Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-10-23
LITTLE LOCALS.


luck again. This Thursday would hav,
been its biggest day, but the rain ha.
been pouring down steadily since early
morning-and the wind is straight
from the east.
The public sale by Allen Weller ir
Berkeley county on Tuesday, advertised
in the Register, was very successful
one. Cattle brought fine prices. Cows
sold as high as $3.50, two-year-old
heifers brought over $500, and calves
six months old sold at 500.
81 am enclosing Sl.50 for another
years subscription to the Register
which is always a welcome visitor.
have taken the Register for more thar
thirty years, and when it fails to ar
rive on time | certainly do miss it,
B. d. Buxton, Harper's Ferry.
All bids for the new government
postoffice building at Charles Town
which were submitted to the Super
vising Architect of the Treasury sew
eral weeks ago have been rejected, on
account Of there being no bid which
came within the appropriation for the
building.
The trustees of Elmwood Cemetery
are having a very desirable improve
ment made to the walks and drives in
the cemetery by placing on them 100
tons of fine limestone gravel. Charlie
Fulk is hauling the gravel from the
limestone quarries at Kearneysville in
his trucks.
Mushrooms are more plentiful this
month than they have been in years
and lots of Shepherdstown folks have
been enjoying the gathering Of them
getting a toothsome morsel and at the
same time beating the high cost of
living. Ii is easy to 60 out in the fields
and get peck or two in the course OF
a couple of hours.
Some time between the time of clos
ing on Saturday night and opening on
Monday morning the clothing store
of Samuel M. Shafer, on Hagerstown's
most prominent street, was broken in
to by robbers, who carried off cloth
ing, furnishings, etc, of the value of
about $1,000. There seems to be no
clue to the thieves, so far.
Former Mayor P. w. Letter. of Mar
tinsburg, has filed suit for $4,000 dam
ages against the American La France
Fire Engine Company Of Elmira, N. T..
The suit is brought because of serious
injury that Mr.. Letter sustained last
year when the automobile fire truck
operated by a representative of the
company ran amuck while it was be-
ing tested.
Walter E. Herr has purchased an in
terest in the Jefferson Sales Com
pany in this place, and will have part
in the selling of the Dodge auto
mobiles and accessories and other lines
that this firm will handle. He has
already entered upon his duties and
is in charge of the Main street sales
room. Grove Banks has taken posi-
ton in Owens drug store, succeeding
Mr.. Herr.
The statement made in the papers
recently that the nurse who had tie
difficulty at the City Hospital IN Mar
with DR.. Oates was Miss Mar
garet Moler, of Jefferson county, was
erroneous. 1t was Miss Martha No
Ter, of the vicinity Hf Engle. .AiSS
Margaret Moler is nurse in the
Charles Town Hospital and had 20
connection whatever with the Martins
burg episode, nor is she related TO
Miss Martha Moler.
William T. Elliott, who was recently
appointed as manager of the County
Infrmary and farm, will enter upon
his duties the first of December, and
under his contract he will hold the
position until April /, 1920. The con-
tract under which he is to serve the
is unlike contracts hitherto in
force in connection with The County
Inhrmary management. Mr.. Elliott
agrees to have all the work done both
in the infirmary and on the farm con-
nccted with it for cash salary per
year.
One of the most important gather
ings ever held in this section OF the
county will be the Farmers National
Congress which will convene in Ha-
gerstown on Tuesday next and remain
in session until Friday. There will be
several thousand delegates present,
from practically every State in the
union, besides many distinguished men
prominent in agriculture, horticulture
and similar industries. The farmers
of this section should attend in large
for they will find much to in
terest them.
We call especial attention to the ad-
refreshments this week OF Messrs. r:
L. Bushong and John Porterheld, OF
Charles Town. These gentlemen, as
executors of the estate of Miss Julia
L. Terrill, deceased, will sell both real
estate and personal property-the two
farms on November 18th and the per-
sonal property on November 10th. The
farm and orchard property to be sold
is among the most valuable in Jetfer-
son county, and will attract buyers. in
all probability, from various sections.
The apple season in this section is
about over. Practically all of the ap--
pies have been picked and most OF
them have been shipped. Compar-
atively few of the apples have teen
barreled this year. The fruit as
rule was not up to the usual standard
as to quality, and hail early in the sum.
mer did a good deal OF damage. Good
prices were offered for the apples III
bulk, and as labor was scarce and
high-priced, many growers preferred
to be rid of the expense and bother OF
packing the fruit ADJ sold il in bulk,
The returns as a rule were quite salts
factory.
Robert Andrews, II years old, son
of Fred Andrews, Hagerstown, was &C
cidentally shot and fatally wounded
Saturday evening while shooting rats
in a shed at the home of neighbor:
Andrews, in company with Thomas and
William Henson, secured a shotgun
and going to the Henson home, started
shooting rats. While one of the Hen
son boys was putting the gun down il
was accidentally discharged, the load
piercing the bowels of Andrews. The
iad wac rushed TO the Washington