Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1911-05-25
LITTLE LOCALS.


herdstown, on Thursday and Friday,
June 9Th and 9th, beginning at I o'clock
a. m.
Mr.. H. L. Snyder announces the APP
preaching marriage of his daughter,
Louise Anna, to Mr.. Lawrence Lynch, of
New York. The wedding will take place
the l4th of June.
Mrs. r. c. Ringgold gave very de-
lightful afternoon tea as compliment to
Mrs. Edwin S. Jarrett Tuesday. The
guests were most charmingly entertained
at Bellevue by the popular hostess.
The closing exercises ofthe Shepherds
town Graded School will be held Friday
afternoon at 2 o'clock, when an interest
programme will be rendered by the pu-
pills. The public are invited to be pres
ent.
Editor c. S. Musser, of the Shepherds
town Independent, has been appointed
member of the board OF equalization and
review for Jefferson county. He sue
ceeds E. Rush Turner, whose term ex-
pires this year.
II is said that potato bugs, or Colorado
beetles, are more numerous this spring
than they have been for many years. c.
H. Moffett says that they watched him
where he planted his potatoes and then
sat around and waited until they came
up.
Roadmakers are busy in Jefferson colln-
ty just now, and the five stone crushers
are grinding up the rock by wholesale in
every district. At the present rate Of
progress every road in the county will
be macadamized within the next few
years.
A house belonging to L. D. Maddox,
near Uvilla, was destroyed by fire last
Thursday afternoon. The dwelling was
tenanted by Butler Engle, who was away
from home when the fire started from
spark falling from the chimney to the
shingIe roof.
Col. John T. McGraw, the eloquent
West Virginian who has so many friends
in this section, will address the Alumni
Association of Shepherd College on
Thursday night, June 9Th, at O'Clock, In
the College Auditorium. The public are
invited to attend.
T. L. Jeffords and H. L. Snyder, OF this
county, have been appointed by Cover
nor Glasscock as delegates from West
Virginia to the thirty eighth annual ses-
sion of the National Conference of Chari-
ties and Correction, which meets in Bos-
ton June 7th to l4th.
The Norfolk & Western Railway will
sell roundtrip tickets to Roanoke May
10Th to June lst, inclusive, on account of
the Sunday School Convention OF the Bal
timore Conference of the M. E. Church
South, which meets there May 3lst to
June I'd. The rate is one and three -fifths,
plus Is cents-a trifling reduction.
Mr.. Theo. F. Imbach, assistant hori-
culturist of the Experiment Station at
Morgantown, has been in this section the
past week looking after the apple or
ctlards and advising with the fruit grow
ers. Mr.. Imbach thinks that the value OF
Jefferson county as an apple-growing
section is not yet appreciated by our peo-
pie.
The firm of Thompson & Billmyer,
which for the past year or more has con-
Quoted general merchandise store at w.
P. Licklider's old stand in Shepherdstown,
has dissolved partnership. Mr.. Thomp-
son has bought Mr.. Billmyer's interest
and will continue the business at the old
stand, where he hopes TO have continu-
ance of the public patronage. Mr. Bill
myer has made no plans as to what
he will do.
The new ShepherdStown baseball team
expects to open the season at Martins
burg next Tuesday. The MatinSburg
papers seem to indicate that il is doubt
full if team will be maintained there, as
contributions tor its equipment and sup
port are very meagre so far. Our boys
will play Hagerstown here on Saturday,
June Sd. The game will be called at an
hour that will not interfere with the me-
mortal service.
Potomac Commandery, No. 5, Knights
Templar, of Charles Town, has accepted
an invitation from the local members to
hold session in Shepherdstown on SUM-
day evening, May 18th. The Command
cry will assemble in the lodge room here
at o'clock, and will march to the Epis-
copal Church, where service will be held
and a sermon preached by Rev. Mr.. Glib
bon, of Romney, w. Va. Prominent
members of the order from neighboring
towns are expected to attend.
Miss Hattie Barnhar, who has been in
poor health for some time past, was taken
to the hospital in Charles Town last week,
where surgical operation was performed
in the hope OF giving her permanent re-
lief. She is getting along very nicely
now, and her friends here hope that she
may be entirely restored. Mrs. Albin.
wife OF DR.. Albin, of Charles Town, form
erly Miss Gertie Show, OF Shepherds
town, was also taken TO the hospital last
week, where she had to undergo an OPP
Grafton for appendicitis. Shei now i'm
proving, though her condition for time
was critical.
John H. Fox, a well-known colored
man, died at his home near Bardane last
Friday night, after long illness, aged
IS years. He was perhaps the wealthiest
colored man in the county, owning