Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1921-05-26
LU.E LOCALS.

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M, an ADDRESS will be delivered 10
1ne students BY Hon. Geo. M. Ford
state Superintendent OF Schools.
On one of the inside pages OF the
Register this week NAV be found a
very remarkable message from a man
vi intellect and character as he fel,
himself facing inevitable death. We
recommend to all Of our readers that
tney read the last words of Franklin
n. Lane. Secretary Of the Interior under
PRESIDENT Wilson's administration.
Miss Helen Pendleton has opened
her Little Green Tea House on the
street leading to the river, near the
bricEe. in what has long been known
as the paper mill house. 1t is very
pleasant there and a delightful stop.
ping place for tourists. Luncheon is
served caily and dinners arranged for
by appointment, Automobile parties
are especially catered to.
Judge Wilmer Latimer of WASHING
ton, delivered a very interesting ad-
dress last Friday evening in the col
lege auditorium under the auspices of
the Woman's Club. A pood-sized
audience was present and enioved
Judge Latimers talk concerning the
juvenile court and the incidents thas
came under his observation when he
was presiding Judge.
Navigation on the c. & o. canal has
suspended the past week by a break in
the towpath five miles west Of Williams
port. Boats had Just started on their
hrst trip, after two months of waiting,
when the break occurred. Sixty or
seventy feet of the ban'5 washed out
the break going below the bed Of the
canal. A large force was put to work
on repairs, and the first boat passed tho
spot Yesterday
Twin babies, boy and a girl, were
born to Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Cunning
ham on the farm of the c. H. Lewis
heirs, south of Myerstown, on Sunday
last This case promises to set a
birth record in medical annals, the
mother of the children being SO years
old. DR.. ]. ]. Pittman. the Cunning
ham family physician, believes thaa
her age is correct. The children are
perfectly normal and are doing WE'LL
Charles Town Advocate.
The usual interesting memorial day
exercises will be held at Antietam Ma
tional Cemetery, Sharpsburg, next
Monday. May 30th The procession
will start from the X. of P. hall at r. 80
O'Clock and move to the cemetery,
where the programme will be carried
out. The principal address will be de-
livered by Hon. John ]. Cornwell. for
mer Governor of West Virginia, and
Congressman Royal C. Johnson, Of
South Dakota. and Congressman F. NJ
Zihlman. Of Maryland. will also speak.
Jack Snyder, of this place. who is
playing on the freshman team Of the
West Virginia University, was on a
trip last week during which the team
played in Clarksburg. Weston and
Chenille. winning all three games. The
Weston Independent has this to say of
one Of Jacks performances: "Snyder.
the freshman left fielder probably
saved the game in the sixth inning.
The bases were full. Chenowith hit
a line drive close to the left field
foul line. Snyder sprinted toward it.
catching the ball off his shoe tops with
his bare hand. 1t was perhaps the
best catch ever made on the local dia-
mond."
There was a good deal of excite
ment in Hagerstown the past week
over the mysterious death of Oliver
F. Grice, a real estate and insurance
agent of that place. Grice, who was
81 years old, was found late last Thurs
day night in the apartment of A. j.
Hummer, on Broadway. in an uncon-
scious condition. He was removed to
a hospital. where he died the follow
ing day. Attending physicians were
unable to determine what caused the
fatal illness. as he died without re-
covering consciousness. 1t was said
that he had 5000 in his pockets when
last seen bv his friends, but when he
was found i'll he had only two dollars
Grice was well-known and popular in
Hagerstown. He was born and raised
in Washington county, where he spent
most of his life. For few years prior
TO the war he was living in the West.
Upon the declaration of war on Ger
manv BY the United States he enlist
ed in the Sixth Field ARTILLERY of the
Regular Army at Spokane. Washington.
and was among the first American SOL
diers to land on foreign soil. After
getting his discharge from the army in
Tulv, 1919, he came to Hagerstown and
had since been residing with his
brother. J. Cleveland Grice. He en-
gagged in the real estate and insurance
business and was very successful.
Posted As Draft Evaders.