Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-10-02
BRIEFS.

I.
wanted-Apple pickers. Apply to
!. c. Unger.
Wheat is 500 a bushel today and
corn is Sl.40.
Fresh pork, pudding and sausage for
sale at S. L. Cooley's.
Butter is As cents pound and eggs
are so cents a dozen.
Staple ginghams, percales, outings,
chambrays and sheets at Hodges.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert c.
Miller at Kearneysville, a daughter.
Take advantage of the Saturday
specials at Boswell's store this week.
Teachers uniform examination at
Charles Town Friday and Saturday OF
this week.
Carload of sugar has just been re-
ceived by S. L. Cooley. You can get
all you want. -
For Sale-Two good dwelling houses
in Shepherdstown. Inquire at the
Register Office.
The National Highway Garage got
in another carload of Ford cars the
first Of the week.
Charles Town is arranging, to have
its annual fall festival in that place
on Thursday and Friday, October %
and "a.
Keep your hair its natural color by
using the Improved Sage and Sulphur
sold by Owens drug store. Only 50
cents the bottle. 90
Do you want to save your hogs?
Start right now and use Calsino hog
powders and Hog Tone. For sale by
Owens drug store
Beginning next Monday, the time
for the pictures at the opera house will
be changed to 100 for the first show and
S.45 for the second.
A carload of steers for sale, Of the
better kind. See L. K. Hardesty.
They will be grazing close TO Shep-
herdStown. c. F. Wall.
A number of Shriners from Jeffer-
son county went TO Harrisonburg on
tuesday to take part in celebration
with Virginia Shriners.
An exchange will be held in the
Licklider store-room Saturday, Oc-
tober 4th, for the benefit Of the primary
room of the M. E. Church South.
The enrolment of students at the
West Virginia University last week
reached the 300 mark. BY the end of
this week it is believed there will be
400 students at work.
The Norfolk & Western Railway has
been doing an unusually large amount
of freight business the past few weeks.
Some of the big Mallet engines are be-
ing used on this division.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Hamilton
Horner, September 22d, a fine son,
weight 9H pounds. Mrs. HornsE was
formerly Miss Bette Feltner, OF the
class OF 1914 of Shepherd College.
Mrs. Minnie little and her brother,
James Weaver, have moved into the
clearinghouse on Main street which
she purchased some months ago, for
merly known as the Markell property.
There will be a meeting Of Pack
Horse Chapter OF the D. A. R. next
Monday evening at 100 o'clock at the
home of Mrs. B. F. Harrison. All the
members are earnestly requested to be
present.
Weeds on the RumSey monument
grounds have been moved down and
burned. The corporation authorities
ought to have the street leading to the
monument cleaned, as it is in dis
graceful condition.
Manager Musser has contracted win
Manager L. A. Ambrose, of the Shep-
herdstown Plumbing and Heating
Company, for the installation of hot
water heating system in the Shepherds
town Opera House.
The ladies of the Presbyterian
Church will serve old-time chicken
soup and sell icecream and cake in
Trump's hall at Kearneysville Fri
day evening, October 10th. Every
body cordially invited.
Attention is called to the advertise
ment Of the great Hagerstown fair,
which will be held FIVE days this year
October 18th to 18th. The list OF at
fractions will be up to the usual stand
ard and We have no doubt that thd
crowds in attendance will be greater
than ever.
The Woman's Auxiliary of Trinity
Episcopal Church will hold silver tea
at the home of Mrs. R. G. Grove, Sr.,
Friday evening, October 10th, from 8
10 10 o'clock Ham sandwiches, chick
en- salad, coffee and cocoa will be
served. Proceeds to be used for Shell
tering Arms Hospital. Everybody in
vited.
The opera house has an especially a.
tractive programme the coming week
Tonight Marguerite Clark will appear
in the rolicking comedy, Girls" Satur-
day night there will be double show,
a Charlie Chaplin picture. Monday.
Tuesday and Wednesday of next week
Douglas Fairbanks may be seen in his
latest production, "His Majesty, the
American"
A subscriber to the Register asks
us to criticise the way in which B. &
o. freight trains obstruct the public
roads in this county. He says that
last Sunday evening freight train
INSTRUCTED the public road at the Bar
dane crossing from 6 to IT'S o'clock,
and though the train men were appeal
ed to, they refused to cut the train and
permit the numerous automobiles that
were held up to proceed. This is
strictly againS: the law, and it's no won
Ger the people get exasperated.
The disappearance and continued alb
scGce Of Miss Laura Stanford, treas
urer of the local organization Of tex
tile workers, is causing worry among
the members in Martinsburg. Miss
Stanford was ordered by her physician
TO leave the city for a rest. She did,
but she told no one where she was
going and she has been away now for
two weeks. In the meantime about
$1,000 of the unions money is on de-