Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1907-12-12

pretty nearly everything tney may
want to buy right here at home.
Only eleven more shopping days
till Xmas. Buying is brisk, and il
there is any article In our stock thai
you particularly want We will lay il
aside for you. Remnants Pharmacy.
A severe thunderstorm passed ovel
this section Tuesday evening. An ex.
ceedingly angry-looking cloud came
up from the west with great rspidity,
and thunder and lightning were lively
tor time.
Who wouldn't like a calendar that
would adorn their home instead o.
making of their walls bill. board ad.
vertisin4 every concern in the coun'
try. To be had at Remnants Phsr.
macy. 25c up.
A meeting of the newspaper pub.
fishers of this section has been called
for Friday a, 2o'clock in Hagarstown
1t is hoped thatevery publisher in the
Shenandoah and Cumberland Valleys
will attend and take part in the or.
ganization.
81 L. Snyder & Co. have for sale al
the edge of Shepherdstowna nice place
of seven acres we'll improved and an
other. of ten acres. Both are very
desirable homes. This firm also hai
a beautiful tract of fifty acres, includ
ing ten acres Of woodland, half mile
from town.
While two young sons Of Edward
Grove, near Lsetown, were fooling
with shot gun few days ago the
weapon was accidentally discharged
and the elder of the two. little fell
low about ten years old, received the
load in his arm. The injury was SO
severe that the arm had TO be ampu.
tated.
An interesting game of basketball Is
promised for Friday night in the col
lege gymnasium. when the Shepherd
College team will play the high school
team from Wsynesboro, Pa. This
will probably be very exciting CON
test, and the public are invited to
come and see it. Admission 20 cents,
students 10 cents. Game begins al
100.
We take pleasure in noting the fact
that the old and reliable firm Of 7
W. Wood & Sous, seeismen, of Rich
mond, Va, was awarded gold med
al Tor It's exhibits Of seeds at the James
town Exposition. We have had deal
ings with this house for many years
and have found it most satisfactory IN
every respect 1t Is worthy the pat
ronage of the people.
Attention is called to the excellent
statement, published in another col
umn, of the N ,tlonaI Citizens Bank
of Charles Town. Particular note
should be made of the strong reserve
fund, which is nearly 100 per cent
more than the banking laws requil e.
The bank is thoroughly we'll managed
and its directors and officers are put.
ting it on high standard.
The following deeds to real estate
in his county have been filed for rec
ord in the Office of tn County Clerk
Harper's Ferry and Bolivar Building
Association to John Martin, ST.,
house and lot in Bolivar, for 5000
rhos William Piper to D. F. Piper
house and lot on the Blue Ridge
mountain, for $75; G. E. Hughes to
Patsy Louise Lowry. house and lot
in Charles Town, for $3.50.
The members of the reorganize1
Shepherdstown Band are making an
effort to secure a sufficient number OF
honorary members to insure fund
that will enable the organization TO
meet its legitimite expenses. and most
of our people are giving their supp 1T
TO the project. The band has recent.
" secured a number of new members
who are valuable additions, aud 1t Is
entirely worthy of the support OF the
people. Prof. j. D. Muldoon is the
capable leader aud the membership
now numbers sixteen.
Principal F A Byerly of the shep.
herdstown Graded School had heart
to. heart talk with the boys Of the
tour upper grades Of the school yes
terdsy on the subject of smoking. In
which he was assisted by Prof. j. G.
Knutti, of Shepherd College Twenty.
niue of the boys signed pledge not
to use tobacco in any form, and four
,een others pledged themselves not to
smoke cigarettes. The school people
feel az il this reform would be greatly
helped if the storekeepers would re-
fuse to sell cigarettes to the boys.
The ladies of the Lutheran Church
are arranging for an entertainment In
the town hall on New Years eve, be
ginning at 6 o'clock and continuing
until midnight. A chicken and wafH =
supper will be served during this time
Oy the pretty girls of the town, soup
and icecream will be served, home
made candy and fancy articles will be
cold, and an auction will be held. A
number of interesting features will b.
provided for the entertainment of Its
patrons while waiting to see the old
year out and the new year in, and a
most enjoyable evening is promised a
who will attend.
VIM. 81. Kuode has bought from
Benjamin Hartzell the property just
west OF the railroad station in this
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