Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-01-30
LITTLE LoCALs.

oooie vi uiiSStorS ana tue same 0mcer!
were elected for the ensuing year. 4
satisfactory settlement was made will
Contractor Ensign, who installed til,
system.
The Registers sale bills are the mos
attractive of any printed in this section
and the large circulation Of this papc
in Jefferson and adjoining countie:
guarantees effective advertsing-ths
sort that reaches the buyers. Let Ii.
do your sale printing COR you. Price:
reasonable.
ID. Frank Koontz, east of town re-
ports that he has recently sold sever
fat hogs which at five months old ap
eregated sos pounds, or an average
of little over 220 pounds each. They
brought the snug price of S25O4O. H,
fed and fattened them on corn anc
separator milk.
The date Of R. c. Jenkins sale neal
Bakerton is next Thursday, Februar,
9th. He will sell twelve fresh COW:
and other valuable live stock, and {
full line of farm implements. AlsC
a dairy outfit that is worthy your at
tention., Read the advertisement in
this issue of the Register.
The indictment in the case OF Harr,
Cummings, of Harper's Ferry, charged
with bootlegging, alleged that the
crime was committed in "Harper's
Ferry, Berkeley county," and his law
yer, George w. Johnson, noticed the
error in Language, with the result tia
the case goes over until the Wheeling
term.
Shepherd College State Norma
School resumed its work again on Tues
day after the long vacation occasionec
by the influenza. About ninety stu
dents we're enrolled and more are tC
come in next week. The students are
| in fine spirits and have gone to WORK
with a will to try to make up for the
time lost.
The sale of another Jefferson coun'
~ orchard was consummated last week
when Rolphe Gerhardt disposed OF his
property on the Kabletown pike twc
miles southeast Of Charles Town &c
E. w. Gather, of Frederick county, VIZ.
ginia. The orchard which contains A.
acres is set in trees eight years OLD
Mr.. Gather paid $4,000 for ii.
New directories To- the patrons OF
the Jefferson County Telephone Com
PAW are now ready for distributor
Every patron in the county IS entitle'
to one and may have it by applying
the company's Office. The new direc
tory contains not only the names
telephone patrons in this county, bu
| in most of the neighboring counties
except Loudoun. 1t is valuable as {;
reference book.
| Spring cannot now be so awfully fal
| off, for the robins and bluebirds have
come Mail Carrier Ben F. Hartze!
says he has seen numerous robins on
his daily rounds, while the blueblrdS
are here in flocks. Joe Cookus says he
saw fully hundred robins few days
ago in a field at the north edge OF
town. The cardinals have been sing
| ing of mornings, too, aid the Caroline
wren has been chirping cheerfully.
| Governor Cornwell sent a message tc
| the West Virginia Legislature yester-
day urging the appointment OF legis-
| lative committee to confer with like
body from the Maryland Legislature
| in regard to the feasibility of taking
over the toll bridges connecting the
two States. Among the bridges men,
| toned in the Governors communlca-
ton are those leading into Maryland
| from Jefferson AMI Berkeley counties.
The first basketball game of tn
season was played in the fremen's hal
last Friday night between the town
team and the Shepherd College qulnt
The town team won by the score OF D
to %, in fast clean game. FRIDAY
night of this week the town team WI!
pay the Hagerstown Hustlers in fire
mems hall, game called at $40. Ad-
mission is cents. Monday night tn
town team will play the St. James team
same place, at IT'S. Admission Is
cents. Everybody attend.
The influenza has struck the Lee
| town neighborhood very hard. Tina
| community bad heretofore escaped
the epidemic, except for a few cases
but il is now suffering a distressing.
visitation of the disease. 1t is sale
that fifty cases have developed in the
village and surrounding country within
the past week, and the people are much
| alarmed over the conditions. The pub
lie school there has been closed unit
| the disease shall have abatei, which
We hope may be soon.
Our good old friend Vim. II. Hunter
| of Toronto, Iowa, in renewing his sub
| scription writes US as follows. please
keep the Register coming for anOthe IT
| year. 1t is like getting letter from
| home, and we all like to read BilPs
letters from overseas so well. Give
my regards to all of my friends around
| Shepherdstown. We are having some
| nice weather now-about 40 degrees
/ above in the day time, but one night
recently it was % below If Bill gets
out book Of overseas experiences
when he comes home again | want
| one"
Daniel C. Shipley, who has been
with H. c. Marten for the past two
| years in his hardware store, has re-
| signed his position there, and will open
up a harness shop in the Hartzel
building on Princess street, formerly
occupied by W. S. Haines & Co. He
will open up next Monday, and will
be glad to have a share Of the public
patronage. He will keep on hand
nice stock of goods and will do all sorts
of repairing as we'll as make new work
to order. Mr.. Shipley learned his
trade under the late H. M. Loyns and
worked also with H. A. Tenant, and
later was employed at the Goetz har'
ness factory in Charles Town. He
| knows the business and will do hi.
best to give satisfaction.
The Advocate says that eight new
i cnsec annear ON The docket for the