Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1912-09-19
LITTLE LOCALS.

Mrs. Jacob S. Osbourn has our thanks
Tor some beautiful apples of the Wolf
River variety from Mr.. Osbourn,s orchard
southwest of town. They are large and
handsome, one weighing pound and
two ounces and another a pound and one
ounce.
The temperance people have arranged
Tor meeting in the town hall in this
place on Friday night, September 9th,
when addresses will be delivered by Rev.
b. w. Meeks and Mr.. Bender, of Mar
tnsourg. Keep in mind the date-further
notice next week.
The ladies of Elk Branch Presbyterian
Church will serve supper and refresh
ments on the church lawn at Dl,ffields on
Friday evening, September 10th, begin
ming at 5 O'Clock. Good chicken supper
for Is cents. Everybody invited 10 come
and helpa good cause.
Every voter who can do so is cordially
invited to attend the Democratic pole
raising at Shenandoah Junction on Sat-
urday OF this week at 2 o'clock. Ad-
dresses will be delivered by Hon. c. w.
Osenton. of Fayette county, and DR.. w.
W. Brown, of this county.
H. L. Snyder & Co. have for sale this
week comfortable little home and four
acres OF land two miles from Shepherds
town, small dwelling-house in town and
very desirable dwelling house on Pros
pect avenue. Also good farm of 100
acres. Inquire for particulars - prices
are right.
We are indebted to Robert L. Winter
meyer, who lives on w. P. Licklider's
farm near town, for basket of the finest
tomatoes that we have ever seen. The
largest weighed pound and a-half, and
the others were almost as large. And
they were as good to the taste as they
were pleasing to the eye.
Hon. w. X. Thompson, Democratic
candidate for Governor OF West Virginia,
and Hon. Thos. A. Bledsoe, Democratic
candidate for Attorney General, will ad-
dress the voters of Shepherdstown on
Friday afternoon, October 4th, at 2.30 p.
m, and at Charles Town on the same
day at 100 p. m. The public generally
are extended a cordial invitation to be
present.
Misses VanesSa and Octavia Triplett,
OF this place, are among the teachers. who
received No. | State certificates as the
result of the recent State examination,
the formers being an ungraded and the
latter graded certificate. We are in
formed that Miss Octavia is the youngest
teacher in the State holding No. GER
tificate by examination, she being but
eighteen years of age.
VanMetre Bros. and Geo. w. Billmyer,
who in partnership conducted the Nation
al Highway Garage the past year or two,
have dissolved their business relations.
VanMetre Bros, who own the garage,
will continue the business at the old stand
and will handle the Maxwell line OF au-
tomobiles. Mr.. Billmyer has gotten the
agency for the Overland cars for Jefferson
county and will push this lire. Note his
advertisement this week.
The entertainment advertised last Sat-
urday for the GreenSburg Church was
not held at that time, owing to the fact
that tine church Improvements had not
yet been completed. 1t will be held
Saturday evening of this week, Septem-
Der 2lst. The programme is an interest
lng one and will be rendered by the
young people OF that neighborhood.
Everybody is invited to attend and en-
Joy the entertainment, at the same time
helping along a good cause.
Mr.. William Douglas Crawford and
Mss Emily Alburtis Bishop, two youth
lul but we'll known residents of Martins
burg, gave real surprise to their friends
last Thursday by clipping TO Rockville, Nd,
where they were married by Rev. 5. K.
White. The groom is not quite l9 years
old, while the bride will not be IL until
some time next month. Both are mem-
bers of prominent families, the groom be-
ing son of w. H. Crawford, president
of the Crawford Wooden Company, while
the bride is daughter of Mrs. Frank E.
Wilson. Parental forgiveness was ex-
tended to the youthful couple when they
returned to MartinSburg.
On the first page Of the Register this
week will be found very interesting
article from the pen of Mrs. s'ary Bed
niger Mitchell concerning Shepherds
towns experiences duAing the battle OF
Antietam and the sanguinary fighting be-
fore and after that great combat. 1t is a
timely story, as the fiftieth anniversary
of the battle was day before yesterday.
There are still living here number OF
persons who will remember those fright
full scenes OF half century ago, and this
article will bring back many vivid recol-
lections. Mrs. Mitchell, the author OF
the article, was sister of Mrs. A. S. Dan
bridge, of this place. and lived here dur
ing the Civil War.
Mr.. q. w. Hoffman and his wife and
mother, of the Kearneysville neighoor-
hood, and Mr.. and Mrs. J. Mason Rush,
of Shepherdstown, had very delightful
automobile trip the past week in Mr..
Hoffman's car. They left here last
Thursday morning and went to Roanoke.
taking two days to make the trip OF some
225 miles. They left that city for home
on Monday, reaching here safely Tues
day afternoon. Their route was from
Shepherdstown to Berryville, to Win
chester, to Staunton, TO Lexington, and