Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1922-02-09
LITTLE LOCALS.

4 Il buSnei tooay.
We are requested by Milton O.
Rouss TO announce that meeting OF the
| Jefferson County Farm Bureau and all
persons interested in its work will be
held Saturday afternoon of this week
in the court house in Charles Town
Ii is hoped that there will be a large
attendance.
IL is said that there is bread war
on in Waynesboro, Pa, where Hagers-
town competitors are underselling local
producers. Wish il would extend 10
Shepherdstown. The Hagerstown and
Martinsburg bakers still have very
tight combination here by which the,
keep bread above fair price.
T. z. Zimmerman, of Emmttsburs,
Md. has taken charge of Robert Glib
sons drug store, next to the Register
building, during Mr.. Gibson's illness.
Col. Treadwell, who had been In
charge, was obliged to return to his
home in Albany, N. T., last Saturday
because Of important business.
Deputy Sheriff Geo. c. Link took to
the State Hospital at Weston an old
cobred man named Albert Ransom
from Charleston. The poor old fel-
low was rational on every subject save
one-he imagined that spirits were
about him all the time and saw them
lowering in the air or wherever he hap
pened to be.
The Treasury Department advertises
for bids for the erection Of the United
States postoffice building at Charles
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7th. The plans show that the building
is to be Of red and gray brick with
stone trimmings, fronting on Wash
ington street 59H feet and running
back on George street 4oH feet.
r. ]. Hamrick, who has been off on
sick leave for six or eight weeks, has
resumed his work in the passenger
station OF the Norfolk & Western Rail-
way in Shepherdstown. ]. Harry Ben
der, employed at the Shenandoah June.
tion station, who has been sick for
the past month or more, is improved
in health, but is not yet able to 60 back
to work
Mrs. G. w. Freeman, who had bar
gained with Mrs. Bernie Billmyer for
the purchase of the Adams property
on Main street occupied by the Model
Bakery, did not conclude the sale, and
Mrs. Billmyer has sold the place to
Mrs. George Kemp, Of Scrabble. Mrs.
kemp's brother, John P. Tabler, bought
the adjoining Rickard property from
]. M. Rush some months ago.
The Maryland State Game Commis-
sion recently shipped lO2 "snowshoe"
hares from Maine to Hagerstown,
where they were to be liberated with
the hope that they would live and
propagate and afford good sport for
hunters. Seventy-six Of the animals
died on the way, but the others were
distributed through the county by
Frank l.. BentZ. These rabbits are
much larger than the ordinary kind.
A meeting will be held in the coun-
Gil room next Tuesday night at 7.3O
O'Clock, which will be participated in
by the town council, the directors OF
the light and water company and in
terested citizens. The purpose is to
discuss the rates for light and water
and to arrive at some agreement in re-
gard to matters in controversy The
people who are interested are in
vited to attend this meeting and pre-
sent their views.
Our friend Harry L. Entler, OF Will
merding, Pa, an old Shepherdstown
boy, writes us TO renew his subscrip-
tion to 1924, and says: at is a great
pleasure to do this, as | feel that ]
am receiving more than equal value for
my money. ! do not know who OBJ
server is, who writes occasionally for
your paper, but | assure you his notes
are very interesting to me. With kind
personal regards and best wishes for
your success, am" etc.
The board OF governors OF the
Opequon Golf Club OF Martinsburg
have chosen the following officers for
the ensuing year: President, Hon.
Chas. ]. Faulkner; yice-president,
George w. F. Mulliss; secretary, L.
Dew. Gerhardt; and treasurer, w. r.
McAneny. II was announced that the
club has made all its necessary fnan-
cial arrangements for Improvements,
and that as soon as weather conditions
will permit the construction OF the
clubhouse and the preparation Of the
golf course will be commenced.
Among our callers on Tuesday was
w. d. Bender, Of the Scrabble neigh
borhood. He reports all quiet in that
orderly village, but says there will ba
a number OF changes the coming
spring. c. w. Foltz has sold his stord
at Newtown to William Bartles, who
will take charge the first of April Mr..
Foltz will move to Martinsburg. George
Tabler will continue the store at
Scrabble, much to the satisfaction OF
the people OF that place. Alex Kin
sell is talking about enlarging his
broom factory. Dyson Kemp may run
for mayor. Both Of the other candi-