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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-11-13
FARMING IMPLEMENTS, ETC.

Three Brown wagons, one No. g. with 80
bushel bed, one No. 2, with panel bed, one
No. with ladders; harrows, one lever
one wooden-frame with twenty teeth; one
Oliver chilled pillow No. 10. one cultivator, ont
grain drill, one Wood mower, one good horse
rake, one one-horse barsharc pillow, two
double shovel plows, one cutting box, ont
wooden roller, good pair OF ladders, B-ioot
good as new, one rubber tire runabout goot
as new. Many other articles too numerous
to mention.
HARNESS-Two sets OF breechbands,
sets OF front gears, 10 work brides in good
ono six horse wagon line, pair check lines,
set OF single harness, wagon saddle sets
of pillow gears.
HOUSEHOLD GOODS-Two bed room
suits, one walnut bureau over, 100 years old
wash stand, two wooden bed springs and
mattresses single bed and mattress, one
spring cot, one couch, stands, one fold
ing leaf table, one lo-foot extension table
walnut, over 100 years old; kitchen table
cane-seat chairs, dining room chars,
rocking chairs, one ice box, used very little;
2 clothes racks, one side board kitchen safe
kitchen cabinet, 2 wood stoves, drum heat.
er, Quick Meal oil stove, shotgun, lamps
10 gallon churn, 3 wash bowls and pitchers
lot OF dishes, crooks, glass jars, jelly glasses
tubs, cooking utensils, one hogshead, lot o.
benches 2 cords OF stove wood water sep.
arator, hand cornshelcr, N-cut saw, hano
saw. garden plows rakes. hoes. 2 iron kettle
with rings, Union sewing machine, Edison
photograph with 20 records.
TERMS or SALE. 4 credit OF twelv'
months will be given on all sums OF 500
and over, purchaser to give negotiable note
payable at either bank in Shepherdstown
notes to bear interest from date. Unde
$1,000 cash. No property to be removed unit
settled for. Sale to begin at 10 a. m. N
poStponemcnt on account OF weather
BENJAMIN HOFFMAN.
Dodd and Hoffman, Auctioneers
Harwood Burkhart, Clerk
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-11-13
Saturday, November %, 1919

between the hours OF O'Clock and o'clock
p. m, that certain Tract or parcel or real
estate, (being a one-iourth undivided in
teTest in the property herein described, be-
ing interest OF the aforesaid A. V. Shepherd
adjoining the lands Of Joseph Walper on one
side and bounded on the other side by the
Potomac River, the whole tract containing
TWO HUNDRED ACRES. and tae same
tract OF land owned by W u Shepherd.
deceased, aad which the said W. II. Shepherd
devised by will to a V. Sh-ph--i. G. II
Shepherd. r. L. Shepherd, and r. =. Shep-
herd. which will IS Of record IN the office
OF the Clerk OF the County Cou-t OF ,efer-
son County, West Virginia, 20 which Ie.er-
ence is hereby made.
TERMS OF SALE-One- third cash on day
OF sale and the residue in one and tSo years,
respectively, the purchaser executing his
notes with approved security, and the title
to the property to be retained Until I'll liz.
purchase money is paid.
JOHN II. ZIRKLE,
Oct. 80, lele-4w Trustee.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-11-13
TRUSTEES SALE
OF
Valuable Real Estate.

BY virtue OF the authority vested in the
undersiE ned Trustee. by deed OF trust
executed by a V. Shepherd 10 John H
Zirkle, Trustee. being dated the lst day OF
September, 1910 and which is OF record in
the Office OF the Clerk of the County Court
OF Jefferson County, West Virginia. in Deed
Book No. lN, page 5l3 said trustee will
offer for sale az public auction, TO tie high
est responsible bidder. at he front door OF
the Court House. in Charles Town, Jefferson
County, West Virginia, on
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-11-13
BRICKS FOR SALE

Five hundred thousand good build
ing bricks for sale for immediate de-
livery. The price will surprise you.
G. N. VANMETRE,
Shepherdstown, w. Va.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-11-13

Every family in the community
ought to read the Register. II will be
sent to any address one year for Sl.5O
or six months for 75 cents.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-11-13
9 HEAD OF CATTLE
% HEAD OF HOGS

One large Holstein bull, one Jersey bull,
4 heiiers, . milk cows. These all we'll
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-11-13
q HEAD OF CATTLE

Ten milk COWS. several will be fresh by
sale day; others will be fresh about middle
II December. One Holsten bull, entitled to
registration; 81 young steers. yearling
steers.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-11-13

No. l, black reding, Rocks, u years old
excellent wagon and pillow leader. No. 2
brown mare, Pearl. II years old, works any
where hitched. No. 3. bay mare, Maud,
years old, 4 god strap mare. No. 4, gray
mare, Fannie, years old, i good work
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-11-13
PUBLIC SALE

The undersigned. intending to discontinue
farming and having rented her farm, will sell
at public sale at.her home at Uvilla, on the
shepherdstown and Halltown pike, four miles
: from Shenherd stown on
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-11-13
FARMING IMPLEMENTS.

Five brood sows. one large boar. II fine
shoats. Several OF these sows have pigs
three or four weeks old
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-11-13
EXECUTORS SALE
r.: OF
Valuable Real Estate
Near the Town Of Charlss Town, VIVA.

Pursuant to and by virtue OF the will OF
the late Julia L. Terril which empowers heT
Executors to sell and dispose OF her real
estate and execute deeds Tor same, the I'M
dersigned Executors will offer at public sale,
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-11-13
PUBLIC SALE

The undersigned having sold his farm and
intending to quit farming, will sell at pub
lie sale. at his home miles south OF Shep-
herdstown, and ~ miles north OF Dufhelds'
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-11-13
Saturday, November Is, 1919

a, II o'clock A NJ, in front OF the COURT
HOUSE. in Charles Town, Jefferson Coun-
~, West Virginia, the two farms or tracts
OF land described as follows:
FIRST. All OF that certain tract OF land
known as Walnut Grove" Farm, situated
about four miles north OF Charles Town. III
Jefferson County, w. Va, on which the tes'
tatrix resided at the time OF her death, con-
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-11-13
EXECUTORS SALE
OF VALUABLE
PERSONAL PROPERTY.
10 Head OF Heavy Draft Horses

No l, Topsy, brown mare years old, a
driving horse No 2 Bird, bay mare S
years old, fine leader, No. g. Star, gray
horse years old, unbroken. No. 4, George,
II years old. works anywhere. No. 5. Lou.
work No. Q. Rose, gray mare years old,
will work wherever she is hitched. No.
Prince, brown horse a years old, will work
anywhere No s.. Colonel. brown. horse
years old, will work anywhere. No. 9 Kit,
brown mare years old. No 10. Tom, Z
years old. these last two will also work
anywhere. These are all unusually fine
work horses, and should attract the at
tention OF prospective purchasers.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-11-13
FARMING IMPLEMENTS

Thirteen fat hogs, weighing 200 to $50 lbs,
y shoats, ranging in weight from GO to loo
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-11-13
Monday, November II, 1919
the following personal property:
g HEAD OF HORSES

No. l. Jim, black horse 10 years old will
work anywhere blind will weigh 1900 lbs
No. 2, Nell, grey mare. 10 years old, will work
grey mare years old, will work anywhere
will weigh 100 ibs. No. 5, Barney, coming
years old, will work anywhere, will weigt
1900 TBS. No. 8 Bob, coming years old
good worker, will weigh 1900 lbs. One yearl-
in1r colt md snrinQ colt.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-11-13
LIZ HEAD OF CATTLE

Eight good milk cows, all will be fresh il
early spring. Five steers that will weigh
Two bulls, one Jersey 2 years old, and one
Durham. Two spring calves, one Jersey.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-11-13
l.I5 a G. r { S

more or less. 1t is improved with
new nine-room dwelling, in good loca-
ton; a granary, corn-crib, horse barn
that will hold ten horses; COW barn
with concrete floor. stanchions and all
latest improvements, this barn holds
twenty-one COWS, has l00-tOn silo at
tached, and sanitary dairy room. This
farm is watered by cistern at the
HOUSE., well at the dairy house, and
running water through the farm. This
dairy has a permit to iship cream or
milk to the District of Columbia, and
has a score of "a This farm has two
orchards, about three acres each, young
and old, both bearing. Possession
April /, 1920.
TERMS, 81, 800 cash on day of sale.
balance to suit purchaser April |, 1920.
JOS. +. BYERS.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-11-13
BILLMYER'S
Bargain Store

We never make assertions that
can't be backed up with the goods
and prices. Study the following
list carefully, then come right in
and see for yourself how the old
regulars are gouging you.
H. c. L. SledgehammerS.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-11-13
62 HEAD OF SHEEP

Sixty yearing ewes, Shropshire buck
40 HEAD OF HOGS
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-11-13
PUBLIC SHLE

The undersigned having accepted the man
Igemeut of the County lnhrmary and Farm,
will sell to the highest bidder, on his farm
located one-fourth mile west OF Leetown, w.
Va on
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-11-13
PUBLIC SALE.

The undersigned intending to discontinue
farming, will sell at public sale at his resi-
dence, two miles and a-hali east OF Shep'
herdstown, on the road leading to MoIer
Grass Roads on
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-11-13
IS HEAD OF HOGS
BETWEEN IS AND 100 CHICKENS
II GUINEAS.

Two brood sows. one viii harrow The hrs'
OF January. Sixteen shoats.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-11-13
Valuable Dairy Farm
FOR SALE.

The undersigned will offer for sale,
in front of the Rumsey Hotel, in Shep-
herdstown, w. Va, on
Saturday, November 20, 1919
at | O'Clock ,. M, his valuable dairy
farm in Shepherdstown district, Jefer-
son county, w. Va, on the Shepherds
town and d. Middleway turnpike, 2N
miles from Kearneysville on the main
line of the B. & o. Railroad. This
farm contains
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-11-13

CONGRESS is entitled to the COM
mepdation, of the whole country for
the sensible performance in the House
of Representatives on Monday, when
BY a vote of 300 to the members
voted that Victor L. Berger, the Mil
waukee Socialist, was ineligible to a
seat in the House. The one vote n
Berger's favor was cast BY Weight, Re-
publican, also a Wisconsin product.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-11-13
Tuesday, November Is, 1919
FOITR HEAD OF HORSES

at $50 o'clock, promptly, The
following personal property, to-wit:
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-11-13

Chss. T. Engle & Thos. J. West. Aucts.
y. r. Roberts & Bane Brown, Clerks.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-11-13

Holsteins and two Jerseys; one thorough
bred Hostein heifer cali and two yearlin'
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-11-13

DCIItT kIIOWH as DUa9'
Dodd & Hoffman. Auctioneers.
Harwood Burkhart, Clerk
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-11-13

Dodd and Hoffman. Auctioneers.
Harwood Burkhart, Clerk.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-07-08
BEATING THE HEAT.

Every military knows that the way 10 beat the
enemy is take the aggressive-to attack Every pug
Hist knows the thing does every good football
player baseball PLAYER tennis PLAYER.
The principle applies the hot weather. The
way to beat it is to defy it.
Not rashly OF course. There is no more sense in
rushing into sunstroke than i'll rushing into fsc
knockout The principle be applied nationally. So
applied it works.
II suffer from the id-surnmer heat the thing to
do is TO meet II than half
To stand the heat, learn to stand the hot sun Get
into It, Take it by BY gradually increasing
the thing you you have passed possibility
Of sunburn-you immune. That is the first big vic
tory. and the follows naturally.
if the day opens bsterng hot. get early
the morning. when light strongest. and when
the powers resistance likewise strongest
Go preferably without hat If hurts your eyes.
protective glasses Half hour Of exposure
will you up pretty well day After that any
YOU have endure office will be endur-
able.
II all the better X this insuranceexposure is taken
the The light is there and you get
the necessary shorter time pleasant
conditions better still if accompany follow
the sun-bath with cold-water bath
Maybe the reader doesn't believe this Most people
don't if one may Judge from their conduct try it,
remembering do $ suddenly and rashy, but by
degrees. You will be astonshed the comparative
immunity YOU get against heat that knocks out your
and the OF energy have
TO turn into your work during the months.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-07-08

FEMININE nature
AS good luck would have it
HAS not changed much since the
WORLD began and We suppose when
Adam and Eve
RAN out Of conversation she would
bore
HIM to death
BY asking him whether he thought
rig leaves
WOULD be worn short, long or
MEDIUM length the next season.
ONE Of the best bets we
Know or is that when you begin 10
travel
IN double harness
got needn't expect the wifi 10
PUT bride on her tongue.
WE do not know of anything
THAT gives the feminine mind mere
SATISFACTION than to paste
- oook Tor permanent preserva-
'loh an
OLD snapshot OF her dearest friends
n me clothes Of I'VE years ago.
II some husbands we're know
HAD a choice between
po4lce'nan ana gong 20
n thslr wives
mr. "ouia teil me polceman % 60
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-07-08
AN sH-spEAKING UNION.

All Americans except those who think it their duty
hate England will doubtless OF the English
speaking Union recently organized II aims
plish work. valuable alike to the United States
and 10 civilization in general.
The object is a closer union Of the English-speakng
peoples of the world The union desired however
the spirit rather than anything tangible As of the
leaders explains the seeks formal alliances
has nothing do with and is solely ef
promote cool fellowship among Englshs
ng democracies
Membership is open to all men and women, anywhere.
who speak English and sympathy with the plan
Posts be established wherever there
speaking the language. promote the inter.
of those possessing the English speech culture and
traditions and places Of welcome for visitors
All proper will be used to give publicity the
union and promote its objects.
The English speaking are dominant
force in the world Future civilization their hands
if they hang together. influence which will enable
harmony deserves the support Of every
enlightened and women
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-07-08
TIMBER FOR 1920 AND AF7Fp

Inc United States Is going need for president fro
March, 1921 to March. 1925 who will understand
how to get right down to brass acks on business eco
nornfc and industrial problems rather than man able IN
DO plain and fancy juggling with rhetoric Whether or
not man OF that kind be elected is another tor
The American people of all parties may still be living ne,t
summer in an atmosphere rarAed that they Will rail-,
around spelbinders instead practical Statement for
party standardbearers and again they may have become
surfeited with speeches spun glowing idelistc
terms and hungry for pronouncenens on
such prosaic subjects budgets latter be the
will be largely because the burden taxation TO pav
the war bills deep home the individual citizen
As never before in their history the American peopA
as whole have been tuned up buoyed up during the
last two by sentiment been hne
a noble If you will-hat has left permanent
good effect but in the five years the stimulus and
exctatien OF such sentiment will be lacking The coun-
try to get back to business pressing practical prob
lens OF peace II is destined undergo sharp readi
ments Of various kinds These will ali be- presumably
for It's social industrial economic betternnent but the
making of the requires heads steady hands
and clear vision.
dispassionate retrospect OF the years will
lead most hardheaded straight the conclusion that
the country does Of the political pho-
sophy and economic put By the average
OF the academic telling us that the var bills
should be paid for in cash equivalent that
OF the debt should be passed posterity The ute
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-07-08
WHY PRICES ARE HIGH.

a man VINO does his own thinking quite evidently
writes the following interesting letter regarding the bb
cost OF living which presents viewpoint We an Lr
true He says "
About year ago, public accountant. I came in
loucn Win the business of metal specialties mann
Iaclurer VINO was employing machinists at an averape
rate OF lorty-nve cents hour and was charging 70
me proouct al the rate of ninety cents an hour maxine
therefore fory-hve cents each workman ou+ f which
ne had TO pay his expenses remainder being his ro6
Then the machinists on strike for 6ftv Giants
an hour II was granted them and in turn the mann
facturer charged sl10 hour for what he had IRE
vously charged ninety Thus he took sdvantaeA
o. the higher wages make sixty cents an hour instead If
forty-fve cents
The jobber. paying more for his goods. was com.
peleo to ask for more But instead of asking this in
crease ne advanced his selling price TWENTY-FIVE pr cent
FROM the jobber IL TO the retailer who also in
creases his selling price 10 thirty per cent So in a
months time the consumer paying thirty per cent
more for those goods only justified cause
the nve per cent increase the of production
The prices Of many other commodities have been
advanced IN the same Merchants ngnufactur.
ers and producers have found the communities tender
spot They know that what deemed luxury in DAYS
gone by now Is regarded necessity of life Merchants
know they have the corner and can get an
price they ask providing they have some kind of
fage
To end the struggle Of high prices and high cost Of
living people must either return to primitive WAYS of
living or they must make laws as TO restrict the
individual rights of earning and accumulation,
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-07-08

FOR three months
NEWEST form OF prohibition.
OUR BARRIERS idea Of
PLEASANT conversation is to tell US
HOW much srayer We are
Up around the temples than the last
time we we're in.
AS far as me mental picture Of Jess
Willard
THAT we had after the night is con-
cerned
IT reminds US of Mark Twain's ex-
preston
AN old tom having Mt in
PAN of stewed tomatoes.
ANYWAY il-heaIth is luxury
IT costs too much to
BE other than well.
WE confess that We don't know
MUCH about music
BIT when our victrola and all the
NEIGHBoRs' instruments
GET going on all these summer
night when
ALL the windows and front doors
are open
1T sounds as if hell had broken
LOOSE somewhere.
THREE girls tired Of school ran
away to Philadelphia
GOOD town for the tired
AN Incompatible Ohio writer says
that he was
ARGUING with bright girl about
the heat-producing qualities Of
CoRsETs and pants when she indi-
Gated on her skirt how far corsets
CAME down now and he exclaimed d.
Why corsets are pants"
THE average man even with all his
various operations
AND ali his neuritis. iapsypals. kid
ney troubles and
HoUsEMAID's knee to say nothing
of the
ACHES caused by hllinr sreasecups.
etc.
FEELS that he could have done
ALMOST as well as Jess Willard
down a Toledo the other day
WELL ohio's a great state anyway
ANY state that can pull of an old
sockdologer of a prizefght
AND a Methodist centenary all in one
breath knows something
ABOUT advertising.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-07-08

Well. hts is about five hours later.
saw in the paper tonight. that Germany
was not going to sign peace She Will
sign IL only under one condition. I do
not know what IL is, but I will find out
in a day or two. If we are going to have
another war 1 wish they would soon
start il so we can finish up on them
where we left off. But. believe men. If
We start fighting again. I will not have
mercy on any of them. It is all their
fault that we were kept here. This time
l hope we do not stop until We get to
our destination-Berlin.
You said you wanted picture of me.
I am sorry but don't think l can send
any. The other day I had picture
taken TO send to you. but they were so
bad that I did not have the nerve 70
send them. so I tore them up.
The regiment is in Bad Neuenahr now.
We moved here May 25th. and 1t is z
fine place. 1t is a summer resort. We
are living in the finest hotel in town
and they are swell. too. l will send
some post card pictures of the place
when I get paid. And those mineral
baths are great
Well. I am running out Of news. so
How is Hammond getting along these
days? Has il got any life to it. or has
the war made it dead
Well hope by the time I write the
next letter I will have some real good
news got that address Of fathers
alright and showed it to the people
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-07-08
WHAT IS "M1DDLE CLASS

It is saving that is nothing in Amer
lea corresponding 10 what the English call the middle
class" and what the French call the bourgeoisie"
correspondent not only maintains that gives
analytic description whereby it be recognized
There are here in England and France he SAYS.
classes One representing labor chiefly mus
cular sometimes skilled and sometimes unsked an.
other. that works with its brains chiefly and
the third last class the capalistc which employs
will and suits its the representatives Of the
other classes"
This gives general line on the class in question
The writer amplifes follows: "A member of mid
die class whether middleaged old is at
fairly well educated. has presentabe appearance
spects social observances and maintains best cen
approach the gentleman in his general appearance
and He is compelled take for his services.
whether teacher clerk bookkeeper assistant what
not. capital may deem his
rather the for which capital knows il
his class equally competent and
Any citizen decide for himself. from this &C
count whether he belongs the class and il may get
what satisfaction he Of IT.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-07-08
nonsense Of that advice is apparent today

nonsense OF that advice is apparent today
There was in this country FIVE years ago bust
ness and industrial disturbance that condition and
theory and vet the college professor who occupied
then and still holds the presidential assured his
countrymen that the trouble mainly psychological
and that it needed only be forgotten cured or
words Of that import.
avail solve the problems looming United
States. These problems will require all the practical
genius and craftsmanship the land muster. They
include such subjects debt liquidation. rail and
water transportation industrial relations and
obligations service foreign trade and merchant
marine. budget and general governmental Ell.
cheney. In the White House and in the Capitol will be
needed who hold fast upon the moral
values that have Of the n dso shape
laws and policies derive the greatest good the
greatest number of the nations material
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