Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1907-01-01

Corn wanted at the Spirit Office.

| Corn wanted at the SPfRlT once.
A Jefferson telephone has been place
in the Palm Hotel.
Mr.. Frank Welsh bagged four NOR
wild ducks on the Shenandoah last week
A negro named Robert jenkins wa
arrested at Kearneysville last week
charged with assaultlng white woman
at Uniontown. Pa.
Messrs. Moore and Moore have favor
ed us with sets of excellent calendars
| both handsome and serviceable, fol
which we return thanks.
The young ladies of Powhatan College
gave a Library Reception Thursday
evening. Guests were present from
Frederick City. Luray. Front Royal and
other points.
DR. d Fry. formerly of Middleway,
but who has lately resided in Hedges.
vile. is talking of locating in Charles
Town. We hope he may come, and wish
him much success.
Mr.. Walter Clipp. who has already
caught two hawks in trap on the farm
of the Misses Eagan. caught another one
last week. The parties who have offer
ed prizes will please send them in.
Mr. Geo d Baumgardner, near Hail.
town. will mako sale on Thursday, March
7. 1907, of all his stock. farming nipple
ments. ETC.. from both the Henderson
farm and his home place. This will be
an exceptionally large sale of good
personally.
Mr.. Charles F. Page, formerly of this
place, who married Miss Katie Strider has
been transferred from st. Louis to Wash
ington, and receives handsome increase
in salary. He is a government draughts-
man and was sent to Oklahoma some time
ago, and from there to st. Louis.
Mr.. and Mrs Brantz NJ. Roszell, of Sewa-
nee, Tenn, have been spending several
days with Mrs. Roszell's parents. Col. and
Mrs, Il. p Chew. They will sail from
Philadelphia on tho goth for trip to Eng
land, France and other parts of Europe. to
be gone until the middle of February.
VIM. Phillips Sons have located their
Office in a building of Mr.. M. Scott We'll
Ter, nearly opposite their old stand, and
will continue business there until they
rebuild. In the meantime they will con-
tinue to fill orders from their large stock
of material in warehouse and stacked
near the belt line.
A dance will be given Friday night
by Miss c H Davenport. in Rouss Hall,
About twenty-five couples are invited to
be present, Programs will be used for
the first half of the dance. Chaperones:
Mesdames William Campbell. Hugh Nc
Cormick. Arthur Davenport. w H Will
son and VIM NELL.
Mrs Bette Snyder. mother of County
Commissioner N. T. Snyder. died on
Friday morning last, at the home of the
latter near Shenandoah Junction. at an
advanced age. Funeral services were
held Sunday morning, at her late resi-
dence. Burial in family burial ground
near Shenandoah Junction.
Mr.. VIM A Mcintyre. late of Martins
burg but formerly of Middleway. died on
Thursday last at the residence of his
daughter. Mrs N Brilliant, in the lat
ter place, aged about So years. He is.
survived by one son and four daughters;
also two brothers. Richard w, of Shen-
andoah. and Joseph of Martinsburg.
Messrs. Conklyn Brothers have INSTALL
ed new gasoline engine at the coal and
wood yard of Messrs. John. c. Burns &
Co.. and along with it they have also in
stalled saw and wood-splittlng ma
chine These improvements place
Messrs. Burns & Co., in a position to fill
orders for sawed and split wood at short
notice
We were pleased to have call on Friday
from our staunch old Confederate friend,
Mr.. John r. Castleman. CT Clarke, from
whom for half hour we had an interesting
recount of some of the daring deeds of
Mosby's Men. Mr. Castleman takes the
very plausible position that the interrogation
and capture of Sheridan's wagon trains in
this section early in 1864 prevented him join
ing Grant at Petersburg and prolonged the
war at least one year.
John Pope and John Fadeley, of Hall
town. got in an alteration Friday after
noon at the cress pond of Mr.. O'Brien,
and later in the evening they met and
another quarrel took place. Fadeley
claims Pope pulled a pistol. shot into the
air and threatened to kill him. and that
he then drew his pistol and shot Pope
twice, once in the back and again in the
side of the head, but not making very
dangerous wounds. Fadeley came here
Saturday morning and gave himself up.
and is being held to await developments
Kew. w. Murray IS now making his
last appeal for the final liquidation OF the
long standing debt on Mt Zion M E
Church. (Colored, } of which there yet re-
mains 800 of principal past due, to be
paid by January S, 1907. He makes ur-
gent appeal to his friends. both white
ond colored. to come to his aid in the
matter. as failure to raise the 800 by
the date named will entail payment of
$3.50. so interest. which may be avoided
by the liquidation of the above balance
on principal. He.urgentIy asks help at
this time, and promises not to present
this claim again.