Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1913-07-31

| Ioihier onern 4. ID. WySong has
made settlement with the County Court.
Ills accounts were all in excellent order
and the settlement was entirely satisfac-
tory to the court.
This morning l66 tickets were sold at
Shepherdstown for Pen Mar. What
wonder it is that the railroad does. not
give the people opportunity to visit this
popular resort more frequently.
The National Guard of the District of
Columbia will go into camp at Harper's
Ferry on Monday next, August 4th, and
remain until August 18th. A large num-
Der of soldiers will be encamped.
The river has beenvery clear the past
week, and some days the bass have bit
well-some days not. Geo. T. Hodges
caught fine string last Saturday, among
them being one That weighed three and
three-quarter pounds.
The annual reunion of Odd Fellows at
Pen-Mar. will be held on Thursday,
August 7th, and an interesting programme
has been prepared. All of the railroads
OF this section will run excursion trains
except the Norfolk & Western.
Raymond Chapline, FAN efficient hepler
in the Shepherdstown postoffice, has
gone to Charles Town. and will substi-
tute for the postoffice clerks there for a
month or two. Charles Waldeck is fill
ing his place in our postoffice.
The annual harvest home festival of
Mt. Wesley M. E. Church will be held
on Saturday, August 10th, at the home OF
Harry Whiting at Billmyer's Mill. Sup
per will be served, beginning at O. clock,
and seasonable refreshments will be sold.
Joseph E. Byers has contracted with
Show and Starry to build him a new
house on his farm along the Kearneys-
vile pike. The old dwelling will be
moved from its present site and part of it
will be retained as an addition to the new
structure.
The board OF equalization and review
for Jefferson county has completed its re-
view OF the assessment OF real estate in
the county. with gain of $l60,2ll. The
assessed value of the realty Of the county
in 1912 was $S,097 ,3S0-this year is is
$685., 59l.
Work has been resumed on the fire.
mems building, carload OF lumber on
which the carpenters were waiting hav-
ing been received on Tuesday. The
work will now be pushed steadily along,
and if is hoped TO soon have the building
under roof
John w. Stipp, who lives at the east
ern edge OF town, was pretty badly hurt
Tuesday morning, when his horse kicked
him heavy blow in the side, near the
heart, fracturing several ribs and bruiS-
ing him most painfully. DR.. John L.
Myers gave him surgical attention.
The Norfolk & Western Railway will
run an excursion from Hagerstown and
intermediate stations to Luray Caverns
on Wednesday, August 18th. The spe-
cial train will leave Shepherdstwn at 9.Q
a. M, and returning leave Luray at p.
m. Fare for the round trip will be 81 80.
Admission to the caverns will be so cents
extra.
Miss Sallie Page Andrews, who has
been in the hospital in Charles Town for
several weeks, undergoing treatment for
All infected finger, has been suffering
good deal the past week. II is expected
| that an operation will have TO be per-
formed Oh the finger this week, which
will deprive her OF the use of her hand
for some Time.
Backward, turn backward, oh time in
your flight; give us a girl whose skirts
are nottight; give us girl whose charms,
many or few, are not exposed by too
much peek-a-boo; give us girl, no
matter what age, who won't use the
streets as a vaudeville stage; give us a
girl not too sharply in view dress her
in skirts that the sun can't shine through.
| Yesterday evening an inquisitive young
country rabbit came to town, and was
| soon in lot of trouble. II started on
sightseeing trip down Main street, but
boys and dogs soon had it going so fast
it didn't have much opportunity for OBJ
Servation. II was good runner, but it
wasted so much time in zjgzagging and
lodging that it became exhausted and
was caught by Willis Crowl, who corner
ed it at Hills drug store.
A good rain is very greatly needed in
this section, and if il doesn't soon come
there will be much damage to the corn
crop, which has been flourshing nicely
up to this time. Each afternoon this
week rain clouds have gathered in the
West, with every indication of refreshing
showers, but they have dispersed with
only forty drops or so. The weather has
been intensely hot this week, the Their
mometer having lowered around 70 IN
the shade each afternoon.
The thirty-sixth annual temperance and
gospel meeting of the Prohibition and
Evangelical Association of Loudoun coun-
ty, Va, will be held at Purcellville Au-
gust 9TH TO 18th, inclusive. Speakers OF
national reputation will be in attendance,
among them being Vice-PreSident Mar
shall, Hon. Eugene w. Chain, Governor
Mann, OF Virginia, and others. Soloists
and musical organizations will make this
feature OF the programme up to the usual
standard.
The first exhibition OF the Charles