Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-12-05
BRIEFS.

Today the sun risSS at ''oo anu SCI
at 4SS.
Wheat is $3.50 a bushel and corr
Sl.25.
Underwear for he whole family a
Schley's.
Butter is up to so cents a pound anc
eggs are 90 cents dozen.
For Rent-A good farm of 10 acres
v. E. Diumeyer, Harper's Ferry, w. Va
Born to Mr.. and Mrs Maurice E
Miller at Fairmont, w. Va, anine-pound
son. -
Look at the shoes in Schiey's window
Notice those mahogany calf shoes. We
have 4 pair TO fit you.
Nartinsburg has just placed in ser
vice a new automobile fire engine and
truck combined which cost $4,000.
Fine selection of useful and prett
gifts in watches, clocks, jewelry, silver.
ware and novelties at Max Lewis's.
The Jersey heifers from Louisville.
Nv, make excellent cream cows. Forty
al Wallis Cow Sale December 7th.
Subscriptions for all the eadine
magazines and newspapers received a
Owens drug store, at publishers prices
Lost, the crank from ny Ford auto.
mobile. Finder will please return +,
Jefferson Lunch Room. Robert Shipley
When you buy Owens milk of mag
neSia YOU get the best. Only IS cents
8 bottle. Money back if you do not
Ike il.
Soft coal and Red Ash nut coal Jus,
in at Hodges. We are forced TO limit
sales of hard coal to one ton to a GUS
toner.
A newspaper in New York saws that
womenS dresses will be higher next
spring. Most of them ought to be con
Siderably lower.
If YOU want that Victrola for Xmas
put in your order now. Lots of the
latest records on sale now at Ovens
drug store, also Victor supplies.
The public school at Bardane, which
was closed because no teacher could
ee secured, was opened onMonday, with
Mrs Mary Snyder Saum in charge.
Get the habit of dealing at Owens
drug store. With our new system you
can get most everything. Special for
Saturday, military fabric linen, % cents
Breezy last years steers are niue,
more desirable than veals kept over ano
do not come near so high per pound
Carload TO be sold at Walls, Decembe
7;h.
For Christmas presents, give useful
gifts-gloveS, stockings, towels, aprons.
cAiliren'S readymade dresses. bed
spreads, blankets OF condensation
Schley's.
Nh and Mrs. E. L. Magruder. of Ok
ford Junction, Iowa, announce the brit
Of daughter, Theo Maxine Magruder
on December lst,l9lS, weight 10
pounds. Congratulations.
Jack Snyder dislocated his right wris
on tuesday at the National Highway
Garage when the crank of a Ford Cal
flew back and struck him nasty blow
He will be partly disabled for some
time.
Col. John E. Boyd, one of Berkeley
county's most highly regarded residents
last week suffered an operation for the
removal of cataracts on his eyes. DR..
MCGUIRE, OF Winchester, performed the
operation.
Cattle have made good advance,
since peace has been declared, and pros
poets are bright for breeding and fat
stock. Terms IL months, and you car
renew always until you sell. WalPs
Cow Sale December 7th.
The general store of c. T. Rowland. al
CaStleman's Ferry, in Clarke county
was entirely destroyed by fire last week
causing loss of about $4,000. There
was an insurance of $3.50 on the build
ing, but none on the stock of goods.
The Virginia Corporation Commits.
sion has temporarily denied the right
of the Northern Virginia Power Co, tC
increase rates in Winchester and Clark
county, Va. The petition to raise thu
rates was suspended for 90 days from
December /.
The Young Peoples Society Of the
Presbyterian Church at Shenandoah
Junction will have their annual sale OF
fancy work in the Odd Fellows hall on
Friday, December 9th, beginning at II
o'clock. Will also serve dinner, supper
and icecream.
William Mcdaniel, Charles lown
negro, was arrested in Martlnsoure
last Saturday evening by an agent o.
the Department of Justice on the charge
of bringing a quantity OF liquor inte
this State from Greencastle, Pa. he
had full cargo.
The Potomac Light and Power Com,
pany is now receiving electric currenl
from its big plant at Dam No. :, which
has been remodeled and enlarged al a
cost of about S500,00O. 1t celebrated
by cutting of electricity for Shepherds.
town all day Tuesday.
The ladies of the Methodist Church al
Mt. Wesley served an excellent dinner
last Thursday in the basement OF the
town church. They made Sl33 for the
building fund of the new church al
Scrabble, and in addition received more
than $500 in subscriptions.
On the first page of the Register this
week may be found very interesting
letter from Sergeant VIM. B. Snyder.
written the day the armistice was sign
cd and telling how the joyful news was
ceived by the French people. We are
sure that our readers will enjoy it.
Restrictions on the purchase of sugar
for consumption in homes and public
eating places were removed Tuesday by
the Food Administration. Increase
il tie supply of Louisiana cane an6
western beet sugar and expectation that
the new Cuban crop will begin to arrive
soon permit abandonment of the sugar
ration system, the administration stated