Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1910-08-23
Local Miscellany.

folk, Va.
The Methodist Sunday School had al
enjoyable picnic in Walls Grove las
| Wednesday.
Messrs Waters & Jones have laid cor
crete walks IN the front yard of tn,
Misses Weirick.
Mr. L A Osbourn's big to 24 ID Pre-
MUM tomatoes take the cake. and tn,
west end still leads the procession.
Mrs. Ann E. Jer kins died Thursday a
the home of her son. Mr.. Geo. M. Huff
near Summit Point, aged II years.
Messrs Davis & Emmert are painting
the dwellings of Mr. Logan Shut al
Kabletown and Mr. B F Langdon at Ny
erstown.
The ladies of the Eastern Star lodge
will hold festival at Shenandoah Iunc.
ton on Friday and Saturday nights,
August 20, and 27.
Mr.. Harris Cockrell has accepted the
position of driver of the United States
Express Company's wagon in place Of
Mr.. Robt. L. Bowers who resigned.
Elk Branch Chapter No SO, Order OF
the Eastern Star, will hold lawn festival
at Shenandoah Junction on Friday and
Saturday evenings, August 26 and 27.
A meeting of the Jeffercon County
Fruit Growers Association will be held
IN the Court House. Charles Town, Satur.
day. August 81, 1910 at O'Clock D. m.
Contractor John o Johnson has the
new dwelling of MIR Jas A Cdpp, near
Rippon, under roof The brick walls
were erected by Messrs Woody & Baker.
A Norfolk & Western engine and two
freight cars were derailed by the track
spreading at the Brass Foundry switch
on the Belt Line last Wednesday. and
were detained several hours.
On August 27. 1910. the N & w Ry
will sell round trip tickets to Antietam
at soc. from Charles Town. Oh account
of Union Picnic. Limit of tickets Aug
ust rs. 1918. No special train.
Whilst the Digger" engine was tax
ing out freight cars at Charles Town on
Friday afternoon several cars were de-
rallied at the east end of the switch, and
a delay of some five or six hours was oc-
casioned thereby.
Contractor H P Cline has moved the
dwelling of Capt H C Getzendanner. on
East Washington street. back from the
street line, and will improve the same
with an addition. porches, ETC., making
it very attractive.
Miss Nellie Drew, daughter OF Mr..
Charles Drew, and Frederick Steadman
both of Harpers Ferry, We're married
Thursday at the Franklin Street Methc-
dist Episcopal parsonage. Baltimore. by
Rev. H, NJ. Rider.
The Charles Town Graded School will
open for the session 1901, on Monday.
september IL. Prof. H. r. Eubank, a
graduate OF William and Mary College,
will succeed Prof. Baton. who taught
here the past two years,
The u d. c. of Leetown will hold a
festival in Strider's Hall on Friday even
ng, August 20, to which the public are
invited. Ice cream, cake and other re-
reshments will be served, and fancy
articles and candy will be sold.
The annual harvest home of the South
,rn Methodist Church will be held at
Uvilla next Thursday, August IS, when
all the people of that section are invited
o join in celebrating this occasion in the
pleasant grove. Dinner and supper will
De sold
The farm of the late S. M. Clipp.
about 70 acres, one mile west
If Charles Town, was sold on Tuesday
when the personal property was sold at
public sale. Mr.. Harry Clipp. one of the
1eirs, was the purchaser at a bid of
BIO, 900.
Our good old Confederate friend
Mr. Lewis Shrout has laid us under OBJ
igation for some of the best roasting ears
Of the sesson-a long site better than
some of those he used to swipe when out
oraging in war times-for which we re-
urn many thanks.
Messrs. Logan B, Shut. L. G. Wilson,
and J, NJ. Trapneli, enthusiastic orchard
nen of this county, with Mr. A. X.
Arnett. of Clarke county, attended the
recent summer outing of the Maryland
horticultural Society at Berlin, Md.
They were the guests of Mr. !. r, Ed
nunds. the Hagerstown representative
If the big nursery firm of ]. G. Harr son
x Son, of Berlin, and were generously
An automobile containing Mrs r CT
Ringgold. Miss Eleanor Potts. Mr. Henry
Shepherd, Jr. and a colored chauffeur,
was struck by the 1912 & o eastbound
rain at Flowing Spring crossing this
morning, and much damaged. The auto
was on one sds of the track when the
rain was approaching. and could neither
be gotten across the track or back out of
the way. The occupants saved their
ives by jumping out of the automobile.
Paul Rodgers, son of Rev d NJ Euts-
Ter of Summit Point, preacher in charge
Of Jefferson Circuit, NJ E Church South,
died at the residence of his parents on
Sunday morning last. aged I'll years.
Just at the age of entering upon prom
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