Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1920-11-18
LITTLE LOCALS.

butter Is 50 cents pound today and
eggs are "a cents a dozen. Prices for
eggs right here in the country beat
all previous records, as they have sold
this week UP TO 70 cents a dozen-and
scarce at that.
Wonder Of wonders! Gasoline, which
Tor years past has steadily advance !
in price, has actually been reduced
Effective on Tuesday last a cent n gal
Ion was taken of of this most useful
commodity, and il is now selling in
ShepherdStown at % cents a gallon.
Rev. and Mrs. Jas. II. Haley will
take their son Gale to Washington on
Friday, and on Saturday he will be
operated upon at the Episcopal Ear,
Eye and Throat Hospital for the re-
moval OF his tonsils and adenoids.
Then he will have further treatment in
the hope that deafness which has been
increasing upon him may be relieved.
Luther w. Thompson's sale on Mon
day last was we'll attended, norwith-
standing snowy and unpleasant day.
Ihe proceeds amounted to about S3,-
$50, which was considered fairly salts
factory. Prices are not nearly as high
at public sales as they have been, but
It is said that they are better here than
In Maryland and other sections.
Landlord Harry c. Weiss. OF the
Palm Hotel at Charles Town, has de-
cided to run an automobile to Balti.
more regularly every Monday The
rate for the round trip is lower than the
railroad fare down and back A large
and comfortable car will be used and
will be run on a schedule that will al
low a passenger five to six hours in
Baltimore during the busiest part Of
the day,
Governor John ]. Cornwcll of West
Virginia was elected a director Of the
| annual meeting of the stockholders on
Monday last. He takes the place of
the late ]. G. Schmidlapp, of Cincin-
natl. The remaining members of the
old board of directors were reelected.
Ii is understood Governor Cornwell
will not take his place on the board
until the expiration OF his term of
Governor next March.
Now that winter has set in, travellers
over the N. & w. and b. & O. Rail-
roads who have to change cars at
Shenandoah Junction are in consider
able Of a quandary. The old shack
used as a station isn't fit for people
TO sit in--or stand in, either-and the
weather is too bad for them to remain
outdoors. The officials who are re-
sponsible for the maintenance OF this
wretched hovel ought to be indicted
and hailed before the court.
Last Sunday afternoon while Eddie
! Wuatf TOh, Mahnnau Cinnn,,n
! Ferrari, three Martinsburg men, were
driving along the Williamsport pike in
the latter's automobile the car over
turned at Marlowe school-house and
| threw them into the ditch. Wyatt's
nose was broken and almost torn from
his face, and he was otherwise injured.
He was knocked unconscious and re-
mained so for some time. The other
two men were not hurt much.
The Republican victory Of November
I'd makes it certain that no Demos
crat will seek the late Judge Dayton's
place as judge OF the United States
Court for the northern district OF West
Virginia. No Democrat appointed by
President Wilson would be confirmed
| by a Republican Senate. 1t is said
that Willis E. Baker, we'll known
Republican Of Elkins, would like the
honor. Judge Ira e. Robinson, who
ran for Governor four years ago. is also
mentioned in this connection.
Marshall Roper, who operates farm
of over 300 acres, three or four miles
south OF Charles Town, is one OF the
few farmers Of the county making a
success with tractor in cultivating his
crops. He has been using tractor
now for three seasons, and in that time
has reduced the number Of work horses
from % to 4. This past fall season his
tractor was used preparing his wheat
ground, narrowing, dragging and disk
ing the land, equivalent to going once
over 200 acres, cut IS acres Of corn
and filled a hundred ton silo-all OF it
on $50 gallons of coal oil for engine
fuel.-Advocate.
Last Saturday night Clegg Swain
had occasion to drive TO Antietam Iron
Works, east Of town. on the Maryland
side Of the river, and was so unfortu.
nate as to break the rear axle OF his
Ford car. Not being able to get the
machine back to town. he allowed il 10
remain in front Of the store at Antie-
tam. Sunday morning he went after
the car, when he found that some ras-
cally thief had stolen the storage bat
terry during the night 1t was neces-
sary to chisel it from the connections
but this did not deter the thief, who
made clean getaway with it. The
loss no Mr.. Swain is thirty-five or forty
dollars.
Last Sunday Mr.. and Mrs. George
Sheig, two aged residents of Martins
burg, were found dead in their home in
that place, having been asphyxiated by
gas from a coal stove. The dampers
of the stove, which burned anthracite
coal, had been turned off, and finally
gas escaped in such quantities as to