Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-09-19

BRIEFS.
Friday night.

Full moon Friday night.
Peter Hemp was at Walls Monday
bu,ng ewes.
Wall is shipping hogs and calves at
RsrJane next Saturday.
The United States Court is in session
:, Nartinsburg, with Judge Dayton on
the bench.
Sergeant Thos. c. Reinhart was home
,rSr, camp Meade to spend the week
end with his relatives.
For Sale-5O0 bushels of Stoner or
Bushel wheat, we'll matured. G. F.
Wall, Charles Town, w. Va.
". c. Clipp will have sale of valu-
able live stock Saturday of this, week
n his place east of Charles Town. See
advertisement in another column.
AT their sale near Leetown last week
Tabb brothers gave two-weeks-old
pure-bred AYRSHIRE calf to the Red
Cross. Ii was auctioned of and brought
S54.
Mrs. Woods, wife of Rev. DR.. F. M.
Woods, pastor Of the Presbyterian
Church Of MartinSburg, was paralyzed
several days ago, and is in critical
condition.
Some boys recently have broken
number of windows in the Episcopal
church and chapel. The vestry requests
parents TO forbid their children to play
in the churchyard.
NJ. L. Grey, near Antietam Iron
Works, will sell his real estate and per-
sonal property at public sale on Octo-
Der Sd. Read the advertisement in the
Register this week.
The Registers good friend, Mr.. S. S.
Rohrer, of Keedysville, Md, in send
ing US check to pay his subscription
up TO 1920, says, Let the Register
come" Well do it, friend Rohrer.
The Red Cross OF the Junction will
have patriotic meeting Friday OF this
week at the school-house. The princi-
pal address will be delivered BY Rev. ].
5. Alfrend, and the Fulton combination
OF Charles Town will furnish the mu-
sic.
Miss Lou D. Mann is having her
opening of new fall millinery and no.
tons this week, and invites her Gus
toners and the public generally to call
and see the pretty new goods she has
for sale.
The farm belonging to the heirs OF
ThoS. II. Byers, deceased, above Scrab-
bic, is to be sold at public sale on
October 18th by Geo. M. Beltzhoover,
attorney for the heirs. The advertise
ment may be found in another column
of this paper.
The Berkeley County Court has or
dered all toll-gates within its iurisdic-
ton on the pike between Martinsburg
and Winchester to be removed on Sep
TENDER 29th. This will leave only one
toll-gate on the road Travellers will
appreciate this action.
In renewing his subscription to the
Register our friend VIM. G. Lambert, of
washington City, writes us: 81 enjoy
Bits letters very much-they are
extremely interesting. hope he comes
out all right. My boy, who was 81
Meade"
Miss Lorraine Murphy, of Claymont
Court, this county, expects within the
next month of two to 60 overseas as a
Red Cross nurse. Miss Murphy has
been active in all patriotic enterprises
IN Jefferson county, and was especially
efcient in the Red Cross drive the past
summer.
Olin Knott was very badly hurt at
Bakerton last week, when he fell from
a heavily loaded wagon, the wheels of
which passed over his body. Several
ribs were fractured and he was other
wise injured. DR.. Knott gave him
surgical attention. Mr.. Knott's friends
hope that he may soon be entirely well
again.
For Sale-Car of those good St. Paul
steers, some yearling ewes, mare colt,
draft horses, pair mule colts, seVeral
stock bulls to loan or sell, fresh COW
and two springers. Fat stock wanted
always. A better kind and better deal
at Walls. My customers include the
experts and business men OF the live
stock world. There is reason. Z. r.
Wall.
Allen A. Staley, east OF town, has
been suffering a good deal the past
week or two on account OF an injured
eye. While cutting corn blade from
one of the stalks inflicted bad scratch
on the eyeball, causing Mr.. Staley con-
siderable pain and anxiety. He was
in HagerStown on Monday, where he
had the injured member attended to
by specialist.
Reed Myers, of Shepherdstown, has
been made principal Of the graded
school at Leetown. His assistants are
George Hartzell, Miss Ruth Miller and
Miss Mabel McAtee. The Shenandoah
Junction school will have but one teach
er this year-Miss Mary Swisher, of
Hampshire county, graduate Of Shep-
herd College, will be in charge. Miss
Olive Athey, of Shepherdstown, will
teach the Zoar school this year. Miss
Beulah Engle and Miss Helen Smith are
the teachers Of the Middleway school,
Mrs Don c. Dolly is teaching at SWIM
ley's.
Lamont Pvles, who has had govern
ment position in Washington, mas re-
signed, and after a day or two In Snep-
herdstown left on Tuesday for Salem,
Va, where he will enroll as a student
in Roanoke College. He will take the
college course in this institution and at
the same time be under military train
ing, fitting himself for service in the
army. Roanoke College offers special
inducements to young men who desire
TO carry on their college work II they
have the proper qualifications for en-
trance they will not only be given mill
tary training, but at the same time may
be educated in whatever avocation or