Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1911-11-21


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Mrs. w. w. Coe is presiding at thu
organ in the Episcopal church in the alb
sence of Mrs T. NJ. Baker.
Messrs. Burns G. Shugert advertise
tremendous reductions in iue tailored
ready-to- wear suits. Call early aud SEE
the bargains.
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Lloyd. wife o
Mr.. Berkeley l.. Lloyd, died Novembe
10 at the home of her father. Mr.. S. B
Sagle. near Leetown.
Mr.. Robt. M, Eveihart. and not NIT
o. Everhart, was the purchaser of the
recently sold Elmwood farm of Mr.. Geo
H. Bowers, near Leetown.
Messrs. A. B. Mullett & Co.. the Wash
ington architects, are preparing plans
for remodeling and greatly enlarging
the Charles Town hospital building fol
DR.. K. E. Vennlng.
Bub Pierce. colored. of this county,
was convicted of "hootlegging" in The
United States Court at Philippi last week
and sentenced TO thirty days fnprison
meut in the Charles Town Jail and tc
pay fine of 500.
The Ladies Aid Society of the Episco
pal Church at Summit Point will have q
sale of fancy articles. tea and cake, at the
residence of Mr.. X. v. Shirley, on Sat
urday afternoon. November IS, at 2
O'Clock Public cordially invited.
The ladies of the Charles Town NJ. E.
Church, South. will hold an oyster sup
per in Rouss Hall on Friday aud Satur-
day nights. December l and 2. In ad-
dition to supper, fancy articles will be on
sale, and on Saturday, December 2. din
ner will be served.
Miss Anna Hughes will next week
move the Anna Hughes Sanltarium to
the National Hotel building, where she
will occupy the entire second and third
floors, with fine large rooms and all
modern convenlences, with building cen
trally located and on 4 good, healthful
elevation.
Cards have been received here from
Judge and Mrs. John Parran Briscoe, TO
the marriage ct their daughter, Miss
Lucy Lee Briscoe, to Ensign Forney
Moore Knox, U, S, N Wednesday. Nov
90 at 10. 81 O'Clock, at St. Paul's Church
Prince Frederick, Md. Miss Brscoe has
frequently visited Mrs. William H. Will
son here.
The large brick manufacturing shops
in Shepherdstown have been sold-to H
E, Mundey and J. Hugh Miller for 81, COO
Mr., Miller is one of the owners of the
ice mandatory in this place. and it i:
reported that the purchas of the shopc l:
part of pan to combine this enterprise
with cold storage and apple evaporatins
pant. Register.
Mr.. and Mrs Francis Mcfarland
Gllkerson. of Culpeper county, Va, have
issued cards for the marriage of thei
daughter. Miss Mamie Tate Gilkerson
to Mr.. Herndon V. Fraz er, of Char.e'
Town, Wednesday. November ~, a
Hillside, the home of the bride. Mr.
Frazier is a member of the firm of Tht
Coleman Hardware Co., and is it
efficient manager.
David R. Hudgel has sold the farm
of 166 acres, a part of the Morrow es
tate, located just north of Mt. Ziol
Church, three miles north of Leetown
to Allen Noll and Ernest Williams, o
Martinsburg, and Marshall w. Melon
aid, of Jefferson county, for $5.OOt'
The purchasers, it is stated, will plan
out an orchard on the place, prepare
tions for it having already been starte
by force of men who are removing
stumps from piece of new ground.
The sale of George H. Bowers proI
erty near Leetown on Tuesday wa
largely attended and very successful
The sale of personally amounted
So, 700, horses bringing as high as $2l'
The farm of 81 81 acres, known as tt
Ramsburg place, was bought by B.
Fulk for $45 an acre, and the Elmwot
farm, containing 172 acres. was pu
chased by Thomas o. Everhart at $37.
an acre. Dodd and Hoffman were tt
auctloneers.
Mrs. James S. Phillips has bougl
from Alex Henson the fifty acres
: land a half mile west of Shepherd
town, lying along the Martinsbul
road, that Mr.. Henson bought coup
of years ago from st. John Dyer. T.
price paid is $1,000. This land W;
formerly a part of the Chapline farl
owned by Mrs. Phillips father, the Ia
Judge Chapline. and it now comes ba'
into the family The land comman
magnificent view of the Shenando'
Valley and overlooking the Antieta
battlefield.
New telephone directories tor
Chesapeake and Potomac Telepho
Company, giving the names and
dresses of the company's subscribers
Washington and Baltimore, have be
received by the Jefferson County Tie
phone Company for distribution amo
its subscribers. These directories al
contain the names with the telepho
number of each of the subscribers OF
Jefferson County Company. If you
a Jefferson County telephone you
entitled to one. Cali at the Compan
Office in Charles Town and get ii.
Opening of Fancy Ssie.
Miss Lillian w. Dinkle's Opening