Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1911-06-27
Local Miscellany.

See double column adv. OF Th
Glorious Fourth in Hagerstown.
Born tie Mr.. and Mrs. H. L. Wtnte
meyer, of Shepherdstown. son.
Miss Mary Porterield gave a car
party to number of her friends.
Mrs. James Trimble sang beautifr
solo in the Presbyterian Church Sunda
night.
County Surveyor James K. Hendrick
has completed the new concrete bridg
over Evitt's run at Bloomery.
Washington Camp No. 80, P. o. S. o
A. will hold an ice cream festival at tn
Bakerton schooi-house on Saturday nigh
July I.
The store fronts in the Hooff buildin,
and those. of Messrs. Palmbaum, c. w
Brown and Brown Bros. have bee,
newly painted.
The Leetown Chapter U. D. C. will
hold an ice cream festival, July d, after
noon and evening. in Mr.. R. U. Smith
yard. Middleway
A handsome reception was given b,
Mr.. and Mrs. William NJ. Burns at 9TH
Ems" on Saturday evening. in honor 0
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Burns.
The Dan Rice circus. which exhibited
here last Tuesday. stranded at Harper
Ferry and made an assignment witt
Capt H, c. Getzendanner as trustee.
Our well-kuown countyman Mr.. chas
R. Barnhart. of Duffields, was operated
upon at the the Anna Hughes Sanitar
ium last Tuesday for an internal trouble
Virginia, little daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Lynn Grantham of near Middle
way, celebrated her second birthday
with her grandmothers Mrs. Catherine
Virginia Grantham and Mrs. Virgins
Trussell.
A new bank barn on the farm of Mr..
Thos. E. Baumgardner at Schaeffer' s
Cross roads, this county, is now about
finished. 1t will be we'll up among the
big farm buildings of the county, being
90 by IS feet in dimensions
Robert Edward Lee Strider, son of
Mr.. Isaac H. Strider of this county, was
one of the graduates of the Episcopal
Seminary, at Alexandra,
Va. He was also recommended tor the
degree of Bachelor of Divinity.
An ice cream festival will be held IN
Mr.. R. U. Smiths yard. in Middleway,
July 4-afternoon and evening-by the
Leetown Chapter, U. D. C. They will
be very glad to have the patronage of
some of the Charles Town folks.
Mr.. B. Osbourn sold two strips of
and along the B. & o. Railroad Com
oany's right OF way on the north side OF
he railroad tracks near Duffields to the
Both parcels of land con-
.ained less than a half acre. The
was 5000; and in addition
he company agrees to move the fence
back and reset it on the new line.
Officers for the current term were
chosen by Malta Lodge No. SO. A., F. G.
A. M, last Friday night, as follows =
a. NJ. 5. Morgan. w, M; John B.
8rszier. S. W; Edgar Layton Lee,
|. W.; S. Lee Phillips. Treas'r, c. Frank
Iallaher, Sec'y; Albert D. Barr, Chap
ain; Edward E Cooke. S. D.; Thorn
OH T. Perry, J. D.; c. II, Shugert and
las II. Porterfeld, Stewards; Jas. w.
Carney, Tiler.
Mr.. l.. D. Getzendanner, owner of'the
National Hotel building, is planning
alteruations in the building. Soon after
he close of the current license year. July
I. he will convert the first floor into two
arge store rooms. The room on the
vest side of the building will include
what are now the lobby, bar, and stock
room. The other room will extend back
rom the ladies' lobby in front to include
The present dining room of the hotel.
Mr.. Lewis H. Moore, formerly of this
place. died June S, IN ST. Louis. Mo-,
where he had been uperintendent OF
the John Hancock Mutual Life Insur-
ance Co. for twenty-three years. giving
service and doing well. A
private letter from an official of that
company TO MS says: He was re-
markedly successful business man and a
sincere friend and mis- death is regretted
by his many acquaintance in St. LOUIS
and Eastern cities"
Miss Julia Terrill has disposed of an
orchard of 65 acres on the east side of
the Warm Spring road four miles east of
Charles Town to Howard {. Adamson.
as trustee for the purchasers who are
said to be Pittsbrrg and Wayhesboro,
Pa, people. The price was $3.50 per
acre. The trees IN the orchard are ten
years old. AT the same time the put-
chasers bought an option on 65 acres
of unimproved orchard land adjoining
the orchard sold. for 10000, the option
to hold until October I.
A new set of specifications have been
prepared on the order of the Board OF
Education of Mlddleway District for a
graded school building at Leetown, the
first sent out having hcen too pretentious
for the treasury of the district 1t IS now
to putupa brick building OF only
two rooms, instead of four as at FRS
intended. Building to be 80 by so feet
and besides two main school rooms tt
have spacious vestibule. Not until al
the bids are in will it be known whether
even this building will be constructed
co l,,,itad NV law iS the Board in the