Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1917-06-28
LITTLE LOCALS.

is very important improvement to our
neighbours printing establishment.
RIO. McBrieu, who served as manua
training teacher at Shepherd College the
past year, and who resigned this position,
will go TO Portsmouth, Va, where he
has been appointed TO the position OF
manual training teacher at an increased
salary.
Miss Jennie M. Hill has The thanks of
the editor for the most beautiful bouquet
of grown flowers that has ever
graced our new desk. The roses were
especially handsome and fragrant. The
flowers frightened the editors sanctum
for several days.
The river has cleared up and bass fish
ermen have been getting some good
strings OF fish this week. Bill Swope has
been catching good many channel cat
fish on his outlines, some OF them weigh
ing up 10 six pounds. These catfish,
which are excellent on the table, are
comparatively new in the Potomac.
Those who have had good luck with
their early gardens are reducing the high
cost OF living Potatoes. beans, peas,
cabbage and other vegetables are now
becoming plentiful, and they taste mighty
good after the canned goods OF last sea-
son and the wiIted stuff from the South.
There is an enormous crop of potatoes in
this section.
There has not summer gone by for a
long number of years that our office did
not have TO pay for at least one or two
wheat crops that were destroyed by fire.
1t may be your turn this time-WHO
KNOWS? A few dollars will protect you
and make you feel more comfortable.
Let us hear from you. Washington,
Alexander & Cooke, F. w. Myers, sub
agent
Miss Florence Murphy came from New
York on Tuesday for short stay with
her mother and sisters at Clay mont before
for France, where she will
enter the service OF the Red Cross as a
nurse in the army hospital. She expects
10 sail about August LIST, and will probably
be the first representative the county will
have on the scene OF actual warfare in
Europe.-AdpOcate.
John T. and Campbell Fairall, OF Bali
more, formerly OF Shepherdstown, go on
our honor roll this week. Jack Fairall
enlisted as lieutenant in the Aviation
Corps, and is now in the Aviation School
at the University OF Ohio, in Columbus.
Campbell enlisted in the Maryland Naval
Militia lie left on Monday for League
Island Navy Yard, and will be assigned
10 duty from that point.
VIM. M Burns, road supervisor for
Charles Town district, has put in service
a two-lon motor truck for hauling crushed
stone on the road. The bed OF the truck
is so constructed that the bottom may be
released for the purpose OF unloading
quickly. 1t will take the place OF num-
Der OF horses, carts and drivers in deliv-
ering stone from the cruSher 10 points on
the road wherever repairing is 10 be done.
Harry A. Smallwood, of Bardane, this
county, met with painful accident last
Friday night. He was riding bicycle at
rapid speed when the front wheel struck
a stone and threw him heavily to the
ground He was rendered unconscious
for a time. Later he was taken home,
where severe cuts and bruises were at
tended TO- He had TO carry his arms in
sings for some days. The bicycle was
badly broken.
Maurice E. Miller, formerly OF Shep-
heCdStown, who for some years past has
held a responsible position with The Fair
mont Printing and Publishing Company
at Farnont, w. Va, has been made
OF this important establishment
"a promotion that is most gratifying
one. William L. Miller, arecent graduate
OF the Register office, has been made as
Sistant foreman in the composing room
OF the same company.
Mrs. Nelson Wilson had very trying
last Thursday. With her
daughter, Mrs. c. S. MusSer, she went to
Maryland to visit friends, and as she at
tempted TO step from the iitney bus at
Eakle's Cross Roads she was seized with
a sudden spell of dizziness and plunged
headlong upon the hard road. She re-
manned unconscious for some time, but
under the ministrations OF DR.. Reichard
she was revived sufficiently 10 be taken
TO the home of her friends. She was
brought back home Sunday, and is now
slowly recovering. She was quite badly
bruised by her fall.
Our baseball team journeyed TO Berry,
vile last Thursday and permitted the
Battletowners 10 beat them by theiscore
OF 10 2. They had no excuse Tor per-
hitting this ignominous defeat and were
properly ashamed. Last Saturday we
had an exciting game here with The Ha-
gerstownerS. Until the eighth inning the
score stood TO in favor of the visitors
and matters were very dubious Then
our home team started batting rally
which put crimp in the Maryland boys,
and eight runs were scored before the
inning ended. The final score was 9 to 4
in favor OF Shepherdstown. Every man
on the home team made run.
The wheat harvest will begin generally
in this county next Monday and few
farmers may cut around the edges by
Friday or Saturday OF this week. The
weather has been very favorable for the
growing wheat the past week, and unless
some unexpected catastrophe should oc-
cir there will be a fine harvest in this