Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1922-11-16
LITTLE LOCALS.

mas Deen built across the stream there,
replacing the old wooden structure that
was such a nuisance.
An attempt was made to burglarize
the store Of J. A. Remsbure at Van
clevesyille last Saturday night, but
Mr.. Remsburg heard them trying to
get into the store and took several
SHOTS at them as they hastily departed.
The Autumn Number OF the Shep-
nerd College Picket has just been is
sued, the printing having been done
at the Register Office. There are some
unusually good articles in the issue
written by the students of the school.
and the paper shows careful thought
and work
Fire OF unknown origin DESTROYED
the boiler house and badly DAMAGED
the machinery and equipment OF the
Halltown Paper Board Company early
Monday morning. The Charles Town
fire department was summoned and
in few minutes were at the scene of
The confiagration. BY hard work they
managed to save the other buildings
OF the plant which are close by. The
loss is placed at $1,000
The Norfolk & Western Railway has
put TWO more trains on this DIVISION
second thirteen and second fourteen.
winch follow the regular trains about
half hour. This has been made
necessary by the heavy express bust
ness. The first section, that is, repu
lar thirteen and fourteen carry mail,
passengers and baggage, and the in
structions to the railroad employees
are that these trains must be run
lima
done. The second sections are deyot-
ed to the express business almost ex-
clusively, though a passenger coach is
attached and passengers who have
missed connections are carried from
terminals and junction points. The ex
press business had gotten too heavy to
be handled by the regular trains.
which were nearly always late, and the
extras will likely be continued until
after Christmas, at least
Word has been received from the
Swarthmore Chautauqua Association
that Shepherdstown has been awarded
a Junior banner for the year 1922.
these banners are given for excellence
IN Junior Town meetings, excellence
in Junior Pageant, behavior at Junior
meetings and number of Juniors who
earned their tickets. There are 37O
towns in competition and Shepherds
town is one of the twenty eight towns
which has been awarded one of the
banners, and our youngsters are to be
congratulated on having made such a
good showing. The Junior Town Of
ncers are Mayor, Jack Muldoon;
Clerk, Fannie Carson Heare; Law and
Order Commission, Mary Schley,
Maxwell Freeman, Brooks Lucas: Ser |
vice Commissioners, Margaret Flick
niger, Fonrose Shipley, Dick Britner:
Health Commissioners, Rose Maria
Burwell and Billie Billmyer
Madam Jaime c. de Neyra, a native
Filipino, whose husband is Congress
man from the Philippine Islands, |
gave a most interesting lecture in the
college auditorium in Shepherdstown
last Friday evening, having been
brought here by the Woman's Club.
1t was enjoyable and instructive.
Mime. de Veyra is pleading for the In
pendence of the Philippines, and her
argument is strongly enhanced by the
beautiful pictures thrown on the
screen, showing the actual scenes in
that country. 1t should not be hard
to convince Americans that people
who have such high state of cvili-
zatlon, as evidenced by their up-to-
date cities. their splendid public build
ings. their fine churches and up-to-
date schools, are entitled to their in
dependence. Madame de Veyra is
woman of interesting personality and
the highest intelligence, and those of
our people who met her were delighted
with her.
There was bad freight wreck last
Friday morning between 100 and 8
O'Clock on the Baltimore & Ohio Rail
road on Buffers Flat at ID. l.. Ma
gruier's farm, short distance west of
Kearneysville. The freight train was
going east and was being helped over
the hill by helper engine at the rear
end. From some cause six cars, be-
ginning with the fourth from the front,
were derailed and thrown across the
tracks. The helper engine, pushing
its hardest, caused the rear end of the
train to buckle and four other cars
were wrecked. One Of the cars was
loaded with pianos and two with
gtareS. the ot'ere containing various
Sc-'5 1f merchandise. Wrecking crews
w'r, s.mmnnet from Brunswick and
EU@ cT.r'l rut tn three tracks were
hioc-n tea So hadly that it was not I'M
til afternooo that an trains could
pass Not oniv were the tracks torn
up tut the telegraph wires were brok-
en- down. 1t is said that the pianos
were very badly damaged, the cases
being scratched and married in the
wrect. The grapes were pretty near
y total loss, but those who had
chance to swipe some Of them reported
them very good. The wreck was one
of tne most costly the B. & D. has had
in this section for some time, but for
tuH Ateiy no person was hurt. II was