Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1916-07-25
Local MISCELLANY.

painting the residence of Mr.. II. A.
Carroll.
Mr.. Charles C. Miller has sold tc
Mr. Charles Boyd handsome Mitchell
Six Touring Car
Don't fail to attend the Stieff Piano
Demonstration at Dunnaway's com
mencing Saturday.
Mr.. j. l.. Pearson has bought the
restaurant formerly operated by Mr..
X. C. Smithson on George street.
Don't forget to visit the Daughters
of the Confederacy tent at the Horse
Show on August IA and Is in Charles
Town.
c. F. Wall has shipped several car
loads of wool the past week and has
large amounts in his different ware
houses, and is still getting in large lots
from dealers.
Polly Thornton, colored woman OF
Charles Town was adjudged insane by
the County Lunacy Board on Wednes.
day. She will be taken to the asylum
in few days.
Let everybody exhibit their stock at
the Charles Town Horse Show, Aug.
IA and Is. If you have a met driving
horse. ladies' saddle horse or drift
colt. be sure to enter it. Entries close
Aug. 2.
Mr. j. w. Wolff, the well-known
architect of Wayneshoro, Pa, was in
town last Thursday. He is making
plans for the new Methodist church at
Kabletown. which will cost five or six
thousand dollars.
Messrs. Phillips & Moreland will sell
at public auction at their warehouse in
Charles Town on Saturday. August 5,
four Corn King manure spreaders. 1
Babcock trap and set of harness See
advertisement in this issue
Mr.. Charles Writ. who lives on the
McCurdy place near Rippon. fell off
load of hay last Wednesday and was
picked up unconscious. He had bone
in his wrist broken, lost several teeth
and was otherwise severely injured.
Mr. Houston Barnes, genial young
man from Middleway is the new clerk
at the Jefferson Hotel Since the hotel
has undergone change in management
the interior of the building is being re-
painted and general renovation is be-
ing given it.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernst Brockmann,
expect to move from the post office
building the first of the month and take
possession of Mr.. Charles Strikers
house and Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Taylor
expect to take possession of the fiat
vacated by Mr. Brockman.
Judge Woods, at recent term of
the Jefferson Circuit Court decided
that the road running between the
Hopkins and Starry lands from the
Harpers Ferry pike. should be opened
by the county. Decree W suspended
thirty days to allow an appeal,
A deed was filed for record in the
Clerks Office this week conveying one
of the farms of the late David Rillmyer
by Special Commissioners George Nj.
Beltzhoover and Charles E. Williams
to w. Lee Banks. The farm contains
$50 acres located on the Shepherd pike,
north of Shepherdstown. The price
was S13, 943 So
The Woman's Missionary Society of
the Charles Town Baptist Church
gives its deep thanks and highest ap-
probation to the friends who rendered
the beautiful musical numbers and lit
erary selections and to those who COM
posed the generous audience at the
Musical and Reading given in the
church July II.
The stockholders of the Northern
Virginia Power Company at their an
nual meeting in Winchester on Tues
day last, reelected the board of direc-
tors of last year. Capt. Lewis F.
Cooper, Of Winchester, was reelected
president and Col. R. P. Chew, of
Charles Town, vice president of the
company. The president read his an
nual report showing the progress of
the company in various directions, the
building of additional lines reaching
Stephens City, Carson Lime Company
and Front Royal. The company is
now operating in Warren, Clarke and
Frederick counties. Va. in jefferson
and Morgan counties in West Virginia
and in Washington county, Md.
The engagement of Miss Gretchen
Bigelow, of Worcester. Mass. to Mr..
Paul j. Thomson, of New Orleans. has
been announced by Mrs. Laurence G.
Bigelow. mother of the bride elect.
The wedding will take place in the fall,
Miss Bigelow comes of a distinguished
New England family and is widely
known throughout Massachusetts. Mr..
Thomson is the son of DR.. and Mrs. A.
P. Thomson, of Summit Point. He is
the brother OF Mr.. James M, Thomson
of New Orleans, who married Miss
Genevieve Champ Clark about a year
ago. Mr.. Thomson is a graduate of
the Virginia Military Institute. and
for three years was an engineer engag-
ed in the construction of the Virginian
Railway. He is now vice president of
the New Orleans Item Company.