Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1920-09-02
dhr shrphsrdstuun Register
BRIEFS.


IS cents a dozen.
=, more corns and bunions after
,s;,s ovens corn remover.
wheat Is S2.42 a bushel today in the
,o.9, markets and corn Sl.4O.
u Won want a good massage cream
H.. y cents, Owens has il. Try jar.
The fall term OF Shepherd College
,.II begin Wednesday, September
18th.
H.. Uomen's and children's shoes
:, coo3 supply and at low prices at
Hodges
po,r At Kearneysville to Mr.. and
~ Po5ert A. Fontaine, on Tuesday,
a fine son.
Charles Towns Chautauqua begins
,s(, week. running from September
10Th II 10Th.
leslie D. Duke, Harper's Ferry's
,a,, r1stmaster, took charge OF the Of
fce Yesterday.
The public schools Of Shepherdstown
4;s,-;,- will begin their fall sessions
Tey, tuesday, September 18th.
The Winchester fair will be held
mex, week. beginning on Tuesday, Sep
,prhe- 7ih. and ending on Friday.
The Ramsburg farm of 161 acres
rsa. Vanclevesville, Berkeley county,
was sold at public sale to X. E. Cline.
Of Harrisonburg. Va, at S73 an acre.
Dr Nathaniel Burwell has bought a
40 n a
Highway Garage. Rev. |. ID. woman
has gotten a new Ford touring car from
the same firm.
Friends of the late Mrs. Benjamin l..
Cohen of Portland, Oregon, are in
v;,aj 10 attend her interment at Elm
wood Cemetery, Shepherdstown, on
SUNDAY. September 5th, at 2 o'clock
2. m.
Mrs Sallie Morgan Post, of Martins
burg formerly of Shepherdstown, was
quite badly hurt in an automobile col
lision at Washington last Sunday
NIGHT, being severely cut about the
bojy ami limbs. Robert Miller, of
Washington was so seriously burned
that he may die.
Dr. f. D. Davis, eye specialist, Of
Hagerstown, has arranged to visit
Shepherdstown and will treat eye dis
eases and do refraction work. He
will he here next Tuesday, September
nh from 10 a m. to o. m, when he
may be seen at the Shipley Hotel by
those who desire his services.
A very interesting article written by
Lieut. Louis K. Koontz for the Reg
~
this issue. giving description Of
the modern method Of training young
soldiers in the United States Army.
1t is a revealing statement, and our
readers will do we'll to read it care
fully
The month of August just ended will
be remembered as the wettest on rec
ord. There were more rainy or cloudy
days during last August than there
were fair days, and the rainfall was far
above the average. Vegetation has
fourlShed, and the corn has now had
all the rain it needs to mature the
crop,
The ladies of Mt. Wesley M. E.
Church took in Sis at their harvest
home supper at Scrabble last Saturday
evening. The day was an inclement
one, but the supper was held in the
room and pleasant basement Of the
church, which has been nicely fitted
up for social purposes, and everybody
enjoyed the affair.
Garland Longerbeam, aged II years,
OF Bolivar, on the testimony Of Doc
tors Miller and Ransom and others,
acting as a county lunacy commission,
mas been committed to the Home for
incurables at Huntington. II was
SHOWN that the boy had been mentally
Getectlve from birth, and had become
dangerous TO the people Of the town.
Two troops of Boy Scouts have
6een IN Shepherdstown this week-one
ron Washington City and one from
harrisburg, Pa. The Harrisburg boys
were on considerable of hike. They
naa walked from Harrisburg to Win
S'eS'er and were on their way back
nome when they reached here Tues
IIa!. ne Washington boys were also
headed for Winchester.
walter NJ. Demory, of this vicinity,
ana MS sister, Mrs. Annie Funk, of
tbIuNS"lck, had a pleasant visit to the
nome OF their brother, L. l.. Demory. in
IlariaH county, Va, last week. While
uLe'e they. visited the beautiful dairy
5nl grain farm of Corbin Thompson, in
rrlhce William county, a very fine
pIaGe, and saw his herds Of Holstein
snl guernsey cattle. Mr.. Thompson
, nd,Sed 5000 bushels of extra fine
"Ieat tslh year, most of which was
soIl 10 Wood, the Richmond seed man,
OBJ, fancy price. Mr.. Demory pur-
v; ,'Sea seed wheat from a field that
Vii :! = bushels to the acre and
+, E,ye II try-out in Jefferson coun-
M. Demory and his sister visited
""'noer OF places Of interest in the
~; OF Virginia, including the his
''''c town of Occoquan.
we're surprised to hear that
sy."s or our friendly competitors are
.--G u that the reason we sell sugar