Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1914-03-05
LITTLE LOCALS.

1 49, So'e out w wi. wi. jenkins rev
nohinS ago, Will have sale of household
goods on March 10Th, and will move to
Waynesboro, Pa, with his family. Mr..
Petrle had expected to move to Florida,
OUT has gwen that up for the present.
| Mrs. Sallie c. Staley, wife of VIM. H.
Staley, OF Bel Air, Md, formerly OF Shep-
herdstown, was operated upon recently
at Johns Hopkins Hospital, in Baltimore
Tor iumor Of the stomach. The opera
lion was success, large tumor, weigh
ing ten and a-half pounds, being removed.
Mrs. Staley is now at home and is doing
well.
Joseph L. Cookus's faithful old driving
horse, "BeSS", died last Monoay at the
advanced age of "a years and 10 months
She had seemed all right on Sunday and
had eaten her full rationS Sunday evening
but next morning she was found dead in
her stall. She was given decent burial
next day. MIR. Cookus had raised the
animal from colt.
Two suits for divorce have been enter
ed in the Berkeley Circuit Court at Mar
tinSburg. Mrs. Anna May Strong asks
Tor legal separation from her husband,
| J. w. Stewart Strong, a well-known resi-
dent OF lnwood; and Charles w. Kilbourn,
president of the interviewer Mills Com
pany, sues Tor divorce from his wife,
Mrs. Wilhelmina Kilbourn.
Bowman VanMetre has moved from the
Chapine building on Main street to Thos.
r. JoneS'S farm, west OF town, and will
farm the place the ensuing year. ARM
| strong Jones, who has been on the farm
Tor several years, has moved to the Well
ShanS farm near Vanclevesville, succeed
ing John ByerS, who moves TO his new
house on the Small farm in Berkeley
| county.
Charles Mullkin, well-known horse
man OF Clarke county, was stricken with
| paralysis last Saturday afternoon on a
b. q y. train near Shenandoah Junction.
He was placed on Norfolk & Western
train and taken home, and late Saturday
| night suffered second stroke, since
which time he has been in Semi-con-
sclouS condition. There is very little
hope OF his recovery.
TONY, the Convict" a thrilling mel
odrama, was played in the firemen'S hall
last night by company of Harper'S Fer
ry amateurs, anu was enjoyed and ap-
plauded by large audience. The per-
formers acted their parts with much eX-
preston, and showed evidence of real
talent in their rendition OF the characters
they portrayed. In the cast were several
former students OF Shepherd College.
One of the Registers good friends
an eStimable country woman-putS 10 us
this pertinent query: why urge the
farmers and others TO feed the birds and
prevent them from starving, when at the
same time State and county officials are
trying to make us cut down all the cedar
trees and thus deprive them OF the shelter
necessary to keep them from freezing to
death or to protect them from their nat
ural enemies Pr
Rev. DR.. A. B. Station, an eminent
minister of HagerStoWn, will deliver an
address to the Adult Bible Class Fedora
ton Friday evening at 8 O'Clock in the
college auditorium. The people of the
community generally are cordially invited
TO hear this address, and Sunday school
teachers and adult scholars are especially
urged TO be present. DR.. Station is
most attractive and interesting speaker,
| dIlu GNSl1UOuy oilOulN llSdl MN vi tiiio
occasion. Admission free.
The annual corporation election for
mayor, recorder and five Councilmen will
| be held in ShepherdStoWn next Monday.
| The vote will be light one, as great
many persons failed TO qualify by paying
| their head tax. Hardly any OF the color
| ed voters have their tax paid. In &C
cordance with the desire OF many voters,
we publish ticket in another column
| the present town officials who have
| served the people so acceptably the past
year and who are so worthy otTe-electlon.
There will be an interesting sale in the
| new ilremen'S hall in ShepherdStoWn on
| Friday, March 10th, when one OF the
finest selections of antique furniture ever
seen in this section will be offered to the
highest BIDDER. Most OF the furniture
offered will be refinshed and and ready
for The hCme, as the parties making the
sale were formerly in the antique bust
ness. There will be sold al the same time
a number OF tapestries and Shakesperean
engravingS. Advertisement in the Reg
lister next week.
In Martinsburg last Saturday meeting
vi a
and other persons interested was held to
express opposition 10 the cedar rust
law enacted at the last session OF the
Legislature, and it was determined, to
resist it vigorously and demand its repeal.
Among those who were active in the
meeting were A. q. Legg, n. Willis
Busey, Bruce Mcdonald, Col. John Z.
Boyd, w. E. Outcalt, James B. Fisher,
Capt. w. B. Colston, Harry Miller, 5. 5.
Cline, c. X. Tlce, Geo. S. RouSh, W:
n. Kilmer. Another meeting will be held
Saturday.
Fonence's Concert Quartette will give
an entertainment in the new flremen's
hall Saturday evening OF this week at S.l5
O'Clock. The members OF this company
are: Mr.. Lee Jerks, vloliniSt; Miss Lou
McFall, soprano; Miss Florence Mac
Afee, reader; and Miss Gertrude Mer-
sereau, pianist. We are informed by
those who have heard these artists that
they give most delightful performance,
being much above the average as must
clans and entertainers. They shI uld have
a crowded house. The admission Will
be Is cents, reserved seats IS cents. The
net proceeds are for the benefit OF the
fire department, so everybody should
help this good cause.
The Knott Estate Settled.
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