Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1912-05-30
LITTLE LOCALS.

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business building to be erected by Judge
Beckwith in Charles Town. tits to have
store-rooms on the first floor, with office:
and flats in the upper stories.
Last Sunday scores of automobile:
passed through Shepherdstown, man,
tourists coming from other sections to en-
JOY the fine roads in Jefferson county
More than thirty cars passed over the
bridge across the Potomac river at this
place.
Confederate memorial day will be OBJ
served in Hsgerstown on Sunday, when
the usual impressive service will be held
in Rose Hill Cemetery at the Confederate
monument. The address will be de-
livered by Congressman John Lamb, OIL
Virginia.
Miss Turner and Miss Smith, of the
Shepherd College faculty, gave a tea in
honor of the Senior Class on Saturday
evening last at the home of Mrs. o. M.
Ruark. The class of 1912 is called the
"Smith- Turner Glass;" and the event was
highly appreciated by all its members.
A great deal of short-weight butter is
being brought into town, according to the
statement of merchants. Some prints
that are supposed to contain full pound
are short two or three ounces, and there
is general protest from persons who are
buying these dishonest "pounds."
Mrs. d. w. Border, of Charles Town,
well-known here, has suffered greatly
the past week or two from poisoning by
poison oak. Her hands were so ser
iouSly affected that she had to spend a
week in the hospital in Charles Town
under treatment. She is now improving.
Albert Bowling, former employee OF
the firm OF Knott & Moler, OF this county
and Washington, has brought suit against
the firm in the Washington courts, charg-
ing SANDER. The defendants admit max
ing the statement upon which the charge
of SANDER is based and claim they will be
able TO prove the truth of it.
A new barn 40 by 70 feet in size was
raised yesterday on q. w. Hoffman's
"Southwood" farm, several miles south
west of town. About a hundred men
assisted Contractor John Stanley and his
force OF workmen, and the frame was
gotten up in good order. Mrs. Hoffman
and her neighbors served bountiful re-
past.
Last week MesSrs. Jos. B. VanMetre,
Frank r. McQuilkin and George and
Harry Staley sold their wheat crops that
they had held over from last year. The
entire amount, some 2,400 bushels, was
bought by milling firm near Roanoke,
Va, at $l.23 buShel. This was prac-
tically all of last years crop that is left in
the hands OF the farmers of this vicinity.
Invitations are out for the marriage OF
Mr.. Samuel E. OSbourn, of Duffields,
this county, and Miss Mary Day Poore,
daughter OF Mr.. George Warren Poore,
OF WatertoWn, Massachusetts. The we'd
ding will take place on Tuesday u June 18th,
in the Congregational Church at Water
town. MIR. Osbourn is at present an in
Structor at Tome Institute, Port Deposit,
Md, and is son OF Mr.. and Mrs. James
B. OSbourn, OF this county.
Herbert H. Hartzell met with painful
accident last Thursday evening. He had
been working in the Hartzell gardens,
and, unhitchiug the horse at supper time,
Sprang on the animals back. He was a
Bit too active and went over the horse
headforemost. He struck heavily on his
lace and at the same time the horses
hooi struck him on the other cheek, giving
him Two Dad wounds. DR.. Burwell was
called in and found il necessary to put
Severa! stitches in the wounds.
A few weeks ago a fine new Knabe
grand piano was purchased by Shepherd
College. When the instrument reached
here it was seriously Eiarred because OF
faulty packing, the case being scratched
and punched by nails to such an extent
that Prof. Miller could not accept the in
strument. Tuesday the company sent a
new piano to take the place OF that which
had been damaged, and the college is
now rejoicing in the finest instrument
that if has ever owned. II has been
placed on the rostrum in the auditorium.
The wall spanning the town run where
il passes from the college grounds into
B. S. Pendleton's property is in dan
gerouS condition. The big stone carry
ing the wall over the run has cracked and
seems likely to break at any moment.
Prof. Miller has warned the college STU
dents not to 60 near the danger point,
and requests the boys OF the town and all
other persons to keep away from it until
it can be repaired. The wall has been
there for a great many years, but the
changing seasons have left their marks
uponit.
H. c. Marten will lay new concrete
pavement along the front of the old
Lutheran church, which he now owns,
and the Lutheran congregation will put a
pavement of the same sort along the
graveyard. This will be very desirable
improvement in sidewalks at that end OF
the town. Let us hope that our people
in general will keep the good sidewalks
movement in motion, especially as long
as there are any of those wretched old
stone pavement left. Our city fathers,
we trust, will continue their official &C