Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1921-12-15
BRIEFS.

The moon was full last night.
Christmas only one week from Sun
day.
IJvilIa Lutheran-December 10th at
go o'clock.
Today the sun rises at 7.o7 and sets
at 4.44.
Wheat is quoted a, SLOT today and
corn at AZ cents a bushel.
The ladies of the Reformed Church
made nearly $50 from their oazar ana
supper last Saturday.
FOR SALE-A new Ford coupe, run
only about 800 mi es. Inquire at the
National Highway Gargae.
Eggs have taken drop and are quot
ed al so cents a dozen today. Butter
Is IS cents a pound.
C. Unger, south of town, has
bought a new Buick touring car from
the Shepherdstown Garage.
E.E Furr, of the Jefferson Cooper
ape Company, recently submitted to an
operation for appendicitis IN the
Charles Town Hospital.
The William o. Piper farm of 81
acres at the edge of Sharpsburg was
sold Tuesday at public sale. Cleve-
land Farley bought it at Slo2 per acre.
Ii is said that there are several
cases OF diphtheria among colored
children in Shepherdstown. A little
child of John Ross died few days ago
from the disease.
In renewing her subscription for an
other year Mrs. A. W. Finly, OF Detroit,
writes US: 1--WE subscribe for number
of magazines and papers, but you can
Sust bet that when the Register arrives
II gets attention first of all"
The few persons in this neighbor-
hood who have turkeys to sc are ask
ing so cents q pound for them, live
-weieht-the highest price ever quoted
for turkeys here. There is little or
no demand for them at this figure.
C.. F. Wall, the well-known stock
man, was injured in an accident at AL
tona. his home near Charles Town,
Wednesday. In separating a herd oil
steers, a part of the herd being so to
20 away, one of them became SIAM
peded and ran over Mr. Wall, inflict-
ing painful bruises about his shoulders
and chest.-Advocate.
The Aerial Shirt Manufacturing
Company, which has been operating
a branch factory in the old public
school bui d ing at Shenandoah juno
tion, using only one of the rooms, has
now fitted up the second room, with
1he intention of increasing production
there Ten additional machines will be
installed at once in the second room
The Junction factory already employs
twenty-five operators, girls and women.
A very beautiful sight greeted the
people of this section when they awoke
Tuesday morning. During the night
a couple of inches of snow had fallen,
and as it chung to trees and vines and
Shrubbery it made the landscape look
like fairy and. A soft white blanket
covered the earth and every tree and
bush was trimmed with fleecy bveli-
ness The snow fell all morning, but
IN the afternoon it stopped and then
began to melt, and soon fairy'and was
exchanged for prosaic winter reality.
Miss Elizabeth Williams, daughter
OF Mr.. AMI Mrs. j. Baker Williams,
near Summit Point, went to The sani-
tarium at Terra Alta on Tuesday, her
father accompanying her to the insti-
tuition. Miss Williams has been in
impaired health since she had an at
tack Of influenza three years ago, and
while her condition is not alarming, her
physician advised that treatment Of
TEN weeks at Terra Alta might ac-
complish satisfactory results in check
ing the bronchial trouble that has been
affecting her.-Advocate.