Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1915-02-04
LITTLE LOCALS.

WOund.
There will be a lively game of basket.
ball Saturday evening at Is in the gym
nasium between the Shepherd College
quint and team from Frederick. Ad-
mission Is cents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry J. E Thomas, Of
Sharpsburg, entertained a number oftheil
friends at a five hundred party last Sat-
urday evening. Among those present
were number OF their West Virginia
friends.
H. A. Tenant, who lad expected 10
move TO Richmond, Va, has decided 10
remain in Shepherdstown. He will GO
into business again, and it is said will
open harness shop in the Chase build
ing on Princess street.
The regular meeting OF the town coun-
Gil will be held next Monday evening,
when the application for franchise for
waterworks comes up. We hope that
our city fathers will offer every induce
ment TO The company, for this town needs
water above all things else.
We still have a few persons on our
subscription list who seem TO be OF the
opinion that the Register can live on air.
We insist that they are mistaken-it takes
cash TO run newspaper. Please pay
up what you owe, else we will have TO
cut your name off and send an officer
after you.
Tuesday night party OF thirty or forty
men enjoyed an old-fashioned chicken
soup at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. c.
Show. Better soup was never made, il
was voted, and this opinion was sub
stantiated by the manner in which it dis
appeared. Web Show was master OF
ceremonies and made firstrate engineer.
Mr.. John L. Burns, prominent farmer
OF the Ripon neighborhood, and Miss
Mary Elizabeth Huyett, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. L. X. Huyett, of the same neigh
borhood, were married last Thursday at
the home of the brides parents by Rev.
H. M. Moffett, OF the Presbyterian Church.
A large numberoi the friends OF the happy
couple attended the ceremony.
The new liquor law of West Virginia
is very diScouraging TO those who have
been bringing in supplies from HagerS-
town and Sharpsburg in suit cases and
other reCeptaCleS, for if they are caught
with more than two quarts in their pos
session, unless tits plainly labeled in large
letters, they are liable TO serious trouble.
The safest way to deal with liquor in
West Virginia is 10 let it alone.
We are sorry 10 learn that former Coun-
ty Commissioner Nelson T. Snyder, OF
the Shenandoah Junction neighborhood,
is in the hospital in Charles Town, where
he Incorporating from an operation. Nj.
Snyder has not been entirely we'll for some
time past, and Tuesday went to the hos
pital, where he submitted TO arather Seri-
GUS operation. His many friends SIN
cerely hope that he will speedily recover.
Charles F. Wean, % years old, OF Sum-
nit Point, this county, was found dead
under the home of d. r. Miller, in Min
eral county, West Virginia, near Pinto,
last Thursday morning. A note was
found under the door addressed 10 Grace
Baldwin, who is employed in the Miller
family, stating she would find him at the
water plug. Miss Baldwin had rejected
his attentions, and the authorities believe
Wean committed suicide.
VIM. H. Martin, who owns what was
formerly known as the lower Shepherd
farm, north OF town, was in Shepherds
town few days ago, and in J. M. RuSh'S
store remarked that he was celebrating
his S5'h birthday. Someone said that he
seemed unusually active for his age, and
he replied that he was even better than
he seemed. To prove his agility he then
and there stood on his head with as much
ease as an average boy could have done.
Mr.. Martin is certainly very remarkable
man for IS years Of age, for he is as active
and energetic as many men not half that
age.
In the Senate on Monday there was a
lively discussion over the passage Of the
primary election bill. Senator McCrum,
OF Preston county, declared that Con-
gresham Brown had spent five or six
thousand dollars on his election. where
upon Senator Kump,of Hampshire county,
stated that the sealskin people had con-
tributed large amounts 10 the campaign
of Geo. M. Bowers, Mr.. Browns OPP
ponent. Senator Hump said that in one
precinct alone in Berkeley county more
money had been spent in Mr.. Bowers
behalf than in any other county in the
State. 1t was further charged that Mr..
Bowers had violated his agreement with
the Democrats not TO spend money for
votes, but to conduct fair and honorable
campaign.
After March lSt laudanum and many
other drugs can no longer be bought by
the general public except on a doctors
prescription. The law applies to opium,
cocaine, morphine, laudanum and all other
narcotics produced from opium or cola
leaves, the only exception being prepare
tions containing an almost negligible
quantity OF the forbidden drugs. A pre-
scription must be presented with every
new purchase ofthe drugs and these pre-
scriptions are filed for inspection. Blank
forms prescribed by the government
showing the amount OF the drugs pur-
chased by the dealer as well as the name
OF every retail purchaser and the quantity
and date on which sold must be filed for
;-,,act;o- nv the government officials