Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1910-06-07

| The watch advertised in the SPfRIT oil
JEFFERSON last week was found and re
stored to the owner. SPIRIT advs. brinf
results.
Mr.. L. M. Long. of Rippon, has pur
chased the fue elevator property of Mr.
John c. Burns. on North George stree
in this place, for IS. 500.
Miss Christine Tingling. National Lee
turer of the w T U delivered an in
teresting lecture on Civic Righteousness.
in the Court House last Tuesday even
ing.
Mr.. John T. Colston has sold his fine
farm of about $50 acres. u miles south
west of Charles Town. to Mr. Marshal
| Burns, at 800 per acre. Sale made
through the agency of Chew & Norris.
Mrs E M Ingram has opened an at
tractive cigar and tobacco store in tn,
north room of the Market House build
ing on North George street, and has i
handsomely fitted up. See adv in thi
paper.
Edmund c. King, of the Carnlva
Company, charged with shooting Viii
liam Smith. colored. was given hear
ing last Tuesday before Justice c. Franz
Gallaher. and held for the grand jury or
bond of $500.
A Musical Entertainment will be giver
by the Halltowu Colored Sunday Schoo
in the Little Church at Halltown on the
evening of June IS, 1910. at s O'Clock
Homemade candies will be sold. Admis
sion will be only ten cents for every
body
Mrs, G. w. 2. Black has sent to Mr.
Samuel Michael handsome black bear
skin to be mounted for a rug with head
and open mouth. The bear was killed
in Alaska, and was brought here by Mrs.
Blacks son. Lieutenant Hanson Black.
The rug is valued at $3.50.
Again we are under obligations to our
good colored friend. Peter Brooks-thls
time for new potatoes, peas and cabbage
for all of which we return many
thanks. Peter is honest and reliable,
handles nice vegetables and fruits. and
will fill your orders satisfactorily.
In excayating for the automobile
garage on North George street an open
ing was discovered into which water was
run for half hour or more from a fire
plug with no perceptibe sign of the
stream meeting with any obstruction. =
This point is within half square of the
cave found under the Myers property
several years ago.
Lots have changed hands on the new
addition to Charles Town as follows: R.
J Weirlck, executor of w F Weirick, sold
lots 7 and s, TO c F Wall, for $3.50; H P
Whitmore bought lots % and % in Block
7, from the Jefferson Construction Com
for S225; heirs of the late George Baylor
sold to Elizabeth H T Leavel, ten lots
in block OF. south side of 5th avenue. for
81 900.
Mr. VIM. d. yesterday. a brother Of
Mr. John S. yesterday of this place. died
on Sunday last at his residence III Wash
ington City, at an adeanced age. Mr..
yesterday was native of Charles Town,
aud was twin brother of the late JOS
eph H. yesterday. He was citizen of
real worth and reared several sons to
honorable manhood who are now promi-
nent in Washington business life. Mr.
John S. yesterday and Mr.. and Mrs
Martin Kelley have gone to Washington
City to attend his funeral.
IS From the list of pupils of the Charles
Town High School deserving honorable
distinction and published on the first
page of the SPIRIT this week, the name
of Master Jennings Weller was omitted
through a mistake of one of the teachers.
Jennings made an excellent record in
his studies, besides winning a place in
the list of pupils neither absent nor tardy
throughout the year. Miss Ruth Theo-
dore was another pupil whose name was
left off the list by mistake. Her distinc
ton is due to the fact of her regular
attendance, she having missed onlya day
or two during the session.
At Shenandoah Junction, where the
pumping station of the Norfolk and Yves
tern Railroad is located, Saturday, John
Martin, of Shenandoah, a young man by
the name of Stillwell and another en-
poye were taking pipe out of the well
and lifting it through the top of the build
ing. 1t became unmanageable and fell
over against the lines of the power COM
pany, which run from Milvllle through
this place by way of Shenandoah June
ton to Martiusburg. In trying to hold
on to 1t Martin was almost electrocuted
and Stllwell also badly burned. The
third man was burned slightly. Martin
aud Stillwell were brought to the Anna
Hughes Sanitarium, and are since i'm
proving,
Mrs. Mary A. McFaden, widow of the
late Rev. Joseph McFaden of the Meth
odist Protestant Church and most es-
Unable lady, died at her home in Har-
pers Ferry on Friday last. She was aged
| So years. and remem bered distinctly see
ing Halley's comet in 1885. She leaves
| three sons-Rev Frank Il McFaden, OF
First Presbyteriou church of Richmond,
Va; Rev. ]. H. McFaden, of the NJ. E.
Church South, of Suffolk, Va. aud Rev
John d McFaden, of the Brethren