Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1920-05-13
PERSONAL NOTES.

Among our callers last Saturday
was Mr.. Vim. H. Martin, of Maple
shade Farm, north of town. Mr..
Martin is within six months of being
70 years old. He is still in practically
iuIi possession of his faculties, enJoys
excellent health, and is active and
energetic. He keeps busy with the
management of his big farm. and does
as much work as some men thirty
years younger could do. He saws
tnat ms eyeSleht is not-as good as he
would like, but he can see pretty well
wnat is going on and keeps posted on
the events of the times. Mr.. Martin
Is very remarkable man for one of
his advanced years.
We were pleased to have a call on
Monday from Mr.. Frank |. Beckwith,
OF Charles Town, who is a candidate
Tor the Democratic nomination for the
legislature from Jefferson county. Mr..
beckWith is new in politics and is
modest in his claims, but his friends
claim that these qualities should be a
recommendation rather than a him
drance in his aspirations. He is a fine
young gentleman and if he should be
nominated and elected we are sure that
ably
/ Mr.. ]. ]. Skinner, of Charles Town.
was caller at the Register Office yes
terday. Mr.. Skinner is a candidate
for the Office of county surveyor. and
thinks that his chances for the nom
inauon at the approaching primary
election are very good. He is an en-
gineer OF ability, and is capable of
tiillnG this Office to the satisfaction of
the people.
Rev. DR.. S. L. Flickinger, accom-
panied by several college students, at
tended the university extension lecture
on The Protest Against Making Grim
InalS given by DR.. L. Howard Griggs,
OF Columbia, at Hood College, Fred.
erick, Md, last Monday night.
Mr. Edward T. Line, of McKeesport.
Pa, spent the past week in Shepherds
town with his brother and sisters. Mr..
Line is very enthusiastic over the
great natural gas development in and
around McKcesport.
MIR. and Mrs. j. W. Snyder, of Wash
ington, are in ShepherdStown to spend
some weeks with Mr.. and Mrs. II. M.
Turner. Mr.. Snyder has not been well.
and he comes to his old home town to
rcCuperate.
Mr. VIM. c. Campbell, of Charles
Town, who has recently taken the
agency for the Mutual Benefit Life In
Surance Company Of Newark, n. l.,
was a caller at the Register Office the
Nast week.
We are sorry to report that our fell
. lou M
as been on the sick list the past week
He recently went - Baltimore. where
he submitted to slight operation.
Mrs. NJ. H. Crawford, who spent the
past winter among her relatives and
friends in California and Texas, has
returned to Crawford Hall, her beauti-
full home near Shepherdstown.
Mr.. A. c. Miller, of the Swan Pond
neighborhoOd, one of our Berkeley
county friends, called last Saturday
and renewed his subscription to the
Register.
Rev ]. w. Ware has been in Romney
this week attending the opening meet
ing Df the Eastern COnvocation of the
Episcopal Church.
Mr.. James S. Rightstine, one of our
most highly regarded residents, is very
sick at his home in this place with
stomach trouble.
Mr.. Elmer Tenant, who has been
employed in McKeespOrt, Pa, has been
in Shepherdstown this week visiting
his relatives.
Mr.. John c. Burns, a prominent res
ident of Charles Town district, has
been very i'll at his home at Flowing
Spring,
Mr.. Lee Powell, Of Richmond, Va,
has been here the past week as guest
of Mr. and Mrs. II. w. Potts at Popo-
Iicon.
Mrs. Howard Williams, of Boston
IS in Shepherdstown for visit 10 her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. II. w. Potts.
Mr.. Charles Schlcy was here from
PittSburg the past weekend for visit
20 his mother and brothers.
Miss Denda Goldsbsrough has gone
to Richmond for a visit with her sister,
Mrs. Llewellyn McVeigh.
Rev. w. r. Hartzell, of Walkersvilc
Md, spent few days this week al the
Reformed parsonage.