Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1913-07-15
Local Miscellany.

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temple to be erected in Shepherdstowi
will be laid July 20.
Mr. 7. NJ. Jones has completed tn,
iconcrete pavement in front of the Pow
hatan Brass aud Iron Works.
The Valley Brick Co. of this place
will furnish the brick for the new NJ
some temple in Shepherdstown.
Mr. George II. Bowers has purchased
another touring car-an especially hand
some Que that carries eight passengers
Former Sheriff Charles d Wysong i.
having large and substantial brick siic
erected on hisfarm near Shepherdstown
Mr.. and Mrs. c. E. Ehrhart and scr
Fisher. of Hanover. Pa. are occupying
their bungalow near the old Watson fac
tory on the Shenandoah.
The Golden Links class of the M. E
Church, Sunday. School. Charles Town
will hold lawn fete at the church, or
Thursday and Friday nights, July "a
and rs.
Little Ralph Ennis, son of Mr.. and
Mrs Thos. Z Ennis, was painfully IN.
idred by one of the concrete hitchne
posts exhibited IN the courthouse yard
falling over on him.
! E. w. Athey has taken over the in.
terest OF Mr.. Geo T. Sisler in the firm
of Athey & Sisler, and will continue the
heating and plumbing business at the old
stand 10 the Werick building.
The teachers institute for Jefferson
county will be held this year at Harpers
Ferry, beginning on Monday, August2s
The instructors will be Prof. l.. L.
Friend. of Charleston, and Mrs. Harriet
Lyon, of Huntington.
"Bill," the old reliable iron gray driv-
ing horse of the late John Burns, and
subst quently used by Mrs. Burns. dled at
the residence Of MIR. Thomas Frszi' las,
Tuesday, after a long and useful life of
about twenty-five years.
Contractor H. P. Cline is adding an
other handsome Colonial porch and 9th
er desirable Improvements to the already
attractive dwelling house of DR.. w. l..
Walraveu, and is reinforcing the clock
tower in the courthouse cupola. a
The Jefferson County Advisory Board
for the Hagerstown Fair this year is
composed of c. d. Wysong, chairman,
E. Rush Turner, secretary. J. VIM. Ri
der, l. w. Williams, NJ. B Baker. Nelson
T. Snyder, A S. cambridge, N.R.Rob-
erts, H. L Snyder, J P, Kearfott. W.T.
Alexander and E. H. Reinhart.
New directories of the c. & P Tele
phone Company. containing the names
as we'll as the addresses of all patrons OF
the company have been distributed. the
Jefferson County Telephone Company re-
ceiving one for each of its phoue-hold-
ers. Call at the Jefferson County Tele-
The Jefferson County Telephone Com.
pany is having a carload of tenpin cross
arms distributed along its lines in the
county. The new cross arms are of Geor-
gia yellow pine and will be put in place
of the six-pin cross arms now in use Oh
the company's poles, to enable the string
ing of more wires, the increase IN bust
ness making longer cross arm neces-
sary.
The first wheat threshed in the Charles
Town vicinity was that on the farm OF
Mr.. J. Shirley Smith. the crop being
harvested by Mr.. Richard Manuel, the
ttnant. The yield was 20 bushels and 3
pecks to the acre, of a very excellent
quality Of grain. BY weight this wheat
overran by 4 bushels and pecks on the
hundred bushels.
Knights OF Pythas of Middleway have
elected ald installed the following off
GERS: Albert Apders. c C; Charley
Higgs, B. C.; John Rosenberger, X. p;
Thomas Johnston, NJ. W.; N. R. Roberts,
n. VI n @ - L. u w al hiS, W T., j.
w. Ringer; NJ. E.; E l.. Moore, l. S. G.;
c, E. Grantham. o. :. c.; C.M. Ke4rns.
trustee. Mr. c. E. Grautham was elect
ell delegate to the Grand Lodge.
A bold attempt was made to rob the
home of Mr.. c. W. Myers at Shenan-
doah Junction; Thursday night. the thief
reaching the upper porch by scaling a
shade tree. With a brightly Burning
light in his room. Mr.. Myers was awak
ened by the noise of window being
raised at his head He attempted to get
his pistol and shoot the hand in full view
but the robber jumped to the ground and
disappeared IN the darkness.
| DR. Charles Foreman, of Warrenton, Mo
accompanied by his wife, son. and grand
SON. was in Charles Town from Tuesday un,
til Thursday morning, on his return home
from the Getty sburg reunion DR. Foreman
who is native of this county, and served
with conspicuous galantry in Company A
18th Virginia Cavalry, had an enjoyable
visit here, greeting relatives and friends OF
other days. Our boyhood friend sent in hi,
subscription TO the Spirit of efferson before
he left, and will keep posted on the newt
from his old home through that medium.
The annual catalogue Of Stephenson
Seminary containing a list of teach
ers for that institution for the session
| l9I3-l4 has been made public. Only
a few changes are to be noted in the
faculty. Mrs. c. N. Campbell viii
continue as principal with her daugh'
ter, Miss Laura w. Campbell, as CO.
principal, and teacher in the sciences
mathematics and French. Other mem
berS of the faculty are: Miss Heller
Martin A. B., English and German