Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1918-04-02
Local MISCELLANY.

new touring car.
/ A handsome donation of $3.50 was
given to the Red Cross here last week
by Miss Elsie Murphy
c. F. Wall will have big stock sale
on Wednesday, April 10, and a bic
sale of lots shortly after.
Mr.. B. E. Beavers has received news
of the death of his brother, Mr.. Abra-
ham Beavers in Missouri.
The Potomac Valley Round Table
will hold its spring meeting in Mar
! tinsburg, April 9Th and 9th.
Wiltshire school reports Eleanor
NELL Bane and Sarah E. Watson pres
ent every day for the month of March.
We take this method of returning
thanks to the friends for their kind
administrations during the illness and
death of the late Lewis w. Shrout.
The Family.
Florence Baylor, a well-known col
ored woman of Charles Town, died
last Wednesday, aged 65 years. She
was buried at Middleway on Friday
afternoon.
Mr.. Charles L. Crane and family
and his mother, Mrs. Crane, have NOV
ed in from the farm where they have
spent the winter, into their home on
East Washington street.
= If you want coal next winter bear
in mind the Importance of placing
your order with your dealer now, SO
that they can place orders with the
mines and get in their supply.
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.
Miss Myrtle Meadows who has been
the visiting nurse for Charles Town
for the past two years has given up
work here and on Monday will leave
for Wheeling to engage in similar
work.
DR.. VIM. Neil, Jr., who as a mem
Der of the Medical Reserve Corps, has
been stationed in Military Hospital,
Aberdeen, Scotland, has been ordered
to somewhere in France" where he
now is.
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 ladies of the Red Cross Auxil-
larry at Shenandoah Junction will hold
a Patriotic Meeting in the school house
at that place next Friday night. Good
speaking and good singing. Every
body invited.
Mr.. s. w. Hahn who has been
farming the Po1terield- Turner farm
east of town for the past two or
three years has rented the dwelling
on the Beckham farm west of town
and will move there.
Mr.. E. NJ. Jones, the popular Char
les Town Florist, has just passed
through very successful Easter sea
son. He had in stock all kinds of
flowers in profusion, and was able to
take care of his large Easter trade
nicely.
Announcement has been made by
U. S. Marshall c. Z. Smith, of the
Northern District of West Virginia,
of the reappointment of Deputy Mar
shall +. w. Athey for the ensuing four
years, the term to commence on April
LIST.
News was received from the Secre-
tary of War Office, London, that Lieut..
G. A. Porterfeld, of the British Army
was admitted to Second Red Cross
Hospital, Rouen, March 10Th, severely
wounded. This is the third time
Lieut.. Porterield has been wounded.
Rev. John B. Ripley who has been
pastor of the Lutheran Church at
accepted a call to st. Marks Church
in Washington, and moved to the Cap
ital this week. Rev. Rupley's wife
was Miss Etheleen Weller, of Charles
Town.
Easter Services under the auspices
of Potomac Commandery Knights
Templar, were held in Zion P. E.
Sunday evening last. Bishop
w. L. Gravatt delivered an able ser
mon. After the services in the church
supper was served to the members of
the Commandery.
Mr.. Abraham Beavers died at
Center, Missouri, last Sunday, aged
about SO years. He was a brother of
Mr.. B. E. Beavers, of Charles Town
and is survived by his wife, two sons,
and one sister, Mrs. Ben Barton, and
one brother, Mr.. B. Z. Beavers.
The Jefferson County Fuel Admin
held a public meeting in the
Court House last Friday, at which cit
liens of the county interested in the
fixing of the price of coal were pres
emit After hearing arguments, the
question of fixing the gross profits to
be allowed dealers was taken under
Samuel Wright Wysong, Jr., little
son, of Mr.. and Mrs. Wright Wysong,
died at the residence of his parents
in Charles Town last Thursday, aged
one month. Funeral services were
held at the house on Friday after
noon by Rev. j. S. Alfriend, and in
terment was made in the Episcopal
churchyard.
Mr.. Frank NJ Rees who has been
secretary of the Blue Ridge Lime and
Stone Company at Millville for the
past two or three years has accepted
a position as superintendent of a
Chemical Company in New Jersey,
and will go there about the middle of
April. His friends here will regret
his leaving them.
A farm near Kabletown owned by
I. T. Perry, of Charles Town and
known locally as the Drew place will
be exchanged for the Shull farm one
mile south of Charles Town on the
Berryville pike, recently purchased by
B. F. Langdon. Mr.. Perry already
owns farm adjoining the Shull place,
and that fact makes the farm espe-
cially desirable to him.
The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Bank of Charles Town
was held Yesterday, which resulted in