Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1917-04-26
LITTLE LOCALS.

this moderate price
c. S. Musser, publisher OF the Shep.
herdstown Independent, has been reap
pointed by the State Board Of Public
Works as member Of the Board OF Equal.
ization and Review for Jefferson county
for term of six years. Mr.. MuSSer has
filled this position acceptably ever since
il was established.
Where will the price OF wheat 90 to
There has been steady advance all the
past week, and yesterday there was 9
Jump of Is cents in the one day. The
local price today is S2.77 bushel, a high
record that has never been excelled in
this part OF the country. A Canadian ex-
pert predicts that wheat will 60 to S4.0C
bushel before the war is over. Corn is
quoted al 81 IS in our local markets.
Roy Myers, of Shepherdstown, has
signed up as pitcher for the Norfolk base
ball team of the Virginia League. The
Norfolk manager had eighteen possible
pitchers in camp, and twelve of them
were rejected lost week. OF the six re-
naming, four regulars will be kept by
the club after they have all had try-out.
Brandy" pitched his first game last
Thursday, against the st. Helena Naval
Training Camp, the result being a tie
to 4.
Two former Shepherdstown boys have
enlisted for the defense of their country
recently. Charles c. Triplett, now OF
Shenandoah Junction. who has been a
member OF the officers reserve corps,
quar:ermaster's department. has been
ordered to report in Washington for duty,
and will 90 in few days. His brother
Burnice Triplett, who has been represent
ing the w. U. Fairbanks Company, OF
New York and Washington, has resigned
his place and enlisted in the navy. He
has been assigned to the training ship
Dolphin.
The alarm of fire Monday afternoon
brought out the fire department and caused
crowd TO gather at the home OF Miss
Amanda Miller on Washington street.
Sparks from some burning brush had set
fire to the shipgle roof OF her dwelling
house, and a fire was beginning to blaze
rather briskIy when il was noticed and an
alarm given. Fortunately help was close
at hand, and Mr. Grim, who was painting
the roof OF his home just across the street,
had ladder handy, so few buckets OF
water quenched the flames and prevented
serious damage. MISS Miller was away
from home at the time, being on visit to
Front Royal.
Miss Ethel Price, aged about IS years,
daughter of Mrs. Charles Show, living
just east OF town, was painfully injured
yesterday morning by being shot twice.
Ii is said that she was busting a bureau
upon which loaded pistol was lying,
when her finger got caught in the trigger
guard OF the weapon. The revolver was
discharged, and bullet pierced her
shoulder. In trying to drop the weapon
she pulled the trigger again and second
bullet struck her in the breast, while a
third shot went wild. DR.. ]. L. Meyers
was summoned and gave surgical atten-
ton. Both bullets were extracted, and
II is thought that no serious result will
follow.
Our genial fellow -townsman, Tim Car
ter, was the victim OF two punctures this
week, one OF which causes him TO limp
and the other makes him prefer standing
to sitting. Tuesday morning he was
coming down stairs in his stocking feet
when he stepped on tack, which enter
ed his heel clear up to the hub. The
pain was intense, and Mr.. Carter made
hop for chair-and sat down upon an
other tack. This put him IN an awful Tx,
and it is likely that he would have cussed
right out loud if it wasn't that he is OPP
posed to swearing. The lacks were
finally extracted and the punctures patch
ed, but he has been going on low gear
ever since.
The meeting OF the Potomac Valley
Round Table at Berkeley Springs last
Thursday and Friday was entertaining
and helpful. The sessions were largely
attended. and the papers and addresses
were of high order. Hon. Herbert E.
Quick, author and member OF the Federal
Farm Loan Board, made an interesting
address. The next meeting ofthe Round
Table will be held in Hagerstown Octo-
Der 18th and 10Th. The following officers
for the ensuing term were elected: Mod
orator, S. D. Bond, of Shepherdstown
vice moderator, c. E. Dryden, OF Hagers-
town; secretary, Miss Nancy Ambrose,
Martinsburg; treasurer, Miss Sue John
son, Of Keyser.
James Snyder, of Sharpsburg, has been
appointed administrator of the estate oil
the late James A. Frese, who died recent
ly near Antietam Iron Works. Neither
Mr.. Friese nor his daughter, Miss Mary
Friese, who was his sole heir and who
died a few weeks after her father, made
a will, ard the estate will be settled by
the court. There are number OF rela-
tives, nieces and nephews and cousins
among whom are some from Shepherds
town and Jefferson county, who will
share in the proceeds. II is said thai
there may be considerable litigation, as
some OF the heirs have employed counsel
to look after their interests. The estate
consists of nice farm of about hundred
acres near Antietam, besides consider
able amount OF personal property. Mr.