Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1916-02-10
LITTLE LOCALS.

A civil service examination for the 20.
SItion OF motor rural mail carrier at Kear-
ncysvile will be held at Charles Town
on March 18th. The position will pay
about 81 800 year.
Mr.. Ohio Everett Kretzer, OF Bridge
port, opposite Shepherdstown. and Miss
Charlotte Louise Nose, OF SharpSbwg,
were married last night in the latter place
at the home OF the bride.
The need of a new Jail for Jefferson
county is painfully manifest. The present
Jail has only six cells and there are now
80 persons confined therein. Nearly all
OF the prisoners are hoboes who have
been arrested for riding on freight trains.
w. A. Fulk will sell IS milk COWS at
his sale on March Sd near keaTneysvile.
These are fine cattle, mostly HolSteins,
which have made good dairy records. He
will also sell 80 sheep and 90 hogs, besides
particularly fine lot OF farming nipple
ments.
II. l.. Snyder & Co. have for sale the
desirably located farm and orchards known
as the Fayman place, two or three miles
north OF Shepherdstown. This is valu-
able property, with many advantages for
anyone who may desire nice country
home.
Two pieces OF property in Shepherds
town have changed hands during the past
week. Edward L. Reinhart has sold his
clearinghouse adjoining the Episcopal
Church property 10 George F. Turner for
$500, and M. L. Hickey has sold the
dwelling in the stone row on New street
to c. c. Frazier for $3.50.
Two enormous pieces of lumber have
been received here by the Forbes Granite
Company for use in setting the upper part
OF the Rumsey monument. They are OF
Oregon fir and are so feet in length, squar-
ing IA inches at both ends. The monu-
ment is TO be Is feet high and big pair
OF sticks is necessary 10 handle the top
sections.
Mrs. Pliny Leland Soper, formerly Miss
Mary Catherine Lentz, ofShepherdstown,
was married at Muscogee, Oklahoma, last
Thursday to Mr.. Frederick Dexter Whit
ing. After March 18th Mr.. and Mrs.
Whiting will be at home at the Hotel
Lucerne in Kansas City, Mo. We offer
our very sincere congratulations TO the
happy couple.
The appraiSement OF number of eS-
tates of deceased persons has been filed
in the county clerks office this week.
The larger estates with the total appraiSe-
ment OF each is herewith given: Charles
H. Lewis, $40, 940.59, of which $1,000 is
life insurance; RobertL. Bowers, S., 564.-
so, OF which s., 900 is real estate; Joseph
F. Painter, s., 1865, of which $1,000 is
real estate; DR.. r. c. Grove, s., 224.36
J. c. Janney, s. ,95l. 36.-AdVOcafe.
Roger Ballenger, young man p years
old, OF Charles Town, was fatally injured
last Monday while workingi in the quarrieS
OF the Standard Lime and Stone Company
near Martinsburg. Young Ballenger was
engaged in drilling, when the rock on
which he was standing rolled from under
him. He fell with it and was so severely
injured that lie died in short time from
internal hemorrhage. He had been EN-
ployed in the quarrieS only few days.
Edward L Reinhart has moved into the
dwelling house occupied for many years
by the late Mrs. Azemia Shepherd, and
which he recently purchased; Prof. w.
NJ. Duke will move TO the house Mr.. Rein
hart vacateS, and Mrs Neil and Miss
Bette Hill will take Mrs. Neil's house,
which he leaves; Mr.. and Mrs. H.
Price will succeed them at Miss Ellen
WelshanS' house, and DIN Mckee and
his family will move into Miss Ella Kel-
Sey'S house.
Mr.. Folger McKinsey. "The Bentztown
Bard" whose writings in the Baltimore
Sunha been so widely enjoyed through
out this section, will give reading in the
college auditorium on Thursday evening,
February oath. Besides Mr.. McKinSey's
readings, there will be pleasant varia-
ton OF the programme with vocal and in
Strumental music. The price OF the tickets
has been fixed at the modest figure OF Is
cents, so that everybody may have
chance TO hear this popular writer.
Mrs. Eliza Caster is having extensive
Improvements made to her dwelling house
on New street. 1t is being newly weather.
boarded and painted, new porch added
at one side, and various other improve
ments made inside and outside. This is
one OF the very old houses OF the town,
and has been continuously in the oc-
cupancy OF the CookuS family for perhaps
more than a hundred years. The old
house will be very spry and comfortable
when the work now IN progress shall
have been completed.
The Randolph Macon Academy boys
came 10 ShepherdStown on Monday tor
areturn game OF basketball with the Shep-
herd College team. They were nice
lot OF young fellows and we hated TO see
them slaughtered, but the home quini
just couldn't stop scoring. The game re-
suited 81 10 81 in favor Of Shepherd COL
lege. 1t was a nice, clean game, even
though il was bit one-sided. Saturday
night OF this week at 100 Shepherd Col
lege will play here against its old enemy
the Msrtlnsburg High School. A good
game may be expected.
We call especial attention this week &c
the advertisement OF the Whiting Milling