Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1907-04-11


Confederate Veterans will be held mex
Tuesday evening at 730 o'clock al
the store OF 81 l. Wintermoyer. Bust
ness of Importance is to be transacted
and all the members are urged to at
terd.
Rev. James Long, pastor of the
Baptist Church OF Charles Town, ten.
dered his resignation to the eengrega'
ton last Sunday. to take effect al
onc1. He had been pastor of the
church for only about a year, having
succeeded Rev. L. R Milbourn, de-
ceased.
Rev. Tbos. @. Jones, who was re.
turned to the pastorate Of the South
ern Methodist churches of Shenandoah
junction circuit, will only have charge
of the work for about three months,
when he will be succeeded by Rev
K. K. hewitt. Mr.. Jones will take q
course at Vanderbilt University.
Henry w. Potts has had plans pre-.
pared for the handsome new home
that he intends to erect on his land
just north of Shepherdstown, and
hopes soon to let the building to con.
tract. Mr.. Potts has a beautiful To-
cation for dwelling, overlooking the
Potomac and with superb view Of
the valley eastward to the mountains.
o. NJ. Harris, who has been teach
ing the Halltown public school, has
resigned and has taken the school at
Bardane recently taught by Mrs. E
D. Turner. Mrs Turner takes the
Halltown school, succeeding Mr.. Har-
ris. The change has been made in
order that both teachers might have
their work nearer to their respective
homes. Mr.. Harris has recently
moved to the farm he had bought near
Bardans, and Mrs. Turner's home is
at Halltown.
The dsintiest and most attractive
and interesting sketches relating to
the Jamestown Exposition are the
beautifully illustrated articles that
have appeared in recent numbers OF
the Book of the Royal Blue, so ably
edited by the Mr.. w. E. Loves, OF
the passenger department of the B &
0. Railroad. The articles are classics
IN their own style, and careful read.
ing of them will greatly enhance the
pleasure of visitors to the exposition.
The timeliness and good taste Of these
articles will commend them to all who
have read them, and Mr.. Loves is to
be congratulated on his work, which
is of real value from both historical
and literary point of view.
The Patriotic Order Sons of Amer
lea, Camp No 80, of Kearneysville,
have been successful in securing
Pearce & Scheck, the great moving
picture men, to give an exhibition in
Trump's hall, Kearneysvllle, Friday
and Saturday nights, April 18th and
10Th. THIS exhibition Is conceded to
be the brightest, most progressive and
up-to-date moving picture show that
has ever been on the road, and is a
new production direct from the labor
atory of the electrical wizard, Thomas
A. Edison. 1t is worth going miles
10 see, and all those who can should
avail themselves of the opportunity
and GO. The admission is adults 20
cents, children 10 cents.
Hon. J. ]. Mclaughlin, of Ohio,
will deliver free lecture in the Shep-
herd College auditorium next Monday
evening, April 18th, to which the
public are invited. His subject will
be Heads apd Brains and Brainless
Heads" and he asks you t. be sure
and bring your head with you. Mr.
Mclaughlin. who comes highly rec
commended, served several terms in
the OHIO Legislature, is graduate of
the University of New York, and is
the author of several text books used
for Identification of criminals. HIS
lecture promises to be very interest
ing. and should be largely attended
Absolutely no charge for admission
and no collection will be lifted.
Announcement has been made of
the time for holding the uniform teach
ers' examinations for this State
There will be three during the year
1907, in the period intervening be.
tween May l and September Is.
The first will be held on Thursday and
Friday. May % and "a; the second
on Thursday and Friday July Is and
10, and the third on Friday and Sat-
urday, September 6 and 7. The sub
ject of general history will be divided
as follows: May examination, Egypt
ian, Bsbylonian, aud Persian history !;
July examination, Grecian history !;
September examination, Modern his
tory from the beginning of the eight
eenth century to the present time, not
including English history. The ques
tons in each examination will con-
form strictly to these divisions.
A test of the fire apparatus yester-
day revealed the fact that the hose
belonging to the town is in very bad
condition. At the recent fires it was
noticed that the hose seemed weak. a
number of sections bursting under the
pressure of the water Yesterday a
number of additional sections were
unable to stand the test and were
ruined by bursting, and the council
will probably have to buy a consider.
cable quantity of new hose. Of course