Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1917-09-13
LITTLE LOCALS.

for special duty.
The regular fall term of Sherhcrd Col
lege State Normal School vii begin
next Tuesday, September 18Th. II feared
that the enrolment OF young Lien STU
dents will be cut considerably because
OF war conditions.
Mr.. w. S. Haines. who has bC en- con-
Quoting plumbing establishment in
Shepherdstown for some time past, has
moved his family TO this place from Ha-
gerstown. They are occupying The Entler
house. on Duke street.
Among the visitors at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. c. N. Whiting the past week
were Mr.. and Mrs. Boyd Licklider and
their two children, Of Martinsburg, Mrs.
Lee Moler and Miss Margaret Moler, oil
Hagerstown, and Miss Louise Gross, OF
Brunswick.
S. p. Hopkins, well-known travelling
man OF Martinsburg, formerly OF Jeffer-
son county. has gone into bankruptcy.
He states that his assets are about SIT 600,
including an insurance policy OF 10000,
while his liabilities amount TO $4,000, a
deficit OF about $4,000.
Among our callers on Tuesday was Mr..
Philip q. Needy, Of Berkeley county.
He will have sale of live stock. farming
implements etc., at his home near the
Opequon creek, on Monday, October 18th.
as he intends to retire from farming. His
advertisement will appear next week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry w. Pots have is
sued invitations to the marriage of their
daughter, Miss Margaret Amman Potts, to
Lieutenant Henry Howard Williams, OF
Baltimore. The wedding will AXE place
in Trinity Episcopal Church or Thursday,
September 9th, at half after u o'clock.
The great flocks OF blackbfjs which
were described in last week; Register
have departed and gone on their long
way southwark. A few small ilocks yet
remain and may stay all winter. Last
winter few blackbirds remained over
the winter in this section, thought it was
a rather unusual occurrence.
Nine trains carrying soldiers from Mary
land and Pennsylvania 10 the camps at
Admission, Alabama, ard Augusta, Geo.
gia, passed through Shepherdstown last
Monday night. Among the soldiers in
Guided in the first five sections were those
from Hagerstown. Frederick, Cumber-
land, Annapolis, Bel Air and Baltimore.
Later in the night the Eighth Pennsylvania
Regiment, composed OF companies from
Harrisburg, Hanover, Carlisle, Shippens-
burg and other points in the Cumberland
Valley, passed through in four sections.
Lee Murphy, who lives south of town,
was badly bitten by monkey at one OF
the side shows OF the carnival at the
Morgan'S Grove fair last week. The
monkey was not OF very amiable DISPOSE
ton 10 start with, and il was made more
by having been leased by many
persons. Mr.. Murphy was having little
iun with ii, when it seized him by the
arm and bit his wrist in the most ferocious
manner. Its teeth severed large artery,
and he lost great deal OF blood before
a physician was found and RENE lies ap-
piled.
A certificate has been issued by State
Banking Commissioner S. p. Smith to
the Jefferson Bank and Trust Company
OF Charles Town. The capital stock is
800 coo, OF which $4,000 has been paid
ia. The par value OF the stock is 800
per share. The officers are: President,W w.
A. Higgs vice-president, George B.
Goetz; second vice-president. w. c.
Rely; cashier, H. N. Watson assistant
cashier, II. n. Bradley There are nine
teen directors and l03 stockholders. The
bank began business on MONDAY in IFS
handsome new quarters in the Palm
Hotel building.
Ii you wart TO make good use OF the
which you have finished read
ing, send them TO the soldier boys in
camp. This can be done by attaching
one-cent stamp to each magazine and
handing them IN to the postmaster.
Good reading matter is eagerly desired
by the boys in camp all over the country,
and il will be good and generous thing
10 furnish them with the right sort OF
literature Postmaster Reinhar; will be
glad 10 take charge OF all magaz ines that
are presented at the postoftice. A penny
will be sufficient to have them delivered.
Last Wednesday evening while Carroll
Marker, OF Brunswick, was speeding at
40 miles an hour along the government
avenue between Sharpsburg and Antietam
Station in his new REQ roadster, with
John GraYson as passenger, the steer
ing gear became locked and he lost con-
troll. The car sidewiped two trees and
then ran head-on into the third. 1t
stopped suddenly, but Mr.. Marker and
Mr. Grayson went right on-through the
They were both cut and
bruised, but fortunately escaped serious
injury. The car was a perfect wreck
Three OF the wheels were smashed, the
engine was demolished and the body
badly broken up.
The Shepherdstown Graded School be-
gan its tall session on Monday last, the
being 1871. The teachers in
charge are Kirkland Mckee, principal,
Misses Ella NJ. Kelsey. Bessie B. Lickli-
der, Louise Rightstine, Julia Hill, Ruth
Taylor, Louise Sigler and Aboie Banks.
The other teachers OF the public schools
OF Shepherdstown district are as follows:
Moler's. Earl Daley and Mss Agnes
Reinhart Uvilla, Misses Nellie Miller