Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1921-11-10
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Thomas Kelly, a foreigner, aged s.
years, died in Hagerstown last Sunday
from drinking moonshine whisky.
In Hagers,own few DAYS ago w. ]
Perkins, of Roanoke, was fined SIP so
for operating car while under the
influence Of liquor.
Dogs recently raided flock Of sheep
belonging to Geo. w. Fritts, on the AL
bridge farm, northwest OF Charles
Town, killing or manning seven Of
them.
State Auditor John c. Bond has is
sued warning against the purchase OF
suspicious stocks and bonds, especially
oil stock. The county is being flooded
with bogus securities of this sort.
Thomas A. Brown, OF Parkersburg,
has been appointed by President Hard
ing as United States Attorney for the
northern district of West Virginia, sue
ceeding Stuart w. Walker, of Martins
burg, resigned.
Clinton A. Ware and son, G. M
Ware, have returned to their home near
Halltown from Morgantown, w. Va,
making the entire journey in buggy,
the distance travelled being about 200
miles. They left Morgantown at noon
Tuesday and reached home Sunday
evening. Their route was through
Fairmont, Terra Alta, Frostburg, Cum
berland and neutrality-suspicious..
In the Berkeley Circuit Court on
Tuesday "Salty" Horner was found
guilty by a jury of having in his pos
session a still and other materials for
the manufacture of moonshine liquor.
He was defended by attorneys who
took advantage of every technically
that could be raked and scraped up,
but the jury convicted him. The crime
is felony, with penalty OF from two
to five years in the penitentiary.
Governor Morgan has issued pro-
clamation naming the week OF Decem-
ber4th to 10th as education week. He
calls upon all Of the citizens Of West
Virginia to observe this week in prop
er manner by visiting the schools in
their communities and BY taking part
in the special programs planned, and
further requests that Sunday, December
4th, be observed as education day in all
the churches and Sunday schools OF
vest Virginia.
Charles Town is in a contest with
Keyser, Piedmont and Romney in en-
listing men for motor battery Of
field artillery for service in the West
Virginia National Guard. An effort
is being made to organize a battalion
of 155 men, to consist of head
quarters company to be located in
Martinsburg and two batteries of
guns. Two Of the four towns named
are to furnish the batteries required
for the battalion. Fifty men will be
required in each.
Thursday evening Of last week,
about o'clock, an unusual incident
took place when four wild geese
dropped down in the square and flew
about the streets, causing considerable
commotion for awhile. Staley Ziler,
DR.. H. T. Cook, Harry Newell and
Byard Brunk each caught one, and many
neople have visited their homes to
look at them. Evidently these geese
became separated from the flock, be-
came bewildered and were attracted to
the earth by the street lights.-Berke-
ley Springs Messenger.
Among the visitors to Shepherdstown
this week was David Dixon, a son of
Atram Dixon, who will be remembered
as one of the worthy old-time colored
men of this community many years
ago. David must be chip off the old
block in fidelity and efficiency, for he
has been for twenty-odd years porter
on the private car of !. M. Haniford.
president Of the Northern Pacific Rail
ro9d. with headquarters at St. Paul. Mr..
H2n'ford has recently retired as pres
ident Of the road, but David remains
in the service. He has been here in
his old home town on his annual va.
cation.
A deed of unusual purport was
filed for record in the Office of the
County Court last week. The instru-
ment was used to convey all the in
terests of Helen Miriam Hallam and
her brother, william VanDyke Hallam
in the estate of their father, the late
Willard r. Hallam, who died Nav 20
leIO, to their mother, Mrs. Marv Van
Dake Hallam, absolutely. The proper-
~ conveyed includes real estate n,
Harper's Ferry, in Omaha. Nebraska
and in Polk county, Florida Low an
aHection or the part of the children for
their mother is the only consideration
for the transfer. The Scottish Castle
on Bolivar Heights is among the real
estate holdings of the family in this
county.
A good many of the people of Lurav
are getting a bit FESTIVE about the
enormous crowds that are carrie there
by the railroads each SUNDAY to v:s;.
the cavernS. On one Sunday recently
$500 excursonists were dumned int3
the town and they overwhelmed the
place. The sanctitv of the Sabbath is
becoming thing Of the past in Iur,v
for town of two or three Thousand
people cannot take care Of SO NAM
?'arheerS without great confusion. II