Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1912-04-18
LITTLE LOCALS.

| ne Dill providing Tor government
building al Charles Town passed the Sem
ate on Monday. Charles Town ought to
have a public building OF this sort, and
we hope that the bill will get through the
House also.
The Shepherdstown Garage has sold
and delivered two more automobiles the
past week-an E. M. F. 30 to Alexander
Parks, of Martinsburg, and a Flanders
touring car to DR.. A. L. Grubbs, of Berke-
ley Springs.
Frank Ettinger and Miss Pauline Eutzey
both OF Martinsburg. eloped to Sharps-
burg last Sunday, where they were mar
RED. The young lady left home to 60 to
Martinsburg, but instead met her lover
and drove away.
Two of the classes of the Lutheran
Sunday School will have cake exchange
on Saturday at M. B. Bakers store. De-
licious home made cakes of every sort
will be on sale at reasonable prices.
Proceeds for the missionary cause.
The National Highway Garage has just
sold two big Especial" sc h. p. Maxw ell
touring cars, one each to Staley Bros.
and Frank r. McQuilkin. Three cars
were driven up from Washington We'd
neSday, the two specials and fore-door
Messenger.
Miss Jennie Hay Hullihen, daughter of
Rev. Walter Q. Hullihen, was married in
the Episcopal Church in Staunton, Va,
last Wednesday to Mr.. James ]. Marshall,
of Fauquier county, Va. The ceremony
was performed by Rev. c. E. A. Marshall,
formerly of Shepherdstown, whose wife
is sister of the bride.
Grading of the grounds in the rear of
Shepherd College is being pushed along.
The rock lodges are being blasted out and
the lot will be leveled and sowed down
in grass. Later, trees and shrubbery
will be planted and other Improvements
made. This will be beautiful addition
to the college property.
Miss Beulah E. McNemar, talented
West Virginia girl, OF Keyser, will read
"Mrs. Wigs OF the Cabbage Patch," in
the Shepherd College auditorium Friday
night of this week. This is a very de-
lightful sketch, and Miss McNemar reads
it cleverly. Admission Is cents. Read
ing begins at O'Clock.
Work is luxury now for Charles Nor
gan, one of our rural mail carriers. He
used TO be all day getting over his route,
but since he has been delivering mail in
an automobile he gets through between
one and two o'clock, and has his after
Moons for himself. The people also get
their mail several hours earlier.
There is some talk OF starting an in
dependent telephone system for Jefferson
and Berkeley counties. We do not feel
very enthusiastic over this proposition.
There's no real advantage in supporting
two telephone systems where only one
is needed. The Jefferson County Com
pany and IFS ally, the Bell Company, are
giving splendid service in this section,
and though they do not please all the
people, they come as near il as any other
company would.
The season is starting out with an un-
usual number of thunder storms. Mon
day evening quite severe storm passed
over this section, and the rain was &C
comnanied by considerable hail. A
bli ding flash OF lightning and terrific
peal OF thunder startled folks all over town
later il the evening. The electric lights
were Effected for short time, but were
soon in running order again. The con-
tinuouS wet weather has greatly interior
ed with the work OF the farmers. Prac-
ticaly no blowing has yet been done,
though it is time to betting ready for corn
painting.
The property on Main street, Shep-
herdstown, belonging to the McChan heirs
was sold at public sale last Saturday by
Special Commissioners Geo. M. Beltz-
hoover and James M. Mason, Jr. 1t was
purchased by H. c. Getzendanner for the
Jefferson County Telephone Company
for $1,000. We understand that it is the
intention of the company to tear down
the old building on the lot as soon as
possession is given and erect new
building for the exchange in this place.
The location is very desirable one for
this purpose. The price paid is regard
ed as a very reasonable one.
Now that the shrubbery is putting on
its spring garments, the effects ofthe I'M
usually cold winter are being manifested.
Much of the evergreen shrubbery has
been badly damaged, if not destroyed.
The box plants seem to have been par
ticularly hard hit. In Elmwood Gene
terry they are almost all brown and life
less, as though they had been scalded,
but it is hoped that they will eventually
put out new leaves. The Boston ivy has
been partly killed, roses have been frozen
right down to the ground, honeysuckle
badly hurt, the California privet hedges
killed, and many other shrubs and vines
seriously injured. We do not recall a
spring when more damage to shrubbery
was revealed.
William R. Alder, who a few weeks
ago moved with his family from Shep-
herdstown to Arkansas, travelled right
into trouble The place on which they
were located lies low, and just about the
time that they had gotten comfortably
settled in their new home the great flood
in the Mississippi river broke through
the leyee and submerged all that section.