Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1922-09-21
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Inc ford MOTOR company VIII be-
gin at once an aggressive war against
the use Of all forms OF intoxicants
among its tens Of thousands OF employ
es. Information in the hands OF the
company officials shows that Federal
and State authorities have been Only
PANTY successful in enforcing prohibit
ton and the production of intoxicants
in Highland Park and Springwell's
the two suburbs where the Ford plants
are located. Now, as far as the COM
pany's employees are concerned, the
company itself will enforce the eigh-
teenth amendment to the letter. The
method it will use is simple but pow
erful-the odor Of ntoxicants on
workman's breath, the possession OF
any form OF intoxicant on his person
or in his home will be cause for sum-
mary dismissal.
A large spread-head moccasin snake
was killed at the home Of Silas Grim,
at Refuge, Va, near Winchester, after
an exciting encounter. Mrs. Grim and
her two-year-old child were about to
go to neighbours house for the after
noon when she saw the snake coiling
in a corner OF the dining-room.
Snatching up her baby, Mrs. Grim ran
out, placed the child in a porch swing
and seized a hoe. She struck at the
snake, but missed, and then jumped in
to an automobile and sped to the home
of T. A. Steele, who came to her aid.
Steele searched the house for some
time and finally LOCATED the snake in
a clothes closet, where he hacked it
to pieces with the hoe.
c. M. Evanston, a Confederate vet
eran, of Senatobia, Miss, displayed
souvenir OF the battle Of Gettysburg,
for which he had been searching for
fully fifty years. He was wounded
three times at Gettysburg, one mimic
ball striking him in the head. Sur
geons were unable to find the shot
After more than half century he
began suffering with a tooth and had
1t removed, but was not relieved
Several days later the dentist found the
mimic ball protruding from the gum
where the tooth had been.
Mrs. Gathering Robinson, widow OF
James Robinson, died last Sunday at
her home in Maugansville, Md, aged
rs years. Mrs. Robinson before her
marriage was Miss Catherine Felker,
of Berkeley county, and is survived by
the following brothers and sisters
John Felker, near Martinsburg; S.
S. Felker, of that city; Mrs. George A.
Mason, Winebrenner's Cross Roads
Mrs. Calvin Zentmyer, of Polo, I'LL. +;
Charles Felker, of Hoyt, Kansas, and
Mrs. Moses Kilmer, of Belle Plain,
Kansas
Ben Champion, Of Charles Town,
has sold his apple orchard of 4S acres
on the Berryville and Castleman's |
Ferry pike to Guy Mason, Washing
ton attorney, who also bought 80 acres
OF unimproved land adjoining the or
chard from Mason Osburn. Mr.. |
Mason will build a residence on the !
property. He is said to have paid |
Sl6O an acre for the Osburn land.
Last Sunday in a sudden fit of in
sanity Amos Ross, of Tomahawk,
Berkeley county, attacked his wife with
razor and tried to kill her. She
escaped with several cuts, and then
Ross tried to kill himself by cutting
his throat Both were taken to the
City Hospital in Martinsburg, where
they will probably recover.
Mrs. Sarah Ann Horsfall, wife of
Abram Horsfall, died at her home in
MartInsburg on Monday last. She was
highly esteemed in Martinsbure, where
she had lived for the past twenty
hve years. She was native of York
shire, England. She is survived bv
her husband, son and two daughters. |
Miss Evelyn Fortney, of Terra Alta.
W. Va, former student of Shepherd
College, and Mr.. A. M. Sivert, of
Wheeling, this State, were married on
July 3lst. They will make their
home in Wheeling.
Mrs. Ollie Grimes died at her home
IN MartInsburg last Saturday, after a
long illness from tuberculosis, aged
"a years. A son and four daughters
survive her.
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