Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1913-06-26
sHARPsBURG NEWS.

The 1920 PENNSYLVANIA monune TIA
stands on the rrrih SIDE Of Bloody Lane
and winch has ute story conrt c'ed
with the bearer Z. the lag witE the BIO
ken staff, has been al ''Si corrected as
not occurring at the Bo-dy Lane. Ii did
actually occur on one ui the Southern
bdlllefieldS, and when the State Of Peal-
Sylvanil made the appropriation for a
monument TO this regiment II selected
| Bloody Lane at Antietam as the place TO
erect it, with the broken flag. II was
made SO by bullet cutting il in two.
| The old veteran Gen. Hitchcock, who
for few minutes held The flag where the
staff was shot of, was here last week.
Clarence Snyder went TO Baltimore
several weeks past and had the X-raY on
! him and his trouble was pronounced
chronic appendicitis. He later returned
| to Baltimore and was operated on, and
is now reported getting along very nicely
His wife was with him.
Mr.. Corbett, of Hagerstown, has reset
the iron fence around the 5lSt New York
monument that was badly damaged by
the overflow OF the Antietam Creek sew
eral months past.
Oscar Minor, OF the Hamilton House,
Hagerstown, has added very neat and
attractive boat to the fleet on the Poto-
mac at Snyder's landing.
Quite number of fishermen are being
attracted to fine fishing points near here,
and many guests have already been at
the club houses.
c. L. Morgan spent couple of days
in Washington as delegate from the
Sons of Veterans OF this place.
Miss Ella Thomas, sister OF Edward
and Hezzie Thomas, OF SharpSburg, who
had been very seriously i'll and had got
ten much better, has had a relapse and
is in bed again.
Harry Deitrick, of Camden, N. J., Is
here with Mrs. J. c. Wilson's family for
a week or so.
The ladies of the Episcopal Church of
this place will hold a festival in the yard
in front OF their church Saturday evening.
Rev. and Mrs. w. d. Furry, of Ohio,
are visiting Mrs. Furry's parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Frisby Smith.
The first moving picture show was
held in the new Red Mems hall Monday
evening and was well attended. -Four
nights this week.
Mrs. r. F. Delaney and son John
Murray have gone to PittSburg TO spend
some time with Mrs. DeLauney's sister.
A man and lady from near Woodland,
Cal, who have been travelling for eleven
months, said he had visited all OF the inn
portant battlefieldS of this country, but
he said the farms of this vicinity were the
finest he has seen in any State, north or
south, and the prospects for crops were
much better.
Mr.. Kefauver, of Hagerstown, has put
a concrete coping on the Burnside bridge
TO replace the old wooden one. This
will stop vandals from carrying away the
coping boards.
Mrs. E. A. Stevens and Miss Nellie
Lee Stevens, OF Harrisburg, Pa, and
Mrs. Feltner, Of Swan Pond, w. Va,
visited Mrs. d. B. McGraw.
c. p. Spence, OF Washington, general
Inspector OF government work, was here
over Sunday, looking over the govern
ment avenues. He was the guest OF Mr..
and Mrs. John Cook at the National Gem
etery.
Prof F. O. Tubbs, wife and two chill
dren, OF Indiana, came TO spend a week
with Mrs. Aggie NicodemuS at the Mic
odemus House, and he said he was treat
ed so good by the landlady and the peo-
pie of this town and vicinity, and liked
the surroundings so we'll he couldn't leave
under two weeks.
Raleigh Sherman and James Seaman,
of Washington, have come up TO spend a
couple of weeks with friends here.
Captain Cook is now having McComas
avenue from the railroad station to town
coated with tarvia. This makes fine
road.
Houston Canadian expects to take an
auto truck load of persons from this place
TO Gettysburg for the big anniversary.
VIM. yesterday, tenant on the Joseph
Snavely farm, is belfast with intla NINA
tory rheumatism.
Colonel Graham was In town several
days this week. He has been away for
some time. He hasn't been reinStated
yet as superintendent OF the battlefield,
but expects TO be.
About dozen boys, members OF the
singing choir OF the Episcopal Church Of
HagerStoWn, have gone into camp for a
week at SnyderS landing, near this place.
Proposals are up for bids for the fur
niShing TO the u. S. Government of TO-
600 gallons OF Tarvia and 500 yards of
McAdam TO resurface the government
avenues this summer. Half OF the Burn
side bridge road has been resufaced by
the county.
VIM. B. Mades, OF Polo, Illinois, is one |
of the first arrivals in this section on his |
way TO Gettysburg. His former home
was Keedysville, Md, and he makes a
trip back TO his old home annually.