Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1921-05-26
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

lowest price in several years. Dealers
say It is largely due to continued cool
weather. which interferes with the de-
Hand for icecream. This diyerts 70
creameries the tens of thousands of
gallons of butterfat which otherwise
would be daily consumed BY icecreau
factories.
IN renewing her substitution Mrs
nate SamuelS writes us as follows
"'iu'Nore; please continue
10 send the Register. feel rs if the
week Is not complete unless have
read my home paper Your articles
10ou' your trip TO Florida are verv in
'ereStlng, though felt sorry thar you1
capacity Tor oranges was so limited. ="
A mule colt was foaled at the Hone.
wei Stock Farm south of Kearneysyille
IaSt week measuring 10 inches in
neight. In the mule country in Mis-.
sour colt more than Al inches in
height at birth becomes eligible 70 the
snow ring class. The dam of the
Hopewell farm colt is Belgian mare
owned by d. Z. Rover. the proprietor
of the farm.
Jonn r. Rissler, who moved from
inc Bloomery neighborhood in the
spring OF 1920 to p farm he had bought
In Berkeley county, four m;,es> eos.
OF Martinsburg, has sold the farm III
mere to a neighbor. Mrs. H. E. Ros,
who will be given possession next fall
Inc farm has 1903 acres in il. TIL,
price to Mrs. Ross is said to have been
ABOUT $4,000, Mr.. Rissler has been
Planning to move to New York State
10 enter the dairy business though
nothing definite has been decided abou,
his future course.-Advocate
Roy Hooe, Charles Town bow who
enlisted in the army air service as .
mechanic year ago. has re-enlisted
Tor term of three years. He has
been visiting relatives in town This
week on his way to Cleveland Ohio,
from which city he will aid in bringing
an airplane to Washington. The al,
Journey from Cleveland to Washing.
ton requires about four hours. This
will be Roy's third air trip between thu
two cities. He goes to relieve III,
pilot who becomes very much fatipued
after couple of hours at the steering
wheel. They have been making the
entire flight without a stop.-Advocate
Harmon Bell, citizen of Grant
county, was shot and killed SATURDAY.
afternoon near Hopeville. in that coun-
ty. Ii is said to be a section in which
considerable moonshine liquor is
made, and it is also rumored that Bell
was at one time connected with those
in that business, but fell out with them
and later turned informer. At any
rate, Bell had been in Petersburg or
business and was riding home on
horseback. When near his home. about
4 O'Clock, he and his horse were both
shot from ambush. About two hours
later his body was found. A man
named Rohrbaugh. who works on Bells
farm, was arrested on suspicion of
being implicated in the murder.
Former Governor John I. Cornwell
OF Romney. has been named bv Cover
nor E. F. Morgan as a member of the
new capitol commission. The commits.
sion will have charge of selecting plans
and erecting the new structure. provi-
sion for which was made bv the las
session of the Legislature. Other ap
pointments announced by Governor
Morgan were: George F. Daueherty.
OF Bluefield. Labor Commissioner. tic
succeed II. E. Peters. Of Fairnont
whose appointment to the Office BY
Governor Cornwell was rejected by the
Senate; Mrs. Lenna Lowe Yost. of
Morgantown. as member of the State
Board of Education. to succeed T. A.
Sycafoose. of Webster Springs. whose
term expires July /: and Prof E. L
Martin, of Beckley. to the advisor,
committee of the Board Of Education
to succeed ]. w. Robinson.
Governor Cornwell declined the ap-
poinment as member OF the commits
sion.