Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1895-08-21

Bolivar NJ. E. Church, Wednesday, August
2S, 1898.
Mr.. Charles B. Rouss has given another
81, 900 check to the Shenandoah Valley Ag-
ri%cultural Society at Winchester. The
checks this generous millionaire gives to
Winchester do not impede the progress of
the historic old town.
The Changers 22nd annual Interstate
Picnic Exhibition at Williams Grove, Pa,
will begin Monday, August Doth, and con-
tinue six days. The \. & w. r. r. viii
sell round trip tickets at $2.95 from Charles
Town.
Stanley Matthew Long, a Shepherdstown
boy who now lives in P%ittsburg, Pa, dis
tinguished himself recently by winning a
bicycle race from Cleveland, Ohio, to Pitts
burg. There were thirteen contestants, and
Stanley won by a couple of hundred yards
only.
Mr.. c. c. Conklyu, of Kabletown, who is
the representative in this county for the
Buckeye Harvesting Machinery, informs us
that he will have on exhibition here this
week a Buckeye corn harvester. Mr.. Conk-
lyn is quite confident that it has many points
of vantage over other makes.
Those who know themselves indebted to
The FREE PRESS will confer a favor by
paying in part if not all that is due, We
owe some money, and those to whom we are
indebted want it-even if they do not really
need it and we can only meet our obliga-
tions by the patrons of this paper observing
the golden rule.
Aspleudid cord of wood pitched into our
woodward last week proves the value of per-
sistent advertising. If you would succeed
in business advertise. We are indebted TO
Mr.. Charles Goens, au old patron of The
FREE Press, for supplying us with wood at
a time when we were about to turn over our
toothpick to the cook.
We understand that our friend Mr.. James
d. Moler is a candidate for promotion to
the position of superintendent of the divi-
sion of postolice supplies in the Postotice
Department at Washington. Mr.. Moler is
a competent, energetic man, and we hope
he will succeed in getting there.-&eP.
Register. So say we all.
The barn and contents, owned by Mr..
Whitmore, near Berkeley station, about
three miles west of Martiusburg, were en-
tirely destroyed by fire Sunday night week.
1t contained his wheat crop, hay, buggy and
harness, spring wagon, hay ladders, and
farm wagon and straw. His stock was saw
ed. The cause of the fire is unknown.
Martinsburg boys have been annoying
William Morgan, a farmer who lives a few
miles from that town, by stealing fruit
Monday Of last week he saw a crowd of boys
in his orchard and fired a shotgun at them.
One of the boys named Rankin was pierced
by no less than thirty shot and was pretty
badly hurt. Morgan WAS arrested and held
for court.
The OFT brothers, for years past with Mr..
George II. Hagley and so well known and
esteemed for their courtesy aud accommOda-
ting spirit, expect to engage in business for
themselves about the 10Th of September
having engaged the East room of the Gold
smith building now occupied by Hirsch-
man & Co. They propose to deal in shoes
aud gents furnishing goods.
Last Saturday night while Mr.. William
Myers. who lives below town, was driving
to the lawn party at Bllmyer's Mill, a whee
Of the vehicle went TO pieces, throwing all
Of the occupants out. Two Of the ladie:
were cut and bruised about the head.--Laaf
Thursday night Mrs. John Black fell over
dog. at her home in Shepherdstown, anC
dislocated her shoulder.-Sbep Register.
Mr.. Frank Johnson, clerk of the Watson
House. assisted by the Charles Town Corne
Band, and a selected company Of amateurs
will give an entertainment in Washington
Hall, September 10th, 1895. The program
will be q brilliant one, something neyeI
seen here before. We hope Mr.. johnson
will have a full house, As the entertainment
is given for the benefit of the Charles TowI
Cornet Band.
The prisoners of our county Jail are in
/, dulging their e.thetic tastes by decorating
J the walls aud ceilings Of their cells. The,
utilize all the scraps of eolored paper the.
can lay hold Of, cutting the same into mot
toes and varied shapes, employing soap as
. stickum. Those who have seen the cells sG
, they have been made quite cheerlul-eye
, the colored man Scott, who has been con
, demned to die in October, participating i
: the pastime.