Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1916-11-02
Ghe Shspherdstolun ge9ister.
sday, November 2, 1916
BRIEFS.


Sunshine cakes and crackers at Rein
harris.
Buckwheat and maple syrup at Rein
hah's.
All kind Of crepe paper TO be had Of
Owens & Miller.
County Court will convene next Mon
day, November 9th.
Egg are 80 cents dozen and butter is
80 cents pound this week.
Eyes, feel like new person since
using Owens & Miller's liver salts" Only
25 cents bottle.
f. H. Remnant has had a new garage
erected in the rear OF his dwelling. corner
OF Church and New street.
Have you seen the new $500 Victrola
in Owens & Miller's window? Let us
have your order for records.
I'VE take good many papers, but the
old Register is the iavorite. lanes
Covert, Shenandoah Junction.
About 10000 automobile licenses have
been issued in West Virginia since the
beginning OF the license year. July lst.
A festival will be held in the Uvilla hall
on Saturday evening, November llth,
by the ladies of the M. E. Church South.
Everybody invited.
The wtetched saloons OF Williamsport
are getting their work in. Last Saturday
night two young boys of that place were
arrested for being intoxicated.
A poll OF the employees of the round
house of the Western Maryland Railroad
in Hagerstown on Monday resulted
Wilson 81. Hughes 9, refused /.
Mayor u. S. Martin is greatly improv-
ing his property on Princess street by
laying a considerable lot OF new concrete
sidewalk, making new porches, etc.
Charles r. Hughes, who for number
OF years has been owner and publisher
OF the Clarke Courier, at Berryville, Va.
has sold the paper TO w. T. Lewis and
Kenneth ~ Gilpin.
A barn on the farm OF Alex Murphy,
couple of miles south OF Harper's Ferry,
was destroyed by fire last Thursday, and
a quantity OF hay, corn and farming i'm
plements were burned
Workmen are now laying the pipe line
for the new waterworks system, and
have gotten it down along Main street as
far as the Byerly property. Water has
not yet been struck at the well.
The big sale OF line Jersey cattle at
Chas. s. Billmyers tarm near Shepherds
town takes place Friday OF this week.
Some splendid Jerseys are to be sold.
See advertisement in this paper.
Leonard S. Cooley, OF Shenandoah
Junction, was elected assistant seer etary
OF the Jefferson County Sunday School
Convention last week, instead OF B. F.
Yates, as was enormously reported.
The announcement for public speaking
III Shepherdstown Saturday night by
Hon. J. Hop Woods and Hon. B. H.
fliner has been Withdrawn, owing TO a
confusion in dates that had been arranged.
Wheat reached the high point OF 81 81
a bushel the first OF the week, but ii
dropped back seven cents bushel yes
terday. Our dealers are offering $l.75 a
buShel TO-DAY. New corn is selling at 70
cents buShel.
Captain H. c. Getzendanner will have
a Dig sale OF live stock at his Shannondale
farm on Thursday, November 10th. He
will sell 50 head OF choice young cattle,
some hogs and horses. Full advertise
ment will appear in next weeks issue.
Charles w. Andrews, formerly OF Shep-
herdstown, has bought from Miss Judith
Sublette her dwelling house on Samuel
street, in Charles Town, for 81 500. After
making repairs TO the house Mr.. and Mrs.
Andrews will occupy ii as their home.
Owens & Miller, the enterpriSing drug
giStS, have been among the 5000 Rexall
drug stores in the United States that are
taking straw votes as TO the choice for the
presidency. The vote sent in from Shep-
herdStown this week was Wilson 359 and
Hughes l62.
Secretary of War Newton D. Baker
made powerful speech in MartinSburg
last Thursday night, the opera house be-
ing filled with an enormous crowd who
had assembled to hear him and pay him
honor. A number OF ShepherdStown
persons attended the meeting.
Halloween was observed here Tues
day night by the youngsters, who paraded
the streets in masks and fantastic cos
tunes and threw corn and other HARM
less missiles. There was but little dis
orderly conduct and no destruction OF
property. Several showers of rain threw
something of damper on the fun.
A meeting in the interest OF the equal
suffrage cause was held in Bolivar Tues
day night, in which considerable interest
was manifested. Addresses were made
by Mrs. Edwin s. Jarrett, Mrs. Charlotte
Pendleton Goldsborough and H. L. Sny-
der, all OF Shepherdstowu, and the
speakers were listened TO atteniively.
We think that the people ought to vote
for the new bond issue as matter OF simple
fairness. These bonds were issued at 4
per cent, free from taxation. The courts
declared that they would have to be tax
ed, as the exemption was unconstitutional.
II is now proposed TO reissue them at )
per cent, which is about the same as 4
per cent and taxation.
AT the opera house tonight Thomas