Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1910-08-18
LITTLE LOCALS.

The Beard of Education of this district
has contracted for the boring OF an arte-
sian well at the public school on Shep-
herd Grade, so that pure water supply
may be provided for the children.
The annual Confederate reunion and
picnic at Wallis grove, near Charles
Town, will be held Saturday of this week
under the auspices OF the Jefferson Coun-
ty Camp. Capt. R. S. Parks, OF Luray,
and other prominent speakers are ex-
pected to deliver addresses.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry c. Shull, OF Roam
oke, well-known here, have announced
the marriage OF their daughter, Olive Viz
ginia, to Mr.. John Leake Spencer, which
occurred at "The Hickories, Roanoke,
on Monday last Mr.. and Mrs. Spencer
will reside in Charlotte. N. c.
The combination sale OF VIM. A. Fulk,
George H. Bowers and Charles Cavalier,
held on the Bowers farm near Leetown
on Wednesday, amounted to So, 1892
Horses sold as high as $237, cows $75,
and sheep averaged ST per head, while
hogs were sold at good prices.
| ShepherdStown will entertain two i'm
portant bodies next week. The Lutheran
Synod of Virginia will convene Tuesday
evening, August 23d, IN St. Peters Luther
an Church. Monday morning the teach
ers' institute will begin weeks session
tn the Shepherd College building.
To the home coming folks and those
attending the Morgan's Grove fair the
Jefferson Security Bank, OF Shepherds
town, w. Va. extends hearty welcome
and also extends an invitation to avail
yourselves of the courtesy and banking
facilities OF our institution "while within
our gates"
The Jefferson county teachers institute
begins in Shepherdstown next Monday
and continues throughout the week. The
institute will be in charge of County Su-
perintendent E. d. Turner and the in
structors will be Prof. r. B. Teitrick, OF
Harrisburg, Pa, and Mrs. Anna r.
Bourne, OF Bethany, w. Va,
John Costello, who lived near Shenan-
doah Junction, was struck by B. & 0.
train a short distance below that place
some time last Saturday night. He was
found along the track Sunday morning
and taken to the Junction, where he died
about 10 O'Clock. He was 70 years old,
and leaves a wife and one child.
Vaughan Bowly, who is at ASbury Park,
sends us a relic for our museum, frag-
ment OF the airship which met with the
accident at that place last week, when
BrookinS, the daring aviator, came near
being killed Mr.. Bowly was within
twenty feet OF the airShip when 1t came
down, and was one OF the first to reach
the machine as it crashed to earth.
A Westinghouse ownc by Mary Will
son, colored, and occupied by family OF
white persons named Martin, near Scrab-
BILE, was destroyed by fire last Friday
night. Ii is said that the owner and the
tenants had some difficulty over the pay
mert OF the rent, and that the latter moved
out of the house shortly before the fire.
The matter, we understand, is being in
veStigated by the authorities, who will
try TO ascertain the cause of the fire.
The junior editor of the Register was
very greatly gratified to receive the fol-
lowing letter: al desire to express my
approval of your efforts TO keep up the
reputation of the Register during the alb
sence of the senior, by enclosing my
check for two dollars in payment of my
subscription to February "a, 1920 that
your boss may remain away week long
er and give you another chance in which
to prove that you can take care OF the
lob and incidentally hit some wolves that
are now hiding in Sleeps clothing. Very
truly yours, E. H. Mcdonald.
lanes ID. Butt, referee in bankruptcy,
together with Clerk John o. Lemen, con-
vened the creditors of w. Z. Leedy, bank
rupt, in the offices of J. IA. Mason, Jr,
attorney, in Charles Town. Mr.. Leedy
was for some years engaged in the manu-
facture of cigars at Shenandoah Junction,
bnt unfortunately became entangled in
financial difficulties and was forced into
bankruptcy after having made gen.
| eral assignment for the benefit OF all his
creditors. George d. Moore was elect
ed trustee. The cigar manufacturing
business has beer abandoned at Shenan-
doah Junction.
While Mr.. and Mrs. R. D. Shepherd
were coming to town in their automobile
| Tuesday evening a colt driven by Clar-
ence Osbourn took fright and jumped
straight into the front of the machine.
James StubbS, the pluckY young chauffeur,
kept his place, although the animals
hoofs were pounding at lis side, and Mr..
and Mrs. Shepherd coolly remained In
the car also. The plunging horse was
pulled from the machine unhurt, and no
person was injured in any way. The
windshield of the automobile was smash
ed and one of the tenders broken off, but
no serious damage was done. 1t was a
trying experience for all concerned 1.-THE
accident.
There has been delightful Goldsbor-
ough family reunion at Iceland during
this week, including Mrs. Charles Worth
ington Goldsborough, now OF Leesburg,
Va, who was Miss Meta Lee, of Iceland,
| ShepherdStown; Mr.. Chas. H. Goldsbor-
ough, of Cupeper, Va; Mr.. and Mrs.
Edmund Lee Goldsborough, of Washing
ton and Shepherdstown; Llewellyn Wal
j -. Ill. Is D;chr,,nr,d Va Mr. and