Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1920-09-16
LITTLE LOCALS.

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AT the annual corporation election in
Sharpsburg last week the following Of
ficers were chosen for the ensuing
year: Burgess, Vim. F. Blackford; as
sistant burgess, o. T. Reilly; town
commissioners. Samuel Neikirk. Elmer
g. Bower, Frank Thomas. Harry o.
Clipp and NJ. Fillmore Smith.
Richard L. Spohn, who has been or
ganist for the Lutheran Church in
Shepherdstown for the past fourteen
years, has resigned and given up this
position. He has filled the place most
efficiently, and there is much regret
that he feels that he must quit He is
an unusually talented pipe organist.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Schneider and
their two children have gotten com
fortably settled in their new home a,
the southeast edge Of town, purchased
from Mrs. Hibernia Billmyer, and
Mrs. Schneider took up her duties yes
terday as member of the faculty of
Shepherd College. We give this most
pleasant family a hearty welcome to
Shepherdstown.
Most OF the summer visitors who
have en- aycd tie pleasures OF our fine
old town during the pact few months
have reiur1ci TO their homes in the
various cities TO again take up their
usual duties. They vii be missed by
our pcoo'e, but We shal hope To have
them all return next year when the
flowers Begin to bloom and the south
winds blow softly.
Roy Reed. a colored man who has
been wanted in Jefferson county on a
charge of cattle stealing, was last week
arrested in Atlantic City. His identi-
fication was established and he will be
brought back to Char es Town as soon
as the Governor Of New Jersey hOnnrs
the requisit,on papers The long arm
of the law finally scizsd Reed, though
he had evaded it for many months.
Last Friday eight cows that had been
pasturing along the railroad tracks
near Williamsport got poisoned and in
agony rushed into the canal. After
being driven out of the water they all
laid down and died. II is thought that
they were killed by eating grass and
weeds upon which a poisonous solu-
tion had been sprayed by the Penn
sylvania Railroad track hands.
Mr.. VIM. n. Johnson from north of
town, is visiting his relatives and
friends in Moundsville and McMechen,
this State. He lived in that section
for many years, having for 40 years
been an engineer on fast express
trains between Wheeling and Grafton.
His old railroad friends have given
him hearty greeting. Although he is
hearty and active and could still
handle an engine in an emergency.
Hammond T. Staley. formerly of
this vicinity and a graduate OF Shep-
herd College, has given UP his posi-
tion in the government service in
Washington and has accepted an in
vitation to become principal Of the
public school at Maybeury, w. Va, a
thriving town on the Norfolk &
Western Railway near Bluefeld. He
has moved with his family to that place
and assumed the duties of his new Of
fee.
Miss Katrina Baumgardner, of
Washington, tine new domestic science
teacher at Shepherd College, is warm
ly welcomed by her friends in Shep-
herdstown. She taught here for
short time several wears ago and was
highly regarded. She was in charge
OF the domestic science department at
the normal school at Athens. w. Va.
Tor couple of years, and last year
taught in Charleston, this State. We
are glad to note that she is now a reg
ular member of the Shepherd College
faculty.
A new paper, called "The Owl" and
Republican in politics. has Just made
IT'S appearance in Romney. this State.
There's no earthly use for it, as the
REVIEW fills every newspaper need for
that section, and the new paper will
simply be an additional burden Of ex-
pense, without the slightest benefit to
the community. The county court, the
boards Of education and the incor-
porated towns will have to advertise in
the Republican organ. and no matter
how trifling its circulation may be they
will have to pay full price for all legal
publications, adding heavy expense to
the taxpayers.
AS may be seen b. advertisement
elsewhere in this paper, the Waynes-
toro Creamery, Of Waynesboro, Va,
will have its representatives in Sher-
herdstown Saturday night Of next week.
when they want to confer with the
farmers and dairymen of this section
in regard to the establishment of
receiving station here. The waynes-
boro Creamery has as its officers some
Of the most substantial men in that
section of Virginia, and il is a pros