Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1910-07-28
LITTLE LOCALS.


OF Philadelphia.
Mr.. X. ID. Shepherd has bought
handsome 40-horse-rower Overland
touring car of the latest model. The au-
tomobile was sold through the agency OF
VIM. B. Snyder. who drove the car from
Washington on Saturday.
The Odd Fellows OF this section will
hold basket picnic at the Morgan'S
Grove fair grounds, near Shepherdstown,
on Tuesday, August 9th. The 1890 a. m.
and $50 p. m. trains on the N. & w. Rail-
way will stop at the grounds.
County Roads Engineer James X. Hen
bricks has had his Matchmaking outfit on
the road just south oftown the past week
crushing stone for the Shepherdstown
and Halltown turnpike. Mr.. Hendricks
is doing good work, but il would be vast
ly better if the county had steam roller.
The annual excursion to the Luray Cav
ems under the auspices OF the Douglas
Guards, OF Hagerstown, will be run next
Thursday, August 4th. The train will
pass ShepherdStown at 902 a. m, and
the fare for the round trip will be $3.50,
with 80 cents additional for admission to
the caves.
Mr.. Cleveland McSherry Seibert and
Miss Elizabeth HOLMAN Trammell, two
popular young residents OF Martinsburg.
were married at the home OF the bride in
that place yesterday by Rev. DR.. F. M.
Woods. The groom is the present men,
Der of the West Virginia Legislature from
Berkeley county.
The drought that had prevailed in this
section for some weeks was broken yes
terday afternoon by good shower that
accompanied thunder storm. The rain
was greatly needed, for vegetation had
begun to Suffer greatly. The corn had
been shriveled and twisted by the intense
heat OF the past week, and the rain come
in the nick OF time to prevent consider
able damage to the crop. The heat has
been intense this week, the thermometer
ranging from 90 to 90 in the shade during
each afternoon. The shower yesterday
made it much cooler.
Messrs. Jos. B. Van Metre and James
NJ. Hendricks yesterday ins pected the
battlefield markers made by F. o. Trump
at Kearneysville, to be set up at various
points in Jefferson county, and found the
work almost finished. There are twenty
five of these monuments in all, made OF
white concrete, and they will be neat and
substantial memorials OF historic spots.
A meeting of the ConfederateS interested
in the placing OF these markers will be
held at the courthouse in Charles Town
next Thursday, August 4th, to make the
final arrangements for locating the memo
rails.
The harvest home" held annually by
the members OF the Mt Wesley IA. E.
Church during the paStthirty-SeVen years
will no longer be observed as a church
festival. Instead OF serving the people
of the community with dinner and supper
as heretofore, the affair will be made eX-
cluSively church gathering. The first
observance OF the "harvest home picnic"
will be held as usual on the first Thurs
day in August, the 4th, at the Morgan'S
Grove fair ground. All members OF the
Mt. Wesley M. E. Church and ofthe Sum
day school will be there with their baS-
ketS on that day.
The Norfolk & Western Railway is
making big improvement at is cross
ing of the Valley Branch OF the B. & ..
Railroad at Charles Town. 1t has large
force OF workmen engaged in putting in
tower with an interlocking plant and
safety device, having four home and four
distant signals, worked by electricity, at
distances OF 1900 to 2, 400 feet from the
crossing. The plant is to be complete,
up-to- date one in every particular, IN
tended both to ensure more perfect safety
and to facilitate the passage OF trains, and
when completed trains will not be re-
quired TO stop, as at present. unless there
is train approaching on the B. & o.
The other day tramp stopped at the
home of Henry Wilhelm, at Winebren-
ner's Cross Roads. and seeing Mrs. Will
helm at the door, said something 10 her
Mrs. Wilhelm is deaf, and not understand
ing what the man said, told him to wait
a minute until she returned. She went
into the house to get her ear trumpet, and
when she reappeared with the instrument
in her hand the tramp took one look and
fled. He had mistaken the ear trumpet,
for revolver. He ran at full speed down
the road until he got to safe distance,
when he stopped, shook his list at the
house, hurled maledctionS at Mrs. Will
helm, and again struck out for the rail-
road tracks.
The recital given in the college audi
forum last Wednesday night by Mrs.
C. w. Waddel Myrtle DeVene Shaw,
of Fairmont, w. Va, was one ofthe most
artistic and pleasing musical events that
our people have enjoyed in many years.
An exquisite voice carefully trained, an
attractive personality and most artistic
method combine TO render Mrs. Waddell
most charming musician, and she
delighted all who heard her. Her voice
is singularly sweet and sympathetic, and
under perfect control of one who has the
spirit and temperament OF the real must
clan. She fairly captivated her audience,
and all who heard her on Wednesday
hope that she will return to Shepherds
town.
The County BOARD of EQUALIZATION and