Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1922-10-19
LITTLE LOCALS.

An epidemic of diphtheria has struck
the southern end of the county. \
good many cases have been reported
to date. The public school at Leetown
has been closed since Thursday OF last
week.
The week from October 10Th to Mo-
vember Sd has been set apart as Ed
ucation Week for the United States.
superintendent Geo. NJ Ford and the
state Department of Education are
planning 10 make the week a notable
one in West Virginia and programmes
suitable for every community will be
prepared.
The building committee OF Zion
Episcopal Church, { rles Town, have
contracted for the Cr ction OF new
and commodious ?" IN house TO take
the place of the str :Ire destroyed by
fire some months go. Roy w. Pool,
of Frederick, Md, s the contract for
constructing the building, which will
cost over $4,000.
The Norfolk & Western Railway Is
building a filtration plant at its water
station at Shenandoah Junction. Tho
object is to remove { : lime from the
water, which is obi ned from wells
there, and which is aeleteNous to the
boilers of the locomotives. II is said
that the cost will be about $4,000 and
that it will take couple of months
to complete the Job.
The Jefferson County Chapter Of the
American Red Cross has sent a box of
woolen clothing to refugees in Smyrna,
in Asia Minor, recently pillaged and
burned by the Turks. The shipment
contained also 43 pairs of worsted
socks and stockings, most Of them hav-
ing been knit by the Leetown ladies'.
The box was marked crush" and was
one of the first sent in response TO an
appeal for help from the stricken city.
The Setback farm, formerly owned
by ]. II. Ramey and later by ]. S. Carr.
three miles west of Middleway, has
been sold to George ]. Gruber, who
for the past seventeen years has been
farming the Beckwith farm four miles
northwest of Charles Town. Mr.
Gruber paid 81 200 for the 1873 acres
and will get possession March 1st. In
1904, this farm was bought by ]. S.
Carr who later bought the Benner
farm near Leetown.
Attorneys representing the indicted
miners and union leaders from Logan
county will try to have the remaining
cases removed from the Jefferson Cir
cult Court. They have secured a num-
Der Of affidavits from Jefferson coun-
ty persons to be used for this pur-
pose. Judge Woods will have the de-
cision in the matter. 1t may not be
out of place to remark that il the min.
ers do not get justice in Jefferson coun.
ty they are not likely to get II any
where else.
Frank Lloyd Yates, son of B. F.
Yates, Of this county, has been admit
ted to the practice of law in the courts
of the District of Columbia. Mr..
Yates won his way to the bar through
difficulties. His only opportunity for
attending lectures was in the night
school, he being employed in depart
mental work during the day through
out his term of study. He gradu-
ated in June from the law school of
the George Washington University:
Mr.. Yates is graduate of Shepherd
College.
]. Bruce Dicken, a well-known au-
tomobile dealer Of Martinsburg, had
very unpleasant experience in Ohio
| last week. He had been to Detroit
for a Dodge sedan and was on his
way home when at cross road near
Newark he came in collision with a
Ford roadster with truck body. The
| Ford car was upset and its driver, H..
G. Gano, was so badly injured that he
died soon afterward. The Dodge car
was considerably damaged. The Ohio
authorities are inclined to make
trouble for Mr.. Dickens.
The construction Of new concrete
bridge across the run on New street
is progressing rapidly and will make
a great improvement. The bed of the
stream is being widened TO take care
of high water, and the run will be COW
cred up between the community build
ing and the property of James G..
| Chenowith, giving a driveway around
the building. There remains now but
one old wooden bridge over the run,
that being on High street, and it is
hoped that this one may be replaced
by concrete in the near future.
The committee in charge of the COM
munity building is arranging for
another Halloween party on October
3ist in the community building 1t
will be recalled that last year this event
was especially enjoyable and satisfac-
tory, and it is hoped that il will he even
more pleasant this year. The people
Of the town and county generally are
cordially invited to attend and enjoy
a pleasant evening. Come masked and
in costume if you like-it will add to
the interest of the occasion. The small
sum of 25 cents will be charged as