Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1904-11-17
LITTLE LOCALS.

to our people. There should be
crowded house.
Miss Elizabeth May Davis and Mr..
Calvin G. Rutherford, both of Martins.
burg, were married at the home of the
brides brother, MI. William Davis.
in that city. last Thursday night by
Rev. G. S. Trump.
Articles of merger and consolida-
ton entered into on November 4 by
the Winchester Telephone Company.
of Virginia. and the Cumberland
Valley Telephone Company. of Balti-
more, have been formally recorded.
The ladies of the Reformed church
will hold their annual Thanksgiving
dinner in the town hall Thursday.
November oath. Dinner 25c; din.
ner sent out, 35c Also supper. oys-
tiers, ice-cream, cake and homemade
candy.
Baltimore and Ohio detectives be-
lieve that they have located the gang
Of desperadoes who have repeatedly
tried to wreck trains on the B. G. o.
near Winchester, and are waiting for
a favorable opportunity to close in on
them.
The new organ for the Reformed
church was received yesterday and is
now being put in place. The recital
is to be held on the evening Of De.
cember lat The frescoing of the
church has been finished. 1t il very
pretty.
The Duquesne limited .idewipsd
passenger train No. 3 on the B g. O
Railroad last Friday night at Boyd's
station, and a Pullman coach was
thrown down a high smbsnkment.
A dozen persons were hurt but none
was killed.
The American Society of Equity
will meet at Uvilla hall on Sstur-
day, November Goth, at 100 o'clock.
Oysters and soup will be served i'm
mediately after the meeting and also
at night for the benefit of the NJ. E.
Church South.
The annual union thanksgiving SER
vice will be held this year in the Pres
byterian church Thursday, November
Oath, at II o'clock a m. The sermon
will be preached by Rev. A. Il. Nc.
Kinley, of the NJ. E Church Tie
pastors OF the different churches ear
ne.tly request the attendance of their
members.
A proposition has been made here
for the establishment of shirt man
ufactory in Shspherdstown to take
the place of the knitting factory soon
to be moved away. We understand
that such an industry will be located
here il IS or 70 employees can be Sc.
cured, and it is quite likely that this
number will be speedily arranged for
Mis-, Louise Mattingly Showers,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. George E.
Showers, was married at the home of
the bride in Martinsburg last week to
Mr.. W. Seibsrt Small, Jr.. by Rev.
John S. Douglas, pastor of Trinity
Episcopal Church. The maid ofhonor
was Miss Nancy Showers, sister of the
bride, and the best man was Philip
Showers, brother of the bride.
Mis-, Lucie May Clohsn and Mr..
William S. Kline, Of Martinsburg,
were married at the home ofthe brides
parents in that place last Friday even
ing, by Rev. F. NJ. Woods, pastor
of the Presbyterian church. After
the ceremony reception was rendered
the happy couple, after which they
left on bridal tour Of the eastern
cities. Miss Clohan ia the daughter Of
Postmaster and Mrs. Alexander Clohan
and the groom is well-knoWn young
business man of that city.
Last Thursday little Annie Lewis,
the ten-year-od daughter Of William
Lewis, who lives at the Cumberland
Valley station near Williamsport, was
instantly killed BY being run over by
a farm wagon. She was riding on the
wagon, which was heavily loaded with
fodder, when she fell of. The hind
wheel passed over her body from head
10 foot, crushing her to death. The
child elder sister was killed few
months ago near the same place by
being struck by locomotive.
Mr.. NJ. o. Leighton, chief Of the
Bureau of Hydro Economics in the
United States Geological Survey, is
now exploring the banks of the Po-
tomac river ior evidence Of pollution
of the water used by the city OF Wash
ington and will stop at Shepherdstown
Paw Paw, Hancock, and other towns.
The condition of Shenandoah river as
far AS Shannondale Springs will be e1-
amined. The tsnnersa, pulp mills,
etc, will be closely Investigated. 1t
has been demonstrated that typhoid
germs getting into the water as far
away as Cumberland would still be
alive upon reaching Washington, as
running water is conducive to the life
OF the bacIlli.
Miss Myra NJ Walworth, of Mos
COW, Mich, arrived in Shepherdstown
Tuesday to take charge Of the music
department of Shepherd College. Miss
Wal orth comes to our community
highly recommended, having received
her training in some of the best schools
in this country. Her experience and