Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1917-01-18
LITTLE LOCALS.


on our list. The paper will be sent to
any address one year for $3.50.
If you want TO enjoy good play, at
tend the presentation OF Valley Farm
in The firemen's hall Monday and We'd
nesdaY evenings OF next week II will
be pleasant evenings entertainment.
Mrs. May Williamson has sold her
clearinghouse on Prospect avenue TO
Jacob Rush. and Mr.. Rush has rented il
TO Charles Il. Owens for the ensuing year.
Mr.. Rush paid 81 900 tor the property.
Logan Shut, Jr., OF Kabetown, has
been appointed by Senator Chiffon to be
cadet in the Naval Academy at Annapo-
lis. He has gone 10 Washington to pre-
pare himself for entrance. and expects to
Join the classes at the Academy next June.
Charlie Nichols, ofthe UviIla neighbour
hood, came in few Gays ago and paid
his subscription 10 the Register. He said
he had thought OF stopping his paper, but
after thinking over the matter he saw that
this wouldn't do, for some one has to
subscribe so that the others can borrow
it.
Frank L. Johnson, formerly of Shep-
herdstown. now Of Statesvlle, N. c., has
just bought another big bottling plant at
High Point, n c., and will run that as
we'll as his place at Stalesville. High
Point is prosperous little city OF 1900
population, and has rs factories, 81 Of
which are engaged in the manufacture OF
furniture.
Dr. John L. Meyers has recently in
stalled in his office new and up to-date
X-ray machine, which he is now using in
his practice His first work with the
new machine was the location OF needle
that had broken off in the hand OF one Of
his woman patients. II was small mat
ter to extract the needle with the aid OF
the photograph.
While some cars were being shifted at
Bakerton on Tuesday one OF them jumped
the track and was in imminent danger OF
tumbing hundred feet or so into the
quarry hole. A brakeman who was on
top Of the car, seeing sudden death star
ing him in the face, jumped and landed
on croSStie IN such way as TO hurt
himself quite badly. He was taken TO a
hospital in Frederick.
The Jefferson Security Bank has been
at disadvantage the past week because
OF the sickness Of its officers. Last week
Cashier Harrison SchIey was laid up by
sickness for several days, and before he
could get back TO the bank Assistant
Cashier Franklin Lyme got a Sure-enough
case OF the measles, from which he still
suffers. The directors and other officials
have been helping with the work.
Wheat has kept up 10 the top notch
this week Tuesday il got up TO Sl.9l
buShel but today il is down cent and is
quoted this morning by our local dealers
at 81 90. A good many farmers are let
ting II 90 at the high price ii commands,
though a few are still holding out for 81 90.
Corn has at last reached dollar BUSH
Ell, the highest price in great many
years.
A part OF the surveyors who have been
located in Shepherdstown for several
months past have been working again in
the Harper's Ferry neighborhood. They
have been running lines on the Maryland
Heights mountain, opposite Harper's
Ferry. and their work has been uncom-
Portable and dangerous. In some in
stances il is found necessary TO lower the
men down the mountain side with ropes
in order that they may establish the lines
accurately.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroai Com
pany has filed a petition with the Public
Service Commission of West Virginia for
permission to advance IFS interstate pas
senger r ateS from cents mile, as pre-
scrioed by the laws OF West Virginia, TO
2t least 2 ID certS mile. A hearing
will be held on the petition February p.
We beseech the commission not 10 grant
the increase until the B. & o. has built
new station at Shenandoah Junction and
burnt the bug refuge in which it compelS
its passengers to await trains.
lust after the Register appeared last
week the town clock ran down again, and
nobody apparently having taken the
trouble to wind it up, it has been silent
all this week and has shown the right
time only twice in twenty-four hours.
We beseech Mayor Martin to give the
clock his attention. We know that he
can keep it running if he wants to, for
there's not more ingenious man III town
than he, and if he tries his hand on our
venerable and valuable timepiece we are
quite sure that he Can make it go.
Harry F. Magruder, who runs a Iitney
line from Shepherdstown TO Sharpsburg,
was arrested at the latter place last week
on charges sworn out by s. w. Grayson,
who claimed that Magruder violated the
automobile laws. The charges were that
he drove a car without an operators Ii
cense, that tire tail light was not lighted,
and that he failed TO pull to the side OF
the road when signaled TO do so. Magis-
trate Blackford conducted the trial and
found Magruder guilty OF all three counts,
filming him $l9S2. including the costs.
He paid up. 1t is said that the arrest
was the result OF spite work.
We have had real winter weather the
..n.. .,,nnL On Saturday last q cOunle