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


The farm containg l02 acres.
Company B, of Hagerstown, will
come to Shepherdstown Sunday after
noon to hold its annual memorial ser.
vice at the grave of Harry NJ. Turner.
Previous to coming here the company
will unveil a monument in the Hag-
erstown cemetery to the memory Of
Corporal John Shirley.
The annual picnic and reunion Of
the Tri.State League of Odd Fellows
will be held at Island Park, Harper's
Ferry, on Tuesday, August 4th-not
on August 9th. as published last week.
Secretary E. T. Licklider is now max
ing arrangements for the reunion.
The B. & o. Railroad will run special
trains from Baltimore and from Hag-
erstown.
The executive committee of the
Jefferson County Camp, United Con-
federate Veterans, requests meeting
of all Confederate veterans of the
county who can attend at the Court
House In Charles Town on Friday,
July 10, at II o'clock. A reunion of
the veterans Of the county will be held
at some point near Charles Town on
August IA, and it is for the purpose
of perfecting plans for it that the meet
ing next Friday is called.
Il. L. Snyder & Co. have for sale
the place known as the old paper mill
property in Shepherdstown. This con.
sists of ten acres of land, two small
dwelling-houses. a stable, and the large
stone buildings formerly occupied as a
board mandatory. This prop
ertY extends to the river line, and a
part of the land high on the bluff
above the Potomac is a beautiful site
for private home or a summer hotel.
1t will be sold for fraction of it's cost,
the price being most reasonable.
Sharpers in several localities in This
section are working new note swim
die. Most people object to giving a
note and having it discounted for cash.
This was the case the other day. The
agent said ne was satisfied to hold it
and to prove his assertion wrote mot
transferable" upon the face. A few
days later the farmer found the note
had been discounted at the bank he
dealt with, and instead of the words
mot transferable" an &c" had been
added to the word mot" making it
read mote transferab le. -
Edward spang, Esq, of the War
Department in Washington, caught
very costly fish in the Potomac river
at Shepherdstown on Monday. In
company with the editor of the REGIS
TER, Mr.. Spang went to the river to
try his luck, and it was by his skill
that the valuable fish was landed.
1t weighed less than pound, but its
value was figured out to be something
over four dollars, for it took dollars
worth of bait to get it, besides hooks,
lines, and other accessories running up
into high figures. 1t isn't often that
such an expensive fish is captured
here.
A petition is to be circulated among
the voters and tax payers of Shep,
herdstown district, as well as the other
districts of the county, praying the
County Court to order an election for
local option. This effort ia being made
to offset the action of one Of our State
Senators at the special session of the
Legislature in voting against prOpo-
sition to submit the question of pro-
hibition to the legal voters of the
State. Senator Campbell voted in ia
vor of submitting the question and re.
ceived the plaudits of all his constitu
ents throughout the county. Don't
tail to sign this petition and vindicate
the wisdom of his action.
The fourth of July was pleasantly
celebrated in Shepherdstown. Two
baseball games afforded amusement
during the day. and at night there
was a lawn fete and band concert.
All over. town there were pretty dis
plays of 6reworks-the best being pro-
vided by Benjamin Hartzell on King
street extended and by General Frank
P. Sargent at SudleY Place. The
festivities wound up at night about
IL o'clock, when the fire department
was called out by fire at the home
Of the Browns, colored family on
Princess street. The roof of their
house was set aGre, presumably by
fireworks, but the blaze was extin-
guished with very little loss.
TIE last Legislature made some i'm
portant changes in the general school
law, one of which is that the district
boards of education shall hold an an.
nual meeting on the second Tuesday
in August, at which time it shall make
up detailed statement showing the
amounts due the different district
funds to become due; the debts and
demands, against the district and all
other expenditures out of the teachers,
and building funds. This statement
is required to be published in two
newspapers, if such there be in the
county, if not then in one paper and
posted in each postofice I'M the dis
trict. The board then adjourns until
the fourth Tuesday in August, when
it reconvenes to hear protests, if any,
from the State Tax Commissioner, the
prosecuting attorney or any citizen,
and to lay the necessary levy.
The Jefferson County Court on Tues
dow accented the list of DELINQUENT