Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1921-12-01
LITTLE LOCALS.

OF christmas present YOU will give,
keep IN mind the fact that n wears
subscription to the Register IS very
acceptao 10 anyone who is Interested
in Shepherdstown or its affairs.
John J. and c. II. Eby, who have
been farming the Bates land near
Charles Town, have made an assign
Tent for the benefit of their creditor;
John I. Porterfeld qualified as trus-
tee' sN'ng bond In the sum of 5000
IL is said that the club house OF the
Blue Ridge Rod and Gun Club, near
harperS Ferry, which was DESTROYED
oy hre L week or two ago, will be at
once rebuilt on new and improved
plans. Officers of the club place the
nSs at $4,000, which is covered by in
suranCe
Speciai commissioners of the Jcf-
ferSon Circuit Court on Saturday sold
the L /. Watson farm of l43 acres
three miles west of Summit Point.
Lohr Clppcr, of Winchester. Va, waa
the highest bidder, giving S69.5O per
acre for i. Mr.. Cappcr will get pos
session April LIST, 1922
There are two applicants FOR the po
sltIon OF postmaster at Kearneysvillc -
Frank Q. Trump, former postmaster
ant Miss Jessie Johnson. who Is as
sIstant TO the present postmastes
walter Z, Wilt. They both took tho
civil service examination at Martins
burg recently. The Kearneysvillc OF
hce IS now third-class Office.
The will of the late Scott w. Light
rer, tor fifty years a promiRcnt citizen
Of Harper's Ferry. has been filed for
prooate in the county clerks ofIlc,,
PROVISION Is made in it for all of the
testlme5 property 10 pass to his wild
ow. MIS-. lura b. Lighiner. The viii
was dated August %, 1921, during Mr..
Lishtner's last illness.
The three miles of the Berryyili,
turnpike leading from Charles Town
toward the Clarke county county hnc,,
which has been undergoing transfer
nation into Glass A road, has been
finished and thrown open TO the public.
The balance of the road as far as the
virginia line is scheduled for improve
mert 0eNt summer.
Last Monday night fire DESTROYED
the barn on the P. G. Myers farm near
lnwood, Berkeley county. Six horses,
four mules and two colts were burned
to death, and grain, farming imple-
ments, etc, were destroyed. Nobody
knew anything about the fire until next
morning, when Samuel Chorpenning,
who farmed the place, went out and
found the smoking ruins.
Governor Morgan has issued a proc
lamation calling upon the people pf
West Virginia to observe the week OF
December 4th to 10th as education
week. Sunday, December 4th, should
be observed In the churches and Sun.
day schools as education day, with ap-
propriate exercises, and during the
week the day schools are asked to
render special programmes.
Wilbur Hebb, lock-tender at Bridge
port, across the river from Shepher Is,
town. will probably carry on the hon
ors in this neighborhood for big pork,
ers. He killed three last week that
weighed net 800 pounds, their weights
being 488, 464 and 436 pounds re-
spectively. He got nine cans OF lard,
or nearly $50 pounds. Charles Chase
killed three hogs that weighed $40
pounds.
Henry S. Baker has bought the in
terest OF the other heirs OF the late
M. q. Baker in the property on Main
and King streets, Shepherds;own. This
includes the large brick building on
the corner occupied by the store OF n.
p. Schley and the brick addition there
to, the double dwelling house on King
street and the property occupied by A.
S. Dandridge & Co. The consideration
has not been made public. e.
Hon. John J. Cornwell, OF Romney.
has been reelected a director OF the
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Comuany.
His first and foremost duty should be
to see to II that new station is bnilt
at Shenandoah Junction to replace fhe
present wretched shack. We are sure
that he will not wish directly or in
directly TO be responsible FOR the dis
graceful hovel there through which SO
many patrons have to pass every day.
II is said that the terms OF United
States Court for the northern dis
trict OF West Virginia held in Martins
burg and Fhilippi will likely be abol-
ished, as a matter OF economy, and that
court will be held only in Wheeling,
Parkersburg, Clarksburg and Hlkins.
1t is represented that the costs Df
holding the terms in Martinsburg, IN
the extreme eastern section OF the
State are excessive, and that Philippi
does not provide sufficient accommoda-
tions.
A pleasant surprise party was given
at the Methodist parsonage last Monday
evening as compliment to Rev. and
Mrs. John A. Grose. The entertain
ment was engineered by Miss Jennie
Smith, who had just ended a series of
evangeIistic services in the Methodist
Church. She had taken the liberty Df
inviting a number OF her new friends