Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1915-02-18
LITTLE LOCALS.


The town clock took a brief running
spell this week and advanced from fif-
teen minutes Of one 10 five minutes OIL
eight. Why not treat il to little. lubri-
eating oil or something?
The girls sorority had very delight
full party last Saturday night al the home
OF Miss Elizabeth Banks. Ii was attend
ed by large number ofyoung ladies' and
gentlemen OF the community.
The clearinghouse and lot At Kear-
neysville formerly owned by Mrs. Ru-
hama Licklider, deceased, was sold at
public sale last Saturday. T F. Ham,
mond was the purchaser at 81 200.
Mrs. George D. Baungardner, an es-
Unable lady OF the Halltown neighbor-
hood, submitted 10 a serious operation in
the Charles Town hospital a few days
ago. She is now said TO be getting along
very well.
All OF the property that was formerly
owned by the defunct Jacksonville I'M
provement Company at Shenandoah juno
ton has been sold TO c. w. HenShaw for
$1,000. There are about 90 acres ofland
in all, including a number of houses and
lots.
ShepherdStown has a wireless tele-
graph station. DR.. q. w. Banks and
Walter Winters have rugged up an ap-
paratuS at the home OF DR.. Banks, and it
is working all right as a receiving station.
Messages have been caught from Phil
adelphia and New York, and one from
far-away Key West was intercepted.
George w. Billmyer will open RousS
Racket Store in the Billmyer store-room,
next to the Farmers Bank, within the
next week or two. The goods are now
being received, and as soon as they can
be made ready and the room put in order
the store will be opened TOR business.
We hope that Mr.. Billmyer will prosper
IN his new venture.
The wheat market has been vibrating
the past week, one day having dropped
nine cents buShel, though this loss was
partially regained. Today the price is
four cents less than last Thursday, our
local dealers offering Sl.52 this morning.
While the market was webbing this week
a number OF persons in this straightforward
who had been holding their wheat de-
cided TO sell, and good deal was I'M
loaded at $l.55 buShel. There is still
considerable quantity OF grain here, how
ever, as some folks have an idea that it
may 60 to 81 bushel. Corn is still 50
cents.
J. Harry Hollida'S public sale at Scrab-
bic last Thursday was attended by an
unusually large crowd of persons and fine
prices were realized for the property
sold. Auctioneer Dodd said that the
crowd looked as if Scrabble was having
a home coming day. Horses sold up to
$lS7, COWS up to SIS; sheep averaged SO
each and buck sold at SIS; corn brought,
a dollar a bushel; harness and nipple
mentS sold at unusually good prices, in
some cases bringing more than Mr.. Hol-
Ida had paid for them new. Mr.. Hollida
says that advertising in the Register does
the work
A friend informs us that there are some
inaccuracies in the account published in
the Philadelphia papers, and repri lted in
the Register last week, OF the marriage OF
| Mr. T. + Cornish and Miss Emma K.
Strijer. Instead OF having occurred a
year ago, the marriage took place about
| two years ago and there was no particular
| seCresY about it, though il was a quiet
wedding Their little son, Thomas Talbot
Cornish, was baptized last fall atthe home
OF his grandfather, N. S. J. Strder, in
Charles Town, the occasion being made
one OF happy family rejoicing. We are
Informed that the illness OF Mr.. Cornish
was not as serious as reported by the
papers.
The Potomac Bus Line, of MartinSburg,
has started its automobile service between
that place and Shepherdstown, The first
run having been made on Monday. A
Ford Car is now carrying the passengers,
but buses specially built will be put in
service about March 18th. Under the
schedule the first car leaves MartinSburg
at 8 30 a. m, stops at VancleveSville at 9
O'Clock, and reaches ShepherdStown at
9.35; returning, it leaves ShepherdStown
9 IS a. m, VancleveSville 1915, and ar
riveS at Martinsburg at 10 50. The sec
ond car leaves Martinsburg at 3 p. m,
VancleveSville 3 30, ShepherdStown 4 05
and goes on TO Sharpsburg, arriving there
at 4.25; it leaves Sharpsburg at 8 p. m,
Shepherdstown go, VancleveSville5 80,
arriving at MartinSburg at6.20. The fare
between Shepherdstown and MartinSburg
is 80 cents, Is cents fer the round trip.
There will be a couple Exchanges in the
woi king force ofthe ShepherdStown post
office the LIST OF March. Assistant Post
master VIM. T. McQuilkin, who has been
on duty since the Office entDemocratlc,
has resigned and will give his entire at
tention to the management OF his farm and
orchards. J. C. Fultz, who has been in
the Office for a number OF years, having
served under Postmaster Mundey all the
time the latter held the office, will also
retire the 1st OF March. r. Lucien Rein
hart has been sworn in as assistant post
master, and Miss Mabel Reinhart, daugh
fer of Postmaster Remnant, will be ap-
pointed to a clerkship. She has been
rendering efficient help in the office, and
will be an excellent clerk. K. Lucien