Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1917-07-26
LITTLE LOCALS.

VIII you mol Try II
The heirs of Mrs. Melinda Byers will
sell the farm OF ITO acres on Which she
lived for so long, on the Kei rneysvitle
pike, at public sale on Septen,be Isl.
The advertisement will appe u in our
next issue
Clarence E. Martin, prominent at
torney OF Martinsburg, was operated
upon for appendicitis in the City Hospital
in Martinsburg on Tuesday. He was
very i'll for time, but the operation
was successfully performed.
The ladies OF the Lutheran Church OF
Uvilla announce Thursday, August 9th,
as the date for their annual harvest home.
They will serve both dinner aud supper,
and the price for good meal OF fried
chicken, country ham and trimmings"
will be but 35 cents. Everybody invited.
The new dog law Tor West Virginia
goes into effect today, and if the officers
do their duty there will be decided re-
duction in the worthless dog population.
Mayor Waldeck informs us that accord
ing 10 the tax records not dog exists in
Shepherdstown-at least nobody is pay
ing any such tax--and he's going to look
into if.
Mr.. Leo Smith, graduate OF Shepherd
College in the class OF 1912, has made
good as teacher in the schools OF Blue
field, w. Va, where he has taught for
several years past. He has just been
appointed principal OF the high school in
that city. at salary Of ST ,200a year Mr..
Smith is a son of Mr.. and Mrs. Victor
Smith, OF Sharpsburg district
Bathing in the Shenandoah river last
Sunday afternoon, Allen SaGer almost
lost his life. He was using The inner
tube OF an automobile tire TO help him
float when diving and the tube was pune
tured while he was in deep wafer. Rob-
ert Vanvacter, who has only one leg.
made two dives in the deep water and
on the second attempt he rescued Sager.
William Wilt has sold his farm located
a mile south of Myerstown, this county,
10 Richard A. Goode, of Fauquier county,
Va. This is very productive farm OF
200 acres, with fine buildings on it. The
price paid was $l25 an acre. James R.
Albin has sold his farm of l40 acres, a
mile and a-half west OF Charles Town, to
r. S. Venning, of Charleston. S. c., at
800 an acre Mr.. Venning will move TO
this county and make his home here.
Mayor Waldeck gives notice that begin
ming on August lst special officer OF the
corporation will visit the premises OF
every householder in the town and make
an inspection as 10 sanitary conditions.
The authorities hope that all the people
will at once clean up and put their places
in good order, so that no unfavorable
report will be made. This is a good
move on the part OF the town officers,
and we hope that not one place will be
found unclean.
We were pleased to have letter few
Gays ago from Jacob K. Keller, Shep-
herdstown boy who has been living for
some years in the far West. He has
been located in the rich mining region OF
Goldfield, Nevada. but has now moved
TO Silver Peak, Nevada, where he owns
property. He writes us that he is in the
best OF health. and asks TO be remembered
TO ali OF his old friends about Shepherds
town. He wants the Register 10 follow
hun wherever he goes.
A Charles Town automobiliSt, whose
number is known, running at an unlawful
rate OF speed crowded the car OF Rev. /,
D. Woman off the road the other even
ing, and in saving the party from a worse
fate at the hands OF the speedomaniac,
the minister's car ran into a telephone
pole, damaging it slightly. The same
fellow came near running into 10 Wal
per's car the same evening. There is
talk OF having him arrested, as he has
endangered the lives of number OF per-
sons.
AT meeting OF the Board Of Public
Works in Charleston last week levy OF
nine cents on The 500 valuation of tax
able property in West Virginia was laid
for general purposes and levy OF two
cents on all taxable property and a levy
OF one fourth OF one per cent from the
excise on all corporations was authorized
FOR the war defense fund. The two-cent
levy and the one fourth OF one per cent
excise tax was authorized by the West
Virginia Legislature at the special ses-
sion of 1917. The board also closed up
the assessments OF public service corpora
tons, but facts and figures were notgiven.
The warm, sunny weather the past
week enabled the farmers TO finish haul
ing in their wheat-work which had been
retarded for a couple OF weeks because
OF frequent rains-and this crop has now
been safely housed in the barns or stack
ed outside. The loss from sprouting or
moulding in the shock was trifling. The
weather has been favorable for hay
making, and this crop is also practically
secure. The copious rains OF the past
few weeks have caused the corn TO make
phenomenal growth, and farmers say
that they have never seen corn grow
faster or more luxuriantly. The corn
had poor start, but il has more than
caught up, and there is every reason to
believe that we will have a tremendous
yield in this section. Some fields are
already in silk and the ears are maturing.
Vegetables in the gardens were never
more abundant, and many persons have
more than they can possibly use. The