Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-07-04
BRIEFS.
Go easy on the sugar.

Ovens drug store has the rat-kill-
ing goods that kills the rats, or your
money back.
For Sale-A black Percheron mare, a
good worker and No. leader. Mar
vim Knott, at Uvilla.
The annual reunion Of Reformed
Churches will be held at Pen-Mar on
Thursday, July 18th.
BY using Owens almond lotion, my
face and hands are kept in fine con-
dition. For roughneSS of skin il is I'M
eXcelled.
Give Myers, of Shenandoah juno
ton, better known as Happy" has
taken a position in Emmert's store in
Martinsburg.
No more indigestion after using
Owens dyspepsia tablets. Your Is
cents back if not as represented. Give
them a trial.
Threshing coal, best grades, at
Hodges Shepherdstown and Kearneys-
Vile elevators. Advise you to get sup
ply promptly.
The rains of the past week have
caused the Potomac river to rise and
get muddy, and bass fishing is on the
blink for time.
Wheat is up six cents bushel and is
quoted today at S2.lS. Corn is Sl.60.
butter is % cents pound and eggs are
81 cents dozen.
Tuesday was the day when the Virgin
Mary went over the mountain. 1t
failed 10 rain, so we are now in for a
dry spell of weather.
Where are you going my pretty maid
To Owens drug store, she said, to pur-
chase a bottle of Owens quinine hair
tonic, the best for dandruff and falling
hair.
H. L. Snyder & Co. have for sale a
clearinghouse and large lot in Shep-
herdStOwn in very desirable location.
The price is reasonable. Inquire for
further information.
For Sale-A fine driving mare, per-
fectly gentle and safe for ladies to drive.
Does not scare at anything Also
good saddler and travels we'll. Ten
years old. Apply to N. T. Snyder, near
Shenandoah Junction.
Owens milk of magneSia is recon-
mended very highly as laxative for
young children as we'll as grown-upS.
II is the best money you ever invested
as a household remedy. 25 and IS
cents. -
All branches and auxiliaries of the
Jefferson County Red Cross are not-
lied that no entertainment can be had
for the benefit of the Red Cross without
the approval and consent of the chap
ter or branch officials. This is by or
der OF the officials of the Potomac Di-
vision.
Allen Carpenter, little son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Carpenter, was
painfully burned about the face and
hands tuesday night, when a fire
cracker which he was holding eXplo
ded prematurely. DR.. Burwell spent
4 good deal OF time picking powder
SpeckS from the little boys flesh.
The ladies OF the Kearneysville Red
Cross Auxiliary will hold festival
thursday evening, July 18th, at the
home OF J. p. Kearfott. lcecream, cake,
sandwiches and coffee will be served;
also supper, consisting OF chicken
salad, ham sandwiches, beaten biscuits
ana COHee, Tor % cents.
At the meeting of the Board of Re-
gents OF the State Normal Schools last
week all the members of the faculty OF
Shepherd College were reappointed.
No changes of importance in the work
OF the school were indicated. The sal
aries of the teachers were Increased,
the raise being 500 10 $500.
Inc National Highway Garage has
gotten from Philadelphia two one-ton
IruXton units and two two-ton IruXton
units. They were brought from that
city on one of the big trucks OF Z. '.
Hull, of HagerStown, IN one load. The
freight embargo compelled delivering
by a truck, and the goods were here
in three days from the time the truck
left Hagerstown.
Mrs Cooke, of Wheeling, president
OF the Nurses Association of West Vir-
glnia, and now working in the Anti
tuberculosis League, will be in Shep-
herdStown Wednesday evening, July
10Th, to talk to us on the Importance OF
the prevention and care of the dreaded
disease, tuberculosis. Ii is hoped that
the people in town and country will
come to hear Mrs. Cooke. The meet
ing will be held in the old college hall
at $50 p. m.
Miss Kathryn Eckels Beltzhoover, of
SnepnerdStown, was graduated from
the New England Conservatory OF Mu-
sic, Boston, at largely attended COM
menlement exercises Tuesday after
noon, June 18th. She has successful
~ completed the pianoforte teachers
course, which prepares young men and
Young women for responsible educa-
uonal work Her principal teacher has
been Carl StaSny, of the faculty. The
class of 1918, of which Miss Beltz-
hoover is a member, numbered So
graduates.
Last spring a number of beautiful
pheasantS that had been secured by
Spousmen were turned loose in Wash
ingtOn county, Md, with the hope that
they will breed and afford good Sho6-
ing eventually. Some of the birds
have crossed over TO the sunny side
of the Potomac and settled down in
this section. A. &. Morgan, who lives
north of Shepherdstown, tells us that
several of the pheaSantS have been seen
IN mat ne. gAborGood, and one pair, and
perhaps others, have nested. 1t is
earnestly hoped that no one will shoot
aly OF the tlras until they have had
calcc - propagate. Let everybody
H. ,ai- o. them. The birds are said
to oc quite tame.
Yesterday the sensational expose of
the mad dog of Europe, "The Kaiser,
the Beast of Berlin" opened at the
Shepherdstown Opera House to very
good patronage. Rupert Julian, who
takes the character of the Kaiser, plays
an exceptionally difficult role in high
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