Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1907-11-07
LITTLE LOCALS.


Mrs. Mary Shackleford met with q
painful accident few days ago. Some
of the boys about the house had IN.
loaded some shells for q shotgun and
put the powder on the hearth. When
Mrs. Shackleford made FIRE there
soon afterward the powder exploded,
burning her face very painfully.
The celebration of Hallow E. en- last
Thursday night. We are grati6ed to
report. was marked by an almost COM
plete absence of rowdyism and de.
structive pranks. The young folks
had merry time throwing corn and
In similar harmless fun, but not one
case of damage to property was noted.
The Presbyterian congregations at
Dufhelds and Shenandoah Junction
last Sunday voted unanimously to call
as their pastor Rev. John Calvin Siler.
of Berkeley county, and Zion Church
will probably take similar action next
Sunday, when a formal call will be
extended. Rev. Mr.. Siler is a gradu-
ate of Union Theological Seminary a.
Richmond, Va, and if he accepts this
call, which it lie hoped he will, it will
be his FIRST charge.
A special election win be held in
Jefferson county on Saturday, Novem.
Der 9th, to decide whether or not the
county court shall have authority to
refund SOL. 900 5 per cent bonds by
issuing like amount of new bonds at
4 per cent. The 5 per cent bonds
were issued in 1887, and it il designed
to replace them with new 4 per cent
bonds to be dated January l, 1908. to
run for thirty years. Ofcourss, every
body ought to vote "for the bonds
Rev. Lewis G. 8. Miller, who will
shortly sail for Japan as = missionary
Of the Lutheran Church, representing
the United Synod of the South,
preached at Uvilla last Sunday morn
Ing and in Shepherdstown Sunday
evening. Rev. Mr.. Miller is the only
son of Rev. DR.. L. G.. M. Miller, for
msrly of Winchester, and is an earnest,
young minister. The
of his friends here will ao-
him in his good work in the
Orient.
The following deeds Of transfer of
real estate have been fled in the
county clerks Office: l.. M. Long to
A. n Williams, 2i acres near Ripon.
at 500 per acre; Price Vlands
to George E 'Nicewsrnsr, house
and lot near Mechanicstown, $500 |;
George E. Nicewarner to Price vi
auds, house and at Mechanicstown,
$500; Mamie R. Sprint to j. L.
Humston. an undivided interest in
the Hilleary farm OF $50 acres near
Ripon, for So, 555.83.
The students of Shepherd College
had a most enjoyable evening on Hal
low Fen, when the Oiceronian Liter.
airy Society gave a reception in honor
Of the Psrthenians. The reception
was held in the gymnasium, which
vas prsttily decorated with fall fruits
and flowers and foliage. The re-
freshments were appropriate to the
,ea.on-pumpkin pies, gingerbread,
cider, etc. The young folks and the
of the faculty had an al.
together happy evening.
Walter Goldthorpe, small boy
who had been bound out to the Messrs.
Wysong, east of town-they got him
from an orphan asylum in Washing
.on-ran away last Friday, and so far
nothing has been heard from him.
BE was traced as far as the canal, but
he went up or down is not
known. The lad is nine or ten years
Did, has light hair and blue eyes, and
has an impeachment in his speech and
. cast in his eye. Anyone having
knowledge of his whereabouts will
please communicate with j. R. Wy.
song, Shepherdstown, W. Va.
Miss Helen B. Pendleton, formerly
If Shephsrdstown, who has been en-
gagged in relief work in San Francisco
since the earthquake and FIRE, has ar
lived in Baltimore to take up her new
luties as head worker in the social
'ervics department Of the Johns Hop.
rims Hospital and Dispsnsary. This
s a department lately organized and
modelled upon DR.. Richard O Osbot's
work in the Massachusetts, General
Hospital in Boston, where the patients
ire visited in their homes and helped
o carry out the doctors directions.
Miss Pendleton is we'll known in Balti.
more, having been connected with the
Jharity Organization Society there for
. number OF years.
In renewing his subscription to the
REGISTER for another year, our good
friend Judge ]. @. A. Metcalf, of
Palmyra, Mo-, an old Shepherdstown
BOY, writes us as follows: Enclosed
ind amount in payment for the Rec
IsTER. Dear old paper, / cannot do
it. In the issue of October
10Th thu ANNALS of our village choir"
s mighty interesting reading for me.
knew every one Of those people and
heard them sing and play many times
and they made good music. re-
member Will Sheetz, Humrickbouse
md Byers, on down to John Confer
md Pinhing Miller. That articls IL
worth a year, subscription to me, and
have no doubt many others enjoyed