Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1908-03-12
LITTLE LOCALS.

A negro by the name of Henry
Brown was arrested in Martinsburg
last week on the charge of assulting
Mrs. William Shifflsr, . young white
woman near Shenandoah, Va, and
was taken to Page county for trial.
Brown has been working in the quar-
RIGS at Baksrton.
Camp No. 7 of the Patriotic Order
OF Sons Of America Of Shenandoah
Junction will install its officers Friday
night of this week, and following the
installation = banquet will be served.
The neighboring camps of the order
In this county are invited to partici-
pate with Camp No. 7.
Charles D. Wysong, candidate for
sheriff, announces his deputies this
weeks. O. Young, of Charles Town,
o. B. Wsntzell, of Hsrpsr's Ferry.
and W. A. Macoughtry, Of Middle.
way. They are all good men and
popular, and the ticket now offered is
one that ought to satisfy the most sI-
acting.
The public are invited to attend
the birthday reception at the Luther
an parsonage Friday evening Of this
week, and guests are expected to con.
tribute a penny for each year of their
age. Liberal gifts are anticipated, a.
the proceeds are for the purchase of
carpet for the handsome new church
now nearing completion.
II. W. Potts asks US to give warn.
ing that any person found trespaasing
upon his property near town and
shooting birds there will be prosecuted
to the full extent Of the law, not only
for trespass but for illegally killing
birds. 1t is unlawful to shoot any
kind of birds now, and Mr.. Potts is
determined to protect those upon his
place.
The Shepherd College Cadet Corps
will give an exhibition in the gymna-
SUM Saturday night at 7.30 o'clock
under the direction of Prof. Carl W.
Littler. Drills with Indian clubs, tab.
lsaux, horizontal bar and German
horse exercises, ETC., will make up the
programme, and the event will end
with basketball game. Admission
ten cents.
We announce the candidacy this
week of John @. Burns for the Office of
county commissioner from Charles
Town district. Mr.. Burns has filled
this Office during the past term to the
entire satisfaction Of the people, and
the county cannot do better than to
keep so able business man and so
faithful an official in this responsible
position. Mr.. Burns fills the bill.
VIM. M. Burns, of Charles Town
district, who last week announced
himself az q candidate for sheriff, has
already withdrawn from the contest,
having concluded not to run. What's
the use of getting up an opposition
ticket, anyway Charles D. Wysong
is 80 satisfactory a candidate, and
would make so capable an official,
there really seems no necessity to look
any further. Let it go at that.
Bishop W. L. Grsvatt has been
elected = delegate to the Lambeth
Conference that meets in London in
June. According to the rules Of the
Episcopal Church the delegate is en-
titled to q chaplain, and Bishop Grav'
att has selected the Rev. John s.
Douglas, of Trinity Church, Martins
burg, for that Office. Bishop Gravatt
and Rev. Douglas will sail from New
York May % on the Red Star Line Of
steamers, returning home from Europe
the latter part of August.
The robins have come, and their
cheerful voices and friendly presence
i. an agreeable reminder that spring
10 near at hand. 1t is reported that
some Of the Italians who work on the
bridge here are shooting the robins
and every other sort of bird on which
they can draw q bead, including our
lovely redbirds. This is strictly
against the law, and We hope that this
tact may be impressed upon them and
that our welcome festhered visitors
may be encouraged rather than slaugh.
tered.
In another column may be found
tue advertisement of ]. F. Thompson
& Bros, clothiers and furnishers, Of
Martinsburg. ]. F. Thompson has
retired from the firm, but it will be
continued at the old stand under the
old name by other members Of the
firm. The Thompsons have won a
reputation as sellers of clothing and
furnishings that extends far and near,
and the new management will exert
every effort to still further excel in
satisfying the needs of the people.
In the general claims bill now be-
fore Congress, and which will proba-
bly, pass, are the following items from
this section Zion Episcopal Church,
Charles Town, $40; M. E. Church,
Charles Town. $500; st. john, Epis-
cop.l Church. Hsrper's Ferry, ST..
700; Elk Branch Presbyterian
Church, Dufields, $500; Methodist
Protestant Church, Middlswsy 1926
NJ. E. Church, Bunker Hill, 81 900 ;
]. W. Gardner, $500; Trinity Epis.
copal Church, Martinsburg, 81 $50; ;
Berkeley county, 1890.
John P. Kearfott, ESQ, of Ksar-