Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1915-03-04
Deferred Items.

NdS SuSu ucI ClnpiofCii j. ~ o'S'oo"s
for $50, 900 damages for kissing her on the
left hand. Great Scott What would
she have claimed if he had landed one on
her lips?
Miss Nina Dean, of Strasburg, Va, a
telephone girl, pricked her finger with a
needle about two weeks ago. Blood
poisoning set in and she died after intense
suffering.
The new liquor law goes into effect Sat-
urday. Better be careful how you handle
booze from this time. On the first page
of the Register synopsis OF the new law
may be found.
Walter Hartman, a Hagerstown negro
40 years old, died last week. He owned
81 houses in Hagerstown and left an es-
tate of about $4,000 He was formerly a
Pullman car porter, but made most OF his
money running liquor saloon.
The people OF Charles Town are OBJ
jectiug very seriously to the proposition
OF the water company to increase the rates
TO water consumers in that place, and a
town meeting has been held TO take action
strenuouSly opposing it. One proposed
method OF defeating the increase is Tor the
town itself TO install system OF water
works. The owners OF the present COM
pany are Pennsylvania capitalists.
The best apples in the world are pro-
duced close TO Washington, said 5. l..
Lupton, president of the Eastern Fruit
Growers Association, but the people OF
the capital will not pay tor them and most
OF them are sold abroad, where the con-
sumerS are willing TO pay the price tor
them. About 100 fruit growers from Wiz
yinia, West Virginia, Maryland and Della
ware attended the meetngin Washington
last week. The Eastern Panhandle OF
West Virginia was part OF the territory
included in that which produces the best
fruit in the world.
A campaign for fund OF $ll SOC, 900
with which TO provide for retired minis
tiers and for widows and orphans OF min
listers OF the Methodist Episcopal Church
Of the United States will be made this
year, according TO action taken at the an
nual meeting OF the Board of Conference
claimants oithe church last week. There
are 1000 claimants in the United States.
if was said, and their claims for 1914
amounted to 81 100000, or about $780,
600 more than the church fund had pro-
vided. To meet this deficit and to pro-
vide an adequate fund for 1876 the
campaign for $l1 600, 600 is to be made.
Mrs. Lacy Bailey, daughter OF Deputy
Sheriff S. c. Young, is rapidly recupera-
ting from remarkable illness. Early
last summer her health became impaired
by brain tumor that seriously affected
her eyesight and disabled her from walk
ing. The tumor was so located that
surgical operation would have been haz-
ardous. DR.. Tom A. Williams. Wash
ington brain specialist, was consulted,
and the X-ray treatment was advised.
Mrs Bailey remained in Washington,
taking the treatment at intervals all last
summer. Since making some improve
ment she has been making trips there to
continue. DR.. Williams considered the
case most notable one, and made it the
subject of a paper read by him at meet
ing Of the most learned specialists OF the
country, recently held in Philadelphia.
Charles Town Advocate.
James A. Clipp, residing south OF Rip
on, who has been combining the orchard
business with farming, has decided TO
discontinue the former by cutting down
his apple trees, leaving only enough
standing for home use. He has destroyed
seven acres OF orchard. the greater part
of which had been in full bearing for
some years, while about two acres OF it
had five ear-old trees on them. One OF
the principal reasons prompting Mr.. Clipp
to this course was the exasperating con-
flict between orchard and farm work.
The orchard invariably needed attention
at time when he was busy with farm
work. For some time he has been con-
templating the cutting OF his trees, and
finally decided to do the heroic upon
learning that one of his neighborS had
netted Ga cents barrel for apples on the
London market. He believes that wheat
at 81 60 per bushel, corn at 80 cents, and
hay at SlS per ton, pay better than apples.
One of the first orchards planted TO COM
mercial apples in this county was set out
on Mr.. Clipp's farm by the late William
Lloyd.-AdpOcate.