Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1921-04-28
LITTLE LOCALS.

said to be getting along we'll
The Bible Glass of the Lu,berar
sunday school will hold an exchanr
SATURDAY of this week at II. p. SchIev'
store lakes, pies, home made brea+
cea'en biscuits, candy. dressed chicke,
anu o'her good things will be sold
The West Virginia Sunday School
Convention will be held in CharIes,on
may III, and II. Jefferson county
Is entitied to ten delegates. and
credentials NAV be obtained from
Scunty President !. d. Muldoon. Sben.
herdstown.
Cleanup day last Thursday was an en-
tile success. All over town the streets
were swept clean and put in good or.
osr, and the improvement was notice.
ape. Inc town council has a com.
illlt'ee securing prices on oil for oil.
ing the streets. va,
, MISS Geneva Carter, daughter of
mr. and Mrs. c. D. Carter. of Baker.
ron, was taken to the KINGS DAUGHTERS,
Hospital in Martinsburg last THURSDAY
ana upon the advice of her physician
Dr. {. c. Johnson, was operated unon
for severe attack of appendicitis.
A fine rain last Friday night wac q
great benefit to growing crons and ~,
the same time helped the cisterns
many OF which were empty and ths
wells and springs, which had gotten
very low. This morning ApriI Show
ers have been falling again-verv wei.
come.
The Pack Horse Ford Chapter. N. s
ID. A; r., will hold its MAY meeting on
monday evening, May I'd, at 80
O'CLOCK, in the chapter room. Reports
OF the National d. A. R. Congress will
DC given at this time, and the election
held VIII Oe
Secretary c. S. Musser has had
promises from the Norfolk & Western
Railway and the Cumberland Valley
Railroad that they will put on sale tick
els at reduced rates for the Morean's
Grove fair next September, and will
run trains in accordance with the
PUBIC demand. II has been a LONG
time since the railroads have extended
any favors to the fair. and it is hoped
that the reduced rates will be some
thing worth while
The silver spoons. ladle and a bank
book stolen from Mr. and Mrs. los.
L. Walper, near Vanclevesville. sever
al weeks ago were found a few DAYS
ago on G. w. Hoffman's farm neal
Kearneysville by T. F. Hammond an
a colored man employed on the place
The articles had been buried along the
fence. and the bank book, sticking GU,
OF the ground, first attracted atten-
ton. The Liberty bond that was stolen
was not found. There is a very strong
suspicion as to who the thieves are
but no arrests have yet been made.
In renewing her subscription to the
Register, Mrs. Mamie Schley Cham
ce-S writes us that the family is NOV.
ing from Philadelphia to their new
home in Rochester. Minnesota, where
her husband, DR.. F. S. Chambers, is
now member of the orthopedic staff
OF the Mayo Brothers clinic. We ioir
With Mrs. Chambers friends in the
nope that she and her family will be
very happy in their new home 1t is
considerable honor for DR.. Chambers
to be chosen for a place OIL the staa
OF the Mayo Brothers, who are famous
all over the world as skillful and sue
ceSSful surgeons, and his friends re-
ioice in his success.
John A. Bowler. "a years old. &C
cused OF the murder of Garfield II,
Miller, taxicab driver of Hagerstown,
plead guilty Of murder in the Circuit
Court in Martinsburg last Monday. and
was sentenced by Judge Woods to
serve the balance of his life in tho
West Virginia Penitentiary. Bowler
who is from Lynchburg, Va. saidthat
WhIskey was the cause of his ruin. He
said that Miller's insistence that ht
pay all the expense of the trip from
HagerStown to Martinsburg, for which
Bowler had engaged Miller. drove him
TO tit OF anger during which he
shot Miller four times, dumped his
body out of the car and then fled.
Here's a story told by the Martins
burg Daily Journal: The story of {
mans back being almost broken wher
he attempted to carry enough hides tc
town to buy himself a pair of shoes was
paralleled Friday morning by the actua
happening to a farmer. Anxious tc
secure pair of half soles for his
shoes, the farmer thought it a good
idea to bring beef hide to town, sell
it and use the proceeds in the purchase
of the tanned leather. The hide weigh.
ed As pounds and a dealer bought it
but when the farmer went after his
sole leather, the desired quantit,
weighed thirteen ounces and cost him
exactly four cents more than he had re.
ceived for the hide.
Leroy Knipe. aged II years. son oil
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry knipe, of Berke.
ley county, died last Sunday in the
City Hospital in Martinsburg from
lockjaw. The boy, who had been EN-.
ployed at DR.. Lemaster's mill at Bed.
ingtoh, shot himself in the hand with
blank cartridge while foolne with
toy revolver couple OF weeks ago
The wound became infected and
.tetanus developed. Last week. before
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