Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1915-12-23
LITTLE LOCALS.

Christmas turkeys have been rather
scarce this week, but the demand has not
been very insiStent, owing to the high
price. They have been selling at Is TO 20
cents pound, live weight.
Shepherd College closed for the term
yesterday, and teachers and students have
dispersed to their homes in various sec
tons of the State The school will re-
open on Tuesday, January 4th.
The 25-acre farm of the late Mrs. Mar
garet henretty, near Zoar, this county,
was sold at public sale last Saturday by
George D. Baumgardner, special COM
missioner. Mrs. Joseph Henretty bought
it at ST 900.
G. p. Miller, Jas. q. Shirley and c. w.
Conrad sold the "Oak Cottage Farm"
containing l6S acres, two miles north of
Charles Town On the Leetown road, at
public sale last Saturday. Mr.. Miller was
the purchaser at $S5 an acre.
Some OF our delinquent subscribers will
be cut from the Registers lists unless
they pay up before nextisSue ofthe paper.
We are sending out statements as last
warnings, and II they are not responded
to we will have to discontinue the sub
scriptions and take other means 10 collect.
The members OF the several churches
OF the Shepherdstown circuit OF the M.
E. Church South visited their pastor,
Rev. Absalom Knox, in full force last
Monday and gave the minister and his
family good pounding. The pantry was
filled with palatable things and Mr.. Knox
and his family Can live high for some time
| to come.
The price OF gasoline has been adj
vanced every few days the past couple
OF weeks, and the retail price here is now
| "a cents a gallon. There is no really
| good reason Tor the increase, but as the
Standard Oil Company controls the situa-
| ton absolutely there is nothing TO prevent
| il from boosting the price. Some per-
sons predict that gasoline will 90 TO so
cents gallon by next spring.
Vim. A. Morgan, formerly of Shep-
herdstown, who is now in the depart
ment of operation and maintenance OF the
Panama Canal at Pedro Miguel, renews
his subscription 10 the Register and
writes us 1--WE are in the midst OF big
| tie-up on account of the slides, and bust
ness is very quiet around the locks. With
| the dry season setting IN, II is expected
that the slides will be under control within
few months"
| VIM. b. Snyder and Davis Humrick-
house, of the National Highway Garage,
went TO Washington on Monday and re-
| turned Tuesday with the Little Giant"
truck ordered by the county court for use
in road work. 1t will be fitted with a
special body and will be ready for de-
| livery in a few days. II is tine piece OF
machinery and is expected to materially
expedite the work of road building.
The stone crusher that has been in use
| in Shepherdstown district for number
of years has been sold to Ohio Poffin-
berger, president of the SharpSburg and
Boonsboro Turnpike Company, for 1926.
Ii will be used to crush stone tor the pike
between ShepherdstoWn and Boonsboro.
This was the first cruSher bought IN JET
ferson county, and has given excellent
service. The county Still owns two good
stone cruSherS, which are regarded as
sufficient for the present needs.
The Register last week intimated that
the recommendation by Congressman
Brown OF T. M. Conner to be postmaster
al Harper'S Ferry was not satisfactory TO
that community. Here's what the Har-
per's Ferry Times has. to say on the sub
iect: 1.-The decent people OF Harper's
Ferry were surprised and shocked at the
recent recommendation by Congressman
Brown for postmaster at this place, 10
supercede Maurice E. Wentzell, removed.
If Mr. Brown wishes TO save his bacon IN
this locality he will recall his recommen-
| dation inSidHtci.
A rain that was greatly needed pre-
vailed in this section last Friday and Sat-
uroay. filling the cisternS and pools that
were practically dry and renewing the
streams both above and under the ground
FRIDAY morning was an unusually slippery
day. streets and sidewalks being covered
with a solid sheet OF ice that made walk
ing a perllous affair. Since Saturday the
weather has been quite cold, the Their
mometer getting down to Is above zero
and seldom going above the freezing
degree. AT this writing it looks as if we
will not have white Christmas.
| Announcement has been made OF the
engagement of Miss Lillian Jane Myers,
of Spring Grove, Pa, TO Mr.. Samuel
Franklin Snyder, OF indiana, Pa, assist
ant to DR.. Granville, principal OF Penn
sylvania College at Gettysburg. Miss
Myers is charming girl who has occa-
sionally visited in ShepherdStown, and
is an accomplished musician, being or
ganist and choir leader in the First Re-
formed Church at York, Pa. The mar
rage will take place next May. Miss
BeSs SENT, also of Spring Grove, who
was here year or two ago with the glee
club from Irving College, will be married
next year.
| One of the classes in biology at Shep-
herd College sent to the West Virginia
University samples of water from several
wells in Shepherdstown which were ex-
amined by experts with a view to ascer-
tanning their purity. The results were
made know day or two ago. The well
at the college and at the Methodist Church
on New street were found to be rather
bad. both samples showing colon bacilli,
an indication that typhoid is liable to re-
suit from their use. The Grant well on
Main street was reported to be free from
Objectionable matter and no trouble is
likely to follow the use of this water.
In renewing his subscription TO the
Register for another year our good friend
Dr. N. M. Hendricks, of Dayton, Ohio,
writes us as follows 81 see that you and
the postmaster have been engaged in
active competition in the field this tall and
have had your trials with the wire fences.
know just what you mean, brother,
when you talk about those abominable
wire fences. indulge myself occasion
ally in the sport, and invariably come in
protecting some part of my anatomy from
the public as result Of climbing wire
fences. But you can't keep the youthful
spirit down and propose to keep it up: