Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1917-11-13
Local MISCELLANY.

Capt. Butler Briscoe is ct Fort Mye
training men for officers.
r The committe wishes to thank every
one who patronized the Old Virgini,
Su per.
/. Mr.. w. w. Johnson mas contrac. et
to paint the Presbyterian church a
Duffields.
DIR. L. NJ. Allen had big sale of lily.
stock last Saturday, conducted by Col
Thomas j. West
II Lieut. Col. Hanson b. Black, Chief
Signal officer on the Staff of General
Mann, U. S. A., Rainbow Division,
arrived safely in France November Sd.
Mr.. J. w. O'Bryan who has been
employed by the jefferson County
Telephone Company for the past ten
years, has accepted position with the
c. and P. Telephone Company, in
Washington, d. C.
| The ladies of the Mite Society of the
Baptist Church will hold their annual
Sale of Fancy Articles and Supper on
Thursday. December 9th. Public col
daily invited
A little daughter was born to Mr..
and Mrs. Edward B. Herold at the
Charles Town Hospital on Tuesday.
Mrs. Herold was Miss Nan Brooke be-
fore her marriage to Mr.. Herold, of
Newark, N. ].
Mrs. Richard Washington Alexander
has issued invitations for debutante
luncheon for her daughter, Miss Mar
garet Baylor Alexander, to be given
at the Elkridge Kennels, on Novem-
Der 27.-Baltimore Sun, Nov. s.
Mr.. Louis E. Wiltshire, of Millville,
this county, and Miss Mary M. Kahn,
of Harpers Ferry, were married Sep
TENDER Is, by Rev. A. A. Kerlin, the
Lutheran pastor, in Sharpsburg, Md.
They will reside at Millville till
spring,
The contract for furnishing supplies
| to the County lnfirmary has been
awarded by the County Court for a
term of six months to K. w. Dunaway
and B. H. Riddleberger, the former to
furnish groceries and the latter dry
SOOuS, HOllOilS anu SHOES.
Mr.. W. A. Dunn, who farms the
Dudrow and Geotz farm west of town
has calf five or six weeks old, healthy
| and in good condition, which was born
with only three legs. 1t is an unusual
freak of nature and quite curiosity
Capt. Geo. B. Goetz on Saturday in
Martinsburg bought the S. p. Hopkins
residence which was sold under an or
der of the bankruptcy court. The
price paid was 5000. X. Poole, a
Martinsburg attorney bought the
property for the purchaser.
Those on the Roll of Honor at Mt
Hope school for the month of Octo-
Der are as follows: Viola Everhart,
Cora Jackson, Helen Myers, Evelyn
Nisewarner, Mamie Rissler, Virginia
Stewart, Gladys Smallwood, Florence
Viands, Abner Viands, and Woodrow
Walters.
Mr.. J. w. Gonce who has been cleo
trician for the Northern Virginia
Power Company at its power plant
near Millville for the past four or five
years has resigned. His plans for the
future are not definite as yet, though
he has decided to leave the state and
will probably locate in the West.
Marriage licenses were issued last
week in the County Clerks office to
Henry Clifton Martz, and Wilhelmina
Lee, both of Bluemont, Va; Milton +.
Jones, Pittsburgh, Pa, and Myrtle e.
Williams, colored, of Charles Town;
Russell Adams, and Bessie Robinson,
colored, both of Rippon, this county.
There viii b box of pre- serves. can
ned f.uit and jelly, sent to the Je.fer-
son County boys at Camp Lee for a
Thanksgiving treat Any one who
can spare a ar or more of the above
will please bring them to the Red Cross
room as the box will be sent Saturday
The ladies of the Leetown Red
Cross will hold tea at the residence
of Mrs. ]. w. Strider, on Friday, No
vember 10th, from to 5 p. m. Adj
mission, a dime, proceeds will be used
in giving the jefferson County soldiers
and especially those from Leetown, a
Christmas treat. Every one cordially
invited to attend.
A Community Mass Meeting will be
held at the Court House on Ihursaay'
November Is, at $3.50 p. m. Mrs.
Charlotte Goldsborough will deliver an
address on the Importance OF 1000 con,
servation. 1t is urgently requested
that all women OF the community
whether interested in the subject or
not, will be present, and Will earnestly
consider how each one can 40 her
bit" towards winning the war.
Miss Virginia Melvin Martin, a ma
tive of Virginia, but giving Berkeley
county as her home, and Mr.. Raymond
Smallwood, native of Jefferson ccoun-
tv. but now residing in Martlnsburg,
were married Thursday night by Rev;
John H. Ford, pastor of the Second
| United Brethren Church in Martins
burg. The ceremony took place at
| 7 o'clock at the home of the groom
uncle. Mr.. A. N. Smallwood in Mar
tinsburg.
| Mr.. ]. N. Silver, of the Biological
Department, of Washington, , gave
a demonstration in the orchard OF Mr..
Herman Huyett on Tuesday showing
how to eradicate the piney mouse that
is causing SO much damage in the
orchards of the county. He recon-
mends using quarts of sweet pota;,-
toes cut the size of grapes, mixed with
Il or. of strychnine, and Is OF. baking
soda. One or two pieces OF this bait
is placed in the runways near tne
trees.
After lingering illness from tuber-
Iculosis. Mrs. Grace Ward passed away
at her fathers, Mr.. S. S. Storm, on