Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1914-09-22
Local Miscellany.

!, Messrs. Rouss Bros. now have tha;
coid storage plant finished and read,
for use.
Mrs. Lambert Mason is having con
crete garage erected at the rear of he,
residence on S. Mildred street.
Mr. J. Z. II, Wooddy has in operation
tde shoe making machinery recently in.
stalled in his shop. aud is now ready t.
handle any kind of work in his line.
Mr.. Colston LaBoyteaux. formerlv
OF Charles Town, but recently, OF
san Francisco, Cal, is spending some
time with friends at "Snow Hill
There is no better opossum catcher in
town than LAWYER Sheet2; he just walks
out on his porch at night and picked
them off of his grape vine by the tail.
Married-At the homeot Mr.. and Mrs
M. E. Bolinger, on Sept. 10th. Mr.. N
Edgar Bolner, aud Miss Elsie Nav Orn-
dorff, both of near Front Royal, Va.
Rev. H. M. Moffett officiating.
Mrs. James Watson recently visited
her daughter, Mrs William Busey. Of
the Martinsburg vicinity, who has
| been helpless for some weeks. suffer-
ing from an attack of rheumatism.
Contractor Boxwell has force of men
at work on the stable of Mr.. J. Shirley
Smith near the school building, for the
school children's horses. 1t will be com.
p!eted in few days.
Mrs. ]. C. Holmes sale of personal
property attracted quite large crowd
on Tuesday and the things brought
goods prices. Mrs. Holmes will shortly
move to Cincinnati to live.
DR.. and Mrs. Lewis NJ. Allen have
gone to the White Mountains, in Yer
mont, where they will spend some
time. DR.. Allen will be in his Office
again during the fist week in October.
The new store front being put in the
old Talbot residence by Contractor John
o. Johnson is handsome affair, tits
mostly copper with fancy colored lights
and is one of the most attractive fronts
in town.
The Ladies Aid Society of the M. E.
Church South of Middleway, will hold
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
improvements
Rev. DIR. John o. Knott, formerly
connected with the Baltimore con-
ference Methodist Episcopal Church,
South, has been appointed by Secre-
tary Lane as special translator in the |
United States Bureau of Education a t
S1,S00 salary. DR. Knott is also act
ing as pastor of Capital Heights Con-
gregational Church, in a suburb OF |
the city which has 1000 inhabitants.
We are still paying nifty cents each
for hawks that are large enough to
kill or injure birds, Bring them to
Miller's Pharmacy and get your money.
Will pay the same amount for large
Owls.
A. S. Allen.
Thos C. Bowling,
w. w. Johnson,
C. P. Miller.
Already the Get Together Dinner of
the Board of Trade is assuming big pro-
portions The dinner will be given in
Rouss Hall at eight o'clock on Monday |
evening. September 2Sth. and it is
enough to say that it will be served by
the ladies' or the Baptist Church. That
means a repast to make ones mouth |
water IN anticipation.
The Socialists of this county at ! |
recent convention held in Harpers
Ferry made the following nomina-
tons: For Congress, DR. E. L.
Smith, of Martinsburg; State Senate,
G. w. Jones, Bolivar; County Clerk,
c. w. Beard, Bolivar; Circuit Clerk,
w. S. Winters, Bolivar; House Of
Delegates, Daniel N Taylor, Kellers
County Superintendent of Schools,
c. E. Marlatt, Harpers Ferry.
Mrs. Truman Roper will hold sup
per at he rhome for the benefit of the |
new Baptist Church in Charles Town.
Sandwiches, coffee, ice cream and
cake will be served. Besides, Mrs
Roper will send two "straw-ride'
wagons to take those wanting to at
tend. 1t will take place Thursday
evening, September oath and the |
wagons will leave at 7 O'Clock p. m,
from the Baptist Parsonage and Mrs
Joseph Glassford's residence.
The Lutheran congregation OF
Shepherdstown has awarded to ]. n.
linn & Co., of this place, contract
for the installation of a new heating
plant for both the church and the
parsonage, and the work will be done
at once. The hot-air furnace origi-
nally placed in the church has never
been entirely satisfactory, and steam
plant will now be installed. The par
sonage will also be heated in up-to-
date stvle. with hot-water system. |
The work will be in charge of Walter
J. Rider.
Stephenson Seminary opened Tues
day, September IS, with 40 scholars
upon the roll. Miss Martha Robbins
of Baltimore Co., Md, and Miss Gene
We've James, of Hendricks, W. va,
were the new pupils who matriculated
at the school this year so far, whist
there is a goodly number yet to pre-
sent themselves. Miss Mary McCune,
a graduate of Wilson College, Cham
bersburg. Pa, has been added to the
faculty and teaches English and Latin
and Miss Virginia Rider, a last year