Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1908-07-14

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II you are going 10 Atlantic City read
adv. Of Hotel Wellsboro. IN this paper.
The City Band gave an enjoyable con
cert 10 the court house yard on Friday
might.
/ The picnic Of the Tri-State League q
i Odd bellows will be held at Island Park
August 4.
H The Street Committee have Policeman
Grandstaff engaged with a force of hands
in cleaning up the town.
II Married, July s. 1908, by Rev. Jas. H
Wolff. Mr.. James r. Huff to Miss Mag
gle v. Gray both of this county.
News has been received in Middleway
of the recent death. at St. Joseph. No
of Miss Mary Lee Willis. sister of Rev.
A. J. Willis.
| Mr.. D. r. Houser. Of Bakerton, had
one of his feet badly injured by steam
shovel at the Bakerton works catching it
against rock.
A gameof base ball played here Tues
day. between Charles Town and Shep-
herdstown, resulted in favor OF Charles
Town. Score 10 to 1.
| The ladies of Beulah Church will hold
an ice cream festival on lawn in front of
church on Saturday afternoon. August 1.
beginning at o'clock.
Miss Catherine Hall was brought home
quite i'll yesterday evening from Balti-
more. where she had been operated upon
for an internal disease.
See Stephenson Seminary adv in
another column. Stephenson is one of
our Oldest institutions of learning. and
has always been held in high esteem.
The c. F. Wall Co is putting in $500
pair of Fairbanks IS ton scales that any
wagon can get on. The Fairbanks people
sent Mr.. Lee from the factory to put
them in.
The Charles Town Grain Co. Limited.
R. D. Keerl manager. has leased the
Manning Elevator. and will pay best
market prices for wheat, corn and hay.
See advertisement.
DR.. Ernest Bitner. son of J. c. Bitner.
OF Kearneysville. and who recently grad
uated in medicine IN Baltimore. has been
in Middleway, prospecting for location
to practice his profession.
The ladies of the Presbyterian church
at Shenandoah Junction will serve re-
freshments on the lawn at Mr.. ]. E.
Prices next Thursday night for the bene-
fit of the Manse at Duffields.
A petition is to be circulated among
the voters and tax payers of Shepherds
town district, as well as the other districts
of the county, praying the County Court
to order an election for local option.
Halle Appel, little daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. ]. B. Appel of Millville, fell
from a swing on the 4th of July and
broke her left arm near the wrist. DR.
Pittman gave her surgical attention.
The fire. companies were called cut
this morning by slight blaze in the
Charles Town Brass Band room. third
floor of Cooke & Phillips building. A
good sized hole was burned through tie
floor.
See double column adv. of Powhatan
College III this paper. Powhatan is firm
| ly established on solid found alton, and
has become very popular institution of
learning Prospects for the next session
are fine.
A little boy of Mr.. Hoffmaster at Duff
fields fell from Corbin Blackboard S thresh-
ing machine while moving Wednesday
and had one leg terribly mashed and hip
broken. Medical attention was given
him by DR.. w. E. Perry. of Halltown.
Mrs. Kate w. Reynolds has sold for
the Legge minor heirs the place known
as the Lewis Lucas farm mile or two
south of Shepherdstown. James w.
Bane was the purchaser at $75 an acre
The farm containing Io2 acres.-Shep-
herdstown Register
Charlie Schick. 10 years DID, employed
with his father on the farm of Mr. VIM
Z Frazier, near Summit Point, was fa-
tally injured about noon Wednesday by
while at work in the hly field, death re-
sulting six hours later.
The elegant new municipal building in
Washington City was opened on the
fourth. Major Richard Sylvester. Chief
of Police, will have his headquarters in
this building. and MIS-. Sylvester went
down from her summer home at Harpers
Ferry to attend the opening exercises.
Kahn's leading clothing house. Sadler
block, announce in this issue that their
sem-annual reduction sale is now in
progress. TO effect quick clearance of
the balance of their spring stock they
have made sweeping reduction of one
third off the price of every garment in
the establishment. Read adv
Mrs. Sallie Freeman. wife of Mr.. AL
pheus Freeman, died of typhoid fever al
her home in ~Halltown last night. De
ceased was about IS years of age ant
leaves besides her husband. five small
children. Funeral services. conducted
by Rev w. R. Flanagan. will be helt
this Tuesday, evening at S o'clock, a
her late residence.
Thirty-fi FIVE officers. all students of tn
cavalry school for officers at Fort Leav
enworth. Kansas. and 80 cavalrymel
from the 22nd Troup of Cavalry. station
ell at Fort Meyer. near Washington
passed through Charles Town on Thurs
, dav. enroute from the Virginia battle
fields to Gettysburg. A number of th
officers dined at The Jefferson.