Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1917-02-01
LITTLE LOCALS.

will not be called until Tuesday OF the
following week.
The Catoctin Dramatic Club, of Fred
erick county, Md, will give play in the
firemen'S hall, ShepherdStown, Saturday
night, February 10th, presenting Those
Dreadful Twins" These are amateur
players from our neighboring county,
and we have no doubt that the perform
ance will be very enjoyable.
An old-time dance and party was held
last Thursday night at the home of
Messrs. George and Wilbur Cofhnbarger,
near Martinsburg, which was attended by
about forty young couples. Several per-
sons from this neighborhood were there.
Everybody had good time, and the
party kept up until about o'clock in the
morning.
The well drilled for supply for our
new water system has reached depth of
500 feet, and while there is some water
in it, the supply is not nearly enough.
Drilling has been stopped for the present,
until the promoters shall decide upon the
vexed question as 10 what TO do next.
They may start well in another location
or 60 TO Dandridge's spring, near DR..
Crawford's place, south OF town.
r. Lucien Reinhart has gotten posi-
ton with the Huntington Drug Company,
a wholesale drug firm OF Huntington, W.
Va, and is now on the job. He will have
sale OF his personal property in Shep-
herdstown on February 18th, and will
then take his family 10 Huntington, where
they expect TO make their permanent
home. Their friends here will be very
sorry TO have them leave our community,
where they are so highly regarded.
A contention that railroads must protect
patrons from assault was sustained on
Monday by jury in the circuit court at
Berryville, when J. E. Chrismore, Of
Clarke county, was awarded $500 dam
ages against the Norfolk and Western
Railroad. He was returning from Pen
Mar on an excursion train last August
and was assaulted by drunken paSSen-
ger. He had two ribs fractured and
otherwise was injured. Ii was claimed
the conduct OF the assalant was such be-
fore the attack was made that the train
men should have taken steps to protect
Chrismore. The railroad contended that
there was no reason TO anticipate injury
to ChriSmore.
Harry Simpson, who lives along the
Martinsburg road two or three miles west
OF Shepherdstown, was arrested here on
Monday by Constable Shipley on the
charge OF indecent exposure, and the
circumstances OF the case were such as TO
cause Justice Rentch TO hold him for the
grand jury after preliminary hearing
Yesterday. He was taken to jail in
Charles Town today, being unabeto fur
nish bail. Simpson had been in Sharps-
burg, where he got drunk, and the otfense
occurred when he returned 10 this place.
II is said that he has been an old offender
in this sort OF crime, and served term
in Berkeley county for an attack on lit
tie girl.
Nj. M. jenkins has sold his general
merchandise store at KearneYsville to
Walter +. Wilt and Carl Fleming, who
will operate the business at the old stand.
Mr.. Jenkins will farm the place owned
by the Fox heirs on the Bardane road.
Mr.. Fleming, VINO has been operating
dairy farm near Kearneysvile, will have
safe fhis stock and farming implements
on March Is, preparatory to making the
contemplated change in his business.
The dairy farm will be taken by I. o.
Eyerhart, who will move there from the
"Mantipke" farm near Leetown. "Man-
tipke," which was the old family home
OF the Witshires, has been leased by Miss
Jennie Wiltshire, who will take posses
sion about April l. Mr. Fleming will oc-
cupy the DR.. D. w. Border residence,
vacated by Miss Wiltshire.
There was fine game of basketball in
the college gymnasium last night, when
the Shepherd College team met the quint
from the Bluefield High School. The
visitors had considerably more weight
and reach than the home team, and won
over the locals by the score OF 3 TO Is.
While il was very fast game, twas
clean and sportsmanlike. and was won
on its merits by the visitors, who played
mighty good ball. The Bluefield boys
are fine, manly set of young fellows,
and their clean playing made an excellent
impression here. Shepherd College put
up an unusually good game, but the breaks
seemed TO be against them. Our boys
had a disastrous trip TO Pennsylvania last
week They lost the three games with
the Foresters, Chambersburg and Waynes-
boro. Saturday night game will be
played with the MartinSburg High Schoo
team.
A lawsuit in which many persons in
Jefferson as well as Berkeley county are
interested is before the Berkeley Circuit
Court. II is that case OF the Eastern PAN
handle Fair Association against Allen B.
No!I. II test case, in which Mr. Noli
is sued by the fair association for $40 for
stock subscribed few years ago when
the association was organized AT that
time numbers of citizens, including many
from this section, subscribed for stock in
the association, the total amount being
about $4,000. According TO reports,
about $4,000 OF the stock subscribed has
been collected, leaving balance Of
SIS, 900 which the subscribers refuse TO
nav The case therefore most likely