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With the heart Of hero to die.
$102 was realized by the Rector'i
Guild from the "Shad Supper" givel
last week at the Parish Building.
Past Sachems John I. Porterfield ant
e. M. Fidinger will represent Shenan
doah Tribe /. o. r. NJ, in the coming
Great Council to be held at Hinton
Mny IA and Is.
The Hannah property, near Wageley'l
Shop, was sold on Saturday last, BY
Forrest w. Brown and John T. Porter.
field. Special Commissioners. to join
r. Sagle, for $500.
Mrs. Reeves, wife of Rev. J. W.
Reeves, former pastor of Millville Cir
cult, IA. e. Church, South, in this coun-
ty, died at her home in Front Royal
last Tuesday. aged "a years.
Potomac Commandery Knights Temp
lar, of this place, which has severed
Shepherdstown members, will hold As
cension Day services in that place May
10, when sermon will be delivered by
Rev. DR.. Hacker. of Roanoke.
A barn raising took place on the farm
OF Huyett Bros, Wednesday. A new
barn 46x8O feet is being built in place
Of the one which was burned in Novem.
bsr, 1911. There were about seventy
Ave neighbors present to aid in the
raising.
On Memorial Day, Saturday. May Is,
sandwiches. coffee, ice cream and cake
win be served by the Ladies Aid So
ciety Of the Charles Town Baptist
Church in the Maxwell rooms recently
occupied by DIR. Bender. Also home
made cakes for sale.
The Wayerly Oil Works Co., lost a
small portion of its plant by fire last
week. and announces. however. that
their business will not be interrupted
in any way. and that they can fill all
Of their orders with their usual prompt
ness.
A m..pting Of the Committee to ar
!. ran e for the laying of the corner
stone of the Graded Sch oil building
was haId at til. Jeffe -son Club on Tues.
day evening. L. is anticipated that
this will he m ,de an occasion of great
interest to the people of the entire
county.
The town authorities had the bust
ness portion of Washington street
cleaned no Friday and Saturday and by
Monday the usla! quota of paper ETC.,
INSTRUCTED the cutters at frequent
I points A few arrests and fines would
probably cure this littering Of public
thorou ghfares to some extent, and
give our town better appearance in
the eyes of strang ers
The Degree Team Of Washington
Camp No 10. P. o. s. Of A. Of Cherries
Town. went to Rippon Wednesday night
and initiated sixteen candidates into
Washington Camp No. Al. P. 0. 5. of
Al. Of that place. After the initiati
refreshments were sumptuously served
Those who went from here were: e.
Hiney, DR.. T. A. Rsmey, J. w. john
son, N. s. J. Strider, DR.. j. M. RAN
son, John T. Porterfield and W. B.
DAVIS.
Massra, B. D. Gibson, John B. Braz-
Ter and William Campbell went to
Washington on Tuesday to assist in
comforting the Master Mason's degree
on Mr., Thomas a. Mullett, The cere-
mony was performed in the Masonic
Temple by Hiram Lodge A. E. & A.
M. Capt. Miles, son Of General Nelson
A. Miles received the degrees at the
same time, prior to his leaving for the
Philippines.
4 The Jefferson County Telephone Com
pany bought the McCann property
which was offered for sale. Saturday
by Special Commissioners appointed
by the court. The price was 1000
From the best sources it is understood
that the Telephone Company acquired
the building for the purpose of razing
the present structure and erecting on
the site handsome Office building. At
this time it is not satisfactorily settled
whether the proposed building win be
two or three stories in height, although
1t IL generally believed that it win be
three. Shepherdstoscn Independent.
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