Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1904-11-10

town last Saturday night. 1t was fine
address and was greatly appreciated
by large audience.
The contract for furnishing sup
plies to the county almshouse for the
ensuing six months has been awarded
to R. W. Dunawsy, the Leetown
merchant. There were three bids for
the contract submitted, Mr.. Duna.
ways being the lowest.
The much-talked-of opposition to
Congressman Dayton in Jefferson
county did not materialize. Whom
the party whip was cracked most Of
the belligerents meekly fell into line
and voted the ticket straight. Near
ly all of the anti Dawson Republicans
did the same thing.
The Democrats ofShephsrdstown can
be proud of their work on Tuesday,
for in the face of all the opposition
they q d they increased their big ma
jority of four years ago by net gain
OF nineteen. This is pretty good in
view of the slump in the balance Of
the county and the rest of the world.
Harry G. Hickman, lunch vendor
on B. 20. trains at Washington juno.
ton, stumbled while getting off a car
last week and had his foot, go badly
mashed that it had to be amputatsd.
He is bright and entsrprising young
man, very popular with the travelling
public, and his misfortune is greatly
deplOred.
Road Supervisor James NJ. Hen
bricks, of this neighborhood, had
painful accident befall him the other
day. He was working at the stone
crusher when his coat got caught in a
belt, and before he could be released
be was painfully bruised and it is
thought that bone in his shoulder
was fractured. This morning he is
reported to Be getting along all right.
Lawrence R. Lee, of Orange. N j.,
formerly of this place, has brought
controlling interest in the Martinsburg
GAGS Company, having done some pref
ty shrewd fnancierlng to get ahead
of another syndicate Mr. Lee will
probably take personal charge of the
business and will atoncs begin COM
prehensive system of improvements.
The company is capitalized at about
$4,000.
Election day passed off very quiet
ly in Shep6erdstowH, although there
were more people on the street, and
more interest manifested in the result
than for many years. The workers
for both parties kept busy all day,
and the foaters were in evidence as
usual, but the contest was good-na-
tured and there was little or no dis
turbance. The small boys made
good deal of noise with megaphones
during the day and evening, but when
the news began to come in the Demo
Gratis grew sad and silent.
The Maryland Synod of the Luth-
eran Church, recently in session at
Martinsburg, after discussing the ques-
ton OF divorce and the remarriage of
divorced persons, adopted the follow
ing resolution: 1.-The ministers of this
Synod are hereby admonished not
to solemnize a marriage where either
party to the proposed marriage has
husband or wife living unless q di-
vorce has been granted on grounds of
adultery, in which case the marriage
of the innocent party may be SOL
emnized, certified copy ofthe decree
of the court in the case to be furnished
the officiating minister.
A dispatch from Mound,vills, dated
November 5, says: "Hyland Davis
and John Lenault, two white couvicts.
the former sent up for life from Wet.
sel county for murder and the latter
serving three year term from Jetfer-
son county, with but seven months
to serve, have escaped from the Peni-
tentary and posse of guards is
searching for them. The men sawed
the iron bars of window and es-
capped during the breakfast hour.
Democrats are charging that the es-
capes are the result of absence of the
warden and several Of the guards on
political work for the Republican
State ticket"
We are sorry to report an unpleas-
ant occurrence in the town hall on
Monday evening. John j. Hetzel, of
M4rtinsburg, was billed by the Re.
publicans to make the closing speech
of their campaign, and the hall was
pretty well filled, number Of Dem
ocrsts being in the audience. The
Republicans had unwisely arranged
to have George Unseld, a young flop
per, to introduce Mr., Hetzel, and he
did 1t in such an offensive way that
the Democrats got mad Mr. Unseld
saw proper to abuse Democrats, and
when Mr.. Hetzel arose to speak there
was considerable disorder. There was
danger of rough house, for time,
but finally matters Gained down and
Mr. Hetzel got through with his speech
more or less successfully. 1t is much
to be regretted that proper allowance
was not made for the callowness Of
Georgia and that Mr.. Hetzel should
have been annoyed.
Lawrence R Lee returned last week
from New Mexico, where he had gone
to make strong eff rts to recover the
body of his brother, Armlstead NJ