Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-07-11
BRIEFS.

superintendent OF the puplc SCHOOLS OF
Hedgesville district and principal ofthe
high school,
Charles o. Sigler, formerly of Shep-
herdStown, has just been elected warden
of Old Point Lodge Of Odd Fellows at
PhoebuS, Va.
Scratches2 No, those sulphur and
cream of tartar loZengeS ! bought at
Owens drug store made those hives 20.
The best dime you ever invested.
Yellow transparent apples, better
known as harvest apples, are selling at
s. TO S2.75 a bushel in the city. This is
the kind that used to be given away.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Oklahoma
CrubbS, of Island Ford, Va, bouncing
boy. Father Grubbs was formerly with
the n. & W. Railway at Shepherdstown.
We cannot keep everything, but ii is
our intentions 10 have what you may
want iithere is any way OF getting it-and
nut Sed. Owens drug store, May we
serve you?
DR.. J. B. Chamberlain, optometrist,
of MartinSburg, will be at Mrs. Ship
ley'S hotel in Shepherdstown on Wed
neSday, July 18th, from 10 to 5 o'clock,
Eyes examined and glasses fitted.
The junior missionary society of the
Uvilla Lutheran Church will hold a
soup and icecream festival on Thurs
day evening, July 18th, at the home of
John Allen Link. The public patronage
is solicited.
The board of equalization and re-
view for Jefferson county will be in
ShepherdStown July oath to hear per-
sons who may wish to confer with il
concerning real estate assessments in
the corporation and district.
A delightful Stereopticon entertainment,
A lnp through the Rockies" will be
given this Thursday night at o'clock in
the old Town hall, by DR.. J. &. Muerman,
OF the Bureau OF Education, Washington.
Admission free and everybody invited.
Some OF the farmers OF this vicinity
have been threShlng their wheat There
Is considerable disappointment al the
yield, which in some Instances is aS much
as . per cent less per acre than last
year The weather has been fine for
lhreShlng and Tor hauling in wheat the
past week or two.
Miss Laura Strider should have been
named last week as one of the members
OF the Pershing Limit Club and sub
Scriber for 81 900 worth of War Saw
ingS Stamps, instead of Mrs. Virginia
Harrison, as published in the Register
Vim. &. Link has also joined this club
since the last report.
The ladies of the Kearneysville Red
hOlA al
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
and coffee, for Is cents.
The PoStoffce Department has eS-
tabhShed an automobile postal delivery
between Baltimore and Berryville, via
Frederick, Harper's Ferry and Charles
Town. A round trip will be made every
week day, and packages will be gathered
up enroute, and deliveries will be made
al each postotfice on the route.
LOST, on the road between Charles
Town and Chamberburg, on June 29th,
a Silvertown Cord automobile tire on
rim, and tool-boX, tools, several inner
tubes, and two sets of side curtains.
Reward for return of property or for
information leading to its recovery.
Inform Register Office, Shepherdstown,
W. Va.
u. ). Marlin, superintendent OF the
wdIeIwoTkS, am ounces that walter Will
be turned INTO The system on Main, Prn-
cess aud High streets next Monday, anu
II Is hoped lnat the service Will Then Ut
uninterrupted. The pipe hEeS on The
UlusI streets OF the Town Will next u
gUnc over, and II Is hoped mat oelUre
long all The town will be supplied. lie
DELAY IN pulling The system In use has
Ueen Caused by numerous leaks III tnS
Ines, owing 10 faulty work by The con-
lGdllOr VINO installed the system.
On the first page of the Register
this week may be found an article
concerning dogs and sheep-ralslng. A
subscriber to the Register few days
ago made a valuable suggestion in this
connection. He advocates the killing
OF all female dogs, either by State or
governmental authority, and he believes
that if this were done it would go a
long way toward ending the nuisance
OF night-prowling dogs and the destruc-
ton Of sheep. The idea is worth con-
Sldering.
John Kiely, a popular Washington
man, has been promoted to the lmpor-
tant post of private secretary to VIM.
G. McAdoo, Secretary of the Treasury.
MI Kelly has friends in this section.
His wife was formerly Miss Mary
Welsh, who spends part of each sum-
mer with the family of Mr.. J. W. Gard
ner near ShepherdStown, and he him
self has occasionally visited at Mr.
Gardeners. Mr.. Kiely has been con-
nected with the Treasury Department
in a confidential capacity for the past
dozen years or more. His appointment
TO his new post is a considerable honor.
Fl. H. Mccormick, a former Charles
Town attorney, now in the Office OF the
Alien Property Custodian in Washing
ton, has made an assignment of his In
tereSt in the estate of his father, the
late Marshall Mccormick, Of Berryville,
for the benefit of all his creditors with
out preference or priority. fine
legal tangle is in prospect in the case.
By his will, Marshall Mccormick left
his entire estate to his wife, who died
month or two before him. The question
mat must be settled before it can be
Geierm.ned what, if any, funds are
a.aIiaUle for H. RI. McCormick'S cred
it0rs is: Does nc inherit from his faith
er or ms mother? The circuit court OF
C,-c.. ,oaLly Will decide il.
The date for the Chautauqua at
Charles Town falls during the week
beginning September 4th-the same
time as Morgan's Grove fair. The
people of this section would like to en-
10y the Chautauqua, and doubtless there
are many in the Charles Town neigh
borhood who find pleasure in attend
ing the fair, but the conflict OF dates
will prevent and will have the effect of