Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1922-06-15
LITTLE LOCALS.

the graduating class of the Martins
ourg High School this year, was pre-
sented with ring by the board of ed
ucation for having made a perfect rec
ord for attendance. Since he entered
school ten years ago he has never miss
Cd single day, passing through every
grade without an absence.
The Shepherd College summer school
began its sessions on Monday last, with
the largest enrolment the school has
ever had. The enrolment today is
~, and will soon pass the 300 mark.
mere are students here from many
different counties in the State to take
advantages OF the opportunities TO be
gained At the summer school.
The Register has a pleasant letter
from Rev. J. H. Haley, OF Roanoke. Va,
formerly pastor of the Southern Meth
odist Church of Shepherdstown. He
says that ne and his family are well
and happy in their new home, but
think often of their friends here. Mr..
Haley is busy with the preparations for
the erection of new $4,000 church.
Harvest will begin in tbs section
the first of next week, and by the mid
die of the week il is believed that the
work will be in full swing. The wheat
is standing up we'll and is ripeninp
nicely under favorable weather condi-
tions. There is every hope that there
viii be large crop in this section,
as the wheat Is filled out excellently.
Last Monday Virginia Billmyer. eld-
eS daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. r. III. NJ.
Billmyer, made a miss step, and fell
l ,Ia
She hurt her left arm quite badly and
the Drs. Banks gave her surgical at
tention. An X-ray taken by DR.. G.
R. Beddow showed that there were
three fractures of the bone at the ell
bow.
Last Sunday evening during the
service in the Southern Methodist
Church of Martinsburg four Ku Klux
klansmen attired in their white robes
entered the church, walked quietly up
the aisle and handed to the pastor.
Rev. ]. r. Jacobs, an envelope contain
ing $50 for the poor of that city. They
quickly retired, got into waiting au-
tomobile and drove away.
Due to a clerical error on the part
Of Shepherd College, the name of
James Lester Link, of Darke, this
county, was omitted from the list of
graduates that was published in our
paper last week. Mr.. Link graduated
from this institution this year in the
short course for teachers. Ii is his
intention to return next year and work
toward the completion of the Standard
Normal Course.
Mrs Robert Moran got a severe cleo
| Fri 1ac Erid n. eha
touched an electric light fixture at the
home Of her sister, Mrs. Edgar Starry,
on New street. A feed wire carving
heavy voltage had fallen upon the
service wires as a result of a storm a
day or two before, and the current
knocked Mrs. Moran down. She felt
very badly from the shock for several
days, but happily no serious result en-
sued.
Norfolk and Western track workmen,
who are working under the mainte-
nance of way department., figure that
the reduction of wages ordered by the
Railroad Labor Board will chop cents
an hour from their present pay. They
are now getting 40 cents an hour, and
they anticipate the new wage scale
will give them &c cents an hour. or
S2S8 a day of eight hours. Their
present pay is $500 day. The high
est point of their wages during the
initiation period was 4S cents an hour,
or 1884 day.
Sales of the real estate OF the late
Iohn T. McGraw. BY Special Commis
si0nerS z. II. Morton, of Webster
Springs, and E. D. Talbot, Of Elkins,
amounting TO $3.50, ,430, were confirmed
in the Harrison county circuit court by
Judge Raymond Maxwell. About one
half the real estate owned by Mr..
McCraw has been disposed Of, and Mr..
Morton said that from the present out
look only about 65 per cent Of the
claims of lien creditors would be sat
isfcd. while creditors who hold no
liens will get but a very small part Of
their claims from the sale of personal
property.
All of the Jurors who served the
county in the trial Of William Blizzard
been paid, in spite Of the lack of State
funds for expenses in felony trials.
Each Juror was paid S1O850. The or
ders given them ir payment for their
services at the end Of the Blizzard
trial were taken over by Deputy
Sheriff Kcadlc of Logan county, who
gave Sheriff Macoughtry of this coun
! tv check for the whole amount Of
them The arrangement that permit
ted the Jurors to sleep in the court
house enabled them to pet through the
trial without financial loss. Their
daily fee more than Offset the cost of
ther meals.
Charles S. Billmyer. Of this vicinity,
and J. G. Debaugh, |. D. VanMetre
and H. L. Smith. of Berkeley county,
/ attended sale Of registered Jersey cat
| tie at the estate OF Miss Eleanor Fitz-
gibbons, Montpelier Manor, near
/ Laurel. Md, on Monday last. They