Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1911-06-13
Local MisceIIany.
Dan Rlce's Circus.

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S. cts.
Mrs. II. II. Cooke entertained the
Bridge Club on Tuesday
Hon Geo, R. Vending is having the
house at the head of Mt Parvo avenue
totu down.
The collection tor missions from Bculah
Sunday School at their Children's Day
exercises amounted to $3.50.
The show window of Mr. R E Miller's
saloon was braken into last night, and
abont half dozen bottles of whiskey
stolen therefrom.
Theladies of the NJ. P. Church, Middle
way, will hold an ice cream festival on
Saturday evening, June II, If. their
church yard. Public cordially invited.
Messrs Clark & Byram havo opened a
watch and clock repair shop in tina Ker-
cheval G. Bragg building. $40 W. Wash
ington street. See adv, in another
column.
Mr.. Jacob N. linn has~rought the
timing. plumbing and stove business of
Messrs. Rider & Rider in the Weirick
building, Charles Town, and has taken
charge of the same.
| The P. o. S. of A. at Millvile will
hold an ice cream and strawberry festi-
val at that place on Saturday afternoon
and night. June II, for the benefit of the
order. Everybody invited
Everybody goes to Dan Rice's Old
Time One Ring Cirsus. To be in Charles
Town in all itsentirety on Tuesday, June
20, with a superb military band, the best
actors, performing animals, etc.
Rev w r Flanagan and Mr. A D
Barr took part in the exercises of the
Baptist Sunday School Convention in
Winchester last week. The convention
will be held next year in Berryville.
Blue Ridge Lodge No. 1871, Knights
of Pythias, turned out in good numbers
| Sunday afternoon and held memorial
services over the graves of deceased
brethren i'll the Episcopal graveyard and
Edge Hill Cemetery,
G. NJ. Swink and others, of Winches-
ter, have purchased tract of land on
the belt line connecting the Norfolk and
Western and the Baltimore and Ohio
railroads. near Charles Town, and will
erect large barrel factory.
Mr.. Frank Jennings Beckwith. son of
Judge and Mrs. Frank BeckwIth of this
place, graduated at the Shenandoah
Valley Academy at Winchester last week.
and was also awarded the Washington
and Lee University scholarship.
The name of Howell Brown was unin-
tentlonally omitted from the State
Honor Roll of the High School last
week. Howell is one OF Prot Dennys
best pupils, and has not missed nor been
tardy for three consecutive years.
George w. Johnson, w. J. Holden
and others, of Parkersburg, have organ
lied the Jefferson Highland Orchard
Company, and will plant trees on I25
acres of land the company has purchased
from Mr.. Johnson, near Leetown IN this
county.
Invitations are out for the approaching
marriage of MISS Cora E. Wall daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. c. F. Wall, to Mr.. Will
liam Ralph Burns. The ceremony will
take place at d o'clock. Wednesday alter
noon, June "a, at "Altona, the beautiful
home of the brides parents, near town.
The members OF Widely Lodge, l. o.
0. F., had memorial service Sunday
afternoon-a sermon by Rev. w. R.
Flanagan in the Baptist church, after
which they went to Edge Hill Cemetery
and placed an Odd Fellow memorial
flag at each grave of a deceased brother,
The horse of Mr. J. H. Reid, a well-to-
do farmer of Loudoun county, Va, be-
came frighthned at an automobile near
the court house Saturday, which caused
him to run against an electric light pole
and throw Mr. Reid out of his buggy,
cutting his head and otherwise injuring
him. He was taken into Mr.. c. E. Rem
inger's tailor shop and attended to by DR.
Skinner, who pronounced his injuries
not serious.
Caroline Weber Shut. fourteen months
old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Logan B,
Shut, died on Sunday afternoon at the
Anna Hughes Sanitarium, after an
illness of ten days The funeral was
held at the home of the grandparents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Cleon Moore, Yesterday
l afternoon, services being conducted by
by Rev. DR.. A. C. Hopkins. The pail
bearers were Messrs. Thos. r. Geo. d
and S. ]. c. Moore, and Chas. l.. Crane
Attention is celled to the advertisement
of the plant of the CharlesTown Light &
Power Co.. which is to be sold June "a
in front of the court house. The PLAN
is we'll equipped. and is said to be a gooc
revenue producer. The company ha:
a large number of customers IN the town
in addition, to contract the with town o.
Charles Town for lighting, and 1t !:
hoped the property will be purchased BY
some home persons who will see to i
that it is operated and good service given
as in the past,
Messrs Washington. Alexander 8
r Cooke have kindly supplied us with
list of recent losses by lightning in TIL
. county, which relieves us of summing
up the same and which will be found II
another column. We may add. howeV
I or that Mr Oshnurn lost with his bar