Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1907-08-15
LITTLE LOCALS.

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county begins in Charles Town next
Monday. August 10th. The instruc-
tors are Prof. Joseph Roster, of Fair
mont, and Prof. Geo. W. Brindle, Of
Martinsburg.
"A meeting of the Jefferson County
Fruit Growers Association will be held
at the court house in Charles Town on
Saturday. August II, at 10 a. m.
Members of the Association, and all
fruit growers of the county, whether
members or not, are requested to be
present.
The board of education contemplates
making desirable improvements at the
grounds of the Shepherdstown Graded
School. New brick sidewalks are to
be laid, and the rock in the west end
of the yard is to be blown out, while
the property generally will be put in
nice order.
At a special term Of the Jefferson
Circuit Court held on Saturday, JOS
eph Trapnell, Esq, presiding as spec
ial Judge, the Norfolk and Western
Railway Company filed an appeal from
the valuation Of the Board of Public
Works placed upon its property in this
county for the year 1907.
The engagement of Miss Sallye
Faulkner, youngest daughter OF Sena'
tor G. j. Faulkner, to Mr.. Stephen r.
Snodgrass. secretary, and treasurer of
the Auburn Wagon Company, both
of Martinsburg, is announced. The
wedding will take place at Boydville.
the home of the bride, on October I'D.
Among the new pavements that
have been put down THE week is a
rice stretch of brick along the prop.
erty of the Thomas R. Line heirs on
Princess street. and workmen are now
putting a similar pavement along the
Princess street side of the EntlerHotel.
These pavements replace ancient stone
sidewalksthat long since served their
day and generation.
Mr.. Robert Mason Morgan, of Hall
town, and Miss Lizzie Avis Cockrell,
of Charles Town, were married on
Saturday last at the Reformed parson-
age in Shepherdstown by Rev. j. Da.
vid Miller. Thegroom ia foreman
in the Halltown paper mill, and the
bride is a daughter of Mrs. Lizzie
Cockrell and granddaughter of the
late Capt. John Avis.
The new art glass windows for the
auditorium of the Southern Methodist
Church have been received, and it is
hoped to have themSin place by Sun
day. The windows are very hand
some and of uniform pattern, and
will be a most desirable addition to
the improvements recently made to
the church. They were furnished by
the Emerson Art Glass Company Of
Washington.
Among Jefferson county teachers
who are attending the Berkeley coun-
ty institute this week are Mr.. N. F.
KEGS, Mr.. Chas. @. Triplett, Miss
Louise B. Welshans, Miss Eliza Sigler
Miss Rhoda Needy, Miss Eliza E.
johnson, Miss Julia Hill, Miss Nellie
cDonald, Miss Genevieve Rightstine,
Miss Katheryn Donley, Miss Grace
Mcdonald, Miss Evelyn Mcdonald,
Miss Vanessa Triplstt, Miss Lucie
Beltzhoover, Miss Mile Lancaster
Miss Alice Billmyer, Miss Rose Cock
rell, Miss Jessie Cockrell.
At a special term of the Jefferson
Circuit Court last week Judge Faulk-
ner perpetuated the injunction grant :
ed to the Charles Town Water Com
pany against Sheriff j. W. Gardner,
preventing the latter from collecting
taxes from the company under the
assessment oil the Board of Public
Works for the year 1905. The assess
ment of the water company last year
was 800, 900, and this was deemed
excessive, and temporary injunction
was given to the company, restraining
the sheriff from making his collection
under it.
Two carloads of 6rst.class hard
BRICK have been received by the cor
poration authorities for the proposed
new street. and alley crossings. and
twenty-six of these crossings will be
made where needed. The corporation
is thus doing its share of paving also,
and we may look for great improve.
ment in our sidewalks. While the
new work is being done the council
ought to see to it that some of the old
brick crossings that need attention so
badly are repaired. A small expen.
diture of money would add to the
comfort of pedestrians and rescue the
crossings from the mud that is bury
ing them.
The storm that rumbled and grum-
bled from before daylight until seven
or eight o'clock last Friday morning
very fortunately gave this county the
go-by and passed around to the north.
ward, spending its full force in Wash
ington county. A great deal of dam
age was caused to our Maryland
neighbors. The thunder and light.
ming were terrifying and the down.
pour of rain unusually heavy. Three
barns were struck by lightning and
destroyed. The Lutheran church at
Smithburg and the steeple of st.
Marks Lutheran Church In Hagers-