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Charles Town, West Virginia
February 12, 1937     Farmers Advocate
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PAGE SlX HOGS AT $10.80 0N LOCAL SALES MART Butchering HeiFers Feature Monday With Top Prices Reaching $7.85 the Money llve~0ck market at (~r- Tow with the best heifers ~ac~ $7.85. Top hogs averag- ing 192 Imunds sold for $10180. The majority of the runs in Ligkter weights which sold at prle- es ftgly 40 to 60 ce~ts over l~st week. CMf prices were strong es- pecially considering the calf mar- ket in cities mxt tet~mtts, The x~m of tivestock which somewhat li#ator tlmn week was good. An active market with rel~tivc prices is expected next week. Cattle: a~ceZpts 35 ~md. Nc ~.er~ offered. Medium to good heife~ ~Md from $7.05 to $7.75, F~ir hegfers sold from $5.19 to $6.95. Datcher cow~ sold f.rom $4.00 to $4.46. Oanners mad cut- teas s0td ~ $~46 to $3~6. Dairy cows s~d from $61.00 down. Calves: receipts 104 ,he~. Grad- ed ealve~ a~ging 210 pounds sold far $11.75. C~raded calves av- erse rig 170 Imun~s sold fe~ $11.10. Graded calves a~a~gdng 1~50 FARMERS ADVOCATE, CHARLES TOWN, W, VA FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1937. Clarence D. Eby Observes Many hanges ilere Since He Became A 0rocerymau 5S Years Ago Rvxiio, ~wtor a~, truc~, l~ved ~,n~gs, w~ite way lighting systems ~mattal airliamxs, a~eam- tined tra and ocean piymg behe- mouthe are all a part of a new era com~xed with t~te modes af travel sad c~ w~en Glarence D. Eby, lf 1880 was rnore of ~ ~ure of a country road, with hitc~ posts in fro~t of the stores Where farmerd horses switched at flies and stamped great depressions in the eaz~t Nearly every store then carried a representative ~t of its wares dlsptayed en wooden s~muis in front which from the lmikKng froz~t ne~ly ac- ross the sidewalk. ,Fifty-four years age, Mx. ~by mar~ed Miss Rose Havdesty, of Clarke County, Virginia. S~e died in January, 1933. Kr. ~by has two .so~s, Pa~l, ~f Los Angeles, Oalffor- ~ia, and Cecil D w~o assists him in the store here, amd a daughter, Miss Wim~e ~y, at home. Mr. Eby ~s a M~son and ~ffht of P~t~as. Mr. Eby's grandfather, Hem'y Eby, wa~ a Chaxles Town con~ac- tot who built '~", the John L. Burns home south of town w~here W~fl~ngtan Irving visited, and "Vinton Manor", the former ,Man- ~ng home and now the l~aperty of Mrs. Ro~fe Gerhaxt. Reeent2y, in re- pairing ,C~z~Hs", Mr. Burns re- moved a brick bearing the date 1804, w~hich is generally ,believed to be ~bout the d~te of itts building. Miss Nannie Selden was taken quite ill at her home in the St. KIWANIS CLUB IS " " program at which he wi, kl speak is SPONS01 G SHOW err Apitz, AsPhalt M~ager in ON FEBRUARY 23 mine Company efli~ in C~t~es Taw~, incidentally newly initia~ed The Kiwanis (]tub of (:~ta~les member af Kiwanis. Town voted in last m~, Thur~ A special radio broadcast mill be day evening, Febru~xy 4, to spon- put on ~te air by WIgM~ ~y sor a special thealxe program by Febnmry 23, a~ 2 p.m. Mr. Bag- invitation on Tuesday, Februaxy ley w~ at t~l~t ~ rot only 28, at 5 p.m. speak to u~ua~ radio aud~ee, but The freest travelouge extantWFMD ha~ ask~i all ~hoo~ to be shown, danzted by the manage-!bring midget sets to each class mentaf the l>itts-Jefferson R~',ea-i roam aad tune in at 2:00 p. m~ to tre, an address by A. E. l~wley, he~r him. This p~ is to in- in~eaatienv21y known ~ itiate a new feature of WFMD. scientist of health ~roug~ exercise This station is a~ranging a school will fol~ow tl~is picture. Mr. Bag- of the ~r program at 2 p. m. daily, lelgs visit is considered a dist nct privilege for this commmtity. He is the n~t~onally known and f~mn- otis research scien~st on ~e~th through exercise, recently conclud- ing his daily radio health pro- gra~s, which were an ehe air con- tinuously for ten years. He is now devo~ing ~s time to personM visits ~nd addresss to scho<~ls, clubs, Y. M. C. A.'s, health edu- cators, Chaznbe~ of Commerce and special public g&thering~. He Installs Mode comes here ~.~t frown an extend- ed tour through Canada. Mr. B~gley will visit and speak to all I-I~h Schools and Colleges all at spedM ra o school fine sohetule of poeta~, drama, pr~e, ~i~, The U. S. Government merit of ~n Is era~ng in this movemen~ from Ma~lam~, Virgima grams, especia~y whe~ sch~o1~ lutve bands or Kiwanis of C~zles happy to .spensar this special interst of health gon and accident wan~s of (:~rles Town ovganiz~tien, who are tively meaetrlng up to their "We Build." pounds sold for $10.90 GradedI how ex~mdve have 'been the busi- ca~ves 120 pounds sold ~ar $10.30.I ~h? changes in Oha~les Town dur- Sin@le calves .sold from $9.45 down. past half century, the follow- Sheep and Laths: F~tir lambs ing is a ]~st o~ khe co~temporaries s~id.far $9.20. Butcher ewes sold of Mr. Eby v~en ~e began business for $2.90 per head. Butcher bucks in 1882: T. W. Mitchell, S. S. Dal- sold for $4.00. Hog~: recetpts 411 head. Top graded hogs averagSng 169 pounds sold f~r $10.80. Hogs averaging 141 to 155 paund~ sold fr~ra $10.45 to $10.70. Hogs averag'ing from 120 to 135 pounds sold from $8.95 to $9.96. Good butcher so~s sold from $9.00 to $9.75. Medium but- chef eows ~zdd fram $7,45 to $8,75. Small pigs sold from $1.65 to $3.09 per head. Shoat~ ~oki from $$.00 to $8.70. ~a~s sold from $4.85 to $5.10. ~ags sold f,~m $5.40 to $7.80. Sow mad pigs so'.d up to $29.OO per ,head. 4)- MAY BE FREED ON BOND The recent "~epeal of a law en- acted by the West Virginia Leg- islature in 1931, that denied bail to any prisoner after conviction, pending an appeal to the Supreme Court of Appeals, has given hope of at least temporary freedom to two prisoners in the Charles Town jail. Dr. Chester Wainwright and Samuel Manstoff are the prospec- tive beneficiaries, both having been in jail since last Fall await- ing the outcome of an appeal for a writ of error. Their release on bond depends upon the judge of the Circuit Court. 4) MILLVILLE Mr. and Mrs. Howaxd WEt and Mi~ Lorraine Wilt, recently spent ~he week-end with Mrs. Laura S 1- reefer at her suite in T~e Hotel Du- t~t, Wilmington, Del. The past Tuesday the Ladies Aid of the M. E. C~urch sold soup, cof- fee ~i sandwiches at the Standard I pla~t. They took in thirty dollars, I xehich will go to the church. They{ are planning to have another sMe1 the following week. 1 Little Jeanne R~inson, danghter1 of Mr. ~d Mrs. K. W. Robinson,i ha~ been sick the past week withI the ~