Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1914-07-14
Local Miscellany.

| Mr.. William Wilt. at Rippon. threshe
81 bushels of wheat per acre from 3
acres.
Little Miss Mary Nelson Neville CAV
a party to large number of her littl
friends on Tuesday evening.
The ladies of the NJ. E. Church Soutl
at Leetown will hold lawn party on tn
lawn of Mr., E. c. Watson on Thursday
July IT.
c. F. Wall sold his cattle from tht
Altoona farm to a packing house tn,
past week, the gains while on pas
ture was $500 per month, no grair
was fed.
A number of teachers and student.
of Holy Cross College, in the Dis.
trict of Columbia are enjoying theil
annual outing in camp at Shannon
dale Springs.
Mr.. Chester Viands, of this county
and Miss Nina Westrater, of Mar
tinSburg, were married last Saturda,
at the Methodist parsonage in The
latter place by Rev. B. w. Weeks.
Messrs. Anderson & Co., the well
known merchants OF Ransom, are build
ing large addition to their store or
Preston street, and will have larger and
improved facilities for the accommoda
ton of their trade.
Mr.. Frank M, Ref, of York, Pa, is
now with his son in the Standard Ma
chine Shops, on Liberty street. Mr.. Rel
is an experienced machinist and automo
bile man. See the adv. of the Standard
Machine Works IN this paper.
Mr.. Stanley H. Woody who has
been in the employ of the Citizens
Fire Insurance Co., of Baltimore, Md.
has accepted a position with the
Young and Selden Co., Bank and
Commercial Stationers, of tina tcity.
Charlie Wing, the well-known Chinese
laundryman, was married in Saulsberry,
N. c., June ~, to Miss Alice Mesaman
OF that place. They came to Charles
Town imme diately, and will make their
home here. Mrs. Wing left yesterday
to pay visit to her old home.
Mr.. Richard H. Frazier who has
been engaged in the live stock
business in this section of the
county, has bought farm near
Poolesville, Md, and with Mrs. Fra
sier, and her sister, Miss Willie f.
Eby will move to the farm about
August /.
Mr.. H. P. Cline has about completed
the new Baptist church and will turn il
over to the building committee by August
I. He has just completed large addi
ton to the fertilizer plant of Washington.
Alexander & Cooke, and will raise and
otherwise improve the property OF
Phillip Jackson.
Hyman Wiener, the North George
street junk dealer, is making extensive
improvements to his property, erecting
a two story ware house 4ox46 feet, with
10 ton Fairbanks scales and office at
tached, and has erected high fence
around the property and painted the
same.
Those from town who attended the
brilliant "bal masque" at Boydville
Tuesday evening were Misses Barbara
Campbell, Frances Moore, Eleanor
Eyster, Mary Morris Mason, Rosebud
Mason, Virginia Wright. Elizabeth
Green, Messrs. Geo. S. Eyster, Jay
Wysong, Francis Daniel.
The Ladies Aid Society of the Charles
Town Baptist Church will serve sand
wlches and coffee, ice cream and cake
in the room of the Jefferson County Tele
phone Company, formerly occupied by
the & restaurant, on Friday and
Saturday evenings, June 18th and 18th,
from five to ten o'clock, Public cordial
ly invited.
The Rev. and Mrs c. H. Cannon, Of
Summit Point, Jefferson circuit, cele
brated the 18th anniversary of theil
eddlng last Thursday, July g, at the
parsonage, from 7 to II P, m. The par
sonage was decorated with ferns and
vines and the large mapletrees were be-
decked with Japanese lanterns. The
evening was ideal aud the refreshment:
of cake, cream and punch tempted ano
satisfied the appetites of the large host
of friends aud visitors,
Mr.. Frank o. Trump, the Kear-
| neysville contractor, was last weel
awarded the contract for building al
extensive addition to the parish hous'
of Zion Episcopal Church, Charlie.
Town. The new addition will be con
structed on the east side of the pres
ent building, and will be connectc'
with it for the purpose of enlargini
the Sunday School room. Most o
the additional floor space thus secur
ed will be devoted to charging tn
main Sunday School room, while
portion of it will be divided int
lclass-rooms. The Improvement wi
cost over $4,000
There was a special meeting of tn
Town Council last Friday night to hea
complaint of John Wagley aud other ia
payers against the crushing of stone b
Henry Martin on the lot near the Jsffel
son Mill. Col. Forrest w. Brown rel
resented the owners of the lot, After
good deal of discuss on it was ordere
that a committee be appointed to confe
with the parties interested, examine tn
location and see if mutual agreemen
Icould not be entered into, and repor