Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1913-09-18
LITTLE LOCALS.

Stark Delicious apples for big money.
when your grain crop fails you. See
Z. d. Bowly, Stark Representative, Shep-
herdstown.
j. L. Welshans announces his opening
millinery and dress goods for Thursdsy
and Friday OF this week. Everybody is
invited to call and see the handsome
new things for ladies wear.
Mrs.. Katherine Johnson, who several
years ago bought the Show place, east of
town. will remodel and enlarge the dwell
ing and make extensive improvements.
F. o. Trump has contracted to do the
work.
George w. Sisler has moved back with
his family from Charles Town to Shep-
herdstown, and is occupying Mrs. ]. L.
McChan's dwelling on New street. Mrs.
McChan expects to spend the winter in
Washington.
The Coffinbarger farm of 10 acres,
south OF Shepherdstown, is to be sold at
public sale in this place on Saturday of
this week. This is in many respects
desirable place, and it is expected that
there will be number of bidders for it.
James M. Mason, Jr., the well-known
lawyer of Charles Town, has invented a
sanitary drinking device for fowls, on
which he has been granted patent. We
| hope that MIR. Mason doesn't insist on
individual drinking cups for the hens and
roosters.
A fine rain that lasted for several hours
yesterday afternoon was most welcome
in this neighborhood. The showers fell
gently and gave the ground good soak
ing. Vegetation is already looking better
and the fields prepared for wheat seeding
are in fine order.
Careful attention is characteristic in
Owens & Miller's prescription depart
ment. Every prescription is rechecked
by competent druggist before leaving
our prescription desk, which is the cause
of our increasing prescription business.
Let Owens & Miller fill your prescription.
Harry Simpson, who was tried in Mar
tinsburg last week for attacking little
girl at VancleveSville, was found guilty
and sentenced to year in jail and fine
of 800 and costs. Whiskey was the cause
OF the trouble, the prisoner admitting that
he had been drunk at the time the offenSe
occurred.
q. B. Wiltshire will offer at public sale
next Tuesday the valuable farm known
as "Mantipike," one mile north OF Lee
town, this county. This is very de-
sirable farm and is well worthy the at
tention of anyone interested in real eS-
tate. See the advertisement elsewhere
in this paper.
Although for many months money has
| been available for the construction OF a
dormitory for Shepherd College in Shop
herdStown, there seems to have been abb
Solutely nothing done toward the erection
of the much-needed building. Has the
Board OF Control forgotten our neceS-
sites, or is it asleep, or on journey?
The Charles Town Horse Show has
taken an option, at $40, 1000, on fifty acres
of land belonging TO Mrs. Florence Hun
ter, along the valley Branch of the B. & o.
Railroad, just east OF Charles Town. An
effort will be made to organize stock
company to take over the property and
make there permanent home for the
horse show.
Mrs. Priscilla Miller, colored woman
said 10 be 90 years old, died a few days
| ago in Martinsburg, and yesterday the
body was taken TO her former home in
Sharpsburg for burial. Notwithstanding
her great age, her faculties had been WON
derfully preserved and her hearing and
eyesight were as keen as when she was
young woman.
Miss Hortense Koontz, an aged resident
of this vicinity, who makes her home
with VIM. T. McQuilkin, west OF town,
was stricken with paralysis last Saturday
morning, and has since been in serious
condition. She is almost entirely help
less and her speech is also affected AS
she is in her SlSt year, ii is not believed
| that she will recover from the attack.
Who says registered stock doesn't pay?
T. o. Everhart, the well-known dairyman
and breeder OF Jersey cattle, of Kearneys-
vile, has sold TO Geo. w. Johnson, OF
Parkersburg, w. Va, three registered
Jersey cows at fine prices. One COW and
calf were sold for $3.50, second COW for
$50, and third for SIPS. Mr.. Johnson
has registered herd of 100 Jersey cattle
on his farm at ParkerSburg.
Owens & Miller's rubber goods are all
guaranteed, because they are made from
REAL RUBBER, coming direct from the
factory to us, and can be exchanged, it
not satisfactory, at any ReXall store in
the United States or Canada. This is
strong reason why you should buy our
line of hot-water bottles, syringes, ato-
MIXERS, invalid rings, etc. Just see Tor
yourself our excellent values in rubber
goods. Owens & Miller.
Iohn Woods, who has been superin-
tendent of the electric light plant in Shep-
herdstown for several years, has resigned
his place here and will go to Charlottes-
vile. Va, where he will have a position
with John L. Livers, owner OF the cleo
trio light plant and trolley railway syS-
tenn of that city. Mr.. Woods has been
! an unusually efficient and accommodating
-. and has MANY friends here who