Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1918-04-09
Local MISCELLANY.

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The quarantine has been raised an,
children are now being admitted t,
the Opera House.
C. F. Wall will have a big stock sal,
on Wednesday, April 10, and a biz
t, sale of lots shortly after.
Mr.. Hyman Wiener is erecting ;
brick garage in the rear of his resi-
dence on South George street.
Ernest Merchant, son of Mr.. anc
Mrs. |. N. Merchant, of this place, has
enlisted in the Army Medical Corps
and is stationed at the medical schooI
in Washington.
Messrs. Albert M. and Chester A.
Dunlap have bought from Mr.. E. P
Ambrose the Dunlap property, corner
of Church and Avis streets, in Charles
Town. Consideration, $2,700
Lawson Bolts Chapter, u. D. c.,
will meet at the residence of Miss
Emma Brown, Tuesday, April 9th, at
$3.50 p. m. Miss Emma Brown,
Secretary, protein.
Messrs. John C. Whitmore and JOS
eph t. Fritts have moved from the
Snow Hill school neighborhood to the
Christie farm owned by Capt. H. C.
GetZendanner east of Shannondale.
U. S. Civil Service Examination for
clerk with knowledge of stenography
or typewriting, will be held in Charles
Town, April 10Th, 1918. For further
information apply at the post office,
Charles Town.
The Cleon Moore property recently
purchased by the Misses Shirley is
being improved by a new veranda ex-
tending entirely across the front and
double porches in the rear, the build
ing will then be painted.
Mcdonald Brothers are among the
first farmers in the county to buy a
tractor this season. They have al
ready received theirs from the shop
and will use it in blowing for corn as
well as doing the hauling on the farm
Messrs. Brown & Hooff, the well
known and popular druggists, come
out in new double column advertise
ment in this issue, announcing that
they expect to conform to the new
government time. Watch their space
for further announcement.
Former Senator William Campbell
who is now in the revenue service of
the government has leased the resi-
dence of the late Mrs. Margaret Get
zendanner on East Main street and his
family will move here from Washing
tan to occupy it this summer.
d. C. Wmebrenner & Son, the
wholesale grocers, have discarded
horses for the more modern way of
hauling goods from their warehouse to
the retailers in town and county.
They have put into service a motor
truck strong enough to haul load
of a ton and a half.
Mr.. Logan B. Shut is announced in
this issue as a candidate for County
Commissioner from Kabletown Dis
trict. Mr.. Shut is a representative
farmer of his district, and if nominat-
ed and elected, we have no doubt
would fill the position with ability. and
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the whole county.
The Standard Tie and Timber Com
pany are installing a saw mill outfit
near the company's ferry opposite the
Mount Hammond farm. This will be
he third saw mill in operation on the
ibg timber tract in that
section of the county. James R.. APP
oell will have the management of the
Mill now being installed.
Several warrants were sworn out
before the Mayor last week for vag-
'ancy, and the parties were brought
before him on Wednesday night. In
I'll cases they were given few days
grace to find employment, and were
old if they were not found working
'egular at once they would be prose
,uted under the warrants.
Mr.. Richard ]. Madison, who bought |
| farm of 1876 acres owned by the
1out heirs four miles west of Mid
lleway, this week sold it to Mr.. R. N. |
yorous, of Clarke county, Va. Mr.. !
Madison owned the farm just two
years. The sale of it netted him a |
lice profit. 1t was bought at $47.5O |
Der acre and sold at $75 per acre.
Charles Chamblin, young white |
10Y, aged about Is years, who lives on
he East side of the Shenandoah river,
)led guilty to violating the vagrancy
aw before Justice Sheetz last Satur
lay afternoon and as he had gone to
work since the issuing of a warrant
or him, was let off with fine of one
lollar and costs and two days in jail.
We took drive down to the Bloom
ary a few days ago, and from there
up the river to the ferry of the Stan
lard Tie and Timber Company, where
we crossed the river and drove up the
other side to Shannondale. We be
ieve it would be a great improvement
if the county officials would make a
public road from the Bloomery up to
the Standard Tie and Timber Com
Dany ferry, as it is a direct route to
Paramount and Shannondale, and
would probably shorten the time ii
takes to drive to Paramount about an
hour.
Two Charles Town boys, Ernest
Kelly and Clarence Painter, Jr., the
former a son of Mr.. and Mrs. Martin
Kelly and the latter a son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Clarence w. Painter, are now full
grown soldiers although neither of
them is yet nineteen years old. Eager
to see some of the big war before it
is over tower there" they went to the
nearest recruiting Office which hap
pened to be in Hagerstown on Monday.
There they enlisted in the army and
were at once taken to Baltimore.
Just where they will be given their
training is not yet known by their rel
atives here.
Mr.. William Foster, manager of the
Stone Quarry at Dust Crossing, cele-
brated his 34th birthday on Thursday
evening last, April 4th, by giving a
Stag Supper to a number of his
friends which proved to be very en-
ioyable occasion. The table which
was ladened with good things pre-