Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1920-01-08
LITTLE LOCALS.

0entlSt oil haRerStOWn, was killed last
Monday night when an automobile in
which he was driving was struck and
smashed to pieces by a freight train
Of the Cumberland Valley Railroad at
the Antietam street crossing DR..
Fiery was 4S years DID.
Jefferson county is we'll represented
at the big convention Of farmers,
stock men and fruit growers at Nor
gantown this week, those in attend
ance being Messrs. II. G. Marshall, G..
w. Blue, Milton Burr, Logan Shut, ].
B. Huyett, John Mcdonald and Mr..
and Mrs. c. A. Hughes.
Mr.. Cleon S. Osbourn was home
from Yale University for a part of
the holidays with his parents near
Duffields, going from there to Des
Moines, Iowa, as a delegate to the
Students Volunteer Convention of
Missionaries in that city. Mr.. Sam f.
Osbourn was also home from Phila-
delphia for a few days during the holt
days
We are real sorry to note a painful
accident that befell Mason. Marshall,
one of our most respected residents,
asst Sunday. While going down the
cellar steps he fell headlong to the
! bottom and hurt himself very severe
ly. While no bones were broken, he
was so bruised and shaken UP that he
has since been confined to his bed,
scarcely able to move.
I Mrs. Lee Humrichouse, wife OF c..
W. Humrichouse, of this place, has
been at Johns Hopkins Hospital in
Baltimore for the past several weeks
under treatment for an illness from
which she has suffered for some
months. Word was received here
this morning that her condition is
critical, and her family has been sum-
moned to her bedside.
There will be an interesting meet
ing in the Bolivar M. E. Church on
Sunday, January 18th, at 2.3O o. m,
when an address will be delivered by
former Congressman Martin A. Mort
son, now president of the u. S. Civil
Service Commission. The address
will be appropriate to Old Hickory
Jackson day. There will be special
music for this occasion. Seats free
everybody invited.
The Shepherdstown basketball team
had a pleasant session with the strong
quint from Waynesboro, Pa, Tuesday
night in this place. 1t was pleasant
because victory perched on our BAN
ners TO the tune of 81 to 25-whereat
the rooters were glad The victory was
all the more appreciated because we
were drubbed by the Waynesboro team
couple of weeks ago on their own
floor by the awful score of 90 to Sc.
Benjamin F. Fiery, of Martinsburg,
has been appointed as confidential
clerk to Secretary of War Baker He
is graduate of Washington and Lee
University and of the Harvard Law
School and is a member of the bar of
West Virginia and of Ohio. He served
as private in the signal corps and la
ter was commissioned as second lieu
tenant of the air service. He was dis
charged from the service in March.
VIM. A. Stephens and Walter S.
winters, OF this place, have organized
the Electric Lighting System Com
pany, and will handle the WHY'S Light.
which is regarded as a most admirable
system. They have Jefferson and
Berkeley counties, w. Va, and Wash
lngton county, Md, as their territory.
and they expect to push the business
aggressively. They will keep the pub
tic informed by means of advertise
ments in the Register.
Edgar L. Starry is building himself
a new dwelling house on a lot along
the lower pike that he purchased from
Benjamin Hartzel He had the frame
work all UP and ready for the roof
when furious gale of wind last week
olew the whole thing down. Fortu-
nately the damage was slight, only
few of the timbers being broken,
and Mr.. Starry has it raised again
and hopes 10 have the house ready
Tor occupancy by the first of April.
F. w. Deck, of Washington, writes
us a very pleasant letter in renew
ing his subscription. He saws: "The
coming of the Register each week is
eagerly awaited and it is carefully
read, especially by mother, who well
comes 1t as breath of fresh air from
the old home. We want it to con-
tlnue its regular visits to brighten our
Aome, and SO renew our substitution
Tor the year 1920. We wish for the
editor and his family a new year over
lowing with happiness and success
many times repeated"
~ hESi mas installed DelcO
lighting system for Robert Shiplev
and the Jefferson restaurant and Mr.
Shipleys residence will be lighted
from the plant. Mr.. Pitzer has placed
over 200 of these lighting plants in
Jefferson and Berkeley counties dur-
ing the three years that he has had
me agency, and he stands at the head
OF the agents in the southern division
for installations in 1919. He has been
notified that he will have a front seat
in the convention of Delco agents to
De held in Dayton, Ohio, on March
lst vi
L. V. Hull's bus line running from
HagerStoWn to Boonsboro, Keedys
VINE, Sharpsourg and Shephcrdstown.
has been forced IN J;scc,,;r,,