Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1917-09-25
Local MISCELLANY.


Vogels Ministries will show at tn
Opera House next Thursday night.
Mr.. w. w. Johnson is handsomel,
naint.ng and decorating the interio
of che Methodist Episcopal Church. .
The corn harvest and apple pick
ing is on in tub blast. alarge nun
her of girls and women helping L
gather the apple crop.
/ Mr. Lonnie Mobley died at his hom
in Harpers Ferry September 10th,
aged 65 years. He is survived by h,
wife and three children.
/ We wish to thank all those who
were so kind to us during the Hines,
and death of Miss Willie Lewis.
r. B. Lewis and daughters.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Frank L. Dow
nev OF Glarkdale, Arizona on Angus
rs a daughter, Mrs. Downey is
daughter of Mr.. ]. H. Ramey.
Miss Mercer Williamson, of the
Faculty of ST Iilda's Hall, has re-
furned and will be glad to discuss TIL,
winters work with any pupil or
patron.
Mir Il. II. butler has received q
telegram stating that his son, F. G
Rntler. Jm, who has been very il
at Fort Benjamin Har1sons Indiana,
is Sigh ly mp. owed.
Smiths Greater Shows. which s col
s;dered one ,of the finest Carnivals or
fhe road, is exhibiting on the Goetz
OF this week for the benefit of the
Citizens Fire Company.
Mr.. ]. R. Sage- the Ransom mer
n
loot. A SAL Weight Of twenty pound.
lell upon it from height of ten fee,
f:a,turing some OF tb' bones.
Sh~ phi I'd Colleg began its ia tern
on last Tuesday with a good after
dance, the enrolment being humid e,
and thirty, with many more student.
to come in dusing the next few week!
Prosecuting Attorney John T.
Porterfield has received telegram
announcing that the Supreme Court
of Appeals has reversed the decision
nf the lower Court in the case of J
w Gardner, Sheriff, VS.. L. F. Nicho !
The Elk Branch Mission Band vii
serve chicken soup, ice cream. cake
and home made candy in the Sunday
school room adjoining the church al
Duffields on Friday evening, SOFTEN
Der 2Sth, beginning At 5 O'Clock. Ever,
body invited.
Mr.. S. NJ. Behrend advertises fur
niture. &c,, for sale in the G. bson
Building, corner George and Liberty
streets. in this issue. He will be in
Charles Town next Thur sday, Friday
and Saturday, and will be glad TO
have everyone in need of same call 3
Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Kelly, of
Haddonfie1d, n J., announce the en-
gagement OF theI daughte-, Chariot. ee
L. To Corporal Harry w. Getter, oil
Woodbury., N. j., now stationed al
Fortress Monroe, Virginia. Char otte
/. is a granddaughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. A. d. Barr, of this place.
Uncle George Saunders, well,
known Charles Town Colored man,
died at the residence of his son in
PHI AIDE phia last Friday, aged IS
years. He was brought here and
buried in Fairview Cemetery Sun
day afternoon, after services in the
Zion Baptist Church.
Eugene Eby, formerly of Charles
Town. who is a motor cycle police
man in Washington, had collision
lhith a milk wagon there early last
Friday morning, and is in the George
own University Hospital with severe
INJURIES, He had leg broken, one
knee fractured and a broken color
bone.
Attorney Frank j. Beckwith Is a
Camp Pike, Little Rock, Arkansas,
where he is engaged IN Y. NJ. c. A
work for the army He reports tina.
NJ dnrnn fine v.kN,lr
TO- the soldiers IN camp there Eight
large buildings are being erected by
he assoc iation for the use OF the
encampment
GIFTS from the Charles Town High
Schoo and from st. Hilda's Hall have
been picking apples in Mcdonald
Brothers orchard at Media for some
time. This week the pickers there
we're reinforced by four young ladies
from Connecticut, one of them being
a graduate of the School OF Horticul-
u c, Cornell University.
Invitations have been received In
this city for the marriage of Miss
Margaret Amman Potts. daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry W. Potta, OF
Shepherds OWE, to NJ. Henry Howard
Williams, lieutenant of ordnance, Re-
serve Corps, United States Army,
Thursday, September II, at 1890
O'Clock, at Trinity Protestant Episco-
pal Church, Shepherdstown.
County Clerk Johnson has issued
marriage licenses to the following
Fred +. Tilmeyer and Mar
garet R. Collins, both of Baltimore,
Md. Oklahoma Honest Grubbs, Is
land Ford, Va, and Grace M. b.
Stricken OF Luray, Va Jessie Cline
Kelly and Mary Katherine Rock, both
of Shenandoah Junction; David ).
ZONES and Sarah N. Lipkins, colored,
both of Frank intown.
The Real Estate Agency of w. O..
Norris has sold to MIR. J. N. linn,
of this town the farm owned by
Messrs. Miller, Shutey and Conrad,
lying about a mile and half from
Charles Town, ON the Norfolk and
Western railroad. This was former
ly the property of Mr.. ]. IL. Wyatt.
Mr.. linn will get possession of the
place on March End, next. The con-
sideration paid was $4,000. Cash.
After hurried courtship OF two
weeks duration, Mr.. o. H. Grubbs, re-
Gently telegraph operator at Shep'-
herdstown, eloped with Miss Grace
Strickler from her home in Luray
last Tuesday. On reaching iShenan--
doah JUNCTION they found hey had
missed the train to Washington and
were married in the Methodist church
there by Rev. Knox They are sp nd
ing their honeymoon in North Car
olina at the home of the groom.
News of the death of Mrs Cordelia