Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1906-06-21
LITTLE LOCALS.

| Our esteemed contemporary, the
Valley Register, of Middletown, Md,
has entered upon its 63d year. 1t is
a mighty good newspaper, and covers
the local field with remarkable ability.
Rev. John A. Curran son of Mr.. John
NJ. Curran, of Washington, formerly
of Shepherdstown. wac ordained to the
priesthood of the Catholic Church in
the cathedral at Baltimore yesterday
by Cardinal Gibbons. Rev. Mr.. Cur
ran will celebrate his first mass on
Sunday next at st. Peters Church in
Washington.
The wheat is ripening rapidly, and,
if the weather would permit, harvest
would begin in this section tomorrow.
Most farmers will begin cutting by
the first of the week. Although there
has been much rainy weather the past
few weeks, the wheat seems to be in
good condition and is standing well,
except in limited area affected by
last sunday storm.
At meeting of the Southern Sol
diers' Memorial Association last Sat-
urday the old officers were reelected,
as follows: President. John q. Schop-
pert; vice presidents, J. NJ. Hendricks,
and B. S. Pendleton; treasurer, Fl. M.
LOWS; secretary, Charles Terrell. A
meeting of the association will be held
Saturday afternoon at 2.30 o'clock at
the shop of H. NJ. Loyns.
Maleester & Raoy have been doing
some lively work with their sawmill
outfit. They moved into ]. Frank
VanMeter' woods and out again in
side of seven days, saving $4,000 feet
of lumber in the meantime. Their
biggest days work was 5000 feet.
They have their thrashing machine
ready for business, and will get to
work as soon as harvest is over.
The J. L. Tempest Dramatic Com.
pany closed its weeks engagement
here last Saturday night by playing
kitty O'Conner" to a crowded house,
and is now in Boonsboro. This is
one of the most popular companies
that has been in Shepherdstown in
years. 1t pleased large audiences
each night and left here with the good
will of the people generally. Mr..
Tempest may return in September,
and if he does he will be heartily well
coined.
State Superintendent Thos. G. Mil
Ter has our thanks for copy of the
West Virginia Institute Annual just
issued from his office. Besides the
institute programme, it contains a
great deal of interesting as well as
valuable information concerning the
schools of our State and educational
matters in general. The book has in
it picture and plan of the public
school building at Uvilla, this county
"a model country school-house.
Secretary E. T. Lickider informs
us that twenty-eight lodges have sig
nifed their intention Of taking part
in the big Odd Fellows picnic to be
held on August I'd at Morgans Grove,
near Shepherdstown, under the aus
pices of the Tri.State League. A
very large crowd is anticipated.
Some prominent speakers have accept
ed invitations to be present and de-
liver addresses, and the occasion
promises to be a great day for Odd
Fellows.
Mr.. Theodore Alvord, superintend-
ent Of the West Virginia Anti.Saloon
League, delivered two able addresses
in Shepherdstown last Sunday, speak
ing in the NJ. E. Church in the morn
ing and in the NJ. E. Church South
in the evening. Mr.. Alvord's ad-
dresses were earnest and helpful, and
he explained with clearness the aims
of the organization and showed the
practical good that it is accomplishing
in restricting the saloon evil, We
hope that he will continne his good
work in this end of the State.
About twenty-five members of Com
pany B, of Hagerstown, accompanied
| bv the Antietam Drum Corps, came
to Shepherdstown last Sunday to dec
crate the grave of Harry NJ. Turner,
who died while a member of the COM
pany during the Spanish American
War. At the grave Rev. G. F., Bonn
offered prayer, hymn was sung, Cap.
tain Fisher made few remarks, and
Bugler Tall sounded taps. The COM
pany also decorated the grave of Col.
Henry Kyd Douglas. The rainy
weather seriously interfered with the
ceremony. The company left Ha'
gerstown in storm and rain was
falling here when they arrived IN
Shepherdstown.
The Jefferson County Telephone
Company has projected four impor-
tant extensions of its lines IN the
county. One of the lines will be
constructed between Middleway and
Charles Town. The second from
Dufields, by way of the Elk Branch
Presbyterian Church, to the farm OF
County Commissioner Nelson I. Sny-
der on the Sandy Ridge road. The
third will be built from Shepherds
town out the Halltown pike as far as
its junction with the county road to
Duffields, and the fourth will be an
extension of the line beyond Myers s.
town from Edward Willis to James
Albin' sgate. The extensions outlined