Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1916-06-29
LITTLE LOCALS.

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applications for divorce have been flee
in the court at Hagerstown. This is ont
result Of a wide-open town.
John Brown. the negro who murderer
aged Mrs. Dixon in the Maryland noun.
tains east of Shepherdstown last Decem'
Der, Is to be hanged at the Hagerstowr
jail on Friday of this week. He is SAID
to be callous and Indifferent to his fate.
Shepherdstown is to have a Chinese
laundry. Lee Wah, atypical son OF The
flowery kingdom, has rented the room il
the Masonic building on Main street ant
will begin operations as soon as he car
install the necessary equipment and make
his arrangements.
"a stitch in time saves nine"-and "a
bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. "
Be prepared for that fire, should it come
Take out SPECIAL CROP POLICY as
soon as your crops are cut, and feel CON-
portable. Washington. Alexander 6
Cooke. F. w. Myers, sub-agent.
The town authorities have made repairs
to the river hill and the hill on Washing
ton street, which had been badly washed
by the rains. Other streets in the town
need attention also, and most of the cross
ings are bumpers that ought to be mended.
The crossing at the Presbyterian manse
is mud-hole.
H. L. Snyder, editor of the Register,
has been honored by being elected a
member OF the Board of Trustees OF Roam
oke College at Salem, Va. This is one oil
the best of our southern colleges and is
under the care of the Lutheran Church.
Rev. DR.. ]. A. Morehead is the efficient
and talented president of this institution.
H. M. Shell has sold his dwelling
house in the west end Of town to L. Step
for 500. Mr.. Shell bought from the
Misses Byers the old "red house" lot on
west Main street, adjoining the property
OF E. R. Hill, for sos, and also purchased
the old toll-gate house and lot along the
Kearneysville pike, just outside of town,
from Mrs. Bette Rench for SITS.
Shepherdstown is to have 4th OF July
celebration next Tuesday which will
doubtless be very pleasing event. Pack
Horse Ford Chapter of the d. A. R. is in
charge OF the arrangements, and the COM
mittee in charge makes its announcements
elsewhere in these columns. II is hoped
that everybody will enter into the spirit
of the day and help make the celebration
a success.
Extracts from postal laws and regula-
tons: "Sec. AS. No box at any post
office shall be assigned to the use OF any
person until the rent thereof has been
paid for at least one quarter in advance,
for which the postmaster shall give re-
ceipt." Patrons OF the Shepherdstown
office will please take notice and pay their
box rent promptly. w. L. Remnant,
postmaster.
inventories of the estates OF w. More
head Miller and |. V. Johnson, both former
residents OF Shepherdstown, have been
filed for record in the office OF the Ieffer-
son county clerk. The Miller estate is
valued at $5,904.72. The Johnson estate
aggregates $40, 704.30, of which 5000 is
life insurance. Included in the latter
appraisement is house and LOT in this
place the valuation OF which is placed al
$500.
While picking cherries in tree on the
farm of Holland Moler, east of town, last
Friday Charles Woman, son OF Rev. and
Mrs |. D. Woman. met with a painful
accident. A limb on which he was stand
ing broke and he fell distance Of some
twenty feet to the ground. His left wrist
was broken and he was pretty badly
shaken up, but fortunately escaped serious
injury. Drs. Burrell and Banks gave him
surgical attention.
The Battle Cry OF Peace" one OF the
greatest moving picture shows ever pro-
duced, will be given at the Opera House
in Shepherdstown next Monday and
Tuesday, July Sd and 4th. Manager
Musser shows much enterprise in getting
this wonderful picture for this place, and
he ought TO have crowded houses. Read
the details in the advertisement in an
other column of the Register, and make
your arrangements to see the show that
has produced such sensation all over
the country.
The National Highway Garage has
bought from Robert q. Miller for $3.50
cash the house and lot adjoining its prop
erty on the east. The lot, which is n
by zoo feet, adds considerably to the area
owned by this firm, and will give it
space whichits growing business requires.
The old house on the lot will be torn
down and building for the use OF John
Alder will be erected in its place. The
garage will convertthe building now used
by MI. Alder into showroom for new
automobiles and accessories.
Harvest is now in full swing through
out this section, and the sound OF the
binder is heard in every direction. II is
the general opinion thatthe yield OF wheat
will be above the average in Jefferson
county. The straw is unusually heavy
and the heads are as rule very well
filled. The yield will run from eighteen
to twenty bushels an acre, if is estimated,
with some crops falling below the lower
figure and here and there, perhaps, a
field that may 60 above thirty bushels.
Although the frequent rains caused the
wheat to fall a bit, as general thing il IS
standing well.