Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1920-07-01
LITTLE LOCALS.


William Stuart Athey. aged - years,
an employee of the Baltimore & Ohio
Railroad, was killed two miles west OF
Nartinsburg last Thursday evening,
when hand-car on which he and sew
eral other men were riding was struck
by a locomotive. The body of The ur-
fortunate man was badly mangled. His
wife survives him.
why raise a crop of wheat or hay
and run the risk of losing il BY FIRE
or lightning. when the cost of a
SPECIAL CROP POLICY issued in
one of the oldest and largest COM
panieS in the world" fully protecting
you is so small? Phone or use our re-
turn postal card and we will put yCur
policy in force at once. Washington.
Alexander and Cooke. Jos. H. Trout,
sub-agent.
Among the inmates recently admit
ted 10 the county intirmarv is Richard
Butts, at one time the mail carrier
from the b. g. o. Railroad at Kear-
neysville to Leetown and Middleway.
Few men have experienced the variety
of fortunes that have come to Mr..
Butts in the rs years of his life. Many
years ago he. was in the mercantile
business in Middleway. He was
mail carrier for twenty years.
H. A. Moler, a former resident of
Jefferson county, but who for a num-
Der of years past has been living in the
Hawaiian lSlandS-a pretty long way
from home sends us renewal of his
subscription TO the Register this week.
He says that owing 10 the high prices
of sugar the islands are having an era
of unprecedented prosperity, which
promises to last for several years to
come. Mr.. Moler sends us interesting
clippings from Honolulu papers con-
corning the sugar situation.
So deeply bereaved were the parents
of Shanh Ford, young ASSyrian boy,
of FairmOnt, w. Va, over his death,
the only child in the family, that their
life's savings, $4,000, were spent on
his funeral which took place last week.
Nearly five hundred dollars were spent
for floral offerings, and they were
borne to the grave in large convey
ance on which the coffin was placed
and on which was seated the hancee of
the departed boy. The father is
Fairmont merchant.
Anna Katherine McCleary, daughter
of DR.. and Mrs. Standish McCleary, of
Baltimore, who was so badly wounded
by her brother John McCleary when he
accide tally shot her with a pistol sew
eral weeks ago, is now out of danger
and is on the way toward a speedy re-
covery. The bullet which pierced her
right lung, broke a rib and lodged in
the muscles of her back, was extracted
last week. On Monday the child was
able to leave the hospital, and it is ex-
pected that in a short time she will be
entirely well again.
Resigning position in the civil
service in Washington, S. Brook
Blackford, son of Mr.. and Mrs. !. c.
BlackfOrd, of Shenandoah Junction,
enlisted in the aviation service of the
army, and has gone to the training
school at Fort Sill. Oklahoma The
announced purpose of the War Depart
ment to enlarge and extend the avia-
ton service makes that branch very at
tractive to young men, and Mr. Black
ford yielded to the allurement. His
first work at Fort Sill will be to study
photography, one of the important aids
TO aerial transportation.
lHGSG are SOlllC kllOSk-Oul NIOpS III
prices compared to the ledger man!
New red ripe tomatoes l5c the pound.
WatermelonS red to the rind. they say.
&c the pound, Cucumbers SC the
pound, bananas l2c the pound, oranges
sc each, lemons &c each, prunes l8c
the pound. White Fawn -four SIC,
Goods flour SOC the bag, below the
price at the mill. Bread, Roessner's
tha al.
cream cheese 36c the pound. We
as as we buy, always give you the ad-
vantage of the best market-at the
cash-and carry. J. D. Billmyer.
The National Highway Garage has
just sold to D. D. Pendleton nifty
vehicle that seems to be combination
of touring car, depot wagon and truck.
1t is a Ford chassis upon which has
been mounted a body very much like
the Dayton wagon that was popular in
this section many years ago. The
body has three seats in it, which makes
it a nine-paSsenger car. The seats are
removable, and it thus serves the pur-
poses of truck or carryall There
is no end to the utility of the machine,
and we shouldn't wonder if it becomes
a very popular vehicle that will add
new lustre to the name and fame Of
Henry Ford.
While Elizabeth, little daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. F. o. Coale, and Phyl-
lis, little daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Hopper. the latter of Baker
ton, we're playing in front of the
formers home in Washington the lat
ter part of last week, Elizabeth was
struck by a touring car Unaware of
the close approach of the car, she step
ped back and was thrown to the street
before the car could be stopped. She
had her arm. leg and cOllar-bone
broken. The owner of the car took