Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1913-08-19
Local Miscellany.

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ribbons in both the pony driving and
riding classes at the recent Episcopal
Sunday School picnic.
An impressive last service was held in
the old Baptist church Sunday morning.
and yesterday the work of tearing down
the building was begun.
The annual picnic of the Methodist
Sunday School of the Farmonf church
on the east side of the Shenandoah yer
will be held on Saturday. August 23.
The members of the Uvilla Southern
Methodist Church will hold their annual
harvest home at that place on Thursday,
August IS. Fine dinner and supper will
be served at popular prices.
The Oakland Sunday School will hold
an ice cream festival ON the Big Eddy
on the Shenandoah on Friday. Aus ust
~, from to IL p. m Proceeds for pur-
chasing library for Sunday School.
| A report that Mrs. Thomas Dale (for-
merly Miss Josephine Morrow and her
niece, Miss Mary Morrow, had been kill.
ed in Mexico by insurgents while Jour
neying to their home in chihuahua, is
authoritatively denied
| The 18th annual reunion of Compa-
MES A and ID I2th Virginia Cavalry,
| will be held at UviIa at the Harvest
Home of the NJ. E. Church, August IS.
All veterans are cordially invited to unite
with us. Dinner will be servtd at 2s
cents by the ladies of the church.
Lawson Bolts Chapter. U. D. c, at its
last meeting appointed the following del
egates and alternates to the st tie Con-
vention at Bluefeld October 70. De-
egates: Misses Hannah Howell, An
ME Miller. Francis c. Campbell and
Mrs c. N. Campbell; Alternates: Misses
Emma Brown. Christine Washington
and Ella Fouke aud Mrs. c. I. Shupert
Mr. o NJ. Darlington has completed
the plumbing in the new High School
building and IN the new dwelling of Mr.. |
w Daniel He has also contracted to
install a frst-class vapor heating plant
for NJ al. A. w. Mcdonald; vapor heat
ing plant, plumbing and wafer system
for Mr.. Thos. J West, aud hot water
plant and Plumbing for Mr. D |
Strider.
Mr. James A Smith last week sod
the Anderson house on Mt. Parvo
avenue to Mr. William S. Myers for
5000 Less than two months ago, Mr.. |
Smith bought the property FOR 5000, |
but meanwhile has made DIES r.
able Improvements to i, making I |
an extremely attractive home. Mr.. |
Myers and his family will occupy it as
soon as the term of the present ten
ant expires.
Messrs. Nicewarncr and Wiltshire |
have completed seven-room dwell
ing, and have begun the construction
of another one of the same size for |
the Northern Virginia Power Com |
pany, at the company's plant near
Melville. The houses are being built |
on the hill side across the county |
road from thehome Of Mr.. James w. |
Gore. They will be occupied by en-
ployees of the company.
1t has heen decided bv a lumber of |
I'D raA ~
Grove Far SEPTEMBER 2-5. lunches and |
light r-fresl menis f Jr the ben fit of the
Charles Town Hospital The demand |
for dainty sandwiches. good cake and |
pure ice cream is aiwavs great at the |
Fair. and thee VIII be without doubt |
ready sale for all that can b. supplied |
There will b. no general soliciting of |
provisions. but if any one is able and |
wiling to donate ham, biscuit, sand |
witches. fried chicken, butter, ice cream, |
cake. coffee or money to help this
most worthy institution, phase notify
Mrs. ohm BriScpe East Washington
street, phone Io4-f or MISS Laura Camp
bell, phone 1917, Stephenson Seminary
At the Fair look ont for the Red Cross
tent.
DR.. J. ]. Pittman, the owner of the
John Moore farm at the Bloomery,
has planned a development, that,
when carried out, will transform that
section of the county. The bluff and
hillside that front the river will be
divided into building lots of two acres
each, and put on the market Two
lots of this size have already been
sold, one to Attorney Forrest A.
Brown, and Mr.. Charles L. Crane,
at $3.50 each. The lots sold front on
the river at Mannings Ferry. 1t is the
intention of the purchasers to build
summer cottages on them for the use
Of their families. There are about
thirty acres in the tract, extending
from the entrance to the farm near
the old Turner mill to the adjoining
farm below Manning's ferry.
At the commission sale of live stock
at Altoona farm conducted by Mr.. c. F.
| Wal Monday of last week stock steers sold
well. Prices for them ranged from
S6.35 to sos per hundred The high
est priced milk COW sold for $50.
Bull calves four months old brought
from $50 to SIS. Young ewes with
black faces went for SOS per head.
The prolonged drought with conse-
lJoQs pue '9Inlsrd 10 Al!oIeos luenb
corn crop materially affected the bid
ding. In the aggregate sales amount
ed to $1,000 Frank Driver, of Har-
risonburg, Va, bought milk COWS, and