Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1914-10-22
NOTES FROM NEARBY.

NOTES FROM NEARBY.
Mr.. Marshall Mccormick, Jr., of Berry,
vile, Va, and Miss Mary Hazel Becker
of Bluefield, w. Va, were married last
Saturday at the home of the bride in the
latter city.
Harry Maddox, young farmer OF the
Front Royal vicinity, while intoxicated
last Friday night tried to break into the
home of Horace Scott. blacksmith,
whereupon Scott fired at him with re-
volver and killed him.
The Norwalk Motor Car Company OF
Martinsburg has failed, and Charles O..
Smith has been appointed receiver. The
liabilities are about $4,000. The re-
ceiver will operate the plant until the
material now on hand has been worked
up.
Emanuel Hoffman, aged 81 years, a
well-known farmer living near Williams
port, Nd, committed suicide last SUM-
day morning by blowing his head off with
shotgun. He had been respondent for
some time because of i'll health. He IS
survived by his wife, three daughters and
six sons.
]. Frank Weller. of Charles Town, !met
with an accident near that place yeSter-
day. Mr.. Weller was taking Mr.. and Mrs.
George Hale to Kabletown in his auto
mobile, and while passing along a narrow
place in the road the car skidded and up
set over an embankment, throwing all
the occupants out. None of them was
seriously injured, fortunately, but the
machine was badly wrecked.
An unusual marriage ceremony for this
section of the country took place Monday
evening at the Episcopal rectory, when
Rev. Chas. c. Durkee reunited former
divorced couple in the holy bonds of
wedlock. The contracting parties we're
Miss E. b. White and Mr.. John A. Pal
mer, young B. & o. employee. The
couple were divorced at the September
term of the Circuit Court, following a suit
by Mrs. Palmer in 1913. AT that time
Palmer had been away from town more
than year. They were first married in
Hagerstown on March II, 1911, when
the wife was but l6 years of age. There
is one child.-MartinSbuLg Journal.
About 600 persons attended an anniver-
sary service and reception last Saturday. in
the Reformed Church of Frederick, Nd,
given by the congregation in honor OF the
thirty fifth anniversary of Prof. George
Edward Smith as director OF the choir.
Addresses were made by Milton g. Ur-
ner, Jacob Rohrback and the Rev. Henri
L. @. Kieffer. Miss Sue Rice Condor,
on behalf of the congregation. presented
Professor Smith with a purse OF gold.
Professor Smith and Mrs. William c.
Birely sang duet which they first sang
Is years ago. Professor Smith is known
in Shepherdstown, having married Miss
Julia Mason, of this place.
A. L. Wilson, of Berkeley Springs,
who for number Of years was PROM
inent business man and farmer of Nor
gan county, was last week arrested in
Berkeley Springs by Deputy United
States Marshal Athey on a warrant is
sued by Deputy Commissioner Harry A.
Downs, of Martinsburg, upon complaint
of United States District Attorney Stuart
w. Walker. Later the accused man was
taken to Martinsburg by Marshal Athey
and taken before Commissioner Downs,
who held him under bond of 81 900 for a
hearing later. Several months ago Mr..
Wilson was adjudicated bankrupt, and
schedule OF his property was submitted
by him to the federal court authorities.
1t is charged that in making out this
schedule he concealed property to the
estimated value of about 5000, and
which consisted of real estate in Nc
Keespor, Pa, household effects in Wash
iugton county, Md, office furniture in
Berkeley Springs, two horses, stock in
the Cacapon Fruit and Development
Company, etc.
The continuously rainy weather the past
week proved very disastrous to the Ha-
gerstown fair. The rain on Wednesday
and Thursday cut down the attendance
greatly, the receipts being some $4,000
less than last year. Friday was little
better, and the fair was continued on
Saturday, when good-sized crowd was
present. To add to the misfortunes OF
the fair. Friday night fire broke out in
the stables in which the race horses were
sheltered, and e. stalls were destroyed,
causing loss of some 5000 or $4,000,
on which there was insurance, it is said,
of only about 500. The fire was caused,
il is said, by drunken negro jockeys get
ting into fight and knocking a lantern
over. Two valuable race horses were
burned to death. The fair management
had made many expensive Improvements
to the property this year, includinga $lO,-
600 cattle barn, subway under the race
track, ETC., and the misfortunes by rain
and fire are discouraging. 1t is said that
there will be debt of perhaps $4,000
on the association.
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