Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1911-08-01
Local Miscellany.
Price of wheat in Charles Town today

Mr. George Rocdcffer has a youn
grounding which was captured on til
Zlnn farm near Kabletown
The ladies of Beulah Church will hol
lawn party on SATURDAY.. August S. o
the lawn in front of the church.
The Flower Carnival on the lawn c
Mrs. James NJ. Mason, Friday, wa
quite success. The ladies made $Ioc
The Methodist Sunday School at Lee
town will hold their annual picnic a
Bach's Spring, on Saturday, August $
Mr.. J. H. Ramey sprained his ankl
very severely few days ago. by fal
received by the breaking of Step at HI
barn.
The ladies of Beulah church will hol,
a lawn party on Saturday evening. OF
the lawn in front of the church, at sevel
o'clock.
Mr.. w P. yesterday rooted the Shen
andoah Valley Barrel Factory and GOV
cred the sides with galvanized corrugat
ed iron.
Messrs. Walters & Jones have put in
concrete curb for pavement along the
Liberty street side of the Presbyterian
church lot.
The fronts of the Kercheval & Bragg
building, and the Cooke building to bs
occupied by the Wolf Underselling Store
have been painted.
Extensive improvements are being
made at Weirck's Mill. operated by the
Messrs. X. J. Weirick & Co., on the
Kabletown turnpike.
Ms. Mary Elizabeth Brantner, wife Of
Mr.. c. w. Brantner, died at her home al
Shenandoah Junction July 20. aged 5.
years and 10 months.
The members of the Southern Metho
dist Church at Uyilla will hold their an
nual harvest home at that place on
Thursday, August "a.
Little Miss Francis Packet enter
tanned large number of her friends at
her beautiful home on South Samuel
street on Friday evening.
The engine IF freight train on the
N. & w. railway became derailed near
the station at this place last evening, and
was detained about FIVE hours.
Members of the Eastern Star Chapter
will hold a Lawn Party on Miss Katha-
rine Smiths lawn in Middleway August
5, 1911. All cordially invited
Stuart Hatton. son of Prof. H. P Hat
ton of Powhattan College, was operated
on Saturday evening at the Anna Hughes
Sanltarium for appendicitis. and is do
ing well.
MIR. Herman Huyett fell from a hay
NOW on Friday and sprained his right
arm badly and bruised his face cons;d-
DR.. c. l.. Skinner gave HIM
surgical attention.
The law firm of Beckwith & Bushong
has been dissolved. Judge Beckwith has
taken the offices one door south of the
former firm office. and Mr. Bushong re-
tans the old location.
Rev. L. R. Sumption, who is supply
plying the Summit Point, Leetown and
Junction Baptist churches,
will preach at Summit Point on Sun
day night, August E, at o'clock
Samuel Jeans. well-known colored
man of this place, died at the residence
of his son in Philadelphia last Tuesday,
aged OF years, and his remains were
brought here and inferred on Thursday
Mr.. Elmer S:onesifer, the popular and
Ransom butcher, has
purchased of Mr.. Gray Gibson bunch
OF extra fine cattle, from which he is now
serving his customers some very choice
steaks, roasts, etc.
James McFadden, representing the
Valley Cooperage Co. of
this place, was in Martinsburg on
Monday taking orders for the product
Of his factory. The plant will manu-
facture a thousand barrels per day
after August LIST. and expects to be
kept busy on local orders.
Heirs of the late Judge Daniel B.
Lucas have sold portion of Rion Ha
farm lying near Halltown, and adjacent
to the Harpers Ferry pike to Mr.. Geo.
D. Baumgardner. at $loo per acre. The
portion sod has twenty five acres in it,
with Improvements includinga dwelling.
barn and other outbuildi1gs.
The annual harvest home will be held
BY the members of the Lutheran Church
at Uvilla on Thursday. August 20, in the
grove near the church. Dinner and
supper will be served at IS cents each,
and icecream and other refreshments
will be sod. The people generally are
invited to attend and enjoy day in the
woods.
An orchard containing fifteen acres
with nlne-year old apple trees in 1t,
owned by Mr.. Thos. E. Baumgardner at
Schaeffers Cross Roads, near Halltowu,
has been sod to Winchester parties at
$500 per acre. The tract sold was
detached from Mr.. Baumgardner' farm
by the Harpers Ferry turnpike. and this
of it doss not affect his farm
lines.
The new cooperage being built by
Messrs. Swink & Co., of Winchester,
Va, is nearly completed. 1t is IN the
northeastern part of Ransom on the belt
line, aud the barrels can be easily loaded
in the cars. The building is 90 by 100
feet, framework of wood, outside wall