Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1913-06-26
LITTLE LOCALS.


On the first page Of the Register thi
week will be found digniied and poeli
State song written by Mr.. st. John Byel
OF Shepherdstown. Mr.. Dyer has ais
composed music for the song.
H. L. Snyder & Co. have for sale de
sirable and comfortable brick dwelling
house in Shepherdstown, in a pleasan
location, at the very moderate price O
ST $50. Inquire for particulars.
Miss Louise Welshans gave a very en-
ioyable party yesterday evening as ;
compliment TO her cousin, Miss Louise
Murphy, OF Baltimore. II was attended
by number of young folks of the town
Inspector ]. S. Lemen, of the Postof
flee Department, was in Shepherdstowr
last Saturday, looking into the matter o
securing bids for room for the postof.
flee. II is said that he has tour offers o
quarters for this purpose.
The river has been in fine condition
for fishing this week and bass have beer
biting well. A great many fishermen
have been after them, with varying luck
some catching fine strings, while other:
toiled all day and got nothing.
The Philip Welshans farm in Berkeley
county, sold last Saturday at public sale
in Martinsburg, was bought by Hunter
McKown, who paid $69.25 an acre fol
if. The place, which is considered one
OF the best farms in that section, contains
1872 acres.
The Shepherd turnpike, our finest ma
cadamized road, is sadly in need OF at
tention. Every rain now makes it worse.
and in some places the roadbed is down
TO solid rock. A small sum of money
properly spent in opening the drains
would save the road.
Rains every day this week have de-
layed harvest, which would now be
partly over if it had not been so wet.
Some little grain was cut Monday and
Tuesday, but most of the wheat is Still
standing. Some farmers say that the
wheat is not as good as they had expect
ed, while others are agreeably surprised
at the yield.
The late George S. Knott, who died a
few weeks ago, made no will, and his
estate will be divided among a large
number OF heirs-a sister and nephews
and nieces. 1t is thought that the estate
will amount to upwards OF $4,000.
VIM. ]. Knott, nephew. who has look
ed after his business for some years past,
has been appointed administrator.
Linemen of the Jefferson County Tele-
phone Company have about completed
the placing of another trunk line between
Charles Town and Shepherdstown, max
ing the third now connecting the two
towns. The third trunk now makes it
possible for any phone patron connected
with the Charles Town exchange to talk
direct TO Martinsburg without the neceS-
sity OF calling the ShepherdStown ex-
change.
The drought that had prevailed in this
section for some weeks was broken last
Friday, and on Saturday, Sunday and
this week there were additional showers
that were very welcome to farmers and
gardeners. Since then the young corn
has been growing splendidly. Very
heavy storms passed around to the north
Of this section Friday and Saturday. In
Maryland there was much damage by
wind, hail and lightning. In Frederick
coduty the loss to crops is estimated at
more than 100000. The wind and hail
simply ruined the wheat and corn from
to Mount Airy, distance OF
20 miles.
The ShepherdStown Fire Department
will 90 right along with the competition OF
its new building, and will have it ready
as soon as the work can be done. The
firemen have negotiated loan sufficient
to finish the structure, and are happy to
know that its completion will not be long
delayed. The quarters for the fire ap-
paratus, the room for the use the coun-
Gil and the public hall will be made ready
for occupancy as soon as possible. The
brick work has been practically compile
ted, and shows up very nicely indeed.
The building will be handsome and i'm
posing and credit not only to the fire
men, but the community in general.
And the hall is certainly needed.
Hog cholera has already set in for this
and for several weeks has been
killing off hogs in Charles Town district.
It is causing much worry to farmers and
stock raisers, who anticipate heavy losses
between now and butchering time. For
a long time there had been practical I'M
munity from hog cholera in this section,
but it has been raging for the past five or
six years, causing hundreds of thousands
Of dollars loss. No satisfactory cure has
yet been discovered for the disease, al
though the use of a serum gives fairly
good results, the cost, however, being
item. 1t is believed that
hog cholera in the United States last year
caused a loss OF almost 500, 1000.
This is one of the things accountable for
The high cost OF living.
Judge ]. M. Woods, of the Jefferson
Circuit Court, was in Charles Town on
Monday to hear evidence and argument
in the application for bail for E. q. Will
son, held for the grand jury on the charge
Of criminal assault. The State was repre-
sented by Prosecuting Attorney Geo. d.
Moore and Col. Forrest w. Brown,
while c. N. Campbell, of Charles Town,
and Clarence E. Martin, of Martinsburg,