Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1908-04-09
LITTLE LOCALS.

number of subscribers who have failed
to respond to notices sent them. Un.
der the postal regulations we are not
permitted to use the mails at reduced
rates for subscribers more than one
year In arrears, 80 our list must be
revised.
Members Of the congregation of Zion
Episcopal Church, of Charles Town,
have presented their rector, Rev. j.
s. Alfriend, with a purse of $500 and
a leave Of absence for three months, in
order that he may attend the Lambeth
conference in London. He will &C
company Bishop Gravstt in May.
Virginia lodge No. l, Independent
Order of Odd Fellows, of Harpsr's Fer
ry, will celebrate the seth anniversa-
ry of Odd Fellowship Sunday after
noon, April 26th. Special services
will be held at 2 o'clock in the Meth
odist Church on Camp Hill, to which
all Odd Fellows of this and adjoining
counties are invited.
The sherifalty ticket headed by ].
B. Osbourn has been completed by the
addition Of several new deputies, who
are now as follows, in addition to Mr..
Osbourn: @. @. Conklyn, Charles Town
district; M. E. Trussell, Middleway
district; John B. Page, Kablstown
district John W. OFT, Hsrper's Ferry
district; W. 81. Moore, of Charles Town,
jailor.
F. L. 3ushong, candidate for pros
ecuting attorney, requests Us to state
to the voters CT Jefferson that owing
to the illness of his wife, who is now
in the hospital, he has been unable to
see the voters personally before this,
and that word of explanation is due
his friends at this time. However, he
hopes to visit every precinct in the
next few days.
Tuesday morning ]. L. Malone, a
B. & o. freight brakeman, jumped
from train at Shenandoah Junction,
and as he did so his revolver was jolt
ed from his hip pocket. 1t was dis.
charged when it struck the ground,
and the bullet struck him in the thigh,
making painful wound. He was
taken to the hospital in Martinsburg
and given attention.
The Baltimore Annual Conference
of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
in session in Washington, adjourned
Tuesday night, after the reading Of
the appointments. Rev. Q. F. Bonn,
who has been pastor for several years
of the Shepherdstown charge, is trans
ferred to Union Grove, Md, and Rev.
w. A. Lyle comes here. Among the
other appointments of local interest
we note: Harper's Ferry, Rev. D. @.
Foard; Martinsburg, Rev. J.P. Wright;
Rsisterstown, Rev. w. Mex. Ham
mack. Next year Conference will meet
in Baltimore.
Mr.. Charles NJ. Sheetz and Miss
Florence Il. Miller. daughter of Mr..
VIM. R. Miller, both well-known and
respected residents of Shepherdstown,
were married yesterday at noon by
Rev. J. S. Simon at the parsonage Of
Trinity Lutheran Church in Hsgers-
town. Mr.. and Mrs. A. T. Stanley,
of this place, accompanied the bride
and groom and witnessed the ceremo-
ny. Wsjoin with the friends of Mr..
and Mrs. Sheetz in hoping that they
may find their pathway through life
strewn with many flowers and few
thorn.. After wedding trip to the
eastern cities they will reside in Shop
herdstown.
The first game of baseball for this
season was played in Shephsrdstown
last Saturday between Shepherd Col.
lege and st. James, and resulted in q
victory for the visitors by score of
seven to one. Our boys hadnta ghost
of a show. The Campbell brothers,
who are teachers in st. James College,
composed the battery for the visiting
team, and being semi-professional play
ers, they had our boys at their mercy.
The Messrs. Campbell were the crack
battery of the johns Hopkins Univer-
Hty team, Baltimore, and are inVincl-
BILE when they have only amateurs to
deal with. Aside from this battery,
the teams seemed to have been about
evenly matched
The marriage of Mr.. B. F. Yates and
Miss Bette Conrad, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. w. B. Conrad, near Summit
Point, was solsmnizsd IL Bsulah
Church, Wheatlsnd, Thursday after
noon at 4.3O O. clock in the presence
of large gathering of relatives and
friends of the bridal couple. Rev.
Geo. T. Tyler, presiding elder of the
Winchester district, NJ. E. Church
South, performed the ceremony, while
the wedding marches were rendered
by Mrs. Marshall Melvin, of Baltimore
The bride was attired in becoming
travelling suit of blue and carried a
bouquet of bride roses. Misses Edna
Yates and Ethel Conrad, the brides
maids, wore white chiffon and carried
pink flowers. Messrs. Burns HuYett,
of Wheatland, and Turner j. Yates,
brother of the groom, were the ushers.
After bridal trip Mr.. and Mr.. Yates
will make their home near Rlpon.
A reception, attended by large num-
Der of invited guests, was held at the
home of the brides parents on the
evening preceding the marriage