Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-04-04
LITTLE LOCALS.

newspaper.
S. F. Lemen received post card &
few days ago from George Douglas, {
well-known colored soldier who is now
in France, and he wrote that he was
we'll and all right in every way. lr
fact, "Fats" said 81 am happy as 6
humble bee"
The hens seem to have done theil
duty last Sunday in laying eggs for the
Red Cross. Franklin Lyme, treasurer
of the Shepherdstown auxiliary, has al
ready received over SIS from the sale
of Sundays eggs, and as many person:
are yet to report, the total may reach
SIS or $40.
George * Mckee is the only Shep.
herdstown man 10 leave with the letter
son ccunty contingent sent 10 Camp Lee
on Tuesday for service in the Army. Mi
Mckee will be missed from Shepherds
town, where he has many friends, and
We JOIN with them in wishing Tor him al
gCoI fortune and safe return when The
victory Tor humanity shall have been won
Mrs. Fl. c. Cetzendanner is arrang.
ing for a meeting in the courthouse ir
Charles Town on Saturday of this week
in the interest of the Liberty loan
Ii is expected that prominent speaker
from a distance will be present, and
brief addresses will also be made by
local speakers. A parade of the Boy
Scouts of Jefferson county will precede
the meeting.
We have received many complaints
the past few weeks because Of the fail
ure of the Register to reach its desti-
nation on time-or at all. The mail
service seems to be greatly disorgan-
lied for some reason. We hope that
our subscribers will be as patient as
possible, for all publishers are having
the same experience. If the Register
fails TO reach you, let us know and We
will send extra copies as long as we
have any.
Under the personal patronage of Mrs,
Woodrow Wilson, for the benefit OF a
ward in American Military Hospital No.
in France and for George Washing
ton University Hospital in Washing
ton City, r. D. MacLean and Odette
Tyler will present "The Merchan, OF
Venice" at the Belasco Theatre in
Washington on Friday, April 10th. Mr..
MacLean will be seen as "Shylock" and
Miss Tyler as "Portia." Matinee per-
Torrance at 2.30 p. m.
1t is believed that Charles Woman,
son of Rev. and Mrs. |. D. Woman, OF
ShepherdStown, has sailed for France
with the American EXpeditionary
Forces. He has been at Newport News,
Va, for the past couple of months, but
no word has been received from him
recently, and it is likely he has left for
over there. Charles is one of the
youngest of the soldiers from this sec
ton, and his friends will follow him
with their good wishes and their pray
erS.
There's an awful lot of dust on the
streets as a result of the grinding up
of the winters dirt by automobiles and
other vehicles. If our city fathers
would have Main street swept good and
clean it would be public benefit. 1t
will soon be time, too, to put on the an
nual coat of oil which keeps the dust
down during the summer. Along the
same line, the folks who have been u.s.
ing the streets and alleys as dumping
places for ashes and other debris
ought to clean up and have the stuff
hauled away.
In renewing her subscription to the
Register, Mrs. E. ST. Clair Clayton,
formerly Miss Margaret Welshans, of
ShepherdStown, writes us an interest
ing letter from Pedro Miguel, lsthmus
of Panama. She says that the constant
heat of the past two or three years has
proved almost too much for her, and she
and her little daughter are eagerly an
ticipating a visit back home to good old
ShepherdStown the coming summer.
Canal Zone doesn't spell HOME to
them. "PleaSe continue to send the
Register. We don't know how We could
do without il, and we are certainly not
going TO try 1t is news from home and
we appreciate its visits"
The extensive limestone Cuuries OF
TIE SltnIrId Lime and Stone Company al
K ,4rueVSVlIle, which have been idle
ST e. a Ire destroyed the buildings and
Equip nent year or two ago, are agalr
- ur put in operation Preparations are
eng maze TO put in a new plant that
III be much better than the former
qui9ment, and everything will be rur
by ele tricity Work has already been
commenced and will be pushed a.
epidly as possibly. Several carloads
Ot machinery have already been received
rhe new plant will be OF concrete and
,teel construction. and will b. Su6Siantl !
and permanent. The quarry hole is
Illed with wafer TO depth OF thirty tee
or more, and unless more powerful pumps
shall be installed than were ever before
used, 1t will take month or six weeks
get The water out.
The new schedule of time went into
effect last Sunday morning very nicely,
and there has been but little confusion
as result of setting the clocks forward.
The churches had their services an hour
earlier, but the change seemed not to
have affected the congregations. Almost
everybody was on time-eXcept that one
Berkeley county man had forgotten to
set his clock forward and was so late
for church that he missed all the SER
vice except the benediction. The rail-
road trains came in on Sunday accord
ing to the new time-which was too
early for the sleepy old Baltimore Sun
to make the connection, and we had to
do without our morning news. There
was some embarrassment in one Shen-
andoah Junction home. Before turn
ing in for the night the man of the
house set the clock forward an hour,
and when his wife went TO bed she, not
knowing that her husband had set il
right, moved it forward another hour.
Later their son came in, and thinking
his parents had probably neglected to
make the change, he gave it a third
boost and set the alarm accordingly.
They all got up next morning when the
alarm went off, and while they were
eating breakfast the clock struck four
Tragedy in Berkeley County.
Martin G. Pitzer, of Martinsburg,
committed suicide last Saturday evening