Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-06-20
BRIEFS.

Free battery inspection at the Ma
tional Highway Garage.
Goodyear tires, best in the long run,
sold at the National Highway Garage.
Mrs. Arthur Fry and her daughters
Regina, Lorraine and Vivian, have been
visiting Mrs. F. B. Otto at Sharpsburg.
For Sale-"Peanuts," Welsh pony.
with runabout and harness. For terms
apply to Helen and Lee Goldsborouph'
We have the new license blanks for
the year l9lS-l9l9. Let us fill them
out for you. National Highway Ca
rage.
90 to Owens drug store for all kinds
OF toilet articles and stationery. New
shipments arriving daily. Yours is
there
For Sale-A six-fork hay tedder,
good as new. Apply to R. c. Jenkins,
Ferry.
About forty-fve dollars was realized
from the Red Cross garden party at the
home of Dr.. and Mrs. Burwell last Sat-
urday evening.
Inc corporation authorities have done
good work by having new stone placed
on Duke street, which had gotten in
rather bad condition.
A new concrete bridge is being built
over the town run on Washington street
Inc contract was awarded to Theodore
Rogers at bid of Sl56.
The sum of $500 was cleared at the
Red Cross garden party held last week
al the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur
Davenport at Ransom, this county.
Harry Robinson has taken the place
as assistant TO James E. Barnhart, the
eXpreSSman. He succeeds ]. r. Show,
who goes to the passenger station.
Thieves broke into the dental Office
OF DR.. James Nj. Ransom in Charles
Town one night last week and stole q
hundred dollars worth of gold and plati-
mum.
Before Frederick county, Md, went
dry, two months ago, the average num-
Der of prisoners in the Jail at Frederick
was twenty. Now il is less than half
that number.
Bass are biting in the Potomac river
fairly we'll at present. The river is in
good condition. Some nice strings of
the fish have been taken this week
around ShepherdStown.
Get your Champion Spark Plug
Cleaner at the National Highway Ca
rage 1t makes quick job out of a
long hard one. Comes in a wooden
box TO prevent breakage. Price 75c.
The Shepherdstown Garage has re-
gently sold TO J. A. bearing, of Charles
Town, Seven-paSSenger Buick tour
ing car, and TO Chalmers Byers, of
Sandy Ridge, a fiye-passenger Buick.
Please pay up that little account you
owe the old firm of Owens & Miller, as
all bills not paid this week will be
turned over for collection. Send YOUR
remittance TO Mr.. Owens at Owens
drug store.
Now is the time to take Owens milk
OF magneSia. Ii not only acts as an
antl-acld and mild laxative in dyspep-
STA, sick headache, ETC., but is excellent
Tor children. Try bottle at Owens
drug store.
The summer school at Shepherd Col
lege began on Monday with an attend
ance OF forty-tive, and the work is NOV
ing along satisfactorily. The teachers
are ProfS. Kenamond and Muldoon and
Mrs. Gardiner.
D. L. Wilmington has bought from
the National Highway Garage one of
the comfortable Ford Sedans that are
beginning 10 be popular in this section,
and George VanMetre has bought a
handsome little Ford coupe.
The Blue Ridge Baseball League has
busted. 1t was composed of teams
from MartlnSburg, Hagerstown, Cum
berland and Piedmont, but there was
such little interest in its affairs that il
went TO pieces after only few weeks of
activity.
NOTICE-Dr. Conrad, Foot Special
list. will be at the Rumsey Hotel in
ShepherdStown Wednesday, June 10th,
from IL a. m. 10 5 p. m, TO treat persons
suffering with painful, aching feet.
Both sexes treated. Come early. Free
Examination.
The Washington County Sheep
Growers Association proposes TO get
busy and try TO increase the number of
sheep in the county TO $4,000 within the
next two or three years. At present
there are between 1900 and $4,000
sheep in the county.
The farmers in this county have been
very lucky in escaping storms. Watch
out for LIGHTNING when your crops
are cut and be prepared Phone us
for a SPECIAL CROP policy. Wash
ington, Alexander & Cooke, Jos. II.
Trout, Sub-agent.
Charles r. Owens, the Shepherds
town druggist, has been appointed an
enrolling agent for the u. S. Shipping
Board, TO enroll young Americans, from
p TO 30, for service in the Merchant
Marine. He received notice of his ap-
pointment this week.
The West Virginia Wood Company of
New York City has contracted with the
Standard Tie and Timber Company Of
Charles Town for 10000 cords of sea-
soned wood The wood will be cut
from the timber lands on the east side
of the Shenandoah river in this county.
Our neighbor, the Charles Town Ad-
vocate, is hard hit by the war. Brown
RlSSleT, its machine operator, leaves
for a training camp on June 10Th, and
chm W. Gore, its other competent
printer, is expecting a call at any time.
TINS saves the Advocate in a mighty
bad tx. and IS publisher has our SYM
p".ay.
Jesse Tyson, who married Miss Min
ME Swayne, of Shepherdstown, is a
candidate for the Republican nomina-
ton for county superintendent of free
schools of Morgan county, this State.
Mr.. Tyson is a graduate of Shepherd
College, and We hope that he may win.
There are four other candidates for the
same Office.