Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1922-01-12
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

ITEMS VI INTEREST.
The pestiierous travelling magazine
agent, long free from the payment Of
license taxes in this State, must pay
from nov on. State Auditor John C.
Bond announces that the hundreds OF
magazine, hook, periodical and pamph.
let solicitors will be rounded up" and
each compelled to cough up $40 as an
annual fee imposed by the State for
Fostering citizens.
Mrs. Louis Bennett, ST., widow Of
a prominent and wealthy Western ci,i-
zen, who was one time Democratic
nominee for Governor, has donated the
Bennett mansion Of II rooms in that
city, to the community, according to
the. receipt OF letter from her in
Paris. The only stipulations concern
ing the gift are that the place shall
be known as the Louis Bennett Pub
lie Library and Welfare Center and
that endowment fund sufficient Tor its
maintenance be provided by citizens.
The year 1926 is destined to shake
the world to its foundation, both phys
ical'y and politically. II is to be
succession Of plaques, famine. floods,
shipwrecks, rioting and revolution. So
says the British Journal of Astro!ogy.
Six years later the great Armageddon
is TO take place. II will be a final con-
hict between Northumberland allied
with Bolshevism, against the United
Anglo-Saxon world. 1t wi end in
universal peace" in 1882, but "there
viii be so few Of us left and we shall
all be SO tired that peace should hap
pen anyhow" the horoscope says.
Rev. c. Herbert Richardson, retired
minister OF the Methodist Episcopal
Church, and former pastor OF st.
Paul's M. E. Church, Hagerstown, who
is 70 years old, and Miss Sydney S.
Wheeler, daughter of the late Rev.
Joseph R. Wheeler, of Reisterstown,
were married last Friday afternoon.
The ceremony was performed by Rev.
Joel Brown, a retired minister Of the
M. E. Church, at his home on York
road. The bride is IS years old Her
father, who died about a month ago,
was at the time of his death the oldest
member Of the Baltimore Conference
OF the M. e. Church and he and Mr..
Richardson were warm personal friends.
The marriage was a great surprise to
the friends Of the couple. Mr.. Rich
ardson's first wife died about two
years ago and he had been living with
his daughter, Mrs. Raymond P. Allen,
Of Towson.
Governor E. F. Morgan, acting in be-
half Of the Board Of Public Works, an
nounced that he will offer for sale with
in the next few days the remains Of
the historical State capitol building
which burned to the ground January
third OF last year. That part OF the
remains which can be salvaged as
building material will be given to the
highest bidder. Sealed proposals will
be asked within the next few days, the
Governor said. Brick and stone are
about all that can be salvaged. The
tangled mass Of steel and iron Of the
once stately structure in the heart Of
the business district is At only for
the junk pile. Actual construction OF
the new State capitol on the DUFFY
street site, recently chosen by the
Capitol Commission will be commenced
about the middle Of next summer, the
Governor said. considerable time
will be required to obtain possession of
the sixty-odd residences and other
structures on the new site and to make
! room for the construction OF the new
State-house," he stated.
Rlivverua nA-o-rat;~u.