Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-07-18
LITTLE LOCALS.

remembered as the coolest mid summer
weather ever experienced here. The
| days have been cool and there has been
hardly night when folks could do
without blankets or some sort of heavy
bed clothing.
A meeting under the auspices Of the
Red Cross will be held Friday after
noon Of this week at 3 o'clock in the
courthouse at Charles Town in the in
tereSt of the Anti tuberculosis League
OF West Virginia. DR.. Venning will be
the principal speaker. The public are
urged to attend.
Mayor Waldeck has been finally
baffled in his efforts to secure oil for
the streets of Shepherdstown, after
strenuous attempts to, secure the same,
and has been obliged to give up the
fight. So we will have to eat dust the
balance of the summer. Fortunately
We have water from our waterworks
system to provide some alienation.
BY the will filed for probate in the
county clerks Office last week, the late
George R. Bready leaves his fine home,
The Terrace" at Harper'S Ferry to his
widow, Mrs. Mary E. Bready, for life or
until her second marriage. In the
event OF her death or marriage, the will
! directs that it shall be home for the
surviving children so long as any of
them shall live.
Samuel G. Williamson Of this place,
who has been in the military training
| school at Richmond, Va, will be re-
tanned at the school for the present,
having been held over for the next
camp as sergeant major. He has hopes
that he will shortly be recommended for
an officers training camp, as he has
been unofficially informed that he is in
line.
Water has now been turned into
the pipe lines on Main, Princess and
High streets, and there is a satisfactory
pressure. Superintendent Martin is
now going over the other streets locat-
| ing leaks, and il is hoped that the entire
/ system will soon be in operation. What
is needed now most Of all is a force
Of plumbers TO make connections and
| pipe the houses.
h. 5. PitZer has returned from Day
/ ton, Ohio, where he attended a special
meeting of agents of the Delco Light
| ing Company, who had gathered there
TO attend school of instruction. Mr..
| PitZer says that while in Dayton the
agents visited the aeroplane factory of
Wright Brothers, inventors of the air
ship, and he was one of the fortunate
persons who made a flight with an
| aviator. About 800 Delco men attend
ed the meeting.
Shipment of apples in carload lots
has begun. Last Friday the Martins
burg Fruit Exchange forwarded $50
barrels TO the Pittsburgh market.
These were of the Yellow Transparent
and Red AStrachanvarieties and brought
good prices. The early apple crop in
this belt is smaller than last year, but
of excellent quality, and growers and
dealers believe that the returns will
aggregate fully as much as last year.
A few ago a big consignment of crap
pie bass and Mississippi catfish from
! the Maryland State hatchery at Lewis
town were put in the Potomac river at
Williamsport, and Tuesday 10000 big
mouth bass from the government fish
hatchery in Michigan were placed in
the river in that some section. This
lot of bass will go far toward restock-
ing the stream. There are very few
bass of this variety in the river. They
grow to considerable size, and get
larger than the other kinds of bass.
A distressing accident occurred last
Friday evening near Burnside Bridge,
a mile or two south of Sharpsburg
During the storm that passed over that
section some men and boys crawled un-
der a four-horse wagon loaded with
hay TO protect themselves from the
rain. A crash of thunder frightened
the horses and they ran away, pulling
the wheels of the wagon over Ernest
| Rohrer, aged eight years, son OF Mr..
and Mrs. Ohio Rohrer, Of that neigh
borhood. The little boys head was
terribly crushed, causing his instant
death.
The Federal Food Administrator says
that all purchasers Of sugar are re-
quired TO purchase their sugar from
their regular merchants only. Any
PURCHASES or attempts to purchase from
other than the regular sugar merchant
will be regarded as repeating and every
such case will be punished when dis
covered. All merchants when selling
sugar are forbidden to sell to any one
other than their regular sugar cuStU-
mers; and every merchant is required
to report TO the local food adminiStra-
tor anyone not a regular customer who
attempts TO purchase sugar from him.
The farmers of this section have their
work we'll in hand, notwithstanding the
shortage of labor. The weather the
past month has been ideal for farm
work of every sort, and the farmers are
further ahead than usual at this sea-
son. Practically all of the wheat has
been safely housed, some having fin
ished threShing also, hay-making has
been finished, and the corn has been
cultivated for the fourth time. Flowing
for fall wheat seeding is now progress
ing, the ground being in fine order.
| The showers Of the past week have
caused the corn to grow splendidly.
A fine downpour of rain last Friday
ended the dry spell that had prevailed
| in this section and was of inestlmaole
| value to the growing corn and to gar
den products Unfortunately there was
some hail west and north of town,
which did quite bit OF damage to the
corn. The hail was very erratlc in It's
| movements, pelting field here and
there and then skipping to another
farm. 1t crossed the river north OF
town and hit some cornfelds near An
tietam Station in Maryland. But the
rain was very welcome, and fine show
ers kept up most of Friday night; Sun
| dav evening there were couple more
| nice showers in this section.
The town council has not yet elected
a sergeant, though the conviction is
steadily growing that we are in con-
| siderable need of an alert and efficient