Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1922-05-11
LITTLE LOCALS.


who loaned their cars and otherwise
assisted upon the death of our husband
and father, |. +. p. Good.
An epidemic of what physicians call
intestinal grippe has been prevailing
among the babies OF this neighborhoo4
the past week or two. A considerable
number of children have been sick with
il.
In the class OF nine nurses that grad
| uated Tuesday night from the train
ing school of the Winchester Memorial
Hospital was Miss Eva NJ Knott
| daughter of MIR. and Mr.. c. ]. Knott, of
Shepherdstown.
Ii has been arranged that former
Judge Charles ]. Faulkner will sit as
special Judge at the regular term of the
| Berkeley Circuit Court, which begins in
| Martinsburg next Tuesday. Judge
Woods will be kept at Charles Town in
definitely with the miners trials.
State policemen came from Charles
Town last Friday night with the inten-
tion of bagging bootleggers who have
been operating rather boldly in this
place. The news of their coming seems
to have leaked out, however, and the
rum-runners naturally failed TO walk
into the trap.
| In another column may be found the
announcement of Frank !. Beckwith,
who asks for the denomination as Dem
ocratic candidate for the Legislature
| Mr.. Bcckwith served one term in the
Legislature very acceptably and voted
| right on the measures that came be-
fore that body.
The regional Sunday school conven-
ton for this district will be held next
week at Keyser--May 10Th, 10th and
2lst. Jefferson county is entitled to
80 delegates, and credentials may be
obtained from w. p, Licklider, county
secretary. Delegates will be entertain
ed at Keyser on the Harvard plan.
| Miss Bessie Williamson, formerly of
Shepherdstown, has been appointed to
the desirable position of instructor in
the Franklin Square Hospital in Bal
timore. Miss Williamson is a trained
nurse of recognized ability, and her
friends here will be pleased to know
of her promotion.
Politics are getting interesting in
| Martinsburg. The Journal says that
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for the Democratic nomination for
President of the United States and
that Capt. d. w. Shaffer will seek the
| Democratic congressional nomination
Tor Congress on a wet platform.
The committee in charge of the
memorial day exercises at Antietam
National Cemetery on May 30th is ar
ranging the usual interesting program
| for that occasion. Addresses will be
made by Congressman John J. German
| and Fred N. Zihlman, Hon. Alexander
| Armstrong, Attorney General of Mary
land, and others
The Rotary Club Of Bethlehem, Pa,
gave dinner and dance a few eve
| nings ago as a compliment to its new
president, DR.. w. L. Estes, Jr., and the
| retiring president, Chas. w. Brown,
! formerly of Shepherdstown. II was a
| delightful affair, participated in by
| large company. A feature of the eve
! ming was the presentation OF bcauti-
| full bouquet of roses to Mrs. Brown and
| Mrs. Estes.
! The Woman's Club Of Shepherdstown
is rejoicing because it has added to its
membership distinguished West Vir-
ginian, Mrs. Izetta Jewell Brown, of
| KingwOod. Mrs. Brown visited Shep-
herdstown some weeks ago and was so
pleased with this community and the
work OF the Woman's Club that she ex-
pressed her wish TO become a member,
and of course she was warmly welcom7
ed. There is no club of this sort in
Kingwood.
| The advanced students of Shepherd
| College will give recital for the
benefit OF the Young Women's Christian
Association Friday Night, May 18th, in
the college auditorium, at 7.30 O'Clock.
! The recital will consist of vocal solos,
| piano solos, duets, trios, concerts for
two pianos and an cight-handed piece
! for two pianos. Admission ten and
fifteen cents. A very advanced and
artistic program has been arranged for
the occasion.
AT meeting of the town council
| on Monday night arrangements were
completed for the oiling Of the prin-
cipal streets A carload Of oil has
been ordered, and is due here now any
| day. Ii is expected that a general
oil is applied. The electric light COM
pany was given permission to construct
direct line between the pumping sta
ton and the electric sub station. In
case an accident should happen to the
other lines this would still keep the
towns water supply going.
An alarm OF FIRE yesterday drew
| big crowd Of folks TO the west end OF
town, where a double log house oc-
cupied by John Smith and his family
and Daniel Mckinney and his family
was found to be on fire. The blaze
had started from a coal oil stove in
the kitchen on Smiths side OF the
house, and it was making rapid head
way when discovered. Smiths wife,