Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1917-11-20
|. M. c. A. Meeting Sunday Afternoon

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1 well being of the soldier boys in the
various camps throughout the country
/ is now in the midst of a campaign to
raise fund of $S5,000,000 to support
its great work until July /, 1918.
West Virginia's allotment in this fund
| is 100000, and Jefferson county's
portion is $4,000.
Mr.. James Right, 4 Y. M. G. A. sec
rotary from Camp Sheridan, at Mont
gonery, Alabama, was in the coun-
ty last week perfecting an organ
ization to raise the coanty's share of
the fund. A preliminary meeting of
representative men from Harpers
Ferry, Shepherdstown, and Charles
Town Districts was held at the Office
of Attorney Forrest A. Brown Thurs
day night.
Col. r. P. Chew as chairman of a
committee, and Judge Frank Beck
with, secretary and treasurer, with a
vice chairman in each of the five Dis
tricts We're selected at the meeting to
direct the campaign. Mr.. Right ex-
planned the advantages afforded the
soldiers by the Y. M. c. A., making a
serious impression on all who heard
him. He addressed a mass meeting
of county people at the Court House
at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon. Vol
unteer singers from all the church
choirs of the county were invited to
take part in song service at the
meeting. Sunday night he address,
ed meeting at Harpers Ferry.
/ Vice-chairmen were selected as fol-
lows: Kabletown District, Robert l..
Withers; Harpers Ferry District, Geo.
R. Bready; Miadleway, N. R. Roberts;
Shepherdstown, H. l.. Snyder, each of
whom is authorized to name as many
assistants as he may need to accom-
plish the work. 1t is hoped that the
county may contribute more than its
allotted share of the fund in order to
offset any shortage that may occur in
counties not so well favored as ours.
Charles Town District is expected to
contribute $1,000; Kabletown District
$500; Shepherdstown, $3.50; Harpers
Ferry, $500, and Middleway, $3.50.
Vice chairman Snyder of Shepherds
town District has named as his assis-
tants Messrs. w. P. Licklider, j. D.
Muldoon, w. T. McQuilkin, E. L.
Goldsborough, and DR.. S. I. Knott.
Col. Chew announces as his aids in
Charles Town District: Mesrs. Frank
: Beckwith, Forrest w. Brown, E. E.
: Cooke, B. II. Riddleberger, S. w
: Washington, R. w. Dunaway, E. B.
: Reed, H. J. Miller, w. A. Higgs, Thos.
: G.. Bowling, L. G. Albin, Milton Burr,
DIR. w. w. Brown, Warren H. Rissler
: Miss Lorraine Murphy and Mrs. F. l..
! Jordan.
) A portion of the $35 100000 fund is
| being raised by the colleges of the
country, and it may be interesting to
note that Shepherd College has al
ready collected more than the allot-
; ment assigned to it. The sum of $500
! was asked for there, and about $3.50
, was given. Shepherd College knows
what the Y. M. c. A. means to the
men in camps. Will the county do as
! we'll?
At the meeting on Sunday Afternoon
large crowd was present and Col R,
p. Chew presided. Rev. Mr.. Ware, OF
: Shepherdstown, opened the meeting
with prayer. after which Col. Chew
made appropriate remarks. Mr.. James
Knight and Editor Fl. l.. Snyder, OF
Shepherdstown made eloquent appeals
for help in the work.
The committees are ha. d at work. are
meeting with much success. and it is
expected that Jefferson County viii
raise more than the amount allotted to it.
Six candidates for appointment as
postmaster at Shepherdstown took the
civil service examination in Hagers-
town on Wednesday. The candidates
are J. c. Reinhart, acting postmaster;
c. J. Knott, Armstead S. Lucas, T. B
Line, Edward T. Moler, Guy Right
slime, Geo. w. Billmyer, and J. G.
Foltz. The Office pays $1,000 year.
A map and profile of the proposed
! Williamsport, Nessle, and Martins
burg Railway was filed in the County
| Clerks office last week. The route
, enters the county on the farm of |. D.
, Vanmeter northwest of Kearneysville
) From that point the route takes an
{ easterly course through the following
, farms: j. w. Strider, Col. R. P
! Chew, D. z. Roger, A. B. Hurst, ]. B
+ Wiltshire, Gerard D. Moore, Miss Net
: tie Aglionby, Mrs. L. E. Sechrist, Mrs
: HELEN Byington, j. N. linn, Robt. T
! Browse, to the terminus on the farm
f of John c. Burns, north of Flowing
Spring.
The Washington Building Lime
Company has added two small parcels
of real estate to it's holdings at Bak-
erton by purchase. One parcel con-
tanning one acre was bought of Hattie
Moler and others; the other contain
ing about the same area was bought
of Tilmond A. Carter, Guardian of
r Strother and Geo. w. Moler Deeds
for the foregoing have been filed for
record along with the following: C.
d. Carter and p. S. Willard to David
Roy Hoffmaster, lot 2 in block c., at
Bakerton; Frank Beckwith, Trustee
: to Edward Newman, house and lot at
Mt. Pleasant, near Summit Point, for
$500; Annie l.. Banks and Mary R
Needy to M. K. Hendricks and Charles
M. Hendricks, 80 acres on the Poto-
mac river, three miles east of Shep-
herdstown, consideration, S2700; Sarah
Hopkins, widow of William Hopkins
to Perry T. Dunn, two lots on Wash
ington Heights, near Charles Town
for $500.