Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1917-11-22
BRIEFS.

Moler'S.
Farmers institute at Ripon Friday of
this week.
Butter is 40 cents pound and eggs are
40 cents dozen.
For Sale-A lot OF small shoats. Nice
ones: J. c. Unger.
A full line OF ball-brand rubber foot
wear at M. 3. Bakers.
Citron, lemon peel. orange peel, rails
ms, figs and dates at M. K. Moler's.
Found on Church street small sum OF
money Inquire at the Reformed par
Sonage.
Wanted-All the country butter and
eggs We Can get, al highest market price.
M. r. Moler.
PAY a small deposit and have your
Christmas presents laid by until Christ
mas at S. L Cooley's.
GOODBYE, Mr. Corn, and farewell TO
you. Mr. Bunion. Owens & Mlller's
corn remover did IT'D cents.
Buy your Christmas candy early and
avoid being disappointed. Full supply
on hand now al 5. L. Cooley's.
Still a large line OF mems Crossett
shoes, odds and ends but good stock, at
four TO five dollars pair, at Hodges.
Car of salt expected in few days. In
the meanwhile, II you do not need salt at
once, wait until car comes. ). Hodges.
For Sale-A good family mare, safe for
Child or woman to drive. ScareS al
nothing and very gentle. Apply to W.
K. Miller.
John w. Sdpp, living east OF town,
sold to Emory and Slower, stock dealers,
a hog that weighed 400 pounds gross and
brought 5000
For few days only we are Offering
good magazine, the Delineator, regular
price ST 80, for % cents. Call and IN
qure NJ B Baker.
Please bring your .boric acid coupons
10 Owens & Miller'S and have them
redeemed. The coupons OF the 2O-Mule
Team Borax Company.
Mary Elizabeth Hopewell, OF Shep-
herdStown, and James Nelson tord, OF
MartinSburg. both colored, were married
last week in MartinSburg.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. ]. Knott announce
the engagement OF their daughter, Esther
May, to MIR. John MCGaTy Snyder.
The wedding will take place December
l9, 1917.
Thanks 10 Mayor Waldeck and the
street committee for having Main street
so we'll cleaned before winter sets in.
Ii will remain in good order all winter,
doubtless.
The second team OF Shepherd College
was defeated by the Charles Town High
School team in a we'll contested game
OF basketball last Saturday in Charles
Town by the score OF 81 to 10.
DR.. W. ]. Melvin. OF DuiheldS, has
been appointed administrator OF the es-
tate OF his brother, the late Harry L.
Melvin, instead OF Gerard d. Moore, as
vas published in the county papers.
The ladies OF the Reformed Church
will have an exchange and bazaar IN Miss
Ellen WelShanS' store room on Saturday,
December lst. Articles suitable Tor
Christmas presents will be for sale. The
public are invited.
The annualiarmerS' institute at Shenan-
November oath. The lecturers will be
K. B. Dustman, w. r. Legge and Miss
Katherine Alger An interesting program
me has been prepared.
Charles ]. Miller, west OF town, is ar
ranging 10 set out 800 more peach trees
this tall. He already has two very fine
orchards, and although they bore plentI-
fully the past summer, he was unaoleito
supply even the local demand.
Walter ]. Rider, who formerly con
Quoted the heating and plumbing business
m Charles Town and ShepherdSiown
has accepted a position with the Sim
mons Welch Company OF Clarksburg, w.
Va, and has moved TO that place.
Vernon Edwards, colored man from
ShepherdStown, who confessed 10 lhr
theft OF money by poStoiiice money orders,
was sentenced in Judge DaYton'S court
al Phlllppl on Tuesday 10 serve two
years in the federal peniteniiary al Al
lanta, Ga.
Luther B. VickerS, executor ot the
estate OF William VlckerS, will sell at
public sale in ShepherdStown on Saturday
the home farm oil the deceased, north OF
TINS place. The farm is a productive ana
desirable one, lying three miles north oil
Shepherdstown.
County Clerk ChaS. A. Johnson has
been appointed explosives licensing
agent tor Jefferson county, IN accordance
with the act OF Congress passed IN Oc-
tober. Ii is strictly against the law itor
any person to have explosives OF any
sort in his possession unless he has the
proper license from Mr.. Johnson.
W. c. Holiday, OF Hagerstown. has
accepted position with the c. n. Whit
ing Milling Company as bookkeeper.
Mr.. Holiday was formerly bookkeeper
ior ID. A. Suckell & Sons, millerS, OF Ha-
gerStown. He will board here until
spring, when he will move his family TO
this place and make his home here.
There will be thanksgiving enter
tainment at the Bardane school house
Saturday, November 25th. beginning al
I'd. m. A silver Offering will be taken al
the door, and alter the entertainment
chicken soup will be sold. Proceeds for
library, organ, etc. Everybody is invited
10 come. Frances Louthan, teacher.
The young peoples society OF the
PRESBYTERIAN Church oiShenandoah juno
uon will hold a sale OF fancy articles suit
able Ter Christmas gifts in the hall at that
Nice IA Day Nuvember\24lh. Dinner,
no IceCeAm and home made candy
M be sold. a visit TO the hall on that
day viii De Interesting and profitable.
II may be that turkeys will not be so
IN iJf thanksgiving after all. II had
been reported That they would sell al 80
cents pound live weight, but the gov
eminent ordered couple OF million
hounds OF turkeys and other poultry on
cold storage in New York to be put on
the market and prices dropped. The
Hagerstown Mail says that turkeys are
selling at Hancock and other places IN
Washington county at p cents pound
and chickens al IA cents.