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Newspaper
Shepherdstown Register
Location
Shepherdstown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1919
Page
3
April 10 1919 notices report rising prices and new sales at Sebleys and local shops. Worrell buys the resh oph Mrs Howell Brown sale, Buckles opens a garage, a Potomac Stine plant sale planned, and town council and public meetings scheduled including an international peace debate. Influenza cases persist in Berkeley and nearby counties with several families affected.
Mrs. Robert L. Emory underwent appendicitis surgery in Charles Town and is reported improving. Hog cholera hits Jefferson county. County Agent Hughes talks of a campaign. AAvilla resident Charles G Morer and Charles Town's Daisy Moler wed quietly March 27. Knights Templar set April 15 inspection. Easter service at Zion Episcopal Church April 20. Shepherd College notes enrollment and new music teacher. Local rail issues may shift route through Berkeley to Jefferson county. Aging resident H McLain deteriorates, possible institutional care. Frederick Hose Company honors Thomas A Chapline. Mrs. J W Gardner recounts a runaway mishap near Shepherdstown. Coal traffic and pricing debates affect Martinsburg area. Fruit buds and crops show promising signs. spring weather enchants, birds sing across town.
A massive fire at Duffields destroyed Amos R. Kibler’s general merchandise store and prompted nearby structures to burn. Fire crews from Martinsburg and Charles Town helped quell the flames, with losses totaling about 53,000 for stock and 6,000 insured. Residents evacuated as flames spread to a Melvin office, Barnhart residence, and adjacent outbuildings, but volunteers saved several buildings and a residence.
Mrs. Ernest Zimmerman was assaulted at her Morgan County home near Berkeley Springs by Hugh Ferguson of Martinsburg. A mob stormed the jail to lynch him, he was moved for safety to Martinsburg, then to the State Penitentiary at Moundsville for custody until trial. Ferguson, 23, has a prior Reform School and penitentiary record, suspected of post office robbery and assault on a Kearneysville woman. possible death penalty if convicted. An unrelated fertilizer ad from Washington Alexander & Cooke Co. follows.
A letter from Corporal Robert L. Crowl in Savenay France dated March 29 describes good Red Cross support, huts, dances, and rain while news on home front includes Major John L. Mayer’s Haiti death, Corporal Richard H. Lee’s leg wound recovery, and local soldiers William L. Miller and Ford Thompson returning or discharged. Church service schedules and local remarks close the item.
The program at the Opera House features Bryant Washburn in The Way of a Man With a Maid adapted from The Saturday Evening Post, Dorothy Gish in The Hope Ghost from Woman's Home Companion, Mabel Normand in Sis Hopkins, and Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women staged Monday and Tuesday. Also advertised is a wanted female colored cook for a farm house resort, with notes on local shops and prices.
A string of local passings includes Mrs. Bessie Tabler of Milano aged 33 from influenza, Mrs. Lewis Philip Tabb of Martinsburg 75, Mrs. J Douglas Butler of Charles Town 65 in Florida, Mrs. Lulu Syester 21 near Falling Waters from influenza, Charles P. Jack 46 formerly of Berkeley Springs, Theodore Dooley 72 a Confederate veteran, Mrs. Anna Parkinson 40 near Shanghai, and Mrs. Lucy Grove 40 of Berkeley County. Several survivors listed, with burial plans pending and services conducted by local clergy.
James K. Hendricks, recently named county roads engineer for Jefferson county, establishes an office in Charles Town and leads survey work for Class A road improvements. Initial projects include Harper's Ferry to Charles Town and Berryville, and Shepherstown to Berryville via Duffields, with costs estimated from 5,000 to 10,000 dollars per mile. State Highway official S Scanlon urged public backing, citing real estate value and population growth as benefits, and noted local limestone reserves aiding economy. A survey authorization runs from the Maryland bridge at Harper’s Ferry to the Clarke county line, while neighboring districts await their turn.
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