Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1921-07-07
LITTLE LOCALS.
"An Early Bird" July 10Th.

Ssut months Tor dollar.
I The teachers institute for Jefferson
county will DC held in Shcrhertstoun
the week Beginning August 2ed The
instructors will be II. b. Work, Of Ian.
caster, Pa, and Miss Nellie HolcomS.
OF Sutton, W. Va. The institutes for
Berkeley, Morgan and Hampshire coun.
ties will also be held the week Begin.
ming August I'D
/ Wheat is down 10 a dollar A hushel
the lowest price reached in wears
MS Is what our local dealers are Of
I terlng today for new wheat. Old
wheat Is worth more. Farmers can
not AFFORD TO raise wheat for a dollar
euShel, and il is hoped that the Price
may advance 10 something like a
fair figure. Corn is IS cents a BUSH
el
At the chapel exercises of the Shep.
herd College summer school last
thursday evening Mrs W. n. :. White
gave delightful recital, which was
enjoyed not only BY the students but
BY a number Of our town folks. Mrs
White is a reqder Of exceptional abil.
Ity and charm, and her programme
vas interesting and pleasing TO the
highest degree.
The corporation authorities are
working on the river hill this week.
trying 10 put il in better condition
than it has been for long time past.
Ii is a tough proposition, but il they
do as good a job on this as they have
done on the other streets of the town
We shall expect results Our streets
pROpTlllN uapr il 81
as they are now.
The Potomac river in and near Shep-
hertstown has been the scene OF great
enjoyment the past few weeks The
intensely hot weather has caused hun.
dreds of young folks 10 seek its cool
waters, and each afternoon the river is
fairly alive with bathers, boys and
girls and young men and women, who
enjoy the sport 10 the fullest extent.
We have never known so many per-
sons TO enjoy bathing as are going in
this summer. There is talk of erect
ing bathing houses at the more pop
ular places-a convenience that is
greatly needed.
Hezekiah Jones, formerly a we'll
known stone mason of Shepherdstown.
was taken 10 the county infirmary near
Leetown on Tuesday by Constable Will
lis K. Crowl, on an order signed by
B. S. Pendleton, superintendent of the
poor for this district. Mr.. Jones has
been almost entirely helpless for a
long time. Sixteen years ago he was
struck by a railroad train in this place
and received injuries 10 the spine that
were incurable. He has never walk
ed since that time, and has been a con-
stant care to his relatives, who hove
done for him what they could. His
physical condition has become such
that they could no longer give him
proper attention, so he has been taken
to the infirmary. Though his bodily
infrmities are great, his mind Is as
good as ever.
At meeting Of the Berkeley Coun-
~ Court in Martinsburg last Friday
written report from the Jefferson
County Court was read, in which the
Berkeley officials were informed Of tho
action Of our court, designating the pub
lie road from Charles Town TO Shep-
herdstown by way Of Dufields as its
choice for the route between the two
county seats President Hesse, Of the
Berkeley court, accepted the notifica.
ton for the court and said that he and
his colleagues would act upon the
Berkeley county section Of the road in
the near future. The entire road, as
we'll as the road between Martinsburg
and Berkeley Springs, will then be sub
mitted TO the road commission as the
Joint recomme ndstion Of the courts OF
the Eastern Panhandle for the first i'm
provement under the bond issue.
President Warren c. Harding ap-
pointed Rev. Charles Scanlon, general
secretary OF the Presbyterian Board
Of Temperance. as one OF the ten DEL
egates 10 represent the United States
al the sixteenth session OF the Inter-
national Congress Against Alcoholism,
which meets in Lausanne, Svitzer-
land, August p to p, inclusive, this
lyear. This is the fourth time DR..
Scanlon has represented the govern
ment abroad on this question. LAST
year the congress met in Washington.
/ d. c.. and DR.. Scanlon was vice chair
man OF il, as we'll as a member OF the
executive committee. DR.. Scanlon has
been invited to speak in Paris, Ber-
lin and Copenhagen, if he can arrange
to do so-Pittsburg Dispatch.
DR.. Scanlon, who is furnishing
readable articles TO the Register, has
friends in this section who will wish
for him an enjoyable trip.
| w. II. Seibert, highly regarded
farmer Of the Kearneysvlle neighbor-
hood. met with a thrilling accident on
! Tuesday. He was returning home
from Martinsburg by way Of the Lee
town road when his Allen sedan was
struck by a work train on a branch
line of the B. & o. Railroad. Tho
automobile was carried a distance OF
thirty or forty feet and was almost
completely demolished, two wheels
being torn of. the body smashed and