Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-01-16
LITTLE LOCALS.

presbyterian Church Sunday night, bu
after consultation with the board O
health 1t has been determined to post
pone the meeting indefinitely.
We appreciate the new subscriber,
who have recently enrolled themselye.
on the Registers list, and hope tina
these friends will enjoy the week.,
visits OF our paper. We shall be glac
10 add many more to our roll of read
srS.
George Glass, for many wears clerk
OF the county and circuit courts O,
Clarke county at Berryville, has resign.
cd because of failing health. Deputy
Clerk Eugene 9 over has been appoint.
e. 10 succeed him. Mr. Glass married
Miss Kate Baker. Of Shephe, dstown.
The second epidemic of infuenzs
which has caused so much affection ir
our community seems to be on the
Wane. Most Of those who were sick
are convaleScing, and there are very
few new cases this week. 1t has been
very serious visitation, and we hope
that we may soon be entirely free from
the disease. May it never return!
The body of Max Lewis, The Shep-
herdstown jeweler, who died here last
week, was taken to Martinsburg last
Thursday, where it was inferred in the
Jewish Cemetery, services being con-
Quoted by Rabbi Lippman. Mrs. Lewis
and the two children, who have been
sick in the hospital there, are getting
along fairly we'll and are now on the
road TO recovery.
While the Register was forced to drop
from its list the first Of the year the
names Of few of its subscribers who
seemed not sufficiently interested to pay
up, We have added quite number OF
new readers. We hope that these new
friends will enjoy the weekly visits O..
the paper, and We trust also that those
who have had their names taken fror
the roll will come across and renew
their subscriptions.
Mrs. S. M. Hendricks has received
from her grandson, Lester M. Hen
bricks, in France, beautiful hand-em-
broidered silk cushion cover, a souvenir
from that country. He also sent a silk
embroidered handkerchief in the same
package for his little niece, Mary Cath
arine Duke. The articles were mailed
in France November I'D and received
December 18th. Mrs. Hendricks is
very proud of the beautiful remem-
brance from her grandson.
We were pleased to have a call on
of the Charles Town neighborhood, and
w. Bane Brown, of the Kearneysvllle
section. Mr.. Engle as auctioneer and
Mr.. Brown as clerk have had their ser
vices engaged for a large number of
public sales in this county the present
season, and they will appreciate the
patronage Of farmers and others who
intend to make sale. They promise
satisfaction in their work in every
respect.
Postmaster Walter Wilt, of Kear-
neysville, came very near having his
beauty spoiled on TUESDAY. He was
standing in front of the stove when ar
accumulation of gas exploded and
threw out a sheet of fame that en-
veloped him for brief instant. His
mustache and eyebrows and eyelashes
were burned off and he was singed IN
general. His hands were also painful
" burned. Patrons Of the Office viii
please excuse Mr.. Willis appearance for
few weeks.
President Thos. c. Miller announces
that Shepherd College will reopen next
Tuesday, January 2lst. Because OF
the influenza the school was closed
earlier than usual for the holiday vaca-
ton and the date of reopening was de-
layed for the same reason, but 1t Is
now hoped that there is no further dan
ger and studies will be resumed.
is planned to have memorial exercises
in respect to the late Prof. Walter M
Duke, who died during the holiday.
from the influenza.
Mr.. M. K. Bowers, of the Leetown
neighborhood, was among the callers
at the Register Office this morning and
arranged for advertising a big sale he
will have on Tuesday, March 4th. H,
will sell at Woodbury. Farm, near Lee
town, his entire farming and dairy out
flt-a valuable lot of property that will
make one of the largest sales eve
held in this neighborhood. He has 81
head Of cattle and dairy cows, 10 horses
and colts, 1877 hogs, and large lot OF
farming implements and househol,
goods. Advertisement will appear in
this paper later.
An east-bound freight train on tho
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad was wreck
ed badly last Saturday near Vancleves
Vile and fourteen cars were derailed,
number Of them being smashed. A c;
load of hogs was in the jamb, and near
" all of the animals were killed. AL
of the tracks were blocked for six o,
eight hours and passenger trains ha
TO be detoured. Train No. 5. the
Chicago express, was transferred to
Norfolk & Western Railway at Shena
doah Junction and sent to Hagerstown
by way of Shepherdstown, then haul
ed over the Cumberland Valley tracks
to the B. & o. connection at Culno
A new force Of nurses and house
keeper began work at the Charles Towr
General Hospital the first of the year
The nursing staff will be directed BY
Miss Minnie Blake Stephens and Miss
lula Harrison. Both of these ladie'
are thoroughly competent in theil
profession, having recently graduated
at the Johns Hopkins training schoo
for nurses in Baltimore. The house
keeping department of the institution
also in competent hands, Miss PHI
Getzendanner having charge of it. Mis-
Stephens is a daughter of Rev. Il. !
Stephens, who several years ago was
pastor of the Southern Methods
Church in Shepherdstown, now presid
ing elder of Lewisburg district OF the
Baltimore Conference.
The people of Port Royal, Va, ir-
respective of religious denomination
have presented to Rev. 5. ). ware a
handsome silver loving cup as a token
IF their deem affection and In grateful