Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1909-01-21
LITTLE LOCALS.

daughters OF the CoD1ederacy cele'
brated the anniversary of the birth O
General Robert E. Lee by holding {
supper in the town hall on Tuesday
night. More than 200 persons tool
supper with them and nice sum wal
put In the treasury.
Rev. h. I. Stephens received a let
ter from Bishop A. w. Wilson, of Bal
timore. recently, in which he stated
that he would spend Sunday, Febru-
airy 2lst. with the people of Shepherds
town. preaching for them at II a. m.
and 7 p. m. At this time the fourth
quarterly conference will be held.
The Y. NJ. c. A. and Y. W. @. A.
of Shepherd College will hold con
undrum tea" in the old college build
ing on the night of January 23d
There will also be an art gallery IL
connection with the tea. Tickets te
the art gallery only sc. Everybody
ls invited to come and bring plenty Of
pennies, nickles and dimes.
Prof. Charles Mcintyre, State Ag.
riculturisi, and Prot. S. W. Moore,
State HoItlculturlst, are at Shepherd
College this week lecturlng on practi.
cal subjects connected with this line Of
work. They will lecture today at 2
o'clock aud on Friday at 10 O'Clock
and 2 o'clock. The people generally
are invited to attend the lectures
which are free and open to all.
At a meeting of the Anti Saloon
League Monday night the following
Ulcers were elected: President, D l.
Rentch; vice president, R G. Miller
secretary, j. D. Muldoon treasurer
W. P. Lickilder. The League bas
issued call for mass meeting to be
neld in the old college hall next Mon
lay evening. when 1t is hoped that ali
trends OF the temperance cause will
De present.
The Shakesperean recital to be Civ.
N by Mr.. and Mrs. r d. Shepherd
n the town hall IN the evening Of
January 3Oth ls attracting much at
Iention Ill SnepherdsIowu, and also IL
lelghboring places. There is big
usn Tor tickets. and those who have
4ot already sec pred them had better
do so at once. Reserved seats are
low on sale al Reluhsrts drug store
It SO cents.
The biggest snow of the season fell
throughout this section last Saturday.
leaching depth of st inches. The
sleighing has been splendid ever since,
md the merry jingle of the bells is
leard on every side. The weather
vas very cold the first Of the week,
getting down to eight above zero.
rhe river is frozen over, but the Ice
8 not first. class, as there is good
ieal OF snow III it.
Business is lively in the clothing
business in Snepherdstown this week.
J. F. Thompson & Bros, of Martins
ourg, are having big sale here In
he Markell building of clothing and
tul Dishings at low prices, and I. b.
Line, our local clothing man, announ-
ces this week great reductions In suits.
,vercoats. furnishing goods, etc.
People who want bargains will do
veil 10 come to Shepherdstown now.
The Jefferson County Telephone
Comp any 10 extending its line from
dailtos n out the Shepherdstown pike
Dust's Crossing on the main line
Dt the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.
rhls extension will enable the COM
pany to add from FIVE to ten phones
is patronage. 1t is now proposed to
build a line from Duat's Crossing to
5akertou, the prospect being that
from ten to fifteen more phones will
oe obtained by the extension.
The entertainment by the Lyceum
Grand Opera Company in the college
auditorium last Saturday night was u
very enjoyable one. The performers
we're artist in their particular lines,
Madame Alice Myron, contralto, and
Arthur Braunberger. baritone, having
-plendid voices. Almost every NUN
per was encored the evening was
20 stormy that comparatively few pei
IONS ventured out, and to add to the
misfortune. the players were delayed
md the programme did not begin IN.
I'll almost 10 o'clock.
Fayette county. W. Va, has So
more men in the State Penitentiary
nan the 80 no.license counties In
Vest Virginia combined. In Fayette
county saloon is established at every
point that one will pay the proprietor
She has one person in the penitentiary
tor every 202 OF the population.
Hancock county. W. Va, has not had
saloon in it for over 60 years, and
had not one cent to pay out in crimi-
nal expenses in 1904. What is JEFF
fsrson' record Suepherdstown's rec
ord? Shall we blot out the saloon In
March, 1902
Mr.. II. G. Getzendsnner, general
manager of the Jefferson Telephone
Company, was in Shepherdstown yss-
erday on business. He is making
strenuous fight against the granting
Of franchise 10 the Winchester an
Washington City Electric Railway
Company, which wants to run It's lines
carrying tremendous electric current
along the public roads. Mr.. Getzsn'
tanner declares that if these high
power wires are strung along the roads
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