Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1913-12-23
Local Miscellany.

Born to Mr.. auu MIS-. oscar Earning
ton. IT,, a fue daughter.
The Modern Drama Club met at tn
home of Miss Hi!da Kahn on Saturda,
afternoon.
Mr.. l.. c, Walter, of Kabletown, ship
ped about 80 bbls. of dressed turkeys tt
Philadelphia last Saturday.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Company have intalled sanitary drink
ing cups in their station at this place.
Mr.. B. F. Langdon. the cnterprisine
Mverstown live st, ok man. shipped abo1t
twelve hundred turkeys from Rippon re-
Gently
Mr.. f. E. Allen. the we'll known well
borer, is sinking an artesian well for Nj.
William Erwin on Potomas street, Har-
pers Ferry.
Rev. S. W. Cole conducted Chapel
Exercises at the High School Wednes-
day morning. and made short address
to the students.
Mr.. w. B. Davis has painted a Hand
some sign for the enterprising firm of
Phillips & Moreland, to be erected in
front of their hardware store.
The new Charles Town High School
building has been equipped with tele-
phones connecting the room of the prin-
cipal with that of each teacher in the
school
Mrs. H, A. WIttkamp. of Carson S In
let, n. J who has been visiting Mr.and
Mrs. E. Frank Ronemus, won the turkey
last Friday night, at the New Opera
House.
Mr. S. w. Rover. who was recently
operated on at the Charles Town Hos
pita', is improving somewhat and it is
now hoped that a second operation will
no, BE- necessary.
The prize turkeys were drawn last
week at the New Opera House by
Mes,rs A. L. Woody, Oscar Hooe and
L. A. Brinker, and Mrs. H. A, HIT
kfmp of Carson's Inlet, N, J.
The material of the old Holl Tavern
was purchased ny Mr.. Daniel Armstrong
aud has been removed by him to erect
on a recently purchased lot on
The Washington City addition to Charles
Town.
The merchants who are kindly assist
ing in the sale of Red Cross Seals are
Mess rs Brown & Hooff, C. T. Shugert,
C, W. Brown, Palmbaum Bros, George
7. Light, C. P. Miller. H ]. Miller, S.
H. L andis.
Turnpike Commissioner Mcdonald has
about half of the county
road from Summit Point to Middlewav,
and has also macadamized a mile of the
old Winchester road from the Clarke
county line toward Summit Point.
In the honor roll of the Charles
Town Graded and High School pub
|jshed in our issue of December 9th,
the name Of Miss Virginia Watson
was omitted by mistake Miss Watson
is a bright pupil in the third grade.
julius McGovern, a Jefferson county
youth, entered plea of guilty to the
theft Of letter containing SOTO from
a rural mail box in Jefferson county in
October last, and was sentenced by
Judge Dayton of the Federal Court, to
six months in the Charles Town Jail.
Word has been received here of the
death Of Elizabeth, aged two years,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Geo E. Dun
can, Of Calgary, Canada. The little
one contracted heavy cold and died
very suddenly Mrs. Duncan was form
erly Miss Jennie Webster, d aughter of
Mr.. T. D. Webster of this place.
The Post Office will be closed Cd
Christmas and New Year days from 10
a. M to o p. m City carriers will make
only one delivery on Christmas day, but
vii. deliver all mail before noon. Will
make but one delivery on New Years
day Raral carriers will deliver mail on
Christmas day, but not on New Years.
Nes-r, Rouss Bros. have saw mill
Id de woods eating lumber for large
addition to their excellent cold storage
plan; at k4bletown The new addition
n accommodate about15, 900 more bar
fr.~ Of apples. These gentlemen have
aae orchards, and with this largely in
creased storage capacity will be able to
house aud market their products as they
please.
Mr. Earl Robertson who has been
employed as telegraph operator on
The y. & w Railway at Riverton
Shenandoah Junction and other points
mas been appointed assistant agen.
-ad operator at Pine Hall. North
l"'oaaa ON the same road. Pine Hall
]. h miles from Winston Salem
Mt. bis family Mr.. Robertson left here
> t.a' 4r for North Carolina