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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-12-11
Stockholders Meeting.

The annual meeting of the Stock
holders of Potomac Permanent Build
ing and Loan Association will be held
at the Office of the Secretary, in Shep-
herdstown on Friday evening, January
2, 1920, at o'clock, for the election of
Directors and the transaction of any
other business. BY order of the Board.
II. c. MARTEN, President.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-12-11
Stockholders Meeting.

The annual meeting OF the stockholders
Of the Farmers Bank of Shepherdstown
Shepherdstown. w. Va, will be held at the
said bank on Wednesday, January 9TH, 1920
for the purpose OF electing Board OF Di-
rectors for the ensuing year and for
the transaction OF other business that may
properly come before such meeting.
JOSEPH III. TROUT, Cashier.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-12-11
Stockholders Meeting.

The annual meeting OF the Stockholders
OF the Shepherdstown Fire Department will
be held on Monday. January, S. 1920. at s p
m, in their hall, in Shepherdstown. w. Va.
for the purpose OF electing Directors and for
the transaction OF any other business that
may properly come before the Department
j. n. ROBINSON, President.
g. w. TERRELL. Secretary.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-12-11
Wood For Sole.

Have for sale a quantity Of oak and
hickory wood, either in stove lengths
or cord lengths, slabs and top wood
vii deliver to any place in town. See
Mckee Brothers or Hampton Triplett
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-12-11
Stockholders Meeting.

The annual meeting of the stockholders
OF the Jefferson Security Bank will be held
in the Directors room OF said Bank January
7, 1920, at II a. m, to elect Board OF Di-
rectors and transact such oeher business as
may properly come before il.
HARRISON SCHLEY. Cashier.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-12-11
For Sale At Once.

Buggy, sleigh ard harness, belong
ing TO the estate of David Lemen,
decd. -
Geo. Nj. Beltzhoover,
Executor.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-12-11
To the Public.

Through the courtesy of the officers
of the Jefferson Security Bank, our
Office is now temporarily located in the
directors room of the above mention
ed bank, at which place we will be
glad to have any Of our customers or
friends call TO see us.
Having lost our mill by fire, and
having no use for a truck, we offer our
truck for sale. This is Ford truck
with Hudford unit with a good bed,
top and curtains which will keep out
rain and keep your load dry. This
truck has been taken good care of and
is in excellent condition.
c. n. WHITING MILLING CO.,
ShepherdSown, w. Va.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-12-11

TWO of the worst persons in TINS
country, Emma Goldman and Alex
ander Berkman, criminal anarchists,
have been put on Ellis Island, New
York, to await deportation to their
former home, Russia, but somehow
there is strange delay in finally ship
ping them away.
II seems to us that they ought to be
exported forthwith-and preferably
in a leaky ship.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-12-11

and see for yourself how the old
regulars are gouging you.
H. C. L. Sledgehammers.
Mems Blue Chambray Work
Shirts Sl.00
Mems Dress Shirts S1.39
Bows Worsted Pants Sl.50
Boys Cord Pants S2OO
Boys Waist Blouses 50
Mems Blue Bib Overalls Sl.65
Mems Blue Jumpers S1.65
Mems Work Shoes S3.25
Mems Dress Shoes no higher than $500
Women's Shoes from SIPS
Misses Shoes from $500
Boys Shoes from $500
Child's Shoes from Sl.50
Mems or Women's Rubber Heels 10
Leather Half Soles, pair 10
Mems Sweaters $500
Boys Sweaters SIS
Mems Fleeced Shirts and Drawers Sl.39
Women's Fleeced Vests and Pants SIS
Women's Fleeced Unions Sl.l0
Girls Middies $500
women's Teddy Bear Chemises rs
Girls Bingham Dresses from S1.lO
White Bed Spreads from $500
Clark's o. N. T. Spool Cotton .O5
Shoe Paste and Polish, any shade 10
Ladies' Black Sateen Petticoats S1.75
Mems Sox from 10
Ladies' Hose from is
Toilet Soap, cake, from .05
Boudoir Dust Caps 10
Mems Silk 4-in-hand Ties so
Mems Cotton Work Gloves is
Mems Rubber Shoes Sl.OO
Women's Rubber Shoes .85
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-12-11

THE liquor people were greatly dis
appointed on Monday at the failure OF
/: the Supreme Court Of the United
States TO render a decision averse to
wartime liquor regulations. Some
how they had been led to believe that
the court would decide against the
law, and that at once the whiskey
dealers would be at liberty to let
loose the flood of liquor that they have
ready to pour upon the thirsty booz-
ers. The court rendered no decision,
and the distillers and their customers
will be kept in anxiety for at least
another week.
1t would be sin and a shame to
turn loose upon the country all this
liquid damnation.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-12-11

A
1T looks as if somebody is playing
a shabby part in the sugar business.
Arthur Williams, federal food ad-
ministrator for the eastern district,
says that there is no valid reason why
retail dealers should not be supplied
with plenty of sugar by wholesalers
and refiners. what | fear" said
Mr.. Williams, sis that INSCRIPTIONS
persons are holding UP their sugar,
waiting for the end of the year, when
the sugar board ceases to function.
Then they hope to Sell it at a profit
very much higher than they can get
now"
1t may be that the government is
not able to manage the sugar hoarders
who are manipulating the scheme re-
ferred to by Mr.. Williams, but it ought
to be able to tell us who the rascals
are. Name them by name, and let
them be held up to the public contempt
and made subject to the action of the
people. Publicity should cure this
evil-and many others also.
THE enormous sum of $4,000
600 is disposed of by the will OF
Henry Clay Prick, the Pittsburg mil
lionaire, who madS~Shis great fortune
in iron, coke andi -pal. His family
and friends receive S25,00O,000, while
the remainder, about S115,0O0,0OO,
goes to educational institutions, hos
pitfalls, public parks and art centers,
Princeton University gets S15,0OO,OOO,
Harvard S5,0OO,0OO. the Boston Tech
S5,000,000, and a splendid park and
100000 for its maintenance is
Pittsburg's portion. His art collec-
ton, valued at S50OOO,OOO, goes to the
city Of New York.
So far as the summary of the will
discloses, no part OF this vast fortune
is left for religious work-no church
nor church society, no missionary en-
terprise or project for the spiritual
welfare of the people at home or in
foreign lands gets a dollar. Why is
this the case--why do our rich men seem
to forget that they owe anything to
God Almighty? Wise with worldly
wisdom, they almost invariably ignore
their obligations to the Giver and seem
to desire no part in the spiritual king
dom.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-12-11

LAST Friday President Wilson wac
visited in his sick room by Senator
Fall and Senator Hitchcock. who were
sent to him by the Senate oStensibly
to confer with him upon the Mexican
situation, but in reality with the hope
on the part of the Republican majority
that they would find him a feeble
paralytic. The testimony of both
Senators, one a Republican and the
other a Democrat, is that while the
President is still sick and weak, his
mind is absolutely clear and he is
entirely able to perform the functions
of his Office. He talked with them at
length and showed that he has keen
grasp on all public questions. This
episode ought to put an end to a lot
of gossip and plain lies; and it will be
good news to the majority Of the peo-
pie of this country and the world in
general, however disappointing it is
to his political enemies and the Ger
mans.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-12-11
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 cor. . right in
and see for yourself how the old
regulars are gouging you.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-12-11

THE boom of Major-General Wood
for the Republican nomination for
President has been launched. Inc
South Dakota Republican convention
has formally endorsed him, and he
will now get busy with his prelim-
mary campaign.
We shall watch his candidacy with
interest, and everybody will be Keen
TO learn certain facts in his relations
TO the late President Roosevelt which
will undoubtedly be brought out when
the campaign gets properly het up.
Ont of the S2,S0O,OOO apportioned
for roads in West Virginia since Sep
TENDER /, 1918, only S7l3, 1928 has
been expended, or about Is per cent
THE above item is taken from an
exchange. If we are to judge from
the comments of our exchanges, and
py the experience of Jefferson county,
our State road department comes very
near being a total failure. Its inter-
minable delays and its lack of ag-
eressiveness are causing the people TO
pet out of all patience with it.
Unless there shall be radical I'M
movement in conditions the people
Will never vote for that S5O,OOO,OOO
honS iscue
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-05-13
American Legion I
To Have a Say So
In National Politics

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, May 10.-The
keynote of the American Legion
the organization of veterans of the
war with Germany-Was sounded al
the Legion's caucus here today by
Colonel j. F. j. Herbert, Massachu.
sets.
1--WE are a body large enough and
representative enough and powerful
enough to tell congress what VIZ
want, not to ask it," he declared in
moving the substitution of demand
for request" in a resolution calling
for complete investigation by con-
gress in the trial and conviction and
subsequent pardons of conscientious
objectors-
But the caucus here has failed to
show glimmer of the possibility OF
becoming a third political party
The Legion will not attempt endorse
ment of political candidates, Lieu.
tenant Colonel Theodore Roosevelt
reiterated tonight.
Backed by four millioa former
army men and the personal follow
ing of Colonel Roosevelt, Sergeant
Jack Sullivan, of Seattle, Wash; Co..
onel H. D. Lindley, former mayor
Dallas, Texas, and many others OF
influence, the Legion promises to dt-
velop sixteen million strong.
Several legislative policies are
slated for the national convention in
Minneapolis in November. Universal
military training, reclamation OF
lands, rehabilitation of 1.-THE wounded
and other national issues are mat
tiers the Legion threatens to make
it SfirSt fight on with CONGRESS-
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-05-13
NAVAL STORES
Commodity Prices

Conditions i'll the cash markets for the
commodities of chief consumption continue
70 display a definite upward trend, de
rlines being much fewer than advances and
in most instances, of pelativelJ slight i'm
portance. There We're 3d. alterations in the
81 quotations received by Dun's Review,
and of these only q moved to lower
level. whereas more or less hardening was
recorded by So articles. As for some time
past. grain. meats and provisions were con-
spicuOus for their activity and strength. in
which moderate visible supplies and heavy
domestic and foreign demand have resulted
in further advances in almost all products
hogs anG provisions, especially. selling at
the highest prices in the history of those
commodities. Aside from substantial
ilrop in better grades of fresh butter. there
was little change in dairy products. al
though q slightly easier feeling was notice
able in both cheese and eggs. Quotations
~ the metal markets were practically sta
;fonary. although lead was slightly frmor
reports of improvement in business Hrp re-
f'eCtel in notable hardening in the prices
If ranv kinds of cotton goods. and there
has been no rcla walton in tho STRENGTH with
which hides and leather are held. Some
Improvement has also taken plac" IL the
nosition Of beans. hUrla"e. coffee. dried
fruits ruhho". Trash fruits a"d Vegetables.
which is only slightly offset by nominal
concessions in notatoes and a number of
chemicals and drugs.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-05-13
Sees Many Executions
Every Day in China

Seeing criminals, sometimes five or
six at once, led away to execution,
the procession headed by trumpeters
and followed by a crowd of curious
people, is an almost daily experience
in the life of Miss Bessie Brown, of
Harlan, Iowa, who is engaged in mis-
sion work in China Miss Brown
tells of some of these grewsome eX-
periences in a recent letter to rela-
tives in Harlan.
Just yesterday" says Miss Brown
in her letter, I'VE saw six poor GRIM
mails marched out and shot down by
the soldiers, while the people flock
ed out in hundreds and watched the
spectacle"
In another part of her letter she
tells of five more criminals executed
today while L was in class with my
Chinese teacher. l don't like the aW-
full blare of the trumpet, which an
nounces the passing of the process
sion"
Miss Brown went to China last
fall, after preparing herself by d
course of study in this country.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-05-13
Government to Give 10000
Motor Trucks to States

More than 100000 worth of mo-
tor trucks are about to be distribute
ed by the secretary Of agriculture
through the bureau of public roads
to the state highway departments.
These trucks have been declared sur
plus by the war department and are
being distributed to the states I'M
der the provisions of Section Of
the postoffce appropriation bill They
must be used by the states on roads
constructed in whole or in part by
federal aid, for which $200,00O,00O in
addition to the former appropriation
was given to the states under the
same bill. All that the states must
do to acquire the use of these 10000
trucks, which range in capacity from
two to five tons, is to pay the load
ing and freight charges.
Of the 10000 motor vehicles to be
acquired free by the states, 1000
are new and 5000 are used, but all
are declared to be in serviceable con-
dition. The motors will be appor-
toned to states only upon request OF
the state highway departments on
the basis of the requests received
from the respective states, and in
accordance with the apportionment
provided in the federal aid law ap-
proved in 1916. The requirements
of the law are such that the bureau
of public roads cannot distribute any
trucks to counties or individuals.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-05-13
Treaty Document Is the
Longest Ever Written

The treaty Of peace between the
twenty-seven allied and associated
powers on the one hand and Ger
many on the other, is the longest
treaty ever drawn. 1t totals about
$4,000 words. divided into fifteen
main sections. and represents the
combined product of over thou
sand experts working continually
through a series of missions for
the three and half months since
January is. The treaty is printed
in parallel pages of English ana
French, which are recognized as
having equal validity. 1t does not
deal with question affecting Aus.
tria, Bulgaria and Turkey, eX-
cept In so far as binding Ger
many to accept any agreement
reached with those former allies.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-05-13
CHAPTER III
In Embroyo

A child on the floor, flat on her
stomach in the red light of the stove,
drawing pictures; her mother by the
shaded lamp mending stockings; her
father reading; a faint odor of kero-
sene from the glass lamp in the room
and the rattle of sleet on the roof
and window; this was one of her
childhood memories which never fad
ed through alp the years of Ruhan-
nah's life.
Of her waking hours she prefer
red that hour after supper when, ~
ing prone on the worn carpet, with
pencil and paper, Just outside the
lamps yellow circle of light, her
youthful imagination kindled and
For at that hour the magic of
the stoves glowing eyes transform
ed the sitting-room chairs to furtive
watchers of herself, made of her
derry thing on legs, crouching in am
bush; bewitched the ancient cottage
piano so that it's ivory keys menaced
her lik ca row of monStrouS teeth
She adored it all. The tall secre-
tary stared at her with owlish sig
nificance. Through that neutral veil
where lamplight and shadow meet
upon the wall, the engraved portrait
of a famous and cody missionary
peered down at her out of altered and
malicious eyes; the claw-footed, hair
cloth sofa was a stealthy creature
offering to entrap her with wide
inviting arms; three folded UNI
brellas leaned over the edge of their
shadowy stand. looking down at
her like scrawny and baleful
birds, ready to peck at her with
crooked handles. And is for Adoni-
ram. her lank black cat, the child's
restless creative fancy was ever
Transforming him from goblin into
warlock. from hydra to hippogriff,
until the earnestness of pretence
sent agreeable shivers down her
back. and she edged a trifle nearer
t cher mother.
But when pretense became a bit
too real and too grotesque she had
always a perfect antidote. 1t was
merely necessary to make a quick
picture of an angel or two, a fairy
prince, a swan, and she felt herself
in their company, and delightfully."-
protected.
There was a night when the flow
ing roar of the gale outside filled the
lamplit silence; when the snow was
drifting level with the win|ow sells:
when Adoniram, unable to prOWl
abroad, lay curled up tight and sound
asleep beside her where she sat on
the carpet in the stove radiance.
Wearied of drawing castles and
swans, she had been listening to her
father reading passages cloud from
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-05-13
Half of Army Abroad
Has Been Sent Home
Movement Speeded In

PARIS, May 10-Half of the
American expeditionary forces is
either back in America or is on the
way there, according to the Stars and
Stripes, the official publication of ths
American army in France.
ct is certain that with over $780,.
600 already in the United States and
n million still in Europe on May 4,
the halfway milestone was reached
today" the newspaper says.
Washington state that President Viii.
son and the war department are
planning to return the army Of oc-
cupation between the signature OF
peace and September 1. The final
figures for April show that 289,112
American soldiers sailed from French
ports. Thret hundred and fifteen
thousand are scheduled to sail in
May, or over 10000 more than the
official program CONTEMPLATED"
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-05-13
COTTON

NEW YORK, May 12.--The cotton mar
ket was rather nervous and unsettled dur
ing the days early trading. The opening
was steady at a decline of to II points
in response to relatively easy cables, with
July selling at 2G.56c and October at "a Soc
on the call. There was scattered southern
and Liverpool selling, but the early of
ferings were absorbed by trade and com
mission house demand, which porbably in
cuded some covering on reports of too
much rain in the south.
The early rally to 2G.90 for July and
% 16 for. October, was checked by con-
tinued Liverpool and southern selling. Gen
eral business was not active and after the
early buyers had been supplied prices
sagged off ssme Is or 20 points.
Reports that some cotton was coming here
from South Carolina and Georgia for de-
livery on May caused some near month
liquidation during the early afternoon but
later months were firmer on unfayorable
crop reports with May selling at $500 and
October at 25.1S, or about IS TO 16 points
NEW YORK COTTON
The following were the ruling prices in the
exchange today:
Tone, steady; middling, 2S.90c, quiet.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-05-13
Croix de Guene Won
By Alabama Woman

MONTG OMERY, Ala, May o.
Mrs. Paxton Hibben, or this city, has
just received a communication from
the commander of the Tenth French
army corps enclosing a citation in
her name for the French croix ID
guerre. .. -...,..-.-..,..... - 5
Mrs. Hibben served with the Red
Cross in France throughout the world
war, going to France in 1914. During
the great German offensive of last
April she was in service at tho
French base hospital at Chantilly.
the remainder of her service being
at base hospital No. 1 of the Red
Cross at Paris.
"I only did what thousands OF
others did" was Mrs. Hibben's COM,
ment in discussing the citation.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-05-13
LIVE STOCK BY WIRE

EAST ST. LOUIS, ILL.,, May 12.--Cattle--
Receipts. 5000, including 80 Texans. Mar
ket steady; native beef steers, $10.50@
$3.50; yearIing steers and heifers, $4,000
feeders, $1O.O0@13.50; calves, S7.75@15.50;
Texas steers, $1O.0001S.00; cows and heif-
ers. ST.J001J.00.
Hogs-Receipts. 10000: market 15c to 25c
higher; mixed and butchers, $20.15@20. rs;
good and heavy, $20G5M20.s0; rough,
SO. 75@19.5O; light, $20.15@20.GO; pigs,
$15.OOGl19. 30; bulk, 500. 25@20.70
clipped ewes, S13.OOGG14.5O: lambs, $4,000
m2O.50; Gamers and choppers, $4,000
Il 90
CHICAGO. May o.-Hogs-Receipts,
$4,000: market 20c to SOC higher than Sat
urday's average: big iackers slow to follow
top $21 .05; bulk, $50. 1921 90: medium
weight, 500 1921. 90; light weight, $40. %
Cattle-Receipts, 17,O00; beef steers
SLOW; she-stock steady to strong; calves, SOC
lower: feeders steady; heavy beef steers,
choice, SIG. z5d19 so; medium. $13 GOA
II 90; butcher cattle, heifers, $7.75@14.25;
cows. 81. 506L IA. 80; veayl calves, light and
$1O.00flj5.25; stocker steers, $S.O0M13.2
Sheep-Receipts, 1900; no early trading,
bidding sharply lower all kinds; shorn
stock lambs, 81 pounds down, $14. GOA IL. %
50 pounds up. $13.75@1j.00; cullS and
common, 0.00@ IS, so; springs, SIT .00@
10. 90; ycaring wethers, $12. 50@l13 70:
ewes, medium. SO. 1922 90; culls and
LOUISVILLE. Ky, May 12.-Cattle-Re-
cepts, 1850, steady to strong
Hogs-Receipts, 1000, p cents higher
100 pounds up, $40 50; 120 to 1875 pounds
SO. %: pigs. 129 pounds down, $3.50;
thropouts, SIS. So down.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-05-13
Six Reported Killed
In Saturday Night
Riot in Charleston

CHARLESTON, S. c., May IL
Two blue packets and four negroes
were reported to have been killed and
a large number wounded, eight Sc
verely, in race riot which broke
out here late last night and con-
tinued until early Sunday morning.
The trouble was said to have growr
out of the shooting of a sailor by
negro in downtown pool room. In
a short while more blue Jackets
from the naval station here and
civilians Joined in the fight. 1t was
several hours before the rioting
pOu1d he 01Ie1led
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-05-13
Divorce Proves Costly
For LYMAN B, Kendall

Lyman E. Kendall. who was re-
Gently divorced by Mrs. Ellen Ballan-
tine Kendall, has given up to Mrs.
Kendall a total of about $4,500,000,
exclusive Of alimony. according to
Mrs. .Kendall's lawyer.
Alimony in the sum of 100000
year has been agreed upon, this be-
ing. the record sum of alimony She
receives also S1,00O00O outright.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-05-13
Wheat and Corn Exports

NHeaf, INcTUdINg Hour, exports from the
United States and Canada, week ending
a.90S ,957 bushels. against 1888. pa bush
OILS last week and 4,457, 455 bushels this
week last year. For the forty-five weeks
rnding May United States and Canadian
vised total including 10000, 900 bushels of
Canadian wheat not hitherto included)
against POS, 900, 100 bushels from the United
States only in that period last year. Corn
exports for the week are 1910 bushels,
AGAINST &C, 7O3 bushels last week and 1925,
1913 bushels in 1913. For the forty-five
weeks ending May s corn exports are a.
270,SS2 bushels. against 81 ,5SS,72S bushels