Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1910-03-17
LITTLE LOCALS.

| make SimpietonS happy.
Mrs. L. ]. Durrett gave most enjoya-
Bile party for her children last Friday af-
ternoon in the town hail. About seventy
five OF the little boys and girls of the
town were present and they had very
delightful entertainment
Miss Lou d. Mann will have her OPEN
ing of spring millinery Thursday, Friday
and Saturday of this week The people
of the town and community are invited to
call and see the stylish new hats as well
as the attractive line ofnovelties and no.
tons.
The indications are that there will be
an unusually large enrolment OF students
at Shepherd College the spring term.
Prof. Miller receives many applications
each day from prospective students, and
the boarding facilities Of our town will be
taxed to the limit.
John Allen Fuss, native of Harper's
Ferry, was run over and killed recently
by an engine in the yards of the Georgia
Central Railroad in Macon. Mr.. Fuss,
who was 63 years old, had been in the
service of the railroad "A years, and was
master mechanic at the time of his death.
VIM. c. Locke, who recently sold his
place on Rocky Marsh and bought an
other farm at Bunker Hill, will remain at
his own place after all: The man who
had bought it gave il up, FORGETTING his de-
post, whereupon Mr.. Locke resold the
Bunker Hill property and retains his old
home.
Judge Dayton, of the United States
Circuit Court, has removed from office U.
S. Commissioner Thomas T. Lemen, OF
MartinSburg. This action follows charges
brought against Mr. Lemen by J. r. Cliff
ford, a colored lawyer whom the COM
missioner had imprisoned tor contempt
OF court.
Miss Fannie Lambert, former resident
OF MartinSburg, was quietly married at
the Presbyterian manSe in Los Angeles,
CAL, March lst to Mr.. James A. Wray.
The groom is prominent young archi-
tect OF Los Angeles. Miss Lambert, who
has friends in this vicinity. has been max
ing her home in California for several
years.
A musical entertainment will be given
in Odd Fellows hall at Shenandoah
Junction on Thursday night, March oath,
for the benefit of the order OF Modern
Woodmen. Musicians from MartinSburg
and Shepherdstown will render an excel
lent programme, and everybody is invi-
ted to attend. Admission 25 cents, re-
served seats IS cents.
We do not recall season when prices
have been as high at publ, sales as they
have been this year. Hoses. hogs and
cattle have brought tremendous prices,
and almost everything offered has found
purchasers at big sums. A couple OF
hundred thousand dollars worth OF prop
erty has been sold at public sales this
winter in Jefferson and Berkeley coun-
ties.
!. L. WeIShans will have his spring
opening of millinery next Monday and
Tuesday, March 2lSt and 22d, when he
will show the most attractive line OF
spring hats ever exhibited in Shepherds
town. Besides the millinery his stock OF
stylish dress goods and up-to-date novel
ties and notions will be we'll worth i'll
speeding. Everybody invited to attend
the opening.
Steam has been gotten up in the new
ice plant Of MessrS. Johnson & Miller,
and the machinery is being tested this
week preparatory to active oprationS.
If no unforeseen occurrence prevents, the
manufacture of ice will begin within the
next week or two, and by the time the
weather begins to warm up there will be
plenty of ice for everybody. The whistle
on the engine is wonder.
Rev. T. NJ. Hare State Superintendent
of the Anti-Saloon League, made several
very able addresses in ShepherdStown
last week on the temperance question.
Although the battle was lost on Saturday,
the good seed Sown must bear fruit in
due time and his stay here was an inSpi-
ration to the temperance people. Mr..
Hare believes that we will have prohibi-
ton in West Virginia in year or two
Five years ago an operation for appen-
dicits was performed upon Mrs. J. Harry
Hollda, of Scrabble The other day she
felt pain in one of her big toes, and i'm
agine her surprise when she pulled
piece of wire from the tip OF that men,
Der. The wire was three inches long,
and is believed to have been piece of
that used in sewing up the lnciSion made
when the operation was performed
MarhnSburg Journal.
The United Telephone Company will
discontinue It's office in ShepherdStown
the first of April. Ii has little or no bus
mess, as everybody who has use for a
phone in this section is connected with
the Jefferson County system. The Uni
ted was the first TO put in an exchange
here ,,but when the Jefferson entered the
field, with its connections with the Bell
system, the business OF the United began
to dwindle.
Henry Sperow, well-known farmer
of Berkeley county, living three or four
miles west of Shepherdstown, has been
suffering greatly for several weeks past
with badly injured eye. Mr.. Sperow
was cutting wood when piece of the
stick he was working on flew up and
struck him in the eye, inflicting serious
and painful wound. DR.. Banks was call