Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-08-15
BRIEFS.

fishing.
For Sale-A fine mother hog and
eight pigs. Virginia Cockrell, Harper's
Ferry district.
Keep in mind A. A. Lannon's sale of
cattle, hogs, etc, Friday of this week,
near Bakerton.
Sheep For Sale-I have on hand
nice lot of one and two-year-old stock
ewes. c. F. Byers.
The ladies Of the Lutheran Church
took in Sl45 at their supper last Thurs
day evening, at Uvilla.
A letter from Sergeant Vim. B. Sny-
der may be found on the first page OF
the Register this week.
Several showers of rain the past week
have been good for vegetation and have
kept the corn growing nicely.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. C. Chenowith have
the thanks of the editor for some nice
fresh vegetables sent US this week.
Let us have your order for that Vic
trOla or that record. Also that pack
age of Victor needles. Owens drug
store.
Wheat is quoted at 500 bushel to-
day and corn at Sis. Butter is SO
cents pound and eggs are 80 cents a
dozen.
Mrs Minnie little has improved her
residence on Main street by having a
neat porch erected and the house
painted.
Ii you want to get relief from in
digestion, just purchase a box of
Owens Dyspepsia tablets-only Is
cents box.
Awful glad you recommended Owens
Syrup OF HypophoSphites, as / certainly
does take that tired and WORKOUT feel
ing out of you.
Remember the date of the big stock
sale of W. A. Fulk and Mrs. Williams
August 10Th. Some very desirable live
stock will be sold.
The National Highway Garage can
make immediate delivery on one of
those handsome and comfortable little
Ford sedans that are so popular.
You can get that prescription filled
just according TO the doctors orders at
owens drug Store-the place TO get
that prescription filled just right.
For Sale-Three very desirable res
idence properties in Shepherdstown.
one of them is new and very nicely ar
ranged. Inquire at Register Office.
A few days ago a blacksnake about
four feet long was killed in the garden
OF David Lemen'S home on Main street.
1t is supposed TO have emigrated from
Terrapin Neck.
The ladies' aid societies of the Mt
Wesley and Shepherdstown Methodist
churches will meet at the Shepherds
town church Friday evening of this
week at 8 O'Clock
The horse snow at Charles Town was
attended by a good-sized crowd yes
terday, and ii is anticipated that there
will be a large attendance today. The
Red Cross is doing hourishing bust
ness.
Vim. c. Clipp has sold his farm of
50 acres, mile and a-half east Of
Charles Town, on the Keys Ferry road,
TO Walter c. Reilly for $4,000 cash.
This is of the most productive little
farms in the county.
Everybody ought TO make connections
with the new water works system now,
and show appreciation of this public
improvement The service is available
over the greater part Of the town and
soon will be ready everywhere.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. Frank Needy re-
quest us TO express their deep appre-
cation of the kindness of their many
friends in the bereavement that re-
Gently came to their home, and eS
pecially for the beautiful floral re-
membranes.
Chas. w. Licklider, formerly Of Shep-
herdstown, who has been living in
Elkins, this State, has been transferred
10 Parkersburg, where he has been pro-
NOTED to the position of secretary TO
the superintendent of one of the d.
visions of the B. & o. Railroad.
In renewing her subscription for
another year Mrs. L. c. Wishart, OF
Wells Tannery, Pa, writes us pleas
ant letter. She says: 81 do enjoy the
Register so much now, since the letters
are coming from the boys in France.
How fine il is that they can write so
cheerfully."
Harvey w. Harmer, Of Clarksburg,
w. Va, well-known in Shepherdstown,
was nominated last week for State Sem
ator from the twelfth district. COM
posed of the counties of Harrison, Lewis
and Doddridge. He had majority OF
about 1000 over Albert L. Lohm, also
of ClarkSburg.
The harvest home supper of the
ladies of the Methodist Church OF
Uvilla will be held at that place Thurs
day evening, August 22d, from to III
O'Clock. A fine supper will be served
for IS cents. lcecream and other re-
freshmentS will be served at the usual
prices. Everybody cordially invited.
Invitations are out for the marriage
of MIR. James M. Myers, OF Shepherds
town, and Miss Martha Lee Flanagan,
of Bakerton. The wedding will take
place on Tuesday evening, August 9th,
at half past 8 O'Clock, in the Southern
Methodist Church at Bakerton. A re-
ception will follow at the home Of Mr..
and Mrs. VIM. o. Bowman.
Jefferson county, with II miles OF
Class A roadS-on paper-iS to receive
$500 as its share of money collected
in West Virginia from automobile Ii
cvnses. Berkeley county, with rs miles
gets S9l20, and Morgan county, with
S. miles, gets So, 72O. Kanawha coun-
~ gets the biggest slice, Sl5,360. The
total amount for the State this year is
SSH, 400.
Shepherdstown is not the only COM
munity in West Virginia that has de-
cded to give up the usual fair this fall
because of war conditions. The State
fair at Wheeling, the Central West Vir,
ginia fair at Clarksburg, the WOOD
county fair at Parkersburg and the
Lewis county fair al Weston have fol-