Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1909-07-01
LITTLE LOCALS.

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turing the jawbone.
The annual reunion of the Reformed
churches OF this section will be held at
Pen Mar on Thursday, July 18th. An
address will be delivered by Rev. Theo-
dore F. Herman, Of Allentown, Pa, and
there will be plenty of good music.
By advertisement in another column, il
may be seen that Mayor Martin will en-
lorce the corporation ordinances relating
to the use OF firecrackers and other ex-
plosives on the fourth of July. The old
time, noisy way OF celebrating the fourth
with lot of unnecessary annoyance is
going out of fashion, and we are glad that
the nuisance is abating
AT a meeting ofthe executive committee
OF the Virginia Chassis of the Reformed
Church in Shepherdstown last Friday Rev.
A. Theodore Wright, of the Rockingham
charge, was dismissed to Miami Chassis,
Synod Of Ohio. Rev. DR.. ]. A. Hoffheins,
secretary OF Chassis, was here, accom-
panied by H. S. Cushwa, Mrs. w. E.
Hoffheins and son and Miss Mary Hoff-
helms, coming in Mr.. Cushwas automo-
bile.
This week we drop from our list a
number of subscribers who have gotten
in arrears with their subscription and
have failed to pay attention to statements
that have been sent them. Next week
others will go, and so on until we have
cleaned up our list. Uncle Sam won't
permit us reduced postage rates for de-
linquents, so there's nothing to do but
cut them off. The accounts of those who
fail to pay will be put in the hands OF our
collection agency.
Mr.. Charles p. Light, OF Martinsburg,
who was recently appointed State Road
Commissioner for West Virginia, left yes
terday for Charleston, where he opens
his office in the capitol building and takes
up the work today. We hope that Mr..
Light will have successful administra-
ton and that he will see 10 it that the EaS-
tern Panhandle gets all that is coming to
it, This department can be made Of vast
benefit to the people of the State, and we
want TO see the bad roads made good and
the good roads better.
Rev. Edmund J. Lee, former resident
of Shepherdstown, but for the past seven
years missionary of the Episcopal
Church in China, delivered very inter
eSting missionary address last Sunday
morning in Trinity Episcopal Church,
ShepherdStown. Rev. Mr.. Lee told eS-
| pecially of his own work, which is car
carried on in the province OF Ngankin.
| The mission there has established hos
pital, schools and churches, and Mr.. Lee
SuperintendS the evangelical part OF the
work. He expects TO return to China in
short time.
Workmen are tearing down the brick
house next TO the old Lutheran church,
on east Main street. This building be-
longs to the railroad company, the prop
erty having been purchased when the
right way for the new track was bought
a couple of years ago. This is a very old
house though no one seems to know just
when it was erected 1t was queerly
built, having a basement kitchen, fairly
good second story and peculiarly ar
ranged attic. 1t is hoped that the demo-
lition OF this house means that work on
the new station will soon begin.
David Lemen has bought from Mrs.
Nellie Legge her Westinghouse on
Main street, ShepherdStown, paying
| $4,250 for it. This is one of the most de-
Sirable homes in Shepherdstown, the
house being large and conveniently ar
ranged dwelling, in a fine location, and
| with large lot attached. Mr.. Lemen will
have it repaired and improved to a con-
siderable extent, after which he will oc-
cupy it with his charming new wife and
his father, Mr.. w. N. Lemen. Mr.. and
Mrs. E. Hayward Bowly, who have oc-
cupied the house for number of years,
will go TO the country for the summer,
having stored their household goods in
the Schell house on High street.
Shepherdstown is ready to be lighted
by electricity from Martinsburg. During
the storm last Sunday evening one of the
coils in the generator in the plant here
was burned out, and the town went dark.
Next day, instead OF repairing the ma
chnery, Manager Carter made connec-
ton with the Martinsburg plant, the wires
having just been strung from there as far
as this town, and the Martinsburg ''juice"
worked all right. Then the lightning got
busy again, and after brief period the
lights were again knocked out. The To-
cal plant was again put in condition and
furnished the lights Tuesday night, but it
will not be long until permanent connec-
ton with the plant from MartinSburg and
later from dam No. 4 will be made.
The wheat harvest now in full swing
in this section will likely be over by the
latter part OF the week, unless rains delay
the work. Rains several evenings since
harvest began have interfered to some
extent, but since Tuesday noon the farm
| ers have been busy as bees. The grain
has been standing nicely and has not
been difficult to cut. The crop will be
very good one in Jefferson county.
There have been some little rust and
scab reported, but ii is agreed that the
Weld will be better than for several years,
Threshing will begin next week. 1t is
thought that the price for new wheat will