Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1915-01-14
LITTLE LOCALS.

lHeie - dHe plueIlllC OF WnOOplHS cough
among the children of this community,
and great many of the youngsters are in
the throes OF the disease.
Timber is being cut in the woodland on
the Andrews farm, north OF town, for the
erection of new barn on that place,
which will be built the coming spring.
The regular term of the Jefferson coun-
tY court will begin on Monday, January
18th. The circuit court will convene on
Tuesday, February 9th. At January rules
of the circuit court twenty-eight actions
were instituted for trial-an unusually
large number.
The board OF directors OF Morgan's
Grove Fair Association met last Saturday
and organized by electing ChaS. ID. Wy
song president, J.. d. Muldoon secretary,
and J. p. Kearfott treasurer. September
7, s. 9 and 10 were fixed upon Tor the
dates OF the 1915 fair.
Joseph K. Zombro, OF Harper's Ferry,
IN renewing his subscription writes us:
1--WE enjoy reading the Register, the best
paper in the county. Keep up the fight
against the liquor saloons-we will get
rid OF them sooner or later. Send along
the good old Register"
p. N. Brilliant, who has recently con-
Quoted meat shop and provision store
in the Billmyer building, has sold out his
stock OF goods and will discontinue the
business. He has a couple of plans in
view, but will probably 90 into stock
buying for packing-house firm.
Emanuel Griffith, one OF our Berkeley
county subscribers, called TO see us few
days ago, and announced that he thought
he had beaten the record for killing big
hogs in this section. He slaughtered
three recently that weighed $50, 473 and
800 pounds respectively. Can anybody
beat these figures
II a sufficient number OF operatives can
be secured, an establishment for the man
ufacture OF aluminium products can be To-
Gated in Charles Town. Fifty girls are
wanted for this enterprise, as may be
seen by advertisement elsewhere in the
Register. The wages are four 10 five
dollars week. We hope that our neigh
bors may be able TO land this industry.
MesSrS. John and Howard Lowe, who
have been living on the Wild Goose Farm
OF Edwin S. Jarrett for the past couple
OF years, have moved to VIM. H. Martins
place, which they will farm. Edward
Griffith, who lived on ]. d. Muldoon's
farm, has gone to Wild Goose, and he is
succeeded by Jean Bowers, who comes
here from the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
On next Tuesday, January 10Th, the
short course in Agriculture for Farmers
will open in Shepherd College. The
Farmers Week at Morgantown brought
out 300 men anxious to learn the better
practices in farming, and it is hoped that
a goodly number OF Jefferson county tar
mers will assemble next week for this
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O'Clock in the morning.
During the past few weeks very con-
siderable proportion OF our subscribers
have paid up their dues and renewed their
subscriptions TO the Register. There are
still few delinquents, however, who
seem to have an idea that newspaper
can be run on air, for they fail to settle
up, despite the bills that have been sent
them and the hints they have received.
We hope that every one OF them will pay
up and keep on our subscription list.
Col. ] {. Hemphill, formerly OF South
Carolina, now of Washington City, will
deliver an address in the courthouse in
Charles Town on Tuesday next, the 18th
OF January, at 100 p. m. The speech
will be delivered under the auspices OF
the Daughters OF the Confederacy, who
will celebrate on that date the birth OF
Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson.
COL Hemphill is speaker OF wide repu-
tation.
Monday evening soon after six O'Clock
A furious snow storm began here, but IN
less than an hour the snow turned into
rain, which fell steadily all through the
night and almost all day Tuesday. Late
Tuesday afternoon The rain took fresh
start and it poured until after midnight.
Then a wind from the north blew the
clouds away and brought bright sunshine
and crisp, cool weather again. The rains
| brought another considerable rise in the
Potomac river.
The Virginia Free Press, OF Charles
Town, got out special edition last week
which was a very handsome eight-page
paper descriptive of Charles Town and
its surroundings. There were number
OF fine pictures OF public and private
buildings and business places and prom
inent citizens, together with well-wrltten
descriptions ofthe manufactures and other
enterprises and the advantages afforded
by this section as a place otreSidence and
| for commercial exploitation. The Free
Press showed most commendable enter
prise in publishing such paper, and the
whole community should be benefited.
Jefferson county was represented at the
farmers meetings at the West Virginia
University in Morgantown last week.
Charles D. WySong, member OF our
county court and president otthe Morgan's
Grove Fair Association, was present, and
County Agent ]. V. Shipman was also in
attendance and read several papers on
topics of interest. Bernard Whiting, OF