Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1913-08-28
LITTLE LOCALS.

| f"N'e SohSSt III l9lL, has
oeen appointed principal of the public
school at Burton, w. Va.
The store room in E. H. Remnants
new building has been completed and
Reinhart Bros. store has been moved
into it from the Chapline building.
MIR. and Mrs. B. S. Pendletou announce
The engagement of their daughter, MARY
Rickard, to Mr.. Charles A. Pearson, OF
bluefeld, w. Va. The wedding will take
place early in October.
Go to Owens & Miller's for your toilet
goods and you'll surely be satisfied
Fresh up-to-date shipments, latest odors
and style. 1t will pay you to look over
this line before going elsewhere.
The checks with which the Norfolk
and Western Railway Company pays off
its employees have printed across them
IN red ink the admonition, Remember,
it is better to be careful than to be Grip
Pied"
DIR. and Mrs. Nathaniel Burwell gave a
very enjoyable party last Thursday even
ming for their daughter, Rose Maria, GEL
ebrating her third birthday. Quite a
number OF her little friends were gather
ed together on the occasion.
The new Masonic building is being
pushed rapidly TO completion. Almost
all the brickwork is finished and the
whole structure will be under roof in a
few days. The building promises to be
very handsome one and credit to the
town.
The river is exceptionally low and
clear, and the bass have been very slow
to take any kind of bait. Very few nice
ones have been caught for the past sew
eral weeks. A number of good strings
of sun-fish have been landed in the past
few days.
Mr.. Brison E. Kimble, aformer student
at Shepherd College and graduate of
the class of 1909, was married last week
TO Miss Protzman, of Morgantown, w.
Va. Mr.. Kimbie has been principal Of
one of the public schools of Morgantown
for several years.
The festival of Greensburg United
Brethren church is being held tonight
and will continue tomorrow night.
Through an error it was advertised for
Friday and Saturday nights instead OF
Thursday and Friday nights. Supper
starts at five O'Clock.
The always popular and enjoyable
Winchester fair will be held September
9, 10, II and II. The managers of the
fair are arranging for many new features
OF interest, including maneuverS by U.
S. cavalry troops, and there will be at
fractions OF every sort for visitors.
The program OF the Charles Town
Chautauqua Association, which will COM
mence at Charles Town on September
Is, has been issued. twill be conducted
by the ChautauQua Association Of Penn
sylvania and will consist OF 81 events.
On September II United States Senator
Thomas p. Gore, of Oklahoma, will deliv-
er lecture.
Word has been received that Mayor
Newton Baker, of Cleveland, Ohio. has
been nominated by the Democrats OF his
adopted CITY as their candidate for mayor.
Mavor Baker has made worthy Success
or to the late Thomas L. Johnson, and
so well pleased is his party with his ad-
mi.i,tratiun ;.st ne was asked to make
another race.
!ienry :. Baker, OF Washington, form
er!y of Shepherdstown. was yesterday
nominated by President Wilson to be a
member Ct the excise board OF the Dis
trict OF Columbia. This is an important
office, and Mr.. Bakers friends here con-
graduate him upon his appointment. He
moved from ShepherdStown to wash
ington nine or ten years ago.
Major Hugh 7. Downing, OF Philadel-
phia, has been in town this week con-
ferring with interested parties in regard
| to the installation of syytem OF water
works. He has been looking over the
situation, and hopes to be able in the
| near future to submit plan which will
ultimately lead to the establishment OF
waterworks here. We very sincerely
hope that this proposition may become
reality.
The open-air services have become
very popular in Shepherdstown. Every
Sunday evening large number OF per-
sons attend and enjoy the service. Rev.
Up. Feltner delivered the sermon last
Sunday evening to the largest audience
which has yet attened. Every available
seat was occupied and numbers were
seated on the wall and on the lawn.
These services have certainly been very
successful and it might be good plan to
extend them.
Mrs. Ella Fleming, OF Middleway, was
rather seriously hurt one day last week.
She was cleaning out drawer in the
kitchen safe, and all the refuse she gather
ed I'D she threw into the stove. Among
the rubbish were some dynamite caps,
and almost instantly the top OF the stove
was blown off, pieces of iron flying in
every direction, some OF which struck
Mrs. Fleming. A doctor was quickly
called from Charles Town and rendered