Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1908-10-08
LIrrLB LOCALS.

6Aooos WIZ WILL ouuAoo tac Fotoic W
Shephsrdstown and vicinity.
The large store room in the Regis
ter Building has been renovated an(
papered and put in 6rst-class condi
ton. and T. B. Line, the clothisr, vii
move his clothing and furnishing stor,
into it the first of next week.
It il said that Miss Helen Goulc
and party of friends from New Yorl
will make a tour of the Shenandoah
Valley in an automobile the ensuing
week. They are due to pass through
Shepherdstown today or tomorrow.
The electric light plant is now run,
ming all night, and patrons can have
light as long a. they choose. 1t il
very convenient for early risers to b
able to touch a button and get light
instead of fumbling around With 9
coal-oil lamp.
Mrs. Emily M. Tsbb, widow of Ell.
lott O. Tabb, died at her home, Vim.
imont, near Leotown, Tuesday night.
She was daughter of the late james
L. and Rebecca Campbell, Of Berkeley
county, and was born near Gersrds-
town November 16, 1885. Mrs. Tabb
is survived by four sons and four
daughters.
The REGISTER gives up its first page
this week to the advertisement Of Lei.
ter Bros. and Grove Bros, Hsgsrs-
town firms. Letter Bros. have recent
ly started in business there, and it is
said that they have the best store in
Hagerstown. Grove Bros. 10 an old
and reliable firm that has long been
popular in this section.
The annual meeting of the Shop
herdstown Branch of the American
Bible Society will be held in the COL
legs auditorium next Sunday evening
at Z o'clock. An interesting pro.
gramme will be rendered and an sd.
dress will be delivered by represen-
tative of the parent society. The pub.
Lie are invited to attend.
A large amount of iron for the new
bridge Of the N. & W. Railroad at
Shepherdstown has been received, and
workmen are busy unloading it from
the cars and assembling it ready for
its place in che structure. Many Of
the bridge workers are here, and have
been for several weeke, impatiently
waiting until the actual construction
shall begin.
The Winchester fair will be held
this year October Goth to 23d, and the
managers are now making preparations
for what they promise will be one Of
the best exhibitions ever held there.
The Winchester fair is always enjoya.
BILE, and is very popular with Jeffer-
son county people, who find the hos
pitality of the old town very pleas
ing feature.
The Norfolk & Western Railway
will run a special train to Hagerstown
on account Of the fair Wednesday and
Thursday of next week. The train
will leave Shepherdstown at GAL am,
and returning leave Hagerstown at
5 80 p. m. The fare for the round
trip from this place is 70 cents. The
railroad company will not sell cou.
pons of admission to the fair, as used
to be the custom.
We call the attention of our town
and county officers, who have taken a
solemn obligation to execute the laws,
to the following act of our Legislature,
passed in 1905: "Any minor or fe-
male who shall loiter in or about any
saloon or place where Intoxicating Ii
quors are sold shall be guilty ola mis-
demeanor, and upon conviction shall
be fined not less than ten dollars nor
more than twenty-five dollars, or may
be confined in the county Jail not less
than ten nor more than thirty days"
The old house in the rear Of j. M.
Rush's store is being torn down this
week, and Mr.. Rush will erect in its
place smaller structure to be used
as a kitchen. This property was for
many years owned by the late John
L. Ricksrd, and the building that is
being demolished is one Of the antiqui.
ties of Shepherdstown. II was framed
with oak lumber and filled in with
brick, and the nails originally used in
it's construction were handmade.
What an interesting history probably
attaches to the old house, which may
have been among the first dwellings
built in this ancient town.
An interesting meeting was held
last Sunday afternoon in the Southern
Methodist Church, the object being to
organize the men of the community
for more effective Christian work.
There was very gratifying attend
ance and much interest vas shown.
Rev. q. I. Stephens made an address
outlining the purposes of the proposed
organisation. Another meeting will
be held next Sunday afternoon, at
$50 o'clock, and it is hoped that there
will be large attendance. The move
msnt 10 entirely undsnominational.
and the men of the community in gen.
eral are urged and invited to join in
the work.
And still the good work Of laying
goes on. NJ. B. Baker
has had fine piece of concrete pave
ment made along his lot on Princess
street, and Assessor E. W. Athey,who
l;vaa on Prospect Avenue. has gotten