Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-04-10
LITTLE LOCALS.

one Is reported TO be getting along
very well, and her friends hope for her
early recovery.
Hog cholera has again appeared in
Jefferson county. 1t would be hard to
estimate the annual loss from this dis
ease. Yet it can be eliminated. and
County Agent Hughes informs us that
he has in mind campaign to this end
II the interest of the farmers can be Sc
cured.
Mr.. Charles G. MoIer, well-known
and highly esteemed resident of Uvilla,
and Miss Daisy Moler, of Charles
Town, were quietly married at the
Baptist parsonage in the latter place on
Thursday evening, March 9th, 1919
Their friends wish them great hap
pinesS.
Potomac Commandery No. 5, Knights
Templar, will have annual inspection
on Tuesday evening, April 18th, at s
o'clock. All Knights are requested to
be present in full uniform. The usual
Easter service will be held in Zion
Episcopal Church, Charles Town, Sun
NSy N'NiiS, HPliI -Otli, dt o SIOSh.
Shepherd College began its spring
term on Monday last under suspicious
circumstances. The enrolment is los,
and there are still more students to
come in during the next few weeks.
The girls dormitory is we'll filled, al
most every room being taken. Miss
Smiley, the new music teacher, has ar
rived and taken up her work in the
music department.
The Lutheran Sunday school gave a
very pleasant social Tuesday night in
the old college hall to members and
friends of the church and school, and
about l25 persons enjoyed the evening
An interesting programme of music.
Rotations and addresses was rendered
and then a delightful supper waN
served. The affair was in charge of
Prof. J. D. Muldoon, superintendent of
the Sunday school.
1t is reported that the Baltimore &
Ohio Railroad is not now willing to do
its share of the work of carrying Queen
street, MartinSburg, under the railroad
tracks, because of the heavy expense.
Ii is further said that this may cause a
change in the designation of the Class
A road through Berkeley county TO JEFF
ferSon county-that the straight road
between MartinSburg and Shepherds
town will be chosen instead of the
route by Swan Pond and Billmyer's
Mill
H. c. McLain, who for number OF
years has made his home with Mr.. and
Mrs. c. D. Wysong ar Sudley Place, has
been growing more and more feeble
for the past few months, and few
days ago Mr.. WysOng took him to the
Richard Gundry Sanatorium at Cations
Vile, Md. Mr.. McLain'S mind has be-
come impaired, and several times re-
Gently he has gotten bad falls my slip
ping away from his home. His ad-
vanced years make his chances for re-
covery very uncertain.
The Independent Hose Company
OF Frederick, Md, gave a very pleasant
surprise the other night to Thomas A. |
Chaplinc, who for sixteen years has
been the treasurer of the organization. |
They got him by strategy into a public |
Sembled, and while they enjoyed de-
lightful banquet a handsome silver
loving cup was presented to Mr., Chap
line as an appreciation of his long and
faithful service. The officers of the
company made speeches expressing |
their regard for him, and he was over
whelmed by their kindness.
Mrs. !. w. Gardner was in an eXcit-
ing runaway accident last Monday morn
ing near her home a couple of miles |
south of Shepherdstown. AS she was |
driving to town with some marketing |
her usually reliable horse took sudden
fright at a lot of trash that had been |
piled up along the road, and whirllng |
around threw Mrs. Gardner from the |
cuggy. Fortunately she was not hurt
much, escaping with minor bruises.
The horse ran for dear life, and sue
ceedcd in breaking up the buggy rather
badly before being stopped. Ten and
a-half dozen eggs in basket were |
thoroughly scrambled, not one of them
Being unbroken.
The Morgans' Grove siding of the
Norfolk & Western Railway near
Shepherdstown has been filled with |
loaded coal cars for the past couple OF
weeks-apparently there is no sale for
the coal This is the first time We re-
member of a siding at this place being |
used for the Storage OF coal, and t IS
The people are ec0nom- |
ling as much as possible in the use OF
fuel, and are determined not to pay, |
if they can help ii, the eXtortorate
prices that the producers demand. On
the other hand, the producers cannot |
bring themselves to accept lower rates
than war prices, and rather than re
duce profits they will let their mines
be idle Coal ought TO come doWrl-it
must come down-for in times OF peacS |
the people will not pay war prices.
An examination of the fruit buds
shows that up to this time they are al
right. Our apple growers report that
the orchards are in fine condition and
the swelling buds most promising. 1t
was at first reported that the snow ana
cold of a couple of weeks ago had al
fected the Black TwigS and some few
other varieties, but even these, II is
now reported, are not damaged to any
material extent. If there shall be no
unfavorable conditions from now on a
fine crop may be anticipated. Peach
es seem to be all right so far, and L. J.
Miller's orchards west of town give
promise of another excellent crop.
Pears and plums and cherries are now
in blossom, and the trees are literally
covered with the snowy bloom, present
ing a singularly beautiful sight. In
about ten days or two weeks the apple
trees will be in full blossom.