Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-12-18
CHI Shrphrrdstomn Register
Thursday, December IS, 1919.
BRIEFS.

Child's tea sets at Boswell's.
Christmas one week from today.
Buy useful Xmas gifts at Boswell's.
Xmas candies and nuts az S. L.
Cooley's.
Get your Xmas plum pudding at
Boswell's.
Complete line of rubber goods at
S. L. Cooley's.
Just call and taste Boswell's mince
meat. Ask the price.
Give me your order now for Xmas
oysters. S. L. Cooley.
New rocking chairs, new rag and
Brussels rugs, at Schley's.
Eggs are 20 cents a dozen today and
butter is IS cents a pound.
Get your mincemeat and cranberries
for Xmas at S. L. Cooley's.
Your friend will! appreciate a good
robe for Xmas--at D. S. Shipley's.
1.-The Register is an ever-welcome
visitor. Mrs. T. F. Brewer, Hagers-
town.
Get your little girl a doll by voting
Let Owens drug store explain the
voting contest.
There is no leather just as good as
Shipley's unless it is the same brand
D. c. Shipley.
Texaco gas and oil are mighty good
for cold weather running. National
Highway Garage.
In a day or so we will have a ship
ment of ladies' Queen quality dress
shoes, at Schley's.
Yes, Owens is selling all kinds of
talking machines and delivers them
right at your door.
Charles Leblanc, of Inwood, Berke-
ley county, killed a hog last week that
weighed Gao pounds net.
The canal was frozen over the first
of the week and there has since been
excellent skating upon it.
Tire putty will fix that cut in your
tire. Ask the National Highway Ca
rage how 10 use il, and save your tire.
Just arrived plenty of white tissue
wrapping paper. A dozen double
sheets for ten cents. Owens Drug
Store.
This cold weather makes you think
of alcohol for your car. The National
Highway Garage has it at a good
price.
Shipley's halters are made of good
stuff throughout. The demand for
them within radius of twenty miles
is proving this.
After nearly a weeks vacation the
town clock was wound up again on |
Monday and will go along nicely until
it runs down again.
Ferty-four of the hfty-fve coun-
sties in West Virginia have organized
posts of the American Legion. JEFF
ferson is in the list.
Today the sun rises at 7.13 and sets
at AL. Sunday next, the 2lst, will |
be the shortest day of the year and the
beginning of winter.
Born TO Mr.. and Mrs. James Weir,
of Ballston, Va. fine soE. Mrs
Weir was formerly Miss Mary TruS-
sell, of Shepherdstown.
For that gift, 60 TO Owens drug
store, where there is just the present
you are looking for. Toilet articles
of the Jonteel line on display.
The most wonderful blood tonic
ever put on the market just arrived at
Owens drug store-PEPTONA. Try |
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Mr.. Jacob S. Feeser, a respected
resident of Charles Town, was strick
en- with paralysis last Sunday night
and has since been extremely i'll.
Thos. L. Smith, for the past three
years county agricultural agent for
Washington county, Md, has resign
ed and will go into private business.
The stork left fine daughter with
Mr. and Mrs. Ebert Conard, south OF
town, last Thursday. This is No. 7
with the boys still having one majority.
The Baltimore & Ohio and the
Western Maryland Railroads have re-
stored the trains that were taken off
last week because of the coal short
age.
Harry Freeman, formerly of Shep-
herdstown, who has been in business
in Piedmont for several years past,
has sold out there and will move to
Staunton.
"Send along the Register-we can
not do without the good old paper
We anxiously wait for its arrival
every Friday. "-Howard Ambrose.
Engle, W. Va.
Some right nice fish were seined |
from the canal after the water was
drawn of last week, but the cold spell |
came along and froze ice so thick |
that SEEMING operations had to be given |
up.
E. R. Grimsley, a brakeman on the
Norfolk & Western Railway, was ar
rested and committed to jail in Ha-
gerstown a few days ago on the charge
Of stealing brass from the railroad
in that city.
The Register last week stated that
on and after December 18th R. L.
Emory & Son would sell milk at ff-
teen cents a quart. This was a mis-
take. 1t should have been twelve
cents a quart.
2. C. Jenkins has gotten big cage
for his auto truck, and he can haul
a'most anything, animate or inanimate.
n is anXiuS TO try if he can haul an
c-.phant. Anybody got an elephant
tc Re moved?
The Martinsburg city council side
stepped the exciting hog question by
ordering that vote be taken at the
spring election as to whether or not
the raising of hogs within the city
limits shall be allowed.
More samples in ladies' hose, mems
half hose, handkerchiefs, towes and
gloves, worthy the attention of shrewd