Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1921-11-24
LITTLE LOCALS.


Sanitarium, at Terra Alta. ". Va :,
after having been sick dcolJ two
months. Her father accompanied her
to Terra Alta.
The DEPARTMENT of Agriculture at
Washington has figured out thal West
Virginia is entitled TO $500, So77 Of
the appropriation of S75,oOOOoN lust
made by Congress for federal lid in
road construction. One third 0t this
amount is due Immediately AMI the
other will be after January Isl
The regular meeting of the Woman 5
Club will be postponed until -ues-
day, November 29th, at 3 p. m. n the
college auditorium. All members are
requested to be present and vote
whether or not we will invite the State
convention here next year. TIE re-
port OF the 1921 convention VII be
given at this meeting.
The Jefferson County Tc.s,honc
Company has issued a new dire tory,
containing the up-to- date lis, - lis
subscribers. Richard L. Spohn the
Shepherdstown exchange, is nov dis
triouting the books among the com-
pany's patrons in this section, nd is
taking occasion at the same time n see
hat all the phones are in good lrder
and that the service shall Be satis-
factory.
George Katz, who for thirty ,ea:s
has been successfully engaged IT. ner-
chandiSe in Martinsburg, will -etire
from business entirely, and as nay be
seen by advertisement, will sell his
Of I@ =
katz has built up an important nGsi-
ness IN Martinsburg, and is o-e of
that city's most highly regardec 1er-
chants. He will offer big ba-Elirs
while they last-a word TO the Use
is sufficient.
John p. Rissler has bought fro the
executors of Mrs. Susan II. C,-rell
what is known as the Van Vacter crop
erty, lying along the Shenandoah ever,
south OF the Bloomery, in this county,
for the sum Of $4,000. Mr.. k ,sler
formerly owned the place, and Srld IL
some years ago and moved to B:-le-
ley county, but has ever since n: an
ardent desire to return to his old rIluc.
IL is Mr.. RiSs er's intention to improve
the property and make it first.-iass
fruit farm.
State Policeman l.. w. Wake has
had another man added TO his force,
Private A. L. Amey, Of Keyser, having
been transferred to this section The
State officers, who have been located
in Martinsburg, will now spend part
OF their time in Jefferson count md
will be in Charles Town, Shepherds
town and Harper's Ferry for a yeek
or so as occasion demands Offenders
against tie State laws, especially = Oon-
sinners and bootleggers, will do vel
to give up their unlawful business.
The newspapers say that all 5oUbt
is now dispelled as to the cons,cuc-
tion of a great plant by the Hancock
Steel Company on the West Virginia
side of the river at Hancock, NJ: to
cost S3,5OO,OO0. 1t is strange thar With
so many iron and steel plants smut
general depression all over the yJrld,
that another big steel mill is T. be
erected in a section so remote r-om
the basic materials and with nc rail-
road competition. F. Vernon Ale. of
Martinsburg, is the promoter 0. the
company.
No wonder milk is so high il the
cities-and elsewhere. w. A. ) mp
son, a leading milk distributor in
Washington, testified that his family
drew salaries from his company
amounting to $4,000 year and
shared in big dividends besides.
Harry N. Brawner, manager OF the
Geo. M. Oyster dairy plant, got SiS,-
n00
$500, besides other big salaries. The
company, in addition, clears about 5oO,-
600 year. Raymond j. Wise, OF the
Chevy Chase Dairy, draws a SALARY Of
$1,000 a year and made profit, Of
$4,000 from the business.
The National Credit Corporaticr. an
organization by which a number Of
Jefferson county persons we're swintled
out Of considerable sums Of money. has
passed into the hands Of recei, ,>ss,
and in Philadelphia last week six
men were arrested on a charge Of
conspiracy to defraud in the sale Of
the company's stock. Among tc1se
arrested was Franklin Speese, the pro-
moter of the concern The company
had agents who so d stock all over the
country, promising nine per cent inter
est. A good many persons in J=ter-
son county invested their saving in
the concern, and thousands of dollars
have been lost in this section C7ly
! one dividend was ever paid
T. F. Hammond, Of the Kear-. $
Vile neighborhood, is very grateful t',at
he has such good neighbors and friends,
and he asks us to say so in the Reg
! lister. Mr.. Hammond has been sick
for some weeks past and unable u
carry on his regular farm work One
day last week sixteen men, with Guy
p. Morrison as captain, assembled at
| Mr.. Hammond's pace and out In a