Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1917-06-07
BRIEFS.

at Hodges.
Butter is p cents a pound and eggs are
81 cents dozen today.
Any kind of shoe polishes in any color
on sale at Owens & Miller's.
buy old broken gold and silver at
highest cash prices. Max Lewis.
Nearly every one is praising the merits
OF Owens & Miller's liver salts-25c a
package.
new line OF goods suitable for gradu-
alton presents on sale at Max Lewis's-
useful and yet not expensive. Look in
our window.
The lvilla Club will hold a strawberry
and icecream festival at the Uvilla hall on
Wednesday evening, June 18th. The
public cordially invited.
Wheat has still farther declined the
past week and is quoted today at 81 65 a
bushel. Corn is up ten cents, and is
worth 81 go bushel today.
DR.. J. B. Chamberlain, OF Martinsburg.
optometrist. will be at the Hotel Rumsey
in Shepherdstown on Wednesday, June
10th. Eyes examined and glasses fitted.
Yes, box OF Norris candies is just
the gilt for her after leaving for home,
and will leave sweet impression. Are
you wise? Norris candies at Owens &
Miler's.
MIS-. Fannie Leggett, OF this place, who
was operated upon for gall stones at the
hospital in Charles Town last Thursday,
is recovering rapidly. She stood the
operation unusually well.
Shepherd College will conduct a six
weeks summer school as usual, beginning
on June 18th and continuing until July
10th. Special courses for teachers will
be provided and interesting features are
announced.
We are sorry TO report that Postmaster
VIM. L. Reinhart is extremely i'll this
week, and il is feared that he may not
last much longer. He is unable TO take
any food except limited quantity OF Ii
guild nourishment.
Traffic officers are making a strenuous
effort TO stop reckless automobile driving
on the State road in Washington county,
Md. Twelve persons were arrested for
speeding and other oifenses last Sunday,
most OF whom were fined SIS and costs.
Marvin H. Porterfield, who graduated
from Shepherd College in the class OF
1913, was graduated in medicine from the
University Of Maryland last Friday. DR..
Porerfield, who is son OF Mr.. and Mrs.
James H. Porterfield, will be stationed in
Franklin Square Hospital in Baltimore.
Mr.. and Mrs. V. E. Neal drove their
twin six Packard car from their home in
Dayton, Ohio, 10 Potomac View" the
home OF Mrs. Neal's parents. for asojourn
OF two weeks. On leaving. they intend
10 return by way ofDeiaware Water Gap
and other points of interest, returning to
Dayton July LIST.
The National Highway Garage has sold
the past week two handsome six-cYlinder
Odsmobiles - one to Jack Miller, OF
Uvilla, and the other to J. Frank Van
Metre, of Berkeley county. This firm
has just gotten in new OldS eight
cylinder for demonstration purposes. II
&c MAGNIFICENT machine
Iohn Knox, a student at Randolph
Macon College, Ashland, Va, is home
for the holiday vacation. Commence
ment exercises at this institution were
practically abandoned this year and school
closed two months earlier than usual on
account OF so many OF the students enlist
ing or going back to farm work.
VIM. D. Hines, one of our Shepherds
town boys who has been student at the
West Virginia University tor the past
several years, goes on the roll OF honor
this week. He has enlisted in the army,
and is now with the West Virginia troops
at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana. We
have an interesting letter from him which
we will publish next week.
II had been stated that the Baltimore &
Ohio Railroad would not run excursions
this summer 10 Atlantic City and other
seaside resorts, but this was not true.
BY advertisement in the Register this
week il may be seen that the b. & o.
will conduct excursions as heretofore,
with the moderate price OF S. 30 for the
round trip from Shenandoah Junction.
The Shepherdstown Community Club
will hold meeting in Shepherd College
auditorium on Friday afternoon at half
past two o'clock, TO which the whole
community is invited, TO meet Miss linn
and Miss Alger, OF West Virginia Uni
versity. End hear them speak on the home
economies work throughout the State.
The club urges every one who is inter
eSted in agricultural development to al
tend and hear of the programme laid out
for West Virginia.
Confederate memorial day was obsery-
ed with the usual impressive ceremonies
in Shepherdstown last Saturday. and
large crowd OF persons attended the ex-
ercises in Elmwood Cemetery. The reg
ular service was used, and good music
was rendered by choir. The principal
speaker was Col. Robert E. Lee, OF Raw
enswood, Va, a grandson OF the great
general. He was introduced in appro-
pirate words by Col. K. p. Chew, OF
Charles Town. Colonel Lee made a
masterful address, fervent and patriotic
and eloquent, and it was genuinely enjoy
ed by our people. He has many friends
here ,uho acteep, him fOr his deliphtful