Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1916-08-10
BRIEFS.

St. Swithin has certainly made good
this year.
Eggs are p cents dozen and butter is
20 cents pound.
Sweet potatoes, Tasty cakes and fresh
line OF groceries at Hodges.
Owens & Miller's corn remover does
the work. Money back if it fails.
Nineteen tickets were sold YESTERDAY al
ShepherdStown for the excursion TO the
Luray Caverns.
Security cement, wall plaster, threshing
coal, timothy seed and fertilizers at
Hodges elevators.
The members OF the Reformed Sunday
school held pleasant picnic at Morgan's
Grove on Tuesday.
Wanted A woman to do general
homework. Apply 10 r. w. Morrow,
near Billmyer'S Mill.
Wanted, young chickens, for which
highest cash price will be paid. E. l..
bOluSooIougn, Leelano.
Owens & Miller are furnishing the ex-
cellent Stag brand paint that is being used
on the Register building.
The talk of the town is Owens & Mil
er'S Royal chocolate icecream sodas and
sundaeS. Have you tried them?
A meeting of the Daughters ofthe Con-
federacy will be held Friday evening of
tins week at the home OF Mrs. Mollie
Folk.
q. J. Jamison. ofAntietam Iron Works,
has bought new Maxwell touring car
from the National Highway Garage of this
place.
IL you like her, give her the best-Gil-
bert'S is the best chocolates. Sold only
by Owens & Miller. Fresh shipments
weekly.
We are glad to note that little Virginia
Owens is getting much better. She has
been brought back to her home in Shep-
herdStoWn.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. Z. Roger, of the Kear-
neySvile neigbborhood. have given four
playful little 'coons 10 the City Park in
Hagerstown.
Special attention is called to the adver-
tisement of the Big Racket Stores OF
Charles Town in another column of the
Register this week.
There will be a meeting of the lady
managers OF the Morgan's Grove Fair
Saturday evening OF this week at the
home OF Mrs. Bette Rentch.
Robert Shipley, OF the Jefferson Restau-
rant, treated the Register force TO some
extra delicious lemon ice Monday after
noon. It's a life-saver these hot days.
Emilio Petrioci, the young Italian who
was so badly hurt in the automobile acct
dent near Harper's Ferry, died in the hos
pua in Charles Town a few days ago.
The annual harvest home supper and
festival OF Mt. Wesley M. E. Church will
be held on Saturday, August 18th, at
Harry Writings home near Billmyer's
Mil.
A religious camp-meeting will be held
in AglionbyS grove at Shenandoah juno
ton, beginning August II th and contnu-
ing until August Goth. Services each day
at 30 and 100 pm.
The National Highway Garage has sold
three more Ford cars this week. Will
Walker and H. 7. Licklider have each
bought a touring car and Harry F. ByerS
has gotten roadster.
DIR. Aoner o. Albin has bought from b.
r. Ramey the latter's farm Of ll2 acres
two miles south OF Charles Town, paying
500 an acre for it. The purchaser Will
get possession April l, 1917.
w. q. Pringe, trustee, says the o. M.
Phillips Lumber and Supply Company,
OF Charles Town, did not make an assign
ment, but simply took the necessary legal
steps to dissolve corporation.
Anew concrete crossing has been made
between the Lutheran Church and the
graded school property. 1t will be an
appreciated improvement when the ap-
proacheS have been graded nicely.
Joseph McEachern, the man who had
both OF his feet cut off at Shenandoah
Junction week or two ago, and who is
being cared for al the City Hospital in
Martinsburg, is said TO be improving and
will probably recover.
John NJ. Miller, the wellknown apple
grower OF Berkeley county, has instituted
suit for $4,000 against Rothwell & Com
pany and for 81 600 against James M.
Rothwelland Rothwell & Company. The
trouble is over an apple deal.
The annual harvest home OF the South
ern MethodistS of Uvilla will be held in
the grove at that place on Thursday,
August oath. Dinner and supper will be
served at Is cents and refreshments will
be served as usual. Everybody invited.
If you have a watch or a clock or
piece OF jewelry that needs repairing,
take ii TO Max Lewis, who is an expert
in this line. All kinds of repair work
attended 10 promptly and satisfactorily.
Patronize home man and keep ieweler
in your town.
The bridge OF the Virginia and Mary
laud Bridge Company across the Potomac
river at Shepherdstown is being reprinted
grey color. c. ID. Kretzer is the boss
painter, and he reports that it has been
very pleasant high up on the bridge in
the bright sunshine this week.
The directors OF the Hagerstown fair
had considerable of a scare week or two
,han ~ ,nac ranOrfPd that they were