Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1922-11-02
Register.

udNS SoIIle 10 ShepherdStown' II i
true that the town has not grown
much in population, but it has i'm
proved wonderfully. Perhaps "Ob-
server" will give us something before
long on the subject of these CHANGES
for the better. The community has
unquestionably grown in culture and
refinement and in public spirit, and
socially and morally and intellectual.
iy 1t has made marked progress.
The business affairs of the co,,-
munity have undergone the most mo-
ticeaole changes. In looking over the
hrst issue printed by the publishers in
November, 1882, we find but three ad
Vertisers remaining who were in our
columns on that date: Mr.. George NJ
Beltzhoover, whose professional card
has never been omitted, and who for
even a longer period than We have
published the Register has been the
towns learned attorney and counsel
lor-a lawyer of dignity and integrity,
conscientious and publc-spirited
gentleman whose personal and pro-
fessional life has always been above
reproach; Mr., Henry c. Marten,
our hardware merchant, who is as at
tentlve to business now as he was in
MS youthful days, and who, though
he has amassed a comfortable com.
petence, finds his pleasure in his store
albeit he takes life much more easily
than he did forty years ago; and Mil
ton Kohler, Hagerstown, whose lew
elry store has enlarged and prosper-
ed until it is known far and wide and
whose sons are now associated with
him in carrying on the business.
III is interesting to note the names
or our local advertisers of FORTY wears
ago, most of whom have now passed
away. Among the names we find w.
N. Lemen, G. T. Licklider, C. w. Show.
John L. Rickard, John F. Welshans, n.
c. Entler, Baker & McMurran, C. T.
Hodges, Baker & Billmyer, DR.. S. R.
Patten, dentist, J. S. Fleming, H. F.
Cameron, undertaken, J. S. Bragonier,
attorney -at-law, S. P. Humrickhouse,
]. N. Trussell, D. A. Hill, !. Gregg
Gibson, Jacob Wintermoyer, VIM T.
Lemen, all of Shepherdstown; !. S.
Melvin, Duffields; T. Homsher, Kear-
neysville; ]. T. Hagley, Dufields; Geo.
K. Staley & Co., Baltimore; Draw
baugh & Atkinson, Shenandoah Junc,
ton; Osbourn & Barnhart, Duffields,
N. S. j. Strider, Uvilla; Geo. H. Hag-
ley, Charles Town. Of those named
in this paragraph only five are now
living: Geo. R. Staley, j. S. Bragonier,
Henry S. Baker, VIM. H. Bilmyer and
]. T. Hagley.
A perusal of the Register of forty
years ago today shows the names of
the following ministers in the church
directory: Rev. L. R. Mason, of the
Episcopal Church; Rev. D. M. Moser,
Lutheran; Rev. ]. A. Armstrong, Pres
byterian; Rev. w. G. Eggleston, M. E.
Church South; Rev. ]. C. Bowman, Re-
formed; Rev. c. o. Cook, M. E.
Church; Rev. Abram little, coIored
Methodist; Rev. B. F. Fox, colored
Baptist.
Among the personal notes, then as
now feature of the Register, we alb
serve that Hon. A. r. Boteler, of the
United States Tariff Commission, came
up from Washington for a brief visit:
Col. Henry Kyd Douglas was over
from Hagerstown for flying visit;
Miss Julia Grove, of Sharpsburg, Wis
tied her sister, Mrs. Alice Gibson,
Miss Bette Koontz, Of Marksville, Va,
visited Miss Sallie Rickard; Mr.. and
Mrs. Thomas Chapman, of Mt Olive,
Va, were here for few days; Miss
Jane Butler was visiting friends near
Washington; Mrs. Mary Baker was
spending some time with her daughter,
Mrs. George Glass, in Berryville.
Among the death notices was that Of
Mrs. Catharine Byers, widow of Jacob
Byers, aged 80 years, at Scrabble: in
Illinois, J. Howard Strider, of Duff
fields; in Martnsburg, Jane Gray,
aged p years, daughter Of Col. ]. Q.
A. Nadenbousch.
In the wedding announcements were
the following: In Hagerstown, Mr..
Seaton r. Miller, Of Berkeley county,
and Miss Annie S. Billmyer, Of this