Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1917-04-19
BRIEFS.


Mems, women's and children's shoes
and slippers at Hodges.
Butter is 30 cents a pound today and
eggs are % cents dozen.
Wanted-Reliable woman to wait on
customers at our office, Benjamin Hart
ZeII.
For Sale-A six-foot double steel pull
veri5er. Apply TO Albert T. Moler, near
Bakerton.
Farmers are busy as can be blowing for
corn and doing other spring work. Help
IS very scarce.
'Phore Hamrick, 81 K, Shepherdstown,
for homegrown seed potatoes and Early
Valentine beans.
The Berkeley Circuit Court began in
Martinsburg on Tuesday, with Judge ].
Nj. Woods on the bench.
You will be delighted with the healing
and soothing effects of Owens & Miller's
almond lotion. Price Is cents.
Guy Mason, well-known colored
man OF the Kearneysville neighborhood,
died last Thursday, aged 40 years.
Our streets are becoming intolerably
dusty. Unless they shall soon be oiled
conditions will become exceedingly un-
pleasant.
No more cornS and no more suffering
from bunions after using Owens & Miller's
corn and bunion cure, l5c. Money back
if II tails.
Yes, she loves me. Why2 Because
always bring her Norris exquisite choc-
olateS. Sold only by Owens & Miller
soc 10 500,
Larry Brown will furnish the best of
good, clean, sharp sand in any quantity
desired. Let him know your needs, and
they will be promptly filled.
Yes, am laughing because feel like
a new person, on account of trying
bottle of Owens & Miller's Liver Salts.
Cleans the system Of all clogged waste
matter-25c.
The Hospital Guild will meet at the
home OF Mrs. Edward Remnant at o'clock
Saturday afternoon. April 2lst. A full at
tendance is desired on account of import
ant business.
Some unknown vandal badly disfigured
the beautiful Virginia monument in the
Slonewall Cemetery at Winchester by
chipping off the carving and otherwise
damaging the shaft.
c. g. Morgret, is in town this week.
Better see him about those unmarked
graves, dates cut, and all other work you
want done. Inquire at Elmwood Gem
etery or leave your address at Gibson'S
drug store.
The Shepherdstown Garage has sold
and delivered the past week a six-cy-
Under, 5-pasSenger Buick to Forest A.
Brown, Charles Town, and 4-cylinder
5-passenger Buick TO Roy Rockenbaugh,
Harper's Ferry.
Attention is called to the advertisement
this week OF the Essenkay tire filler,
something that will interest automobile
owners. A.C. Link, of Engle, this county.
is agent for ESSenkay and will demon
strate it 10 any who may so desire.
Rev. S. L. Flickinger will deliver a
sermon to Caledonia Lodge, No. 4. In
dependent Order of Odd Fellows, in the
Reformed Church in Shepherdstown on
Sunday, April 10Th. The members OF
the Lodge will attend the service in
body, and the public generally is invited
10 be present.
French Hyre, the champion corn boy
OF Upshur county, this State, in 1915
raised pa bushels OF corn TO the acre,
and in l9l6he got yield OF 242 bushels.
Why should not some OF our Jefferson
county boys emulate this example? We/
believe that they could beat the Upshur
bOy-will not some OF them try it?
Mrs. q. w. Port, of Beloit, Kansas,
renews her subscription and writesus: {"
spent the past three months in Kansas
City, and we had visit with Mrs. Presley
Mamaduke. Ofcourse, the first question
was, Do you get the Register II was
the same in Topeka when met Mrs.
Harriet Ray. Best wishes for the home
paper"
These deeds for the transfer of real
estate in the county have been filed for
record in the county clerks office: Will
liam Wit TO Benjamin Slaughter, lot on
the Myerstown and Wickliffe road, south
OF CastIeman's bridge, for $500; James
K. Appel 10 George Mobley, lot on the
east side OF the Shenandoah river, for
$50; Elmer Dusing to Susan Baer, house
and lot in Rays Addition TO Shepherds
town. for 500.
An automobile owned by MIR. Cooley,
the merchant at Gaylord, was badly
burned and wrecked by gasoline ex-
plosion at Ripon Sunday afternoon, says
The Charles Town Advocate. Some COL
ored men had the Car on Joy ride and
had stopped at Ripon TO get supply Of
gas. While the gasoline was being put
into the tank OF the machine one OF the
men in the car attempted to light a cigar
cite. Fumes of gasoline iguited from the
match, causing the whole car to be en-
veloped in flames. The top of the ma
chine was burned off, while the remain
Ger OF If was badly scorched.
The Maryland State Roads Commissi
is advertising for bids for the construction
OF the new road between Knoxville and
Harper's Ferry. Bids must be in by the
first day of May. The plans call for