Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-10-02
LITTLE LOCALS.

Inc annual mecting OF Tie Snep
herdstown Branch of the American
Bible Society will be held in The
Shepherd College auditorium on Sun
day evening, October 18th. Further
notice will be given next week.
Howard Smallwood, among the las
Of our county soldiers to return from
France, has just been discharged from
the service and is at the home Of his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Taylor Small.
wood, near Shenandoah Junction.
The influenza seems to be breaking
out again, though fortunately it is in
a mild form. There are good many
cases in Baltimore and Washington
and dozen or more cases have been
reported in Washington county, Md.
Congressman Geo. M. Bowers has ap-
| pointed John S. Walraven, Of Jeffer-
son county, and Writ Harper, =. OF
Pendleton county, to be cadets. at the
u. S. Military Academy at West Point,
They will have to pass physical and
mental examinations before they can
enter.
Especial attention is called to the ad-
vertisement of the Delco lighting
system on the first page of the Register
this week. H. S. Pitzer is the agent
for this excellent arrangement, and he
has installed a great many Of them the
| past year to the satisfaction of his Gus
toners.
The National Highway Garage has
begun the brick work on its big new
building that will replace the garage
recently destroyed by fire. The bricks
that are being used are those taken
from the old cement mill east of town
and are of excellent quality. Charles
Jones will be in charge of the brick
work on the, new building. - s..
Most of the towns in the Valley Of
Virginia have suffered great incon-
venience this summer and fall from a
scarcity of water, and their reservoirs
have been almost empty for weeks
Shepherdstown is fortunate in having
its supply from the Potomac river,
which gives us all the water we need
and Of excellent quality. The company
keeps a good pressure all the time and
there's no limit to the supply.
A bad accident occurred last Sunday
afternoon on the Maryland State road
two miles east of Hancock. The big
touring car Of Mrs. P. D. Reighard, OF
Pittsburg, driven by her chauffeur,
struck buggy and went over the bank.
Mrs. Beulah Maxwell, Of Connellsville,
who was in the car, was thrown out and
instantly killed, her neck being broken.
Mrs. Reighard was seriously injured
and may die. Other occupants of the
car were hurt in less degree.
After about a months delay, S. L.
Cooley has received the carload of
sugar that he ordered from the govern
ment. 1t was shipped from New York
and got to Harrisburg all light, but in
stead of forwarding it down the line,
reaching Shepherdstown in day or
two, it was sent to Indianapolis, then
to Columbus, and arolnI by Roanoke.
The car made circuit oi about a
thousand miles unnecessarily. Mr..
Cooley is selling the sugar at 1917
cents pound.
The government does things in
curious sort of way. The Register,
along with other patriotic newspapers,
was filled with free advertising the
past couple of years, and was glad to
be Of some service in this way. Now
campaign of advertising for Navy re-
cruits, for which large appropriation
is available, is being carried on, and
Uncle Sam asks us to do it at rate
less than the humblest merchant in
town pays. We have to draw the line
on this especial sort Of chinchiness.
Esther May Leighton, a little girl
seven years old, was Instantly killed
in front of the school-house at Falling
Waters, Berkeley county, last Satur-
day when she was struck by an auto
mobile. A Buick touring car belong
ing TO DR.. C. R. Scheller, of Hagers-
town, and occupied by his son, Leon
Scheler, and Irving Bishop struck the
child as she was crossing the road and
fractured her skull. She died almost
instantly. The young men in the car
were exonerated, as the child ran right
in front of the car.
Former State Senator William Camp
bell, of Charles Town, has resigned as
deputy collector of the u. S. Internal
Revenue Service. He will 60 into pri-
vate business, having formed con-
nection with the Halltown Paper Board
Company and associated interests. Mr..
Campbell has had the district compris-
ing the counties of Jefferson, Berkeley
and Morgan, and has rendered ef-
ficient and satisfactory service to the
government, while at the same time his
dealings with the people have been en-
tirely acceptable and pleasant.
Ruth Corder, the Charles Town girl
who was CALAMITY bailed from prison
in Shepherdstown by sympathizing men
a few weeks ago, doesn't seem able to
keep out of trouble. After she was
released from Jail here she said she
wanted good home, where she would
be willing to work and walk the
straight and narrow path. Mr. and
Mrs. Alfred Childs, Of Sunday Ridge,
took her in and she did tolerably
we'll for a couple of weeks. Then she
decided to leave, and filing a suitcase
to repletion with clothing, jewelry and
other articles she came to town. Be-
fore she could get a train Mrs. Childs
missed a good many things, and an Of
fcer found the stolen goods in the suit
case at the railroad station. She was
arrested and taken to the county Jail in
Charles Town, where she is held to
await court. The girl is said to be only
sixteen years old.
A carnival tourist who said his name
is F. Snedeker and to whom was issued 1
a license to wed one Miss Anna Thomas,
likewise a carnival attache, in Charles
Town the week of August II, comes
back" at County Clerk Johnson who
issued the license. In letter dated
at Bluefield, w. Va, September Is,
Mr.. Snedeker fecites a fearful story.
Gamma has left me-" MIR. Snedeker
writes. az understand that she was
married to man named Thomas at
Chambersburg, Pa, about seven years
ago, and she has probably gone back