Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1920-02-19
SHARPSBURG NEWS

A ted-rocm suit bought years aoo
for SIS brought $40 at the Per-,
Remsburg sale last Saturday. Othe,
things brought good prices.
Earnest Cramer, Oh CumberI,,.
spent several days here and at Haze
town visiting friends.
Frank Boyer and sister, Miss Ruth
visited Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse Cook ?,
Bakerton, their sister.
Sheridan Benner and Thomas Mo-
row, who are employed. at Berkelev
w. Va, were home on a visit. Tom
is looking good now.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Champion re.
ceived a photograph of the grave q,
their son. Lloyd, who was killed in
France during the great war.
Mr.. Petefish, the section boss .,
the N. & W. Railway here, will move
his family to Shenandoah Va, and An.
other boss will take charge of the
section here.
Charles Ricketts, died in Washing.
ton OF pneumonia and was brouph,
here and buried in Mountain View
Cemetery. He formerly resided a,
Antietam Iron Works. He married a
Miss Hutson OF that place.
Walter Stouffer went to Annapoli.
on Tuesday on business trip for
few days.
Quite a number of persons in town
and nearby have the flu. Mr. and
Mrs. Bud Rohrer are both sick, and
Bud came near bleeding to death on
Monday from the nose, which bied for
two hours. Hubert Stotelmyer and
wife and children are all down with
\ the flu.
Walter Roulette bought a horse a,
L al
| taking il home it with other horses
was playing when it kicked Mr.. Rou-
\ lette on the hip, fracturing it. Mr.
Roulette made a narrow escape from
| being killed. He has been very un-
| fortunate, having an arm broken some
\ time back.
! Some person or persons cut a num-
Der OF the tow lines that the cana
boats are tied with at the SNYDER
Landing.
Miss Julia Eavey, a sister of Prof
j. W. Eavey and Mrs. Joseph Wyand
died at the home of her sister, Mrs
Noah Myers, in Hagerstown, aged d
years. The body was brought here
and buried in Mountain View Gene.
terry. The funeral services we're held
in the Methodist Church by Rev
William Rogers, she being a member
| ShS ud0 HlhUy mere.
The road from this place to Shep,
nerostown and especially to the rail,
road station has been at times almost
impossible, owing to the water drains
all being closed up, making it hard
for an auto TO get through.
| Roy Painter Bender went to Wash.
ington last week and had his motor
cycle sent home by freight. 1t was
badly broken and Roy has brought a
claim against the company for dam
ages.
Edward Alderton came over from
Berkeley and spent Sunday with his
wife and daughter who have been
spending some time with Mr.. and Mrs.
Z. L. Monean, Mrs. Alderton's pa,
| Evans Poffenberger and sister, Miss
Kaye Pohenberger, spent several
weeks with their uncle, Alvin Poffen;
hotel.
Noah Churchey is the first farmer
to move his entire farming outfit. from
the Pry farm at Porterstown to the
MRS. Roulette farm at Bloody Lane.
Farm machinery is on the advance.
FODDER shredder that some wears
ago sold for SIS and had been used
since, brought over $50 at the Mrs,
Roulette sale last week.
Frank Boyer, Of the American Mer.
I chant ship, plying between American
and European ports, is at his home
here for couple of weeks.
Victor Delaney, Of Washington
was up last week on short visit on
business.
Mrs. Ernest Allen, of Washington.
came I'D last week to help care for
her mother. Mrs. Vim. H. BOYER, who
has been sick for some time.
Oliver Grice, of Hagerstown. was
down several times on business to his
old home town this and last week.
| oliver is enraged in the real estate
business ard IS a law student under
his brother '. Cleveland Grice.
Robert McGraw, former big bow
OF our place, writes your correspond.
ent that he is travelling for two large
wholesale houses, one Of Cincinnati
and one OF Philadelphia. His territory
| IS in. North and South Carolina.
Georgia. and Florida He has been
very successful. He makes his home
with his sister, Mrs. Helen White. al
Hampton: Va. He sends regards 10
his friends.