Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1908-09-03
SHARPSBURG NEWS.

Our public school teachers will teach
these schools this year: Lester Smith,
near Harper's Ferry Allen Poffenber-
ger, principal of the Keedysville schools;
Francis Mumma, at Fairplay; Grace
Hill, near st. James. Prof. Rhinehart
will be principal Of the schools OF this
place. with these teachers John P.
Smith, J. w. Eavey, Miss Matte Lakin,
Miss Annie Knode, Miss Helen Hiberg-
er; Miss Lucy Grayson, at Coxs. Under
a new ruling OF the School Commission
ers, two Of our teachers have been cut
off and the pupils are to be crowded in
to the other rooms. To graduate here
after pupil will be obliged to go to the
Hagerstown school, which does an in
Justice to our town and makes it very
inconvenient and expensive to the par
ent and pupil. 1t is hoped that the mat
ter will be reconsidered and conducted
as heretofore.
Thomas Eokton, of Washington, is
here spending a couple OF weeks with
relatives.
r. w. Grove is in the country nursing
Henry Hebb, who has been seriously Ill
| for some weeks.
Prof Wachter, who had been our pub.
lie school principal and who resigned,
moved his household goods last week.
Judge Eugene Smith and wife, OF
Lancaster, Pa, are guests at the Antie-
tam Hotel for a week or so. Judge
Smith is a nephew of DR.. G.. T. Smith.
Miss Bette Wilson has gone to Cam
den, New Jersey, to work in millinery
store.
o. T. Reilly recently bought of Joseph
Weigle in Keedysville fine non.com-
missioned officers sword aud leather
sheath that was given to John Weigle by
a soldier who was assisting in burying
the dead, saying at the time that it be-
longed to his dead brother He took Mr..
Weigle's name and was to write for It,,
but he never did. 1t had the initials cut
in the leather, d. w. A.
Mrs. Charles Dorsey spent several
days in Charles Town this week.
Miss Julia Miller has been visiting her
sister, Mrs. Jessie Brady, in Washington,
for the past month.
Robert Grove, IT., and Mr.. Moore have
returned to New York, after a couple
of weeks stay here.
Miss Mary Wilson has gone to Balti-
more to buy her stock OF fall and win
ter millinery goods.
A festival was held in the Red Mems
hall last Saturday evening for the ben.
eft of the Episcopal Church.
NJ. r. Snavely is suffering with large
carbuncle on his right hand.
A merry-go-round will be at the big
union picnic on Saturday, September
9Th, near the Dunkard Church.
Our baseball boys are trying to make
arrangements for q game of ball at the
big picnic Saturday In field near the
picnic woods.
Q. w. Adams has the government av-
enues onthe battlefield looking nice now.
The drains have all been cleaned and
the grass mo we'd of, ready for the an
niversary of the battle. September 18th.
AS heretofore, there will be quite q
number of old veterans here on that day,
on their return from the national en-
campment at Toledo, Ohio. Next year
the union picnic will be arranged for
that date and will be made big gath
ering, as it should be.
Van Hebb has moved back to our
town again from Charles Town, where
he had been employed.
George Thomas, Of Baltimore, came
up and spent several days with his
mother at their home here.