Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1894-09-04
Tournament.


A large crowd witnessed The tour
nament in the North End of Charles
Town on last Thursday afternoon,
The course, which lay over the Bou.
Ievard from Second Avenue to the
Graded School, was lined on both
sides with thickly packed carriages
several deep, and, with the exception
of there being a little too much dust,
the conditions were perfect for an out
door spectacle. The marshals,
Messrs. John A. Castleman and T..
Lee Shirley, and the timer, Mr..
Charles T.. Baylor, carried out all
the details with promptness and
smoothness. The following is list
of the knights and their titles:
Knight of Ingleside, DR.. j. L. Luke |;
Knight of Glamis. Jas. Rogers !;
Knight of Wizard Clip, VIM. NJ.
Macaughtry; Knight of Vinton,
Thomas Manning; Knight of Phar-
macy, Hite Watson; Knight of Tudor
Hall, James GrSntham; Knight of
Kenova, d. r. V. S. Shirley;
Knight of jefferson, Fontaine B.
HoOff; Knight of Rock Spring, Lynn
Grantham; Knight of Westwood,
L. n. Allen; Knight of the Grove,
George Shirley; Knight of Clarke,
Thomas Hardesty; Knight of Rich
wood, Washington Hooff; Knight of
Monterey, VIM. Travers Lewis
Knight of Vinson, Henry Shirley
Knight of BulIskin, Albert Osbourne
Knight of the Little Ratchet, Thos.
Washington; Knight of Avonwood,
Milton Rouss; Knight of Ivanhoe,
BraxtOn Davenport. Many of the
knights wore fancy costumes. The
charge was delivered by Mr.. BcDja-
min Trapnell.
The coronation ceremonies took
place at the Hotel Powhatan at nine
O'Clock the same evening. Mr.. James
n. Mason, Jr., made the address,
and the crowns were bestowed as
follows: Miss Annie Yates Melon
aid was crowned Queen of Love and
Beauty ny DIR. j. l.. Luke; Miss
Claudia Scott, First Maid of Honor,
by Mr.. James Grantham Miss SaIIie
Evans, Second Maid of Honor, by
Mr.. VIM, NJ. Macoughtry; and Miss
Nettie Griffith, third Maid of Honor,
by Mr.. Lewis NJ. Allen. After this
there followed q delightful ball in
the Hotel dining room, at which
there were present one hundred and
fifty people. The reception commit
tee consisted of Mrs. Hubert II.
Reese, Mrs. Cruger w. Smith, and
Messrs. George Washington and Hite
Watson. The chaperones were Mrs.
Frank Gordon, Mrs. w. Scott Ken
nedy and Mrs. William NeiII. A
large crowd was present from both
Charles Town and Jefferson county,
besides the following: Mrs. Taylor
Perry, of Oakland, Md. Mr.. and
Mrs. Hubert H. Reese, of Memphis
Mrs. Griffith, Mrs. Fesenfeld, Mrs.
Gordon, and Misses Gertrude Crit
filth, Nettie Griffith, Davis and Hickey,
of Washington; Miss Wilson, Miss
Rosa Briscoe, and Messrs.
George X. and Douglass Stiles
and Williamson Spenser, of
Baltimore; Miss Louise Mayo, of |
Richmond Miss Lucille Litzenburg,
of EIltton, Nd: Miss Hodges, of
ElIicott City, Nd; Miss Claudio |
Scott, of GordonsvilIe, Va; Misses
Louisa and Annie Yates, of Fred
ericksburg, Va. Miss Lockridge, of
Philadelphia; Messrs. Percy and
Arthur Townsend, of Smithsburg,
Md. Thos. II. Broun, of Charles
ton, w. Va. ; Alex. NeiIl, of Ha-
gerslown; Morris, ofNew York and
Thomas Har desty, Lewis NJ. Allen,
VIM. Travers Lewis and Harry War
den, of Clarke county.
The credit of the very effective or
ganization and management is due
to Messrs. Hitc Watson, Fontaine b.
Hooff, John G. Shirley and DR.. ].
L. Luke.