Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1921-06-09
LITTLE LOCALS.

has been elected a member of the
board OF directors of the Northcr, VIZ
ginia Power Company.
The Woman's Club of shepher5-.
Town District will conduct a Cafeteria
IN the domestic science room. old col.
lege building, Saturday evening Of
.hls week from 5 D. m. to s D. m. Come
ther and have your supper-pay as
much or as little as YOU please.
Yesterday George Freeman, the res.
tauTant man, went to the mountains
near Antietam. where one of the ma
yves gave him a young bald eagle.
snow white in color, which MIR Free.
man hsa shown TO hundreds of cur.
ious persons. P. S.-The eagle is a
Young buzzard.
The old flagstone sidewalk LEADING
from Bolivar through High street into
Harper's Ferry is being replaced wiz
concrete paving, part of the work.
having already been completed This
Will be a very decided improyemer,
to the two towns-but what q slipperv
place 1t will be in winter,
MT. Nelson 7. Snyder. of the Shenan.
ooah Junction neighborhood, was
among our callers this morning He
reports that his wheat crop. which was
ruined by hail few weeks ago will
be total loss. None of the farmers
whose wheat was DESTROYED in tha,
section had any insurance.
Martha Gardner, Is years old, dauph-
ter OF Mr.. and Mrs. !. Frank Gardner.
OF Leetown, completed the eighth grad
IN the school there with a record OF
attendance that is rarely eoualed. The
entire seven or eight years of her school
HE nave been gone through withou,
one DAYS absence scored against her.
The. farmers picnic at |. d. Van
Metres farm near Kearnevsville last
thursday was great success. Sever
al thousand persons attended and
were edited and interested BY fine ad-
dresses by Hon. Henry c. Wallace.
secretary of Agriculture, Congressman
A. r. Lever, Hon. Frank w. Mish, Hon.
GRAY Silver, of Martinsburg, and 9TH
erS.
we are sorry to learn that Mr.. /
Aloert LINK, of the Duffields neighbor-
hooo, mas been in very poor health for
some time past. He has gone TO Par.
Sersourg to spend some time with his
Sls'er-in- law, in the hope that he NAV
Iecuperate. Mr.. Link is one of the
nlghly esteemed men of the county, and
we JOIN with his friends in wishing for
him speedy recovery
The pike leading to Kearneysviile and
Leetown was badly damaged bv the re-.
cent heavy rains that fell in that sec.
tion. It's the same old story-for lack
or few dollars worth of labor in ditch.
ing and ordinary attention to drainage
hundreds OF dollars of damage has
oeen done. Wonder when repairs will
De made-and when will our roads be
intelligently looked after?
Mr.. and Mrs. George R. Barnhart NJ
Indianapolis, are visiting their niece
Mrs. Thomas E. Howell. in this county
Mr.. Barnhart was for MANY wears a 10.
connective engineer, but as he is now
eighty years old he is no longer in the
service. He is native of this vicinity
but has lived in Indianapolis for owe,
half century. He is a Confederate
veteran, having served during the Civ
War as member of Company D
Twelfth Virginia Cavalry.
Paul F. West, former studenr Of
Shepherd College, son of Mr.. ana Mrs
G. w. West, of Rippon, this county
graduated from the medical depart
ment Of the University Of MARYLAND
last Wednesday night, receiving the
degree of Doctor of Medicine. He has
been student at the University fol-
the past four years and made a splen.
did record. He will enter upon the
practice of medicine at once and viii
be associated with DR.. Julius Frieden
wald. noted Baltimore specialist.
Automobiles are coming down. A.
may be seen by advertisement thi:
week, Ford cars of all models have
been reduced in price, and the Nation
al Highway Garage puts the new
prices in effect Immediately. The new
rates are published elsewhere in thi.
paper. The Jefferson Sales Company
which handles the Dodge cars, alst
announces a substantial reduction il
all models. effective yesterday. Thes,
prices have been suddenly announced
without any previous indication tt
dealers.
Governor E. F. Morgan has appoint
ed II. N. Bradley, assistant cashier o.
the Jefferson Bank and Trust Company
of Charles Town. to a good position
in Charleston. He has made him pur
chasing agent for the State Board o.
Control, a place Of importance which
carries with il an excellent salary
His duties require him to purchase
supplies and materials for the variou:
State institutions, some of the trans
actions running into very large sums
Mr.. Bradley is good business man
careful and conscientious, and hi;
friends are satisfied that he will MAKE
good in his new position.
Miss Mary S. Lawrence. of Wash
ington. is given a legacy of $500 in the
will of the late Miss Martha c. Coyle
who died in Charles Town recently
Game ono ,,Dop tho adyice Of MiSs