Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1915-07-08
LITTLE LOCALS.

Morgan's Grove fair will be held Sep
TENDER 7, s, 9 and 10, 1915. 1t isn't too
early TO be preparing the exhibits for our
annual show, which is so enjoyable TO the
people. Boom it up
The National Highway Garage has sold
one OF the new 1916 Overland touring
cars 10 DIR. Clifford Sperow, OF Martins
burg. This car is very popular and seems
to be meeting general demand on the
part OF the people.
Peaches are on the market-it is said
that the crop will be large one this year
and thatthe truitpromisesto be exception
ally good. 10 L. Walper expects a crop
OF four or five hundred bushels, and Chas.
J. Miller, whose trees are pictures of
beauty, will also have a considerable
yield
Mr.. William Vickers, who lives north
OF town, was caller at the Register Of
flee on Monday. Mr.. Vickers is almost
"a years OF age, but he enjoys remark
ably good health and is hale and hearty,
though slightly handicapped in his &C
tivities because of a stiff leg, the result of
an accident some years ago.
The teachers institute for Jefferson
county will be held in Charles Town the
week beginning August %, with o. g.
Wilson, of Elkins, and H. E. Cooper, of
Bluefield, as instructors. The Berkeley
county institute will be held in Martins
burg, beginning August Both, with w. H.
S. White, of Piedmont, as instructor.
William Swope made master haul OF
carp in the river between the bridges at
this place yesterday morning. He caught
three big fish that aggregated in weight
81 pounds-weighing2 %, u and 26 pounds
respectively. He caught them all with
hook and line, using canned corn as bait.
One OF the fish contained Is pounds of
roe.
Jacob S. Osbourn, one of the prominent
apple growers OF this section, has bought
from Mrs. Virginia Harrison the stone
dwelling house on Main street at present
occupied by p N. Brilliant, and will
move to town next spring. He will make
extensive Improvements TO the dwelling
before occupying it. The price paid was
$2,4OO.
Mrs. Thos. c. Miller, who has been
a member of the faculty of Shepherd
College for several years, has resigned
as a teacher and will not fill position in
the school the coming year. Her health
has not been so good and she has de-
cided TO take a rest. Mrs. Miller has
gone TO her old home in Rogersville,
Tennessee, for the summer.
Work is being pushed along on c. N.
Writings new mill on Washington street.
| All of the concrete work has been COM
pleted-a tedious and vexatious job-and
now the carpenters are busy framing the
structure. The joists have been laid on
the first floor. and big lot of lumber is
on hand, so that the work may be pushed
to completion as speedily as possible.
II is feared that Thos. c. Myers, OF this
vicinity, will lose the sight OF one OF his
eyes as the result OF an accident several
weeks ago. He was driving nail when
bit OF iron flew from the head of the
nail and struck him in the eye, causing
severe injury. He has since been under
the treatment OF specialist, but there is
danger that he will not regain the sight
OF The eye.
Work was commenced yesterday on
the site of the Rumsey monument, with
Wm ] Bntner in charge OF the force that
will 30 tn preliminary work. The top
OF the bluff will be leveled and made
ready for the concrete work, which will
iorn a plaza forty feet square, and this
plaza will be enclosed with wall of ma
sonry. Mr.. Forbes will be here today TO
give his personal attention 10 The prelim-
mary work.
DR.. Frank Mcdaniel, OF Pennington
Institute, New Jersey, formerly of Shep-
herdstown, has declined the honor of the
presidency of West Virginia Wesleyan
College at Buckhannon, recently offered
him by the trustees, and has sent word
that he cannot accept The trustees o.
Pennington School refused TO accept DR..
McDaniePs resignation, and pressed him
40 hard TO remain with the school at this
particular period in its history that he
could not conScientiously leave. AL
though the call TO Wesleyan was much to
his taste, he has reluctantly given it up.
We hear continued objection TO the
early hour at which the street lights are
being extinguished-anywhere from 10
to Il O'Clock at night. Ii is certainly
reflection on the town TO have il plunged
in darkness before bedtime-to have the
lights on the streets 90 out before the
stores are closed. The taxpayers are
willing to pay for the lighting ofthe streets
and they are dissatisfied al the backwoodS
methods now in vogue. A gentleman
going for physician the other night be-
fore II O'Clock had to walk in utter dark
ness and painfully hurt himSelfby running
into projecting step.
Rev. ]. w. Ware received a cable
message on Friday last from his son,
| Prof. John N. Ware, stating that he was
now on his way TO the United States.
Prof. Ware sailed from New York on
Iune 18th for Amsterdam, it being his
intention to proceed TO Germany to marry
his fiancee, whose home is in Saxony.
No particulars were given in the cable
recently received, but it is thought that