Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1916-01-27
LITTLE LOCALS.

Jefferson, Berkeley and Washington coun'
ties.
The base courses and the pedestal o
the Rumsey monument have been CON-
pleted by Contractor Forbes. The COL
umn proper will now be erected as rapid
ly as possible.
H. B. Flaherty, who has been working
at Troutville, Va, has been appointed to
serve the third trick at the Norfolk &
Western station at Shepherdstown. He
takes the place OF N. F. Lugar, who gets
day work with the company at Charles
Town. Mr.. Lugar has moved with his
family TO the latter place.
Wheat has been going up pretty steadily
the past week, and today our local dealers
are offering $l.35 bushel, the highest
yet given for the present crop. Some
farmers have sold, but most of them are
still holding their crops, as the market
seems firm with an upward tendency.
Corn is quoted at 10 cents today.
Especial attention is called this week
TO the advertisement OF A. V. Polack, the
Hagerstown jewcler. Mr.. Polack has a
large trade from this section and enjoys
the full confidence OF our people, who
know him to be fair and reliable in all his
dealings. He is making special show
ing OF silverware and cut glass just now.
A letter from John Brown written from
the Charles Town Jail November q, 1859,
when he was awaiting execution, brought
1852 in sale of autographs in the An
derson Galleries in New York few days
ago. George D. Smith was the buyer.
The letter was addressed TO Miss Stems,
ofSpringfield, Mass, in reply TO note OF
coincidence from her.
Monday night buggy load OF hood
lums drove through Shepherdstown in a
lively mood, one of them loudly pro-
claiming that he was wild man from
Borneo. II is said that they loaded up in
Sharpsburg and incidentally stole three
horse blankets as they came through that
town. There is a suspicion as to their
identity and the wild man from Borneo
will probably he tanned in the near future.
Thompson & Thompson, 1.-THE Hust-
lerS," OF Martinsburg. have contracted
with the Register for the ensuing year for
liberal advertising space, and their an
nouncements will appear regularly here
after. Adam Link, the hustling repreSen-
tative of this firm, will be in Shepherds
town the balance of this week and will
be pleased TO see anybody who may need
clothing. He is showing the spring styles
now.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. H. Lands, OF Charles
Town, celebrated their silver wedding
anniversary last Thursday by holding a
pleasant reception at their home. Mr..
and Mrs. Charles H. Moore also held a re-
ception last Saturday evening at their
home near Charles Town in celebration
OF the twenty-fifth anniversary OF their
marriage, number OF guests being pres
emf to extend fluctuations.
VIM. H. Hunter, an old Jefferson coun-
ty boy, now living in Toronto, Iowa, in
renewing his subscription to the Register
writes us that he greatly enjoys the week
ly visits OF the home paper. He says
that they have been having bit OF winter
in his neighborhood-22 below zero-and
they are gathering ice IA inches thick.
zone thing that we are thankful for is that
Iowa is now dry State" Mr.. Hunter
asks us to give his regards to all of his old
friends in Jefferson county.
A petition is being circulated in the
Sandy Hook district OF Washington coun-
ty, Md, and is being signed by large
number of residents, TO make the district
"dry" just by an act OF the Legislature.
The petition will likely be sent 10 one Of
the local delegates, who will be asked TO
put the bill before the Legislature. If it
is passed, that district would 60 "dry"
without requiring that vote be taken.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad is said
to be backing the petition. This district
includes Weverton, which is one of West
Virginia's booze Ravens.
Shepherdstown is TO have visit from
Mr.. Folger McKinsey, 1.-THE Bentztown
Bard" whose poems and prose writings
in the Baltimore Sun have been so great
ly appreciated by the people all through
this section. Mr.. McKinsey will come
here on Thursday, February oath, by in
vitation, and will give readings from his
own delightful poems in the Shepherd
College auditorium. A small admission
fee will be charged, for the benefit OF a
local cause. Further announcement will
be made-but keep the date in mind, for
we take it for granted that everybody
who reads after Mr.. McKinsey will want
TO hear him.
Washington may have Shakespearean
festival next spring. in commemoration
of the 3OOth anniversary OF the death OF
the Bard OF Avon, which occurs May q.
With this idea in view, Mr.. and Mrs. R.
d. Shepherd invited a number OF their
friends TO a Shakespeare recital Sunday
afternoon at their residence, 1925 Bit
more street, when movement was
launched for the proposed festival. AL
ready their guests, representing various
sets of Washington society, have taken
deep interest in the effort in hand, and
expressed the hope that during the COM
ing spring the city may be brought closer
TO the great Elizabethan productions. The
idea OF those in charge of the effort is that
the proposed festival shall be held out
doors in one of the parks OF the City
Washington Star.