Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1912-09-05
NOTES FROM NEARBY.

| L.. IL. Il
has sold his apple crop, about zoo oar-
rels of fine York Imperials, to H. II.
Rutherford for s. so a barrel.
Mrs. lane Fuller, of Winchester, who
has been staying in Charles Town, re-
ceiyed severe stroke of paralysis last
week. and has since been extremely i'll.
The fiftiexn anniversary of the battle OF
Antietam will be observed on Tuesday,
September 18th. Several regimental or
CARNATIONS will be present and special
exercises will be held.
Rose Hough, three-year-old daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Harrison Hough, OF
Charles Town, died last Saturday after
an illness of less than hour. tits thought
that her death was caused by eating the
heads off of matches.
Claude H. Engle, an expert rifle-shot,
attended the Harper's Ferry camp last
week as an officer in Company E, Second
Regiment. He got SIS in prizes. Next
day he left for Asheville, N. C.,where he
will be head-master in boys school at
$85 per month.
Mrs. Hoover, thewealthy suffragette, OF
Baltimore, sent her seven-passenger tour
ing car up to Mrs. Foster and Mrs. James
M. Engle in Montgomery county, Nd,
last week for these ladies to attend the
Rockville county fair and Colesville colt
show and speak and advocate woman
suffrage.
The creditors OF the Hagerstown Brew
ing Company have applied to the court
for the appointment of receivers, alleging
that the company is insolvent and unable
to meet its obligations. This is indeed
sad blow to the Hag Mail, tor that
brewery was the very apple OF its eye
and the liquor business the thing that
enjoyed Its most cherished support.
Rev. c. w. Hepner, Of Shenandoah
county, Va, has been commissioned as
missionary of Grace Lutheran Church OF
Winchester, and will 60 to Japan with
Rev. A. ]. Stirewalt, who has raised
S25. 900 tor Lutheran missions since he
came to America two years ago. Grace
Church gives generously to missions and
supports its own mission in Japan.
Clarence Cooper, a carpenter, aged 81
years, of Knoxville, Nd, was struck and
killed by a B. & o. train last Saturday
while walking along the tracks. His
body was ground into fragments, and the
mangled remains were first found by his
brother, Lester Cooper, who was return
ing from Weverton. The unfortunate
man leaves wife and ten children.
The Treasury Department at Washing
ton is having the Confederate money cap
tured in 1866 put up in packages OF 5oo
notes to distribute to museums, libraries,
ETC., throughout the country. James M.
Engle, late of this county, is now on this
work, and finds the money in good con-
dition after fifty years in the vaults OF the
Treasury. A man can count about ten
thousand dollar bills day.
The Secretary of State last week issued
a charter to the Green Hill Orchard Com
pany, of Waynesburg, Pa, with princi-
pal operations to be located near Charles
Town, to deal in agricultural and horti-
cultural implements. Authorized capital,
s45, 900, of which 1900 has been sub
scribed and $4,000 paid. Incorporators,
Harry c. Scott, T. H. Shannon, Howard
| c. Adamson, H. F. Patterson and Helen
| 6. Scott, all of Waynesburg, Pa.
Ben Payne, a colored man living at
Engle's, this county, tried to jump aboard
train No. 80 on the B. & o. Railroad last
Saturday while it was running at a swift
rate, when he was thrown violently to
one side. He was badly hurt, his skull
being cracked and rib or two broken,
but il is believed that he will recover.
He was taken to a Martinsburg hospital
for treatment. 1t is said that he was
drunk when he tried to Jump the train.
The seventh annual meeting of the
State Camp OF the Patriotic Order OF Sons
of America was held in Martinsburg on
Tuesday. The following officers for the
ensuing year were elected: State Presi-
dent, M. S. Miller, OF Cherry Run; State
Vice-President. Rev. S. D. Shelton, OF
Berkeley Springs; State Master OF Forms,
| ]. WI Johnson, of Charles Town; State
Treasurer, J. o. T. Tidler, of Clarksburg;
State Secretary, F. o. Trump, of Kear-