Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1915-01-21
NOTES FROM NEARBY.

B. & o. Railroad and former resident o
Martinsburg, died in Baltimore on Tues
day.
0. r. Speuy, cashier for the B. & 0
Railroad at Harper's Ferry, has beer
transferred TO the ticket office in Martins
burg, his position at Harper's Ferry hav
ing been abolished.
Former Senator Charles J. Faulkner, o
Martinsburg, submitted to surgical op
Grafton last Wednesday in the UnioI
Protestant Hospital in Baltimore. Hi
condition is reported TO be very satistac
tory since to the operation.
Richard HammersIa, the aged man iron
Hedgesvil!c who fell from porch a
Shenandoah Junction couple OF months
ago and broke his hip, is said TO be i'm
proving. II was at first thought that hi!
injury would result in his death.
VIM. c. Clipp has returned from bust,
ness trip TO Worchester county, Nd
where he disposed OF tract OF 300 acres
of land at handsome profit. The lane
was bough, IN the spring OF 1912, anc
was resold lest week at an advance o
nearly 80 per cent.-Free Press.
The timber is 10 be cut from the 5000
acres of the old Catoctin Furnace proper
ty in Frederick county, Md, now owned
by Joseph E Thropp, who is also the
owner OF the Virginia ore bank property
at B9kerton. James K. Hendricks, oil
Jefferson county, is TO be in charge OF the
work. SawmiilS are to be installed and
railroad switches run into the timber.
A son was born in the White House at
Washington asst Sunday afternoon to Mr..
and Mrs. Francis Bowes SaYre. Mrs.
SayGe was formerly Jessie Wilson, Presi-
dent Wilson's second daughter, and this
is his first grandchild. The boy weighed
71-2 pounds and is fine, healthy young
ster Mother and child are both doing
we'll
Billy Sunday, the famous evangelist,
preached in Washington on Monday 10
an audience OF some 5000 persons
about hall the number that tried TO get in
to the hall 10 hear him. Senators and
Representatives Judges and many per-
sons prominent in official and public life
heard him. An effort will be made to
have him conduct revival in Washing
ton some time in the future.
X. NJ Washington, farmer and fruit
grower on large scale in Hampshire
county, this State, is in financial difficulty
and H. B. Gilkeson, John J. Cornwell
and Tasker i.owndes have been appointed
receivers to manage his affairs. Mr.. Wash
ington has large amount OF very valu-
able real estate and personal property,
but has become financially embarrassed
because Of big investments in fruit or
chardS from which he has not yet gotten
returns.
The Grafton Bank, State institution,
with a capital CT 100000 and deposits of
$4,000, faiied TO open for business
Tuesday. John T. McGraw, an official
Of the bank, declared that the closing is
temporary aud the result Of the tight
money market and short run. He de-
clared the bank will pay all depositorS in
full and reopen within 60 days. Charles
r. Durbin, a relative of Colonel McGraw,
is president Of the bank.
Relatives in Franklin county, Pa, OF
William Nichols, the alleged murderer OF
Mrs. Burner and her children near Luray,
Va, have started strange story concern
ing the tragedy. They declare their be-
lief that Burner, The husband of the slain
woman, killed the family because he was
Jealous or Nichols, and that he afterward
found Nichols in the Price home and
shot him to death. There is no living
witness to the terrible deed, unless the
murderer is still alive.
Hannah Washington, an old-time COL
ored "mammy" who had been nurse
in the family of J. Abel Hunter, of Belair,
Md, for the past 30 years, died at the
Hunter nome there last Thursday at an
advanced age She was buried from the
colored church in Belair Saturday, her
pallbe7rcrS being six prominent young
white men 0f that town. Aunt Hannah
was a widow, but leaves no children or
other close l>idtiveS. She was reared by
the Robinson iamily at ShepherdStown.
The use Of the motor bus and motor
truck is 10 be extended by company
just organized at Front Royal. The COM
pany has planned three routes for bus and
motor lines, ali radiating from Front Royal
as a center. One route will extend to
Cedarville, Nineveh, Boyce, Berryville
and Winchester Another one will cross
the Blue Ridge mountain and will extend
as far as Sperryville in Rappahannock
county. third route will extend up the
Page valley as far as Bentonville. Be-
sides its passenger service, the company
Will operate motor trucks for tranSporta-
ton OF milk, farm products. apples and
merchandise from the various merchants,
depotS and farms. AHarrisonburg COM
pany has started motor car line on the
valley pike between Mount Jackson and
Staunton, hauling passengers and freight,
and expects u run several other routes.
Don't use harsh physics. The reaction
weaEers The bowels, leads TO chronic
consultation. GetDoan' ReguletS. They
operate easily. 25c at all stores.