Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1922-11-23
LITTLE LOCALS.


tnSourG have been closed down, prob
aoIN 10 remain idle until the first Of
the year. About lS0 men are thrown
out of work.
Special commissioners OF the circuit
court last Saturday sold the farm Of the
late Zach T. Fleming. located near
Lcetown, to L, u. Gctzendanner, of
Charles Town, for Sos 25 per acre
The farm contains 2S0 acres.
The concrete base of the new filtra.
ton plant being built by the n. & W.
Railroad south of Shenandoah June
ton al the pumping station has been
completed. Work will be started on the
steel tank at once and should be fin-
iShed in about two months The tank
will be 80 feet high and will hold
100000 gallons of water.
The large bank barn on the farm of
Stuart W. Walker, tenanted bv David
.. Bartles, a few miles west OF Mar
tlnSburg, was destroyed by fire, caus-
Ing total loss of probably SS,0OO
Mr.. Bartles lost all of his farming inn
plements, harness, feed, etc, includ-
ing 1000 bushels of corn. The fire
occurred late Tuesday night.
Judge Advocate General of the NAVY
and Mrs. Julian Lane Latimer, of
Washington, have issued invitations to
the marriage of their daughter, Eliza
beth Josephine, to Robert Calvin Thax-
ton. Lieutenant in the United States
Marine Corps. The wedding will take
place December 18th at 5 O'Clock in
ST. Margaret's Church, Washington.
Turkeys are very scarce in this
neighborhood-they will probably be
rare delicacy even on Thanksgiving
day. Dealers are offering as much as
81 cents pound for them, live weight
but these who have them to sell
are asking 40 cents a pound. Alas
those happy days have gone when we
used to get all we wanted at eight to
ten cents a pound.
Miss Mae Louise VanMetre, Of Ann
Arbor, Michigan, and Mr.. Martin Rus
Sci Dickie, of the same place, were
married in Trenton, Michigan, on No
vember | lth. The bride, who is a
daughter Of Mrs. Rhoda Mae Van
Metre and the late Philip c. VanMetrc
formerly Of this vicinity, is a brigh,
and charming girl whose friends here
will wish for her and her husband
great happiness.
DR.. Elmer u. Hoenshel, educator
lecturer and author, will deliver s
| lecture Friday evening of this weel
on "The Passion Play" at Oberammer
gau, which he has twice had the priv
lilege Of witnessing. The lecture will
be at 8 o'clock in the college audi
torium, and is feature of the reg
ular course of entertainments. Sea
son tickets are good for this number
Single admissions will be 35 and 81
cents.
The Hurwitz Creamery Company
with headquarters in Baltimore, anc
operating creameries in Charles Towr
and Front Royal, has suspended oper,
ations in Charles Town. Creditors
had become insistent that something
be done 70 satisfy their claims, and
after a number OF judgments had beer
entered the plant was closed. The
claims are made by farmers who have
not been paid for milk and cream sold
to the plant.
H. L. Snyder has the distinction OF
having served continuously as editor OF
the Shepherdstown Register for the
past forty years, having purchased the
paper in October, 1882. The Register
is one of the best-edited papers which
comes to our desk and we are always
pleased to receive its weekly visits
We extend our congratulations to Edi-
tor Snyder and wish for him many
more successful years in the field OF
urnalism.--Piedmon Herald.
Edward Fisher, Norfolk and West
ern Railroad signal inspector, Of Ha-
gerstown, was kidnapped by eight
Pennsylvanians Tuesday night Of last
week and hauled to field near
Maugansville, brutally beaten and then
branded with three Ks on his face by
acid. Fisher is said to have been at
tackled because he was ill-treating his
wife. 1t is not positively known that
the kidnappers were members Of the
Ku Klux Klan. They were riding in
two large touring cars carrying Penn
sylvania licenses.
The tower OF the old college build
ing looks very handsome since it has
been repainted, and reflects much
credit upon the artists who did the
work, Irwin Myers, Elkins Shipley and
Robert Mckee. This tower is an ar
chitectural gem, whose beauty is not
fully appreciated by all those who look
upon it. Its graceful design and per-
feet proportions make it really noble
thing, and its new coat Of paint brings
il out in fine style. We hope that the
school folks may find money enough
to paint the balance Of this splendid
old building.
Boats on the Chesapeake & Ohio
canal having finished the hauling of
between three and four thousand tons
of sand from Washington TO Williams
port to be used in building operations
at the latter place, it is announced
hot u,iii no From, tha a