Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1901-11-21
LITTLE LOCALS.
The Things oflnterest that are Happening n
Our kelghborhood and Elsewhere.

Aloln and Mr.. Edgar Drew Conklyn,
in the Baptist church at Charles Town.
Corn is bringing nice figure this
week. Our local dealers are offering
SO cents bushel at the elevators, and
it is retailing at 60 cents. Wheat is
60 cents bushel.
The stonemasons are busy this week
getting in the foundation walls of the
new college building. Several of our
home men and others from Hagerstown
and Martinsburg are on the work.
All female troubles are now known
to be durable, since the birth of Proof
Tablets. This remedy, the result of ma
ny years of study, practice and expert
ment in leading hospitals, is unsur-
passed for the treatment of all female
troubles.
A very enjoyable social was held
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Benz.
Hartzell by the Epworth League of
the NJ. E. Church last Friday night.
There was a large attendance, and all
who were present had delightful
evening.
The Native Herb Drug Co. pre-
pares natures remedies true to for
mula, and by constant research and
liberal expenditure of money, can Of
fer to the suffering community Proof
Tablets, specific cure for all female
complaints.
Walter R. Hill, formerly of Shep-
herdstown, has recently moved his
drug store in Romney into new quar-
tiers. where he has provided a splendid
lot of handsome new furniture and
fixtures. We are glad to note these
evidences Of prosperity.
What are Proof Tablets? Proof
Tablets are the best female regulator.
Proof Tablets are sure. This is why
thousands of people are using them.
Proof Tablets can be purchased from
our agents or direct from home office.
Native Herb Drug Co., Bolivar, ".
Va.
At the meeting of the United
Daughters of the Confederacy at Will
mington, N c., last week, Mrs. ]. W.
McSherry, Of Martinsburg, was elected
corresponding secretary. Mrs. J. A.
Rounsavill, Of Rome, Ga, was elected
president. Next year the Daughters
will meet in New Orleans.
The union thanksgiving service in
Shepherdstown will be held this year
in the Lutheran church, and there are
many reasons why the people of this
vicinity should be in thankful mood.
The sermon will be preached by Rev,
J. c. Thrasher and a generous offering
for the poor of the town is desired.
Service at II o'clock.
The board of education has sold the
stone wall around the Shepherdstown
graded school to S. A. Westenhaver,
and the material will be used in the
foundation of the new college building.
The removal of the old wall will add
much to the appearance of the school
building. Some time in the future a
neat fence will enclose the grounds.
We learn that J. Touro Shepherd,
formerly of Shepherdstown, who re-
Gently purchased newspaper at Mont
gomery, this State, called Public
Opinion" has sold out to 1.-The Mes
senger," the other paper printed in
that place. Albert B. Cookus, who
was working on Mr.. Shepherds pa
per, has position on 1.-THE Messenger.
Arthur Bates, who has been with
the 4th U. S. Cavalry in the Philip
pines the past two years, returned
here Sunday evening. He had been
with the army in Cuba before going
to the Philippines, and had the yellow
fever there. While in the Philippines
he wa. captured by the Filipinos and
paroled. He served through three en-
li.tments.- Charles TOM Free Press.
The Presbyterians of Martinsburg
have awarded to S. A. Westenhaver,
of that place, the contract for building
their new church, the cost of which
will be in the neighborhood OF $l5,-
900. The structure is to be completed
by September l, 1902. Mr.. Weston
haver is the contractor for the Shep-
herd College building in Shepherds
town.
The Mirror, published at Leesburg,
Va, has been purchased from Mrs.
Sheets, widow of B. F. Sheets, who
founded the paper As years ago. by
Robert N. Harper, and R. J. n. Reid
is announced as the editor and bust
ness manager of the paper. The Mir
ror is an excellent newspaper, and with
some improvements that will doubt
less be made, will rank among the
best weekly journals.
The Standard Oil Company has had
two tanks erected along the railroad
near Lemons warehouse. They are
of iron, similar to~tank cars. The
company will provide tank wagon
also, and oil will be delivered by it to
the merchants in Shepherdstown and
the villages nearby. The business
here will be in charge of W. N. Lem
en-, and some persons are already call
ing him Rockefeller the Second.
One of the REGISTERS appreciative
readers in St. Louis, in sending money
for her substitution up to 1908, writes