Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1906-05-22

| Miss Marie NELL has returned from Lex
ington. Va.
Mr.. John G. Burns visited Winchester on
Wednesday.
Mrs. DR.. T. A. Ramey has been very i'll.
but is now better.
Mr.. Chas. s. Hilbert, of Washington City.
spent Sunday in town.
Mr. z G Davenport. of Roy, Ohio Is spend
ing several days in town.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas D. Webster. Jr /,
have returned from Washington City.
Hon Geo NJ Beltzhoover, of Shepherds
town, was in Charles Town yesterday.
Editor Vernon N. Simmons. of the Ha-
gerstown Herald, spent Sunday III town.
Mr.. S. tlayland, of Baltimore, is spend
ing day or two with the Brown brothers.
Miss Nela Omohundro, of Kesick, Va, is
visiting Miss Abbie Beavers. at Riverside. !"
Mr.. Thomas Creamer. of Martinsburg,
was in town Saturday, and gave us pleas
ant call.
Mr. E G Nichols. of Fremont City. Ohio,
is visiting his cousins, the Messrs and Miss
Coffman.
Mr. John Woodward has returned from
Romney, and gave us pleasant call this
N forming.
Mrs. R. c. Hartford, sister of Mr.. Edward
Glaize. of this place. is seriously i'll in WASH
ington City.
Mrs Sallie Harlan, of Berkeley county, is
visiting her brother and sisters, Mr. and the
Misses Keerl.
Mr.. Frank X. OFT has been housed up by
rheumatism, but we are pleased to learn is
now improving
Mrs John Rose, of Baltimore, and Mrs
James Johnston, of Upperyille, are visiting
Mrs ] Ed Burns.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Mann, of Brunswick,
are visiting Mrs. NJ. IS mother, Mrs, Randolph
Custer. in Summit Point.
Mr.. Claude E. Haines and little daughter.
Thelma, haye been up from Arlington on
brief visit to relatives here.
Yrs E. Douglass Davis, of Harrisonburg,
Va, has been visiting her mother, Mrs.
Henry Moore, south of town.
Mr.. Charles Balthis, of Keyser, has been
visiting his army comrade. Mr.. George w.
MARROW, near Mechanicstown.
Mr. G. F. Wall made business trip last
week to Baltimore, Philadelphia, Willow
Grove and points in Pennsylvania.
Mrs. Frank Byington has gone TO Mary
land, where she will make her home near
Silver Spring. Mr.. 8. NJ. Byington has gone
there also.
We had pleasant call Wednesday from
Messrs. H. S. Cushwa and H. s. League, of
Martinsburg-the latter former Jefferson
county boy.
Misses Sadie and Mary Trussell, two
charming Daughters of the Confederacy
from Kearneysvitte. spent Saturday in town,
and were pleasant callers at the SPIRIT Office.
Mrs Walter withers and two little sons.
Holmes and Robert Lee. of Clarke county,
Va, and Miss Bessie Young, of near Wheat
land are visiting friends in Frederick City
and Walkersville, Md.
Mr.. Jas. A. Chpp, of the Rippon vicinity.
was in town Thursday. Mr.. Clipp ran
nail into his foot few days ago, and for
time serious consequences were feared We
are pleased to see him getting about again.
Mrs. Charles E Baylor, Mrs. Richard W.
Alexander. Misses Bette Sublette and Mary
Wilson, of this place. are among the guests
at house party given by Mrs. John b.
Henderson, Jr., of Ballston. Va.
Messrs s. II. Hansbrouyh, l.. F. Cooper
and Charles sullikin, the executive COM
mittee of the Winchester and Washington
City Railway Co were in town Thursday
a I'D went down to Millviile to inspect the
new power plant.
We received yesterday, with much pleas
ure. a call from Rev James Battle Avirett,
formerly of Winchester, but now of Buena
Vista, Va. who with Mrs Avirett has been
visiting the family of Maj Il H Mcdonald,
at " Media" is now with Mr. G E Hughes
and sisters, and later in the week will be the
guest of Col r Chew Mr.. Avirett enjoys
the distinction of being the Oldest living
Confederate Chaplain in point of Commits
sion, and was a familiar figure with our
boys" in the bloody years of 81 to '65 He
is the father of Editor John w Avirett of
the Cumberland Times. who has made that
paper power in the interest of Democracy
in Western Maryland politics. The latter
has been in bad health of late. and spent
some time in Arizona. but he has secured
home near Cumberland and his many friends
in this section will be pleased to learn that
there Is good prospect for his rapid recup-
Grafton.
George Harris. colored. formerly of