Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1912-06-06
LITTLE LOCALS,

which he raises.
Shepherd College won game of base
ball here last Saturday from the Haeers-
town Orioles by score of II TO a. The
game was remarkable for the number of
casualties. five or six of the players get
ting hurt in one way or another.
Leo Sullivan, the little nephew of E.
Z. Hertle, was playing on Princess street
Yesterday when the bakery team ran over
him. He got pretty bad cut on the side
OF his head, and this morning one eye is
swelled shut, but he will soon be all right
again.
The b. & o. Railroad has installed
electric lights in its station at Winchester.
But the wretched old shack at Shenan-
doah Junction is still feebly ilumined by
sinking coaloil lamps, notwithstanding
the fact that great electrical line is only
a few hundred yards away.
The class of 1905. Shepherd College
State Normal School, held very pleasant
reunion and banquet Tuesday night at
the Home Cafe. Those present were
Misses Alice Billmyer, Mary Pendleton
and Virginia Schley, and MessrS. George
b. Folk, Frank w. Myers Cleon S. Os-
bourn and Boyd Randall.
The splendid new concrete pavement
along the Main street front OF the old COL
lege property has been completed, and it
is an improvement that is enjoyed by the
people OF the entire community. The
stretch is some 200 feet long and is smooth
and solid and altogether fine. Let the
good work OF improved sidewalks keep
up. -
Rev. Henry r. Coleman, prominent
member OF the Masonic fraternity and an
author OF some note, will deliver an adj
dress in the hall OF Mt Nebo Lodge in
Shepherdstown on Saturday night, June
9Th, at 100 O'Clock. His lecture is en-
titled "FreemaSonry in the Holy Land"
and is said to be most interesting one.
All Master Masons are cordially invited
TO be present.
Dwight E. McQuilkin, formerly of
ShepherdStown, has been appointed prin-
cipal OF the City High School OF Roanoke,
Va, and ChaS. H. Remnant, also of this
place, has been appointed assistant prin-
Cipal OF the intermediate School in the
same city. Both are graduates Of Shop
herd College who have made good as
educators and have promising future in
their chosen profession.
Dickinson College, at Carlisle, Pa,
last week conferred the degree of Doctor
OF Divinity upon Rev. Frank Mcdaniel,
president of Pennington Seminary, New
Jersey. Rev. DIR. Mcdaniel is a former
resident of Shepherdstown, and is grad
uate OF Shepherd College, class of 1899.
He is making fine record as president
OF Pennington Seminary, and has just
completed a $1,000 gymnasium for that
institution.
Ii would be public benefit and real
blessing to those who use wheeled vehi-
cleS if our city fathers would relay those
street crossings that a few years ago
were put in without proper care, and
which have been nuisanceS ever since.
Some Of them are like mountain ridges
and others dre merely bitches. Why
not relay them IN the right way and so
rid ourselves of an annoyance The
cost would not be very great, and as
! Mayor Martin is a very handy man in
Sucn matters we are sure he could give
the town good job for small sum OF
money. Will not the street committee
look into the matter
AT meeting of number Of members
of the Henry Kyd Douglas Camp of Sons
Of Veterans held on Monday, the affairs
OF the camp were discussed, all obliga-
tons were paid, and arrangements made
to reorganize the camp. Next Tuesday
night, June It'll, a meeting will be held
in the graded school building at clock,
and all persons in this community who
are eligible TO membership are earnestly
urged to attended, members as well as
prospective new ones. This was once
very fourishing and useful camp, and it
is hoped to revive interest in it and make
it more prosperous than ever. Let ev-
erybody attend the meeting next Tuesday
night.
Clifton Entler, formerly of this place,
now OF Hagerstown, was in Shepherds
town last Saturday driving a big Everitt
automobile. During the afternoon he was
arrested for driving his car too swiftly
through Main street, which was crowded
with vehicles and other automobiles. He
was released on his promise to appear
before the mayor at $50 p. M, but when
that hour came he gatheredhiS party OF ball
players and broke the speed limit again
| in getting out of the towns jurisdiction.
Towns Sergeant Shipley telephonedtohave
him stopped at the bridge, but he beat
the telephone and before the message
was received he was over the hills and
far away.
The excellent order in Shepherdstown
last Observation-Disclosures memorial day
was an argument for temperance ana
sobriety. The town was filled with per-
sons from the country and neighoorlng
towns, but there was no disorder and ev-
erything was quiet and peaceful. Visit
ors from other sections were impressed
by the orderly conduct OF the large
crowds and the attentive interest shown
in the exercises, which was in such
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