Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-04-18
PERSONAL NOTES.

surgical operation there, was brought
back home last Sunday, and is now
with Mr.. and Mrs. T. H. Davis, where
she will remain until she recuperates
Her many friends here hope that she
Will soon regain her strength and be
her old cheerful self once more. Mrs
Z. j. Hill, who had also beer. operated
upon in the same hospital, was brough,
to her home north of town last Satur.
day, and is glad to again be with her
family.
Mrs. James S. Phillips and Miss
Amanda w. Titus, of this place, are in
Washington attending the annual con.
vention of the Daughters of the Amer.
lean Revolution. Mrs. Phillips is Vice.
Regent of the West Virginia Division
and will represent the State organiza.
ton in the absence of the State Regent
Mrs. Brannon, who is seriously i'll and
cannot attend. Miss Titus is the
Vice-Regent of Pack-Horse Ford Chap.
ter, of ShepherdStown, the Regent, Mrs
Gibson, being unable to attend.
Mr.. William A. Morgan, who has been
IN the government service in connection
with the Panama Canal, at Pedro Miguel,
Canal Zone, for several years past, IS al
his home near Shepherdstown. Mr.
Morgan is looking very we'll after his
long Soiourn on the lSthmuS, and his
trends here are glad 10 see HIM again
He has heard the call OF his country and
came back home for the purpose Of
enlisting in active service in the Army in
some capacity.
Mr.. w. F. Rogers, of Cleveland, Ohio
was here the past week to see his father
Rev. William Rogers. He has made a
half dozen efforts to enlist in the army
but has not been able to get in. He
has now been drafted, and if he is &C.
cepted he will 60 at once to Camp
Sherman. Rev. Mr.. Rogers already has
one son in the service.
Among the welcome callers at the
Register Office yesterday was our friend
of many years standing, Mr.. Geo. M
Knott, of the Moler's neighborhood, who
brought us two new subscribers for the
Register. Such men as Mr.. Knott make
smooth some of the rough places in the
editors path.
We were pleased to have a call yes
terday from Mr.. Guy T. Morrison, who
has recently moved upon the farm
along the Kearneysville pike that he
purchased from the Byers heirs. Mr.
Morrison is starting right in Jefferson
county by enrolling as subscriber to
the Register.
Mr.. Samuel D. Barnhart, of Roanoke,
spent several days in Shepherdstown
the past week. He has just returned
from Mount Vernon, Illinois, where he
has been inspecting the construction
of large number of new freight cars
for the Norfolk & Western Railway.
Among our callers last Friday was
MrNorman Lucas, from south of town,
who has the honor of being the first
subscriber of the Register to pay up
when the price was advanced year or
two ago.
Mr.. E. w. Myers, who recently moved
TO his new home on the Williamson
farm west of Shepherdstown, made a
pleasant call at the Register office last
Friday.
We were glad TO have a call on Tues
day from Mr.. Geo. w. Moore and Mr..
John d. Currie, two of the Registers
subscribers from Charles Town dis
trict.
Mrs. c. E. Willis and her little daugh-
ter, of Braddock, Pa, have been visit
ing Mrs. Willis parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
r. V. Mcdonald, near Kearneysville.
Rev. J. w. Ware, who has been in
disposed for the past couple OF weeks,
has gone for a weeks visi: to relatives
in Clarke county to recuperate.
We were gratifed to have a call last
Saturday from Charles E. Walters,
Esq, OF Chambersburg, Pa, who was
in Shepherdstown for the day.
Mr.. Nj. B. Myers, one of the Regis
ter'S good friends from the Zoar neigh
borhood, made us pleasant call on
Saturday last.
Mr.. w. T. Elliott, of the Leetown
neighborhood, was among the callers
at the Register Office on Monday.
Mr.. ]. c. Bitner, of the Kearneys-
Vile neighborhood, was among our
callers on Tuesday.