Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1916-10-12
BRIEFS.
The moon was full last night.

Today the sun rises at 6.07 and sets at
$50.
X. E. Boyd has bought from James
Robinson the Roberts farm near Summit
Point, paying ST., 900 for it.
Class No. will hold an oyster supper
al the BakeTton hall on Saturday night,
October Dist. Everybody invited.
NC. Fur, who recently bought the
store OF Dunaway'& Watson at Leetown,
has taken possession and is now running
the business.
We have for sale most desirable little
farm OF . acres about two miles from
ShephercStown. Inquire tor particulars.
II. l. Snyder & Co.
Charles S. Billmyer will have a public
sale OF line Jersey cattle at his place near
ShepherdStown on Friday, November Sd.
Advertisement next week.
Mr.. Kirby Orndorff and Mrs. Alta Lee
lette, both OF Ransom, this county, were
married last Wednesday at the home of
The bride oy Rev. F. A. Tyler.
For Sale-My secondhand Ford tour
ing car. In good running order. Presto
tank, new lamps and good tires. s. L.
Cooley, Shenandoah Junction.
A case OF infantile paralysis has been
discovered al DarkeSville, in Berkeley
county. The victim is a Seven-year-o
coioTed girl named Alberta Burrell.
The Jefferson Circuit Court will meet
next tuesday, October 18th. The grand
jury Will assemble that day, but the petit
1rrN will not no CallaI until q Olth
The always interesting Frederick fair
will be held next week, beginning on
tuesday and closing on Friday. This
fair is always popular with our Jefferson
county people.
James Lawrence McChan has been
given the position OF care-taker at the
Juvenile Court in Washington City and
has moved with his wife 10 that place.
Judge Wilmer Latimer secured the Job
Tor him.
J. w. Buckles having sold his farm
near Uvilla and intending TO quit farming,
vii, have public sale Of live stock, tatm-
ING implements, ETC., on october 18th.
He has some valuable stuff to sell. See
advertisement in this paper.
A meeting OF the Equal Suffrage ASso-
Citation will be held in the old college
hall this Friday evening at 80 o'clock.
All interested in the cause and the public
generally are invited to be present, as
this may be the last meeting before cleo
ton.
Mrs. g. r. Hubbard, OF Keysville, Va,
formerly Miss Sallie Marshall, OF this
vicinity, who has been under treatment
the past couple OF months in hospital in
Richmond, is greatly improved in health
and is able 10 be at her nome in KeySville
again.
Mrs. Mary Horn, the aged mother oi
Mrs. Harry Slgler, OF Sheflerdstown, is
extremely III at The home OF her Son-in-l law,
d W. Breuthaver, in Franki county,
Pa. Mrs. Horn went there for a visit
the past summer, and was taken sick.
Her condition is very serious.
E. Garner, OF Martnsburg, who had
arranged 10 have his opening at the
iiolel RumSey in ShepherdStown on
Thursday of this week, has postponed
the same until Friday, October 18th.
VIII be at the hotel all day and evening
with full line OF ladies' suits and coats.
Special Commissioners @. NJ. Beltz-
hoover and ChaS. E. Williams will sell
the three Bllmyer farms located near
Shepherdstown OH Saturday OF this week,
the sale taking place in front OF the Hotel
RumSey IN this place. The farms 10 be
sold are the Reynolds" farm OF PIG
acres, the ''ElChi5On" farm OF l23 acres,
and the "OrndOrtf'' farm OF 327 acres.
Twenty new cases are on the
docket Tor the October term OF the JET
ierSOn Circuit Court. OF these fifteen
are chancerY and eight are common law
cases. Among the chancery cases are
two suits for divorce, IN both OF which
the wives are CompiainantS. Annie NJ.
Bowers Is suing Geo. T. Bowers, and
Elizabeth WetherS seeks a divorce nom
John WetherS.
Prosecuting Attorney Geo. D. Moore
received a telegram Tuesday stating thai
the Supreme Court OF Appeals had re-
versed the action OF the Jefferson Clrcui,
Curt in the case OF W. E. McSherGy
against the County Court and had entered
a decree in favor OF the county. his
is the case in which Mr. McSherGY had
received injuries by his team being
wrecked by aStone pile on a county road.
At the meeting of the State convention
ofthe United Daughters otthe Confeoeracy
held in Huntington last week Miss SallIe
Lee Powell, OF ShepherdStoWn, was re-
elected recording secretary, Miss Ora F.
TomlnSOn, OF Charles Town, historian,
and Miss Mary c. Stribling. OF Martins
burg, treasurer. Miss Jennie S. Price, OF
LeWiSburg, was again elected president.
The convention will meet next year IN
Charleston.
A pleasant meeting in the interest OF
the equal suffrage cause was held last
Saturday evening at 1.-The Cottage" the
home OF Mr.. and Mrs. Raleigh Dunaway,
al Leetown. The porcheS were lighted
with Japanese lanterns and decorated
with flags, making a very pretty scene.
a good-SlZed audience was addressed by
Mrs. Charlotte Pendleton Goldsborough,
Mss Violet cambridge and H. L. Snyder,
OF ShepherdStown.
A meeting in the interest OF the tem-
perance cause will be held in the Red
Mems hall in SharpSburg SATURDAY even-
ing of this week, when addresses will be
delivered by Harry q. Fisher, OF Keyser.
w. Va, and Harry L. Snyder, OF Shep-
herdstown. II IS expected that the Shep-
herdstown Chorus will furnish the music.
Arrangements are being made for addi-
tional Temperance meetings in Sharpsburg
for October 2lst, 10Th and 18th and NO.
vember Attn.
The Confederate lot in Elmwood Gem
etery has been enclosed with concrete
cur6ing, with granite posts at each
corner, making notable Improvement 10
the lot. A concrete curb has also been
placed about the Confederate monument
IN the plot. The enclosure is It's feet IN
length and IS feet wide at one end and
81 feet at the other. K. I. Banks is the
contractor for the concrete work, winch
has been done under the supervision ol
John II. SChOppeTt.