Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1907-05-30

an interesting stone implement, evi.
IDENTIFY Indian handiwork, while work.
ing in field near town yesterday.
No one in this neighborhood had ever
seen anything just like it. and Mr..
Cofinberger may send it to Wash
ington to have it classified.
Mr.. Harry Manning Lemen and
Miss Mamie Esther Link, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Thos. j. Link, all of
this county, were married last Thurs.
day evening by Rev. 81. I. Stephens
at the Methodist parsonage in Shep-
herdstown. We extend our best wish.
es for the future happiness of the
young couple.
Charles Porter Lucas, son Of DR..
and Mrs. G. G. Lucas, of Kearneys.
vile, who was appointed cadet to
West Point by Congressman Thos. B.
Davis. has passed very creditably the
entrance examination. He is the
youngest member of class Of forty.
seven. He will report at West Point
June 18th.
VIM. 81. Kearfott, formerly of this
county, writes us that he will be glad
to see any of his old friends from this
section who may visit the Jamestown
exposition after the Confederate reun.
ion at Richmond next week. Mr..
Kearfott may be found at the Office Of
the secretary, ceremonies department,
auditorium building.
In the election of the officers of the
athletic committee at the Washington
and Lee University, Lexington. Va,
Cleon S. Osbourn, son of j. B. o.
bourn, near Shenandoah Junction,
was chosen chairman. There were
four aspirants for the honor, and he
won on the second ballot. MI. o.
bourn is a graduate of Shepherd Col
lege, where he was a most popular
student.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Company has compromised the claim
of Richard Elgin for damages by pay
ing him the sum of $10,l35. Mr..
Elgin, who formerly lived at Shenan-
doah Junction. was victim of the
disastrous wreck on the B. g. o. road
at Terra Gotta station, near Washing
ton, on December 80, 1905. He was
badly crippled in the wreck, having
had both legs broken and crushed and
for the remainder of his life he will
be almost helpless cripple.
In compliance with the eight-hour
law for railroad telegraph operators
passed at the last session of the West
Virginia Legislature. the Norfolk &
Western Railway has put an addition.
al man in Its Office at Shepherdstown.
Mr.. Spedden, the agent here, is now
on duty from 7 a. m. to 3 P. m, and
Mr.. Bender, the new man, has charge
from 8 to II p. m. Incidentally
emoluments amounting to about $l5
a month are clipped off Of Mr.. Sped
den's income. This, however, is easily
made up on gold stocks.
We have received the first copy of
the Central North Carolinian, the new
paper just started at Randleman, N.
c., by Col. W. l. Boone, formerly OF
Shepherdstown. 1t is large and ex-
cellently printed eight-page sheet,
spicy with news and giving every APP
pearance OF bright and prosperous
future. 1t is published by a stock
company. of which Col Boone is presi.
dent, and he is also editor and general
manager of the paper, which is to be
independent in politics. Col. Boone
is an able and experienced newspaper
man and very genial gentleman, and
we hope that he may do well in his
new field. Mr.. F. Cook AN able writer,
is with him.
Shepherdstown sustained consid-
siderable loss Yesterday when Ross
Moore, colored, left for Ellyria. Ohio,
with the expectation of making his
home there. Ross has been local
fixture for a good many years, and no
public event has seemed just right
without his presence. Polite to the
point of exaggeration, gifted with
great fuency and ever ready to do
any sort of errand for white folks,
contributing cheerfully from time to
time his share Of the running expenses
of the town, he will be missed both in
public and private life. he made two
good resolutions before he left: New
er to touch drop of intoxicating Ii
quor, and to promptly send every
dollar he earns to be deposited in the
Jefferson Savings Bank.
The Berkeley county folks are get.
ting warmed up on the subject of road
Improvement. /. D. VanMeter is
making strenuous efforts to have the
road piked from Martinsburg to
connection with Jefferson county's
excellent system near Kearneysville,
while John J. Byers is trying to have
the shorter and more direct route
improved by way of Flagg's crossing
and Winebrenner's cross roads, con-
Meeting with the straight road from
Shepherdstown. Mr.. VanMeter has
already raised by private subscription
a considerable sum of money for the
matchmaking OF his road, while Mr..
Byers is circulating a petition to the
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