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Newspaper
Shepherdstown Register
Location
Shepherdstown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1921
Page
2
Shepherd College enrollment rises as teachers and students prepare for new terms. Local sports news report Valley rivals, upcoming games, and exhibition schedules. Court action seeks Priest Field land with Catholic Church historical ties, plus obituaries and community notices.
Sergeants Langdon and Burgis forced to land their DeHavilland 4 B near Spickler's farm in Clearspring Maryland after engine trouble and heavy snow. They thawed the motor with boiling water, resumed flight Friday, and stayed low to clear a railroad bridge before continuing east along the river.
Likely readers are urged to purchase Andrews new book Women of the South in War Times praised by the New York Times as among the brightest pages in the South’s romantic Civil War stories. The publisher reports strong interest and reduced circulation price from 240 to 140, with orders or receipts requested for the amount.
Jury commissioners VL Higgmoogiam and George W. Moore selected the Jefferson County petit jury for the February Term of the Jefferson Chesis Court. The panel for February 18 includes L wie, M. B. Mises, Geo. B. Hooft, J Earnest Watson, H. W. Whiting, G.W VanMetre, Hart Melester, Lee Edwards, HA Tennant, T. Lee Shirley, Charles Hendricks, John Allen, R A. Hammond, C. W. Blue, Daniel Bush, J. T. Bradshaw, Jacob B. Pry, B E. Allen, WO Stull, RW Morrow, William Foutz, Henry Hayslette, A. B. Link, S. P. Temem, W. Snyder, Wm. F Echols, Harry Staley, John teen, Conk, A. B. Lloyd, Chalmers oe and H. H. Swimley.
Des cember raid arrests in Martinsburg led to United States Court dispositions in Parkersburg last week. Judge Hawkins imposed sentences including Harry Lord paying $780 or six months jail, Stan Kidwell $300 fine, Edward Linthicum $200 and three months, Joe Smith $200 and two months, Mrs Fannie West $100, and Clemons six months for operating a still.
Last Thursday night several inches of snow covered the ground, followed by rain that froze into a thick crust. A severe north wind storm Sunday night rattled houses and loosened tree limbs, with minor damage reported. Temperatures dropped to below freezing, and Helen Pendleton has been in Washington the past week.
Yesterday afternoon Gale Meloy son of Rev and Mrs J H Haley slipped on the canal injuring his right leg near the ankle. Doctors G Wo and Haaks reduced the fracture and he is recovering. Also Charles Hammond, son of Mr and Mrs Hammond, was knocked unconscious after colliding on a sled at the graded school but recovered quickly. Also for sale a large double haunted coal stove in good condition offered by Sehnelder at the scene.
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