Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-12-11

aSV. ihSu ISSpCttNC Weights WCIs
440,436, APO, 1893, 500 and 1914 pound:
net.
C. H. Graves, Of Shenandoah juno
ton has the credit of having killed the
largest porker in that neighborhooc
so far. 1t weighed 44S pounds ne
and he had another that weighed 36(
pounds.
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]. Albert Link has purchased from
DR.. w. ]. Melvin 60 acres of land ad.
joining Mr.. Links farm near Duff.
fields. He paid SIPS an acre for it
DR.. Melvin has bought from the other
heirs their interest in the Stone House
farm of their brother, the late Harry
L. Melvin, east of Dufields, contain
ing $50 acres.
Henry S. Baker, of Washington, last
Friday qualified as administrator OF
the estate of his brother. the late M
B. Baker, giving bond in the penalty OF
$4,000 for the handling of the per-
Sonal property of the deceased. Mr.
Baker will be in Shepherdstown the
first Saturday in each month to look
after the business of the estate.
Eggs reached the top-notch of rs
cents a dozen in Shepherdstown the
first of the week-the highest ever
known in this community. Prices
dropped in the city on Tuesday and
they are quoted here at 20 cents to-
day. Very few eggs are being con-
Sumed here at the current prices, but
a good many are being shipped.
A number of friends from town and
country gathered at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Walter w. Winters last
Saturday evening and gave Mrs. Win
tiers a very pleasant surprise party as
a reminder that il was her birthday.
The evening was spent most agreeably
and those who were present will re-
member it as a very pleasing event.
There'll not be as much Christmas
cake baking as usual this year. With
eggs at prices unheard of and with
sugar high and almost impossible to
get, cake will be a very costly article
and most families will curtail &C
tivities in this line. It's sensible to
do so, for it is a positive sin to be
wasteful or eXtravagant under present
conditions.
There are practically no turkeys for
sale in this neighborhood. Years ago
they were raised by the thousands, but
for the past ten years ii has seemed to
be almost impossible to successfully
bring them to maturity. Those who
used to raise big flock each year
have finally given UP the effort, as
some mysterious disease kills the fowls
sooner or later.
Certain superstitious students Of the
stars are predicting that next Wednes-
day. December 18th, is going to be
mighty bad day for this earth, because
of the unusual juXtaposition of Nep-
tune, Saturn, Mars, Jupiter, Venus and
Mercury. 1t will doubtless be we'll to
prepare for emergencies, but we
wouldn't advise our readers TO englect
any of their duties or business mat
tiers because of the prediction.
Miss Martha Feltner, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. A. F. Feltner, of the
Swan Pond neighborhood, was pain
fully hurt last Sunday while crank
ing an automobile. The handle flew
back and struck her on the arm, frac-
turing the large bone and dislocating
the small bone in her right wrist. DR..
Banks was called and gave her surgl-
cal attention, but she has suffered a
good deal from the injury.
Beginning Friday, December 18th,
we will offer a sample line of goods at
reduced prices, consisting OF mems,
women's and children's gloves of all
kinds; mems and children'S neckwear;
mems, women's and children'S silk
isle and cotton hose; women's bunga-
O aprons; children's gingham dress
IS: towels of all kinds; and a COM
olete line of Christmas handkerchiefs.
At Schley's.
Harry Remsburg, of Sharpsburg,
was among our callers on Monday.
He reports having mad very salts
factory sale last week, the advertising
ior which was done through the Reg
ster Office. The total proceeds were
St, 32O.35. Horses sold up to S225 and
cows went as high as $3.50. The first
seventeen COWS sold brought aA aver
age of Sl2O each. Farming imple-
ments sold at excellent prices, and
Mr.. Remsburg was thoroughly well
pleased with the results of the sale.
Some Of the live stock was bought by
men from this neighborhood.
Somebody blundered in making up
the county tax books for Shepherds
town, and the tax of ten cents on the
hundred dollars for district roads and
Bridges was left off the bill. This
means that those who have already
paid their taxes must now yield up an
other considerable proportion, and
there is an awful lot of kicking. Tax
es were plenty high enough without
The addition, and nobody wants to pay
anv more. Deputy Sheriff Geo. c.
Link is having hard time trying to
explain the trouble, collect the amount
due and keep the taxpayers from mob
bing the guilty officials.
1t is said that the plans for the
Glass A road between Charles Town
and Harper'S Ferry have at last been
approved by the State Road Commits
sion and the federal engineer Ii is
TO be of the tarvia penetration type
similar to the Maryland State roads
Our county officials will formulate
their plans so as TO have the work
start early in the spring. 1t is init
mated that the work may not be put out
by contract, but will be done under
the direction of the county engineer:
Unouestionably many thousands of
dollars could be saved by this method,
and as the county has almost all of the
necessary machinery, we think that 1t
would well be worth trial. So far