Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1914-11-10
Local Miscellany.

bold big oyster roast next Monda
night
Mr.. Daniel Gag brought US last wee
a stem aff OF a blackberry bush. wit
fun developed fult upon it. some OF til
berries being RIPE
Mr.. Herbert II. Jennings, of Jeffer
son county, was married Oct. 81, il
Hyattstown, Md, to Miss Louise H
Linthicum, of that place.
At its recent meeting in Keyse
the Potomac Valley Round Table &C
cepted the invitation of Shepherds
town TO meet in that place mex. spring
Mrs. Grandstaff aud daughter, Mis-.
Lillian. have moved into the house late
ly occupied by Mr.. Henry Murray on
Washington Street.
The house aud lot of Robert Jenkins,
located IN Ransom. w. Va, was sold BY
John T. PorterheId, trustee. to d. S.
Hughes. last Saturday. fer $II62 90.
Jefferson County Sunday School Con-
vention will convene in this city at the
Baptist Church. Nov I2-I3th inst.
An interesting programme has been
prepared
The alarm of fire on Tuesday evening
about 9 O'Clock was caused by the burn
ing of an out building on the property
of the Misses Undertake.
Mrs L. d. Grandstaff and daughter,
Miss Lille, this week moved from
Ransom to the residence at 208 E.
Washington street formerly occupied
by Mr. A NJ. S. Morgan
Mr.. and Mrs. E. E. Cooke entertained
at dinner in honor of Miss Corinne Ma
son and Mr.. Walter w. Alexander,
whose marriage will take place on Nov.
I4th.
The Tea and Supper at the Presby-
terrain Chapel for the Red Cross fund
was we'll attended aud the ladies of the
Aid Society were gratifed, having
cleared $3.50,
On Monday, Nov 2, Mrs. Fred Bles-
sing celebrated her S7th birthday.
Mony of her friends at home and some
from a distance remembered her by
sending beautiful Fall flowers and Os-
trich plume chrysanthemums.
New directories for the Jefferson
County Telephone Co., have been
printed. They contain the names and
numbers of all patrons of the COM
pany. Every patron is invited to call
at the Telephone Exchange in Charles
Town and get one.
The Green Hi Orchard Company
who own an orchard of 65 acres on
the Warm Spring road four miles
northeast of town have about finished
packing their crop. Their orchard
yielded over 5000 barrels of market
able apples. More than half of these
were York Imperials.
On Friday evening Oct goth, Miss
Marguerite Earle Barnes gave Hallow-
cen party in honor of the house party
of six young people entertained at Glen
wood" the country home of Mrs. E. Glen
Barnes. from Oct 10th to Nov. 2nd,
The Ladies Aid Society of the NJ. E,
Church South, of Middlewav. will hold
a Parcel Post Sale and serve an old time
Virginia supper in the Masonic Hall,
Saturday, November FL, 1914. Public
cordially invited. Proceeds for the
church improvement.
Our Baptist lady friends together with
a delegation from each of the other
three churches in town. are making ar
engagements for the entertainment of
visitors to the Jefferson County Sunday
School Convention. Nov. 1918, to be
held In the Baptist Church.
Prof. Wright Denny and wife were
given a most pleasant surprise on Satur-
day evening after moving into their new
home. The pupils of the High School
and number of the teachers presented
them with handsome drugget. An APP
propriate speech was made by the assist
ant Principal Mr. John McGavock.
Messrs. Engle Bros, of the Head
Spring Dairy Farm have received
from S. P. Miller & Son, of Cham
bersburg, Pa, a registered Holsteln
bull. eleven months old. The young
animal is d fine speciman of the Hol-
stein breed and won the first prem
ium at both the Hagerstown and
Frederick fairs in October.
An important business change at
Summit Point is among the events OF
the week. Messrs. ]. w. Marshall &
Son who have been conducting
general mercantile business there lor
several years have sold their stock to-
gether with the building in which they
conducted their business to Mr.
Eugene V. Timberlake, who will take
charge on November IS.
DR.. J. J. Pittman has sold his farm
living near the Bloomery to Mr.. NJ.
Fl Hummer, now a resident of Clarke
county. but formerly Jefferson
county man, at the price of eighty
five dollars per acre. Mr.. Hummer
expects to come back to this county
to live in the spring, and we welcome
his return, as he made a most estlin,
able citizen. The sale was conducted
through the Real Estate Agency OF
Mr.. w. o. Norris.
Messrs. Leland Shugart, Allen Phil
lips, w. B. Alder, w. w. Alexander
and Geo. Z. Wysong, of Baltimore !;
Douglas Earnshaw, John 7. Trussell,
Earl Gore, ChaS. Phillips, Geo. Allen,
Herbert Young, William V. Ruhl,
Rowan and Ray Beller, Eugene OFT
A. Eugene Barr. Walter BeIler. Thomas
Washington, Newton Walters, Thos.
Beller, Louis Blessing, Newton Hedges
Clarence Manuel. Chas. Hilbert, Mar
- No. aIaaNF
shall Rohr, Harrel Rohr. David Wageiey
and Eugene Ely, of Washington u.
c., were among the West Vlrslnlans
who came to Charles own 10 ods'
their ballot on election day