Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1921-07-21
LITTLE LOCALS.

On "Wednesday night Of last week
brilliant meteor vas observed in the
eastern heavens. Il made A flaming
hght and sailed so slowly through the
SKY mat persons who first saw il
were able 10 call attention of others 10
II. IL finally separated into two dis.
tinet masses and then disappeared.
All over the country the people are
reoelling again paying wartime prices
Tor sodaS and icecream. In many
places icecream Sodas are still held un
to p cents, and small glasses used
at that In Shephcrdstown icecream
cones are now sold at S cents, and a
fair-sized saucer OF icecream at II
cents. Soda water and soft drinks are
still s cents.
A dance and surprise party was
gwen Miss Gardner by her aunt. Mrs.
James W. Strider, az the home of the
iatier IN Leetown last Saturday even
ing. ms event was enjoyed by a
number OF her friends who came from
FAR and wide 10 join in the festivities.
After enjoying dancing and other
amuSementS the guests repaired to the
dining room, where refreshments were
served, and later they went their ways
with happy reflections of delightful
evening.
Charged with operating an auto
mobile while under the influence Of
liquor, Charles Thayer, of Harpers
Ferry, was arrested at Boonsbcro
Tuesday night by Sheriff Duaey and
Deputy Champion and when arraign-
ed before Justice Slower at that place
was found guilty and sentenced to
Jail for one hundred days in default
of fine of Sl00 and costs. According
TO the testimony, Thayer had driven the
car through BOpnsboro at terrific
rate of speed and had narrowly es-
capped striking several persons.
Threshermen who paid the traction
engine license for last year are in hard
luck. Attorney-General England has
informed the State Tax Commissioner
/ that no license money shall be refund
ed to them, Notwithstanding the trac,
ton engine license law has been re-
pealed and the repeal act required that
! license money should be returned 10
the people who paid IT, The Attorney
General holds the payment of the Ii
cense money was perfectly legal at the
| time il was paid and that there is no
lawful method by which il can be re-
funded.
The people Of Luray and Page coun-
ty, Va, are watching with much inter-
est the developments Of what may be
new cave which is being opened up
on the lands Of James and Thomas
Brown, in the northwestern suburbs
Of Luray. Work has been going on
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effect an entrance into what the Brown
brothers and many others believe Is
subterranean chamber. The OPEN
ing being made is one mile northeast
Of the famous Luray Caverns and is
on one of the tiers Of hills that run
from Luray to the Luray cave. II is
possible that the new cave is but
continuation of the subterranean pass
age of the well-known Luray CayerRs,
for the distance is not far and il is |
on a similar strata Of rock. At any |
rate the discovery is very interesting |
and the Valley eagerly awaits the out
come of the explorations.
Bootlegging is not a new art devel- |
oped with the coming of Prohibition. |
County Clerk Chas. A. Johnson dis !
covered this fact few days ago in
casually looking over old records in his |
Office. Way back in May, 1902, the |
year after this county was organized |
from a part of Berkeley the old |
records disclose that one John Whit |
lock was indicted for selling one-half |
pint OF whiskey TO one Richard Crow, |
without the formality of taking out |
license for the purpose. Whiilock !
could not have had profit as a motive |
for the sale. because wet goods were SO |
cheap in those days that quantity |
as small as half pint could not be |
said TO have any value A gallon was
worth only 30 cents or less. Soma
time later in the year Whitlock was
tried after pleading not guilty 10 thu
charge and was found guilty. The
sentence against him was that he be
confirmed in Jail one day, "from the
rising till the setting Of the sun"-Ad- |
vocate.
Today is the sxtieth anniversary of
the battle OF Bull Run, or Manassas, |
the first great engagement of the Civil |.
War, fought on ITiy 21st, 1861. Com /
pany B, Second Virginia Regiment, Of /
Shenherdstown, participated in this .
battle and its members acquitted them I
selves like real soldiers They foughtf
under General Thomas Jonathan lack .
son, who here received the name Of .
"Stonewall" Jackson. General Bees /
men were giving away under the on .
.slaueht Of the Union troops when .
General Bees rallied them by callinp .
out: Loot; az General Jackson and
his. men. standing like a stone WALL"
- the moment General Jackson AMI .
his men y-cr- rocriviro n Cbargo from,
the Un.nn troops with unninching .
courage, though it was their first real 1
battle. BENJAMIN s. Pendleton is the .
only Shepherdstown member Of Com .
pany 3 now living who had a part in .