Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1907-01-10
LITTLE LOCALS.

Tor year
The regular January meeting of the
Jefferson County Fruit Growers As.
ISOLATION will be held in the court.
house at Charles Town on Friday Of
this week at 10 o'clock.
The Patriotic Order Of Sons Of
America has leased a share in the
lodge room of the Independent Order
of Shield of Honor in the Register
Building, and will hold its meetings
there in the future.
The REGISTERS good friend, June
Locke, of Middleway, sends his sub.
scription to pay up until 1909, and
writes continue to send the REG
lister. look forward with pleasure
to its weekly visits. Success to you
and your paper"
q. L. Snyder & Co. have for sale a
beautiful tract Of fifty acres of land a
half mile from Shepherdstown, on q
good road, at a reasonable price.
There are no buildings on the place,
but it is an ideal site for a pleasant
country home, and the land is first
class.
Washington & Alexander, Charles
Town, have our thanks for one of the
handsomest calendars we have ever
seen, the subject being W. q. Drake 8
famous painting, Death of the First
born" Mrs. Rohds, of New York,
formerly MSS Varina Stonebraker, of
Shepherdstown, also sends us some
beautiful calendars.
The younger members of the Luth.
eran Sunday School are arranging for
cantata to be given in the town
hall on Friday and Saturday even.
ings, January 25th and 26th. The
title of the play is 1.-The Happy Fam
lily of Father Time" and it is bright
and beautiful musical arrangement.
About forty girls are in the cast.
Our good friend, Judge ]. @. A.
Metcalf, of Palmyra, Mo-, in renew
ing his subscription to the REGISTER,
sends his good wishes to the editor,
and says: 81 am ssventy.seven years
old today, and expect to read the
REGISTER as long as l live" We
hope that the Judge may retain his
good health until he is hundred.
Contractor Alex Zeck, of Grafton,
has about completed the changes in
the heating plant of Shepherd College,
and it is believed that the building
will now be well heated in every
part. A new main for carrying hot
water was laid through the building,
the boilers were enlarged, and the
size of the smokestaek was doubled.
Mr.. VIM. T. VanMetre, son of Mr..
and Mrs. VIM. E. VanMetre, from
near Vanclevesville, Berkeley county,
and Mise Anna @. Reinhart, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. L. Remnant, of
the vicinity of Shepherdstown, were
married in Hagerstown December 26,
1906. The ceremony was performed
by Rev. 81. Pauls at the parsonage Of
the NJ. E. Church South.
VIM. Il. Byers, Esq, Of Louisville,
KY, in writing us of the death of j.
P. Marshall in that city last week,
says that he was with Mr.. Marshall
very often in the last few days of his
life. His death was the result of a
general breakdown of the system.
He was laid to rest in Cave Hill Gem
etery on Tuesday. Mr.. Byers adds :
II rever saw a more affectionate or
faithful service than that given Mr..
Marshall by his daughter.in-law, Irene,
now the wife of Owen Gathright.'
The farmers institute held at Shen-
andoah Junction Monday and Tues
day Of this week is spoken of as one
of the most interesting ever held in
this county, and the attendance was
very large. The instructors were ].
G. Curtis, of New York, and Miss
Blanche Maddox, of Ontario, and
their addresses were particularly en-
joysd. Mr.. Curtis and Miss Mad.
dock will make addresses in the col
lege auditorium this afternoon and
tonight at s o'clock.
G. II. Tabb has been appointed ex-
ecutor of the estate of his sister-in.
law, Mrs. Mamie Daniels, deceased,
and guardian of her two sons by her
first husband, Leighton and Franklin
Kremer. W. @. Daniels has been APP
pointed guardian of William Daniels,
and has taken him to his home near
Dufields. Leighton Kremer will
take commercial course in a Hag-
erstown business college, and Frank
lin will continue his studies at Shop
herd College. Mr.. Tabb will sell
Mrs. Daniels household effects at
public sale on January 22d.
Charles Dreamer, negro man about
4S years old who is a well.known res
ident of Shepherdstown, is in serious
trouble in Hagerstown, where he has
been working for some time past. He
was arrested last week in that place
on the charge of brutally assaulting a
colored child eleven years old. The
girl said that Dreamer found her alone
in the house and dragged her upstairs
by her feet and when she screamed he
slapped her against stove. Dreamer
denied the charge, and had % wit
nesses, showing that he was in about
dozen different places at the time
the crime was committed. he was
sent to Jail to await the February
term of court.