Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1915-10-07


Mr.. J ]. Wysong has purchased
Ford machine from the Jefferson Gar
age.
{ Miss Moler, one Of the nurses at the
hospital, Was operated on Monday for
appendicitis.
Miss Duval and the faculty Of st.
Hilda's Hall will be at home to their
friends on Tuesday afternoons in Octo-
Der from to $50.
Mr. Frank Bayliss has moved his
family here from Capon Springs and
is occupying the Timberlake property
on Congress street.
An adjourned meeting OF ladies in
terested in forming LADIES' chorus
will meet for organization. Friday
evening at 7:3O o'clock.
Mrs. Edwasd Ambrose, who under
went very serious operation at the
hospital last week, is improving as
well as could be expected.
Mr.. E. E.. Furf has purchased the
residence property of the late General
CraighilI on 8. Mildred street, from
the CraighiIl heirs. The price paid
was $4,000.
j Rev. Paca Kennedy Of the Virginia
Theological Seminary preached in
Zion Episcopal Church on Sunday and
administered the rite of Holy Commu-
nioa. While here he was the guest OF
his sister. Mrs, Edmund Taylor.
All Confederate Veterans desiring
to attend the State Reunion at Fred.
eyicksburg, Va, will please give their
names to Mr.. S. e Young. The re-
union will be held on Tuesday and
Wednesday and Thursday, October
10 20 and 81.
The Fall meeting of the Potomac
Valley Round Table will meet at Frost.
burg, Md. Friday and Saturday, Nov.
5 and 6 This is an association of sew.
eral hundred teachers in the Potomac
Valley of West Virginia and Maryland
Mr.. R. w. Dunaway moved on
Wednesday into Mr.. S. H. Lands
house on E. Washington street. Mrs.
Miller's house on West Washington
street, vacated by Mr.. Dunaway, viii,
be occupied by Mr.. and Mrs. G. Lip
pitt Renner.
The Palm Hotel has received hand
some new Automobile Bus. and 1t is now
running to and from the trains. Mr..
Hamilton, proprietor Of the Palm,
believes in being enterprising, and en-
dsavors to keep his hotel fully abreast
Of the, times.
Mr.. E. e. Cooke has sold his Talbot
lot on West Congress Street to Miss Ka-
tie Leslie. Miss Leslie will Immediately
commence the erection of dwelling
house thereon, which will be finished in
stucco work. and will be quite an i'm
provement to that part of the town.
The apartments in the St. George
building on E. Washington street are
about ready for occupancy and ten
ants are moving into them. Mr.. j. M.
Miley has reserved one for his own
use; Messrs. II. N. Watson. C. l.. Ra-
mey and C. M. Neuroh have also ent-
ed apartments.
The Civic League of the Charles
Town Graded and High School met on
Thursday evening and elected the fol-
lowing officers: Miss Julia Wynkoop
president; Miss Katherine Baylor,
vice-president; Miss Edna Ronemous,
secretary; Mr.. Jack Selden. treasurer.
Work for the Fall was planned and
gennral committees appointed to at
tend to certain important matters.
Mr. w. A .Spen9ler has broken
around on his lot on Mildred street
and expects to build so as to have
his home ready to occupy by spring,
He will build an eight room. house
with large verandas in front and in
the rear. 1t is to be pebble dashed in
one of the new shades of brown with
white trimmings When completed it
Z will have all the modern conyeniences.
to make an up-to-date house, this will
make another up-to-date residence on
this avenue of beautiful homes.
With the election of officers to
serve the ensuing year and the selcc-
ton of Huntington as the next place
of meeting, the eighteenth annual state
convention of the United Daughters
of the Confederacy held at Clarks-
burg adjourned Thursday afternoon.
Officers elected were: President, Miss
Jennie Price, .Lewisburg; first vice
president, Mrs R. v. Campbell, Blue
field; second vice-president, Mrs.
George C. Stone, Clarksburg record
ing secretary; Miss Sallie Lee Powell.
Shepherdstown; corresponding secre-
tary, Miss Kinnie E. Smith, Parkers-
burg; treasurer. Mrs. Mary Stribbling,
Martinsburg; historian, Miss Ora Tom.
linson. Charles Town; registrar, Mrs.
Bruce Yokum, Beverly, recorder Of
the Gross of Honor, Mrs. T. S. Carter,
Fayetteville director of childrenis
auxiliary, Mrs. Charles L. Reed, Hunt
ington.
Mr.. Charles H. Russell died Friday
morning at his home in Charles Town
at $50 O'Clock, aged 81 years. He
has been in failing health for the past
two months, being afflicted with tub
erculoSis, stomach trouble and other
complications that caused him to grow
I worse rapidly, and for the past several
weeks death has been expected al