Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1912-07-18
NOTES FROM NEARBY.

NOTES FROM NEARBY.
Martinsburg is arranging for an old
home week, to begin October 2lst.
Mrs ]. w. McShery, one of Martins
burg's most estimable ladies, who has
been i'll for some weeks. is said to be
improving.
The Hagerstown fair board has fixed
on Saturday, September 18th. as the
time for holding its usual banquet to the
stockholders and advisory boards.
The temperance people of Charles
Town district held meeting last Thurs
day night for the purpose of organizing
for an earnest fight for the prohibition
amendment.
Frank Wagner, colored boy seven
teen years old, from Hagerstown. jump
ed from moving passenger train in
Martinsburg last Sunday and was killed
by striking his head on rock.
James Donaldson, aged As years, was
instantly killed yesterday at the quarries
of the Security Cement and Lime Com
pany in Berkeley county by coming in
contact with electric power wires.
Frank Shugat. of Harper's Ferry, who
has been connected with the express
business on the B. & o. Railroad, has
been appointed agent for both the Adams
and United States express companies in
Hagerstown.
Rev. DR.. and Mrs. S. W. Owen, Of
Hagerstown, celebrated the fiftieth ami
versary of their marriage last week. DR..
Owen is pastor of ST. Johns Lutheran
Church. and the congregation presented
him with purse of $500 in gold.
Prof. c. P. c. Rinker, head of Rinker's
Commercial College in MartinSburg, went
suddenly insane last week while on a
trip through the Florida Everglades. He
was taken to a sanitarium in Maryland,
where he is said to be improving.
An explosion in cook stove at the
home of Samuel Buharp, near Williams
port, last Saturday, scattered fire in every
direction. Little Hunter Buharp, who
was in the kitchen at the time, was burn
ed to death. The house was destroyed
with all its contents.
A sensation was created last week in
Stanton, Va, when DR.. Thomas T.
Fauntleroy, dentist, brought suit against
Lou L. Bowman, prominent young bus
mess man, for SIS, 900 damages for alien
aticn of Mrs. Fauntleroy's affections.
Mrs. Fauntleroy, who is young and BEAU
tiful, has just obtained divorce from her
husband, who is cripple, and it is said
that she and Bowman are to be married.
Hagerstown was visited by very
severe storm yesterday afternoon. The
roof was blown from the Dancer factory
and other buildings were damaged. Elec-
trio wires all over the city were blown
down, and the city was IN darkness last
night. While responding to an alarm OF
fire, the two splendid bay horses OF the
Antietam Fire Company were killed by
coming in contact with electric light wires.
and another horse was killed in the same
way. Thousands of dollars loss was
caused in the city.
Bids for the bond issue OF $4,000 Of
fered for sale by the Charles Town dis
trict board of education were opened on
Tuesday, when it was found that local
bidders were more eager than foreign
buyers to get them. The entire issue
was purchased by J. c. Janney, {. N.
Beard, John Poterfield, W. F. Alexan-
der, E. E. Cooke and John D. McGarry.
All were sold above par, the premiums
on the entire issue being $2l0. They
bear 5 per cent interest per year, payable
every six months. The bonds mature in
"a years, but the board of education has
the privilege of retiring any or all ofthem
after ten years from the date OF issue
Advocate.