Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1921-06-16
LITTLE LOCALS.

wv 'a''N' W SuVSSIlOS. Inc paper
Will be sent TO any address wear for
Sl.SO or SIX months for rs cents.
Judge W. L. Baker Of the u. :. Dis
trict Court has appointed ID. W. Snvdcr
Jr., of MartinSburg TO be n Uni,cu
States Commissioner in place OF Har-
ry A. Downs. Mr.. Downs is ineligible
because of being a State official a
member of the Legislature.
IL is reported that the B & q S..
road will build new station at kcar-
neySvllle. This is putting one over on
Shenandoah Junction. Still, the ten
der-hearted officials NAV not want TO
disturb the reaches and the unmcntion.
able bugs that have established them
selves SO comfortably i'll the Junction
station.
George Freeman's young buzzard
that he got week or two ago in tho
mountain at Antietam is growing like
everything, and is making itself very
much at home in his chicken ward. lt
seems TO have adopted George as its
ance the buZzard 9reetS him with open
mouth and chuckles of delight.
Palmer Tenant. postmaster OF
HagcrStown and one of that city'S most
highly regarded residents, was arrest.
cd in Middlctown, Md, recently and
fined 500 and costs on a charge of
driving an automobile while under tho
influence of liquor. Mr.. Tenant en-
phaticallv denied the charec-but
there's no escape when any of Com
missioner Baughman's men makes an
arrest.
Somebody has been scattering poison
rather indiscriminately about Shcp-
herdstown. and during the past week
or two there have been may deaths
among the dogs and cats. In one block
on Main street Withrow Lcgge and II.
A. Downs lost their Aircdalc dogs and
Edward l.. Reinhart's bird dog gave up
the ghost. On west Main street four
or five cats in one block were poisoned
the first of the week II is not a very
nice thing to be scattering poison in
this way.
One day last week while Joseph +.
Strider, one Of the proroprietors of the
ShephcrdStown Garage, was working
on car piece of steel flew from an
object he was hammering and imbed-
ded itself in the eye and so near to the
to remove it, and he went to spec.
ialist in Hagerstown. The bit of stee
was removed with the use of a power.
full magnet, and Mr. Strider is muc'
more comfortable and will sustain M
serious result
The Lutherans Of the Valley Of Vir
ginia are arranging for their annua
reunion at Fishers Hill, Strasburg
July 7th. The speakers for this oc
casion will be Rev. DR.. G. M. Offender.
fer, of Washington, and Rev DR.. Z
| G.. Cronk, of Richmond, the new synod
ical superintendent OF Virginia Synod
This reunion was attended last year
by thousands of Lutherans from the
Valley of Virginia and other sections
and it is hoped that the coming reunion
will be equally interesting. Everybody
is invited.
Two well-known colored women OF
Duificlds had a terrific fight at that
place last Friday evening. One OF the
women accused the other OF receiving
attentions from her husband After
verbal preliminary they went at each
other hammer and tongS, and the fur
flew. Finally one of the women
knocked the other out with blow over
the head with an iron bar, besides Bit
ing her severely, and this ended the
scrap. The aggressor was subsequent
ly fined $50 and costs before mag
istrate in Charles Town.
Our local fishermen have been catch
ing some fine strings Of bass in the
Shenandoah river the past week or
two. Bass are not biting very we'll
=. a. De- A,stI Inn ia,
quite scarce-and those who study the
is because OF the big Mississippi cat
fish that swarm in this river The
catfish devour the spawn of the bass
and are rapidly depopulating the waters
Of these game fish. They are not SC
ing able to get above the big dam a,
Millville.
Harvest is at hand. Some farmers
have already opened UP their wheat
fields so as to make ready for the bin
ders, and by the first of the week tho
cutting of wheat will be in full swing.
The wheat is standing UP we'll. The
opinion is expressed that the crop in
Jefferson will be about IS per cent of
full crop. Very few new binders
have been bought this year, according
to the reports of dealers. The high
price Of this class OF farm machinery
has had the effect OF stopping sales
almost entirely, and farmers have patch
ed up their old binders and will make
them last another season. The samo
thing is true Of other farm machinery.
The streets that were oiled last
week are in splendid condition, and
the town authorities are to be con-
graduated upon their excellent work.
The oil contained large per cent OF
asphaltum, and this has set and form
ed a hard surface which apparently
will last long time. Mayor !. Strider
Moler has ordered another supply OF
oil, some of which will be kept on hand
to use on bad places that may appear
! Mnrc kIankc ailaI