Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1900-01-24
Briefs.

CuedpSr TOT our FARMERS 10 nave their
wheat bound 10y hand. 1t requires.
they say, % to lbs. of Irvine per
acre for wheat averaging % to 80
bushels and at Ia TO l8 cts. per To-,
according to quality. the outlay for
Irvine will be from 40 to "a cts. per
acre. At that rate 1T will cost 81 SO
to S2.l6 for binding with machine
acres which could be done by one
good hand for $l.OO per day and
board Many farmers have help
enough to harvest their crop without
spending much for extra labor, but
N they have not It would be better
for them TO give II to some worthy
labOrer rather than TO continue feed
ing the Unsuitable Irvine trust which
IS laying ITS hand 80 heavily upon
Warren Sentinel.
WANTED.-Four energetic men TO
work for the Equitable Life Ins. Go.
4 \. !. Good position and pay to
light parties. Apply to J. r. LUP-
ToN. District manager, lIarrlsonburg.
Va
\. T. Reynolds has sold to stock
COMPANY composed of farmers in the
southern end of the county the bay
PerchOn stallion which he had i'm
ShepherdStown month or two ago.
lie got $4,000 for the animal. The
company Is composed as follows:
VIM. Wilt, president aud manager of
the horse; Daniel Heflebower. secre
tary and treasurer: board of direc-
tors. VI. +. Trussel, W. II. Whitmore.
ana Il. Il. smith. The following
nre stockholders: Zeph Baue. IT..
&. W. Benuer. l.. b. Shut. Milton
kouss, q. ". Clipp, l.. W. Mcdonald
Joseph Baker, ID. W. Clendenniug.
John &. Shirley, IT., +. Z. Bum
gardner, John q. Flemming. j. b.
Coyle- VIM. Wilt, Daniel Hehlebow-
er. VI. +. Trussell, Il. r. Smith and
". II. Whitmore. -Shepherdstcwn
Register
From the daily papers we notice
that the 2Sth I. :. Infantry has been
IN several enga yements in the Philip
pines. Four were killed and forty
wounded. is Gen. Otis report. 1t is
in this regiment that our countyman.
Captain A. G. Carson, holds his com
mission. We understand that be ca
bled his brothers that his company has
been IN three heavy engagements, but
that so far be has not been hurt
Warren Register.
Candidates for Assessor of .Jeffer
son county in the Second district are
quite numerous. although the pr
maries will be held August next.
Among those announced are: John
W Gardner, the present incumbent:
}. A. and Il. o. Link, c. E. Lamar.
j. W. Taylor, r. L. Cook and w. c.
Daniels. In the First district the
candidates announced are: G.. ID.
Donnelly, the present incumbent:
Thomas r. Moore and Thomas Jan
ney.
A sufficient number of poles to
construct the telephone line between
Shepherdstown and MarIinsburg have
been delivered in this place, and bids
for hauling them to their places have
been received by manager Hoover.
1t said that the work of building the
line Is to begin at once Shepherds
town Register.
The independent Steam Fire Com
pany No. l and several citizens of
Charlestown contributed $50 for q
bust to Charles Broadway ROuss, the
well known New York merchant. 4
number of Southern ladies have start
ed the movement. Among them are
Mrs. Jefferson Davis, Mrs. John c.
Calhoun and Mrs. Frank Leslie. The
bust is to cost 81 900, aud is to be
presented to the City of New York.
DIR. A. 5. Reynolds. of Shepherds
town, is making investigation of the
cost of an electric light plant, with a
view to operating the same in Shep.
herdstown if it shall be found feast
BILE. 1t is proposed to utilize the
power at night that runs his mill
during the day.
l.. ID. Getzandanner, hardware
merchant, is at the head of u bank
which is to be started in Charlestown
about February l5 The name of
the corporation is to be the Citizens