Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1916-08-10
LITTLE LOCALS.


ed up with coat OF fresh paint, the art
lists being William Rutherford and Her
bert Rogers. The new paint makes a
decided improvement.
Mr.. William M. Shell and Miss Bessie
b. Stephens, both OF Shepherdstown,
were married in Charles Town last We'd
nesday. The ceremony was performed
by Rev. ]. S. Alfriend at the Episcopal
rectory.
The members of the Lutheran Church
and Sunday school will hold a picnic al
Morgan's Grove next Thursday, August
18th. II is for the afternoon, and those
who attend are requested to assemble
about one o'clock.
The board OF education OF Shepherds
town district met on Tuesday and fixed
the levy at % cents on the hundred dol
lars for the teachers fund and five cents
on the building fund. Last year the
teachers fund was 81 cents and the build
ing fund eight cents.
Mr.. William T. Kibler, an enterprising
young merchant OF Duffields, and Miss
Anna Amelia Ramey, daughter ofMr. and
Mrs. c. |. Ramey, of Charles Town dis
trict, were married Tuesday at the home
OF the brides parents. The ceremony
was performed by Rev. c. H. Cannon.
The Boy Scouts under the command of
Prof. D. Muldoon spent a day and a
night this week at Burnside Bridge along
the Antietam Creek, near Sharpsburg.
Reports are that they didn't sleep very
well, owing TO the fear that the ghosts Of
some OF those dead soldiers might come
prowling around.
Hon. James w. Collier, Member Of
Congress from Mississippi, will deliver
an address at the reunion of Jefferson
county ex-ConiederateS at the Charles
Town horse show grounds on Saturday,
August 10Th. Mr.. Collier is reputed to
be an accomplished orator, and veterans
as well as visitors may expect an unusual
treat at the reunion.
A very pleasant lawn fete was held
Tuesday evening at the home OF Mr.. and
Mrs. James Tabb, near Leetown, for the
benefit of the hospital in Charles Town.
A good supper was served and other re-
freShments were sold, realizing crafty
ing sum. II was delightful there on the
lawn in the cool ofthe evening, and many
persons enjoyed the affair.
The firm OF Willard & Moler, which for
some years past has conducted an extern
Sive general merchandise business at
Bakerton, this county, will dissolve part
nership. Preston S. Willard has bought
the interest OF Strider Moler in the store,
and will continue the business in his own
name. They are now taking stock pre-
paratory TO making the transfer.
Our baseball team went TO Hancock last
Thursday, where they had game with
those most active mountaineerS. 1t had
a sad ending, for the score was Is to 2
against Shepherdstown. We had a
number of good excuses for the defeat,
but these could not change the result. We
will play Brunswick here this Thursday
afternoon and the Marist College boys
Friday afternoon.
Helen q. Cook has been granted de-
cree of divorce from her husband, Clyde
r. Cook, OF this county, by the Circuit
Court OF Washington county, Md. The
defendant is to be charged with the main
tenance and support OF their child, Anna
Mae Cook. and to pay the costs of the
proceedings. The decree was signed
July 7th. The plaintiff has the privilege
TO resume her maiden name OF Helen q.
Lumm. Attorney, Omer 7. Kaylor.
Al meeting OF the town council Tues
day night the corporation levy for 1916
was fixed at IS cents on the hundred
dollars, the same as last year. The tram
chiSe for the water company was granted
IN accordance with the published terms,
but the electric light franchise was held
up in order that certain changes in its
provisions might be made. The changes
will doubtless be accepted by the COM
pany, when the franchise will be granted.
William Madden, a coIored boy ten
years old, son OF George Madden, was
instantly killed yesterday shortly after II
o'clock by being struck by the engine
drawing passenger train No. So on the b.
o. Railroad at Kearneysville. The boy
was standing on the railroad crossing,
when unseen and unheard the swift-mov-
ingtrain came along and struck him, throw
ing him distance OF some fifty feet. He
was dead when they picked him up, the
terrific impact of the blow having been
fatal.
Edward w. CARROT, who formerly con-
Quoted liquor saloon al Weverton, which
was closed by legislative enactment, has
filed an application TO open saloon near
Gapland. The people OF the vicinity
are up in arms against the proposed in
vasion OF their neighborhood by booze
Joint, and have filed protest against it.
Sixty-nine residents OF the community,
about all the citizens there are in the
neighborhood, have signed the protest,
and will make vigorous fight against it.
The matter will come up before Judge
Keedy on August 18th.
w. Edward Osbourn has gotten the
materials for the remodeling OF his resi-
dence on Sandy Ridge. New windows
and window frames will be put in, porches
will be built, new flooring put down, and
changes made both in the interior and ex-
terror. This house is among the Oldest
buildings in this section. II was built
about $50 wears ago, and is Solidly con-