Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1921-03-17
ITEMS OF INTEREST

The Shepherd College Commons.
ment exercises will be held this ,o,.
on Wednesday, June 8th.
The tenants share, one half ~.
growing crop of wheat on the W,Cr,
dy farm was sold for $3.50 Der a,-s ..
A. c. Welsh's sale recently Tb;s =
some drop from SlO.5O an acre in w..
in war times, a couple of wears ,oo
The great Kelly-Spr:ngGej ,,o
mobile tire plant at Cumber,a,I :.
nearing completion, and it is eyne,,ot
that the manufacture of tires will 10
gin some time this month. The cro,.
cost about S11,000,OOO and thousand,
of men will be employed.
People who take part in court ~,
tests must now pay the clerks hs.
when they institute a suit or action ?,
law, or any other proceedings i, the
Circuit Court. The new law reprl,,
ing such payments becomes eHe,,;v.
January |, and may be found in sac.
ton 80, of chapter 1877 of the Code nj.
vorce and chancery suits REQUIRE d..
post of ten to twenty dollars each. A..
tons at law, five to fifteen dollars; mo.
ton, five dollars; appeals from iustc,
OF the peace; five dollars.
The Town Manufacturing Comnanv
which opened a plant in Charles Town
manufacturing mems clothing. and civ.
ing employment to fifty women and girls
for more than year, has discontinued
Its business there. The plant was
closed in November, but some hope was
given at the time that it would reopen
with an improvement of business in
the clothing trade. This hope. how.
ever, was blasted last week when rep.
resentative of the company came from
Baltimore and removed the last re-
naming pieces of equipment.
The Register has recently had two
interesting letters from old Jefferson
county boys who are now prominent
residents of Parsons, Kansas. Alvey
II. Reinhart writes us: at has been
thirty-one years since | left good old
Shepherdstown and her surroundings,
yet | am always glad to get the Reg
lister. surely enjoy DR.. John Knots
articles in the paper. They bring back
some fond recollections of other DAYS
Charles H. Reinhart says: "Sen1 on
inc Register. Just, now the climate
here is delightful, neither cold nor hot
Fixes Peak looks lovely this morning
with the sun shining so beautifully
against the great wall of snow"
Our friend Vim. R. Alder, of Ben
ton, Arkansas, in renewing his sub
scription writes us; eve could not do
without the Register-we all want TO
read it at once when it comes to our
home. We have been having plenty
OF winter down here. Business IS
picking up fast since oil was found at
FL Dorado. A we'll is being dug slI-
teen miles from here. The famous
Niloak Pottery is made in this town.
and we live only four miles from the
largest bauxite mine in the world
Arkansas isn't such a bad place to 1--we
in, after ALL" Still, Br'r Alder, you
will have to admit it isn't as good
place as the dear old Valley of Virgin
ia.
Experiments conducted by the WIN
chester and Western Railroad be'Wee"
Winchester and Intermon.. " 'a'
with 34-passenger car, mounted on
flve-ton truck chassis, equipped Win
Hanged tires, shave proved so success,
full that additional cars will be built II
was stated by William b CornNe''
president. Railroad officials who teS'-
ed the output predicted that 1t ND!
eventually revolutionize passenger ''h'
fic on short-line railroads all over ''''
country. The car is heated by ee'
tricity, there is no smoke, cinderS VI
dust. and passengers ride with as ild'"
comfort as in a standard coach II -
said. Attached to the car is tra''''
for mail, express and baggage Co"'
pletion of the last half mile OF roau
the western teri''"I'
IS assured at an early date, it was s"'N'
Teacher-Why were you la'e '01
'or SchonI Walter