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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1916-01-18
Report Of the Condition
OF THE
Bank of Charles Town

Located at Charles Town. Jefferson Copr,r
In the State of West Virginia. At the cIosa ;
business Dec. 81, 1915. o'''' Vi
Bank first began business April 1871.
RESOURCES.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1916-01-18

We carry building sand, Rock Lime ant
Plaster at o. NJ. Phillips Lum Der and Sup
ply Co.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1916-01-18

State of West Virginia, County of Jefferson.
+, s. Lee Phillips. Cashier of the above
named bank, do so1emn1y swear that the
above statement is true to the best of my
knowledge and belief.
8. LEE PHILLIPS, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn TO before me this
18th day of January 1916
GEO. T. LIGHT,
Notary Public.
Commission Expires Dec9, 1919
w RELY,
G. F. WALL,
w. A. HIGGS,
Directors
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1916-01-18
Chill dren Dry
FOR FLETcHER'S
GA 8 TO z "a

Walnut Kernels wanted at Brown Bros.
New line Hats and caps at s. NJ. OFT Co.
Frseh batteries, Pyrene fire extinguishers
nd all auto accessories at the jefferson
rarapp
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1916-01-18
A DESIRABLE BRICK
RESIDENCE,

Property situate in the town eff MiddlewaY,
in said county. formerly the Lutheran Par
sonage 1t will make d desirable home, and
is centrally located for business purposes.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1916-01-18
A DWELLING HOUSE

situate about two miles from the town of
Middleway, in Jefferson County. West
virginia, near the smithfied and Shepherds
town turnpike. said parcel of land
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1916-01-18
FuR PRosECUITING ATTORNEY.

Ols I .
hereby make formal announcement OF
my candidacy for the Democratic nomina-
ton for Prosecuting Attorney OF Jefferson
County at the Primary Election TO be neid
on June 8, 1916 If nominated and elected !.
pledge myself to devote to the duties oI
the office the most careful attention and
determined effort of which | am capable.
C.N. CAMPBELL
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1916-01-18

BRICK UWELLtNO HVU0L
with rooms, located on the East Side Of
West street, fronting p II feet on West
Street, and running back between posted
lines 1872 feet TO the rear; being part OF lot
No. s of the original plat of the tewn OF
Charles Town, and being the same real es-
tste that was conveEed to VIM. Shorto oy
phoebe Brady, ct ais. By deed Of bargain
and sale, bearing date Of July IL. 1911, and
recorded in The County Clerk re office of JET
ferson County, in Deed Book No. 30, page
1876
TERMS OF sALE-Oue third cash on day
of sale aud balance in one and two years
seenred by a lien on the property conveyed.
JOHN T. PoRTERFIELD,
Trustee.
I. Chas. w Conrad, Clerk of the Circuit
Cont of Jefferson County hereby certities
that John T Porterfield, Trustee, has exc
cuted bond for $500, as required by the
above decree.
Jan. At.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1916-01-18
Parcel of Real Estate.
BRICK DWELLING HOUSE

located in Charles Town, ". va conNISVIl
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1916-01-18

Jan. AT.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-07-08
cothie Architecture.

The styles called Gothic, spr1nems
from q common source in Romanesque
architecture and developing through
ont western Europe on differing hnes'
are in general characterized oy the
following features, although not all on
these win be found in all examples:
Ribbed vaulting, pointed arches, me
fytue arch and pinnacled buttress'
clustered shafting, traceried windows
I'm all but the earliest phases, stained
class, a progressive tendency toward
holiness, lightness Of supports and
suppression Of wall surfaces, q sys-
tam of decoration Of which one Gle
ment was the emphasis and adornment
of structural features and another tne
use of sculpture and carving Of human
animal vegetable and grotesque forma
controlled by a definite didactc pur
pose and significance, and finally tne
use of available materials according &C
their nature upon principles In part o.
structural logic and in part OF decora
tive effect-A. D. r. Hamlin In Arcm
tectural Record
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-07-08
An Eariy Ironclad.

Many people imagine that the frst
armored ship was the iron cased fr1g-
ate" Gloria, launched for the French
navy I'm 1857, yet, according to the Pop
ular Science Monthly, the Dutch built
an armored vessel nearly 300 years ear
lier. That was in 1855, when Antwerp
was besieged by the Spaniards. The
Dutch took one Of their biggest ships,
cut her down and erected on the deck
battery with armored and sloping
sides. within which they mounted eight
of the heaviest guns the factories OF
the day could produce. The roof OF
the battery formed an armored breast
work for men armed with crossbows
and shotguns, and there were gratings
in the roof to provide ventilation for
the battery below. A contemporary
picture of the FINS Belli, as she was
called, bears a striking resemblance to
the Merrimac, which was designed and
built on precisely the same principles.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-07-08
When We Feared the Indians.

At a recent gathering Of life insur-
ance men one Of the old timers exhib-
fled a copy of a permit which had
been attached to a policy issued In
1868. This permit read:
"The within assured has permission
10 reside In any settled part Of the
states of California, Nevada, Oregon
or Washington territory and while so
residing to make trips (as passenger
only on first class steamers plying be-
tween the ports Of Washington terri
tory, the states Of California and Ore
gon and the Sandwich Islands and to
proceed to and return from In like
manner or by public conveyance over
land:
Provided that written notice be Civ
en- by the assured whenever any trip
to the Sandwich Islands or to the At
lantic states is undertaken to the gen.
eral agent of the company at San
Francisco. Cal. and provided, also, that
on the overland route the said assured
to take his own risk by death from
hostile Indians" Street Journal
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-07-08
Go;no without Food.

Science says that If he can get drink
ing water an ordinary man can exist
for about thirty days without food. At
the end of that time the machinery OF
the body will not be ruined and can be
entirely strengthened back to its old
standard by careful feeding. About
one-quarter of our body weight Is fat,
and it is mostly this fat which Is abb
sorbed as food during the period OF
starvation. We can absorb and burn
I'D our muscles until 60 per cent OF
their weight has gone. We can do the
same with from 80 to 40 per cent OF
our liver and digestive organs and 20
Der cent of our lungs. Our hearts can
lose 10 per cent, and our brains and
nervous system can lose per cent 1t
will thus be seen that the more vital
organs, brain and heart, yield least OF
their valuable substance for the life OF
the body, while the less valuable sub.
stances-fat, muscles, and so on-are
consumed first-New York American.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-07-08
Driven INSANE BY 100
CIGARETTES A DAY
Sent to an Asylum Upon Saloon
keepers Complaint and Doc
tors Testimony.

Detroit Mich.-Frank Winters, the
man who smoked a hundred cigarettes
q day. was committed to the Pontiac
asylum by Judge Hubert recently In
the probate court
The incessant use Of the cigarettes
was declared by DR.. S. l. Layton, VINO
examined Winters, to have affected his
mind. Frequenting a saloon at the cor
ner of Chamberlain and Lawndale ave-
nues. Winters smoked until his supply
gave out and his money too. After
that he begged smokes from the Gus
toners of the saloon, according to 10
seph Berman, the proprietor OF the
place.
Berman petitioned the court to have
Winters taken to an asylum. A Ger
man by birth, Winters was getting
along well In this country until the
cigarette habit got the upper hand
Given jobs by Berman, Winters even
lost his power OF application to simple
work.
mo more work for me-" he would
say as he would sit down on the Job.
Berman told Investigators.
The nicotine undoubtedly had de-
teriorating effect on his mentality, Dr..
Layton declared
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-07-08
Shaving on One Side.

The shaving on one side only OF the
heads and boards of prisoners OF war
was obviously done to prevent any at
tempt at escape. But there have been
other motives for such half shaving,
which occurs at all sorts Of points In
history. Sometimes the act has been
pure insult, as when Hanun, king OF
the children Of Ammon, shaved on
half Of the boards Of David's servants
In these days the victims would have
mended matters by shaving the other
half. But Jewish reverence for the
beard forbade that, and David told the
men to "tarry at Jericho until your
boards be grown" Demosthenes, when
he shut himself up for months In
subterranean chamber to practice ora
tory, shaved half Of his head to cut
OF all temptation to 60 abroad.-Lon'
don Chronicle.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-07-08
A Natural Born Spender.

When a long forgotten cousin died
and left Miss Mitfield a round hun
dred thousand the entire village, after
having recovered from the shock, fell
to wondering whether the faded little
spinster, after having for sixty-three
years pinched and scraped and plain
sewed just to keep soul and body to-
gether. would. after all, get much COM
fort from her eleventh hour opulence.
The state of little Miss Mitheld's
mind was revealed when her next door
neighbor inquired what she should do
with her money - did she mean to
save It?
Save it, Her eyes flashed with
new found scorn. Listen to me,
Betsy: all my life long I've wanted
pair of side combs with yellow glass
beads onto EN-. and now I'm goin' tc
hev EN-: yes. ma'am, even IL / should
hav Ia go as high as so centsF'-
Yuuth'< Companion.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-07-08
r.hv. of Two Maidsns.


Once there were two mafdens VINO
souebt to catch a nice young man. and
Il was a false start in the eyes OF the
undiscerning, for the one was exceed
fngly fair to look upon and dressed
stvlishly- while the other was plain OF
countenance.
The pretty girl smiled sweety on the
nice young man and talked to him ull
she dazzled him with her beauty and
charmed him with her wit The plain
one gazed wonderingly at him and
made him talk to her Of divers things,
while she listened, entranced at bis
wisdom and learning.
He took the pretty girl out riding, TO
the theater and bought her chocolates
and flowers, and all the knowing ones
said she had struck a winner, when
one day he married the plain girl and
took her on the continent for their
honeymoon
The pretty girl had made him very
much pleased with her, but the plain
girl had gone one better and made hin
yery much more pleased with himself.
Moral.-The people who read human
nature as they run generally get mrs
TO the wire.-Pearson's.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-07-08
Powers of Sheik al Islam.

The office Of sheik ul Islam-literal-
" chief or ancient of Islam-ranks Sec
ond only to that of sultan in the Otto
man empire. Its holder is ecclesiasti-
cal head of the empire and supreme in
terpreter of the Koran, with absolute
control over all imams, dervishes and
religious institutions, but he has ju-
dicial and political authority also, be-
ing, indeed. first magistrate, privy seal
and minister for education. In some
respects the sheik III Islam is superior
even to the sultan, for his edicts are
irrevocable. The sultan may dismiss
him before he issues an edict, but the
edict once issued takes automatic legal
effect. even though, as happened in the
case of Abdul Hamid, it DEGREES the
deposition of the sultan himself
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-07-08
WOULDN'T SPOIL HIS FINGERS
Artistic Hands, Out of a Job, Refuses
to Shovel Coal.

Artistic Hands, Out of a Job, Refuses
to Shovel Coal.
Montclair, N. J.-If a man has piano
fingers" and Is offered a job on q coal
wagon should he accept the Job to
support his wife and six children, or
should a philanthropic society place
him In some position where his digital
refinement would not be affected by
manual labor?
This Is one Of the questions pro
pounded In the annual report Of Mrs.
Nettie 2. Patterson, superintendent of
the Altruist society. Mrs. Patterson
mentions the case In referring to the
difficulties that confront the society.
She said that a man when offered q
place on the coal wagon refused, say
ing he had been told he had 'tpiano
singers" and did not wish to spoil
them.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-07-08
serrows of an Author.

dany of the sOrrows OF tne au'n'
IN this living present are quite as &C.
dive as $50 years ago when Whnam
oldvs lived and died in London Inc
.sblne pencil was as remorseiess men,
,bonpb under some name now rorgoc-
ten. Oldys tells how he wrote some
yaIuabIe article of nearly two sneets
and how the bookseller, "for sordid
cain and to save a little expense M
print paper, got Mr.. John Campbell 70
cross IL and cramp it. and play the
devil with IT, till he squeezed II INTO
less compass than a sheet" The book
borrower Of. that time was the same
neglectful person that many OF US
know today, and Oldys signs over
hooks he has lent which have never
been returned. He was a Keen anu
quarry, delighting especially In musty
manuscripts, and, half In temper anu
half in good humor, tells Of "Old Coun-
selor Fame, who gave me a parcel OF
manuscript and promised me others
which he never gave me nor anything
else besides a barrel Of oysters"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-07-08
Navel Methoda of Warfare.

In ancient history there are two well
authenticated instances Of wild AMI
mails being used by attacking armies.
The first is related by Appian when
describing the siege of Themiseyra, In
Pontus, BY Lucullus in his war against
Mithridates. Turrets were brought up,
mounds were built and huge mines
were made by the Romans. The PEG,
pie of Themiseyra dug open these
mines from above and through the
holes cast down upon the workmen
bears and other wild animals, togeth
er with swarms Of bees. The second
instance occurred in England when
the Danes and Norwegians were at
lacking Chester, held by the Saxons
and some Gallo auxiliaries. Aftel
adopting stoning and boiling water de
fenses in vain against the besieger:
the Saxons threw down all the, bee
hives In the town upon the attackers
who were soon routed
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-07-08
Tendency In What Counts.

OF course there can be no such thing
as perfection in this vale Of tears, but
the man who turns his back upon it OH
that account hasn't good common sense.
The man who is low down and tending
upward is nearer perfection than the
man who is high up and tending down
ward. Tendency is the profoundest fact
in life-in religion, education, society
politics. When an astronomer sees a
comet for the first time he will ascer.
tain its direction, even if its progress
is only a minute or two. and will de-
scribe its course among the stars fol
weeks ahead. He simply studies the
tendency, and one can tell where
man will be ten years from now by
the same sort of mathematics. Thai
tendency may reach human perfection
IL 1t is started right and the direction
maintained.-Ohio State Journal
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-07-08
National Flags.

II the question were asked which
country's national flag had been long
est In use the answer would be either
the dragon banner Of China or the
chrysanthemum flag Of Japan. Inc
former has been used from very
early period, and the latter Is as oid
as the present dynasty in Japan, which
Is the most ancient In the world.
Among European national flags tnat
of Denmark, white St Georges cross
on a red ground, is the most ancient
having been in use since 1918. No
other flag has existed without change
for anything like the same period as
q national emblem, although there are
royal standards that are older.
The Spanish colors date only nom
1855, and Great Britain's flag In its
present form was first flown after the
union with Ireland in 1901. The starr
and stripes Of the United States YVES
first planned and ordered by Washing
ton of an upholsterer in Philadelphls
and formally adopted on June IA. TIT
London Spectator.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-07-08
MRS. EDISON RAPs
ABBREVIATED SKIRT,
Hundreds Present When Inv. :
Wife Hits cIoshins-Urss. e;,,.
to Be Modest.

New York.-Hundreds of von.
Gently heard well known woms~
were delegates to the Nation.I . no
Grafton Of WOmen's Clubs con1.
discuss dress-the right and N
kind Of dress. the future dress ana y
cost Of dress. All the speako.-
vocated greater individualitv - ID
Mrs. Thomas A. Edison msda go
peal for greater modesty in dres. ~.
tcularly Of young women, and q =
unmistakable terms assailed clots, -
which, She said, tended to lead ,.-
down to degradation. She denonno.s
-the present abbreviated skirts ana -
covered shoulders" saying: Th,s
father who frequently reminded :.
Daughter. be modest l think a.
would be good advice to our gir,, -
day"
Her husband. Mrs. Edison said h.s
declared there was not more than N.
woman in q hundred who WA v.n
dressed
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-07-08
LITTLE TOWN IN OHIO
J PLAINLY ON THE MAP
Clyde Has Several Claims to Dis.
tinction In Connection With
country's Wars.

Sandusky, O.-The village Of Cyde
fourteen miles southwest Of this civ
was the home not only of the highest
ranking officer killed during the civil
war, but also Of the first American
killed in the Spanish-American war
It has the distinction also Of being the
nucleus of what is now the Women's
Relief corps. General ]. B. McPher.
son, killed at Atlanta In the civil war,
and George B. Mack, the first Amer
can killed in the Spanish-American
war, are both buried there.
According to Joel Elliot Of CLYDE.
Mrs. Hattie Mcpherson, aunt Of Gen
eral Mcpherson, organized the first
Ladies' Aid society after the civil war
began, and it was from the Ladies' Aid
society of the sixties that the Women's
Relief corps Of the present day grew.
Elliot says further that army rec
ords at Washington will show that In
proportion to population, more men
enlisted at Clyde for both the civil and
Spanish-American wars than from any
other place of its size in the United
States.
President Garfield was to have been
the principal orator at the unwilling
of the Mcpherson monument when,
on Saturday, July 2, 1881, he left the
White House to go to the seaside to
spend Sunday with his family before
proceeding to Ohio and was shot while
waiting for his train.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-07-08
Coffee With Milk.

For many years after coffee was nrst
drunl; in Europe. says the Manchester
Guar,,:.ln. no one thought OF mixing 1t
with milk any more than the Turks
and Arabs do now. The use Of coffee
au lait seems TO date from 1857. Nine.
de Sevi.ne. writing to her daughter In
that year. said that a doctor much In
vogue has taught us to mix sugar and
milk with our coffee. They make
most delightful compound. which Will
help to support me through the rigors
of Lent"
In q letter written seven years ear
lier she had mentioned as an eccentric
proceeding on the part Of Nine. de La
Sabliere that "she drinks milk to her
tea" Readers Of "Unbeaten Tracks
In Japan" may remember that one OF
the Anus thought 1t disgusting that
Mrs. Bishop should drink milk and
pollute her tea with a fluid having %
strong q smell and taste.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-07-08
PRACTICAL HEALTH HINT,
Nosebleed.

= Whatever may be the cause Of
= bleeding at the nose, always
= send at once for a physician and
= see that he Is told the cause Of
= the bleeding If it is known.
= While waiting for the doctor
= to arrive take care Of the patient
. as best you can.
= Unfasten all tight clothing
. around the neck; make the pa
= tent sit down on a chair OF a
= sofa with his head slightly
. thrown back never allow a pa
= tient to hang his head over a
= basin); open the window; raise
= the arms of the patient, stretch
. ed to their full extent well above
. and behind his head. and keep
. them In that position: apply a
= cold. wet sponge or a wet towel
= or a lump Of ice to the back of
= the neck between the shoulder
= blades, also apply to the root Of
= the nose. II the bleeding does not
. stop pinch the nose Just below
. the bridge (where the soft part
= Of the nose begins) between the
= thumb and forefnger. or a clean
= piece Of soft rag or handkerchief
. can be wrapped up tightly and
. passed gently into the bleeding
. nostril
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-07-08
E.,,;,os Denote Widowhood.

That India is land Of curious Gus
toms Is confirmed by the Popular Sci
ence Monthly. A widow, instead OF
wearing black Grape, dons ponderous
earrings made of solid brass. Since
her widowhood is perpetual she Is
obliged to wear them the rest Of her
life. Each year another ring is added.
The constantly increasing weight OF
metal stretches the lobe Of the ear, to
which it is attached, in an extraor-
binary manner. 1t is safe to say that
no widow ever forgets the fact OF
her widowhood when wearing such a
clumsy weight.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-07-08
MINISTER GIVES GIRLS
TWELVE GOLDEN ROLES


0eveaaak -Pwelxe ess1sn keass
F~ Ysu,e Laases' was he ssh,ees u
IT, carmen aslBEssed ~ Rev. TheAAs
H>~sea passsr Of TIE Rsskg kUa
x~th.ssxt eh.scAL Ths twelve rules
Ere:
sllxaxs remember 10 be Lazy.
Dent Be bud and boisterous
sRe modest and Virtuoaa
-Chssse carefully ysar company Oh
18th sexes.
-open your eyes and ears, but Keep
your heart closed to the gusn anu nom
seuse from the SO called lovers
~Be careful about your dress HaVe
Il becoming and tasteful
BE more careful about what Is III
your head than what Is In your heart
~Don't be self eonceited.
Don't keep company with a siniu
young man
.-Think carefully and prayerfuny
about your wedding day.
BE considerate about the time ane
money of your gentlemen friends
BE true to the best ideals OF woman
hood"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-07-08
Just by Good Luck.

A young man who had received the
privilege of shooting over the land Of a
farmer got rather close once or twice
to the home grounds. Late in the day
he met the farmer.
You've had pretty good luck" said
the farmer.
well, no." said the young man hest
tatingly. II haven't had any luck at
all"
Eyes, you have" repeated the farm
er. This morning you just missed my
best Shorthorn. "-Country Gentleman.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-07-08

Farmer Has Been Searching stxtssn
Years, but So Far Has Failed.
Bridgeport. Conn--Joseph Cronan, a
farmsr OF Derby, announced that he
had searched fortytwo states and two
countries Of Europe and that, while In
Q receptive mood, he had not found q
girl suitable to be his spouse.
am strictly temperate, q healthy
and strong farmer, and I have been
searching sixteen years for the right
kind Of a wife," he declared. 81 have
yet 70 md the woman, and I wish the
newspapers would help me-"