Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1915-04-01
LITTLE LOCALS.

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and Mrs. {. J. Knott, OF this vicinity.
William LandeTS, a twelve year old
son of Eugene Landers, was killed last
fTlcay by being kicked by COLI on the
farm occupied by Joseph fnlts, near Al
orloge SIduon. Inc lad, VINO worked
Tor mr.. FnltS, was Killed almost Instant
ly. He was buried at Miudlewdy on Sun
Gay.
Sheriff Gardner has made requisition
upon lhe Stale treasurer and In lew
days expects 10 receive The amount that
! Jefferson county Will receive as lis share
Oh lakes lIom tie pubic service corpora
lions that own property III this County.
| | ne Total Is SZy, 9oo, Which Is appncaUle
10 genSIal county purposes.
We Call especial attention 10 the adver-
tlSemenl this week OF /. b. Line, tne
onepneTuSlOWn Clolher and iuInlSher.
lie Is showing his spring line OF SulIS,
Halls aud h. orTddSheGy, aud has a very
attractive stock from which you MAY
Make SELECTION. He is Making special
feature OF The famous "SIyplepluS" sulls
al SlI. ASK 10 see Inem.
Mrs. Jacob DusIng and Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles UGdce were Oddly poisoned Tues
Gay when they d,e some wild parSulpS
mat HAD been Inadvertently used Win
horse rddlSh. The poisonous hero was
mistaken Tor the horse radsh, and those
VINO ale OF 1t became Violently Ill. They
were IN Critical condition Tor a Time,
but DIR. burWrll relieved them anu they
are now out OF danger.
The music pupils of Mss Merrells, OF
shepherd College, Will give recital in
Inc Oud Fellows nall al Shenandoah juno
lion Friday evening, Aprl GIN, when an
attractive programme Will Oe rendered.
| BESIDES the plano numbers, there will Oe
vocal solos ana choruSeS by The gins
| glee Clue. he proceeds are Tor d guUo
Cause and the public are invited 10 dllend.
"A Sueil piano viii be used.
Mrs. Bette RouSS, OF Charles Town
| district, has illeu papers in The Office OF
The Clerk ot The Jefferson County Court,
GenounClng The viii VI her late husband,
| " illlam W. RouSS. Mr.. RouSS made d
viii IN which he divided up his large eS
tale, Out MIS-. ROu,S has decided 10 take,
IN preference 10 what was gwen her IN
the VIII, the share OF the property thai
would come 10 her naturally under the
law.
Mr.. A. q. Alder, of Baltimore, is in
| ShepheIdSIoWn This week III the interest
VI Inc proposed WdterwOrkS, and is en-
gagged IN making layout VI The SYSTEM
Tor the town, preparatory 10 making up
estimates and receiving bids. He is dlSU
| figuring on the construction OF the Gam
anu power plant dt the Antlelam creek
| where 1t empueS into The Potomac, eaSl
vi town. LetuS all hope that the enter
Prise may soon assume tangible shape.
Geo. d. Moore, OF Charles Town,
| prosecuting attorney tor Jefferson county,
| IS announced Tor Lecture IN the Shep-
| nero College auditorium On Thursday
evening, April l5lh. HlS subject Will be
line lrldi Of Jesus from Lawyers
| Standpoint" ahu we have no doubt IL
viii DC interesting and instructive. Mr..
| Moore has gwen much study and research
10 this subject, and his lecture viii BE-
worth hearing.
Winter continues 10 linger in tile lap Of
spring IN the most ScanddlOuS manner
here hasn't been one warm day since
| spnug began. Every night the past week
| =
mercury was down 10 "A degrees. he
| bright sunshine has been offset by Chilly
| oTeeZeS from Inc north, dnd vegetation Is
out very backward. Inc one consolation
VI the unreasonable weather Is that II Is
keeping the irult buds back, and So prom
lSlng freedom from iroStS.
| Albert SeCrlSt, a fireman on the second
| division OF the b. d y. Railroad, was
| Nled m horrible manner last Monday
| evening ~ rom VI the station III Harper
| Ferry. He hdu been IN Frederick, dno
Wsa standing near the station when he
| turned and walked directly III front OF
| lJaI ueIght. Ills brains were dashed Out
| ead one arm was Torn from It's socket
| 5syust, VINO was 70 years Olu, had been
| uvmE 10 Harper'S Ferry Tor several ears.
! lie Is survived Oy his wife, who was d
| Mss Cook.
Miss L4vinia Epgle, daughter OF James
| Il. Englc Ot Washington Cly, formerly
II Ills county, is recovering from four
weeks spell OftyphOld tever al the Bergen
odullarIum, Jersey City, n. =, anu IS eX-
| peeled home TINS week. Miss Engle,
IKE her mother, IS a Jealous speaker III
Inc cause OF woman suffrage, and has
Jeen organizing cluUS anu delivering ao-
| dresses Inthe south and West. Al Joplin,
Mo-, the superintendent OF lead and zinc
nine said, Our men are working 200
,eet under ground. Doyou want 10 Speah
to them ?" yes, Certainly" she SAID
50 down they went in bucket and she
talked to The men unll they Cheered heI
| and promised 10 vote hight. The 81
| LOUIS Republic gave whole page IN lis
sunday edition 10 Miss Enge and pub
| nShed her photograph. She IS dong
| splendid Work Tor the suffrage cause.
The WomanS Christian Temperance
| Union OF Harper'S Ferry and Bolivar
| neld its gold medal defamation contest
| last Friday night in the auditorium Of the
| high School, when very attractive pro-
! grdmme was rendered. The JUDGES were
| Prot. Tingley and Mss MerrellS, of Shep-
nerd College, and Il. L. Snyder, all ot
| ,hspherdStoWn. The SIX contestants
were all more than ordinarily merltonouS,
ana the Judges were puzzled TO dIScrIm-
| mate. The gold medal, however, WAS
awarded TO Mss Irene GOlIlddy, Of
Charles Town, who reclted with much
ieelIng, The Ship Went Down" Amer
The contest the visitors ana participants
| dUu lHSlHOSIS vi hiS u"iOi wiz N"'N'
tanned al pleasant reception. A feature
of the evenings entertainment was the
excellent singing OF the Bolivar Glee
Clu0, composed Of MessrS. Baden, Cav
aier and Loman.
Misses Bette and Katie Sheetz have
had d new fence erected along the King
street side OF their property. And this
calls attention to the ience which divides
Their lot from the McChan property-a
TerCe which, we suspect, is like no other
in this country, in that 1t is composed OF
walnut gun stocks. The late William
oheetz, who was gunmaker IN Shop
herdstown many years ago, was also a
contractor in d way, and furnished wal
nut GUN stocks in quantities for the gov
! ernnent armory al Hdrper'S Ferry, where