Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1921-12-01
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December LIST, 1921
BRIEFS.

One new Ford touring car for sale.
National Highway Garage.
Born to MI and Mrs. Charles Stipp,
an Friday last, nine-pound son.
Amoco gas, Empowered motor fuel,
a; the National Highway Garage.
Eggs are quoted at 60 cents dozen
today and butter at IS cents pound.
Horse blankets at the lowest prices
at d. c. Shipley's, quality considered
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Harry A.
Towns, on Monday last, fine daugh-
ter.
This is the first day of December.
Today the sun rises at 6.54 and sets
at 443.
If YOU want to relieve that tickling
cough, use Owens cough remedies.
None better.
Gilbert Rice, of Bakerton, had his
arm broken last Saturday while crank
ing a Maxwell truck.
There is the popularity of finished
workmanship on everything that Ship
ley makes. 1t will pay you TO use
MS harness.
The ladies aid society of the M. Z.
Church South will hold a Christmas
hazar on Saturday, December Sd, at
Mr.. Schoppert's store.
Wheat continues TO climb, being
quoted today in our local markets at
~ll3. Corn advanced two cents and is
worth 40 cents today.
DR.. E. d. Davis, of Hagerstown, will
he at the Shipley Hotel in Shepherds
Town on Tuesday December 9th, to ex-
anime eyes for glasses, etc.
The Pack Horse Ford Chapter, N. S.
u. A. R., will meet Monday evening,
December 5th, at O'Clock, in the chap
Ter room in the old college building.
The two desirable rooms on the sec
nnd floor of the Register building,
formerly occupied as dentists Offices,
are for rent. Immediate possession
can be given. Inquire at the Register
Office
The ladies of the Reformed Church
will hold a bazar and supper in the
community building Saturday, Decem
Der 10th. The bazar will begin at
, o'clock and supper will be served
from o'clock on.
1t is said that 100 carloads of ap-
piles from Oregon and Washington
State have been delivered in Winchester
and placed in cold storage there, to be
distributed later. The freight on them
was S5O,O00-or $500 a car.
Gloves, handkerchiefs, lunch cloths,
round and square; bed-spreads, hose,
half hose, sweaters; baby caps, sacques
al
tray covers and so many things to give
for useful Christmas presents. Schley's
While James Reel and Walter Ex-
line, two farmers of the Hancock
neighborhood, were out hunting last
Thursday Exline's gun was accident
ally discharged. The load struck Reel
in the chest and neck, inflicting ser.
ious injuries.
The thanksgiving dinner held last
Thursday for the benefit of the commu-
nifty building was very successful, and
many persons from the town and vi
cinity enjoyed a very excellent meal
About S135 was taken in, of which
about Sl20 will be clear
The Potomac river raised quite a
bit this week. The rains in this sec
ton were light, but back in the noun
fains were very heavy On the other
slope of the Alleghenies the streams
were at flood stage and the Ohio river
Hooded some of the towns along its
course.
There were hundreds Of wild ducks
on the river in the vicinity of Shep-
herdstown the past week, including
many tempting looking black Mallards,
put though our local hunters made
strenuous efforts to shoot some of them,
very few were bagged The willy
FOWLS seem able to see the gunners
nng before they get within eunshot
and manage to keep out of range with
uncanny aStuteneSs
Harry Remsburg, the well-known
live stock dealer of Sharpsburg district,
mas purchased from Fred o. Flock the
titfle farm of twenty acres adjacent TO
tne Famous Dunkard Church, along the
Hagerstown pike. Mr.. Remsburg has
already taken possession of the place
ana mas force Of men at work erect
ing much larger barn, which he
needs for his business. He will call
ms place the Antietam Battlefield
STOCK Farm. Mr.. Remsburg Is an
energetic young business man and has
an extensive business in live stock.
Miss Myrtle Barr, secretary Of the
Ienerson County Telephone Company,
CHARLES Town, won a Chevrolet auto.
mobile in the voting contest conducted
oy the Washington Post in a circula-
non campaign. The votes accorded
Mss Barr numbered 4,88O,435. The
territory in which she had rivals in
Guided West Virginia, part Of Maryland
Snd North Carolina Mrs. Lucy c..
.: Ditto. Of Sharpsburg. with a vote of