Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1913-10-16
LITTLE LOCALS.

and 8 o'clock. Rainsows in the '~ ~ss
are rarely seen. e "eS
The Jefferson County Sunday Scboo
Sonvention will be held on Tuesdav an,
wednesday, November 4th and 5th !,
lne Union Church in Middleway. In,
olncers are preparing an interesting pro
gramme. p'0
ne season for outdoor work is al.
most over, but so far there has been nj
Improvement to the Berkeley county mar
OF the road between Martinsburg ant
ShepherdStown. This road is uisgrac,
to Berkeley county.
Claude w. Stewart, tried in Martins.
burg last week for setting fire TO the laros
plant OF the Stewart. Vehicle Company
which was destroyed just about a YEA
ago, was acquitted by the jury last Satur.
day. The trial lasted six days.
Just about So'clock last SATURDAY. night
when Main street was filled with shop-
pers from town and country, a sudden
aoWnpour OF ram caused lively commo-
llon. The rain fell in torrents, and {
great many persons were drenched before
'hSJ SOuiu iillu shelter.
Your doctor knows-so do we-anc
you should-that we put upprescriptions
right. No one is better prepared thar
we are, because of our training anC
equipment. No better drugs can be had
than those in this store. Let Owens 6
Miller fill your prescriptions.
No, the Shepherdstown Register has
not been put on the free list by the new
tariff bill. Although the tariff is very
low, only about ten per cent advalorem, II
Is Still collecliblS. those who have beer
little SLOW about paying up may now
come forward and settle with the cashier
The road laws in pamphlet form as
compiled by Chief Road Engineer Will
Jams and issued by the Department OIL
Agriculture can now be had by making
application either to the State Road Blu
reau, MoIgantoWn, w. Va, or the De-
partment of Agriculture, Charleston W.
Although the numerous rains since the
beginning OF this month greatly retarded
wheat seeding, this work is about finish
ed now. The wheat that was soWed
before the rains has come up beautifully
and some fields are carpeted with a thick
covering OF living green that is lovely to
behold.
Mr.. Dudley Digges Pendleton, of Pitts
burg, and Miss Marguerite Brunette Lake,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. James Lake,
were married last Saturday al "Crannog,"
the home of the bride, at Forest Hill,
Maryland. Mr.. Pendeton formerly re-
sided in ShepherdStown, but has lived in
Pittsburg for number of years.
We don't blame Horace Fraley, who
lives on the CrlrWell farm, west OF town,
for being sore on hunters and "poSting"
his farm. One day last week some I'M
known person who was shooting on the
farm killed big turkey goboler that
weighed nearly thirty pounds. The tur-
key was LETT lying in a field, with its
head shot off.
D. Norman Magruder, son OF Mr.. and
Mrs. ID. Lynn Magruder, OF the vicinity
OF KearneySVille, has been chosen as
physical director OF the MartinSburg Y.
M. &. A., and took UP his work there
yesterday. Mr.. Magruder recently re-
turned from San Francisco, where he had
been associated with Y. M. c. A. work
for several years.
The Page Publishing Company, $40
Park Avenue, Baltimore, Md, has on
hand number of "Dixie" calendars for
1913 that il will forward to any one who
will send 10 cents for postage. These
calendars contain $50 quotations OF South
ern history, humor and literature, and are
useful and artistic things, worth a great
deal more than is asked for them.
The worlds series baseball games
closed last Saturday, when the Phlladel-
phla athletics won The fourth game and
the championship. Folks here were
very much Interested in the games and
watched eagerly the bulletins describing
The scores al the front OF Owens & Miller'S
uGu2 store. One OF our girls, seeing the
eager crowd, inquired what club was
playing against the Shepherdstown
team.
Albin Lloyd, farmer residing on the
Sandy Rluge road, about half way between
ShepherdStoWn and Shenandoah juno
ton, last week made an assignment OF
his property, including live stock and
farming implements, to Attorney e. N.
Campbell, as trustee, for the benefit OF
creditors. The trustee is required to sell
the property and turn over TO the grantor
any surplus that may be left after his
debts, cost of administering the trust and
$500 exemption are paid.
The members OF the ShepherdStown
fire department are arranging TO hold a
fair in their new building during the
approaching Christmas holidays. This
handsome structure is now under ROOT
and ready for the plaStefers, and work
will be pushed right along so as to have
it ready for occupancy by Christmas.
The firemen deserve great credit Tor their
persistence in the construction OF tn is
building, and we hope that the community
may continue to support them IN the
most liberal way.
lanes Lawrence McChan left yeSter-
day Tor Washington, where he will take
charge OF one oil the important street-car
lines of that City-that IS, he has a JOB at
the car barns, where It is his duty TO
sweep out and clean the cars as they
come in from their run. Lawrence IS
firmly resolved to stick TO the company
this time until he becomes at least general
Superintendent. He broke his record Tor
holding Job by remaining in the employ
of Geo. T. Hodges for almost an entire
year, and he feels now that nothing IS
impossible.
Apple trees have pecuiiarities like people
and we should study them carefully, says
a Register correspondent. The Belle
flower, though a delicious apple, is a
sparse bearer and it will not pay to plant
il. The same is true OF the Rome Beauty.
While the Ben Davis is a poor frult IN
quality, yet il bears so freely and looks SO
pretty red that il sells readily IN market.
A New York fruit grower asked al a
meeting how many Bens should be planted
out of / 200 trees, when delegate SAID
plant 999 Bens. Grimes Golden Is inc
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