Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1920-02-26
LITTLE LOCALS.

Wheat is quoted at S245 a bushel
today and corn at S1.50.
Full stock Of mems, women's and
children's shoes at Hodges.
Mems arctics, mems, chiIdren's and
womens ruobers, at Hodges.
Butter is S. cents a pound today.
Eggs are down to so cents a dozen.
Phone your wants to Owens drug
store during these times. Take ad-
vantage Of Owens free delivery SER
vice.
Mrs. ]. Frank Miller, who lives on
Sandy Ridge, was so unfortunate as to
fall couple Of days ago and break
one of her arms.
Mrs. Ethel Lemen entertained the
bridge club most delightfully."- last
thursday evening at her beautiful
home on Main street.
At Freeman's Bakery on FRIDAY and
Saturday Of this week a large quantity
OF oysters will be sold at 60 cents a
quart. Be sure to get yours.
There will be an election of officers
OF the Farm Bureau for Shepherdstown
district on Friday, February 9th, at
l.3o p. m, in the old college hall.
Robert Arnett, a colored man who
formerly lived in Shepherdstown, died
last week in Cleveland, Ohio, aged 43
years. He was a brother of Charles
Arnett, of this place. His body was
brought here for burial.
Owing to the great amount of sick
ness in the community, the chicken
and waffle supper to have been held
by the ladies of Trinity Episcopal
Church on March 9th has been post
poned till further notice.
There are a number of cases of
smallpox in Hagerstown, including
several employees of the Norfolk &
Western and Western Maryland Rail-
roads. The health authorities are
taking steps to prevent the spread of
the disease.
The Register must offer its apologies
for the limited amount of reading mat
ter this week. At the last moment we
are so pressed with advertising that
we are forced to omit many items of
interest, also several advertisements
for which we have no space.
Rowland c. Ringgod and Fred. L.
Weltzheimer, of Shepherdstown, were
given the 3lst and 32d degrees of
Scottish Rite Masonry in Wheeling
last week. A class Of more than 200
candidates received the degrees in
cluding seventeen from Berkeley
county.
Attention is called to the big sale of
live stock by D. Z. Royer at his Hope
well Stock Farm near Leetown on
March lth. Mr.. Roger will sell forty
mules, two mammoth jacks and twenty
cattle, and those who know the sort Of
stock he raises will agree that they are
good specimens.
The Shepherdstown Graded School,
which has been closed the past week
while repairs were being made to the
furnace, will not reopen until Monday
next, as it cannot be heated before that
time. Some persons think that it
might be we'll to keep the school closed
until the present epidemic of influenza
is over.
The memorial day association of
Sharpsburg will hold supper in that
place Saturday night of this week,
February 2Sth, in the Red Mems hall.
The money will be used for the neces-
sary expenses on decoration day.
Everybody invited. A fine supper for
only 35 cents.
Lewis Staubs, of Harper's Ferry,
who was arrested last week on the
charge Of stealing registered mail
pouch at that place some weeks ago,
admitted his guilt when arraigned be-
fore U. S. Commissioner H. A. Downs
in Martinsburg on Monday. He was
held under $4,000 bond for his appear
ance at the next term of the u. S.
Court.
Sullivan Bennett was arrested in
Charles Town last week on a charge
of being implicated in the theft of l.
800 pounds of brass from the Balti-
more and Ohio Railroad Company.
| He gave bond OF $1,000 for a prelim-
mary hearing before u. S. Commits
sioner Downs this Thursday. Ben
nett has been engaged in the Junk
business at Charles Town.
The Mutual Milling Company being
organized for the purpose of building
and operating -four mill at Shenan-
doah Junction has Bought tract Of
land at the Junction, a part of which
will be utilized as a site for the mill.
| The land was purchased from the Ma
tional Citizens Bank of Charles Town,
and includes II building lots. with a
frontage of 900 feet along the Norfolk
& Western Railway. The price paid
was $4,000 cash.
| Last Sunday afternoon there was
| something OF commotion on East
Main street when il was discovered
that little Sam Hodges, son of s. J..
/ Hodges, had been given a teaspoonful
of iodine in mistake for cough medi-
cine. Fortunately antidotes were ad-
ministered almost Immediately. and
in few moments DR.. Burwell was on
hand and gave the necessary medical
attention. The little fellow was soon
made comfortable and seems to have
suffered no i'll effects.