Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1908-05-28
LITTLE LOCALS.

The country people are invited to
come to town Friday and Saturday
nights of this week and enjoy the band
concert and the festival on the old
college lawn. The town people are
requested to turn out also and help
along good cause.
If it means anything to you to eat
good candies-direct from factory to
you-get Fsnway. We have just re.
ceived fresh shipment from our Bos-
ton factory. Remember, Huyler quail
ity at Fenway price-60c, 65c a
pound. Remnants Pharmacy.
There's good deal of complaint
because of the way men and boys ex-
pose themselves while bathing in the
canal and the river adjacent to Shep-
herdstown and Bridgeport. The
Maryland folks say that they will in
woke the law to put stop to the nui.
sance.
In another column of the REGISTER
may be found the statements of our
two town banks. Both institutions
show by the actual figures that they
are making big gains, and the fact
that the business of each is 80 steadily
growing shows the confidence that the
people have in them.
The electric light company is hav-
ing meter placed in the engine house
and after the first of June the town
will pay for the current used in street
Lighting just as individuals do-ex-
cept at a lower rate. It's up to the
town to do as individuals do in the
way Of watching the bills, also.
Last Sunday lady from Hsgers-
town visited Shepherdstown and put
bouquet of flowers on the graves of her
kinfolk in Elmwood Cemetery. Some
time during the day or evening near.
ly all of them were taken by some
thoughtess or evil minded person.
This is the meanest sort of stealing,
and those who are guilty of it ought
to be exposed.
The gold medal offered by Mrs. R.
D. Shepherd for the best all round
student in the Shepherd Grade public
school was awarded to Mary Newton
Lemen. The medal was presented to
the happy young victor at the closing
of the school, amid great applause
from admiring spectators. Mrs. Shep.
herd has done much to foster healthy
school spirit among the pupils Of the
Shepherd Grade school.
The pipe organ in the Episcopal
church OF this place, which has been
out of order for long time, has been
taken down, preparatory to giving it
a thorough overhauling. The trouble
with the instrument seems to have
been caused by dampness, some Of the
wooden pipes having absorbed mois.
ture until they had become useless.
Alterations will be made to the choir
box with view to preventing this
difficulty in the future.
A curious phenomenon was noticed
in the western sky Monday night be-
tween half past ten and eleven o'clock.
A shaft of light reached from the
horizon toward the zenith, commenc,
ing as barely perceptible streak,
growing to be quite luminous, and
then gradually fading away. 1t last.
ed for nearly half hour, and was
very curious sight. 1t was seen in
other places, but We have not noticed
any satisfactory explanation Of it.
n. L. Snyder & Go. have for sale
several desirable places near Shep.
herdstown: Fifty acres of fine unim.
proved land, half mile from town,
ten acres of which is timber; a COM
Portable little place of ten acres, with
good improvements, nicely located,
Just outside the corporation limits /;
eight acres of land and e1cellently i'm
proved, near the town limits, with fine
running stream through it. Inquire
for particulars.
In an essay contest among the up
per grade pupils of the public schools
Of West Virginia given by Harrison
B. Smith, president of the Southern
States Mutual Life Insurance Oompa-
ny, Miss Sophia Derr, of the Uvilla
school, won second prize, SIS. The
first prize of $25 went to Miss Rose
Putney, of the Charles Town High
School, while the third prize, $40,
was divided between the Wheeling
and Warrington public schools. A
large number of essays were submit.
ted in competition.
Several very severe thunder storms,
accompanied by heavy rains, passed
over this section the past week. Fri.
day night the thunder and lightning
were rather terrifying, and quite a
good deal of hail fell. At j. Walter
Kearney's, west of town, the storm
blew down several large trees in the
yard, one falling upon the house.
The rains and warm sunshine have
caused the vegetation to grow most
luxuriantly, and there is promise Of q
very heavy hay crop. Wheat is do
ing splendidly, and harvest will soon
be here, as the grain is maturing fast.
Frank T. Grove, for many years a
well-known resident of Shepherds.
town, left last Saturday for the Con-
federate Soldiers Home at Pikesvills,
near Baltimore, where he expects to
spend his remaining days. He was
admitted To the home through the in