Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1917-08-23
LITTLE LOCALS.

CAMPUS VIII OSSiH al OLA " SiOSN Ouhuoj
evening, on account OF the shortening
OF the evenings.
The family of Mrs. VIM. L. Reinhar
wish to express heartfelt thanks to the
many friends who were so kind and
helpful in their recent eavcTcnt, and
to thank them especially for tie flora
tributes which were so many and SO
touchngly beautiful.
A. Garland Alder, OF BrunsV lex, has
sailed for France, and will shortly be in
charge OF construction work OF piers and
docks on the other side. Mr.. Alder,
who is well-known here, having done
the engineering work for the water COM
pany, is the first man from the Bruins
wick community 10 90 10 France.
The annual horse show at Charles
Town will be held next Tuesday and
Wednesday. August 18th and och. There
will be good programme and line ex-
hibit oil horses. Prizes aggregating 500
will be given for the best ionr-horse
teams. The 800 to be given by Senator
Carlin will also be competed Tor at this
show.
The junior editor is at the helm this
week while the boss is taking trip 10
Madison, Va, and we will ADM! that the
paper is not quite up 10 standard, but
news is just so scarce that we are thank
full TO get the paper out at all. We hope,
too, that he will soon return, for we are
not much stuck on this Job OF editing the
paper.
Lieutenant William D. Hines, who has
been in training in the Officers Reserve
camp at Fort Benjamin Harrison. Ind, is
in Shepherdstown for few Gays. He
has orders 10 report al Fort Logan at
Chillicothe, Ohio, on August Doth, at
which time he will enter upon his duties
OF helping 10 train the new army that is
being selected for the United States.
N. ]. S. Strider & Son, undeltakers in
Charles Town, have recently gotten a
new automobile hearSe, having been
delivered 10 them a week or Two ago.
The machine was built by the Rock
Falls Mig. Co., OF Sterling, ILL.,, and is
very beautiful one. II is painted a light
grey, and has with all the modem equip
ment. The interior is finished in walnut.
The County Board of Health OF Jeffer-
son county has established quarantine
against all those sections OF Virginia in
which infantlle paralysis prevails. Des-
pite precautions, the disease is still
spreading in Rockingham, Page and War
rem counties. There have been perhaps
seventy cases in all and about fifteen
deaths in those sections. The nearest
case TO Jefferson county is at Front
Royal, some thirty miles away.
Acting Postmaster John c. Reinhart
asks us 10 say that the people OF this COM
munity are urged to send magazines OF
various sorts to the soldiers in camp, who
will find so much pleasure in reading
them. II you have any interesting mag
azines that you have read, take them to
the poStoifce and put one-cent stamp
on each magazine. The government
will then take charge OF them and dis
tribute them among the soldiers at the
several camps througout the couatry.
Miss Kathryn Alger, county demon
straton agent, asks us 10 say thai the ex-
tension department OF the University has
5000 cans that il would like filled IN JET
ierson county Tor the general food supply.
Women are asked 10 buy these cans al
five cents apiece and fill them with their
extra supply oil fruits or vegetables. The
department will arrange for the sale OF
them at a reasonable profit. Miss Alger
Aill help the women 10 do this canning
at their own homes or in groups. She
has the necessary soldering irons. See
her or write to her at Charles Town.
The Red Cross entertainmei in the
College Auditorium last Friday night was
very well attended and nice sum was
realized for the Red Cross Society. All
OF The performers acquitted themselves
most crediiably and everyone present
was highly pleased with the performance.
Among those who participated were Mrs.
c. B. Ollie, of Morgantown, Mrs PhineaS
Rush, Mrs. Frank J. Dobbins, Miss
Kathryn Beltzhoover, Mrs. Charlotte
Pendleton Godsborough and Messrs.
Francis Allan Wheeler, w. S. Haines
and VIM. B. Snyder.
While the clerk in L. J. Shirley'S store
at Shenandoah Junction was absent Tor
moment on Saturday afternoon a pocket
book containing about $50 in cash, to-
gether with some papers OF value, was
stolen from the counter near The cash
drawer. Suspicion rested on Ashby Cole,
colored boy 10 years old, who was
known TO have been in the store at the
time. Cole was found on the carnival
ground in Charles Town that night and
was arrested. Soon afterward he con-
fessed 10 the crime. His lavish eXpendi-
ture OF cash on the carnival ground show
ed that Cole was no piker. He reduced
the wad OF stolen cash by fifteen dollars
in less than two hours. To Justice Sheetz,
who gave him hearing on Monday, he
acknowledged having stoler The money.
The boy was sent to the Reform School
at Observation-Disclosures.
Patriotic Celebration Tuesday.
The patriotic celebration TO be held in
SheDherdStoWn next Tuesday afternoon