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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-03-07
Testing Seed Corn.

All day long and every day Shepherd
College is testing the farmers seed
corn. Testing has not been generally
practiced in the neighborhood before
this season, so it was thought best to
have a central place where the farmers
can bring a bushel of their seed corn,
have il tested for them free, and find
out the easiest and quickest way of
testing the rest Of their seed for them
selves. The faculty extends hearty
invitation to all intending TO plant corn
to drop in. Every Saturday night, I'M
iii Nav 10th, demonstrations will be
given. We all know by this time that
a lot of corn has been killed by the Sc
we're winter The corn-testing room
is a good place to find where good seed
can be bought. We feel sure that the
farmers will be patriotic enough to
procure and plant the very best seed
that is to be habitat is tested seed
corn. The man who buys shelled seed
corn this season, unless he has its
record, is not doing his best for Uncle
Sam and the folks lover there.
Those who are interested in this mat
ter are gratified at the large number OF
farmers of the county who are bring
ing in corn to be tested-scores OF them
are taking advantage of the opportuni-
~ and those who have done so are
mighty glad of it. One man brought
in a bag of splendid looking corn some
days ago, and it looked so fine that
there seemed no doubt as to its quality.
And yet it tested only about 60 per cent.
Another farmer had lot OF good
standard variety that looked only fairly
good to the eyes, but il was 100 per
cent good for seed.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-03-07
Public Sales.

PUBIC SAFES
March Sth-Jacob A. Hiedwoh NEAR
Shepherdstown.
March Stll-Frank w. Mish, 300 head
OF horses, cattle, sheep and hogs. Will
Transport Nd.
March 1lth--John S. Snyder, on San
dy Ridge, between Shepherdstown and
Shenandoah Junction.
March l2th-C. H Ely, four miles west
Of Charles Town.
March l3.h-J. Ferd Randall, in Berke-
ley county, west OF Bllmyer'S Mill.
March l3h-J. 5. Feeser, near Shen-
ando h Junction.
March l3lh-C. o. Writ, tour miles
south OF Charles Town.
March l4lh-J. M. Funk, near Shenan-
doah Junction.
March l4th-W. Lee Banks, near Shep-
herdstown.
March l5th-E W. Myers, two miles
north OF Charles Town.
March I6th-F. NJ. Moler, near Baker
ton.
March l6th-Mrs. Frank w. Myers, in
ShepherdStown,
March 18th - Engle Brothers, near
Charles Town.
March Gothic. Harry Whiting, al
Bilmyer's Mil, west OF Shepherdsiown.
March 2Oth-S. W. Hahn, near
Charles Town.
March 22d-H. T. and R. G. Fraley,
near Swan Pond, Berkeley county.
March 3D.. l. Moler al Bakerton.
March 25th-J. Albert Link, at Duff
fields.
March 26th-Wm. c. Link, near Shep-
herdstoWn.
March 27th-N 5. J. Strider, at Uvilla
March 30th-Mrs. Kate Shipley al
Rumsey Hotel.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-03-07
PERSONAL NOTES.

Mr.. VIM. D. Hines, who had been in
Baltimore for some weeks past, under
treatment for his injured knee, man.
aged to get back to ShepherdStown last
Sunday with the aid of a pair of
crutches. He has been quite i'll since
he arrived here, though he is now i'm
proving.
State Superintendent OF Schools NJ. P.
Shawkey and Hon. n. q Kern. nj the
Board OF Regents, were in Shepherds
town the past week on visit 10 Shep-
herd College. They made very interest
ing addresses al chapel last Friday which
were appreciated by faculty and students.
We were pleased to have call on Tues
day from Mr.. Charles I. Nichols, of the
Uvilla neighborhood, and Mr.. S. w.
Hahn, OF the Charles Town neighborhood
Mr.. Hahn Will have public sale on March
10th.
MIR William Stanley and Miss Ethel
Stanley. OF The Kearneysville neighbour
hood, have returned from visit OF a
couple OF weeks with their brother. Rev.
Border L. Stanley, at Weyer'S Cave, Va.
Miss Sarah Huyett, OF The vicinity oil
Charles Town, one OF the popular younger
students OF Shepherd College, has returned
10 school after an illness ofSeveral weeks
from pneumonia.
Dr. Richard K Bragonier, a prominent
physician Of Keystone, w. Va, was in
Shepherdstown the ii st OF the week for
short visit TO his father. Mr.. J. S. Bra
gonler.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM c. Moler have
moved from the farm near Uvila TO their
new home at the edge OF Shepherdstown,
and are now comfortably established.
Mrs. u. w. Myers and her son Edward
Newton. from southeast of town, are IN
PittSburg for visit of couple OF weeks
with relatives and friends.
Mrs. M. L. Hickey, who is now living
in Bethlehem, Pa, has been in Shep-
herdStown this week Tor a visit with
relatives and friends.
Mr. c. w Myers and his son Billy,
from south OF town, were among the
callers al the Register office yesterday.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-03-07
Circuit Court Proceedings.

In the Jefferson Circuit Court al Charles
Town last Friday the two priso erS found
guilty at this term were sentenced.
Charles Johnson, colored, OF the Summit
Point neighborhood. convicted OF forgery,
was sentenced TO two years in the State
PeniientIary al MoundSville. Joe Jack
son, colored, who plead guilty 10 burglar
lZing the office OF A. ). Ddndrldge * 20.
in ShepherdStown, was sent TO The State
Reform School at Pruntyiown until he is
p years Old.
Mrs. Annie NJ. Bowers was granted a
divorce from her husband, George E.
Bowers.
PowelrS administrator and others VS.
Lee Tate and others. report OF /. &.
Green, special commissioner, showing
the distribution OF the proceeds OF the
sale Oflhe Tate real estate, was confirmed.
Upon the petition OF Goldreita Toll
bert Harris and Manda Golbert, alleging
that each of them had arrived al the age
OF q years, the court ordered that certain
funds in the custody OF the general
receiver be paid 10 them.
The report OF Special Commissioners
F. l. Bushong, Charles n Campbell and
1
case OF The First National Bank Of ROM
ney vs.. William Campbell. The sale OF
The defendants undivided interes, in the
arm on the east side OF the Shenandoah
nver 10 Mrs Elizabeth /. Hartman for
Sl66 II was rcclted in the report After
the payment OF costs, the court ordered
that the residue be paid 10 the Charles
Town and Ransom Building Association
which had the first lien on the property
In the case OF the State VS.. Israel Hunter
appealed from justice OF the peace, the
defendant was dismissed on mCilon o
Prosecuting Attorney John I. Poriertleld
Marshall Burns VS. w. S. Merchant
and others, referred TO S. w. Washington
commissioner, 10 ascertain what rea
estate IS owned by w. S. Merchant, 1t:
value and annual rental value, and tc
audit the liens thereon, with report or
their prioritieS.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-03-07

across to Liverpool, where he was
taken in charge by the American Con-
sul-Ceneral, who took him TO his home
in Chelsea and at his own home door
step babe him goodbye in the name Of
the United STATES and again gave him
the thanks of this country for services
rendered.
Now, when you look at Captain Ed
wards you can see that he is above the
average soldier, but from his bearing
and manner you would never know that
he had been the recipient of such signal
honor from the United States. While
they will not admit il, our company is
the envy of the whole regiment, and
when we say that We are of the second
company they all sit up and take notice.
The first night We were here our COM
pany had charge of the regimental
guard, and when morning came the
guards had roped in some twenty men
who had been wandering around the
camp after call 10 quarters without
passes, and We had 10 use the mess
hall for a guard-house The record
has not been equalled yet.
Last nlgnt TWO men were GeldlIcu
from each of the p companies to go 10
Tenahy TO a church supper and they put
me in charge. We went down 10 the
town and had supper in the basement
of the church, and then a song service,
and at eight o'clock we all went TO
church. The supper was fine, but |
think that enjoyed the church more.
This morning We all went out for a
hike about four miles out into New
Jersey, and were gone over two hours,
and believe me my legs are some tired,
for We were on a concrete road, and
our heavy shoes are not built for that
sort of going. Well, must close and go
to dinner. VIII write again before
long. Love to all the folks.
Lovingly,
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-03-07
BILL

There is more Catarrh in this sec
ton of the country than all other dis
eases put together, and for years il was
supposed to be incurable. Doctors
prescribed local remedies, and by con-
stantly failing to cure with local treat
ment, pronounced il incurable Ca
tarrh is a local disease, greatly influ-
enced by constitutional conditions and
therefore requires constitutional treat
ment Halls Catarrh Medicine, manu-
featured by F. J. Cheney & Co.,
Toledo, Ohio, is a constitutional rem
edy, is taken internally and acts thru
the Blood on the Mucous Surfaces of
the System. One Hundred Dollars re-
ward is offered for any case that Halls
Catarrh Medicine fails TO cure. Send
for circulars and testimonials.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, Ohio
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-03-07
Seed Potatoes For Sole.

For sale, 300 bushels OF seed potatoes
-Cobber, Green Mountain and Spalding
Rose. Prices: UnSorted, 81 30 bushel;
small ones, 81 90 bushel Apply 10
HERBERT c. MILLER,
kearneYSVIIle. W. Va.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-03-07
FOR SALE.

For sale, nice lot OF potatoes, cab
bage, turnipS and parSnIpS. Some OF the
potatoes will be especially nice for seed
Apply TO MRS. n. n. PYLES.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-03-07

This is the time of the year every one
needs a good blood tonic-and Owens
& Miller have it. Your money back If
il does not give results.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-03-07
FOR RENT.

The dwelling-house on Main street,
at present occupied by DR.. Burwell, is
offered Cor rent. Possession can be
had April LIST. Apply TO
M. B. BAKER.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-03-07

If you are a sufferer from kidney or
bladder trouble, Owens & Miller have
the best pill for the least money-or
your money hack
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-03-07
PUBLIC SALE

One quartered oak Davenport, uphol-
stored in leather.
Chartered oak buffet and pedestal.
SIT. dining table.
Cherry cabinet.
Three bureaus, 3 iron beds, mat
tresses, 3 9xl2 rugs, hall carpet, crex
runner, dark oak serving table, stands,
antique marble-top walnut table, sew
ing machine, drop-leaf walnut table,
rocking chairs, dining room and kitchen
chairs, stands, one good stove, burns
coal or wood; portieres, kitchen table,
kitchen cabinet, tubs, irons, jars and
other articles necessary in a well-fur-
nished household
Terms cash. Sale to begin at one
o'clock.
MRS. FRANK w. MYERS.
NJ P. Crowl, Auctoneer.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-03-07
AND OTHER LIVE STOCK.

We Harry Whiting Bdlmyefs MIL three
road leading Shephown to Swar
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-03-07
Wednesday, March goth, 1918
THE FOLLOWING PERSONAL PROPERTY
FOUR HEAD OF HORSES

No. Flora. roam maze years DID, in ioa 10 Iuder W
anywhere htched No 2 Dexter, bay horse years old
good strap horse safe for ladies TO drive. No g. Charlie
has been worked No L. Duke, heavy ora horse &C
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1918-02-22
MAYOR MERRILL'S SON
ASSERTS BETTER TIME
is MADE IN OREGON

Albert Merrill, son of Mayor D. d.
Merrill, says Portland shipyards are
making better time turning out craft
than are yards located at Seattle.
Merrill is in a peculiarly fortunate
position to form an opinion on this
subject as he is chief craftsman with
the Northwest Steel company in Port
land, and consulting architect of
the Duthie Shipyard in Seattle, which
is under the same management as
the Northwestern Steel company.
my son tells me-" says Mayor
Merrill, that Portland shipyards are
discounting Seattle yards in the
rapidity of work done. The Portland
yards are under the open-shop rule.
Herald.
1t wouldn't be right, to let that
statement pass unchallenged. In
making that statement the mayors
son had a wish which fathered his
thought. He's a chip off the old
block when it comes to labor mat
ters. He does not like organized
labor and is not overscrupulous about
uttering a falsehood Ito render it
little softer, misstatement) about
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1918-02-22

it which would have a tendency to
mislead the public. His statement
cannot be proven no matter how
fortunate he may be in holding a
position as chief craftsman in Port
land and consulting architect in Seat
tie. His position is not such as
would bring him in close contact
with labor, enabling him to form
an opinion from experience.
Mr. Skinner, of the firm of Skin
ncr & Eddy, has a different opin-
ion about "open shops" and "closed
shops" and doesn't stutter when he
expresses it. Then too, Mr.. Skinner
is financially interested in this sub
ject and from his experience fully
as wide as that of the mayors SOM
has chosen the "closed shop" as in
comparably better for his business.
Come out in the open with your
"open shop" propaganda, don't sneak
it in under camouflage like a
bloody" Hun!
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1918-02-22
PUBLIC SERVICE BOARD
HAS POWER QUESTION

The Public Service Commission has
run up against a hard problem. 1t
has found a nut it cannot crack. 1t
is rather refreshing to find somebody
getting something from a public SER
vice corporation and the Public Serv-
ice Commission is unable to raise
the rates. The State Capitol Record
says:
whether a ship plant located in
Vancouver, Wash, can get power
from a Portland, Oregon, electrical
company without having tariff or
rate schedule filed with the public
service commission is one of the
problems now before that body. 1t
looks as though it were not neces-
sary, for two reasons: in the first
place it is interstate business and
in the second the courts have held
that the commission has no juris-
diction over the sale of surplus
power"
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1918-02-22
THE COMING
DEMOCRACY
(By the Rev. Charles Stelzle.)

(By the Rev. Charles Stelzle.)
Sometimes we wonder why the
men of olden days could not see the
coming of inevitable crises, which are
so clearly discerned by the present
day historian-as he looks backward.
Hindsight is not always as good as
foresight, but it has it's compensa-
tions. If history repeats itself, and
if the historian is really a prophet,
then let us learn from the seeming
blindness of our fathers.
One need not be a prophet nor the
son of prophet, to say that this is
the era of the common man. The
masses are rising to assert them
selves as never before; because the
coming democracy is being built, not
upon a lawless revolution, but upon
an evolution which seems natural
and, therefore, must be permanent.
No human power can prevent its
coming.
This means great things for the
people. 1t fills with hope those who
have been bowed down with the bur-
dens of the past. 1t means, also,
that every true lover of the race
will rejoice, for the well-being of COM
mon humanity must be the ultimate
aim of every worker in the field of
social service. And more and more
is the great-hearted employer realiz-
ing that his business must be con-
Quoted upon a social basis-not SIM
ply for the good of the few who are
directly interested as stock holders.
The power of the labor leader of
the past will be considered small in
deed, when compared with that which
will be given the leader of the fu-
ture. He will be a statesman,
prophet, preacher. He cannot be
demagogue, CRATER, charlatan.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1918-02-22
UNFAIR LIST
BARBER SHOPS

BARBER SHOPS
l. H. Turner, 1104 Hewitt; William
Whitaker, Lowell; Barnhart Shop,
Monroe; Independent, 1907 Hewitt.
BUILDING LABORERS
Peter Jackson, L. Starke, Emil Nit
tersbach, E. Cloke, John Grant.
CARPENTERS
r. B. McAdams, Tyner, and N. E.
Butts Amiel Larson.
ELECTRICIANS
f. r. Hare, electrical contractor;
Globe Wall Paper Co.'S electric de-
partment John Thueson.
AUTOMOBILE CO.
Everett Auto Co., the Garage
building and the owner, Jack Gard
ner.
FISH COMPANIES
San Juan Fish Co., Seattle.
MEAT MARKETS
Everett Avenue Meat Market,
Riverside; Carstens Meat Market,
2S18 Colby; Quality Meat Market,
10Th and Broadway.
CONDENSED MILK
Libby, Mcneil & Libby, Packers
and Gamers; Carnation, Aster, Mt.
Vernon and Washington brands.
PAINTERS
William Christensen, M. Koken,
Globe Co., l.. l.. Swartz, H. e. Main,
H. Patzrnan, Fl. o. Johnson, R. j.
McGregor, J. G. Jensen, Carl Steen,
R. D. Garner, E. Drolet, C. A. Barr.
PLASTERS
A. G. Wright, A l.. Knapp, Booth,
Tom Nygard, w. l.. Porter.
PLUMBERS
C. R. Schweitzer, Otto Merz and
Globe Paper Co.'s plumbing depart
ment.
STORES
E. J. Long, grocery store Nine
teenth and Virginia.
Textile Fabrics
Scotch Woollen Mills Goods.
TRANSFERS
C. j. Witt, sind corner Colby and
Hewitt; C. A. Worth.
MISCELLANEOUS
C. w. Anguish, 3505 Lombard;
American Packing Co., Everett; Cal.
Smiley and son; Fitz Gerald.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1918-02-22
A MAGAZINE STORY

From the Cleveland Plaindealer.)
"Why don't you write magazine
story in verse;" suggested helpful
correspondent. So we did.
The lonely soldier stood on guard
at his Saturday Evening Post.
He's stood there, as it seemed to him,
Century, almost!
The Outlook was a dreary one, a
chill was in the breeze.
The wailing winds went twanging by
like Harpers in the trees.
A Metropolitan was he-a true Amer
Yet in a few short months he'd
proved Cosmopolitan;
He'd crossed the broad Atlantic like
a hero in a strike.
The war was Everybody's now
what was his single Life?
He hadn't sought Adventure in his
somewhat feeble youth
A Woman's Home Companion was
about his job, in truth;
But he read some Snappy Stories in
the Belgian Blue Book, then
He went across the wide Wide World
to help his fellow men.
To found New Republic in that
worn and weary land
He'd given up the Smart Set and had
sought a foreign Strand,
And now, as he was standing think
ing thoughts of Farm and Home,
His Magazine exploded and blew off
his marble dome
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1918-02-22
THE G. o. P. DECLARES WAR

There is scant comfort for pro-
gressive Republicans in the semi
official announcement by the Party's
National Committee that Secretary
Baker will be the issue in the cam
paign now being planned to capture
control of Congress next fall eff
our troops get equipped and win a
victory next summer it will be in
spite of the present War Depart
ment, not because of it," says an
anonymous member of the Commit
tee in the New York Times. Thus
do these politicians discount future
developments unfavorable to their
scheming. 1t is hard to escape the
inference that some not-too- serious
disaster,-a matter of the cutting
up of regiment or two, let us
say,-would be worth as much to
these patriots as a check for a hun
bred thousand or so from the inter-
ests behind permanent compulsory
universal military training. They
already have tried to destroy popu-
lar confidence in the army and to
inflict mental anguish on the fam
lily of every soldier in the land by
grossly exaggerating isolated in
stances of privation and neglect.
That despicable undertaking has been
nullified by the splendid letter of
Mrs. Mary Roberts Rhinehart and
the testimony of Mr.. Baker But they
will try again. What have the peo-
pie of the great Republican states
of the West to say about this? 1t
is they who are the healthy roots
of an organism rotted at the top
by the venality or stupidity of it's
leaders. They have stuck to the
Party because there still survives
among them the fine old tradition
of New England liberalism and of
Abraham Lincoln. They are of our
best, and they are pacifists of the
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. school, deter
mined by winning this war to do
away with the menace of govern
ments made arrogant by their con-
troll, in peace or war, of huge armed
forces. In asking them to repudi-
ate Baker, ostensibly for inefficiency,
but in truth because he opposes their
effort to take advantage of the war
to "put over" universal service Re-
publican leaders are taking a course
best calculated to complete the dis
crediting and destruction of their
party.-The Public New York;.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1918-02-22
STATE WILL NOT RELAX
WOMEN'S S-HOUR LAW
Various Pleas Advanced by Employ
ers Are Rejected By Labor
Commissioner Younger

Almost every day Labor Commits
sioner Younger is appealed to by en-
ployers of one industry or another
to permit the women to work for
more than eight hours day, the
limit fixed by law, declaring an
emergency of some kind exists.
The latest plea is to permit women
to work nine hours instead Of the
eight fixed by law so they can in
vest the earnings from the extra
hour in thrift stamps, but the gov
eminent has declared there is no
occasion for any letting down of the
bars around women and child work
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1918-02-22
WILLIAM BLACKMAN
CALLS DOWN STRIKERS

William Blackman, director of la
Dor for the American Fleet Corpora
ton, said Monday night ship strikes
threatened the life of organized la
Dor.
To quote his words: at is only
through shipyard labor that relief
to labor throughout the country can
come. Therefore, uncalled for strikes
not only threaten the safety of our
armies in France, but the heart of
labor itself through the reduction of
the employment of millions of men
not engaged in shipward work, and
threatens the very life of organized
labor itself"
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1918-02-22
PARADOXICAL

The state is "bone dry" and the
liquor business is legally dead, but
the druggists still sell it and must
pay license of $25 per annum for
selling alcoholic liquids. This is a
state license.
The United States bars the sale,
manufacture or importation of liquor
into the state, but still the govern
ment will sell licenses for the sale of
it in prohibition states.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1918-02-22

From the proceeds of the musical
entertainment at the Everett Thea
ter, Tuesday night, $40 was turned
over to the Red Cross. 1t was a
musical treat. Brabazon Lowther,
the Celtic singer, has a magnificent
baritone voice. He sang in Italian,
Latin, French and English. The Ev-
erett Ladies Musical Club, with 65
voices, showed unusual talent and
careful training. The clubs rendi-
ton Of Mozart's Twelfth Mass Choir
US was splendid.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1918-02-22

There is something radically wrong
about that Ship Carpenters strike
in the Delaware yards. Let US hope
the matter will be satisfactorily
settled and the cause of it wiped out
even if it takes off some official
heads. Meantime it is better for US
Westerners to "hould our whist" UNI
til we get at the "innards" of the
affair.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1918-02-22
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SHE'S HOOKED UP

On Wednesday the Telephone COM
pany finally merged the two sys-
TENS into one. The company now
claims the fastest service in the coun-
try.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1918-02-22

ers and the state refuses to permit
any relaxation.
Commissioner Younger says at
the present time there is no short
age of women workers or of common
laborers. There are plenty of men
and women to work but there is a
shortage of skilled labor in certain
lines.-State Capitol Record.