Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1908-12-10
LITTLE LOCALS.

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the girls. Admission 10 cents, chill
dren 5 cents.
Arcbdescon Tyler, of Hsgerstown,
preached most excellent sermon in
the Episcopal Church in Shepherds
town last Thursday night. Those who
heard him were greatly pleased with
his earnest preaching.
Rev. DR. s. W. Owen, pastor of St..
Johns Lutheran Church, Hagerstown,
preached an able sermon in the Luth-
eran Church of Shepherdstown last
Sunday morning to large congreGa.
ZION. Rev. DR.. Hsithcox filed DIR.
Owens pulpit.
As Mrs. Maggie Hensell, who lives
near Kearneysville, was driving across
the tracks of the B. & 0 Railroad at
that village yesterday afternoon her
vehicle Was struck by train No. 5 and
she was badly hurt. She was taken
70 to the hospital at Martinsburg.
Jesse R. Thompson, a former resi-
dent of the vicinity of Moler's this
counta, lie having more than his share
# trouble at present. He and his
wife and his daughter are all in hos
pital in Omaha, Nebraska, where each
nas been operated upon for appendl'
cltis.
The 6remen are busy with prepare
lions for their fair to be held In Shop
nerdstown during the holidays, and
the outlook is for a very successful
and enjoyable fair. A meeting of the
ladies interested will be held S4tur-
day night at 7 o'clock at the home of
Mrs. Alice Gibson.
Joseph Forward, who conducts the
creamery on the Morgan's Grove fair
grounds, near Shepherdstown, Is seek
ing to organize sanitary dairy CON.
oauy at Htgerstown with capital OF
$4,000. Mr.. Forward proposes to
supply the proposed new plant from
mllk stations at various points In the
Cumberland and Shenandoah Valleys.
DR.. Howard Hodges recently took
he examination OF the West Virginia
Medical Board. and passed with
very excellent rating. This week he
10 taking the Maryland examination.
DR.. Hodges has concluded to locate
At Harpers Ferry for the practice OF
mis- profession, and expects to also
-erve the people of the neighborlng
counties Of Maryland and Virginia.
We recently sent statements to a
number OF subscribers who are in ar
rears, with the request that they
would pay up what they owed. Some
of these have failed to respond, and
70 we will be compelled to drop their
names from our list unless they settle
by the first OF January. We can't be
expected to send the papers free and
put cent postage stamp on each one
besides.
Pay Inspector and Mrs. James s.
Pnlllips announce the marriage OF
their sister, MISS Ruth Phillips. and
Mr.. Byron Jacob R.uch. The cere-
mony took place December lst at
Charleston, s. c., where Mr.. and Mrs.
Phillips are now stationed. The bride
4pent much time in Shepherdstown the
past year and has number of friends
mere. Mr.. and Mrs R4uGh will have
their home at Temple, Oklahoma.
The town sergeant will do well to
keep his eye open for certain young
men who have been tying ropes acrose
the pavements after night. Several
persons have had bad falls from this
cause. We have heard complaints OF
persons who are also being annoyed in
their homes. The other night the
doorbell of the Misses Markell was
pulled from it's socket and carried off
by some dlsorderly person. The Mics
ss Markell ask that 1t be returned to
them.
The following deeds for the transfer
of real estate have been filed for rec
ord IN the Office of the county clerk
Josephine Craven to Fred L. Weltz.
heimer, house and lot on north High
street, Shspherdstown, for $500; Chss
B. Chase to Samuel J. Hodges, one
fourth undivided interest in real es-
tate, fronting SO feet on Princess
street, Shephsrdstown 5000; Forrest
W Brown, special commissioner, to
Morton Sheldon, house and lot one
half mile southwest of Bolivar, $270.
Uncle" Jared Greenfield, a we'll
known colored resident of Shepherds
town and for many years local
preachel of the Methodist Church, died
Yesterday, aged IA years. His death
was caused by tumor on his neck,
from which he had suffered greatly.
Uncle Jared was a good old man, Of
humble spirit aud exemplary habits,
and, though entirely uneducsted, was
singularly gifted in PRAYER and e1hor'
t4tiou. He was a landmark in Shep-
berdstown, aud we are sorry to hear
of his passing.
Messrs Elliott Northcott and Stu.
art H. Bowman, of Huntington, mem.
bers of the Board of Regents of the
State Normal Schools, were in Shep-
herdstown on Monday on official bus
mess. They visited Shepherd Col
lege with a view to ascertainiDg the
reeds of that institution for the next
Two years. and will incorporate 10
their report TO the Legislature the
recommendations of the principal OF
me school and the local committee.
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