Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1912-02-15
LITTLE LOCALS.

L lNSAt thNoddJ VIII VIC OtIiOtC IuCSudH
and the following day Ash Wednesday,
the beginning of Lent. Easter falls on
April It'll.
Mrs. @. w. Banks entertained NUM-
Der of her friends at Give Hundred"
party Tuesday night. The evening was
one of much pleasure to all who were
present.
If you only buy $3.50 pig at Van
Metres sale, you get fair chance on a
half-ton of Alfalfa hay, which will not cost
you penny.
In the Circuit Court at Charles Town
yesterday decree wa, entered for the
sale of the house and lot of S. Fleming,
deceased. Advertisement will appear
next week.
Goto Clarence B. Clipp's sale for heavy
draft young horses, cows, and young,
thrifty shoats that will make good killing
hogs, also a fine lot of poultry-on Feb
ruary 9th.
The real estate of the Jacksonville
Improvement Company at Shenandoah
Junction was sold at public sale last Sat-
urday by special commissioners. and was
bought by Gerard D. Moore for 5000.
H. L. Snyder & Co. have for sale very
desirable residence on Main street, Shep-
herdstown, at a reasonable price. Sub
Stanial brick dwelling in desirable loca-
ton, just the thing for nice home. APP
ply al once.
A new advertiser makes his appearance
in the Register this week-Wm. P Eas-
terday, OF Charles Town, who makes
specially of heating and plumbing and
other work OF similar character. READ
his advertisement in another column.
The Jefferson County Telephone Com
pany has recently installed telephones for
Miss Annie Lickllder, in town, Robert L.
Emory, west of Town, Joseph E. Byers,
south of town, and Richard Daley, east
of town. ST. Lemen will have phone
put IN his meat shop in few days.
A thief, perhaps two of them. made
laid on Ferry Hill farm, opposite town,
Tuesday night, and stole from II. F.
Needy, Jr., several chickens, lot of corn
and four pairs OF butt chains. Mr.. Needy
tracked the thief in the snow as far as the
railroad track, and has some hope offind-
ing out who he is. He says, however,
that he will let him enjoy his corn and
chickens if he will bring the chains back.
There was lucky accident on the Nor
FOLK & Western Railway last Thursday
night. A double-hea freight train was
running north, when one of the cars
jumped the track near the high bridge al
ohepherdstown and ran along the ties
almost as far as Antietam Station. There
was no damage done, except that the
wheels cut the heads off OF almost every
spike on the track. Section men were
called out, but trains just crawled along
The road for the ensuing six or eight hours.
On the first page OF the Register this
week may be found an advertisement OF
the Southern States Mutual Life lnSur-
ance Company, showing the growth and
standing of this most excellent concern.
The fact that this is home company
ought to enlist the interest of the people
Of West Virginia, and when its financial
stability and wise management are also
considered it should have the first call on
the support of our people. 1t is grow
ing concern-growing in strength and
popularity.
MeSSrs. Geo. w. Johnson and I. o.
Everhart, proprietorS of the Rockdale
Jersey Farm at Kearneysville, this coun-
ty, are planning for the addition OF some
very notable thoroughbred animals to
their live stock now on hand. Mr.. John
son is arranging for the importation direct
ly from the Island OF Jersey OF fifteen OF
the very best COWS available, and will
also import from The home of the Berk-
shire hog half dozen OF the best sows.
lie has just closed deal with Mr.. Lip
Dincott, of Lima, Ohio, for boar valued
at ST 900 and two or three high-grade
sows. Other valuable live stock will be
added during the next six months. A
substantial part of this high-grade live
stock will be exhibited next fall at the
Morsan'S Grove fair. Both Mr.. Johnson
and Mr.. Everrar are anxious to have the
Armers OF Jefferson county profit by the
introduction OF these splendid animals,
and hope that our people will be inter
ested enough to encourage the efforts
that are being made along these lines.
When the present plans shall have been
carried out, it is confidently believed that
there will be no better herds OF Jersey
cattle and Berkshire hogs in America
than those at Rockdale Farm.
John Herbert and Edward Mitchell, two
Charles Town negroes who were winter
ing in that popular resort, Hagerstown,
perpelrated "a bold crime in that city
couple of weeks ago. They held up an
elderly gentleman on the street early in
stole the very hat Oft OF his head. They
the night and not only took his money but
we're arrested and lodged in the capa-
cious but always crowded Jail. Tuesday
morning when the turnkey entered their
section of the Jail to perform his usual du-
ties Herbert and Mitchell fell upon him
and beat him severely, took his keys from
him, unlocked the jai! doors and scooted
Tor freedom. 1t was mighty cold weather
| to be scouting in an unfriendly country
and the escaped prisoners had very thin
clothing, but they took to the hills and
struck southwark. They made their way