Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1915-06-10
BRIEFS.
II Saturday,

va moon on o"'D'
Wv ,,,, Gets the Register a year.
SID bushel today and corn
p"' II, and Mrs. Robert d. Farley,
= =. 5h, oine-pOund son.
s,le-A Thrush s Slough carriage,
:" me- me good as new. Apply to M.
- st,,E Wanted-l want to buy live
~ ,iaIl kinds, particularly horses and
,, y, y Highest market price given. R.
ENJOY ,. s., .,,. , 80.
a.otprimproyed land-about IS acres
''a ,,sir = mile ortwo OF Shepherdstown,
I s.s road. in good neighborhood.
psrt-The small house belonging
s,,d 1 lutheran church property is Of
...s ior rent. Possession can be given
& 90 a.ss,te.y. Apply TO James E. Barn
a nr
NJ. Bertha Stuart Marker will sell her
4 ,.,bol5 goods. including some very
t,ronure. on Saturday, June 10Th, at
,'.r,,s IN front of the old market-house
ShepherdstOwn.
Tho members of Mt. Wesley M. E.
,,5 Of scrabble will hold a waffle sup
and festival at the home of ]. ID.
/ Imam Saturday evening, June 10Th.
r,,rone IS cordially invited.
Tho ladies' OF the Chapel OF the Good
,.so-srJ will hold strawberry festival
..nrre.ds saturday evening, June 18th,
,s,,7ojrg n 6 o'clock. Proceeds are to
10 missions. The public is cordially
sulet
Invitations are out for the marriage OF
A, Philip Grove and Miss Bessie Grove,
,,,- Of SharpSburg-the ceremony to take
,,,s Iuns Sd. MIR. Grove is the agent
:, he Norfolk & Western Railway at
,-rs,sm Station, and is brother OF DR..
ne Grove. OF ShepherdStown.
Anew advertiser makes his appearance
-,7s columns OF the RegiSter-W. Ralph
s.,as. who IS in the heating, plumbing
,-3 timing business in Charles Town,
and carries a tull stock OF furnishings in
I'M, .as Read his advertisements and
len posted as 10 what he is doing.
NJ lanes p. Staley and family ask us
n syeress their very sincere thanks TO
,-s many tuendS who were so sympa-
t-enc and so helpful 10 them in the be-
,ssyement occaSioned by the sad death
o, Roy S,aley. The kindness OF these
msncs IN this time OF trouble can never
be forgotten.
The wheat continues 10 improve daily,
and there IS every expectation that there
WILDE a good crop in this section. The
heavy rams last week caused it TO fall a
tt. but most Of it came up again and the
fs.5s are looking beautiful. The wheat
Is beginning 10 turn and harvest will be
h.re 10 a couple OF weeks more.
With the exception of short space at
ne north end, the entire length of the
h-ous valley turnpike between VIM
chester and Staunton has been treated
with bituminouS dustless binder. II the
PRESENT high rates of toll are maintained
The Management ought TO be able to gold
Plate The road next year.
William Goodrich, ofthis place, has just
completed a ten passenger automobile
ols, which he will at once put in service
o,,Seen Shepherdstown and Charles
Town BY way of Duffields and Shenan-
t,ah Junction. He will make two round
.rgs daily, and will arrange the schedule
for meeting trains at Shenan-
toaa Junction.
Extensive repairs are being made to
The Presbyterian manse in this place.
part OF the long brick wing on Church
street has been torn down, making a de-
,tet Improvement TO the appearance OF
he building, and the whole house will be
.e?ainted and repaired. The improve
1ea,S are 10 be finished by the time DR..
Jbise'iu and his wife return from their
wedding trip.
The Register has received confirmation
from several sources that it is right in IFS
that the Seventeen-Year locuSts
last made their appearance in the vicinity
Of Shepherdstown in 1902, and they will
not again show themselves, therefore,
until 1919, four years hence. They may
appear in other sections OF Jefferson
county this year, but they are not due in
S'ep7tTdSlOWn.
The ladies' OF the Lutheran Church will
hold gypsy camp Saturday night, June
18TH, on c. S. Miller's lawn at the Vr-
gnia House. This promises TO be very
pleasant affair, and everybody is invited
10 attend. Various amusementS will be
provided and refreshments will be served.
Pretty girls in gypsy costumes will wait
On the customers and gipsieS will tell
fortunes. Everybody invited.
John L. Williamson is the first man to
buy one Of the new 1916 Overland auto
mobiles in this section The National
Highway Garage received the new car as
a demonstration on Tuesday. Mr.. Will
hanson looked it over and took ride IN
Il Thursday and forthwith bought it. II
IS line car for the money, $3.50, and the
National Highway Garage expects to sell
q considerable number OF them in this
Section.
The body Of F. Guy Tucker, OF Mar
hnsburg, who was drowned May 3lst ir
me Potomac river at McCoy's Ferry, wa:
recovered on Tuesday. II was found ir
n