Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1912-09-03
Local Miscellany.
Walls sale September 10.
Morgan's Grove Fair this week.

sideration 5000.
Boru TO Mr.. and Mrs. Percy ]. Ee
mouds, OF Washington City. daughte
= Annie Lee Edmonds.
We had very heavy storm here We.
terday. Lightning struck the Baptl:
Church, but did but little damage.
Mr.. larson Shirley. OF the "Cherr,
meade" farm near Middleway. has
stalk of corn upon which seven ears ar
grown.
Miss Bessie Lee Lamar, of Shepherds
town. and James R. Rau, of Harper
Ferry, were married in Frederick CITY
August "a.
The Powhatan Band held lawn PAL
ty in the college yard last Thursday an,
Friday. Large crowds were present am
the neat sum of $4,000 was cleared.
| County Superintendent Grantham ha
moved his family into the fats of Capt
Getzendanner at the latter's residence
and his children will attend the Charlie
Town High School
i Mr.. and Mrs. !. w, Gore anuounc,
the engagement of their daughter, Saral
Elizabeth, to !. B. Doosing. of New
York. The wedding will take place tn,
latter part of September.
Doctor and Mrs ST. GeorgeT. Brook,
announce the engagement of their siste
Miss Anna Floride Brown. to Henri,
Starr Wattles, of Alexandria, Va. The
wedding will take place on September
2S at Charles Town.
Judge Frank Beckwith has commenced
work on the Starry building adjoining
the bank of the Farmers and Merchant.
Deposit Co., preparatory to building al
addition and transforming it into {
spacious store-room and fat.
1t was Mr.. Goldie Jackson Colvin-
not &. P. Colvin-who was killed recent
ly at Martinsburg. He left three broth
ers- William T. Colvin, of Flint Hill
Va. and Lewis G. and Clarence Colvin
both OF Charles Town-but no sister.
Mr.. Geo, d. Baumgardner has solo
two acres of land with improvements a
Halltown, recently purchased of MIS-
Virginia Lucas, to Mrs. Laura V. Hen
retta. for $I,l75, and thirteen acres O
the same tract, unimproved, to Lawson
Goens, at 500 per acre.
| A large number of persons from
Charles Town attended the Modern
Woodmen picnic at Boyce yesterday
| There was big storm there as we'll a.
here, and three horses were killed-tw,
by lightning and one by being frightened
and having shaft run into him.
Mr.. William Henry Hendricks, ant
Miss Helen Maxwell Stribling daughte
of Mr.. and Mrs. C. K. Stribling. ant
granddaue liter of the late Rear Admira
c. K. Stribling, U. s. N. were married
August "a, at the residence of the BRIDE
parents near Uvilla. by Rev. J. c. Siler
Mrs Olive Padgett. of Harpers Fer
ry, sister of Capt. Jacob Rodrick vet
eran B. & o. passenger conductor run
ming between Harrisonburg and Lexing
ton, and the. mother of Capt J. A. Pad
get B. G. o. conductorrunning.b between
Strasburg and Harpers Ferry, died OIL
Monday of last week.
Mr.. Smith Henshaw. near Middleway
went out to gather eggs Sunday morn
ing. having found that they were bein,
taken from the nests, and found a fv
foot black snake in nest down in al
old mill. The nglv thief was quickl
dispatched. and Mr.. Henshaw will doubt
less now get more eggs from his hens
Mr. Newton w. Myers of the Zoa
neighborhood reports a wheat yield of 2
bushels per acre. Messrs. Engle Brother
west of town, threshed II ushels pc
acre. One piece of wheat land contain
ing six acres that had received specis
preparation for alfalfa sowing. yielde
! luclH 20 DuSuClS pei dNlC'
Mr.. c. F. Wall is making further IN
provements at Altoona Stock Farm. !
litter carrier with overhead track es
tending from the inside of the hors
barn to a distance of So feet IN the barr
ward, has been installed and two siio!
one at the cattle barn, the other at tn
horse barn, are being erected.
Little Rose. pretty and attractiv
three year-old daughter of Mr.. and Mr.:
Harrison Huff, died Saturday evenin
after brief illness, beng sick only absl
half hour. 1t is supposed that she ha
eaten the heads off some matches and a
that the best medical skill could do va
OF no avail She was the granddaug
ter of Mrs. W. l.. Hedges.
Mr.. c. w. Henshaw and dau9hte
Miss Susan, returned last Tuesday fro
Niagara, N. Y. where they attended
reunion of the Henshaw family. Abol
one hundred defendants were presen
\ and one of the most interesting featur
of the occasion was the exhibition by OF
honored countyman of the original He
shaw coat of arms, which the others thr
had never before seen. and which is
his possession,
About Shoot Books.
For the information of patrons we desi