Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-12-12


On the first page Of the Register thi,
week may be found the interesting ans
vaiuaole report of the Jefferson Count,
Keo Cross, by its chairman. Mis-,
katherine W.. Riddle. Our readers viii
be edited BY its perusal. we are sure.
The County Court will hold a specia
session on Tuesday next to bond recent
ly elected county officers. Constable
must give bond of $500, magistrate.
$500 and superintendent Of free
schools $1,000.
AT a largely attended meeting 0!
farmers and others in Charles Towr
last Saturday the work of the farm
bureau was heartily endorsed and {
resolution adopted pledging jefferson
county's interest and cooperation
Plans were adopted for securing the
500 members desired from this county.
A young couple by the name o.
Marcus, first cousins, from Louuoui
county, Va, accompanied by their pa
rents, applied to County Clerk Chas
A. Johnson recently for a marriage IL
cense and were refused the same or
statutory grounds. The last LEGISLATURE
nassed an act forbidding such marriages
in West Virginia.
The family of Charles W. Brown
formerly of Shepherdstown, mas peer
severely afflicted in Bethlehem, "a
While Mrs. Brown was seriously II
with influenza at home, their sc
Charles w., IT., was operated upon II
a hospital for appendicitis. We are
glad to say that both are now on tn,
road to recovery.
The new Jefferson county Jail will be
turned over to the county, a completeo
structure, early in 1919. The jailer
expects to take possession about January
18th. To make the premises more Sc
cure a stone wall twelve feet nigh is &c
be built to enclose the rear yard. Inc
material for it is to be gotten out OF the
old stone wall surrounding the old JAN
yard.
The bootleggers brought in con-
siderable cargo of liquor from Pennsyl-
vania last Saturday night, and the de-
grading effects were plainly ooserVel
the next day or two. Although there
seems TO be no effort to stop this dis
graceful business, there is some con
ISOLATION in knowing that after the mrs,
of next July it will be definitely ana
permanently ended.
!. Strider Moler went to MorgantoWn'
w. Va, last week in response 10 Iele-
gram stating that his son, Mcclure
Moler, was very sick. Mcclure was
member OF the Students Army lam
Ing Corps at the West Virginia UNI
yersity, and had been Ill for some Gays
before notifying his parents. he was
brought home by his father Saturday
night, and is now slowly recuperating.
!. Fred Keplinger showed US real
curiosity the other day-a German
PRAYER book printed in Marburg and
frankfurt in ITS. 1t is in an almost
perfect state of preservation, ana It Is
a fine sample of printing and pinalhg'
Ii contains this inscription: "Ellzaoeth
Hamme, her book, God gave her grace
therein to look. This was rote this ON
day OF July, in the year OF our Lord lI94
by John Herman"
TbeMasonic Grand Lodge Of West
Virginia and the Grand Chapter VI
ROYAL Arch Masons are IN session in
Wheeling. Representatives TO the hls'
named BODY from this section are
charles R. Owens, of Mt. Nebo Lodge:
and W. Allen Osoourn:
of Elk Branch Lodge, Shenandoah unc-
ton. Fred L. Weltzheimer represents
the Middleway Chapter OF the Koyai
Arch and John M. Osbourn the Meek
lenburg Chapter.
While you are considering the sort OF
Christmas present to make, don't forgel
that years subscription to the Reg'
is,er will be a most desirable gift. II
will be sent to any address year foI
9l.o0. 1t will be appreciated every
week and will be unusually acceptable
10 an absent relative or friend who is
in Shepherdstown or Jetfer'
county. Let us have the name and ad'
dress and Sl.50 and we wlll-d the rest
A deed of trust to secure loan on
tract OF farming land in Jefferson coun-
~ from the Federal Lank Bank, of Bal
t.more, has been filed for record in the
county clerks Office. Ii is the first loan
from the Federal Lank bank. that has
been recorded in this county. The
borrower has contracted to pay princl-
pal and interest at 5H per cent IN OF
semi annual payments. Paid accord
ing TO the terms of the trust, the debt
will be discharged in "a years.
If reduced business in the county
clerks Office is an index of the county's
prosperity says the Advocate, the coun-
ty is certainly prosperous. The num-
Der of deeds and releases recorded this
year up to December 9Th was $50, as
against Sl8 for the corresponding
period last year. Normal years the
number varies from 1000 TO 1900
Business of every kind was depressed
by the influenza epidemic in October.
All the fees in the county clerks office
amounted to only S34 for the month.
Last Saturday morning during gal
that prevailed in this section tree wa
blown down across the wires Of I,
Potomac Light and Power Comp.
along the Shepherd pike. AS a conse
quence there was no electric current ir
Shepherdstown during the day-the
second shut off for the week. The
trouble could have been Immediately
remedied if this company had a cutoff
switch in its sub-station at Shepherd;
town. How long are we to endure the
annoyance and loss occasioned by this
corporation?
A serious accident occurred in Mar
tinsburg last Thursday afternoon when
the city's new $4,000 auto truck and
fire engine was being tested. The hos
under high pressure got out of control
OF the fremen and threshed about the
street, injuring four persons. Former
Mayor ]. w. Letter was badly hurt, one
of his legs being badly broken in two
places and big cash cut in his head.
A. ]. Criswell was badly cut about the
head and Herman E. Burns and Mrs.
John kearns were also injured, though
not seriously. Mr.. Letter was taken to
the Kings Daughters Hospital, where