Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1922-05-04
SCRABBLE NEWS.

Inc Scrabble reporter was in town
on MONDAY, but he said there was very
niue going on in the village at present.
mere was some excitement last week
Mnen valuable COW belonging to Andy
way came to an untimely death. She
VAS peacefully pasturing in a fence
corner when she raised her head a bit
100 nigh and came in contact with
wires carrying 1900 volts of electrici-
" from the power plant at the dam,
She dropped dead in her tracks before
she could give one bawl She was a
valuable animal and leaves an orphan
calf Folks are not living as well as
they were few weeks apo-tbe dry
eoia weather has cut the crop of greens
SnoI'' however, poke shoots will
soon DC coming along. The neighbors
Nept Ilarence OSbourn we'll supplied
WIN bacon during the greens season
1 ali lie gained seven pounds in weight,
me women folks are trying 10 find out
VINO II was that turned loose fourteen
kittens on Main street one night last
week Scrabble folks say that there
are hardly enough mice to 90 around
now without dumping all those ad.
uiiional kittens on the town. Alex
hlnSell is in trouble. When he bought
inc property he row owns and occupies
ne fixed II up in good order and thought,
ne was done with repairs. He has
IiVed longer thai he anticipated, how
ever and has nov rot II spend a lot
oi money on impro. ements. He IS
EI,id ng new tcrceS about thc place
and will have the dwelling painted, rev
garage built wncn he gets an auto
mobile, stationary clothes line put up.
aSh'hopper reset, new pump put in the
clStern, porch swing installed, corn
crib reshingled and concrete pave
ments laid. He mas turned his broom
factory into bee hive for the summer.
and from the way the bees are work
ing he expects about seven tons Of
honey by September. Mavor I.iec vii
lard is in the wholesale and retail lime
business and is encouraging white
washing on liberal scale. lanes
Staley is ready for corn planting. He
VIII plant variety guaranteed to Weld
81 per cent Of red ears, and expects
a large demand for husk;ng lees next
fall George Tabler's store is doing
well-he sells goods in both Berkeley
and Jefferson counties and has con-
siderable trade from Washington coun-
ty, Md. He advocates building a
bridge across the Potomac river. II
would unquestionably help business.
There is talk of running William Rice
for the Legislature since he moved TO
Scrabble. He hasn't yet decided to en-
ter the primaries. The Ku Klux Khan
is hunting for stranger that cruelty
deceived lot of folks a week or two
ago. He made his appearance about
dusk and approached the citizens one
at time, showing pint bottle OF a
pleasant-looking fluid Of the right
color He said it was fairly good
mclasses water, but the knowing wink
with which he accompanied the re-
mark indicated that he wouldn't want
to swear to the statement. He sold
quite lot Of the stuff at two dollars
bottle. One Of his customers went
out behind the barn, drew the cork
and took a hearty swig. The stranger
had told the truth-it really was water
colored with molasses. There seemed
nothing to do about the matter, but as
the purchasers later exchanged con-
fdences and ii was revealed how they
had been deceived, the matter was turn
ed over to the Ku Klux Khan The
truthful stranger was traced as far as
ButtstoHn, where the trail was lost
Miller Rush says it looks like dry times
for the coming year-the dandelion
crop is short and all the grape buds
were frozen in the cold spell. There's
talk Of another chicken and waffle sup
per soon, provided Jim Porterfeld can
be engaged as batter mixer. Travel
through town is brisking up. No less
than four automobiles passed along
Main street within a half hour last
Saturday.