Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1921-09-15
LITTLE LOCALS.

wheat is quoted at SilS n bushel
today in our local market and corn NJ
So cents.
The ten-acre home and orchard of
c. w. Foltz, near Scrabble, has Sccn
sold to william Bartles, of Berkeley
county, for a price said to be between
$1,000 and $4,000.
M. M. jenkins. Of the Uvilla neigh
oornood, who recently bought himself
home in Charles Town, has also
bought out the grocery business of Ben
Rodrick in the latter place.
Saturday, September 18th, will be
the e9th anniversary OF the great bat
tie OF Antietam. We have asked
observer to make some notes OF this
tremendous event for the next issue of
the Register
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. w. wysong have
sold their store and residence proper
ty on Main street to Vim. n. Ruther-
ford, who will take possession the
first OF October. Mr.. and Mrs. Wv
song expect to return to Virginia
where they lived some wears ago.
Work has been resumed at the lime
stone quarries at Blairton, near Mar
tinsburg, and the big truck now hauls
eighteen workmen from Shepherds
town In the morning and brings them
PACK In the evening. Wages have been
reduced from the peak OF S49 day.
paid during war times, to S2.7O per
day. .o' pS'
Mr. Charles Newton Dorsev and
Miss Mary Virginia Spinks, both OF
Charles Town, were married Septem-
Der 5rd In Berryville, Va, Rev. w.
n. ballengee, the Methodist minister.
performing the ceremony. The bride
is the attractive daughter Of Mr.. and
MRS. Z. J. Spinks and the groom is the
son OF Mr.. and Mrs. Philip Dorsey.
The Shepherdstown Graded and
ftien School opened on Monday with an
enrolment OF 2S7. The teachers in
,ne Junior high school are Geo. T.
Hnooe, principal, and Mrs. Clyde
Oruops and Miss Bessie Bell. assist
ants. The grade teachers are. Sixth
grade, Miss Ella Kelsey; fihh grade.
MISS Julia Hill; fourth grade. Miss
Louise Rightstine; third grade, Mro.
1arvey Tabler: primary, Miss Ruth
iayior' and Miss Mabel Thompson.
Maddox Brothers have put the scat.
ioiding around the steepIe of the Enjs-
copai Church, preparatory 10 mat;ny
needed repairs. The copper sheatbi,e
on the ridges has fallen Off in nIaces
and some Of the states have becor,s
aMny, aMuy, ana these defects have been
anoWihg lne water to get at the wood
w: before serious damage shall
nave been done the vestrymen decided
10 put the steepie in good repair once
ne oooy of Sergeant Major William
J: Geary, Of Harper's Ferry. who w,s
niiIeo N IN action In Belleau Wood IN
france on June 25, 1918, wac bronc,,.
ION france recently, and after o..
P,oprIate funeral services in the Cas-
onc Church was inferred in ,,o
ooeamestery OF his native place. He wos
60 years old at the time of his Jea,h
ne won the Croix de Guerre For CO..
Wood. VI beiieau
W.T., The family Of Mr.. and Mrs. Tbou,.
VIII VIII OF Millville, this COUNTY had
,;sS nsla cay in the City Hospital in Me,A
mssourg s'sg last week, when four children
~ suuin,'ted to operations for the 70.
a.o ,,,ovai VI their tonsils. The vouns
n.eIs VINO figured in the rather mn
usual family event were Oscar , ui
- years; Howard, aged II: Io,ra;n.
sgeo y: and Thornton, aged { Thn;,
IaIner Is an employee Of the S,,nd.rs
Lime and Stone COMPANY Tb. n,.a'
oe' passed through the ordeal saso,.
ana all OF them hope now - V an;lV
much better health. " eh)oy
Forrest Hammond, near vo,,,.
vine, and wagon driver f,oursd =.
dran,;ns runaway by four-horse team
Tns Tussds load OF lumber to the citv
ie.ds iesaay morning on the. hill which
cc,rs laws from High street down to th.
,,m.y entrance. The team. corino
vywards u's the city, was thrown into s ainhs.
fr;oh Hsh one OF the lead horses becan,o
.aned onso.;. at a bicycle going in ,e the
oppUsIe rau direction, swerved sudd.nt,
"a douna, snapped of the tongue tura
ran "e wagon across the road. and ths.
% sad,y hhaaly eastward on the hin Tsa
.,e eas1,i morse was thrown to The oro,,ns n
tha q. ~ @ ,ne flight and freed. and Jo,a.
@ ON horse was thrown h". er
sSnaoIe TO disentangle itseIf1 80. ~ was
Ss ah,a ana was dragged q cnns;da 20, -
CT. 90 a., oistance, with the result mat 49,. ).
90 En-. us nlde was torn loose and oss =.
r;,,n inIed tnat the horse viii have ~ rs :
an; alaea; Mr.. Hammond iumned &c 20 pe
On horse when the flight stse..a 70 tne
~ ~ aenacify clune to il mill 4. sna
yer was tbrSn,n H@S ,nro%n clear. The dri,,
sorses .s broke loose. Nei,berw wnen the
burg Journal 'ousiy.-Martins-