Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1910-07-07
LITTLE LOCALS.

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Our venerable fellow toWnSman, ID. s.
Rentch ESQ.,, called at our office few
days ago and renewed his subscription
for the Register. Mr.. Rentch has been a
regular subscriber to this paper for So
years.
Contractor E. w. Athey, of this place,
has just completed for Marshall Roper,
three miles south Of Charles Town, one
OF the best barns in the county. II is so
by 100 feet in size, with concrete foun-
dations, and its total cost is about 5000.
The colored Methodist Church of this
place had grand rally last Sunday, when
the generous sum OF $40 was raised for
church purposes. One of the members
very truly said that such athing could not
have been accomplished with saloons in
the town.
The first new wheat of the season was
bought day or two ago by Hodges
lot of 225 bushels cut by w. T. McQuil-
Kin from l0-acre lot on the Keplinger
place. This yield of y IL bushels per
acre is very good, and the impression is
that the wheat will turn out firSt-rate.
The market is very unsteady, owing to
the condition OF the grain at present, and
and local dealers are offering but So cents
today.
Mrs. Mollie Eugenia Walters and Mr..
Walter A. England were quietly married
in the county clerks office at the court
house in Jonesboro. Arkansas, by Judge
J. B. Walker, "a few weeks ago. The bride,
who is former resident of Shepherds
town, is the daughter OF Mr. and Mrs.
Abram Sisler, of this place, and the groom
is popular young conductor on the ST.
Louis & Santa Fe Railroad. They will
reside in Thayer, Mo.
Three big church reunions will be held
this month at Pen-Mar. The Reformed
Church reunion will be held July 18th,
the Lutheran reunion July 2lst, and the
Presbyterian reunion July 18th. Hereto
fore the reunion dates were subject TO
change. but at recent meeting railroad
officials and joint committee from the
three churches selected the permanent
dates. TIE reunion of Odd Fellows in
Pennsylvania will be held at Pen-Mar
August 4th.
Miss Edna Hilgeman, talented young
artist OF Baltimore, is in ShepherdStown,
where she hopes to organize classes in
drawing, painting, Stencing and other
art work. Miss Hilgeman is graduate
OF the Maryland Institute, where she won
especial honorS for her excellent work,
and is thoroughly capable teacher. This
community should appreciate the oppor-
tunity afforded BY her presence here for
such work and we hope that she may
have many pupils. She may be seen at
Mrs. DuTett'S or will CAL upon any per-
son who desires 10 Consult with her.
Her terms are very reasonable.
Shepherdstown folks and the people of
this neighborhood have a rare musical
treat IN store for Friday evening, July 18th,
when Miss Myrtle DeVene Shaw, whose
home is in Fairmont, w. Va, will give a
recital in the college auditorium. Miss
Shaw, who has most beautiful soprano
voice, first studied at the Peabody lnSti-
tute, Baltimore, and from there went TO
New York, finishing her musical studies
in Europe. She has been very highly
complimented by the best musical critics
of Paris and London. lie Figaro, Paris,
says Of her "MiSS Myrtle DeVene Shaw
has the voice of nightingale and sings
like Phiomile" We will give further
particulars of this recital next week.
The 4th of July was celebrated in pleas
ing style in ShepherdStown on Monday.
In the evening there were several excel
lent displays offireworks, Benjamin Hart
zell, as usual, taking the lead. The lawn
fete OH the old college grounds was very
delightful affair. The lawn was beauti-
fully decorated with American flags and
Japanese lanterns, and dozen or more
pretty girls, arrayed in the national colorS,
waited upon the guests, who were very
generous in their patronage. The pro-
ceedS were over $40, which goes into the
treasury of the Village Improvement So
ciety. The ladies whose good manage
ment provided such pleasing entertain
ment for the people should be proud OF
its success.
AT the meeting held in Martinsburg last
night in the interest of good
roads by automobiles and others, the |
principal theme discussed was the aboli |
ton OF tolls on the turnpikeS. We think
that our Berkeley friends are making |
mistake in advocating this proposition.
The toll-roads in Berkeley are very good,
the county roads abominable-Which in |
dictates that the managers of the former |
know something of making and that |
the county officials are inefficient. II the |
tollgateS are abolished and the turnplKeS |
are turned over to the county il will not |
be long until all the roads are poor, and
owners of automobiles will be hemmed
in by impossible CULTS of mud and bump
ers.
Mr.. and Mrs. X. d. Shepherd and Miss
Kirkland received their friends at Wild
Goose Farm last Friday evening, and the
considerable number of persons who
called were entertained most charmingly.
The lovely place was made even more
beautiful by the Japanese lanterns that lit
up the porcheS and the lawn, and it was
ike scene from fairyland. With gra-
;ious hospitality and congenial company
he evening was one longto be remem-
oered, and the guests were reluctant to