Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1920-07-08
LITTLE LOCALS.

Inc State Board of Public Works has
appointed Charles N. whiting, of
Shepherdstown, as a Republican men,
per OF the Jefferson county board of
equalitation and review. He succeeds
T. ,. Musser, resigned.
Why worry about spots on your
eiothes when Ovens drug store has
tne best spot remover thar can be had.
Also clean your old straw hat with FL.
kay straw hat cleaner. Money back
u II fails. Ovens drug store.
There's good reading on every page
oil the Register this weck-some es.
peeiaily interesting articles on the in
SIDE pages, including one that will be
OF particular interest to fishermen of
Jeherson and Berkeley counties.
Mr.. Charles II. Reinhart, Of Roa.
noke, who is spending the summer n
ms Old home near town, had n Meas.
ant drive the past week from Detroit
ne Fent to that city and bought him.
seitsa new autemobile, which he dru1
all the way home.
To any of our Washington eoun,,
friends who get three barrels ,r ,,,o,';
OF Hour, either exchange or b,v W.,
VIII pay the bridge toll. Rememher
We make the best table meal and 40
all kinds of choppine. SheSberds hu 40
town Roller Mill. e''S-
Dr. Albert II. Licklider. of Williams
Soiiege, Williamstown, Mass, SAILED
,sst saturday on the Mauretania for
Ingiand' He will spend a couple of
iIEi'ns IIin IN Normandy and in Oxford.
ss nus relatlves here received word the
,,st OF tne eek that he had succeeisd
IN getting passage.
! C.. w. Henshaw continues o,;,o -,
al MS home near Middlewav. A vi'i,
Daitimore to consult a specials, y
sn1ri time ago resulted in no beneb,
20 MN, and few days later a st-oke
oI paralysis that affected his left -
sane TO complicate his conditio,
WHICH mas now become serious
~ the annual meeting of the Mar
,'hsourg Fruit Exchange on Tuesdav
Lewls H. thompson, of Martinsbure
was elected president, II. C.. Marshall
pi hearneysville, vice president and
-. Floyd Evans secretary-treasnrer
| me report of the treasurer sbowed
''at the exchange has $1,000 in bank,
The Washington County Fish md
lame Association last week nIacad
10000 small bass in the potom r;ve.
between Dam No. 4 and Shenberds
Town, and at the same time I5yOoO trou,
were placed in the Washington co,,ntv
streams. The fish were obt,ineS
from the State hatchery at Lewistown
- Mrs. L. Hayward Bowly, formerly of
ohepnerdstown, has bought from Har.
V flrkler, OF Philadelphia. the cot
rage known as "idle Hour" situated
on the BLUM overlooking the Potomac
river at Harper's Ferry, not far from
me Hilltop House. II commands
nagniheent view Of the river and
.hountalns. aHo,. Mrs. Bowly has lived in
.t E, hIauoan, cottage overlooking
past
Last Friday afternoon as passenger
train No. 27 was leaving Haperstown a
trolley car from WilIiamsport crashed
into the engine at the crossing tho
motorman being unable to check the
car on account OF slippery rails
mere were only few persons on the
lroliey car, and fortunately no person
was seriously hurt. One end of the
car was partly demolished and the To-
comotivee was damaged so that a now
engine mad to be gotten to take the
'~' vi" W LihtOU.
Harvest is about over in this Gee.
uon, most Of the wheat having been
cur oy the middle OF the week. A few
neios yer reman to be cut, as the rail-,
Yesterday caused a setback. The
weather has been favorable for har-
vesting, and as a rule the grain stood
up well until il was cut and shocked
II Is generally agreed that the yiekl
VIII be very good one in this county
except for an unusual acreage that was
destroyed by the fly because planted
little TOO early last fall.
In renewing his subscription to the
wrf;sa xeGisteS Jacob R; Keller, of Nevada,
winch ne says: The Register reaches
me regularly every Tuesday. and / am
alWays looking for II eagerly. Times
are. good in the West. Wages are
high-farmers are paying S4.0O dav
and board and the mines are navins
5000 day Of eight hours. We have
mad a cool spring, with very little warm
weather. We believe out here that IN
4 me Democrats put up the rioht man
they VIII win, Us the Republican mona
nee IS net popular out hore. am in a
DeInocdatIc county, the same as good
eld JEFFERSON. hope to get back
nome some Of these days. Best wish.
es to you and the Register. But be-
ware of leap year,
According to the Clarke Courier the
sum o8 Sl4 500 has been expended on
me ten miles Of pike betu cen Berrv.
Vihe and Winchester this summer. A
GOAT OF oil has been spread over IN.
PIKE, and finely crushed stone placed
upon II. Ihe same Improvement Is
10 De made on fhe BerrvviIIe a,J