Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-11-27
LITTLE. LOCALS.

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the Register for some absent relative
or friend. For S1.50 you can give
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least once week for a whole year.
| The lecture by Rev. DR.. j. S. Mont.
eomery, of Washington, in the Shep.
herd College auditorium last Thurs.
day night was enjoyed by large audi
ence. DR.. Montgomery. is one Of the
most fluent and pleasing speakers who
has ever appeared in our community
George w. Fossett, agent for the
B. & o. Railroad for the past ten
years at Harper's Ferry, has retired
and is succeeded by E. H. Taylor, OF
Terra Alta. w. Va. Mr.. Fossett was
a very capable and courteous official,
and he will be missed by the travelling
public.
The first basketball game of the
season was played in Shepherdstown
Tuesday night, when the town team
and the Alsatians Of Hagerstown
came together. The visitors, we re-
greet to report, rather smothered our
home boys, winning by the awful score
Of 81 to ..
Trappers are getting good prices for
the pelts of fur-bearing animals.
Skunk hides sell from four to five dol
lars each, and muskrat hides, which
used TO sell at ten cents, now bring
as high as Sl.25 apiece. Our local
trappers are catching a good many
muskrats and skunks.
The ladies' aid society of the Luther
an Church of Shepherdstown collect
ed last week a considerable quantity
of comfortable clothing for the suffer
hing men, women and children in Po-
land. The people of that country are
in great extremity for lack of food
| and clothing, and the Lutheran Church
has put on an extensive campaign for
| their relief.
Frank E. Mundey, formerly of Shop
herdtown, who has recently been en-
ployed as a clerk in the Capitol Hotel
in Washington, is in a hospital in that
city suffering from a broken leg.
While crossing a little stream at
Cabin John Bridge near Washington
a few weeks ago his foot slipped on a
round stone and the large bone was
broken between the knee and ankle.
Mrs. Helen Wendell, who was in
Washington last week, took ride in
an aeroplane of the Oriole pattern
She was in the air for 25 minutes, and
during that time sailed all over the
city of Washington, across to Fort
Myer and up the river. The airship
attained height Of 5000 feet. Mrs.
Wendell says that she enjoyed the ex-
perience very much and felt little or no
alarm.
James M. Mason, Jr., representing
the Jefferson County Telephone Com
pany, and Geo. M. BeltZhoover, Jr.,
representing the county court and
'phone-holders, were in Charleston on
Monday, when the application of the
telephone company for an increase in
rates was taken up before the Public
Service Commission. The commission
will go into the matter thoroughly be-
fore rendering a decision.
County Agent Hughes is arranging
for a public health session at the
farmers institute to be held in Shep-
herdstown on December 18th, when il
is hoped that mothers and their chill
dren will be present. II is expected
to have at this meeting a physician
and Red Cross nurse, and children
may have their eyes, teeth and tonsils
examined and receive health sugges-
tons in general. Further notice will
be given.
At the recent agricultural exhibit
and boys corn club show for Berke-
ley county in Martinsburg, Louis Folk
won first prize, trip TO Morgantown,
for raising the largest amount of corn
on one acre of ground. He raised liz
bushels on the acre. Herman Van
Metre won secnd prize. Herman Van
Metre was credited with having
raised the grand champion ear of corn,
which took first prize over about 600
ears that were on exhibition.
We had an interesting letter few
days ago from Samuel o. Knott, of
Pasadena, California, formerly Of this
county. Mr.. Knott has bought him
self home in Pasadena, and expects
to settle there permanently. He says
that the city in fast filling up with
tourists, and there is hardly vacant
house left in the city. There has been
three inches of rain in that section
this fall, and everything has greened
up like spring in the East.
Charles Tyson Butcher, who last
spring bought what is known as the
Palmer farm of IS acres, short dis
lance west of Kabletown, has sold it
to John L. Marcus, who has been oper'
ating the farm of Capt Milton Rouss
for the past two years, north of Kable-
town. The Palmer farm has an
orchard of 81 acres on it, planted out
by Rev. Arthur M. Lewis ten or twelve
years ago. Mr.. Butcher paid $4,000
for the property and sold it for Sl2,-
300.
The Winchester Star says that Rev.
Frank A. Strother recently returned
to his home at Stephens City from a
visit to his friends and the graves OF
his forefathers in Fauquier county
Virginia. While there he spent part
of the time with DR.. Samuel G.
Maphis, prominent and successful
physician of Warrenton, and had him
TO extract three large WenS from MS
head. Rev. Mr.. Strother is rapidly
recovering from the effects of the
operation.
Shepherd College closed yesterday
for the Thanksgiving holiday, and most
of the students and teachers have dis
persed until next Monday, when
studies will be resumed. President
Miller and other members of the facul-
ty are attending the State educational
meeting in Fairmont, and Messrs. A.
D. Kenamond, J. D. Muldoon and Paul
Morrow left yesterday for Morgan
town, where they expect to take in the
great football game on the University
gridiron today.
The Jefferson County Telephone
COMPANY this week linked UP the