Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1922-08-03
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

August 10th and nth.
Mrs. Bowers, wifi. OF Conrresen,,,,
Geo. NJ. Bowers, is iii at her home in
martinsourg with an attack of fever
Frank and Will Brown, aged 70.
spectively Ia and 10 wears, were az.
rested near Bluefield, w. Va. a few
days ago for shooting and killing tbe;,
father while he lay asleep in his cabin
The lads said their father abused then
numerically, and when he fell asIeen
they got shotgun and killed him,
]. Walter Barnes. treasurer Of tho
State Board of Control, was appointed
fuel commissioner by Governor Nor
gan TO represent the State in co.
operating with the federal government
authorities in carrying out their plans
Tor distribution of coal. MIR. Barnes
was fuel administrator of the State
during the war, when the coal Supplies
were under control of the fuel admin
istration.
AS the United States destroyers and
subchasers piled the avenues of the
sea during the war 10 protect the
troops conveys and make the lanes
safe for travel, so is the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad company protect
ing its passengers on night trains on
the Connellsville division by a "leet''
of gasoline speeders, each manned BY
three men and all heavily armed
These speeders precede the passenger
trains through the danger zones and
across bridges, according to CAPTAIN
& RlpdSna ~
charge Of the B. & o. police depart
ment.
Considerable comment was caused
in Brunswick one day last week when
il was discovered that a sudden short
age OF water at the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad plant was due to some
one stuffing the intake mains in the
Potomac river with burlap sacks. Be
fore the reason was discovered Bruins
wick officials permitted the supply OF
that city's mains to be turned into the
Baltimore and Ohio, which required
about an hour and cut off the city sup
timore and Ohio gets its supply OF
water from the Potomac for boilers
and engines used on the road as well
as nTe pTOteCtlOn.
Two hours after threshing outfi,
had completed its work and moved
away from the barnyard on the Locke
farm, two miles west Of Summit Point
the loose straw scattered about the
scene was discovered on fire early Sat.
urday afternoon. Mrs. Allen, wife OF
John G. Allen, who farms the place
was the only grown person on the
premises at the time. 1t so happened
that a trough in the barn lot was full
of water, and with two buckets as hei
only weapons, Mrs. Allen scooped thu
water out of the trough and in a few
minutes had the blaze under control.
space about 80 feet square was burn
ed over, one side Of it being perilously
near the barn and straw rick. Hats
off to Mrs. Allen.-Charles Town Ad-
vocate.
Thousands of dollars damage to the
wheat crop OF Maryland, Delaware
Virginia, West Virginia and parts oil
Ohio was done by the excessive rain:
of July, according to officials of the
Baltimore Chamber Of Commerce and
others acquainted with the situation
This, it was stated, does not mean thai
the crop is failure, but it does near
that wheat has deteriorated in quail
ty and that considerable further dam:
age is possible unless dry spell sets
in. Ungraded wheat on the floor oil
the Chamber of Commerce Tuesday
brought as low as 40 cents n bushel,
the lowest quotation in several years
The range was from 40 cents for I'M
graded to Sl.l3 for No. 2 red garlicky
only 10000 bushels were graded, the
other being wet and more or less dam
aged. This latter will have to be dried
before placing in elevators for ship
ment to mills and abroad, which adds
to the expense of handling it.
Formal transfer of the Potomac Pub
lie Service Corporation, the holding
company for the Northern Virginia
Power Company, was made at meet
ing Of the board of directors to the
American Water Works and Electric
Company last week. The Water
Works Company, in making good
its contract to purchase the Po-
tomac Public Service Corpora
ton, is paying out 100000 to the
holders of the common stock of the
latter company, half Of this sum going
to holders in Frederick and Washing
ton counties in Maryland, and Frank
lin county, Pa. A small portion of the
distribution will come to this county,
Berkeley and Frederick county, Va,
The American Water Works and
Electric Company is considering very
large extensions to one of its power
systems in order TO take care of the
rapidly growing business OF the COM
pany. Just where this additional de-
velopment will be made has not been
determined, but will be in the next few
weeks. This expenditure will cost
about S1,00O,000.