Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1913-04-29
Local Miscellany.


= ers. fine son.
o, Boru to Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. F. Alexan
= der. in Clarksburg, daughter--JulI;
Lane.
Miss Sara Coe gave Tea" Thurs
dav afternoon in honor of her guests
Mrs. Travers Coe and Miss Baragen.
The ladies Of the Mite Society of til,
Raptist Church will serve on Memora
Dav. ice cream. Strawberries, cake ant
sandwiches.
There was short special tie nm of tht
Jefferson Circuit Court held today
Attorney H. H. Mccormick acting a,
special Judge
Little Ellie Page Mason. infant daugt
ter of Mr.. and Mrs James M Mason. Jr.,
has been ill with pneumonia, but is i'm
proving rapidly.
Mr.. Elmer G. Smith has placed light
ming rods on the dwellings of Messrs. w
E. Reed and Clayton L. Haines and on
the JEFFERSON MIL.
Mr.. c. E. Ham. representative of
Winebrenner & Co., has moved into the
Carroll house. corner of West Washing
ton and North West streets.
County Turnpike Commissioner NJ.
| w Mcdonald has been in Frederick,
| Md with a corps of assistants. engaged
IN extensive engineering work.
Mrs. Rolf Gerhardt was hostess on
Wednesday afternoon at delightful
Tea" in honor of Mrs. Goddard, who's
the guest of her daughter, Mrs. Karl
| Perry.
The Martinsburg Y M. C. A. played
the Charles Town Ist team a match
game of baseball here Friday afternoon,
the home team defeating Martinsburg,
% toI.
The Town Council at special meet
ing held Friday night, declared the
dance hall on West Congress street near
Lawrence a nuisance, and ordered 1t to
be abated
Mr.. &c Dittmeyer, of Harpers Ferry.
accompanied by h S son DR.. Walter Dit
meyer. left Saturday for Johns Hopkins
Hospital. Baltimore. to be operated upon
for an inward trouble.
Mr.. A. G. Baker, of Summit Point,
was struck in the side and knocked down
by shaft of buggy drawn by runa-
way horse few days ago, aud very pain
fully, though not seriously inquire d.
Miss Ora F. Tomlinson has purchased
OF her sisters, Mrs. Sarah E. Turner and
Mrs. Mary T. Strider. their interests in
the Tomlinson lot corner of North
Charles and West streets. Consideration
not given.
Mr.. H P. Wnitmore representing
Messrs. GLAZE Bros.) is erecting two
frame houses for DIR A. o. Albin ou his
recently purchased Shorts lot on Hare
wood avenue. Mason work by MIR. Jas.
A. Gordon.
The teachers and pupils of the Charles
Town High School will give pageant
on the school gre uuds on Tuesday after
noon. May 8. About $50 children will
take part and the color scheme of the
Costumes will be very beautiful Ad
mission to seats, 25c.
The Jefferson Garage delivered spas
sen. er Ford cars to Mr.. E. 5. Iarrott
owner of Wild Goose Farm, near Shep-
herdstown, and Capt. Milton Rouss. near
Charles iowa. A carload of Fords is
expected in. one of which will be deliv-
cred to Dr.. A. o. Albin.
Rev. r Y. Nlchol son, the popular pas
tor of the NJ P. Church at Harpeis Ferry.
has moved into his elegant new parson-
age on Camp Hill, which his Apr ecia-
tive congregation has erected aud hand
somely furnished He was also the vic
tim OF an extensive pounding" on Mon
day night of last week.
The Valley Brick Company, of which
Mr.. John Strother is the capable mana
ger, turned out three hundred thousand
brick last month, and now, after tempo
rary delay on account of breakage in
machinery, Is going ahead again in flu ]
blast and expects to meet all demands
OF the coming promising season. MIR.
| Strother and his efficient force broke the
record last Tuesday. turning out rs,
frst-class brick that day.
The Annual Contest at Powhatan
Friday evening between the Euzelian
aud Philomathian Literary Societies was
very interfering to a large AUDIENCE
The Euzelan Society was represented
by Miss Mary Moore. OF Keyser, who
read an essay on Home and Its Mission;
Miss Ruth C.ipp, of Charles Town piano
solo, Miss Garrett Frazier, of Bluemout
Grafton on Triumphs of Adversely, aut
Miss Blanche Peters, of il msville, Md.
recitation. The Philomathean Society
was represented by Miss Elizabeth Man
nor. Of St Louis, Essay on Taste; Mis-
Gretta Wyndham, of BerryvIlle. plane
sole; Miss Louise Bean, of Maryland
Grafton on The Power of Education
Miss Kathryn Better, of Davis, w. Va.
recitation. Il was indeed difficult t.
decide who was best or which socet'
deserved the banner. The judges wer,
Messrs, F. l.. Bushong and Geo. NJ
B-.zloover, IT,, who fnaly RENDERED
the banner to the Philomathean Society