Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1900-11-08
LITTLE LOCALS.
The Things of Interest that are Happening In
Our Neighborhood and Elsewhere.

| tnelr nrSt DalIOI 1Or freSluenC on 1ueS-
day-Edward, Lucien and Quigley-
and all of them went in straight for
Democracy. That's something to be
proud of.
The REGISTER office has been SO
crowded with job work the past cou-
pie of weeks that it has been impossi-
BILE to fill orders promptly. We ask
our friends to give US few days long
er to catch up.
Our local sportsmen have had some
good sport shooting partridges, which
have again become fairly plentiful.
A covey of these handsome birds
came into town last Saturday, and
Sunday four of them remained for a
time in the editors garden.
Alex. Kinsell was painfully injured
while cunning in the woods near
Scrabble last Saturday. He was shoot
ing at rabbit, when the gun burst.
He was burnt about the face and head
by the powder and the breech Of the
gun cut cash in his forehead. Strange
to say, he shot the rabbit.
We understand that Shepherdstown
is to have new hardware store in the
near future. 1t is said that it will be
conducted by D. H, Fulk, Of Swan
Pond, and Raleigh Williams, Of Scrab-
BILE, who will shortly move to town
and open up in the Richard room, now
occupied by Ramsburgs store.
When the returns were coming in
Tuesday night some of the darkies
shouted with glee at the big major
tiles for Mckinley reported from the
New England States. Some one sug-
gested that when the cold winds Of
winter come and these same negroes
want help they should apply to New
England for it.
Jefferson county did herself proud
on Tuesday. She gave Bryan the
biggest majority ever given Demo-
cratic candidate in this county, his
plurality being 1922 This is an in
crease of 351 over four years ago. If,
as reported, the Republicans had
$4,000 for use in this county, where
did that money go?
Announcement is made of the ap-
preaching marriage Of Miss Bessie L.
Moler, daughter Of Mr.. Raleigh Y.
Moler, of the vicinity of Uvilla, to
Mr.. Hunter Watson, of the United
States Navy. The ceremony will take
place in Elk Branch Presbyterian
church, Dufields, on November Goth.
Mr.. Watson is a son Of Mr.. J. E. Wat
son, of this vicinity.
The election passed off very quietly
in Shepherdstown, and there was no
disturbance Of fanny character whatever.
a large number of young colored men
got drunk, but they were gotten out
of the way by their friends or by be-
coming overloaded. Nearly every
Democratic vote was gotten out, but
the Republicans failed to get all their
voters to the polls. The day was per-
one-no cloud in the sky and with the
sun shining warm and balmy.
Doodle played a conspicuous part in
the campaign in ShepherdstOwn. The
Republicans had plenty of money
At one voting.place where the negro
vote was large the white workers
would instruct the colored voter, who
would 60 to the polls and cast his bal
lot. When he came from the polling
place one of the white men would
march off with him to the seclusion Of
an allev or some convenient building
and give him his reward-whether
whiskey or money could not be seen,
but probably both.
The Democrats Of Shepherdstown
put in their best ticks the last week
of the campaign. Friday night Hon.
Cyrus Snyder, of Washington, deliv-
cred an address; Saturday at noon
Hon. Robert E. Mattingly, also Of
Washington, spoke to large crowd in
the hall Saturday night Hon. A. S.
cambridge, of this place, and Mr.. A,
T. Brady, of Annapolis, Nd, made
brief addresses, and were followed by
Judge r. S. Tharin, of Charleston, S.
c., venerable Democratic patriarch,
who made one of the best speeches we
have ever heard Monday night the
campaign was closed with fine adj
dress by Major O'Driscoll, of Washing
ton, and Judge Daniel B. Lucas, Of
this county. Judge Lucas made one
of his old-time speeches, in which he
stated the Democratic position with
great power and clearness, and held
+ba o1Oea aftaption of q laroe audience