Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1910-10-06
LITTLE LOCALS.

The annual Bible Society meeting will
be held in the college auditorium Sunday
evening at Z o'clock The address will
be delivered by Rev. Chas. s. Stanton,
of the M. E. Church South.
MIR. and Mrs. r. d. Shepherd had
very enjoyable ride in their automobile a
few days ago TO Charles Town, Berry
vile, Winchester and home by way of
Martinsburg-a distance of IS miles.
The firemen had their engine out yes
terday and gave the Main street and some
OF the side streets good sprinkling. The
dust had become very Objectionable and
the wetting OF the street was a grateful
relief.
ShepherdStown is not alone in the mis-
fortune OF having an unusual number OF
cases OF typhoid fever this fall. There
is good deal OF the fever in Charles
Town, Martinsburg and other neighbour
ing places.
A meeting of the Village Improvement
Society will be held Saturday evening at
7 o'clock at the home OF Mrs. Florence
Shepherd. A full attendance is request
ed, as report will be made of the home
coming week affairs.
The great Hagerstown fair will be held
next week, from Tuesday to Friday, and
the list OF attractions in every department
is such as to make the fair unusually in
tereSting. The usual big crowds will
attend from this section
Good prices were realized on Tuesday
at the sale of Jersey cattle by John H.
Lemen, near Scrabble. The cows aver
aged $72 each, the highest price paid for
COW and calf being SOL. The sale
amounted to about s., 400.
H. L. Snyder & Co. have purchaser
for farm of from so TO Is acres. Will
pay good price for desirable place.
Anyone having such ia farm for sale will
please communicate with H. L. Snyder
& Co., Shepherdstown, w. Va.
Among the callers at the Register office
yesterday was T. o. Everhart, of Kear-
neysville. Mr.. Everhart will sell on
November I'd, at public sale, about thirty
head of fine Jersey cattle, several good
horses, and other articles. See adver-
tSement.
The Registeris appreciated everywhere
it goes. Our friend Rev. Edmund J Lee
writes us from Anking, China, saying:
"The Register continues to be a weekly
source of interest and pleasure. Its
jokes are becoming quite famous among
my friends"
Old Uncle Ned Lee, colored man said
to be the Oldest person in this section OF
the State, died last Sunday at Gerards-
town, Berkeley county. His age!was de-
clared TO be l0S years, lie having been
born in Leetown, this county, in 1902.
He was a slave of the Minghini family.
AT a meeting of the creditors of VIM.
r. Moler in the bankrupt court in Mar
tinsburg on Monday. John o. Lemen was
appointed trustee. The liabilities of Mr..
Moler will be from$l 200 to ST. 500, while.
the assets, it is said, will not exceed $500.
The property was appraised on Tuesday.
There will be special programme at
the family theatre tonight-grand opening
of vaudeville. Ben MoSche, blackface
comedian, late with Lew Dockstader'S
famous Ministries, and Marie Dame, SOU
brette and classical singer and dancer,
will both appear. Admission 10 cents,
children cents.
James E. Barnhart and VIM. l. Nc
Quilkin have been in ClarkSburg, w. Va,
this week, where they were summoned
as witnesses in the case OF ]. p. Watkins,
charged with selling liquor without Ii
cenSe. The latter received telegram
last night, saying that no indictment had
been found against him.
Much good work has been done during
the past summer in the way OF making
new sidewalks and improving the old
ones, but there are still few bad places
that ought to be attended to before rough
weather sets in. With thanks for the i'm
provements made, let us have the finish
ing touches put on at the last.
Mrs. Virginia Harrison has moved into
her new clearinghouse on the corner OF
Church and High streets, although it has
not yet been entirely finished. This is
one of the handsomeSt and most conven-
ienty arranged homes in the community,
being built oflight brick and having mod
ern Improvements. Samuel P. Hum
rickhouse is the architect.
The family OF Fonrose T. Shipley has
been greatly afflicted during the past six
or seven weeks, eight OF the household
having had typhoid fever. Mrs. Shipley
is the only one OF the family who has not
been sick. Mr. Shipley is now able TO
be out and two of the boys are up, but
five are still belfast Silas Shipley has
been very sick the past few days.
The cistern at the ShepherdStown Grad
ed School having been condemned as
source OF water supply, it has been sug-
gested that the board of education would
act wisely to have an artesian well bored
there and so secure plenty of fresh, pure
water. The we'll just driven atthe Shep-
herd school is very satisfactory, and we
think one at the graded school would
amply justify the small expense.
M. p. Shawkey, State Superintendent
CT Schools, has issued proclamation
declaring war on dirt, disease, rubbish,
ugliness, and indifference to public health.
He appoints Friday, October l4th, as