Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1907-10-17
LITTLE LOCALS.


Mrs. Ella Strobe and her father,
Mr.. James. F. Randall, have moved
from Swan Pond to their home on
Washington street. Mr.. and Mrs.
Daniel B. Lucas, who occupied the
house, have moved into Mrs. Lucas g
former home.
County Commissioner N. T. Snyder
sold the apples from his three-acre
orchard to @. D. Wysong for $500.
Robert Stewart sold his crop of about
1000 barrels at Kearneysville to a
Columbus dealer, and DR.. A. P.
Thompson, of Summit Point, sold for
$2l5 barrel his crop of 1000 bar
rels.
The convention of the West Vir.
ginia State Camp, Patriotic Order Of
Sons of America, was held last week
at Berkeley Springs, "a camps being
represented. Among the officers for
the ensuing year were F. o. Trump,
Kearneysville, elected secretary, and
G. W. Terrell, Shepherdatown, in.
spector.
Final orders have been given by the
council to the street committee to lay
pavements for those property holders
who have been served with notice to
make new sidewalks, but who have
neglected to do so. Unless these per-
sons get busy within very short
time, the corporation authorities will
have the work done and charged up
against the property. Then watch
the fur fly
The Lutheran Church at Gerards-
town, Berkeley county, last Sunday
celebrated its centennial with appro.
pirate exercises. The morning sermon
was preached by Rev. George A. Bow
ers, of Winchester, and at night by
Rev. G. S. Trump, of Martinsburg.
The congregation was organized in
1907 by the Rev. John Zimmerman,
of Germany. Rev. ]. M. Graybill
is the venerable present pastor. The
church has had Is pastors in 100
years.
The Potomac Synod ofthe Reformed
Church in the United States assembled
Tuesday in it's 35th annual session in
Grace Memorial Church, Washington.
This Synod includes North Carolina,
Virginia, West Virginia, the District
of Columbis, Maryland and Southern
Pennsylvania. In this section there
are 3l9 congregations, with a total
membership of "a, 988. Rev. ]. David
Miller and Elder T. 81. Davis, of
Shepherdstown, are attending the Syn.
cd as delegates from Virginia Chassis.
Boone Bowman, 14.year-old son Of
Rev. DR.. ]. G. Bowman, one of the
faculty of the Reformed Theological
Seminary, Lancaster, Pa, has been
since October 2, and his pa
rents and friends are apprehensivs
for the lads safety. The day Of his
disappearance he started for school
and next day was seen in Philadsl-
phia. The boy has brown hair and
eyes, is small for his age and has a
noticeable scar on his right ear and
one on right hand. DR.. Bowman for
merly lived in Shepherdstown.
The following deeds to real estate
have been recorded in the Office of the
clerk of the county court: Harvey
Lincoln and wife to VIM. Berry, lot
No. 4, plat of Mount Pleasant. near
Summit Point, 500; E. NJ. Morntirs
and others to the Baltimore & Ohio
Railroad Company, strip of land at
Kearneysville for a larger right of
way, 1925; Mary Ann Burger to
Emma R. Roct enbaugh, lot No. lin
Bolivar, $l75; VIM. G. Brown to
Israel Hunter, tract of l3 acres, for
merly part of the Logic farm, near
Kearneysville, for 1850.
Jacob s. Myers bought the apples
in DR.. A. s. Reynolds's orchards,
near town, and while engaged in
gathering the crop he had suspicious
that the apples were being stolen at
night. He placed Waterman in the
orchard, and, sure enough, the watch
man saw man slip into the orchard
with boys wagon and good-.ized
box, which he began to fill with APP
Piles. The Waterman made his ap-
pearauce and the thief ran for dear
life, leaving wagon and box far in the
rear. Mr.. Myers bought the wagon
to town next morning, but up to this
time nobody has come forward to
claim it.
The Jefferson County Sunday School
Convention held in Shepherdstown
last Friday and Saturday proved very
interesting, though the attendance
was limited. General Secretary W.
G. Shafer and Miss M. V. Graham,
State Primary Superintendent, took
active part in the convention, and
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS who:had papers on
especial topics were Rev. F. L. Fra
ser, of Hagerstown; Mr.. B. O. Wash
ingtou, Prof. Wright Denny and Miss
Daisy Engle, of Charles Town; and
Mr.. J. D. Derr. of Uvills. The old
officers were reelected Rev. DR..
Charles Ghiselin, president; Geo. NJ.
Beltzhoover, Jr., secretary; J. D.