Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1922-08-03
LITTLE LOCALS.


place of Miss Anna Wageley, who has
hiled the place so satisfactorily for
some years past. Mr.. Lucas took
charge Of the Office the first of Aug
uSt.
Z. A. kibler, the enterprising Duff
heldS merchant, advertises a genuine
bargain sale. He frankly states that
he needs money, and so he will reduce
ms stock one half by Offering special
inducements in his large and varied
stock of merchandise. Now is the
time to get standard goods at reason.
able prices. Read his advertisement
in this paper.
Mrs. Alice Myers, who has been the
emclent matron OF the girls dormitory
Tor Shepherd College since the build
ing was first put into use, has re-
signed the position and will give UP the
work at the end Of the summer term
She expects 10 20 to Morgantowr in
the fall with her daughter, Miss Ruth
Myers, who will teach in that city,
There has as yet been no appo .ntment
OF successor % Mrs. Mvc;s.
Troop No of the Hagerstown Boy
Scouts are encamped at Bridgeport,
opposite Shepherdstown, and are en-
Toying outdoor life. Captain Harry
Kay is in charge of the camp, which
has been named Camp Levett, and
there are about thirty persons in the
party. The boys like the duties of the
camp very well, except that they ara
a bit shy about going on guard at
night since they have heard so much
about spooks.
One of the most creditable newspa,
per enterprises that has come to our
notice in recent years is the spe >ial
EDITION OF the Loudoun Times publish
ed last week at Lccsburg, Va. Ii con-
sists OF So pages and 5000 copies were
printed. Ii gives valuable historical
data, exploits Loudoun's agricultural
advantages, and has thirty contributed
articles of genuine interest. Altogether
1t is splendid piece OF country Jour
nalism, and the people OF Leesburg
cannot but be proud of it.
DR.. c. r. Beddow, L. w. Thompson
and w. w. Winters have just built a
new motor boat from which they eX-
pect to have a good deal of enjoyment
II is equipped with a Caiile motor and
is sixteen feet long and four feet in
width. II will be launched this week
! The bass and other fish in the Potomac
in this vicinity will suffer greatly, but
the fishermen promise to restock the
river. Mr.. Thompson is captain of the
| craft, Dr. Beddow is chief engineer
and Mr.. Winters first mate.
l.. d. VanMetre, the well-known
Berkeley county dairyman, will have
a big sale of cows next Thursday, Aug
ust 10th, when he will sell rs speci.
mems from his splendid herd. These
are not cows that have been bought
up for the purpose or having sale,
but are frst-ciass animals that Mr.,
VanMetre must sell in order To- make
room for new additions to his herd
He has one of the finest dairy herds
in the State, and this will &c an op-
portunity to get some excellent COWS.
The district forces under the direc-
tion Of Supervisor A. L. Knode have
been doing considerable amount OF
work on the Martinsburg road west
of town. Especial attention is being
given to the proper sort of ditching,
and rocks that have been obstruc.ing
the passage Of water alongside the
road for hundred years or NOR
are being blown out With gooi
drainage established il ought to be q
good deal easier 70 keep the road IN
proper order. Quantities of stone are
being assembled to be crushed and
placed on the road.
In the death of Mrs. Laura p. Dech-
ert, of Harrisonburg, Va, the Regis
ter loses subscriber who has takerj
this paper continuously for 81 years
Sne became subscriber when she first
married, and ever since that time had
enjoyed the weekly visits of the old
home paper, reading its pages with
the greatest interest and occasionally
making wise and pertinent comment
or criticism. There are families ir
this community that have taken the
Register for 73 years-but we wonder
il any one subscriber has been on ouT
list as long as Mrs. Dechert was?
MIR. Matthew Page Andrews. of Bal
timore and Shepherdstown, has under.
taken to write history Of Marylant
it is 70 be called "The Tercentary
History" and antedating the first
landing at cid ST. Mary's 300 years
ago, viii come down to the presen
time, including Marylands part ir
the great World War. Mr.. Andrews
IS known as a painstaking historian
having done notable work along thi.
line, and the forthcoming volume will
be a valuable and interesting one
Naturally it will touch upon events
connected with the two VirPinias, arc
we look forward 70 it with pleasa-
anticipation.
/ The proposed contest as TO who i.
the ugliest man in the Scrabble neigh
borhood has been called off by Mile
Rush, the manager. Harry Greenwood