Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1915-11-30
Local MISCELLANY.
Mr.. BIN, knight has beerqute i

MI. y. M, might mas DeerQufte i'll
at his home IN Ransom.
Constable Laudon Quick had a vain
abe horse killed by an N&W, train one
night last week.
Mir. Thomas E Bsumgardner has the
addition t. his house near Halltown
ready for the roof.
Mr.. ard Mrs w. B. DAVIS who have
! the up1oid fever, are getting along as
well as IN be expected.
Mr. Perry w. Barr has b, en- suffrriro
from mid case cf smallpox il Chic
ago, a. d is now couvslesc mt.
} TIE new schedule went iato effect on
the B. & O. Railroad SUNDAY. There is
no change on the VALLEY DIVISION.
A Colnred man from Nar,insburg was
crt by parties unknown at the Star of
Bethlehem Hall last Thursday night.
The corp ration has lii a concrete
floor n tn stable occupied by D. o.
L Lockwo d as veterinary Hospital.
Gate number of he Citizens F r. c..
W IN UNI and fife corps. attended the
celeb at on in Martnsburg last rhu.sday
$40 was r a 'zed at theTh4nksqiving
dianer and supper gwen hy the ladies
in the NJ E Church S III h dining room.
County Clerk Charles A. Johnson deli
veled an address before the lodge OF Ma
sons at Ha1pers Ferry last Saturday
njgh
NJ. ". w, johnson s painting tn
Flagg Properly, and the house erected.
on thr sigh. f the C, t;age is b ing peb-
be dasked.
Mr.. ant Mrs. Herm ,u Bush were
cal ed to Berryvlle las week on account
of the death OF Mrs. Bust, aunt, MIS-.
Harriet lloyd.
Mr.. Woodvile Johnson who was oper-
rted on recently at the Charles Town
Hospital We are glad to learn he is well
on the way to recovery,
The ladies of the Mlllville Sunday
School will hold a soup supper in the
POS. of A, Hall Saturday evening Dec
H. 1918 Pub ic invited.
The Jefferson County Telephone
Company has installed phones in the
residences of D. ]. Howell and !. H.
Nicewarner, at Riverside.
The Rector's Guild of ZION Episcopal
Church will hold a Silver Tea atthe resi-.
d-nce of Mrs. Charles A. Johnson or
Saturday afternoon. December L. from
to 3. Public cordially invited.
Ethel Lancaster, little daughter of
Mr. and Mrs j. S. Lancaster, of
Weiricks Mil. was ran over by an auto
mob lie in Charles Town Saturday night.
but fortunately was not seriously injured
Mrs. D. !. Bnsh entertained her Sun
day School Class, at her home near
Charles Town recently. The members
of lh7 class to the number of twenty-five
liked OFT i'll the morning aud spent a
ve-y enjoyable day
St Andrews Guild will hold their u ~
al Sale Of Fancy Articles, candy. etc, on
Thursday, December 9th at the Parish
House. SPECIAL sale of Meudets, which
will mend granite, tin or hot water bags
Afternoon Tea seryet from $50 to
Sale will open at ?. 80 P NJ instead of IL
a m
M=sSr, Brown Brothers, with their
usual lib crafty, sent u lib-ral supply
of oYs,ers for our Thanksgiving dinner.
This has been custom of their house
handed down from ad houored sire.
| May the members Of the present firm,
IN the words of Rip Van Wrinkle, Live
Long and Prosper"
Rev, F. A. Tyler, preaced a special SER
mon to Malta Lodge Nos f, and A. NJ.
IN the NJ, E. Cnurc1 South last Sunday
night there was good size congregation
present Including large number of the
order, He delivered an eloquent discourse
from Cal. 3;I4 Aud above all these things
put on charity which Is the bond of per
fectne>s.
We We're in HarperS f cry last week
and were shown by Postmaster Eugene
Shugart though his fine new house on
the bluff owe ! ,olling the Pot ,m &c just
west of the Hilltop House 1t is OF n tive
limestone has every modern convenience
has fine sweep of the Potomac IN DO h
directions aud IS one OF the finest and
most unique dwellings IN this section.
The ME-. Church South of Charles
Town has just closed a successful cam
lDaqn to eliminate a cebt of $I,I77. 65 on
the church A committee composed OF
Messrs F.A. Tyler, VIM. E Reed, John
q. Bishop, MT. Stridsr. Ms. J. Rtrider-
D. w. Ramey. S. H, Lands. S.H, Knight
Frank Rolemus. B. H Rtddieberger, O.,
VI. Darlington, and A o. A bin. under
took the work aud brought it to success
Jul couc'u ion on Thanksgiving night at
which time all the notes held good at the
church were burned.
ia Johl son, a we'll known colored
woman, wife of Lewis Johnson, died at
her hone about three miles south OF
Charles Town last Wedn .sday aged
al, ut so years. She was woman OF
e>timable Character. a4d was well liked
BY all who knew h-r. She leaves heI
husband and daughie~, Mary Lee. one
brother, Richard Thompson. and two
SISTERS, Mrs Haney Johnson and MIS-
E len Carmichael. Funeral services
took place at heI late home Saturday
Afternoon, and she was buried in The
family burying ground nearby.
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