ghe JShephcrdatoron Agister. Thursday, April 12,1917 BRIEFS. Today the sun rises at 5.28 and sets at 6.34. Shoes and Oxfords for men, women and children at Hodges'. Spring phosphate for potatoes, oats and corn at Hodges' elevators.
Leslie Duke has moved from the Bakerton neighborhood to Harper's Ferry. woman to wait on customers at our office. Benjamin Hart? cell. Golden's calf teed will fatten your calves and give you use of milk. Sold at Hodges' elevators.
he snow last Sunday night was the twentieth of the winter, according to a tally kept by T. H. Davis. You will be delighted with the healing and soothing effects of Owens Miller's almond lotion. Price 25 cents.
For Sale Fifty bushels silage seed corn. Apply to Wm. L. Folk, Route 5, Martinsburg, near Swan Pond. Born to Mr.
and Mrs. S. E. Osbourn on March 20th in Germantown, Phila i eiphia, a tine Edmond, Jr. i Ves, she loves me.
Why? Because 1 always bring her Norris' exquisite choc- olates. Sold only by Owens Miller? i 80c to $2 00. Navigation has been resumed on the Chesapeake Ohio canal and loaded boats are now on their way from Cum- berland to Georgetown. Milton O. Rouss has bought from Geo.
M. Hough the Avondale farm of 206 acres near Kabletown that was formerly 1 owned by Logan Osburn, Jr. A. M. Lowell, son-in-law of James M.
Myers, has passed an examination and been appointed to a position in the United States Navy Yard in Washington. Ur. J. B. Chamberlain, optometrist, of Martinsburg, will be at the Hotel Rumsey in Shepherdstown on Wednesday, April 18th.
Eyes examined and glasses fitted. Gur orchard men have been very busy this week spraying the fruit trees. The fight against insect pests and other enemies of the apple is a oever-ceasing one. I will ship veal calves, spring lambs 45 a pounds and up, fat sheep, fleshy cows, a on Saturday, April 14th, at the N. W.
depot at Charles Town. C. F. Wall. The Shepherd College baseball team will play the first game of the season on Saturday, when it will go to Hagerstown to cross bats with the high school nine ot that city.
Yes, I am laughing because 1 -feel like I a new person, on account of trying a bottle of Owens Miller's Liver Salts. Cleans the system of all clogged waste Mrs. C. Hahn, of Lancaster, renews her subscription and writes us as follows "At fhe advanced nrice the Register is still a very cheap paper, and we would not like to do without it." Mr. and Mrs.
Milton Ailes, of Wash- ington, D. who have a summer cot- tage on Bolivar Heights, announce the coming marriage of their daughter, Miss Margaret, to P. A. Wilmer, of An- napolis, Md. I The bus line between Shepherdstown and Hagerstown now makes an additional i trip each day, the second car arriving here at 12 o'clock noon and leaving for Hagerstown at 12.40.
Charles Walper is driving the bus. A suit for $10,000 on a note, and for an additional $1,000 for damages, has been tiled in the Circuit Court in Charles Town against the Adamantine Clay Products Company, of North Mountain, by the Jet- terson Security Bank, ot Shepherdstown. In renewing his subscription to the Register, our tnend Thos. J. Creamer, ot Berkeley county, writes us: "Let the Register come on.
I always enjoy read- ing it. Best regards to the editor and wish you continued success with the Register." There will be a box sociable and play at Mt. Airy school Friday evening of this 1 week, teginning at 8 o'clock. The pupils 1 will present "Kentucky Belle," a south- i ern comedy in three acts. Everybody welcome.
Admission ten cents for adults and five cents for children. Ladies who 3 bring ooxes will be admitted free. Ice- cream, candy and cake will be sold. C. W.
Keller, one of the Register's subscribers in Detroit, where he is employed in an automobile manufactory, writes us that the factories in that city are more than busy at the present time, The company by which Mr Keller is employed is manufacturing aeroplanes and shells, and a number of others are I prepared to make shells when needed. 4 The factories there, he says, are laying otf all foreigners who refuse to take out 5 their first papers for naturalization. A sensational case was tried in the United States Court at Martinsburg last eek, Charles H. Harper having sued his brother, Joseph W.Harper, tor $15,000 tor alienating the atfections of the former's wife. Both men have lived for a number of years in Jetferson and Clarke counties.
The plaintitf accused his brother of stealing his ife's affection and prostituting her to his own base purposes, resulting in a divorce. Mrs. Harper admitted im- proper conduct, saying that Joseph Harper has exercised a dominating influence over her, and her children also gave damaging testimony againtt her. The jury returned a verdict tor $5,500 in favor of the plaintiff, Charles Harper. Although the weather the first of the week was very unfavorable for fruit, snow and ice covering the trees Sunday night and a very cold wind continuing through Monday and Tuesday, it is thought that no serious damage was done.
Fruit growers were very apprehensive for a time, but it is hoped that the buds are still all right. Plums, pears and peaches i were rather far these have suitered to some extent. The apples, it is believed, were injured only slightly, except possibly the Black Tw igs. LanceI lot Jacques, the well-known fruit grower of Washington county, reports that the peach orchards in the Smithsburg and Keeoysville districts were not hurt enough to do any harm, and the prospects are for a bumper crop. Chas.
J. Miller, who has a a particularly fine peach orchard west of Shepherdstown, thinks that there was not much damage by the freeze, and he looks for a fine yield if the weather con- a Itinues favorable. I LITTLE LOCALS. gvery family in the community and al who are interested in Shepherdstowr should take the Register. It will be sent to any address one year for $1 50, six months for 75 cents, or four months foi 50 cents.
Six canal boats sank in the basin al Williamsport last Friday night. They lad been entirely dry during the winter, tnd when the water was turned into the the boats filled and sank before the seams swelled shut. Wheat has made a net gain of eight a bushel the past week, and is quoted today in Shepherdstown at $2 23 i bushel. Corn has advanced to 1.25 a jushel. Butter is 30 cents a pound and iggs are-2s? cents a dozen.
"nn American Bride," a very was given by amateur talent in he firemen's hall last night, and the large ludience that attended greatly enjoyed he performance. The actors all acquited themselves most creditably. The slay will be repeated tonight. Mrs. Bertha M.
Athey has sold her Utile farm a couple of miles northwest ot shepherdstown to J. W. Walker on private terms, the sale being made through he agency of H. L. Snyder Co.
Mr. iValker is at present living on the place, A hich contains about 25 acres. William B. Daniels, of Duffields, has entered upon his duties as rural mail carier from Shenandoah Junction, serving he territory by automobile. He Forrest Littlejohn, who found the ob of carrying mail over a route of fifty)dd miles too strenuous for him.
On the first page of the Register this veek may be found a series of articles the proposition for increasing he production of food supplies. We that our farmer friends carefully ead and study the suggestions made by jovernor Cornwell and our other corespondents. Mr. J. William Good, of Luray, tnd Miss Bertie Printz, a member of the acuity of the Luray High School, were narried on January 1st in Bristol, by K.
P. McDaniel. The wedding has ust been announced. The groom is a on of Mr. and Mrs.
I. F. P. Good, of Shepherdstown, and formerly lived here. The Shepherd College music departneut will give a recital in the college luditorium on Friday evening, April 13th, it 8 o'clock.
Come out and hear some the old-time music and hear the young nen's glee club for the first time. is cordially invited to encourage the judding musical life of Shepherd College, to charge for admission. The past week has been a trying one or the soldiers of the Fourth Maryland tegiment who have been on duty guardng the railroad bridge at Shepherdstown. There have been rains, snow and wild lorthwest winds almost fierce enough to the guards off the bridge. Five or ix of the men were sick as the result of ixposure to the rough eather.
There will be a very enjoyable recital the Shepherd College auditorium next Tuesday evening, April 17th, when Mrs. Kaspar Lawson, a noted of Washington City, will sing. The admission will be 25 cents and the will begin at 8 o'clock. Mrs. has an especially attractive for next Tuesday, and those who ove good music should hear her.
Easter Sunday was a fairly pleasant day intil in the ofLrnoon, when the sky overcast and a chilly atmosphere uade outdoors rather uncomfortable 6 o'clock snow began to fall and coming down until late at night. Monday morning the ground was coverd to a depth of several inches, and the rees and shrubs were festooned in fleecy wreaths of snow that made the landscape rery beautiful. Most of the snow melted lunug the day, although a cold wind from the north all day long to renind us that winter had not entirely de An interesting agreement between Mrs. onnie B. Licklider, widow of Charles A.
Jcklider, and Albert H. and Templin R. Jcklider, his two sons, was admitted to ecord in the county clerk's office a few lays ago. By the will of Charles A licklider his widow was given a farm of 70 acres near Billmyer's Mill for life, or intil she married again. In the event of ler death or marriage, the farm shall be to the testator's two sons.
The igreement provides that the farm shall the property of the two sons now, irovided they pay the widow the sum of 50 per month for life. Last Wednesday morning a huge water ank on top of the wholesale shoe estabishment of S. Halle Sons in Baltimore ell from its support and crashed through stories into the cellar, demolishing he entire building. Six persons in the ilace were killed and a number of others njured. Wm.
C. Myers, the Shenandoah unction merchant, is thanking his stars hat he was not among the victims. He tad business with the firm, and was ibout to go to the store when he conluded that he would first get his breakast. While he was eating the meal the occurred, ana Mr. Myers that his life was saved provilentially.
Council Meeting. The regular monthly meeting ot the own council was held Tuesday evening, Aavor Waldeck presiding. The finance reported that necessary arangements had been made to finance he town until the next tax book is ready, ind all orders will be paid when due. nterest will be charged only on money out in taking up orders. Chairman Wilier, of the street committee, reported hat Washington street was in very bad and it was ordered that repairs be made.
The street comnittee was instructed to spend a sum not exceed $300 for furnishing stone to be nit upon the streets. The committee vas also ordered to have repairs made to he water stops on the town run. No application being received for the of town sergeant, the filling of his office was deferred until the next neeting. The recorder was instructed to notify he Farmers and Merchants Deposit Company of Charles Town to refund the paid on the $1,400 of bonds paid the retiring town council. It was tated that the bonds were subject to call ind that no premium, therefore, should tave been paid when they were taken up.
The fire department reported that the ire engine was in good order. Council idjourned to meet the second Tuesday in Way. PERSONAL NOTES. 1 Principal Thos. C.
Miller and Prof. i D. Muldoon, of Shepherd College, weri in Philadelphia this week attending rural conference, an educational enter prise arranged for by the United State: Commissioner of Education. Both them had parts on the programme, Prof Miller's subject befng a discussion of the twelve-months school proposition. Mr.
and Mrs. C. D. Scully were hen from Pittsburg the past week, looking over the Fayman farm north of town, par of which Mr. Scully bought for asummei home.
They will make improvements to the residence as soon as possible, and hope to get the work finished so tha' they can occupy the place by early summer. Mr. Harry Byerly, oi St. Paul, Minn, who was in New York on business foi the railroad with which he is connected, stopped off in Shepherdstown this week to see his mother. Miss Ruth Byerly is also home from Cleveland, where she has been engaged in settlement work.
Amone our out-of-town subscribers who called this week to renew their subscriptions were Mr. H. C. Marshall, ol the Kearneysville neighborhood, Mr. C.
M. Hendricks, from east of town, and Mr. D. W. Stanley, of Berkeley county.
We were pleased to have a call last Thursday from Dr. E. M. Garrott, from Sharpsburg district, east of this place. Dr.
Garrott will sell his drug store property and a tract of mountain land at public sale in Sharpsburg on April 28th. Mr. Fred Miller, Miss Ruth Miller, Miss Sidney KearfottandMiss Fannie Marshall, all of the Kearneysville neighborhood, left yesterday for Romney in Mr. Miller's car, to attend the sessions of Winchester Presbyterial in that town. Mr.
and Mrs. E. H. Barnhart and their little daughter Helen, of Wheeling, Mr. Samuel D.
Barnhart, of Roanoke, and Mr. J. Edward Barnhart, of Baltimore, spent Easter in Shepherdstown with Mr. James E. Barnhart.
Mr. WilkoScanlon, a graduate of Shepherd College last year, and who has been teaching school in Hampshire county, W. this school year, has been visiting his friends in Shepherdstown the past week. Mr. Harrison Schley, cashier of the Jeiferson Security Bank, is taking a vacation of a couple of weeks.
He is spending this week in Norfolk, accompanied by his little daughter, Mary Stockton. Lee Goldsborough was home from Woodberry Forest Orange, for the Easter vacation, and Miss Helen Goldsborough was also home from St. Hilda's hall. Charles Town. Dr.
Horace Banks has been home from Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, the past week, visiting his home folks. He expects to enlist in the United Slates Navy as a medical ofticer. Mr. G. W.
Walters and family, of Roanoke, and Mr. C. W. Imbach and family, of Martinsburg, spent Easter with the family of Mr. Chas.
E. Walters in Shepherdstown. Mrs. Edgar Osbourn has been extremely ill the past week, but the latest reports are to the effect that she is now improving and there is hope of her recovery. Mrs.
Frank Dobbins and her little daughter Mary have gone to McKeesport, to make their home, Mr. Dobbins now being employed in that city. Mr. and Mrs. Wm.
M. Sheetz and their grandson, Charles Imbach, of Martinsburg, spent Easter in Shepherdstown with Misses Bettie and Katie Sheetz. Rev. B. L.
Stanley, of Mt. Pleasant, N. spent several days the past week with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. M.
M. Stanley, near Shenandoah Junction. Miss Alice L. Osbourn, of Duftields, is in Romney this week attending the sessions of the Winchester Presbyterial, to which she is a delegate. Mr.
J. Frank Marsh, of the State Department of Education at Charleston, is in Shepherdstown today visiting Shepherd College. Mrs. Charles W. Brown and her son Charles, of Bethlehem, have been here the past week visiting Mr.
and Mrs. H. C. Marten. Miss Kate Hill has been quite sick this week, been threatened with appendicitis.
She is now slowly improving. Mr I malpv of New York Citv. was in Shepherdstown to spend Easter with his tather, Mr. G. K.
Staley. Mr. John Knox, of Randolph-Macon College, Ashland, was at his home here for the Easter vacation. Mr. Albert B.
Cookus, of Washington, spent a day or two at his home in Shepherdstown this week. Rev. S. L. Elickinger has been in Pennsylvania this week visiting among his relatives and friends.
Mrs. T. Lee Koontz, southeast of town, has been sick the past week, threatened with typhoid fever. Mr. W.
C. Welsh, one of our Berkeley county subscribers, was among our callers yesterday. Mr. George T. Hodges has been here from Pittsburg this week for a few days vacation.
Williamson McDonald, who lives with his sister near Baltimore, was home for Easter. Alma Kennedy, of Baltimore, was here to spend Easter with Mrs. Fannie Show. Mrs. C.
D. Wysong has gone to Baltimore and Washington to spend a few days. Mr. Wm. H.
Martin, from north of lOwn, was among our cuucia una uivi Mr. Roy Bell was home from the West Virginia Uuiversity for the Easter holiday. Joins The Army. H. Baylor Reinhart, a well-known resident of Shepherdstown, has joined the regular army of the United States.
He enlisted in Hagerstown yesterday, and leaves today for Baltimore, where he will be immediately assigned to duty. Mr. Reinhart was so fortunate as to be enlisted with the rank of sergeant, and will be in ihe coast artillery service. His pay will be $75 a month, and he has a good chance for promotion and increase in pay. The pay of the private soldier is $30 a month and subsistence, but there are special duties in many instances in which this is considerably augmented.
We hope that Baylor may escape all oi the misfortunes of a soldier's lot and thai he may make good in the army. 4 Death's Call Is Ever Sounding. It is with jjreat sorrow that we record the death of William Newton Lemen, the much-loved little son of Mr. and Mrs. David Lemen, of Shepherdstown, which occurred yesterday morning in the hospital in Charles Town.
Newton, who was almost five years old, was taken sick on Saturday last, and a diagnosis revealed the fact that he was suffering from appendicitis. He was taken to the hospital Saturday night, where the operation was performed by Dr. Venning, assisted by Dr. Burwell. The little tellow stood the operation very well, but complications set in which caused the gravest apprehensions.
Although the physicians and nurses, inspired by fullest sympathy, did all that was possible to save his life and used heroic measures to bring a favor able change, all remedies failed and the little boy passed away after three days of suffering. The bereaved parents are heart-broken over the death of this their only son, and they have the deepestsym. pathy of their friends in their time of sorrow. Newton was a sweet, bright, lovable little fellow, affectionately regarded by all who knew him, and his sad death has cast a feeling of gloom over our whole community. The funeral service, which will be private, will be held at the house this afternoon at half-past four o'clock.
Word was received here on Tuesday of the death of Robert D. Cookus, which occurred that day at his home in Rockingham county, near Timberville. Mr. Cookus, who was in the 82d year of his age, was a native of Shepherdstown, his father having been Michael Cookus, one of the early residents of this place. Mr.
Cookus was a farmer by occupation, and farmed the Selby place, a couple of miles south of town, prior to his leaving here some forty years ago. He located in Rockingham county, where he owned a fine farm and became very prosperous. He was a man of energy and ability, kind-hearted and of the highest integrity. His old friends here will regret to learn of his death. He is survived by one son, Charles Cookus, his wife having died several years ago.
He was a first cousin of Joseph L. Cookus, of this place. Mrs. Tae Edna Dicken, wife of Joseph B. Dicken, died in the City Hospital in Martinsburg last Monday morning, her death occurring ten days after the birth of a daughter, which also died.
There is much sorrow in this community over the death of this estimable young woman, who was formerly a popular student at Shepherd College. Mr. Dicken was also a student at this institution, graduating in the class of 1913. Mrs. Dicken, whose maiden name was Bishop, is survived by her husband, a little daughter, her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. W. Bishop, of Terra Alta, W. a brother and a sister. She was but twenty years of age.
Her unusually sad death brings great grief to her family and to a wide circle of friends. 1 1 A Wo to. (1CI uuuy Wdbldivcil lu itnarviia iui uuuai. Mrs. Mary Sidney Williams, aged 66 years, died at her home in Charles Town on Monday last.
She was the widow ot Rev. Dr. J. T. Williams, a prominent minister of the M.
E. Church South, and before her marriage was a Miss Watkins, of Botetourt county, Va. She is survived by a son, J. Marvin Williams, of Washington State, and three daughters Mrs. Melvin T.
Scrider, of Charles Town; Mrs. J.Sloan Kuykendall, of Romney; and Mrs. Claude M. Hesser, of Baltimore. P.
A. Brugh, for many years identified with the mercantile business in Hagerstown a id a valuable citizen of that place, died Tuesday morning from a complication of diseases, aged 72 years. He is survived by his wife, two sons and a daughter: Lynn K. Brugh and Irvin Brugh, of Hagerstown, and Mrs. Wm.
H. Singer, now living in Norway. Miss Sarah Elizabeth Freise died last Friday at her home near Antietam Iron Works, after a long illness from dropsy and other complications. She was 54 years old. Miss Friese survived the death of her father, James Friese, less than three weeks, and was the last member of her family.
She was buried in Sharpsburg on Tuesday. Benjamin F. Anderson, a lifelong resident of Berkeley county, died last Thursday at his home near Vane evesville.aged 73 years. He had been in the service of the B. Railroad as a track man for 44 years.
He is survived by his wife. five sons and three daughters, one of his daughters being Mrs. Virginia Jones, of Shepherdstown. Mrs. Lee G.
co*ckrell, formerly of this county, died in Baltimore last week, and her body was taken to Harper's Ferry for burial. The deceased, who was 60 years of age, was before her marriage Miss Ella Ott, of Bolivar, a daughter of Martift Ott. She is survived by six sons, who were her pallbearers, and one daughter. Mrs. Laura Virginia Snodgrass, wite of John Tabb Snodgrass.
died in Martinsburg last Thursday. She was a daughter of the late Joseph Kelly, of Baltimore county, Maryland, but had lived in Martinsburg many years. Surviving are her husband and six children. William P. Williams died at his home in Martinsburg on 59 years.
His death was the result of blood poisoning, caused by a blister on one of his hands. He was in the B. O. Railroad service for 27 years. William Helferstay, a native of Martinsburg but for many years a resilent of Hagerstown, died in that city on Tuesday, aged 77 years.
Appendicitis Still Raging. Jacob S. Reinhart, the well-known merchant at Moler's Cross Roads, is in the hospital in Charles Town recovering from the effects of an operation for appendicitis. He was taken suddenly ill the latter part of last eek, and was taken to the hospital and operated upon on Saturday. It is said that his appendix was in an unusually bad condition and that the operation was performed none too soon.
He stood the ordeal very well, and is now recovering nicely from its effects. Miss Daisy Trundle, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George T. Trundle, of Bikerton, was taken to the Charles Town hospital on Monday, and was operated upon for appendicitis.
She is reported to be 1 getting along very well. Billy Sunday, the evangelist, who bei gan a three-months revival in New York last Sunday, announced that he would i give every dollar of the money donated to him for his services to the Red Cross and Young Men's Christian Association for use in their work connected with the war. Daring Prisoner Makes His Escape. Spit Wednesday morning of last week Dep- uty Marshals Edward W. Athey, of Mar- Ger tinsburg, and John F.
Throckmorton, of cone Parkersburg, and Guards M. C. Kay and and R. W. Robertson, of "arkersburg, left tress Martinsburg with Henry Grady Webb and T1 W.
Eugene Diez, the two daring robbers Norl who had been found guilty in the United towi States Court of robbing a Baltimore who Ohio Railroad train of a large sum of past money at Central. W. Va.t in October, to th 1915. Webb was under sentence ot 25 sum years in the federal prison at Atlanta, arret Georgia, and Diez was for a ten-year La term. 1 he officers transferred their two arou prisoners to a train of the Southern Rail- assu way in Washington, and the same after- was noon resumed their journey to Atlanta, that About 10 o'clock Wednesday night as A the train was pulling into Charlotte, N.
to th Webb asked permission to go into her the lavatory. He was in charge of Dep- in uty Athey, who removed the handcuffs risbi and followed him to the lavatory. Webb proentered and shut the door in Athey's face truth and bolted it, and jumped through yarn the small window. By the time Deputy the Athey had gotten out to the car steps Chai Webb had disappeared. The train by agaii this time had stormed in the station at lv fa Charlotte, and instant search was begun it.
tor the escaped prisoner. But he had Ar slipped away in the darkness, and no this trace ot him was to be found. worr Webb, who is a young fellow, is cun- a pai ning and shrewd, and not only has brains, ed but is said to also have plenty of money serv and powerful friends. He had evidently crim planned his method of escape, and doubt- poss less had outside assistance. Is is said port; that it cost the government $40,000 to ap- upon prehend him and bring him to trial.
A fairy reward $1,000 has been offered for his Tfi recapture. Postoffice inspectors and de- Osca tectives are seeking him in every direc- ward tion. to be Reports from Washington are to the ef- Regi feet that officials of the Department of tunm Justice are greatly incensed over Webb's road escape, and it is intimated that some heads Rocl will fall as the result of the episode. It ty ja is said that a strict investigation of the af- sons fair will be made, with a view to fixing prow the responsibility for the bandit's escape, the In the meantime the best men in the gov- guan ernment secret service are using every was endeavor to recapture the cunning con- shot vict trian custc The High Cost of Living. been The oldest inhabitant doesn't remem- was ber a time when the cost of living was as of high as it is at the present time.
The he prices of almost all the necessities of life the and commodities in general have gotten that I beyond anything heretofore recorded in since this country. Potatoes are retailing at Clare $2 50 a bushel, cabbage is 15 cents a days pound, onions 12 cents a pound, common Te navy beans 28 to 30 cents a quart. Can- scare ned goods which have heretofore sold at a str; the standard price of 10 cents a can are ing now 15 to 20 cents a can. seem Ordinary flour is retailing today at $11.84 ottiei a barrel and high-grade flour is $12.80 and army upwards. Corn meal is 3 1-2 cents a in toi pound.
Common side meat is 25 cents foum a pound, shoulders 25 cents and ham 30 who cents. Fancy brands run to much higher talk figures. Ordinary chickens sell at 20 A Se NO icihd jjuuiiu live is cents a pound. trom Wheat is $2 23 a bushel in Shepherds- cortl town today. Dealers are paying $1.25 a 1,11 bushel for corn and retailing it at $1.40 a bushel.
Vast quantities ofcorn are being used for making starches and starch foods and for distilling alcohol, the alcohol be- the ing in enormous demand tor the manu- facture of explosives and other war purposes. This is the highest price ever paid for corn in the United States. Oats are 85 cents a bushel. Hay is one of the 1 few things which has not advanced in price. It is selling at $13 a ton.
There is not much demand tor it, as the auto- mobile and the power truck have so largely superceded the use of horses in 4 the cities. It's unfortunate that humans have no taste for hay. Bran and millfeed sell at $2.50 per hundred pounds. 3 There is no immediate prospect that jn prices will get lower. On the contrary, if the war shall last much longer and the United States shall become seriously in- 4 volved prices will probably go much higher.
Big Fire at Bakerton. 3 There was a big fire at Bakerton, this 3 county, last Saturday night, when two barns belonging to C. D. Carter, one of 4 the prominent residents of that place, were destroyed with most of their con- tents. The fire was discovered about 4 1 ta -1-i 1.
i ku i 4 I.JU (J IIUV.IV uy WUIMIlail uj Mr. Carter, and he at once gave the alarm. 4 The fire seemed to have started in the hi hay mow toward the front part of one of the st-ibles, and the inflammable material 3 caused it to spread so quickly that there was no chance to save the structures. 4 The second stable soon caught also, and in a very brief time both ere all ablaze. There was time to rescue four horses and five mules from the smaller barn, but in 3 the larger structure eight horses and a mule were hemmed in by the flames and miserably perished.
One horse and a colt were saved from this stable by the hardest, and in trying to get them out Mr. Carter was scorched about the face and hands. Besides the live stock that was destroyed, feed to the value of from 400 to $1,600 was burned, as well as a large quantity of harness The horses that were burned to death were valuable 4 animals, most of them heavy-draft work horses. A large crowd quickly gathered 4 to render assistance, and though it was 3 impossible to save the two stables, the water gang worked heroically and ketp 4 the fire from spreading to Mr. Carter's residence and garage and the residence of Albert G.
Rice, which were in immi- nent danger. Mr. Carter asks us to ex- press his thanks to those who rendered 4 such valuable service at the fire. The total loss is placed at about $5,000, on which there was an insurance of 600, placed with Harrison Schley, of Shepherdstown. Mr.
Carter's friends sympathize with him in the considerable loss that he sustained. Two Hundred Acres In Beans. J. W. Stewart, one ot the prominent apple growers of Berkeley county, will plant 200 acres in white navy beans this spring.
The beans will be planted as a jyy filler crop in his orchards. Other prom- inent orchard men of Berkeley county will plant filler crops, such as beans, potatoes and onions, in response to the recommendation of the government that all available land be uatilized for the pro- duction of food this year Will it not be wise for our Jefferson county farmers and I orchard men to consider this matter also? 0 ts and Rumors of Spies. ow that war has been declared against 9 many, there's no end to the rumors renting the activities of German agents, many stories are afloat, to the dis- EE of timid persons. ie soldiers who are guarding the folk Western bridge at Shepherds- i have had their eyes on a stranger has been acting suspiciously the 5E week. He has made several visits le big bridge, apparently studying the Dundings very carefully.
He will be on the slightest excuse, ist night another stranger in town sed suspicions by his action. He eS med to be here on business, but it believed by those who observed him zs he was not what he pretended to be. story was afloat the first of the week effect that Miss j. S. Hettinger and iister, who ere formerly in business 3 agerstown, had been arrested in Har- irg on the charge of being active in EE German schemes.
There was no 1 in the report. A still more absurd EjSj was circulated that two or three of 5 most estimable business men in Ies Town were engaged in plots 1st our government. It was absolute- EE lse, but some folks seemed to believe lother rumor that was circulated in neighborhood was to the effect that a lan who boarded in Shepherdstown rt of the past winter had been arrestn suspicion of being in the secret ice of the government and that ininating papers had been found in her ession. It was also stated that imant maps and plans had been tattooed i her body. This is also probably a story.
ireestrange men, two Austrians named ir Serus and Albin Nurmi, and EdI Thompson, of Baltimore, thought a German, were arrested by Fourth ment guards Sunday evening at the el on the Baltimore and Ohio Rail- jie about two miles west of Point of is. They are being held in the coun- on il at Frederick as "suspicious per- The two Austrians were seen in the mountains through which M( tunnel extends. Saturday night a fired on one of the Austrians, who near the mouth of the tunnel. The went wild. Sunday night the Ausand his companion were taken into )dy.
Later Thompson, who had seen in the vicinity of the tunnel, found under the signal tower at Point acks. One of the Austrians said that scaped trom an interned vessel in Philadelphia Navy Yard. He says liis companion has been with him leaving Philadelphia. They ded they were in Baltimore for a few then went direct to Point of Rocks, rrapin Neck had its German spy yesterday. Jo Walper ran across inger in dark hollow who was carryuspicious looking bundles, and who ied to want to avoid contact with persons Jo was tor calling out the rieht away, but before he could get jch with the Secretary of War he i that the stranger was a fisherman had had no luck and didn't want to ibout it.
i more corns and no more suffering bunions after using Owens Miller's and bunion cure, 15c. Money back ails. town jail at Bethany, W. was at publicaUction on Tuesday. Since tate has gone dry there's no use for orison.
A A4AAAA AAA A AAA AAA AAA AA II jpera House SHEPHERDSTOWN. W. VA. rONIGHT: 1 The noted emotional actress Pauline Frederick i Henry Arthur Jones' powerful drama "Lydia Gilmore" Admission. 5c and 10c Friday, April 13th Pearl White in "The Iron Claw." jke Comedy; Hearst-News and 3rd Educational.
Admission, 5c and 10c Saturday, April 14 aomi Childers and Antonio Mortno in "THE DEVIL'S PRIZE" "What shall it profit a man should gain the whole world and lose own soul" is the theme of this ccellent human interest story. Also Comedy Cartoon Admission, 5c and 10c MONDAY, APRIL 16th The Fascinating, Irresistible MARGUERITE CLARK I in I "THE CRUCIBLE" The stirring portrayal of an ag- lized soul's triumph through suf- ring over threatening evils. Admission, 5c and iuc TUESDAY, APRIL 17th The Metropolitan Opera Star GERALDINE FARRAR "TEMPTATION" Admission, 5c and 10c Wednesday, April 18 o(o The Wonderful Child Actor to BABY MARIE OSBOURN in "Shadows and Sunshine" you need 'Sunshine" in your life thi? Admission, 5c and 10c Thursday, April 19 The Nation's Sweetheart MARY PICKFORD ta s. "THE FOUNDLING" With a sweet simplicity and a atural method ot depicting this ,0 fistful and lovable character, Boa 'icktord will tug constantly at your eart-strings. Admission, 15c and 10c rfynyfyHfyyTTTTTymv FACTORY HANDS Ap York aod Hagerstown pr Metal Stamping Co.
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Anti-Toxins, Serums and Vaccines. a i ohll. Prescriptions filled by a registerThree thoroughbred Shropshire Rams ftnlv ply to C. L. Crane, Tylerur Apple tQ chard.
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