Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-08-14
LITTLE LOCALS.

number of his friends called to con
graduate him and mis- Masonic breth
rem sent him some beautiful flowers
We won't say what his age is, excep
to remark that he doesn't look it.
The Morgan's Grove fair will be hel,
September 2, 3, and 5. Extensiv,
preparations are being made for thi
years exhibition, and many attractions
will be provided. Our people general
| ly are urged to take an interest in send
ing exhibits to the several depart
ments so as to make the fair interest
ing and attractive.
Sergeant Earl A. Mcdonald, of DUFF
fields, who has been with the American
Expeditionary Forces in France for the
| past fourteen months, reached home
yesterday. He is looking we'll and feel
ing good and was mighty glad to ge
back home again. He has not yet
been discharged, but expects to get ou
Of the service in a short time.
George T. Trundle, of Bakerton, has
sent US potato which has grown
around an iron chain link, which
makes a perfect handle for the vege-
table. The handle comes in very well
| TO lift the potatoes from the kettle
| and would also be very good thing
in case he should want to chain EN-
up at night.
A pleasant party of Pittsburg folks
with Staley Hause as general man.
ager, are enjoying outdoor life, fish
ing and summer pleasures in general
on the Hause farm, east Of town.
Those in the party besides Mr.. Hause
are Mr.. and Mrs. II. II. RoeSsle and son
L. c. Packer, S. T. Hammond, Miss
Elizabeth Hammond, Miss Emily Lytle
and Miss Bessie league.
The Martinsburg papers say that
Charles Pitzer, of Berkeley county, has
sold his crop of Ben Davis apples at
5000 per barrel, {. o. b. He will have
about 1900 barrels. Wilbur H.
Thomas has sold 1000 barrels of
Grimes Golden at $500 per barrel. S.
Porter House, manager of the Mar
tlnSburg Fruit Exchange reports hav-
ing sold ten carloads of Cano apples,
2H inch pack up, at $500 barrel, and
also having made some sales of YorkS,
215 inch pack, at $780, He states
that many inquiries are being received
for West Virginia apples.
Elmer Tenant reached Shepherds
town Monday after fifteen months of
active service with the American
Army overseas, five months of which
was spent in Germany, mostly in
Coblenz. He was in the Second Di-
vision, and was in several of the i'm
portant engagements during the great
war. He was fortunate enough to es-
cape injury, though he is at present
suffering from a boil that gives him as
much trouble as wound would. He
is glad to be back again in the old
familiar places and has had enough of
war to last him for long time.
The town council of S,,:-pIcrdstown
at its regular meeting on Tueday night
passed an ordinance officially chang
ing the name of our principal thorough
fare from German street to Main
street. This action will meet with the
entire approval of our people, we are
sure. Everybody has been rather
ashamed to admit during the past few
years that our principal street was
German street and we have referred
to it as Main street.-the good, old
fashioned way of naming a country
towns chief highway. We like Main
street and shall find pleasure in so
referring TO it. Bully for the town
council
Albert T. Moler, of the Bakerton
neighborhood, reports the best yield OF
wheat we have yet heard Of Two
fields that he recently threShed yielded
26H bushels per acre, and two other
fields on the same farm turned out 10
bushels an acre. This wheat was what
is known as the miracle variety, and if
il had rot been for the rust that ap
peared a couple of weeks before har-
loSt would probably have yielded at
least 40 bushels per acre. Mr.. Mo-
.cr sold his wheat to Reed & Myers,
who report that it graded as No. l I'M
der the government standard. Very
little wheat is grading as No. | this
year.
We call especial attention to the
advertisement of Shepherd College
State Normal School to be found in
another column of the Register. This
excellent school will begin its fall seS-
sion on September 10th, and from in
luirieS already made it is likely that
there will be large attendance. The
new school law of West Virginia
makes teaching a lucrative profession,
and the demand for teachers is GER
tain to be great for long time to
come Our young men and women
oh
portunities given by Shepherd College
to fit themselves for this particular
form of usefulness.
The appointment of VIM. ]. Knott, of
this vicinity, as census supervisor of
this the second congressional district
of West Virginia has been officially an
nounced, and he will soon be called
upon to begin the preliminary work
looking to the taking of the census
next year. The thirteen counties COM
prising this district had population
in 1910 of 2l1,690, the population of
the State at that time being l,22l, l19
Mr.. Knott got his appointment as SUI
pervisor through the civil service, all
applicants for the position being re-
CURED to take an examination. He
will have the appointment of large
number of enumerators in the thirteen
counties, and il is likely that these al,
so may be required to pass civil SER
vice examination.
Misses Julia and KATHERINE Lyme, of
SharpSburg district, gave most pleas
ant entertainment last Saturday even
ing as a compliment to their guest.
Madame Huglii, of Berne, Switzerland.
A delightful feature of the affair was
the singing of Madame Huglii, who
is a very accomplished artist, and of
Miss Jane Bushong, whose fine soprano
voice is being developed at the Gin,
natl Conservatory of Music. Madame
Huglii, who before her marriage was