Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1909-02-18

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The Shepherd College Cadet Corps
will attend the Inauguration of Presi.
dent Taft on March 9TH. The boys
will 60 to Washington on the third.
Miss Julia Grove. of this place, hal
been appointed a member of the com.
mittee on souvenirs by Mrs. Stone,
President General of the United
Daughters Of the Confederacy.
Joe Cookus caught snake yester.
day that was Is inches in length. Il
bad come out on Tuesday because o.
the warm day, and the blizzard
caught it and made it torpid. It got
lively enough in the warmth of the
house.
Prof. ]. D. Muldoou, who is some
thing of chicken fancier. has just
bought some very handsome chickens
toimproye his already excellent focks
He has gotten from New York pens q
shipment of the famous Wykof s. O
White Leghorns, and they are al
pretty as pictures.
A conference of the lay leaders Of
Winchester district will be held in the
Southern Methodist Church in Charlie,
Town next Monday, beginning al
l015 a. m. W. P. Licklider, OF Sbep.
herdstown. will preside.snd addresses
will be delivered by Bishop A. w
Wilson and Judge E. D. Newman.
The "Sons of Mars an organiza.
ton of Shepherd College students
gave a very clever entertainment 10
the college auditorium last Saturday
night. After the performance the
players and other invited guests were
delightfully."- entertained by Miss Eiz
| abeth Banks at her home on King
street.
TIE Sons of Confederate Veterans
will hold soup IN the room formerly
occupied by T. B Line, In the Lam
bert building. Friday and Saturday
nights OF this week. The public gen.
orally are invited TO give their patron
age. Persons wishing soup for dinner
on Saturday may obtain 1t at the
same place.
Rev. Ed. j. Richardson. field Sec
rotary Of the Virginia Anti-Ssloon
League, will assist In the temperance
campaign in Shepherdstown. Mr..
Richardson is cartoonist as well as
lecturer, and as be talks he draws
pictures that impress the subject upon
tue mind of even the smallest child.
He will be here March Sd to 9th.
We again remind our readers of the
lecture to be delivered in the Shep-
nerd College auditorium Saturday
night of this week by Dewitt Miller.
Mr.. Miller is one of the most popular
lecturers in this country, and We feel
sure that those who hear him will
have a treat such az is seldom enjoyed
mere. Tickets are now on sale at
Remnants Pharmacy at 40 cents.
They will be so cents at the hall.
A meeting of the Tri,stste League
OF Odd Fellows was held in Shep.
herdstown on Tuesday. with fifteen
delegates present from Virginia and
West Virginia. President Hodgson,
of Winchester, presided at the meet
ing. with E. T. Licklidsr, secretary,
at his post. The matter of holding
the next annual reunion was discussed
aud it WAS agreed to hold it at Island
Park. Harper's Ferry, on the first
Tuesday in August.
The Evening with Shakespeare
given last Thursday night by Mr.. and
Mrs r D. Shepherd in Charles Town
delighted the people OF that place.
A very large audience was present.
Mr.. and Mrs. Shepherd have had an
cffer, and will probably accept, to
make an extended tour with their
Shakespeare representations, enlarged
and improved upon in comparison
with their performance here. 1t can.
not but prove to be a popular and
pleasing entertainment.
The question of candidates at the
approaching corporation election is
agltating the public mind, and the
friends Of the several factions are be.
ginning to work. Among those men
Toned as candidates for mayor are
Harvey Il. Pendleton, q s. Martin,
DR.. G. w. Banks, E. q. Rsinhart
and J. D. Blllmyer. Present Mayor
q ,rrisou SchleY announces that he
will not be candidate for re. ELECTION
under any circumstances.
We are requested to announce that
a meeting OF citizens Of Jefferson coun
~ will be held in Charles Town on
Saturday, February 10th, at 10 o'clock
for the purpose of organizing the JEFF
ferson County Public Road Improve
ment Society. The object of the pro-
posed organization lie to protect the
interests of the people in ths-public
roads and streets within the county.
II is hoped that every precinct will
be represented, and citizens from
every section of the county are ear
nestly urged to attend.