Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1906-05-17
LITTLE LOCALS.

the public schools of this district will
be held at the Shepherdstown Graded
School Friday Of this week by Super
intendent Engle.
A. L. Anderson has bought of his
brother, R. G. Anderson, 43 acres of
the old Anderson home place, near
Middleway. adjoining his own prop
erty, for $4,000 cash.
The New York Monument Com
mission will visit ADtietam Battle
field next Tuesday. In the party will
be General Daniel E. Sickles and 9th.
er distinguished persons.
The students of the music and elo.
cution departments of Shepherd Col
lege will give recital in the audito-
rum Friday evening of this week at
s o'clock. The public are invited to
attend.
The seth annual session of the
West Virginia Educational Associa-
ton will be held at Fairmont, this
year, June 1928. On the 9th
Prof. j. G. Knutti, of Shepherd Col
lege, is to deliver an address on "Func.
ton of the Normal School in the
Training of Teachers"
John Stanley, the popular young
barn builder, is erecting new barn
for George W. Seibert near Kearneys-
vile, and is also building new bar
racks for Thomas ]. Chaplain near
Vanclevesville. George Mason, of the
same vicinity, is having new barn
built on his place by Contractor Mar
pole.
Mr.. A. R. Thompson, of Brunswick,
Md, and Miss Bertha Dixon, of JEFF
ferson county, W. Va, were married
at the Lutheran parsonage in Shep-
herdstown on Tuesday by Rev. DR..
H. G. Haithcox. The happy couple
were accompanied by the brides
mother and sister and Mr.. Frank Kid
wiler.
Boyd A. Reinhart, special agent of
the Equitable Life Assurance Society,
made payment last week of the death
claim of VIM. H. Gilbert, of Charles
Town, the claim amounting to S4,-
$1,000. Mrs. Gilbert expressed her
satisfaction at the promptness of the
society in making such quick settle
ment.
A couple of carriages full of Mar
tinaburg negroes made night hideous
with vile oaths and threats to shoot
one another last Sunday night on the
main street in Shepherdstown. AS
soon as the matter came to the knowl-
edge of Sergeant Shipley he got after
them, but unfortunately they had es-
capped from town.
Charles T. Nichols recently added
an interesting relic to our collection.
1t was twenty.pound cannon ball
that was fired from Bolivar Heights
during the Civil War and crushed
through the house of Mr.. Nichols
uncle, near Bakerton. The occupants
of the house narrowly escaped death
from the heavy missile.
A number of persons living along
Main street and Princess street have
recently scraped up the dirt in front
of their premises and had il hauled
away. Mayor Bast says that the cor
poration will have all dirt hauled
away if the property owners will have
it scraped in piles. 1t makes big
Improvement to have our streets
thoroughly cleaned.
James CLANCY has the agency for
two fine new books just issued by the
Northwestern Bible House of Chicago.
One is a valuable book, entitled 1.-The
Worlds Progress in knowledge,
Science and Industry" and the other
is full and complete account of the
terrible earthquake and fire in San
Francisco. Mr.. CLANCY is now max
ing canvass for these books.
At a meeting of Henry Kyd Doug
las Camp, Sons of Confederate Veter-
ans, the following officers for the en-
suing year were elected: Commander,
w. T. McQuilkin first lieutenant, j.
Edgar Osbourn; second lieutenant,
Charles r. Nichols; adjutant, David
Lemen; chaplain, Rev. DR.. Charles
Ghiselin surgeon, DR.. G. w. Banks;
treasurer, DR.. Hopkins Gibson Sec
ond sergeant, John L. Athey; quar-
termaster, Herman Billmyer; color
bearer, A G. Morgan historian, 81.
G. Marshall.
Charles D. Keplinger has gone into
the ice business, and is now prepared
to serve all customers. He has had
an ice-house built near the railroad
station, where he will store ice, and
his headquarters will be at W. d,
Merchents provision store on Main
street. Mr.. Kepliuger will handle
artificial ice exclusively, and though
the price has been advanced by man
ufacturers, he will sell it at the same
retail price at which it was sold last
year. He asks for the patronage OF
the public.
Rev. N. o. Sewers, superintendent
of the Children's Home at Charleston,
this State, is in Shepherdstown this
week in the interests of that institu-
ton. He is making the usual collec-
ton for the current expenses, and is
meeting with liberal response, as the
causa "a q most worthy one. He also