Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1920-12-23
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

"'HA VI SNIOu>S y DTOS., one OF
6'!tmore'S largest wholesale clothing
i~e Dries, has closed down .nde6nl,ely.
and 1000 persons are out of employ
meni. Unsatisfactory business condi-
tons are given as the cause.
DR.. Richard H. Cramer, a we'll
known Physician of New Cumberland
W. Va, was arrested recently and he'll
Tor he United States Court on tho
charge OF violating the federal law
concerning the sale of narcotics.
Sugar prices took another tumble in
New York The first of the week. Ar
buckle Brothers cut the price to SS.2S
hundred pounds, and the Federal
Sugar Company followed suit. The
American and National Companies
dropped to $3.50.
A suitcase of millinery samples
sprung leak in Pullman car in which
II was carried as the train neared
chicago The conductor wired ahead
Two men from New York were ar
rested and Lightweight quarts of whis-
Key were found in the cases.
Spirits awakened her from her sleep
early Monday morning. said Mrs. Mary
Shepherd, of Huntington, w. Va. and
directed her 10 20 to the railroad sta
ton instead of to work. She did so.
there she met her husband, John A
Shepherd, she says, with another wo-
man, said to be Mrs. Shepherd No. 2.
No. had him arrested. and it is said
he made full confession. No. says
she will prosecute her husband 10 the
full extent of the law.
Fifty per cent of the girls attending
the public schools of Charleston, this
State. are afflicted with goitre. accord
ing to a statement issued by Superin
/ ten5ent of Schools George S. Laidlcy
The latest inves igation by the Ka
rawha Medical Society" said Mr.
Laidley, "shows 50 per cent, instead OF
D. & Ncr con- - shown =, -, invcs,iUa-
non some ,.me ago Mr. Laiiley an
n Hn,ed that lrle treatmen. in an CT
IT eradicate the goitre would b
s.aT,cd in The schools at once
When Governor Z. L. Morgan take
Office March 4:h his salary vii be $40.
COO a year, just double he amount the
present chief executive is getting
The increase was provided for by the
last lcgiS allure, TO go into effect at III
Beginning of he next Governors
term, as there is a constitutional pro-
hibition TO increasing the salary o
any Office during the term of an officer
The salary of no other Stae officer
was increased, but it is believed prob.
able tina an effort in that direction vii
be made by>the incoming Legislature
A number not on the program was
introduced the other night at taffy
pulling party given by Mrs. WESLEY
Hal for members of the Loyal Daugh
terS' class of Walnut Springs Sunda,
school, near Winchester, when, at ar
oppOrtune moment, Mr.. Hall saunterec
into the dining room, where the taffy
was being pulled, and liberated about
dozen mice he had caught in trap
During the resulting confusion taffv
was scattered in every direction and
many of the guests spent the next day
combing taffy out of their hair. While
the excitement was at its height some
boys sneaked in and stole what taft,
remained.
Midweek parties, unchaperoned pic
MICS, unsuitable dress and kalSomned
compilations among high school girls
will have to go, if the suggestions made
at a patrons meeting at the Broadway
High School in Hagerstown are carried
out. parents are looked upon BY
most children as back numbers" de-
clared Mrs. J. ]. Porter, "and the child
would rather take anyone's opinion
than her parents. Proper standards
Of dress, simplicity instead of extrav-
agance, more nights during the week
for study and fewer social engage
ments and proper chaperonage by pa
rents at class parties are some of the
important things parents should de
mand," she said.
Chicago is going to have the larges
; Masonic Temple in the world Plan:
for the enlargement Of Med.nal
Temple to that emu nave been made b
the Medinah Temple Association
which leased FOR 90 years the hal
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