Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1913-03-06
LITTLE LOCALS.

urday 10 James "A. Robinson al SlUI pei
acre. The place contains 240 acres.
The friends of Miss Marguerite Bill
myer gave her very pleasant surprise
party last Friday night The guests were
made welcome by the hostess. and the
evening was spent delightfully."- in playing
cards, dancing and singing.
The case of Claude w. Stewart, in
dicted for setting fire 10 the Stewart We
hicle Company's plant in Martinsburg.
came I'D last week in the Berkeley Cir
cult Court. On a technically the trial
was postponed until the April term oil
court.
Hon. C. Nj. Wetzel, OF Jefferson coun-
ty, will, il is said, be candidate for ap-
pointment to the Office of Assistant Sec
rotary of the Treasury under President
Wilson. Mr.. Wetzel held a federal ap-
pointment under the second Cleveland
administration in Washington.
Miss Lou Mann announces Wednesday
and Thursday of next week, March 18th
and 18th. as opening days at her millinery
store. She will on that date show the
newest and prettiest styles in ladies'
headwear, and she invites everybody to
come and look at the display.
After depending on steam engine ever
since the elevator was built many years
ago, ten-horse- power electric motor
has been installed at Hodges elevator in
this place, and the old engine has been
discarded. The new motor carries the
load in fine style. All over town where
power is used the electric motor IS dis
placing the steam engine.
Chas F. Byers is erecting new build
ing on his property on Princess street,
which he recently purchased from Samuel
J. Hodges, and will use it for his imple-
ment and machinery business. The
building is two-s story frame one, cover
ed with metal, and is % feet wide by "a
feet deep. 1t is being built by J. r
Stanley, OF the Kearneysville neighbour
hood.
March came in like lamb. The morn
ing OF the first was rather cloudy, but IN
the afternoon the sun came out and the
dir was mild and balmy, with hardly a
breath OF air stirring. February was a
very unusual month, the weather having
been exceptionally mild. There was
scarcely any snow and few days when
The thermometer got down TO the freez-
ing point.
Messrs. Thompson & Carter, who have
been conducting the Entler Hotel in Shep-
herdstown the past year, have concluded
10 retire from the hotel business. The
new owners OF this hotel, MeSSrs. M. b
Baker and E. H. Remnant, have had an
architect here looking over the property,
and expect to make extensive improve
ments to the hotel. They are now look
ing for a new proprietor Tor the hosiery.
The annual corporation election will be
held in ShepherdStoWn next Monday,
March 10th, when mayor, recorder ana
live coun linen are TO be chosen. Only
about $50 persons have qualified them
selves to vote by paying their poll tax
something like hundred having failed
TO pay up. Only seven of the colored
voters got their tax tickets, nobody hav-
ing made bid for the votes OF the col
ored brother this year. An excellent
ticket is announced in another column Of
this paper.
The agility of Express Agent Francis
Wilmington and his father, Mr.. Edward
Wilmington. saved their lives al Kedr-
neysville the other night when No. 7
went by that station on the eaSt-bound
tack. They were loading express on
No. IS, which was on the freight track,
whenthe fast train came by. The express
agent jumped in No. 1875 baggage car,
while his father hastily clambered beneath
that train. The express truck, on which
were three crates OF chickens, was torn
10 pieces and nearly all the chickens were
killed.
Our old friend Billy Rice. of Berkeley
county, formerly of this vicinity, in re-
newing his subscription writes us as fol-
lows: al will settle for the Register be-
lore President Wilson takes charge OF the
government, as some folks say that there
will be no money after that time, even to
pay the editor suppose, though, that
you can get along better without the mon
ey than can without the Register, as it
comes next to my Methodist Prayer
Book still have warm spot in my
heart for old ShepherdStown and its peo-
pie, and am often made sad when the pa
per brings me news OF some old friend
crossing the dark river. AM Still super
intendent OF a Methodist Sunday School at
Bedington, Democratic justice of the
peace in Falling Waters district, and
spent four weeks in the campaign 10 help
rid our State OF tire water. cannot get
along without the RegiSter-it helps a
man along over the rough places in lie. "
Public Sales.
We call attention TO the following pub
lie sales which are now or will be adver-
tiSed i'm the Register.