Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1909-11-18
LITTLE LOCALS.

lar and get it for yourself.
A number OF the members of the Uvilla
Lutheran Church visited Shepherdstown
yesterday and gave donation party to
the pastor OF the church, Rev. DR.. Hath
cox. They brought chickens, vegetables,
canned fruit, etc., filling the pantry with
good things.
The usual union thanksgiving service
will be held next Thursday at II O'Clock
in the M. E. Church South in Shepherds
town, sermon by Rev.H. |. Stephens. All
OF the people of the community are invit-
ed attend this service. A collection for
the benefit of the poor will be lifted.
In renewing his subscription TO the
Register for another year, Benz. |. Cohen,
ESQ.,, of Portland. Oregon, writes us ::
"Mrs. Cohen, who was Miss Ella Har-
per, of Shepherdstown, says that your
weekly account of home events is so in
teresting to her that she cannot do with
out the Register"
The ladies of the Reformed Church will
serve dinner in the town hall next Thurs
day, thanksgiving day, and will provide
splendid meal, including roast turkey,
for 50 cents. Don't fail to 20 and patron
ize the ladies' and at the same time get a
good meal. Proceeds for benefit of the
church. A fine chicken and oyster sup
per at night for 25 cents.
The order OF Eastern Star of Shenan-
doah Junction will serve supper, oysters
and icecream in Odd Fellows hall dur
ing thanksgiving week, commencing
Wednesday, November "a, 1909. A mu-
steal programme has been arranged. The
public is cordially invited. All members
OF Eastern Star Order and the Masonic
fraternity are requested to attend.
Constable M. P. Crowl last Thursday
took to the State Reform School at Prun-
tytown colored boy by the name OF
Nelson Poindexter, who lived on the
Lucas farm, near town. The boy, who
was about ten years old, was an incorri-
gible young rascal, and by his vicious
ness had caused a good deal of trouble in
the neighborhood. The people feel a
good deal relieved to know that he has
been disposed Of
George B. Coffinberger, living near
ShepherdStown, sent lis an ear OF corn a
few days ago that is really remarkable
curiosity. The ear is covered with yell
low grains, and at one end, in blood-red
grains, is a clearly defined and an almost
perfectly shaped cross about three inches
long and two inches wide. Its most
peculiar formation and hard to account
for. Mr.. Coffinberger, who accidentally
found the ear, has no idea as to how it
was so marked.
The lecture of DR.. r. w. DOuthat in the
college auditorium last Saturday night, on
"The Battle of Gettysburg" was very
interesting and instructive ore. He gave
a graphic picture of that great contest and
told of many incidents connected with it.
His description of Pickett's charge, in
which he was participant, held the
closest attention of his audience. The
entire lecture was enjoyable and gave our
people a clear idea of the greatest battle
OF the Civil War.
The weather the past week has been
in striking contrast to what it was year
ago. Last Sunday the, south wind blew
softly, and the air was so balmy and mild
that folks sat on their porcheS, doors and
windows were open and wraps were un-
necessary. Just year previous, how
ever, on November 18th, the biggest snow
of the winter fell. There was five inches
of it by night, and this was followed by
cold wave that sent the thermometer down
to six above zero. So far this fall the
weather has been ideal.
The Potomac Valley Round Table,
having in its membership the teachers,
principals and school superintendent of
eastern West Virginia and Western Mary
land, will hold meeting in the Normal
School assembly room at Frostburg, Md,
on November 26 and Il. Professor Wright
Denny, of Charles Town, and Prof. ThoS
c. Miller, principal of Shepherd College,
are among those announced to participate
in the discussions. President S. P. Hat
ton, OF Powhatan College, Charles Town,
will be moderator of the meeting.
Mrs. Daniel Entler. of Portland, Ore
gon, who has recently been visiting the
family of the Hon. q. M. Beltzhoover in
Shepherdstown, narrowly escaped serious
injury at Shenandoah Junction one day
last week. While standing in the veSti-
bule OF B. & o. passenger train the cars
pulled apart and coming together again
caught her foot. She screamed, and M.
p. Crowl, of this place, caught her and
released her from her perilous position,
as there was imminent danger that her
foot would be cut Off Fortunately she
escaped with severe bruises. A phySi-
clan on the train gave her surgical atten-
ton, and she was able>to proceed on her
Journey to Deer Park, where she stopped
with her uncle.
Contractor Charles X. Koontz success
fully accomplished rather ticklish under
taking last week, when he moved ten
ant-house on James H. Coffinberger'S
farm distance of nearly three-quarters
OF a mile. The dwelling, which was a
frame structure IA 1-2 by 20 l-2 feet in
size, two stories in height, was located on
one corner OF the farm, and Mr.. Coffin
berger desired that it be brought opposite
his own house. The building was care
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