Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1914-10-29

MIR. John Howell is quite sick at t: (
home Of his daughter. Mrs. ]. B. Brs
zier.
Get your contribution ready for thu
Christmas Ship and see that it is deliv
cred 70 Mrs. E. e. Cooke. this week.
jefferson County Sunday School Con
vertion will convene in this city at the
Baptist Church. Nov. I2-I3th inst
Further particulars later.
Work on the new N. & W, station il
progressing rapidly. and Mr.. Wade, the
contractor. informs us that he expects
to have It completed about Dec. IS.
Mr.. G. F. Reiff. who has been oper-
ating garage in the Hawkes. coach
factory building since last spring. has
moved to PurcellvilIe. Va.
The Re:tor's Guild will hold a Silver
Tea at the residence of Mrs. James M.
! Mason. on Fri iav afternoon, Nov. 9Th,
from until 6 Public cordially invited.
Hudnuts Perfumes and Toilet Ar
ticles-A new and well assorted stock
of these goods just received. at very
reasonable prices. Call and look them
over. Brown & Hooff, Pharmacists.
The Ladies Aid Society OF the M. E.
Church South. of Middleway, will hold
4 Parcel Post Sale and serve an old time
Virginia supper in the Masonic Hall.
Saturday. October "a 1914. Pubic cor
daily invited. Proceeds for the church
II ,rovement.
Mr.. Thomas .Eagan and his niece
Miss Mary Eagan, who we're painfully
injured m y runaway accident on Main
street last week, are improving. This
il another argument for hitching
yard. 1t is wonder there are not
more accidents of this kind.
DR.. Vim. Neill, Jr.. son Of DIR. and
Mra. VIM. Neill, Of this place, on Sat-
urday assisted in an operation on Gov
ornor tso.dsborouHh. in Annapolis, for
appendicitis. DR.. Neill ia now resident
physician OF the Church Home Infirm-
AIRY, and is making a mark for himself
rs surgeon,
The identifying committee of the
civic League have hsd number of
pictures taken Of yards and houses in
town made attractive by vines and
flowers. and the enterprising manager
OF the Opera Honse, MIR. E. g. Hen
son, has been showing them on his
slides this week.
Mr.. ]. Frank Weller had quite a
serious accident as He was taking Mr..
and Mrs. Geo. Hals home few days
ago. At Mathenas hill on the Me-
chan:cstown pike, his car skidded in
passing buggy and upset going
down the -emba nkment. Mrs. Hale
was seriously injured.
The Junior Epworth League OF
the Shenandoah Junction Methodist
Church will hold a Parcel Post
sale and serve refreshments in the
Odd Fellows Hall ON October 81, a
7.3O D. M. Packages valued at Is
cents or more will be sold for twenty
five cents each. Admission, one Irish
Potato. This is for the benefit OF
missions. Come over and help us"
A Tea Room has been opened over
the Misses Eddy's millinery store next
3 to the Jefferson Hotel. Light lunch.
cons are served; also tea, coffee and
hot chocolate. Hours from IL to s. A
woman's exchange is also run in con-
nection with the tea room, and orders
are taken for fancy work, homemade
cakes, pies. rolls, beaten biscuit, sax
ads, etc.
The Washington. Alexander & Cooke
Company have on exhibition at their of
fee samples of potatoes produced by use
OF their Special Potato fertilizer, same
being raised by w. j. Chamblin. Lee G.
Markle and N. T. Elgin; also specimens
Of corn raised by Edgar D. Conklyn,
John r. Ware and Smallwood & Boyd
on the w. B. Conrad farm, all of which
are excellent samples of agricultural
products.
Attorney c. N. Campbell, repre-
senting the heirs of the late T. Nv
Hammond, on Tuesday sold at public
auction the Hammond farm of LIT
acres including thrifty young
orchard of 10 acres of bearing apple
trees at WalpeE's crossroads. Three
of the heirs, Messrs. Hugh and Bates
Hammond and Mrs, Arthur Trussei
were the purchasers at 500 per acre
Mr., ]. sStrider Moler, the Bakertor
merchant was bidder at the sale
His highest bid being 500 per aeE
A box to be sent to the war ol
and widows of Europe on the Christ
mas Ship, viii be packed at Mrs. +
E. Cookies. All members of the civis
league and any Others interested, vii
kindly send their donations to Mrs
E. E. Cooke, by the 3rd of November
as the ship sails on the 10Th, VIVA
is needed; mittens, sweaters, gloves
mufflers, ear muffs. coats, suits, dres,
ses, dress goods. underwear. flannels
night clothes and stockings. Bah,
outfits. blankets, household Sottons
such as sheets. etc, shawlss handker
chiefs and aprons. caps, hats, doll'
and Toys.