Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1900-08-23

pleasant social intercourse. while
their substantial benefit cannot be
overestimated. Why don't our farm
ers follow suit? We know of
farmers club in Frederick county
which is hourishing after life of
many years, the members of which
meet monthly at one another's houses
and spend the afternoon in the dis
cussion of farm affairs. The men
who belong to this club are the most
progressive farmers in their various
neighborhoods.
Biggest and cheapest lot of Silver
Ware ever shown in Berryville; also
Notions that will please you, at the
BERRYvILLE FURNITURE STORE.
The annual corporation election in
Berryville will be held Thursday,
Sept. 9th. The town officers to be
chosen are, mayor, recorder, and four
cOuncllmen, and their duties will
commence October LIST, and continue
for one year. Registrar Britton will
open his registration books at the
Mayors office on Thursday, Sept. =,
for the purpose of registering those
who are residents of the corporation,
but are disqualified from voting be
cause they are not registered.
Everything in the Furniture line
at the BERRYvILLE FURNITURE
STORE.
G.. ". and ". r. johnson raised
on the river bottom land on Mr..
Brubak,rs farm 40 bushels of
heat from p acres, an average of
II bushels. This yield has been ex-
ceeded by other farmers. but it is
worthy to note that on 20 acres of
Mr.. Johnson's field no fertilizer was
used, which is an item TO be reckoned
with IN these times.
I've heartily recommend the Fri
Umph Steel Range" Don't see how
it conld be improved;" Better than
represented;' "As fuel saver il
has no equal" Ask any Of your
neighbOrs who are using one of our
Steel Ranges, and you will hear ex-
presSIons like the above. We guar
aneee them for FIVE YEARS. Call
aud get one, at the BERRYvILLE
FURNITURE STORE.
Mrs. Taylor Morrison was shot las {
week while sitting on her front porch
at her residence in Charlestown by a
man named Jubal Young. The
wound is painful, but not serious
Noung's act is attributed to insanity
for which he has been treated in an
insane asylum and not cured as be
lieved
Admiral Remey has cabled the
Bureau of Navigation at Washington
list of the killed and wounded a.
Pekin. The cable-gram saws tina
Surgeon Thos. NJ. Lippitt was woun
ded in the upper left leg; bone frac
tured, but leg saved.
Mrs. Julia Mcdonald Davis. wifi,
of Mr. John w. Davis, of Clarksburg
W. Va, and daughter of Mai. +. II
Mcdonald, of Jefferson county, dice
on Monday evening after a months
illness. She was niece of the lat
Capt. VIM. n. Mcdonald, of thi
place.
There will be an all day service a
the Baptist Church next Sunday il
the interest of State Missions. Din
ner in the church yard. Rev. c. J
Thompson, Field Sec; and Rev. r.
Shepherd and f. b. Jackson will b
present.
For wheat insurance, insure in tn
old reliable, the Va. Fire & Marine
5. NJ. Taylor, agt, next door to p. {
Messrs. Thompson 4 Ogden hay
had large smokestack placed OF
their engine at the planning mill
here. The old one was twisted O
some time ago during a wind storm
The new smokestack is product c
Martinsburg Boiler works, and th
work of erecting it here was in charg
of John Farren.
The council of Charlestown has il
creased the tax rate from so to 5
cents on the 800 of property in o.
der to meet the extraordinary expens
incurred by the smallpox epidemi,
Capitation tax was fixed at 81 pc
head.
Ralston's Health Breakfast Foo
RalstOn's Health Barley Food; Ra
ston's Purina Health Flour, Graz
Nuts at r. ID. HARDESTY's.
Mr.. John Thompson, in drivin
across the mountain last week, gail
cred a bunch of locust bloom from
tree. Locust bloom at this time {
the year is rarely if ever seen.
W. 5. Kern, near Wincheste
hung his vest, containing $4,000, o
the fence while he fired a pile
brush. The flames caught the vel
and destroyed it, together with I'll
money.
The Thermometer during the pa,
week maintained its high flight it h,
been soaring for the past week, wit
the exception of few days, when
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