Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1906-10-11
LITTLE LOCALS.

seeding this week. as the wet weather
threw this work behind considerably,
Some of the wheat sowed early has
come up very prettily.
A cement foundation is now being
laid for a Southern Methodist church
at Shenandoah Junction. The size Of
the church will be As by 60 feet, and
it will cost about FIVE thousand dol
lars when completed.
Look at the label on your address
this week. and if you are in arrears
for the REGISTER, pay up. When
two or three hundred subscribers for.
get this little matter it accumulates
trouble. for the publisher.
We have added a good many new
names to our subscription list the past
week. Every family in this section
ought to have the REGISTER during
the coming winter-it will cost but a
dollar a year, or fifty cents until next
April.
Rev. ]. David Miller, the new pas.
tor of the Reformed Church, preached
his first sermon to the Shepherdstown
congregation last Sunday morning.
A large congregation was present and
Mr.. Miller delivered an able and edi-
fying discourse.
The new pews of the Southern
Methodist church have been received,
and as soon as they are placed in the
auditorium the remodeled room will
be ready for occupancy. 1t is expect.
ed that the church will be opened
for service Sunday week.
Mr.. @. w. Henshaw, one of the en-.
terprising farmers of Middleway dis
trict, has received shipment of 60
head of young cattle from New York
State for breeding purposes. The
cattle were specially selected by Mr..
Henshaw OH trip he made to the
section of New York near Buffalo re-
Gently. They are Holstein and Dur.
ham stock, high bred, and will be a
valuable acquisition to the live stock
industry of the county.-Aduocate.
The corporation authorities have
been trimming the trees this week to
prevent interference with the electric
light wires. A good many persons
object very seriously to the indiscrimi-
nate mutilation of choice shade trees,
and we don't blame them, for it is
most annoying to have the tops Of
trees ruthlessly cut out by inexperien.
ced men. The town official sought to
provide the necessary implements for
the proper trimming of the shade
trees.
Prof. Richard G. Boone, Of Yonkers,
N Y, a leading educator and well.
known authority in school matters,
delivered an excellent lecture in Shop
herd College auditorium on Monday
evening last. His subject was "a
Serviceable Education" and his prac-
tical and helpful thoughts were most
inspiring and encouraging, especially
to young men. Prof. Boone is one OF
the most pleasing speakers We have
yet heard, and there was not a dull
moment in his address.
Miss Eva Wright, the new music
teacher at Shepherd College, is among
the very best musicians that this school
has ever had. A brilliant pianist, a
fine organist and a singer who has
pleasing and well cultivated voice,
she is unusually well qualified to teach
all of these branches of her art. The
people of this section should avail
themselves of the present opportunity
for excellent musical training and give
her large classes. Miss Wright offers
her services to the general public as
we'll as to the students of Shepherd
College.
The regular meeting Of the town
council was held on Monday evening.
The resignation of John R Crowl as
engineer at the electric light plant
was presented and accepted, and R.
M. VanMeter was elected in his place.
John L. Livers, II. B. Shoemaker
and Geo. A. Rumsey, Jr., asked for
franchise to conduct the electric
light business in Shepherdstown, the
intention being to buy the municipal
plant. The franchise was ordered to
be referred 10 the corporation attor.
ney, to report at next meeting.
Shepherdstown has Jared we'll in
winning premiums at the Hagerstown
fair 80 far this week. w. L. Rein
hart. of this place, got two blue rib
bons and a red, winning first prizes
with his two Hackney stations, Wood
Endurance and Bookmaker and Sec
ond prize with his Belgian stallion,
Robert. Henry Shepherd also won
two blue ribbons, getting first prem
iums on his Shetland stallion, Tony
and his Shetland mare, Brown Bette
J. T. Campbell, of Kearneysville, has
three entries in the horse show and
will also run his bay mare in the pac-
ing racee.
The Jefferson County Camp of P.
o. s. of A. met at Shenandoah juno.
ton on Monday, October 6, 1905.
The session was very interesting one.
1t was decided that this State should
furnish free school books in our pub.
lie schools, and everything will be
done toward accomplishing this end.
The following officers were elected for
the next term: G.. W. Hough, coun-