Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1909-09-14

For school suits or shoes read Theo-
dore's new advertisement.


dores new advertisement
The ] VIM Miller Co stock of furni-
ture. etc. has been purchased by Messrs
Jones & Jolliffe.
Palmbaums store viii be closed Thurs
day and Friday, September 10 and II.
Also Saturday. Sept. rs
The Jefferson Vehicle Co had fine
exhibit at Morgan's Grove Fair. and
made goodly number of sales.
Mr. 4 S Iolliffe has changed his ar
range ments, and the sale of household
goods advertised by him will not come
off as announced
Mr. Abner Allen has entered the en-
! ploy OF H Gelzendanner & Co. and
some one will always be found either at
their flee or coal yard.
Contractor John o Johnson will erect
handsome dwelling for Oscar Phillips,
Jr, on South Church street next south of
the dwelling of Miss Mary Campbell.
Mr. M Blair Miller. former we'll
known resident of Jefferson county, died
| July I'd at his home in Lincoln. Londoun
county, Va, in the sIst year of his age
Free lecture in the court house IN this
place, by Elliott the lecturer, under aus
plces of the Modern Woodmen, Septem-
Der 20 at 7, 80 p m. Everybody invited
MIR P Hutton, Assistant Superinten-
dent of the State Ant-Saloon League,
will speak IN the courthouse in Charles
Town on Tuesday. September FL, at s
p M.
Visit the Laurel Range cooking exhib
it. at the store of the Farmers Supply
Co, and get chance on the fine Laurel
Range to be given away next Saturday.
Read the big adv IN this issue.
The Charles Town Mining, Manufac-
turing and Improvement Company, has
sold to DIN Beall, of Frostburg. Nd
lots, one on Second Avenue and the other
on 18th Avenue, for $225.
Married. September 10. 1909, at the
residence of the officiating minister in
Charles Town. by Rev J H Wolff, Mr.
David Newton Penwell and Miss Maggie
May Oden, both of this county.
Eta S Ross. a highly respectable
colored girl, daughter of Charles Ross a
well-known waiter at The Palm, and
popular student at Storer College, died
on Thursday last. aged IS years.
Mr. John Birkitt favored US yesterday
with fine home raised water melon, for
which we return thanks John is one of
the all-wool, yard-wde kind. and always
has kindly feeling for ye printer.
The public drinking fountains donated
to the town by the Goetz Harness Works
have been put in position. and the one at
the courthouse corner is in operation,
quenchlng the thirst of both man and
beast.
Mr. w W Slough, of the old reliable
firm of Thrush & Slough, the popular
carriage builders of Shippensburg, Pa,
had fine display of vehicles at Morgan : !
Grove Fair. and sold number and took
orders for others.
The New Casino is giving some very
fine shows, and has crowded houses
nightly. George Van, Eccentric Come
dian, and his educated dog are holding
the boards there this week. affording a
good entertainment,
To Mrs Randolph Custer and daugh
ter, Miss Viola, of Summit Point, we are
indebted for a supply of excellent honey.
These good ladies are loyal friends of the
SPIRIT OF JEFFERSON. and we thank
them very much for this and other kind
nesses extended to us.
In the racing events at the Winchester
Fair. Mr. Milton o Rouss, with his trot-
ting horse, Shenandoah, took first pre-
MUM IN the 2'3o class Mr. w w Nc
Donald. with Joe Baldwin, took third
premium in the same class The purse
IN this class was 5000
The Board of Directors of the Farmers
Supply Company at recent meeting
elected Mr. John B Oden manager of the
company to succeed Mr. Lewis G Albin,
who has accepted position as assistant
cashier of the Farmers and Merchants
Deposit Company. The change takes
place October 1.
Messrs Getzendanner and Hughes are
having a concrete walk LAID in front of
the new post Office building. The town
will put in concrete walk at the mouth
of the alley adjoining the post Office,
making a full concrete walk from the
market-house corner to the north end of
the post office building.
Mr. David J Howell, a civil engineer
of Washington City, has purchased of the
Charles Town Light and Power Compa-
ny the old Watson factory site, together
with twenty acres of land, on the Shen-
andoah river, for $1,000. The only in
terest retained there now by the compa-
ny is the cottage and an acre of ground
where President Ehrhart Of the Light
and Power Company has been spending
the summer. Mr. Howell will remodel
the old Watson dwelling and will occupy
it as summer home. Messrs Moore &
Moore, real estate agents, negotiated the
sale.
One of the most important improve
ments IN Jefferson oountyis the fine cold
storage plant RECENTLY erected by Mr. w