Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1917-08-02
LITTLE LOCALS.


and he has 10 be kept under the Influence
OF opiates continually.
Archie Boyd Athey, son OF ilr. and
Mrs. George Z. Athey, OF Kee iysville,
Md, formerly of this vicinity, hls enlisted
in Company B, of Hagerstowu. He is
now in training with his company in the
armory at Hagerstown, preparl torY 10
going to the big military camp at Annis-
ton, Ala. He enlisted in Company B
about the middle Of June.
O. L. Watson. sealer of weights and
measures, was in Shepherdstown Tues
day upon official misunderstanding after
the weights and measures in the stores
and those used by sellersupon the streets
TO see if they comply with the law. Mr.
Watson is competent and conscientious
official, and his attention to the duties of
his office has been great protection 10
the buyers of various sorts OF produce.
The annual meeting OF the State En-
campment OF the Patriotic Order of Sons
OF America will be held in Shepherdstown
on Tuesday, August 18th, and il promises
to be an interesting occasion. A big
parade will be held on that day, with
band and other attractive features, and
there will also be flag raising, with pa
triotic speeches, etc. Further particulars
will be given later.
Sheriff.. w. Gardner has made record
in collecting taxes for Shepherdstown
district the past year. In the published
list OF delinquent taxpayers there are but
II delinquents in the entire Shepherds
town district, representing only s. % OF
unpaid taxes. Harper's Ferry district
has 81 delinquents. Kabletown district
has 90, Middleway district SO, a d Charles
Town district leads all the rest With 275l
DR.. Nathaniel Burwell, of SaepherdS-
town, who recently offered his services
TO the government as an army physician,
has been rejected because OF physical
disqualification. DR.. BurWell took the
physical examination in Baltimore few
weeks ago, and it seemed certain that he
would be accepted. Now comes word
that he does not weigh enough, consider
ing his height, and so he will moi be taken.
Charles r. Owens, of Owens & Miller,
saved the lives OF the Register force
Tuesday afternoon. DR.. Gibson had
made The announcement that the Their
mometer stood at l01 in the shade and
we were all about ready 10 keel over,
when Mr.. Owens sent Branson up with
tempting tray full OF cooling drinks from
the fountain. All hands revived right
away and called down blessings on the
head OF Doc Owens.
Mrs. William Martin Bonsall, OF Phila-
delphla, announced the engagement OF
her daughter, Miss Eleanor Crosby Bon
sail, to MIR. Russell Bingham Frye at a
tea given at the Bellevue Stratford in
Philadelphia last Thursday. MIR. Frye,
who is son OF Mr. and Mrs Walter p.
Frye, OF Marlborough. Mass is grad
uate OF Harvard, and is tr'iniug with the
corps in Allentown, and will
go 10 France in few days. Mss Bon
sail is known in ShepherdStow1, where
she has frequently visited the family OF
the editor OF the Register.
The local board at Charles Town is
busy examining the men who were drawn
for military service. Yesterday thirty
four men were examined, and OF this
number only eight were disqualified for
physical reasons. A considerable num-
Der OF those who passed physically have
made claims for exemption OIL various
grounds. The board expects TO get
through with the first examinations this
week. Dr. VIM. p. Neill. OF Charles
Town, is the medical examiner, and DIR.
John L. Meyers, OF Shepherdstown, is
assistant.
Jack Barrett, of Samples Manor, Md,
formerly OF Shepherdstown. met with
bad accident at Bakerton last Friday after
noon. He was employed in the big
limestone quarnes at that place, and while
engaged in drilling hole rock on which
he was standing gave way, throwing him
10 the bottom OF the quarry, distance Of
about 60 feet. His skull was fractured so
badly that the brain was exposed, and il
was thought that his injury would prove
fatal. He was taken TO the hospital in
Charles Town. where his injuries have
been carefully attended to, and it is now
believed that he will recover.
Perhaps the hottest spell OF weather
that has ever prevailed in this section has
caused man and beast to swelter ever
since Sunday Last Sunday was hot,
Monday was hotter, and Tuesday was
hottest OF all, for the thermometer got up
to 102 in the shade al the Register office
Yesterday it was almost as hot as on
Tuesday. The nights were exceedingly
warm also and few persons have slept
comfortably this week. There was but
a faint breeze at any time, and as il came
from the South IT brought no GOODNESS.
The hot wave is general, and many
deaths have been reported from The cities.
Among our callers on Tuesday was our
friend J. S. Reinhart, Of Moler's Cross
Roads. He informs us that his son, Harry
L. Remnant, is slowly recovering from a
very serious accident near Edinburg,
Illinois. He was driving in his automo-
bile when it was struck by swift rum
ming trolley car and badly wrecked. Mr..
Remnant was seriously injured. One leg
was broken at the ankle, the knee OF the
other leg had bone broken, and he was
otherwise hurt. He was unconscious for