Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-06-19
LITTLE LOCALS.

>hoile ioiSs at Media, this county, tn,
past week.
In the Jefferson Circuit Court a
Cnaries Town last week Judge Wood.
granted an absolute divorce to Mrs
Marie Bowly from E. Hayward Bowly
Jr, who has been in Alaska for severa
years. b
II. A. Moler sends us renewal OF
his subscription to the Register from
the far-otf Territory of Hawaii, where
he has lived for more than twenty
years. He writes that conditions in
Hawaii are about normal, with good
prices for sugar and pineapples, the
only crops of any Importance that are
raised there.
n. s. White, Of the State Tax De.
partment, has been in the Eastern Pan,
handle the past week or two observing
who had the right sort of automobile
licenses and who had not. 1t is said
that he caught quite a number OF Of
tenders in Martinsburg, including
some prominent residents. He found
everything all right in Shepherdstown
OF course.
Robert 7. Bowers, a youth seventeen
years old, was drowned in the Shenan-
doah river at Manning's Ferry last
Sunday. He was in bathing and 20,
in deep water and sank to his death
before assistance could be given him.
He was an excellent young man and
his death is greatly regretted. The
body was recovered and was buried
in Charles Town on Tuesday.
Private George H. Mckee has ar
rived at his home in this place from
France, and is glad to be back in Shep-
herdstown once more. He was in the
S0th Division and served in machine
gun battalion, being close to Sedan
when the armistice was signed. He is
looking well, and though army life
seems to have agreed with him, he has
no hankering for any more Of it.
One Of the most delightful social
events of the season was dinner and
bridge party given by Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles D. Wysong last Thursday night
at their beautiful home, Sudley Place,
as compliment to their guest, Mrs.
Newton Byers, of GAINESVILLE, Tennes-
see. 1t was an unusually pleasant af-
fair and the guests greatly enjoyed the
hospitality of Mr.. and Mrs. Wysong.
Among the former students of Shep-
herd College who spent few days in
town the past week were Messrs. STAN
ley and Dewitt Fulton, of Morgan
county, this State. Stanley, who had
been in the aviation section of the
army, is now manager Of the Sleepy
Greek orchards, recently purchased by
the PittSburg syndicate. Dewitt went
on Tuesday to Annapolis, where he will
enter the United States Military
Academy, he having passed his final
examinations.
Harry E. Mundey, we.i-k;; wn resi-
dent of Shepherdstown, has been ap-
pointed to a position as doorkeeper in
the United States Senate, and left for
last Saturday to take up
the duties of his new place. Mr.. Mum
dey was for long time postmaster at
ShepherdstoWn and has been active in
politics in this neighbor-
hood for many years. The position he
has gotten is very desirable one, with
good pay and duties that are by no
means onerous. We congratulate him
upon his good fortune and hope that he
will do his best TO keep the Senate
straight.
Rev. DR.. Gordon, of Washington,
who had made an engagement to
preach the sermon to the graduating
class of Shepherd College last Sum
day, failed to appear, having gone on
western trip. He unfortunately neg
Iected 10 inform President Miller of his
departure, and the latter was consider
ably perturbed when he found that DR.,
Gordon was not coming. Rev. DR.,
Thos. H. Lewis, of Westminster, Md,
graciousIy agreed on short notice to I'LL
the appointment, and thoughtful per-
sons who heard his sermon are OF the
opinion that even the great DR.. Cor.
ION could scarcely have preached
better one.
The body of Lieutenant Stuart Nc
Donald Terrier, of the aviation section
IF the United States Navy, was re-
covered last Saturday and was buried
n Baltimore yesterday with Masonic
lonorS. Lieutenant Terrier, it will be
ecalled, was in the naval aviation SER
ice, and on February 23d last was sent
,ut from Hampton Roads, Va, in COM
nand of an airplane with five other
men to give assistance to a disabled
lirplane. Nothing was ever heard OF
he machine or of the men after they
set forth, and it was apparent that fatal
misfortune had overtaken them. The
young man, who was hne
fellow, was known in Shepherdstown,
having been one of the engineers who
helped survey railroad through this
place few years ago.
Harvest is at hand. Some farmers
will begin TO cut around the edges the
after part of this week, and by the
first of the week harvest will begin in
earnest. AS rule the wheat is stand
ng very we'll, though the heavy growth
has caused il TO fall some in low places.
number Of the farmers OF this vicirl-
ty say that the prospect for a large
yield of wheat has been materially les
Sened within the past week or two.
While the growth of straw is luxuriant,
they say that the heads are not fill
ng as they should. Ii appears that
some sort of disease has attacked the
heads, and close inspection shows that
4 great deal of damage has been done.
II seem to be some sort of a rust, but
no one has been able to diagnose the
trouble, as it is something new in this
II has caused a good
zeal of comment here the past week.
No effort will be made by the Shenan-
ioah Company to complete tile addi'
ton TO the steam plant OF the North
ern Virginia Power Company near
Nillville. Considerable work had been
done on the addition when the North
ern Virginia Company was bought Gut
BY the Shenandoah Company about a
month ago. The reason for abandon
ing construction there is the expense
Of hauling coal from the railroad to
the plant When additional power is
needed it will be supplied from the
steam nlant Of Security Md where the