Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1907-08-01
NOTES FROM NEARBY.


place August 9th to 29th.
The salaries of the Martinsburg
letter-carriers have been raised from
$3.50 to 5000 year.
The Mountain Lake Chautauqua
will begin August 81 and continue
through August 28th.
Berryville will vote on wet" or
"dry" September II, with the prob
ability of a hot campaign and close
election.
The peach crop of John Miller, the
most extensive fruit grower in Berke-
ley county, amounted to FIVE bushels
this year.
Mr.. Henry A. Bear. Jr., of Shen.
andoah junction, and Miss Emma 81.
Edwards, of Smith6eld, Va, were
married in Washington last week.
The Charles Town council has fixed
the tax levy &C 40 cents on Che num-
dred dollars, with capitation tax Of
two dollars. Dogs are taxed at 81 80
and female dogs at $5 each.
The directors of the Hagerstown
Fair Association will have erected at
once hundred.foot addition to the
grand stand on the fair grounds 1t
will cost $500 and is to be finished
by the time the next fair begins in
October.
Samuel Mater De Grange, youngest
son of ex-Postmaster Garrett s. De.
Grange of Frederick City, Md. died
last Thursday morning at his home
from injuries received in falling from
a hammock ten days ago. He was
nine years of age. His mother was
formerly Miss Sallie McQ1ilkin, Of
Martinsburg.
An old lady on Baltimore & Ohio
passenger train No. 4 a few days ago
dropped a satchel containing $3.50 in
paper money out of the Car window
at point just west of Hancock. Her
son, who accompanied her, borrowed a
lantern at the station and he and a
trackman went back to look for the
money. More than 5000 was found
scattered along the track.
The Young Mems Christian Asso-
citation of Martinsburg held a meeting
last Monday evening at which con-
stitution was adopted and board Of
trustees was named. The board is
composed of the following weil.known
citizens OF that place DR.. G. W. Link,
JAS F. Thompson, Chas. M. Lamar,
Geo. NJ. Bowers, W. L. Jones, Chas.
P. Light and Max VonSchlagel.
Miss Cora Eta Horst, aged II, OF
Williamsport, and Mr.. Daniel D. Han
SOD, aged 20, of Dam No. 4; and Miss
Mary E. Meats, of st. James, aged II
and Mr.. Geo. W. Hanson, aged l9,
of Dam No. 4, were married last
Wednesday evening at the home of
VIM. Meats, the ceremony being per-
formed in the presence of a few friends
by Rev. j. l. Hall, pastor of the Pro-
gressive Brethren Church at St, James.
The two grooms are brothers. After
the ceremony wedding supper was
served.
The present weeks issue of the
Farmers National Stockman" pre-.
sents cut on the front that is com.
plimentary to the farmers of Berkeley
county. Standing "knee-deep in
clover, in the orchard of Mr.. w. s..
Miller, are Postmaster Clohan, presi.
dent of the county and State horticul.
tural societies; Mr.. Charles Lamar,
a prominent fruit grower of Berkeley /;
Prof. W. E. Rumsey, of the West Vir-
ginia experiment station, and OIL.
Charles P. Light, manager of the High.
land Orchard Co.
While j. W. Dodd, the popular
auctioneer of Martinsburg, was selling
a carload of western horses in Win
chester, Va, last week, he was ar
rested and baled before Magistrate
Wilson on the barge Of acting as
auctioneer without a license. Mr..
Dodd declared that he had no in
tention Of violating the law, and
based his defense upon the plea that
he was under the impression that ap-
plication had been made for the
necessary license. The magistrate
found him guilty, however, and i'm
posed fine of $50 and costs, which
was at once paid.
The Jefferson County Telephone
Company has decided to call in all Of
it's outstanding rebate stock. At the
time Of the organization of the COM
panY two years ago this stock was Of
fered to prospective patrons in order
to raise cash readily for construction
work. The holders of it were allowed
six per cent on their investment in
addition to rebate of twenty-five
per cent on their telephone rentals.
Experience has shown that this ar
rangement is almost ruinous, and the
decision to call in the stock has been
reached after e careful consideration
of this fact. Telephone patrons who
hold this class of stock will be offered
in exchange for it choice of three
propositions: Cash for their stock at
its par value; premium of l.50 on
each share, that Is $l4 per share in
telephone rentals; or investment stock
drawing six per cent dividends at par.
Money to retire the rebate stock will
be raised from the sale of investment
stock.