Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1906-06-14
LITTLE LOCALS.

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berdstown Sunday eveningto decorate
the grave Of their comrade, Harry
Turner, who died during the Span.
ish-American war.
Pay Inspector and Mrs. J. s. Phil.
Ups have announced the engagement
of their daughter, Miss Carrie Anna
Phillips, to Captain Randolph Carter
Berkeley, of the United States Ma
rine Corps. The wedding will take
place about midsummer.
H. L. Snyder g. Co. have for sale a
nice little farm of so acres, two miles
from Leetown and little less from
Kearneysville, that they will sell for
$1,000. Fine growing crops on the
place, which will be thrown in if the
buyer takes the place at once. APP
ply quickly.
Miss Myrll Williams, who has been
the teacher of music at Shepherd Col.
lege for the pact two years, will not re-
turn next year, as she will remain at
her home in Roseville, Ohio. Miss
Trappe, who was the teacher of elo-
cution the past term, will not come
back, either, as she has accepted Pc.
sition in Birmingham, Ala.
Petite Ross, Shepherdstown negro
who makes his home in Hagerstown
with the full appreciation fthe people
of this place, is in trouble again. He
was arrested for assaulting two men in
Hagerstown the other day, and in de-.
fault of bail was committed to Jail to
await the action of the grand jury.
No more picnics for Petite this sum.
mer.
Ferd Snyder, son Of our friend
Jacob Snyder, of the vicinity of ohen-
andoah Junction climbed into cherry
tree the other day and ate so many
cherries that the limb on which he
was standing could not sustain the
additional weight. 1t broke and
dropped him to the ground, causing
him to fracture his collar-bone. DR..
Banks gave him surgical attention.
The Postofice Department contin-
ues to insist that rural mail boxes
must be of the proper sort-a good
metal box that will protect the mail.
Now that rural delivery is an estab-
lished thing, the people ought to be
willing to provide neat and attractive
receptacles, for it seems behind the
times to set up dilapidated old wood
en- boxes along the public highways.
Among the visitors to the Confed-
crate reunion at Morgan's Grove last
Saturday were Mr.. L. S. Grove, Of
Strasburg, Va, and Mr.. Charles o.
Lambert, of Martinsburg-two wor-
thy veterans who wore the gray 10y
ally from 1861 to 1865. Mr.. Grove
presented the editor of the REGISTER
with a cane cut from Stonewall Jack
sons headquarters at Fishers Hill,
Va.
The apportionment of the State
school fund has been made by Super
intendent Thos. G. Miller. The total
distribution is $737,237.29, an IN
crease over last year of $l6l, 599.61.
The total enumeration of school chill
dren is 342, 060, an increase of 9,l79.
Jefferson county gets $l1, 1890 Of
the school fund and Berkeley So, 724.-
60. The enumeration for Jefferson
county is 5,l64, and of Berkeley A.
049.
An interesting game of baseball was
played last Friday between the Shep.
herd College team and the alumni of
that institution. The alumni gave
the regular team a good drubbing,
winning the game by score OF II to
IS. Walton Morrow, of the college
team, met with a very painful acct
dent. A ball struck him on the finger,
breaking the bone and partly tearing
the nail off. He suffered greatly for
a time.
Mr.. Theodore Alvord, superintend-
ent of the West Virginia Anti.Saloon
League, will spend the ensuing Sun
day in Shepherdstown in the interests
of the temperance cause. In the morn.
ing he will deliver an address in the
NJ. E. Church, and in the evening at
s o'clock he will speak in the M. E.
Church South. The people generally
are invited to attend these meetings.
Mr.. Alvord is forceful and interest.
ing speaker, and he will put some plain
facts before the people.
The Shepherdstown Athletic Asso.
citation was organized last Friday
evening to promote the game of base.
ball. The team will be known as the
Elk. Stars, and is composed of old
Shepherd College players. The first
regular practice is to be held Satur-
day, June l6. at 3 p. m. Several
practice games will be played before
the regular schedule Is commenced.
The officers are as follows: Elijah
Miller, captain; Hampden Triplett,
manager; Prof. ]. D. Muldoon, offc-
ial umpire; Strauther Pendleton. Of.
| fetal scorer; Billy Daniels, mascot.
George W. Wolfe, freight brake
man on the Norfolk & Western Rail.