Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1918-05-14
Personal Mention.

iWuuhAi uUutIuits
Mrs. w. I. Gore has been VISITING
relatives in Brunswick. Md.
Mr.. w. A. Higgs has returned from
Staunton, Va, where he spent week
Miss Marie Pittman has returned
from visiting friends in Winchester
Va.
Mr.. William Ruhl spent several DAYS
here with his sister, Mrs. Thos. M
Miss Laura Hughes has returned
from visit to her brother in Staun.
ton, Va.
Miss Mamie Creamer. of Washing.
ton, is the guest of Prof. and Mrs
Wright Denny.
Mr.. G. E. Reininger was called to
Waynesboro, Pa, last week by the
illness of his mother.
Attorney H. H. Mccormick came ur
from Washington and spent the week
end with his family here.
Ex-Mayor O'Bryan, of Ransom. came
up from Washington and spent Sun
Ney Will iilo lduilly mere.
Mrs. James M. Thomson, of New
Orleans, is visiting DIR. and Mrs. A. P.
Thomson at Summit Point.
Mr.. Edward Harrison, a Cumber-
land, Nd, business man, is a guest of
Hon. nj. W. Burr, at Bardane.
Mr.. B. H. Riddleberger, the popu-
lar proprietor of the Big Racket
Stores was quite sick last week.
Attorney F. l.. Bushong attended
the session of the United States Dis
trict Court at Wheeling last week.
Mrs. DR.. Douglas Davis, of Harri-
sonburg, Va, is visiting her brother,
County Commissioner Charles H.
Moore.
Mrs. John P. Hess, of Baltimore,
and Mr.. Eugene Coleman, have spent
several days at Mr.. and Mrs. D. C.
Strider's.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Watson and
daughter Sarah, and Mrs. James E.
Watson recently visited relatives at
Va
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Miller and lit
tie grandson, Charles Schoefield, and
Mr.. Elmer Clipp motored to Baltimore
last Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Post with their
daughter and little Miss Katherine
Alder, all of Baltimore, were guests
Mr.. and Mrs. w. B. Alder.
DR.. A. o. Albin left last week
for Springfield, Missouri, to visit his
sister, Mrs. William Lewis. He will
take vacation there of two weeks.
Mr.. Albert L. Moore, of Front
Royal, Va, has been in town this
week, visiting his brother, Mr.. G. N.
Moore, and sister, Mrs. Bette Gibson
Messrs. Marion and Paul Merchant,
and Mrs. Kemp, came up from Wash
ington and spent several days with
their parents, Mr.. and Mrs. l. N. Mer-
chant.
Mrs. Geo. w. NARROW and Mrs. Jos.
E. Bell, with the latter's son, Harry,
left Thursday to spend a few days
with friends and relatives in Washing
ton, d. C.
We are sorry to report the illness of
Mr.. E. C. Watson, who has been quite
sick the past two weeks. His many
friends hope to see him out again
very soon.
Mr.. Frank Helvestine, connected
With the Norfolk & Western Railway
n Roanoke, spent the weekend with
his sister, Mrs. Lewis Walker on
Washington Heights.
Me- Ll,.,;Ixx Do,+o,,6 II Il x,,bo hoe boo,,
making her home with her brothers,
rerrill and James in st. Paul, Min
lesota, for the past year is in Charles
Town and may spend the summer here.
Sergeant Harry Mccormick, of the
United States Regular Army, came
rom Admission, Alabama, and is spend
ng several days with his wife and
child at Mr.. George A. Mock's.
Col. R. P. Chew who is taking treat
nent in the Johns Hopkins Hospital,
n Baltimore, is reported to be improv-
ing. This will be pleasant news to
MS friends throughout the county.
Miss Emily Porterfeld has returned
from an absence of two years, first In
Nebraska, where she was the guest of
Mrs. Keith Neville, and recently from
St. Paul, Minnesota, where she was
with her brothers, Messrs. Terrell and
James Porterfield.
John T. Porterfeld, one of the
Great Council officers, and Messrs.
John G. Elliott and Clarence l.. Ramey,
Representatives of Shenandoah Tribe,
Of Charles Town, are attending the
session of the Great Council of Red
Men at Parkersburg this week.
DR.. ]. Ed. Burns with two of his as
sociates on the Johns Hopkins Hospi-
tai staff, DR.. Samuel Grove, and DR.;
H. E. Baylor, DR.. Groves wife and
two children, were in town over Sum
day. They were guests of DR.. Burns
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. j. Ed. Burns.
Mr.. Norval Davis who has been
studying agriculture at the University
at Morgantown has returned home,
and is now putting into practice some
Of the lessons learned there by follow
lowing a pillow in furrow. Success
in farming comes only by combining
theory with practice, and Mr.. Davis
IS doing this.
Some advances in real estate in
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