Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1914-01-29
Items of Interest.

S. w. Kent Miller, a well-knoWn au-
tomobile dealer, is i'll at his home in
Martinsburg.
Wlbert L. Briggs, a B. & o. brakeman.
was killed by the cars in the Brunswick
yards on Tuesday.
There is an epidemic OF smallpox at
Capon Springs, w. Va. Over a dozen
families have the disease.
Senator Chiffon has named Ned Smith,
of Fairmont, as u. S. marshal for the
northern district of West Virginia.
Williamsport, Md, is asking the Mary
land Legislature for authority to issue
S42, 900 of bonds TO pay for a. water sys-
tenn.
1t will be unlawful to publish liquor adj
vertisements or post liquor signs Of any
sort in West Virginia after the lst of next
July.
A few days ago Hunter and Wilkinson
Harlan, twin brothers, celebrated their
18th birthday at their home in Martins
burg.
Two men in Philadelphia prison died
last week from drinking hair tonic. They
got hold of the stuff and drank il for the
alcohol that was in it.
Postmaster James S. Poster. of Elkins,
w. Va, disappeared from home January
9Th, and has not since been heard from.
His accounts at the postoffice are said
TO be correct.
Many students of Yale University have
signed pledge being circulated on the
campus to refrain absolutely from drink
ing, gambling and betting and to Shun
immoral theatrical performances.
Former Senator Shelby M. Cullom, of
illinois, died in Washington yesterday,
aged IS years. He had been in public
life for fifty years, having served in the
United States Senate for thirty years.
The Virginia House of Delegates has
passed the bill providing for vote on
Statewide prohibition, but the bill will
probably fail in the Senate in accordance
with deal between the whiskey people
and party leaders.
Ross E. Harrison, assistant foreman at
the Cumbo railroad yards near Martins
burg, was killed by an accident at the
turntable last Sunday morning, his head
being crushed to pulp. He leaves
wife and two children.
Charleston, this State, and the country
surrounding are threatened with general
outbreak OF smallpox, according to DR..
o L. Aultz, city health officer. Three
hundred cases have been recorded in
Charleston, Marmet, ST. Adams, Cabin
Creek and several other towns in Kama
wha county.
VIM. H. Zimmerman, member OF a well
known and respected family of Martins
burg, committed suicide in that city last
Thursday night by drinking an ounce Of
carbolic acid. The act was committed
while the unfortunate man was depressed
by i'll health. He is survived by his wife
and five children. He was So years oil
age.
James Welker, aged Is years, a con-
ductor on the trolley line between Ha-
gerstown and Frederick, eloped last
week with Ethel Leatherman, aged II
years, of Myersville. Welker, who lived
in Hagerstown, deserted his wife and
three children. No trace has yet been
found OF the couple, though detectives
are searching for them in every direction.
The grand jury in session at St. Marys,
w. Va, brought in an indictment against
one of its own members, James Severn,
on charge of disturbing religious wor-
ship, Severn being one of the sixteen
men to deliberate over his own indict-
ment. He pleaded guilty, and the judge
imposed fine OF $25 and costs, and gave
him three months Imprisonment, which,
however, was suspended on condition o.
his good behavior.
On March l4th a civil service examina.
ton will be held in Hagerstown for the pur-
pose of examining applicants for fourth
class postoffices in Washington county
Sharpsburg. Keedysville, Weverton
| Keep Tryst, Funkstown and other similar
offices are in the list. Present postmas.
tiers will have to take the examination
and the man making the highest percent.
age is to get the office. Jefferson county
will have similar examination later on.
While speeding so miles an hour in ar
automobile, Roy Cloyd and Miss Fannie
Mae Collins, IS years old, were married
Saturday near bristol, Tenn. CloyC
boarded the automobile in Jonesboro. &C.
companied by Magistrate A. S, Murray
| Miss Collins, who had stolen away iron
her home, joined the party further on
While the machine was rounding th'
curves OF the highway, Magistrate MURRAY
pronounced Cloyd and Miss Collins mai
and wife.