Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1901-10-10
LITTLE LOCALS.
The Things ofinterest that are Happening In
Our keighborhood and Elsewhere.

killed hawk one day last week that
measured four feet FIVE inches from
tip to TIP.
The new Presbyterian church at
Martinsburg is now assured. 1t will
be built according to plans prepared
by F. R. Comstock a New York archi.
tect.
Mr.. Henry G. Monroe, editor of the
Boonsboro Times, and Miss Clara II.
Warner, of Talbot county, Maryland,
were married in Baltimore October I'd.
We hope that their only troubles may
be little ones.
The Hagerstown fair association will
not permit the selling of cologne squirts
this year. A good many folks regard
this as a nuisance, but things great
deal worse are permitted and there
is little or no kicking about them.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles B. Vanmeter
held a reception last Thursday evening
at their home near Elmwood Cemetery,
after their wedding trip. A consider
able number of their friends were
present and spent most pleasant even
ing. Refreshments Of delicious char.
acter were served.
Appreciated improvements are new
brick pavements at J. M. Toliver's
store and at H. G. Marten' vacant lot
on Main street, replacing rough stone
sidewalks. Our ways are being grad
ually mended-and if few famous
eyesores that yet remain on Main street
should be moved many folks would
be thankful.
1t looks as if pretty nearly all the
apples in this communicated there
are lots of them this year-are being
shipped away. Carload after carload
is being hauled out of the county, and
the probability is that some of them
will come back to us later in the win
ter at prices two or three times great
er than we have to pay now.
Martinsburg is pretty certain to get
hourishing industry-the company
that manufactures the Bickford 4
Huffman grain drills, which will move
from its location in New York State.
The plant will occupy the old B. & 0.
shops, which will be donated by the
people of Martinsburg. We congrat-
ulate our neighbors on their prospects
for securing this industry, which will
employ IT'S men.
A reception is to be held at the
Shepheadstown Graded School Friday,
evening Of next week, October 18th,
to which friends and patrons are cordi-
ally invited. The object of the affair is to
give the people opportunity to inspect
the new building and see how comforta-
bly, the school is now situated. An
appropriate programme of exercises is
being arranged, including recitations
by the children and brief addresses
by friends of the school.
The executive committee Of the
Anti-Saloon and Law and Order So
ciety held its regular bi-monthly meet
ing on Monday, with all members in
attendance except one, who was alb
sent from town. Some alleged viola
tons of our liquor laws were under
consideration, and various measures
were discussed, looking toward the
correction of these irregularities. The
change for the better in the moral at
mosphere of our town, since the last
municipal election, is source Of gen
eral qualification. 1t is the interest of
every citizen and should be the bust
ness of every citizen, to see that the
saloon is kept out, that the liquor
laws are enforced, and that in this
I particular our town be made and kept
clean.
The convention of the United
Daughters of the Confederacy at Mar
tinsburg last week was great success
in every respect, concluding with a
most enjoyable reception at Bcydville,
the home of Senator Faulkner, which
was attended by very large crowd,
including number of persons from
Shepherdstown. The convention elect
ed the following officers for the ensuing
year: President, Mrs. Virginia Nc
Sherry, of Martinsburg; first vice
president, Mrs. Burlington, of Hunting
ton; second vice-president, Mrs. Nc
Cluer, of Parkersburg; recording Sec
retary, Mrs. Anderson, of Charleston;
corresponding secretary, Miss George
Strider, of Jefferson county; treasur-
er, Miss Burke, of Huntington histo-
rian for the State Division, Miss Mary
Stribling, of Martinsburg. The con-
vention will meet next year in Hunt
ington.
The State Board of Pardons, in ses-
sion at Moundsvillc last week, con-
sidered the application OF Thomas Jar
rison, from ShepherdstOwn, for par
don. The Wheeling Register gives
the following report of the matter
Thomas Garrison, who was also
turned down by the board, was con-
victed of burglary in the circuit court
of Jefferson county, and on the 9th
day of December, 1899, was sentenced
to twelve years in the penitentiary;
He was charged with being engaged
in what is known as the celebrated
toll-gate robbery in Jefferson county.
He claimed he was the victim OF de-
tectives who wanted the large reward
offered for the capture of the crlml,
mole who nernetrated this crime, and