Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1909-10-14
LITTLELocALs.

The members ofthe State Board of Con-
troll are expected in Shepherdstown next
week, when they will consider the busi-
ness affairs of Shepherd College. They
are making the rounds of all the State in
shutions, but have not yet gotten TO the
Eastern Panhandle.
Extensive repairs are being made TO the
Sunday school rooms of the Southern
Methodist Church in this place. The in
terror is to be entireley repainted, the
walls are to be freScoed, new carpets are
to be laid and new seating installed, and
when the improvements are complete the
rooms will be extremely attractive. The
u. M. Strictly Company, of Washington,
is doing the frescoing this week. Ii is
hoped that the rooms will be ready for
occupancy the latter part of this month.
The long drought that had prevailed in
this section was broken last Monday by
line showers OF rain that fell during most
OF the day, winding up between five and
six O'Clock with thunder storm and a
heavy downpour. The rain was very
welcome, for it was greatly needed by the
fall pastures and the newly-sown wheat.
Dust had been thick for weeks, and it is
a grateful relief to be rid of it and to have
vegetation freshened up. Springs and
streams and cisterns had also gotten very
low and the showers have helped all of
these.
]. 10y Hanger informs us that he has
not yet made settlement with the B. &
o. Railroad, as reported in Our last issue,
for the right-of-way through his farm for
the new cutoff. The amount of dam
ages had been practically agreed upon,
but there was question of interest upon
which neither side would yield, and, be-
sides this, Mr.. Hanger was not satisfied
with the form of the deed that the railroad
company wished him to sign. Itreqdsred
perpetual dissolution from any claims
for damages that might arise in the future
from the operation of the railroad, and he
will not bind himself in this way. The
differences are not great, but Mr.. Hanger
is firm in standing for what he regards as
his own interests.
The address at the Bible Society meet
ing in the college auditorium last Sunday
evening by Rev. Charles F. Steck, Of
Frederick. Md, was one of the ableSt our
people have heard in the forty one years
history of this organization. DR.. Steck's
subject was "The Excellency of the
Bible" and he held the undivided atten-
ton of the audience as he eloquently told
of the good book-its antiquity, its his
torical value, its literary beauty, its wis
dom, its superiority over every other
book and every other work of literature,
and its infallibility as a guide to right
living. He declared it to be inspired and
showed how il far excels the product OF
the most renowned philosophers and
writers of all time in the history of the
world. This was DR.. Steck's first visit
to Shepherdstown, and Our people will
long remember him for his very eloquent
and inspiring address, as well as for his
pleasing personality. He is pastor OF the
Lutheran Church of Frederick and presi-
dent of the Maryland Synod. He was
the guest of the editor OF the Register
while in Shepherdstown. pleasing
feature of the meeting was the beautiful
rendition OF a solo by Miss Helen Link,
accompaniment by Miss Blanche Barnes.