Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-08-07
LITTLE LOCALS.

| to make an exhibit.
Kirkland Mckee has been appointeI
principal of the public school at Enter
prise, w. Va, and viii begin his dutie
there in September Enterprise is
busy mining town about midway be
tween Clarksburg and Fairmont.
Elmer Tenant, one Of our Shepherds
town boys who has been with TIT
American army Of occupation il
Coblenz, Germany, has returned t
this country, having locked at Ho
boken last Friday. He has been away
from home since last summer.
Superintendent of Schools Charlie:
W. Crowell reports that there are no
enough teachers to S''- ~ the public
schools of Berkeley county. In one Of
two of the districts the boards are
thinking of offering higher salarie;
than the minimum of SIS a month
authorized by law.
Mr.. Amos Barton Setback, Of Win
chester, and Miss Ethleen Davis
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. W. B. Davis
of Charles Town, were married in the
latter place last Saturday evening by
Rev. J. S. Alfriend. The ceremony
took place at the home of the brides
aunt, Mrs. John o. Johnson.
Vim. ]. Knott, Of this vicinity, has
been recommended for appointment as
census supervisor for the second dis
trict of West Virginia, composed of the
counties of Jefferson, Berkeley, Nor
gan, Hampshire, Hardy, Barbour,
Grant, Mineral, Monongalia, Pendle-
ton, Preston, Randolph and Tucker.
Hugh Ferguson, the young negro
from Kearneysvile and Martinsburg
who criminally assaulted Mrs. Ernest
Zimmerman at her home in Morgan
county recently, was hanged for this
crime in the penitentiary at Mounds
Vile yesterday morning at $50 O'Clock.
He confessed his guilt week or two
ago.
|. D. VanMetre, of Kearneysville,
left Monday night for a two weeks
business trip through the cattle-rais-
ing section of Wisconsin, where he eX-
poets to purchase between ninety and a
hundred head Of pure Guernsey and
HolStein cattle, part of which will be
sold the latter part of August at a
public sale.
The Charles Town Chautauqua will
be held the week beginning August
30th and ending September 5th. 1t
seems curious that our Charles Town
neighbors should select this date-the
time that the Morgan'S Grove fair has
pre- .empted for many years. 1t is bad
for the Chautauqua ana harmful TO the
fair-nothing is gained BY either and
both lose.
A lawn party and supper will be held
next Wednesday evening, August 18th,
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. J. Frank
VanMetre in Berkeley cc'HtV, near
Scrabble. A fine chicken supper will
be served and refreshments will be
sold. Everybody is cordially invited
to attend and enjoy a pleasant even
ing. The proceeds will be for the
benefit of the ladies' aid society OF the
Lutheran Church.
Work has been commenced on new
structure 10 be erected on Fl. L. Sny-
der's lot on Main street, the building
on which was destroyed by fire several
years ago. II will be built by VIM. B.
Snyder, who will use it as an auto
mobile sales and show room. The
Jefferson Sales Company has gotten
the agency for the popular Dodge cars
in Jefferson county and will have its
headquarters in the proposed build
ing.
County Engineer James K. Hen
bricks has gone the full length OF the
ShepherdstOwn and Halltown turn
pike with force Of workmen, and has
done good work in reShaping the road
bed. With road Scraper, scarifyer and
roller he has given the road crown
and made the proper drainage, and
though it is yet far from perfect, it is
in better order than it has been for a
long time. Mr.. Hendricks hopes to
lave it in fairly good condition by
winter time
The Charles Town horse show Will
be held Wednesday and Thursday OF
next week, and it is expected that 1t
will be interesting and entertaining to
m unusual degree. There are many
entries of fine horses from Maryland,
Virginia and West Virginia, Little Joe
WieSenfeld. of Baltimore, having twen-
ty-two entries in the various classes.
The managers state that there will be
three aeroplanes 70 give flying exhibit
tons, and perhaps five. Visitors are
promised many attractive events.
Jefferson is not the only county that
has refused to increase its real estate
assessment. The request for an in
crease of twenty per cent from the
State Tax Commissioner seems to have
been forwarded to the review and
equalization boards of many counties
of the State. So far as investigation
has gone, there is not county except
Berkeley that has increased its assess
ment at the behest of the Tax Commits
sioner. Some increases in valuation
on lands adjacent to new macadam
roads are reported in few counties
though none report fiat increase OF
twenty per cent as requested by the
Tax Commissioner.
The County Courts recent order
pledging the coudty's cooperation
with the State and Federal govern
ments provided for the settlement Of
controversies about improving the
streets Of incorporated towns where
such streets form a part OF the turn
pike system. No work will be done by
the county in Charles Town, Bolivar OF
Harper's Ferry. The towns them
selves must do their own street i'm
provement. However, owing to the
disordered condition in which the coun
tv has allowed the turnpike to &c
through Bolivar and Harper's Ferry
that portion of the road will be repair
ed before il is finally turned over t
the two municipalities.
Mrs. o. G. Webley, of Petersburg
w. Va, who was formerly Miss Vivia'
Wheaton, of ShepherdStown. write
us an interesting letter in renewln
her subscription to the Register. Nj
Webley, who was commissioned as
officer in the army after training q
las