Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1915-12-09
LITTLE LOCALS.

Fair Association shows that the receipts
this year were $42, S49.0S aud the expen-
ditures $36, 1880. leaving net profits OF
$6,57009.
Thirty men were blown into fragments
by an explosion in one of the DUPONT
powder mills at Wilmington, Delaware,
last week. We expect 10 see Dutchy
Mundey and his family back home real
| soon.
| Owens & Miller will pay expressage on
! all gifts OF over 81 90, and hall OF the ex-
| presSage under above amount, also parcel
| post tree to our customers on gifts. Go
to Owens & Miller's for your presents
packing free.
VIM. ]. Britner, of this place, has got
ten the contract for the stone foundation
and the brick work on the new public
school building at Shenandoah Junction.
The bricks used are furnished by the
Adamantine Clay Products Company OF
North Mountain.
The Winchester Inn property in Win
chester, Va, was sold at public sale last
Saturday for SIS, 100, the purchasers being
James B. Russell and Rev. DR.. w. d.
Smith, the latter representing the heirs of
the late Holmes Conrad. The hotel orig
inally cost $l50,0O0.
The work on the new Shepherd Col
lege dormitory is being pushed along
rapidly. The roof has been framed and
sheathed and is ready for the skaters, who
will begin work as soon as the lin for the
cutters, etc., is received. 1t is hoped to
have the building completed by the last
of February.
The other night an adventurous owl
| took refuge in the exhaust pipe OF the big
| oil engine at c. N. Writings new mill,
| doubtless thinking that il had found snug
| quarters for the winter. Next day when
the engine was started up the first puff OF
the heavy exhaust blew the owl out OF
| the pipe and took part of his feathers off
| And that was the last OF Br'er Owl.
Mr.. Folger McKinsey 1.-The Bentztown
Bard" whose delightful poems and prose
writing are so familiar to all the readers
| of the Baltimore Sun, has agreed TO come
| to ShepherdStown some time in the near
future and give reading for local bene-
fit. We are sure that Mr.. McKinSey will
have large audience, for he has wide
circle OF readers. Ii is expected that he
will be here in January.
The basketball season opened at Shep-
herd College last Saturday evening, when
the college quint had lively game with
the deaf mutes from Frederick. A large
| crowd enjoyed the game. which was won
by the college boys by the score OF 80 to
"a. Saturday night there will be game
here with the high school team from
Waynesboro, Pa, a quint that always
gives us good run for our money.
M. P. Crowl is filling contract TO fur
nish 1000 Christmas trees for Baltimore
| dealers. Two carloads OF 600 trees each
have been shipped already, and others
are to follow. The trees are Shapely
cedarS that are cut from the waste lands
along the river north Of town. Ii is
| pleasing reflection to know that West
Virginia product is going to bring happi-
ness TO 1000 homes in Baltimore at Christ
| mas time.
The property known as Snyder's Land
| ing, on the G. & 0. canal, three miles
above ShepherdStowU, was sold at public
sale last Saturday by Jacob Eavey. VIM.
| S. Rowe, of the vicinity OF Shepherds
town, bought it for $l,2l0. The place
contains IS acres OF land, on which are
dwelling house, barn and the old ware
house. The land has not been cultivated
for number OF years. Mr.. Rowe ex-
poets to move to the place next spring.
c. N. Whiting has had the machinery
| in his new Touring mill in operation this
week, making the necessary adjustments
and getting II tuned up for business.
| Some wheat has been run through, and
the result juStliIeS the expectation that in
| a few DAYS more fine article OF flour will
be produced. The 90 horse power DIESEL
engine, which uses crude oil for fuel, is a
wonderful piece of machinery, running
smoothly and efficiently and requiring
very little attention.
The ShepherdStown Fire Department
| has definitely concluded to hold fair IN
their hall during the approaching holidays,
| beginning Christmas night and ending
| New Years night. Valuable articles will
be CHANGED off, supper will be served each
| evening, and entertainment will be pro-
vided for all visitors. This is very de-
| serving enterprise, and we hope that the
| firemen will be literally patroniZed, so
that they can make good payment upon
the debt on their handsome building.
II has been suggested that as all the
| leaves have now fallen, it would be a
| good idea TO have Main street swept good
and clean before winter sets in. Our
| streets have been kept cleaner this year,
we believe, than ever before in the his
tory OF our town, and everybody should
be proud of il. Main street is in good
condition, but il would cost very little 10
sweep II and make il thoroughly clean.
| The oil that has been used upon the street
for the past couple Of years has made 1t
almost like concrete.
lack Wright, who installed the machin-
cry in c. n. Writings new flour mill in
Shepherdstown, has received an offer
| from the Barnard q LeaS Company to go
| TO China TO set up mill with capacity
| OF a thousand barrels of flour day. The
| inducements are salary OF $l5 a day,
| travelling expenses and life insurance Tor
| the time he is away. Mr.. Wright doesn't
expect TO take the Job. His family doesn't
want him to 90 on such long Journey
| if would be bit OF work requiring about
eight monthS-and besides Mr.. Wright
can't use chop sticks and doesn't like rats.
| The Maryland and Virginia Bridge Com
| pany has passed an order requiring auto
mobiles not to exceed a speed OF six
miles an hour over its bridge across the
river at Shepherdstown. and horses draw
| ing vehicles must not 90 out OF walk.
The automobile traffic has been unusually
heavy the pastsummer. and bridge-keeper
| Samuel Pennell has been kept busy.
The company has increased his salary.
| Automobile travel has Stacked up some
since cold weather has set in, but the
booze joints at Sharpsburg continue to
attract many visitors from dry West Wiz
GINA.
Yesterday was butchering day at the
Hotel Rumsey, when Fonrose Shipley
| killed his five big porkers. The five ag-
gregated in weight ,757 pounds, an aver
/ 600 az All mounds tha LARGEST weiOhiup