Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1907-06-20
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Miss Blanche Bitner, Of Kearneys.
vile, graduated from the Teachers
College. Columbia University, New
York, this year. She has been ap.
pointed to her old PLACE as teacher in
the normal school at Athens, this
State. =
Mr.. Theodore Alvord. superintend.
ent of the Anti-Saloon League of West
Virginia. has been in Shepherdstown
the past week in the interest of this
organization. He made an excellent
address,in the Lutheran Church last
Sunday night.
AT the recent term of the Jefferson
Circuit Court the following order was
entered: Priscilla A. Pages admins
traitor vs. JAS. w. Page and others.
Bequests to Marvin Chapel and Uvilla
Church held void for uncertainty
cause referred to Commissioner Cleon
Moore to settle accounts of John Ag-
lionby, administrator.
There has been big drop in the
market price of lambs the past week,
and unless there is a recovery the
dealers stand to lose heavily. The
price last Friday was 103 cents a
pound In the eastern cities, and by
yesterday it had fallen to to 6 cents.
As the dealers had paid 7 to II cents
here, the prospect is not pleasing
one to-them.
After long waiting for summer, the
chilling clouds withdrew last Satur-
day and balmY breezes from the south
replaced the cold east winds that had
prevailed for so many weeks. The
past week has been warm and bright
and sunshiny, and everybody has en-
joyed the pleasant weather. The
growing crops are improving and far.
mers are busy with the work 30 long
delayed.
Mrs. II. G. Marten will hold lawn
festival at her home in this place on
Friday evening, June 2lst, for the
benefit Of the Lutheran Church. A
delicious chicken supper will be served
for 25 cents, and in addition the ladies
will serve soup, icecream, cake and
homemade candy. Supper will be.
gin at half-past FIVE o'clock. The
proceeds are for worthy cause, and
the public is invited to be liberal in
its patronage.
The Junior baseball team of Shep.
herdstown went to Keedysville last
Saturday to play game of ball, ex.
pecting to go up against their equals.
Instead, however. they ran afoul of
the main club of that place, who
walloped them by score of il to 2.
We will try to get revenge on Sat-
urday, when our regular team will
play the Keedysville club here. The
Juniors will play against Charles
Town team on Friday in Shepherds.
town.
The new faculty of Shepherd Col
lege, appointed by the Board of Re-
gents last week, is an excellent one.
Principal Knutti, Assistant Muldoon,
Mrs. Gardiner and Miss Wright are
reappointed, while four new teachers
will come here. Each of the four new
appointees are very highly recon-
mended, and are considered among the
best teachers in the State, at least
three of them having experience that
qualities them for most acceptable SER
vice here. Shepherd College is very
fortunate in securing so acceptable a
faculty, and the patrons of the school
may count upon better work next year
than ever before.
Four Jefferson county students re.
ceived degrees at the Washington and
Lee University, Lexington, Va, at
the commencement last Wednesday.
Two of them, John Strother Moore,
son of George w. Moore, and David
Hamme Hill, the latter Of Shepherds
town, took their bachelor degree in
science, and two, Samuel Lee Phillips,
Jr., and Carol Anderson Engle, in
the arts. Mr.. Phillips is son of S.
Lee Phillips, of Charles Town, and
Mr.. EDgle is a son of County Super
intendent of Schools j.. A. Engle, of
Bakerton. Clyde Harmon Blackboard,
of Bardane, this county, won the Uni.
velsity scholarship in chemistry.
Some important changes will be
made in the management of the Nor
folk & Western Railroad, beginning
July Let. The system will be divided
into two general divisions, the lines
east of Blue6eld being known as the
eastern general division and the lines
west of that place as the western gen.
eral division. A. G. Needles will
be superintendent of the eastern divis.
ion, with office at Roanoke. and
George P. johnson will be superiu-
tendent of the western division, with
Office at Bluefeld. A. E. Blake, who
has been superintendent of the Shen-
andoah division, is promoted to the
Scioto division, and his place will be
taken by James T. Carey, who has
been assistant superintendent of the
Pocahontas division.
Among the number of recent grad.
yates of Washington and Lee Univer-
sity taking the degree of B. A. we no.
tice the name of Carroll Anderson
Engle, son of Superintendent j. A.
Engle, of this county. The Calyx,
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