Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1914-10-22
LITTLE LOCALS.

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for rs cents.
The Potomac Valley Round Table will
meet in Keyser October 3Oth and 3lst.
Prof. Thos. c. Miller, principal of Shep-
herd College, is on the programme for an
address on "Our Ability to Meet the
Needs of Rural School Conditions.
Misses Julia and KATHERINE Lyme gave
a most enjoyable reception at their home
near Sharpsburg last Friday night as a
compliment to Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Lyme,
OF this vicinity. A number of guests were
present from that neighborhood and from
the Virginia side OF the river, and all
were most delightfully."- entertained.
Mr.. Conrad R. Smith, of Charles Town,
and Miss Alice Freels, OF East st. Louis,
Illinois, were married last Wednesday at
the home OF the brides father, Judge J..
M. Freels. in the latter city. The cere-
mony was performed by Rev. Wilson
Aull, OF the Presbyterian Church. Mr..
and Mrs. Smith will reside in Charles
Town.
Although the frosts are being delayed
longerthan usualthis season, the leaves are
falling and autumn tints are appearing in
the woodland. The sugar naples have
lost most OF their leaves, and the walnuts
are entirely bare. The trees and shrub
berry that await frost before they lose
their leaves are still green and flourish
ing.
Invitations are out for the marriage Of
Miss Margaret Byrd Page Burwell, Of
Clarke county, Va, to Mr. Dudley Wood
worth Burchard, of Philadelphia. The
wedding will take place Wednesday
evening, November 18th, in the Episco-
pal Church at Wildwood. The bride-to-
be is sister of DR.. N. Burwell, of Shep-
herdstown.
Rev. Clinton Simonton, of Pine Bluff,
Arkansas, will deliver an address in the
interest of the Socialist movement Satur-
day night OF this week in the firemens
hall in Shepherdstown. He is said to be
very interesting speaker, and the public
are cordially invited 10 come and hear
him and learn something about the prin-
ciples which he advocates.
Charles H. Baird, an apple buyer from
Norfolk, Va, who has been purchasing
apples in this neighborhood, has gotten
into financial difficulty, and has thrown
up the contracts he had made with grow
ers here. We learn that he paid for ap
pies that had been already shipped, but
notified the persons with whom he dealt
that ne would not be able to meet further
obligations.
We have recently heard a good deal OF
complaint because of the early hour at
which our street lights are turned off at
night. They are sometimes turned off as
early as 10 O'Clock, while half-past ten
usually finds the streets in darkness. The
lights ought to be kept on until II O'Clock,
anyhow, if not until midnight. Visitors
to our town are having good deal OF
fun at our unusually early hour for going
to roost.
Mr.. George L. Rissler, one OF the old
est citizens of the Kabletown vicinity,
celebrated the S7th anniversary of his
birth on Sunday, October 18th, by hav-
ing few OF his relatives TO spend the
day with him. Mr.. Risslef's old age has
been remarkable in that he has been
comparatively free from sickness his en-
tire lie. His friends wish for him greater
length OF days with continued good
heaIth.-AdpOCate.
DR.. Harriet b. Jones, of Wheeling, is
in ShepherdStown today, and this morn
ing at IL o'clock addresses the students
OF Shepherd College on tuberculosis.
This Thursday evening at 7 O'Clock in
| the college auditorium she will deliver
public lecture on the same subject, to
which all the people OF the community
are cordially invited. Admission free.
Everyone who can possibly attend this
lecture should do so.
The insurance and real estate firm OF
| Moore & Moore, incorporated, OF Charles
Town, and Thomas r. Moore, a we'll
known resident Of that place, have gone
into bankruptcy, the preliminary papers
having been filed in the United States
Court. Announcement is made that the
business has been reorganized, and is
now under the management OF Mrs.
| Mabel c. Moore, trading as the Moore
Insurance and Realty Company.
Rev. q A. Gibbons, the venerable
rector OF the Episcopal Church OF Romney,
this State, was considerable bruised and
shaken up last Wednesday night when
he was thrown from buggy. Mr.. Glib
bons was going home with Mr.. A. S.
cambridge, when the buggy in which
they were driving ran upon rock and
tilted over, throwing the minister to the
ground. He felt so badly that he went
home the next day, and is now slowly
recovering from his injuries.
Judge Frank Beckwith and Rev. S. w.
Cole, of Charles Town. and Mr.. Nelson
r. Roberts, of Middeway, were in Shep-
herdstown Monday arranging the pro-
gramme, in conjunction with local Off
GERS, for the next meeting of the Jefferson
County Sunday School Convention, which
will be held in the Baptist church OF
Charles Town Thursday and Friday,
November 18th and 18th. Ii is antici-
pated that the convention will be more