Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1920-06-17
NEW VOL. 55-No. "a.
LITTLE LOCALS.

graduate from Jefferson county was
William Daniel Hines, of Shepherds
town, who got his Bachelor of Arts
degree. This class was the largest
ever graduated NJ the University. being
composed OF 1902 young men and wo-
men.
On another page of the Register
thiS week may be found the ESSAY writ
ten by Miss Louise kablc. on "Historic
homeS III Jefferson County," which
took the prize offered by the Pack
horse Ford Chapter of the u. A. r. of
ShcpherdStown. Miss kablc gives a
very interesting history of some of
these old houses, and We arc sure thar
our readers will enjoy the article.
We hope that houscholders p,ner~'
VIII respond to the appeal of the street
committee of the town council and give
iull cooperation 10 the committees
chortS TO Improve our streets. II each
person Will give some help in this mat
ter our streets, or most of them, can be
put IN good order and real public im
provcment will result Read the COM
mittee's appeal in another column.
J. Frank Roucmous, who has ben
manager OF the John G.. Burns Com
pany hardware store in Charles Town
since the first of the year. resigned on
the death of Mr. Burns, and on Iun,
resumed his former position in the Of
hcc OF the Southern Railway Company
IN Washington. James r. Marshali.
the administrator Of Mr.. Burns, is now
conducting the hardware business.
Daniel a. Wallace, the engineer WSo
was so seriously burned ami sea 4
k ,,HlN.s
tern passenger train No. | was wreck
ed near Antctam Station. died from
his injuries last Thursday evening in
the hospital in Hagerstown. MIR.
wallace was 81 years old and was
highly regarded. He is survived Nv
ms wife, son, two daughters, three
brothers ani six sisters.
Daniel Hicdwohl, a Charles Town
citizen who had the heel of one foot
injured by having it caught in the
wheel OF motorcycle he was riding
seven years ago, is again on crutches,
recovering from the third operation
on IT. The last operation was perform
cd Thursday of last week by Dir. Il. +.
liaines, and Mr. Hiedwohl now be-
llevcs he will soon have almost COM
pletc use of his foot.-Advocate.
Miss Mary Elizabeth Hollida has
been in MOrgantown this week attend
inR the prize winners course al the
State University. She won the prize
IN the Berkeley county canning club
for girls. Others who are attending
the prize winners course from Beric
ley county are Miss Geneva Williar7l,
/ hlis5 Virginia Stuckey, Miss Lousc
miller, Louis Folk, James Darlington
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The Register was in error last week
in the statement that George Hartzen
had been elected president of the
Alumni Association of Shepherd Col
lcge. Ii was not George, but his
brother, Herbert II. Hartzell, who wos
named for this honor. The latter was
a member OF the class of 1895 and has
always been loyal member of the
alumni. He is already planning for an
interesting programme for next June.
]. Lawrence Wright, who has man
aged carrouSelle for some years past,
is branching out, and has organized a
carnival company which he has placed
on the road and will show at various
places. The various attractions as
scmbled in Shepherdstown the past
week, and on Tuesday left for StanleY
Va, where they are showing at present.
Mr.. Brown has number OF attractions
and expects to add still others.
We notice from the Frederick pa.
pers that among the graduates OF
BrlarB Hall Military Academy at
Poolesvilie, Md, last week, was George
Harwood, Of Adamstown, SON of Mr..
and Mrs. 6. b. Harwood, formerly OF
Jefferson county. His friends in this
section will be glad to know that he
won the conduct medal giveH anpuaHy
to the best all-around student of the
Academy. Department. athletics and
general ability were considered In
awarding the medal. He has won
medals several times before at this
school and has made most credtable
record.
number of barns will be built in
jefferson county this summer, notwilh-
standing the high cost Of labor and
building material. Stanley Dutrow
will build a barn 46xS0 feet on his
place at Flowing Spring. Col r. P
Chew is getting out the lumber for a
new barn 46xS0 feet on his Wiltshire
farm along the Kearneysvils pike.
Two barns are being built for B. F.
Langdon in the Kabletown neighbor-
nOou. One VIII be erected on the
Witherspoon farm south of Mverst"
and will be of the Switzer type, 46 BY
80 feet in dimensions. The other one
will be an Improvement on the Drew
farm, north of Kabletown. 1t will be
a surface barn 46X74 feet.
One day last week while WilbuTn
and Harry Miller, of Hanover, Pa,
formerly Of this place, were on their
way TO Shepherdstown. driving a new
Hupmobile touring car. they met with
a serious accident. AS they we're going
around a sharp curve. in the vicinity Of