Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1915-09-16
LITTLE LOCALS.

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Friday of this week will be the fifty
third anniversary of the great battle OF
Antietam al Sharpsburg, three miles from
Shepherdstown. There are many per-
sons yet living in this vicinity who re-
member that dreadful day.
II is good TO see the smiling faces OF
the Shepherd College students once
more-those who have been here before
as we'll as the newcomers. We hope
that they may have an entirely happy and
successful school year and that they may
find our pleasant old town TO their liking.
c. q. Grove and Son, of Martinsburg,
are buying all the horses in this section
that they can get hold OF, for shipment 10
Europe for use OF the armies of the Allies.
Mr.. Grove was in our office this morn
ing, and says that they will pay good
prices for horses suitable for the purpose.
Read his advertisement in another column.
Farmers have begun TO cul off corn,
and the giant stalks and fat ears that hang
therefrom indicate tremendous yield.
The weather the past week or two has
been very favorable for maturing the corn.
There is scarcity of labor for gathering
the crop, and workmen are demanding
LIS 10 $500 day and their board for
cutting.
The advocates of equal suffrage had a
tent on the fair gounds last week, from
which they distributed literature and
sought to impress the voters. Addresses
on the subject OF suffrage were delivered
by Mrs. Stoner and Mrs. Egerton, OF
Washington, and Miss Charlotte Pendle-
ton, OF Pittsburg, who were earnest and
eloquent in their arguments.
Express Agent James E. Barnhart
struck his head a violent blow on truck
at the railroad station yesterday, and a
peculiar effect OF the accident is that he
has since been almost entirely deaf. Mr..
Barnhart was hard OF hearing before, and
now he can scarcely hear sound. He
will consult an expert in the hope that
the trouble may be remedied.
H. Pinkney Schley has bought from
Capt. H. c. Getzendanner the lot lO3 by
1903 feet at the corner of Duke and High
streets, the price being $3.50 cash. Mr..
Schley, who recently sold his property
on the opposite corner as site for the
new college dormitory, will build him
sell new dwelling-house on the lot just
acquired, which is very desirable loca-
ton for home.
The Shepherdstown Graded School be-
gan its fall term Monday morning with
the new principal, Floyd B. Matthias, in
charge, and a total enrolment of 1873,
divided in the several grades as follows
No. /, Miss Ruth Taylor, "a; No.. 2, Miss
Bessie Licklider, 2l No. 3, Miss Alice
Banks, 10; No. 4, Miss Louise Right
slime, %; No. 5, Miss Julia Hill, 81; No.
6, Miss Ella Kelsey, 20; No. 7, Miss
Sarah Folk, IA; No. 8, Principal Matthias,
p.
The National Highway Garage has
taken the agency for the popular Olds-
mobile cars for Jefferson and Berkeley
counties and made the first sale on Mon
day to H. L. Snyder, who purchased a
handsome five = passenger touring car.
Mr.. Snyder sold his Overland to Donald
Myers. The Oldsmobile is the first car
OF this make TO be sold in this vicinity,
ard is fine-looking machine with all the
modern Improvements. The National
Highway Garage will be pleased to
demonstrate the Oldsmobile TO anyone
interested.
Last Thursday evening while Andrew
Ways and his family, OF the Scrabble
neighborhood, were returning from the
fair an automobile driven by Mr.. Fahr-
ney, OF townsville, Md, came along and
neatly took off one OF the wheels OF the
vehicle, letting it drop to the ground.
An aunt OF Mr.. Ways was the only per-
son who was hurt much, and fortunately
she escaped serious injury. II was a
trying experience, and the occupants Of
the carriage were made very nervous.
Mr.. Fahrney was profuSe in his apologies
for the accident and did all he could to
remedy matters, paying all the bills in
Cured. DR.. Burwell gave surgical atten-
ton to those who were hurt.
Tuesday was an unlucky day for o. H.
Grubbs, operator for the Norfolk q
Western Railway at this place. He was
in a skiff with two small boys along the
river near the bridge. when a couple OF
young fellows came along and upset the
boat. Mr.. Grubbs and the boys got wet
a-plenty, but that was a small matter
compared to the loss OF a diamond ring
which he had in his pocket and which
was lost in the river when he went over
board. The ring was valued al SzOO, dno
though anxious search has been made
for it, the waters still engulf it. Besides,
a gold watch was put on the blink by an
overdose OF river water Mr.. Grubos
says that he almost wishes now that he
had given that ring 10 some pretty girl.
Miss Ruth Wolff, of Waynesboro, Pa,
who has been in Shepherdstown visiting
the Misses Boswell, met with painful
accident last Friday evening. While
driving from the fair grounds to town in
company with Charles Jones something
about the buggy broke and the front part
of the vehicle was pulled loose from the
rear part. causing il to drop to the ground
The occupants were thrown out, and
though Mr.. Jones escaped injury, Miss
Wolff was quite painfully hurt. She sus-
tanned numerous cuts and bruises and was