Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1910-06-23
LITTLE LOCALS.

An effort is being made TO organize a
military company in Charles Town. In
days gone by Charles Town has had most
excellent military companies. and there
ought TO be plenty of material there now
for another.
MIR. Clyde Harmon Blackford, son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Harry Blackford, of Bar
dane, this county, graduated last week
from Washington and Lee University at
Lexington. He took the degree OF Bache-
lor OF Science.
The teachers institute for Jefferson
county will be held in Shepherdstown the
week beginning August I'D. The in
structors will be R. B. Teitrick, of Har-
risburg, Pa, and Mrs. Anna R. Bovine,
OF Bethany, W. Va.
The members of Company B, OF Ha-
gerStown, who were TO have come to
Shepherdstown last Sunday to decorate
the grave of their comrade, Harry M.
Turner, postponed their visit until the
coming Sunday, when they hope to have
all the company here.
A party OF about forty colored officers
OF the United States army passed through
ShepherdStown Monday morning en- route
to Gettysburg. They had stopped for
day or two at Kearneysville, camping in
| DR.. d. w. Borders orchard. They will
stop for several days at Antietam.
The ShepherdStown fire department
had the ground Staked off for its new
building yesterday, and will begin the
excavation for the foundation walls the
first of the week. The building is to be
40 by so feet in size and will be three
stories high. S. p. HumrickhouSe, Jr.,
is the architect.
Harvest will begin generally next week,
as the warm weather this week is ripen-
ing the wheat very fast. The wheat is
standing very well, in spite OF the long
rainy spell, and will be comparatively
easy to cut unless there should be bad
weather at the last. The prospects are
for fairly good crop in this section,
although the yield may not be quite up
to the average. Some of the farmers near
town will begin TO cut around the edges of
the wheat today.
There has been no complaint of un-
SeaSonably cool weather the past week
on the contrary, it has been sizzling hot
since last Saturday. The thermometer has
been reaching up into nineties, and this
with very humid atmosphere has made
the heat most oppressive. Yesterday
MeSSrS. K. S. M. Hoffman and VIM. L.
Reinhart were both overcome by the heat.
Mr.. Hoffman had been working in his
garden until the sun overcame him, while
Mr.. Reinhart got overhelted while hand
ling some sheep for shipment on the cars.
DR.. Banks gave them medical attention
and they got better by nj .htlall.
Col Geo. w. Graham, of Harper'S
Ferry, made pleasant call at the Regis
ter office few days ago, or his return
from MorgantOwn, where he attended the
commencement exercises of the West
Virginia University. Col. Graham, who
is on Governor GlaSScock'S staff, attend
ed the reception that followed the COM
renCement, and with his little daughter
Mary stood in the receiving line About
| 800 of the old friends of the Governor
and his eStimabe wife attended the re-
cepton and paid their respects to their
distinguished former fellow townSman.
MeSSrS. c. w. BoweS and N. w. Ed
wards, OF Altoona, Pa, are making a long
trip afoot, having left that city on May 22d.
They were in Scrabble on Saturday, stop
ping with A. d. Kemp, an uncle OF Mr..
BowleS. The pedestrians expect TO get
TO Atlantic City, Philadelphia and New
York within the next month or two, as
they do not travel far in day-Some days
only five miles, while OH other days if the
roads are good, the weather favorable and
they are feeling well, they travel twenty
to thirty miles. Their object in travelling
on foot is sightseeing and physical de-
velopment.
w. p. Licklider has begun the work OF
transforming the old Richard property,
adjoining his residence on Main street,
into comfortable little dwelling-houSe.
In making the changes he took out part
of the foundation OF the original building,
erected about l25 years ago, and under a
fill OF five feet of earth the workmen I'M
earthed little brown jug in good condi-
ton that was likely product of the old
WeiS pottery shop more than a hundred
years since. What may have been the
contents of the jug cannot be sworn to,
but Mr.. Licklider devoted it to proper
purposes by making hole in the side
and wiring it to tree in his yard for a
Wren'S nest.
The Register will have next week and
the week after two very interesting his
torical papers from Mr.. Samuel Gordon
Smythe, the distinguished historian OF
West Conshohocken, Pa, author OF the
recently published volume on the Duke
VanMetre- Shepherd families OF this sec
ton. Mr.. Smythe's papers will be on
the "Pioneer History OF the Lucas and
Darke Families, and they will be found
interesting and of much historical value.
They will contain a great deal OF original
information from personal research among
old wills, deeds and records, and will deal
with the colonial history of these families.
The matter published will clear up good
many mistakes that have been prevalent
in regard to the early history of these FAM
lies, and will be very valuable and inter
eSting to the present descendants as well
as IN those who wish TO have the facts