Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1906-07-05
LITTLE LOCALS.

The ladies of the Lutheran Church
will hold lawn festival onthe church
lot, opposite the college building, on
Saturday night of this week. Ice.
cream and other seasonable good
things will be sold, and the public are
invited to attend.
The Shepherdstown Presbyterian
Church will hold their annual lawn
supper in T. F. Jones's yard, near
Billmyer's Mill. Friday and Saturday
evenings. August Sd and 4th. Sup
per, with that good old ham, ice
cream and cake, etc., will be fur
nished at popular prices. The pat
ronage of the public is solicited.
A lawn fete will be held at the
home of J. W. Mitchell, a short dis
lance below the cement mill, on Sat-
urday evening, July 7th. Icecream,
cake, candy, &c. will be for sale. The
fete will continue from 3 to II P. m.
Proceeds for the benefit Of the NJ. E.
Church South. Prof. Gregory and
daughter, Of Berkeley county, will be
present to entertain the crowd with
music.
The list of delinquent taxpayers on
personal property in Jefferson county
is published this week. 1t contains
IT'S names. Charles Town district
heads the list of delinquents with
267 names, Harper's Ferry following
close second with 239. Kabletown
has ia and Middleway l07. Sher.
if Gardner has evidently been at
tending strictly to business in his
territory, for Shepherdstown district
has but "a delinquents.
. The Ex.Stars will open the season
in Shepherdstown Saturday, July
7th, with a game with Martinsburg.
Tits will be the first game of the sea.
son where the whole team has gotten
together, therefore close game may
be expected and good line on the
ability of the team can be had. The
manager has given Martinsburg
good guarantee and it is hoped that
large crowd will be present to help
out financially as well as to cheer the
team on to victory.
The first new wheat of the season
was marketed on Monday, when W.
T. McQuilkin brought part of his
crop to town and sold it to W. N.
Lemen & Son. 1t was of very good
quality and brought so cents BUSH
Ell. 1t was threshed by Meleester q
Racy. The wheat from two small
fields was threshed, one Of them yield
ing % bushels to the acre and the
other Is bushels. Hon. A. S. Dan
bridge also threshed part of his crop
on Tuesday, getting a fairly good
yield.
Mr.. Abram Shepherd, one of Shep-
herdstown's best known residents, re-
ceived an apoplectic stroke astSunday
evening, and has since been extreme
ly i'll at his home in this place. Mr..
Shepherd was walking along the
pavement opposite the home of DR..
G. w. Banks when he was stricken
and fell down the embankment there.
DR.. Banks was at his side in mo-
ment OF two and the prompt treat.
ment probably saved him from i'm
mediate dissolution. Later he was
carried to his home on cot.
The annual reunion of the Presby-
terians of the Cumberland and Shen-
andoah Valleys will be held at Pen
Mar next Thursday, July 18th. A
very enjoyable programme has been
arranged, including addresses by
prominent ministers and some especi-
ally good music. The Norfolk &
Western Railway will rim a special
train to Pen-Mar on this occasion.
1t will leave Shepherdstown at 8.55
a. m, arriving at Pen-Mar at 10
clock. Returning it will leave Pen
Mar at 5.25 p, m. The fare for the
round trip from Shepherdstown will
be one dollar.
The glorious fourth was observed in
a very quiet and orderly way in Shep.
herdstown. A good many persons
went to other towns where special eel
ebrations were held, but those who
stayed at home were entertained by
the small boy and his noise. making
implements, while Bill Blue with a
flag in his hat did his best to enliven
the occasion. Flags were displayed
from the houses and Mr.. Wintermoyer
had his usual tub of lemonade on tap.
In the evening there were some very
pretty frewol ks, Benjamin Hartzell
and Prof. J. D. Muldoon having an
unusually handsome display at their
homes on King street extended, which
was enjoyed by large crowd
number of balloons were sent of
during the evening.
At meeting Of the Rumseyan So
ciety in Shepherdstown last Friday
the committee appointed to consider
available sites for the erection of the
proposed monument to James Rum
sey made its report. The committee
unanimously recommended the high
point of rock overlooking the Potomac
river at the point where the Norfolk
& Western Railroad bridge crosses the
stream, and overlooking the scene
where Rumsey made his successful
experiment. The society adopted the
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