Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1911-01-05
LITTLE LOCALS.

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of town, is the proud father of a fine boy
that arrived last Saturday night-a thir-
teen-pounder. The new member OF the
family is No. 10, five boys and five girls
making a nice balance.
Chas. T. Nichols, who lives southeast
Of town, was among recent callers at the
Register office. He was limiting around
for a little meat of some sort, having lost
all his bacon the past fall. Twenty-Five
hogs that he was fattening died, leaving
one solitary porker as meat supply for
| the year.
AT the poultry show in Martinsburg last
week Prof. J. D. Muldoon, OF Shepherds
town, won first premiums on rose-comb
brown Leghorns and single-comb white
Plymouth Rocks. w. B. Licklider, OF
Kearneysville, won on buff Orpingtons,
and ]. c. Bitner and Miss Blanche Bitner,
of Kearneysvllle, won on buff Plymouth
Rocks, buff Orpingtons and white Leg
! horns.
Week OF Prayer services have been
held each evening this week in the
| Southern Methodist Church, the several
ministers OF the town participating, with
a sermon each night. Service will be
held the remainder of the week, except
Saturday, in the same church, and will
conclude with union meeting in the Re-
formed Church Sunday night.
Rev. Joseph E. Guy, formerly pastor
OF the Reformed Church of Shepherds
town, but for several years in charge OF
the church at Danvile, Pa, has been
elected pastor OF the Reformed Church at
Merchandising, Pa, near Harrisburg. II
is expected that he will accept the call
and take up the work in the near future.
The Christmas holidays recently ended
were perhaps the quiettst known here in
many years. While there were number
OF pleasant social functions OF private
character, there was no public entertain
ment such as we usually have about
Christmas time. The order in the town
was very good, there being only one ar
rest during the holiday time.
The real estate records of Washington
City show that James NJ. Engle, of the
Treasury Department, formerly Of this
county. has bought twelve-room house
near Fourteenth and Corcoran streets for
s. 900, and another at 18th and U streets
for similar sum. These properties were
bought as an investment, as Mr.. Engle
has five-acre country home eight miles
out on the electric railroad.
Owens & Miller wish TO invite the Deo-
pie OF this and adjacent communities to
make themselves at home in their store
while in town. AM parcels or packages
may be left at their store and the greatest
care will be taken OF them, no matter
whether you are customer or not. Ma
ny packages are stolen by being left in
wagons and buggies, so don't fail to make
our store youf home when in town. Ow-
ems & Miller.
The Register has received some very
handsome and useful calendars this week,
among them a particularly large and
handsome one from Washington, Alexan-
der and Cooke, insurance agents, Charles
Town; another very useful one from Har-
riSon Schley, the Shepherdstown inSur-
ance man; a beauty from the Farmers
Bank of ShepherdStown, and others from
Druggist J. H. Hill and the Norfolk &
Western Railway.
Rev. Frank Mcdaniel, who for the past
two years has been editor of the Lake
wood Times and Journal, has been elect
ed president OF Pennington Seminary, at
Pennington, New Jersey. He entered
upon his duties January Sd. Pennington
seminary is Methodist school for boys
! 2ev. MIR Mcdaniel, who formerly reSid-
ID in ShepherdStown, is graduate OF
Shepherd College, Dickinson College and
Drew Theological Seminary.
There have been several deaths from
Iiphtheria in the county within the past
ouple of weeks. A twelve-year-o
son of Charles Willard. who lives on
Hockey Lane, south OF town, died from
the disease, as did also fourteen-year-
bid daughter OF J. w. Peck in Charles
Town, and Raleigh. the -year-old son
If Mr.. and Mrs. Robert W. Cleudenning,
IF Hardwood" near Leetown.
Our friend DR.. D. w. Border, OF Kear-
1eySville, who is spending the winter in
Charles Town, in renewing his SubScrip-
ton to the Register sends us cordial new
wear greetings that we appreciate greatly.
DR.. Border says that he was taught to
read when he was seven years OF age.
md for "a years he has been constant
reader OF this paper. II is the common
dation of such friends as he that makes
bright spots in the editors life.
John Lamb, Shepherdstown's cheerful
blind man, has added another year to his
record as a member of the Lutheran Sum-
day school. He began his attendance
upon this school twenty years ago, and
has never missed roll-call once in all the
time that has elapsed. Although totally
blind and often without leader, he h as
never failed to find his way to Sunday
school, and is as attentive as he is pune
tual. Mr.. Lamb is one OF our most re-
Spected citizens, and is deserving of the
many sincere friends who hold him in
such high regard.
In the annual Christmas box which was
sent from Wild Goose Farm by Mrs. R.