Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1917-09-06
NOTES FROM NEARBY.

! +. NELL, Jr., OF Cndiies io"h' ho"
rived in France. He is member OF the
Army Medical Corps.
Word has been received OF the safe ar
rival in France OF A. g. Alder, who is
with force of American engineers. Mr..
| AL er is grandson of Mrs. o. e Ruse,
of this county.
Geo. B. linn. well-known farmer OF
this county, weut to the Hebrew Hos
pital in Baltimore Tuesday morning TO
undergo slight operation. lie VIII De
in the hospital a week or more.
Mrs. Esta M. Cheshire, of Washington,
who was formerly Miss ESta Wachter, OF
Bolivar, Md, was married at Rockville,
| Nd, August Is. TO Mr.. B. n. Covell, by
Rev. Samuel White. This is Mrs.
| CovelI's third matrimonial venture.
Five Clarke county men, Charles X.
Hughes, former editor OF the Benyyille
Courier, H. b. CastIeman, Thomas L.
Chrsman, J.. X. Elder and S. h. Elder,
IT,, have been admitted 10 the second
army training camp at Fort Myer.
Henry Negley, Mariinsburg. and Robert
Negley, Hagerstown, brothers, who had
not seen each other for IS years, although
living only q miles apart, met at the
home OF Robert last week. The brothers
had an enjoyable reunion. Each found
the other much changed in appearance.
A deal has been closed by which the
Hagerstown and Frederick Railway Com
pany becomes the owner ofthe Chambers
burg, Greencastle and Waynesboro Rail-
way. The company new controls the
entire trolley railway system in Washing
ing and Frederick counties, Nd, and
Franklin county, Pa.
Ms. and Mrs. Clinton X. Grove, OF Ha-
gerstown, well known in Shepherdstown,
will move 10 Charleston, w. Va, where
| Mr.. Grove will engage in the real estate
business. There is great real estate
activity in Charleston at the present time
because of the proposed establishment
of the government armor plate works.
James M. Brown. of Winchester, Va,
has purchased of J. N. linn his farm on
the Berryille and Bluemont turnpike
about three miles south OF Berryville,
containing 4l3 acres, al $40. 800. The farm
| is known as the Gordon farm, and was
purchased about two years ago by Mr..
linn from w. H. Baldwin, and is one OF
the old estates OF Clarke county.
DR.. 10. Knott, formerly OF the Bal
timore Conference, is the Washington
manager OF Underwood and Underwood,
of New York, who make a specially OF
preparing lantern slides on religious sub
iects for illustrated sermons. Underwood
and Underwood have an International
Observation-Disclosures Southern Method
ist.
n Because il was responsible for killing
a whole river river OF fish, the Flaccus
Oak Leather Company, OF Pittsburg,
which operates large tannery at Buck
harmon, has been fined $50 and costs by
magistrate at the instance of the pros
ecuting attorney of Upshur county. The
company admitted that it LET large guam
tity of acids flow into the river.
The dreaded iniantile paralysis has
reached Frederick county, Md, fatal
case having been reported al Grimes, six
miles north of Winchester. The nine
year-old son of Jonah Good died from
the disease last Thursday, after an illness
OF 4S hours. II is believed that the con-
tagion was carried to the Goode home by
visitors from Westernport. Md. where
infantie paralysis has existed for some
time. Every precaution will be taken
to prevent spread of the disease, but
as the same party visited other homes in
that section it is feared that the contagion
may have been carried to these also.
There is talk of the construction OF a
railroad to be called the Berkeley-Jef-
ferson Railroad, connecting the Cumber-
land Valley Railroad at Martinsburg with
the Norfolk & Western Railway at some
point in Jefferson county. Report says
that il is TO be OF possibly IS miles OF
standard pnblic utility line, for the carry
ing of passengers and to cost approx
mately 100000. The road will be
constructed by Pennsylvania, New York
and Maryland capitalists and operated
by them, and will develop the clay pro-
duct industries and also limestone and
iron. One of the large steel industries
has promised millon-d dollar industrial
development on completion Of the road.
For the past month rumors detrimental
10 the reputation of Rev. c. H. Can
non, former pastor OF Jefferson Circuit,
have been industriously circulated and
multiplied in this county. The rumors
contained hints that he had been guilty Of
gross misconduct in Loudoun county,
and was being prosecuted for it. Almost
every gossip who gave circulation 10 the
report remodeled, amended and enlarged
il TO suit his individual fancy before pass
ing il along to the next one. After
months growth, it had gotten to be
completely developed story. The Advo
cate has taken upon itself the task Of
investigating the report, and has oiscov-
cred every vestige OF il 10 be pure fiction
without one semblance of fact for basis.
Those who have given currency TO il
have been parties to a deliberate wrong
TO an innocent man. II you have been
guilty of any part in it, either in charging
it or merely repeating it, hasten now to
deny il. and apologize TO yourself for your
own personal meanness in ibeiug par