Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1914-10-29
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The Grand Lodge OF Independent Or
der of Odd Fellows of West Virginia, in
forty ninth annual session at Clarksburg,
elected officers as follows: DR.. A. L.
Ash, OF Williamstown, grand master; w.
F. fiollister, of .Cowen, deputy grand
master; A. ]. Wilkinson, OF Huntington,
grand secretary; George c. Stout, Of
Parkersburg, grand treasurer; IL. Simp-
SON and E. ]. Davies, of Huntington,
grand representatives. The next annual
session will be held at Morgantown.
The Supreme Court of the United
States has extended the time in which
Special Master Charles E. Littlefield is to
make his report on the recent additional
hearings on the Virginia debt case. The
hearings at Richmond took so much time
and brought out so much new material
that he was unable to complete his re-
port by the second Monday in October,
so the extension was granted. Argu-
ments will be made before Mr.. Little.
field in New York City, beginning this
week, and his report will be made as
soon as possible after the conclusion OF
the arguments.
AT a meeting held at the Church OF the
Brethren, at the Manor, near SharpSburg,
on October Is, it was decided to reopen
the meeting house on the Antietam battle
field on November %, when services
will be held at 10 a. m, conducted by
Rev. Harvey Martin. The church will
be open for service every four weeks.
II was decided TO close the church TOR
services at meeting held at the Manor
on March 26, 1913, and no services have
been held in the church since that time.
This church, which is known as the
Dunkard Church, is the one in which the
Washington County Historical Society
has been interested, it being desired to
have If purchased by the government and
preserved for historic value in connection
with the battle OF Antietam. Should any
change be made in this respect the Church
OF the Brethren will discontinue the ser
vices, but it is the intention to use the
edifice as place OF worship as long as
possible, and prevent its reverSion 10 the
Mumma heirs.
Capt. Robert E. Lee, youngest son OF
the famous Confederate general, died
Monday night at his summer home,
Noedly, near Upperville, Fauquler coun-
ty, Virginia. He was the last of General
Lees sons, his brother, Gen. George
Washington Gusts Lee, having died sew
eral years ago. Although he had been
in declining health for some years, his
final illness developed only in the last ten
days. Captain Lee earned his military
title in the Civil War. He enlisted at the
outbreak OF the conflict in The Rockbridge
Artillery as private and served continu-
ously until the end, leaving the army as
captain of artillery, attached to the staff OF
his brother, Gen. W. H. F. Lee. Cap
tain Lee was educated in private schools
and at the university OF Virginia. He was
of a retiring disposition and after the war
engaged in farming. He also devoted |
much of his time TO literature, and his
book, "Recollections and Letters OF Gen. |
Robert E. Lee" is found in nearly every
Southern library. Captain Lee was born
at Arlington on October q, l843. He
was, therefore, nearly II years of age. !
He is survived by his widow, who was
Miss Juliet Carter, of Pampatike, Va;
two daughters, Anne Carter Lee and Mary
Gusts Lee, and one sister, Miss Mary
Gusts Lee. Col. Robert E. Lee, son
Of Gen. w. H. F. Lee, who lives at Fair
fax Courthouse and maintains offices in
Washington, is nephew.