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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1908-07-09
REPUBLICANS SPLIT.

The Republicans have been havin &
high old time at Charleston this
week, and held two State conventions
instead of one. The fight between
Swisher and Scherr has been growing
constantly more bitter during the past
few weeks, and the elimination of the
vicious methods of both factions is two
tickets in the field.
the Sgisher people very completely
controlled the State committee, and
that body took up the contests from
the several counties Oh Tuesday.
Right straight along the committee
threw out Scherr delegates and seated
the S gisher men, evidently being de-
termined to give Sgisher a safe ma.
jority before any vote was taken In
the convention. The Scherr people
gave notice that they would not sub.
nit to such bare faced robbery, and
when the convention seated a dslega-
ton from Ohio county inimical to
Scherr the climax was reached and
the Scherr people refused to stand for
such action.
Mr.. Scherr and his friends organ
lied convention of their own, and,
with delegates to the number of about
400, met in the court. house yesterday
and went through with regular pro.
ceed,ngs. A full State ticket was
nominated, as follows:
Governor-Arnold G. Scherr.
Secretary of State-John T. Harris.
Auditor-James K. Hall.
Treasurer-C. N. Snodgrass.
State Superintendent of Schools
Thos. G. Miller.
Attorney-Gen eral-A. R. Stallings.
This convention appointed State
committee, which was empowered to
select name to be used at the head
of its ticket and arrange the details
for vigorous campaign. 1t is said
that there was vastly more enthusiasm
in the Scherr convention than in that
held by the Swisherites.
The officers of the Scherr conven-
ton were: Chairman, P. W. Morris,
of Psrkersburg; secretary, q. @. Og.
den, of Wheeling.
The Swisher convention was organ
lied yesterday with Congressman JOS
eph 81. Gaines as chairman and James
F. Lakin secretary. 1t reconvened
last night for the purpose of making
nominations, but up to noon today we
could get DO report of the proceedings.
Swisher will be the nominee for Gov
ernor, but the balance of the ticket
cannot be foretold.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1908-07-09
sHARPsBURG NEWS.

XOur people are getting uneasy about
the electric light man. They are afraid
he won't give US light. Hope he VIII
soon come around and fix things all In
good shape for them, as we need them
bad enough.
LLOYD S. Grove is spending few days
with his mother at this place.
Some of the farmers have hauled In
and threshed their wheat crop already
Percy Kerlin has gone to Frederick
City to take charge of the notion depart
ment of a store in that place.
Johnnie Murphy spent several days in
Williamsport visiting his sister, Miss
Elite Murphy.
Eva Reilly spent compile Of days at
Mrs. John Snavely's in Hagerstown.
Mrs. Franklin Huffman and Mrs.
Frank Hiberger spent a couple Of days
in Frederick City visiting friends.
Mrs. Sheridan Bremen and children
are visiting friends in Frederick county,
Nd.
Thos. R. Blackiord, who had been
housed up with sickness, Is able to be at
his post again.
Edward Turner is confined to the
house suffering with rheumatism.
Mrs. sallIe Smith and son Leo. near
Shepherdstown, spent Sunday here at
Mrs. Wilson's.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. F. Smith are both al
most completely helpless. Miss Angel
inc jackson, who has been with them for
great many years, is taking care OF
them.
The union picnic to be held by the
different lodges Of this place and other
invited ones promises TO be the largest
one held in this section for years. Moth
ing will be left undone to make it a
complete success.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Miller, Of Allan.
tic City, are here for few weeks visit
to his aunt, Mrs. Ella Smith, and his
mother, Mrs. Sue Miller.
Mrs. Edward Turner and daughter,
Miss Francis, have arrived at their
home here and will remain for some
time.
Harry Delaney, the 17-year-old son
of Mr.. and Mrs. James Delaney, after
a lingering illness of stomach trouble,
died at his home here Wednesday, July
LIST. He had been sick for several years.
His father, mother and brothers Charles,
James and Bird, and sisters Sallie, Ollie
and Pearl survive,
Mrs. Charles Nicholas and Miss Hattie
Weidman, OF Baltimore, are visiting DR..
Snavely and wife in this place.
A lamp exploded Monday night in a
room at DR.. Nelson's, the druggist,
causing some damage to the furnishings
of the room.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1908-07-09
CHURCH DIRECTORY.

PRESBYTERIAN CHURoH-Rev. Charles
Ghiselin, d. D., Pastor.
There will be services in the Shep-
herdstown Presbyterian church Sunday,
If Providence permits, at 1870 a. m,
after which a congregational meeting
will be held.
Service Sunday at Kesrneysville at 8
p. m.
LUTHERAN CHURCH-Rev. Il. Q. Hath
cox, Pastor.
Uvilla 10 80 a. m, communion.
Shepherdstown 7.30 p. m.
REFORMED CHURoH-Rev. J. David Mil
Ter, Pastor.
Sunday School at 9.15 a. m.
Childrens Day service with ten min
utes sermon to the children, by the pas
tor, at 0.S0 q. m.
Evening service att 80 o'clock.
Mid-week service Wednesday 7.3O p.
m.
Service at Kearneysville at p. m.
Welcome.
EPISCOPAL OHURCH-REv. @. E. A. MAR
SHALL, Pastor.
Morning service at IL o'clock, and
evening service at z o'clock.
NJ E. CHURCH SoUTH-Rev. Fl. !.
Stephens, Pastor.
Shepherdstown 1913 a. N.
Children's Day service at Marvin
Chapel al p. m.
Bethesda pm.
N. E. CHURcH-Rev. W. A. Lyle, Pastor.
Shepherdstown 1890 8. m.
Sharpsburg 8 p. IN.
Sunday School Shepherdstown $50
q. m.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1908-07-09

There is more Catarrh in this section
of the country than all other diseases
put together, and until the last few
years was supposed to be incurable.
For great many years doctors pro-
nounced it local disease and prescribed
local remedies, and by constantly fail
ing to cure with local treatment, pro-
nounced 1t incurable. Science has
proven catarrh to be constitutional
disease and therefore requires consti-
tutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure, manufactured by f. j. Cheney &
Co., Toledo, Ohio, is the only constitu-
tional cure on the market. 1t is taken
internally in doses from 10 drops to a
teaspoonful. 1t acts directly on the
blood and mucous surfaces of the sys-
TEN. They offer one hundred dollars
for any case it fails to cure. Send for
circulars and testimonials.
Address F. J. CHENEY g. CO., To-
ledo, Ohio.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for consti-
patton.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1908-07-09
A Letter From the West.
WAHRENsBUEs, Mo-. July 8, l

WARRENsBURG, Mo-, July 3, 1908.
Enron SHEPHERDsTowN REGISTER
Dear Sir and Friend-The dear old REG
lister comes to me regularly each week.
and its pages are eagerly CLEANED Tor
news. political as we'll as social. l have
a constant desire in my heart for my ma
tive State to redeem itself politically
and help right the wrongs that exist
both in State and nation today. You
lend YOUR assistance IN many ways and
the influence Of the REGISTER IN It's dis
semination is of great moment, but IL
seems to me you are little lukeWarm IN
YOUR faith in the greatest living states
man OF the age, VIM. J. Bryan. Inc
Republican party has spoken through
its convention at Chicago. adopted a
platform and named candidates for the
Office of President aud Yice-President.
THE platform is vo.uminous and subtle
| in its makeup, and on which Taft and
sherman stand, promising fulfllment
thereof, but is it what the country
needs Nay, verify, nay, and will not
fool the people. One Of the greatest is
snes Is government by injunction
and Democracy stands flstfooted against
IL Taft is the father Of the injunction,
and first stamped with approval as fed
eral Judge the hatred and oppressive
privilege which has deprived people OF
| their rights and nulli6ed legislative acts,
at the behest of corporate influences,
denying that most sacred of American
| privilege, the right of trial by jury.
Republican leaders admit the lnse-
curity of their position and the great
unrest among the people. Panic aud
hard times have come, factories have
shut down, labor is idle and the dinner
pail is empty. They believe in Bryan
and eagerly await the declaration OF
| democracy. This is Democratic year
and the Denver convention will start a
wave Of popular enthusiasm for Bryan
and indignation for the double dealings
of which the G.. o. P. has been guilty,
that will sweep the Republican ticket
| from the face of the earth.
Dear REGISTER, get in the band wagon
with both feet and help nominate and
elect VIM. J. Bryan. and conditions will
change. Missouri is in the front ranks,
Kansas will be close second and the
States in the north and northwest are
all right. Get West Virginia in line aud
help win victory and turn the tide
once more in favor Of the people.
am pleased TO tell you we are all well
and prospecting. The rains have stopped
and the farmers are harvesting and
gathering in the grain, hay, &c, that a
week ago they thought was all lost, and
all have reason to rejoice. Be good to
yourself, and with kind word to my
many friends and best wishes for all, |
remain very truly yours,
GEO. w. HoUT
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1908-07-09

AT the time of going to press no
nomination had been made by the
Denver convention, but there appears
to be absolutely no doubt that Mr.,
Bryan will be nominated on the first
ballot when the convention gets ready
to vote. In a speech yesterday Sen.
ator Gore mentioned Bryaa's name,
and the delegates broke out into q
wild round of cheering that lasted
for an hour and twentY-seven min
ntes. There's no telling at this time
who will be nominated for Vice. Pres
ident, but Judge Gray, of Delaware,
can have it if he wants it.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1908-07-09

In one OF his characteristic letters
on the Virginia West Virginia debt
questi IN, Hon. James NJ. Mason quotes
the fact that these certificates are
now selling on Wall Street at so cents
on the dollar, and further says that if
the Democrats carry West Virginia, or
if the Republicans rescue their party
from the Elkins Office. holding trust,
they will drop back to 20 cents.
Mr.. Mason oorreots his statement
that Stuart w. Walker, of Martins
burg, is a director in the Martinsburg
Journal. Mr.. Walker is not in this
directorate.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1908-07-09
Death Of Mrs. Elizabeth RhOades.

After suffering long and severe i'll
ness, Mrs. Elizabeth Rhoades departed
this life on Wednesday, June II, 1908,
at Oregon, Ill. Mrs. Rhoades was born
in Washington county, Md, Septem Der
%, 1912, and was the daughter Of John
and Eliza Order. She went to Oregon
H., in the year 1872, and in 1875 was
united in marriage to Franklin j.
Rhoades, veteran Of the Civil War.
He died at the Soldiers Home in Dam
Vile in 1903, after which time Mrs.
Rhoades made her home with her sis.
ter, Mrs. Eliza ]. Byers, Of Rochester,
H., until two years previous to her
death, when the went to Oregon, where
she died. She professed religion in
early childhood, and died in the faith
she proiessed. The funeral services
were held at the home Of her nephew,
William Order, on Thursday afternoon.
Rev. J. w. Funston, Of the NJ. E. church
officiating, after which the remain
were laid to rest beside those OF her
brother, John Crider, in the Oregon
brotetery. She is survived by one
cemher, James A. Order, OF Milbourn,
Kentucky, and two sisters. Mrs. Mary
c. Horn. Of Winchester, Va, and Mrs.
Eliza J. Byers, Of Rochester. III.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1908-07-09

THE Hon. VIM. 81. Taft made his
first important political speech of the
present campaign at Stauuton, Va,
last Friday. He was on his way to
Hot Springs, and when the train
stopped at Staunton crowd of Curl
GUS folks gathered around his car. He
came to the platform. and being in
troduced by one OF his companions,
spoke these thrilling words:
II didn't expect to make speech. |
only desire to express my sense of APP
probation of Virginia hospitality l
am going up into your mountains TO
spend two months. want to climb
your mountains, but | am not sure
can do it withouta horse. This gather
ing is an evidence to me that my com
ing is not unwelcome."
As may be imagined, this impass-
Toned bit of oratory brought forth
cheers, and Mr.. Taft was inspired to
further effort. He said
81 am greatly indebted to you for
this radiance of hospitality, but | am
responsible now to my party for what
l say. am responsible to a great par
ty."
But even the feeling Of solemn re.
sponslbility to his great party could
not restrain his impetuous oratory and
he resumed:
"I want the vote of this State. II We
can break up the solid South, we shall
be doing great good for this country. l
have nothing in the way of politics to
talk about 10 you, although yon have
dragged little way into political lines,
but wish 10 show my great pleasure in
having this cordial reception. am
coming here to enjoy the good Virgin
ia air."
Having thus unequivocally stated
his position on these important ques.
tions, Mr.. Taft said goodbye, and the
train moved of amid renewed cheer
ing"
When Ar. Taft shall have definite
ly settled whether or not he can climb
the mountains without horse, and
when his plans for breaking up the
solid South shall be in successful pro-
gress, we should not be surprised if
he will say something on the question
of tariff for robbery only, misgov.
eminent by INJUNCTION, how to touch
the trusts, the best way to settle the
negro question and other minor politi-
cal issues.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1908-07-09
NOTES FROM NEARBY.

Pete Domer, former Shepherds
town negro, was sent to Jail for 81
days In Hagsrstown for being drunk
and disorderly.
Mr.. Richard @. Boyer and Miss Eff
fie B. Underdonk, both Of Martinsburg,
were married in that place last Satur-
day by Rev. ]. P. Wright.
The Republicans of Berkeley county
have fixed on Saturday, August 9th,
as the time for holding the primary
election to nominate county officers.
Tracy L Jefords,o of Harper's Ferry,
has been given the degree Of Doctor OF
Laws by the University of Vermont,
of which institution be is a graduate
IN the class of 1886.
At Frederick, Md, Justice Jones
sentenced David Jones, negro who
beat his wife. to pay fine Of $50 and
to receive 20 lashes on his back well
laid on by the sheriff.
Williamsport had big celebration
on the fourth of July. The success Of
the occasion may be imagined from
the statement that the three saloons
there took in between 1900 and
$4,000.
Arthur G. Thompson, of Baltimore,
last week walked from that city to
Martinsburg, a distance of los miles.
He came by way of Frederick, Mid.
dletown and Shepherdstown, and took
four days to make the trip.
A large barn on the farm of John
Armel at White Post vas burned
Monday night, causing loss Of sew
eral thousand dollars. The live stock
was saved but the hay and farming
implements were destroyed.
The Winchester Star says that Ho =
mer Morrison, a young man of Bruce
town, was shot from ambush by some
unknown person while on picnic
last Saturday near Millville, this
county. He was not seriously hurt.
Henry Derrick, wellknown farmer
of Cumberland county, is dead at his
home near Harrisburg, as the result
of blood poisoning caused by being
scratched by a chicken spur while
catching fowls. The wounds were
sustained a week previous, and blood
poisoning followed.
An eight-horse power portable en-
CINE on the farm of John Miller, near
Gerardstown, Berkeley county ,explod.
ed with terrific force last Friday, and
Harry Mason, who was running it.,
was hurt so badly that he died an hour
or two afterward. Mr.. Miller and
John Grimm, who were near by, mar
rowly escaped injury or death from
the flying parts of the engine. Mason
was married man about q years of
age.
A gang of rufians contracted the
habit of coming to Charles Town every
Saturday from the dry towns along
the N. &. W. Railway. After Filling
up" and laying in sinews of war for
the dissertation of Sunday they cele.
brate their leavewsy by roughing the
station while waiting for the evening
train to take them to their happy
e? homes. Saturday week ago they
INDUCED in shooting scrape at the
station. Last Saturday the police
were out there, but no arrests were
necessary. The toughs, however,
broke into riot on the train. The
West Virginia law, as we understand
it, gives train men police powers,
and the railway officials should see
that the rioters are arrested and
turned over to the proper authorities
for punishment.-Spirit.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1908-07-09

After testing the State two-cent
fare law, which went into effect May
81, 1907, for twelve months, the
Coal & Coke Railroad has filed a pc.
tition in the circuit court praying for
an injunction to prevent Attorney
General Conley and Prosecuting At.
torney Avis from bringing criminal
proceedings against it for failing to
observe the law. They declare that
they will not obey the law, alleging
it to be confscatory.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1908-07-09

The Soothing Spray OF Ely's Liquid
Cream Balm, used in an atomizer, is an
unspeakable relief TO sufferers from Ca
tarrh. Some Of them describe IL as a
Godsend, and no wonder. The thick,
foul discharge is dislodged and the pa
tient breaths freely, perhaps for the
frst time 10 weeks. Liquid Cream
Balm contains all the healing, purify
ing elements OF the form and 1t never
fails to satisfy. Sold by all druggists,
for 75c., including spraying tube, or
mailed by Ely Bros, Sc Warren Street,
New York.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1908-07-09

Delay in commencing. treatment for a
slight irregulsrity that could have been
cured quickly by Foley's Kidney Rem
edy may result in serious kidney dis
ease. Foley's Kidney Remedy builds
up the Worn out tissues and strengthens
these organs. Commence taking it to.
day. Hills Pharmacy.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1908-07-09

IT is to be hoped that both Republi.
can tickets nominated at Charleston
this week will stand, and thus open a
certain way for the election of the
Democratic ticket. A very large pro.
portion of respectable Republicans
would greatly prefer that their party
should be defeated in the State rather
than that the corrupt politicians who
have brought about the present state
of affairs should be continued in power.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1908-07-09

TIE eastern Democrats are playing
second fiddle to the western Democrats
this year. This is about as it should
be, for they surrendered their rights
and lost their influence In national
conventions when they failed to make
good at the polls.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1908-07-09
Rev. Nv. Williams Tesuf1es

Rev. 1. w. Williams, Huntington, w.
Va, testifes as follows: This is to GER
tify that Iusad Foley's Kidney Remedy
for nervous exhaustion and kidney trou-
Bile, and am free to say that Foley's Kid
ney Remedy will do all that you claim
for it," Hills Pharmacy.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1908-07-09

IT is said that Mr.. Sherman, Repub-
ican candidate for Vice-President, will
have to undergo surgical operation.
We hope that he may be spared this,
though we admit that the platform up
on which he stands needs repairs very
greatly.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1908-07-09

Near Hanover, Pa, few days ago,
the 19-months-old son of Henry Dear
dorf toddled into the wheat field to
play. The father was driving the
binder, and. not seeing the little boy,
drove over him with the machine and
cut his head of.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1908-07-09

Bert Barber, Of Elton, Wis, says: Il
have only taken four doses OF your Kid
ney pills and they have done for me more
than any other medicine has ever done.
| am still taking the pills as l want q
perfect cure" Mr.. Barber refers to De-
Wits Kidney and Bladder Pills. Sold
by Hills Pharmacy.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1908-07-09

1t is announced that the B. & o..
Railroad will exercise still further
economy in operating lis lines, because
of dull business. Of the $1,000
freight cars owned by the company,
1900 are idle on sidetracks or in
the yards.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1908-07-09

In the contest for the Democratic
leadership in West Virginia the Hon.
John T. McGraw seems to have gotten
the better of the Hon. VIM. E. Chiffon.
Mr.. McGraw was re. elected member
of the National Democratic Committee
at Denver on Monday.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1908-07-09

TIE Hon. Jim Gutfey, OF Pennsyl-
vania, and Mr.. Bryan have fallen out.
If Mr.. Gufey will only stay mad the
Democrats ought to get few votes in
Pennsylvania next fall.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1908-07-09

Harry E. Gump was arrested in
Clarksburg last week and taken to
Webster Springs to explain shortage
of So, 500 in his accounts as cashier Of
the First National Bank at the latter
place.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1908-07-09

When President Roosevelt finishes
his term of Office he will go to Africa
to hunt big game. A well-known
magazine has contracted to pay him
more than a dollar word for what
he writes concerning his adventures.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1908-07-09

We heartily approve of Mr.. Bryan's
proposition to read out Of the party
the Hon. Jim Gufey, Democratic boss
Of Pennsylvania. The Pennsylvania
democracy has regularly been sold out
to the Standard Oil Company, and
Guffey is tbs only man who ever got
any of the money.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1908-07-09

IT may be true that Mr.. Taft stands
right on public questions, but ne will
have a hard time keeping straight
with the crowd that is pulling and
hauling at Tim now.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1908-07-09
A CalifOrnian'S Iuck

1.-THE luckiest day of my life was
when l bought a box OF Buoklen's Ar
MICA Salve, writes Charles F. Bndahn,
Of Tracy, California. Two 25c. boxes
cured me of an annoying case of itching
piles, which had troubled me for years
and that yielded to no other treatment"
Sold under guarantee at Hills drug
store,
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1908-07-09

The Republic Iron and Steel Works
announces that hereafter it will EN-.
ploy no union men. 1t says it will
save 100000 year by hiring non
union men only.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1908-07-09

Commander Robert E. Peary &
steamship, the Roosevelt, has started
on an Arctic expedition again. Peary
will make another desperate attempt
to reach the North Pole.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1908-07-09

Mr.. TAFT is having bully time at
the most expressive hotel in Virginia,
but nevertheless there's many an
empty dinner pail in che land.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1908-07-09

THERE won't be any sore spots as
the result of the Republican conven-
ton at Charleston this week-oh, no !
It will be soreness all over.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1908-07-09
No Enemies.

ale has no enemies" you sayf
Ny friend. your bo1st is poor;
He who hath mingled in the fray
OF duty that the brave endure,
Must have made foes.
II he has one.
Small is the work that he has done.
He has smots no traitor on the hip,
He has cast no cup from perjured lip.
He has never turned the wrong to right,
He has been q coward in the fight.