Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1912-07-11
LITTLE LOCALS.

acres OF line young orchard in full bear.
ing. most eligibly located near Shepherds.
town, a short distance from railroad sta.
ton. Will be sold alta bargain. Inquiries
solicited.
The price of two or three bushels O
wheat will protect your entire crop agains
loss by fire or lightning for 60 or 90 DAYS
Phone us or drop US card and polio,
will be put in effect at once. F. w
Myers, 'Sub-agent. Washington, Alex.
ander & Cooke.
Little Miss Laura Hutton met with :
painful accident few days ago. While
she was playing about a pump at c. ]
Knots, near town, she caught one o.
her fingers in the gear and crushed il
quite badly. II is feared that il may have
to be amputated.
Small quantities of new wheat are COM
ing into market, and dealers are payins
95 cents bushel for it. The first cror
sold here was bought last Thursday b,
the g. T. Hodges firm at a dollar bush.
ell from Carter & Thompson. The yielt
was IA IL bushels to the acre.
d. N. Magruder, of San Francisco, for
merly of Kearneysville, this county, has
been appointed casualty manager for the
real estate and insurance firm of Johnson
& Temple at San Jose, California. We
are glad to note Mr.. Magruder's continu-
ed prosperity and business advancement
The plaintiffs in the case of Shipley VS.
the County of Jefferson, represented by
Geo. M. Beltzhoover, lr., and Faulkner
Walker & Woods, have been awarded Z
writ OF error by the Supreme Court o.
Appeals. There was in this case averdic
for s., 600, which was overruled on de-
mnrrer to evidence.
Agent E. B. Spedden, of the N. & w
Railway, has returned from his annua
vacation trip, which he spent principally
along the New England coast. He saw
many interesting sights, but says that thai
section is bit too dull for sporty man
In most of the places he visited it was sc
quiet he could hear his watch ticking ir
his pocket.
Capt. Geo. w. Graham, well-knowr
resident OF Harper's Ferry. has been ap-
pointed superintendent of Antietam Bat
tlefield. filling the place of the late c. w
Adams. Captain Graham's appointment
ii is said, was made at the solicitation o.
Senator Watson, OF West Virginia. He
will take charge at once. The position
pays ST 500 year.
The mercury has been hitting the high
places the past week and every day ha:
been sizzling hot one, starting in al
boiling point and keeping up steam al
day long. Each afternoon the thermom-
eter has registered 95 to 81 in the shade
at the Register office, and occasionally
touching 9S-blood heat. A shower yes
terday evening brought temporary relief
but this morning it seems as warm asev-
er.
Harry Mason, the thirteen-year- ole
Son OF Mr.. and Mrs. Elijah Mason, o
Berkeley county, was the victim OF
fatal accident Tuesday morning. He wa:
driving horse TO hay tedder on the
Faulkner-Bowers farm four miles from
Martinsburg, along the Winchester pike
| when the animal became frightened anc
ran away. The boy was thrown back.
ward into the machine, breaking his necl
and fracturins his skull. He was deaC
when MS oody was picked up.
Meat products will be relatively scarce
and high Tor years to come. Anima
ausbandry must be revolutlonized
Nearly every farmer should aim to raise
more cattle or sheep or hogs or poultry
| Crops marketed in the form OF farm-fet
meat products will yield the largest prof
its, says the Farm and Home. Ever,
farm needs the manure aud the bette
arning which follow scientific ANNA
huSDandry. The farm that keeps more
ind better stock is the one that will SHOW
the largest profits and pleasures.
Eloping to Hagerstown in an automo'
bile last Monday night, Mr.. Thornton
Tayloe Perry, Jr., of Charles Town, ant
Miss Lucille c. Scott, of Charlotte, N. G..
were married in the first-named city b,
Rev. DR.. ]. S. Simon at the parsonage o
Trinity Lutheran Church. The ceremony
was witnessed by Mrs. H. c. Getzendan'
ner and Miss Margaret Getzendanner
who accompanied the party. The
couple left Charles Town early in the
evening, and only few friends knew o
their intentions. They arrived in Ha'
gerstown shortly after 9 O'Clock, and
license was issued by Deputy CLERK
George Oswald, after which the couple
went to the parsonage. where the cere-
mony was performed. After the we'd
ding, they left for Charles Town to ask
for parental forgiveness. The bride is ar
attractive young lady from Charlotte, M
c.. who had been spending some time
with relatives in Charles Town.
Notes of the Churches.