executive committee OF the Jeffer-
son County Camp, U. c. ", Col. R. P.
Chew presiding, met Monday and deter
mined to have big reunion and basket
picnic again in the grove north of Charles |
Town, fixing upon Saturday, August 81,
as the date for the grand occasion. A
committee of arrangements was appoint
ed consisting of S. c. Young, chairman,
and Messrs. John T. Colston, Geo. H.
HaoIev = Frank Gallaher John F. Foley