Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1906-09-20
LITTLE LOCALS.

week by missing connection at Hag.
erstown both on Monday and Tuesday.
Bishop" Messenger and Rev. Cob
leigh have undertaken the job Of con.
notwithstanding. They will prob
ably be kept busy all winter.
A woman convert of the Free Will
Methodists, who have been holding a
series of meetings in Shepherdstown,
was baptized in the river here last
Sunday. A large crowd witnessed
the immersion.
Bank Examiner Smith was in town
last week and gave Jefferson Saving
Bank the most thorough overhauling
it has ever had. going into the small
est details. This pleased the bank
officials all right, for there was not
penny's discrepancy.
@. W. Boyer has bought out the
interests of his associates in the Fair
fax Publishing Company, which con-
ducts the Martinsburg Statesman and
Berkeley Democrat. The two papers
will be consolidated into one, the
Democrat being discontinued.
Frank NJ. Stanley found brass
army buckle while blowing in his lot
the other day, and on the reverse side
is what appears to be the name of W.
H. Smith. 1t may have been lying
there since the war. If Mr.. Smith
will come forward and prove proper.
ty Mr.. Stanley will give it up.
The West Virginia State Conven-
ton of the United Daughters of the
Confederacy met in Charles Town
yesterday, and will continue it's ses-
sions until tonight, when it will close
with a reception rendered by the vet
Grams and sons of Veterans. A num-
Der of ladies from Shepherdstown are
attending the convention.
The building committee Of the new
Lutheran church in Shepherdstown
has decided upon Saturday, Novem.
Der 10th, as the date for laying the
cornerstone of the new edi6ce. 1t
will be laid with Masonic ceremonies
and in accordance with the church
ritual. The occasion will be made
most interesting one, and prominent
persons will be invited to deliver ad-
dresses. An elaborate programme is
now being arranged.
Rev. Sam Graf1in, pastor Of Pat
| terson Memorial Church, Baltimore,
| will lecture in the M. E. Church
| in Sharpsburg on Monday, Septem-
| Der Oath, and in Mt. Wesley M. E.
| Church at Scrabble on Tuesday, Sep.
TENDER 25th. His lecture is entitled
1.-THE End of the Rainbow" and
most enjoyable entertainment is prom
ised. The admission will be but 6f..
teen cents, and everybody is invited
to attend.
The following committee has been
appointed to manage the Democratic
campaign in this senatorial district:
Jefferson county, DR.. s. T. Knott, E.
G. Wilson and Logan B. Shut Hamp-
shire, Robert White, George Riley
| and G. d. Andrews; Berkeley, John
Holiday, George A. Whitmore and o.
E. Martin. There being no repre-.
sentative present from Morgan county,
| no members of the committee were
named from that county. @. E. Mar
tin is chairman of the committee and
E. G. Wilson secretary.
A man believed to be Taylor Reed,
a veteran boatman of the Chesapeake
and Ohio canal, who lived near Har-
psr's Ferry, was killed on the Western
Maryland railroad bridge below Wei;
ton tunnel on Tuesday. He was
crossing the bridge when caught by
train and cut to pieces. Reeds boat
had been tied below the creek east Of
North Branch, and he left it to walk
to Cumberland, after stopping at the
store at North Branch and making
purchase. The body was taken to
Cumberland. The man was probably
90 years ofage.
During the past few weeks work.
men have dug many telephone pole
holes along the public roads in this
neighborhood, and in some cases the
deep holes have been left uncovered
for couple of weeks or more. They
have served as traps for various forms
of animal life, and numerous rabbits,
'possums, skunks and other small
beasts have been found in them. Most
of the animals have been dead when
found, as their frantic efforts to escape
soon wear them out. DR.. Banks res
cued a dog from one of these holes
the other day.
Interesting exercises were held on
Antietam Battlefield last Monday,
in commemoration of the forty-fourth
anniversary of the great battle,
Hundreds of Pennsylvania veterans
were present and dedicated monu-
ments to the Third, Fourth, Seventh
and Eighth Regiments, and various
Pennsylvania organizations held re-
unions. The general exercises were
held at the rostrum in the cemetery
in the afternoon, and were attended
by a large crowd. Governor Penny
packer and other distinguished men
delivered addresses.
Miss Eva Wright, the new music
teacher Tor Shepherd College, arrived
yesterday, and is ready to take up