Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1904-03-24
LITTLE LOCALS.
Easter millinery now ready for
your inspection, at Welshans.

cents for corn. Butter is ~ Genus
a pound and eggs are Is cents doz-
en-.
Rev. Henry Evan Cotton, of Ha-
gerstown, will preach in the Episco-
pal church in Shepherdstown on Sun
day, exchanging pulpits with Rev. G.
E. A. Marshall.
Take "a look at our new spring
ginghams. We sell them at the old
price-you know what that means.
Cotton goods have advauced-ours
have not. B. S. Pendleton.
DR.. J. B. Chamberlain, of Martins
burg, will be at the Entler Hotel,
Shepherdstown, Monday, April 4th,
when he will make free examination
of the eyes and glasses fitted.
How about that proposition of the
candidates to conduct the primary
election on a high moral plane
Whlskey and money ought to be
abolished on primary election day.
A grand concert is to be given in
the colored Methodist church next
Thursday night, March 3lst, and it
promises to be highly entertaining,
and white persons are especially in
vited.
On the first page of the REGISTER
will be found this week an interest
ing sketch of incidents during the
Civil War. Capt Henry W. Kear-
uey, gallant Confederate officer, is
the author.
Navigation on the C. & 0. canal
will be opened next Monday, and
boats will begin to load at Cumberland
on that date. The Canal Towage
Company has its boats and teams in
good condition.
At this writing this morning there
seems to be some evidence of the ar.
rival of spring. The past winter has
Been one of the longest and most Sc
we're we have ever known, and spring
will be doubly welcome.
Major E. H. Mcdonald figures it
out that If the tax bills recommended
by Governor White should become
laws Jefferson county would save
$l4,737 in taxes each year. and Berke-
ley county almost as much.
The Shepherdstown Chapter Of the
U. D C Will meet Friday March 25th,
at 3 o'clock, at the home Of Mrs. John
H Show. Every member is urged
to be present at this time, as there Is
important business to be transacted.
Mr.. and Mrs. Z. G. Williams, Of
Martinsburg, have issued cards for
the wedding of their daughter, Miss
Sallye Shepherd Williams, to Mr..
Claude Wilmer Stewart. The cere-
mony is to take place Wednesday
evening, the 9th of April.
The Baltimore Conference of the
NJ E. Church will begin its annual
session in the Fayette Street Church
in Baltimore next Wednesday, March
80. The Baltimore Conference of the
NJ. Z. Church South convenes in
Alexandra, Va, on the ssme date.
The American Sa1ophoDe Quar-
tette will give its concert in the town
hall this Thursday evening. Besides
the novel instrumental music that
will be rendered, Miss Helen Winslow
soprano soloist, will sing number of
selections. Signor Cortese, master
of the harp, will be heard also.
John W. Lucas found six packages
of blackola, dozen boxes in each
packages, in the woods two miles south
of town, near the Norfolk g. Western
Railway tracks. The stuff had prob
ably been stolen and hidden there
by the thief. Mr.. Lucas is ready to
turn it over to the lawful owner.
fit is true, as reported, that Judge
Faulkner will get the delegation from
Morgan county, and that he will also
get his own county solil, which is
very probable, there will be little
chance for any of the judicial candi-
dates from Jefferson county. There
is not much probability that 26 will
beat 20.
The pupils in the rooms of Princi-
pal Smooth and Mrs Neil in the Shep-
herdstown Graded School, gave a
reception last Friday to the teachers
of the school and the members Of the
board of education. 1t was a very
pleasant affair and thoroughly en-
joyed by the young folks and their
gue,ts. George Walters and Will
Snyder were winners of prizes;
Hugh N. Pendleton, former resi-
dent of Shepherdstown, has just been
made Superintendent of the Repub-
lie Iron Works in Plttsburg, a
branch of the National Tube Com
pany. This is a responsible and lu-
crative position, and We congratulate
Mr.. Pendleton upon his promotion.
1t is a pleasure to note how our Shep-
herdstown boys get to the front.
Mrs. Eugeuia Pierce has rented
from her mother the beautiful subur-
ban place, Ayrlie, near Shepherds
town, and will conduct it as resort
for summer visitors the ensuing sea-
son. Ayrlie is charming spot on
the cliffs overlooking the lovely Po-
tomac, and is an ideal place for a
summers outing Mrs. Pierce ought
m have hsr hOuse entirely filed fpr