Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1901-05-30
LITTLE LOCALS.
The Things Of Interest that are Happening In
Our Nelghborhood and Elsewhere.

Tor year.
The rain poured down the whole
day long on Whit Monday, and the
festival so dear to the colored folks of
this neighborhood was a dismal fail
ure Some of them held cake walk
at night.
1t is thought that the exercises at An
tietam Cemetery today will not be of
an interesting character. Senator Nc
Comas has announced that he cannot
be present and Col. Vernon will be
the only speaker.
The public school at Moler's closed
its session last Thursday by giving a
very creditable entertainment at night
in the school house. A large audience
enjoyed a programme by the children,
consisting Of recitations, etc.
The members of Henry Kyd Doug
las Camp, U. sc. ", will assemble at
headquarters in full uniform on Sat-
urday at 1880 p. M, to participate
in the memorial exercises. Every
member is urged to be present.
Mrs. Josephine Snyder presented to
our museum this week knife, fork
and 81 Don that is over hundred years
old, and which was carried through
one of the European wars by SOL
der Of the Tenth Hessian Regiment.
Breslin Humrickhouse, son of Charles
B. Humrickhouse, formerly Of Shep-
herdstown but now of Morristown,
Tennessee, has been appointed to
State scholarship in the University of
Tennessee at Knoxville. We congrat-
ulate Breslin on his good fortune.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles w. Adams, of
Sharpsburg, have issued invitations to
the wedding of their daughter, Miss
Mary Kretzer Adams, to DR.. E. NJ.
Carrot, also of that place. The GER
emory takes place on Wednesday,
June 18th, at 7,3O p. NJ, in Memorial
Lutheran Church.
Herbert II. Hartzell, who has been
travelling agent of the Norfolk & West
ern Railway, has been permanently To-
Gated in charge of the company's Office
at Basic City. Herbert, who is a
Shepherdstown boy, has the reputation
of being one of the best men in the
service of the n. & W.
The schedule of the Norfolk & Wes-
tern Railway was changed last Sunday
but there is no material difference in
the time of the passenger trains, ex-
cept that the accommodation trains
which had been withdrawn on Sundays
to save expense during the winter were
again placed in service.
We return our thanks to our young
friend, Franklin Wattles Moser, son
of Rev. D. NJ. Moser, Of Schuylkill
Haven, Pa, formerly OF Shepherds
town, for an invitation to attend the
annual commencement Of the High
School in that city on June the 9Th.
Frank is graduate Of the school this
term.
The first baseball game Of the season
will be played in Shepherdstown on
Saturday of this week, when the Shep-
herd College boys will play against
the Harper's Ferry team. The game
will be called at $50 o'clock in the
afternoon at the fair grounds. The
College boys will play the Berryville
team in that place today.
Gibsons drug store has been greatly
improved By new papering and a fresh
coat of white paint applied by that
artist with the brush, E. D. Bowly.
The store presents a very attractive
appearance now, and with its well Sc
lected stock of goods and accommoda-
ting proprietor and clerk is one of the
popular places of the town.
The past week has been an unusu-
ally wet one, and the ground has been
thoroughly saturated by the rain that
fell almost continuously from Sunday
until yesterday evening. About sun
set Yesterday the clouds rolled away
and this morning gives promise of
beautiful day. With bright sunshine
vegetation will fairly jump.
The telephone business is having
boom in Shepherdstown this week.
The Winchester Telephone Company
has put in phones for H. c. Marten,
Jefferson Savings Bank, Rev. DR..
Nelson, ]. NJ. Toliver, Jos. S. Flem-
ing, A. S. cambridge g. Co., G. NJ.
Beethoven and the REGISTER Office.
The work is being done by E. E. Sher-
man, Claude Wentzell and Hugh Ham
mond, the company's employees.
Memorial day was observed at
Charles Town last Saturday. After
an address by Rev. DR.. Geo. W, Fin
ley, of Augusta county, Va, in the
courthouse, a parade was formed, in
which the Confederate Camps Of Vet
Grams and Sons, the fire companies and
the hand participated, and marched
to Edge Hill cemetery, where beauti-
full flowers were placed on the graves
of the South's fallen heroes.
An old maids convention will be
held Friday and Saturday nights of
this week by the ladies of the Lutheran
church, and it promises to be very
interesting entertainment. The adj
mission will be 10 cents, reserved seats
Is cents, children 5 cents. Lunch,
soup, icecream, strawberries, ETC., will
be sold. The patronage of the public
70 rnl;nitnH and those who attend are