Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1901-09-19
LITTLE LOCALS.
The Things Of Interest that are Happening In
Our Nelghborhood and elsewhere.

Virginia 6remen. They will take part
in some of the contests and we hope
the boys will bring back prize or two.
A new brick pavement along the
Welshans property, corner New and
King streets, is an improvement that
is greatly appreciated by folks who
have to walk that way. Let the good
example be followed by others before
winter sets in.
We have received a copy of the
Public Opinion" the newspaper
owned by ], Touro Shepherd, at
Montgomery, this State. 1t is we'll
edited and very readable, and is pub
lished twice week. We hope that
Mr.. Shepherd may prosper in his new
field.
Invitations are out for the marriage
of Mr.. Charles Berkeley Vanmeter, of
Shepherdstown, and Miss Mary Re-
becca Furrey, daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. NJ. L. Furrey, of Berkeley coun-
ty. The ceremony will take place in
Mt Zion Baptist church on September
26th at 490 o'clock.
The Hagerstown Spoke and Bend
ing Company has sold to John A. ST.
ders, of Pennsylvania, the Ala acres
of land south Of town formerly a part
of the George Licklider estate. The
price paid was $35 an acre. Mr.. ST.
ders will, we understand, improve the
place and make it his home.
1t required the jury only ten min
utes at Martinsburg Friday to find
j. R. Clifford, editor of the Pioneer
Press newspaper, the colored organ of
Martinsburg, guilty of criminally
ibeling Mrs. Hattie R. Newman, wife
of Rev. John G. Newman, colored,
Hagerstown Clifford will be sentenced
in few days.
The annual banquet given by the
Hagerstown Fair Association was held
on the fair grounds last Saturday.
The death of the President cast gloom
over the gathering and after few
brief speeches in which the unhappy
event was feelingly referred to, reso-
lutions of an appropriate character
were passed and the board adjourned.
Tuesday of this week was the seth
anniversary of the battle Of Antietam
the famous struggle that was fought
Just three miles across the river from
Shepherdstown. Many tragic incl
dents of the battle, and of the days
that followed, when Shepherdstown
was one great hospital, were recalled
by our people and the soldiers who
took part in the engagement.
The McLean-Tyler troupe will play
in Winchester on Saturday afternoon
and night, September 28th. The two
stars are residents of Shepherdstown,
and it is probable that considerable
party will go from this place to see the
performance. Arrangements are in
progress for reduced rates on the rail-
road and the convenient running OF
trains, The company plays in Hagers-
town on the 9th.
At a special meeting of the town
council on Monday night the entire
issue of $4,000 of corporation bonds
was awarded to Jefferson Savings
Bank, of this place, which offered
premium of $65 on the lot. The bonds
bear 4 per cent interest and are pay
able in thirty years We think the
town sells the bonds to advantage, and
the bank at the same time has good
investment.
We call special attention this week
to the new advertisement of I. B.
Line, the Shepherdstown clothier, who
has gotten in his new stock of fall and
winter clothing and furnishings for
men and boys. He has large stock
from which his customers may select,
and will make up clothing to order in
the most satisfactory style. He asks
the public to call and learn his prices
and note the stylish goods he offers.
Shepherdstown may have water
works. DR.. Spangler, of Napoleon,
Md, was before the town council again
on Monday night and asked for a
franchise to introduce waterworks
within the corporation, giving him the
necessary privileges for the purpose:
The enterprise is private one, and
the promoter does not seem to ask
anything unreasonable of the town au-
thorities. The attorney for the COR
poration was instructed to prepare
franchise.
Considerable commotion was crea-
ted in the east end of town early Sat
urday morning by what was at first
thought to be burglar at the home
of Nathan Myers. Mr.. Myers was
away from home, and his family was
aroused by a startling noise. They
gave an alarm, arousing the neighbors,
and Clel Reynolds let go with shot
gun. Search for the cause of the trou-
bic failed to find any clue whatever,
and the mysterious noise is still unex-
planned.
Charles D. Keplinger met with a
painful accident last week at the farm
of Moorehead Miller, in Berkeley
county, where he was threshing. Mr..
Keplinger stepped on a loose board
on the overshoot of the barn and was
thrown to the ground. He sprained
his wrist and his foot very badly and