Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1903-09-24
Notes From Nearby.

A bank Is proposed lot heeuysNlile
under the management OF the Farmers
Banking and Trust Company, of Bal
timore.
Mr.. Charles L. Green and Miss Sa-
die Maud Tillett, both of Charles
Town, were married in that place last
Wednesday.
Nh. Charles W. Bowman, of Berke-
ley county, and Miss Mary James, OF
Winchester, were married in Martins
burg last week.
The town council of Charles Town
has fixed the levy for the ensuing
year at 80 cents on each hundred
dollars and the capltation tax at 81.
Mrs. Kate C. Lucas, of Charles
Town, has resigned as matron of the
Kings Daughters Hospital in Mar
tinsburg, and will engage in similar
work elsewhere.
Thirty-eight employees Of the or
Gan factory of NJ. P. Moller at Ha-
gerstown went out on a strike Mon
day morning because Mr.. Moller re-
fused to recognize their union or give
them an advance in wages.
Grover Henry, the l9-year-old son
of Mr.. and Mrs. D. Henry, was killed
by freight train on the Norfolk and
Western railroad at Bentonville last
Thursday. Yong Henry was walking
toward home on the nam track when he
was struck.
Rev. ]. f. Shenk, for several years
pastor of the Lutheran church at
Woodstock, Va. has resigned 1t is
said that he will accept call offered
him by the Southwest Virginia Synod
to take charge of its mission church
in Lynchburg.
w. C. Leonard, vice-president of
the Bessemer Limestone Company of
Ma1tinsburg, has made an assignment.
The Martinsburg World says that his
liabilities will reach into the thou
sands, and that the assets will scarce
ly amount to % cents on the dollar.
James Pritchard, aged % years,
son Of Postmaster G. w. Pritchard, Of
Shenandoah, Va, was run over by
Norfolk and Western train at Berry
Vile early last Thursday morning and
instantly killed. 1t is believed that
Pritchard fell between the cars while
stealing ride.
Mr. John D. Hartman and Mrs. Eli
"a J. Spence, both of whom live near
Winchester, eloped to Washington, D,
c., on Sunday on an excursion train
and were married there by Rev. D. W,
Skelberger. The bride isa widow and
this is the third time the groom has
been married. Both are well advanced
in years and are prominent residents
of the county.
The Martinsburg World Gays that
there is great falling off in the de-
mand for limestone from Berkeley
county by the iron and steel manu-
facturers, and work is very slack at
the quarries. The excessive price of
iron and steel products has greatly
lesseued the demand, and business is
becoming dull in the great manufac-
turing centers.
While riding horse along thepub-
lie road near Riley's ford in Berke-
ley county few days ago William
Roberts met an automobile. The an
imal was terribly frightened by the
machine, and when it passed him he
reared and then dropped to the
ground dead. Examination showed
that he had been scared to death, his
heart having burst open from top to
bottom
William Washington, the weslthiest
colored man in Lexington, Va, vicin-
ity, died at his residence there last
week, aged So years. He once, as
slave, belonged to the family of Ed
mund l. Lee, Of Shepherdstown, and
his parents belonged to the Washing
ton family, of this county. Since the
war until recently he had been baker
at the Virginia Military Institute.
Owing to a vacancy this county is
entitled to a cadetship appointment at
Morgantown. The appointment car
ries with it cadet uniform, books, and
tuition free. It's worth to the appoint
ee from 1925 to $3.50 year, and should
be sought after by some ambitious
young man who wants to 90 college
with very little expense. Hon. G. NJ.
Wetzel, Melville, will be pleased to
give information about the appoint
ment.
The Standard Lime and Stone Com
pany continue to enlarge their facili-
ties for handling their products at the
Melville quarries. A new hosting APP
paratus, together with new 70 horse
power boiler, is among the recent i'm
provements made. To protect the pa
irons of the county road against acct
dents from the blasting in the quar-
ries, the company has also laid out
new road through its own property
and has macadamized the same.-Ad-
rocate.