Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1918-05-07
Local MISCELLANY.
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Wear the White Carnation on mex
Sunday, Mothers Day, May 18th, 1918
A daughter was born to Rev. ant
Mrs. H. Nj. Moffett at the Presbyter
ian Manse in Charles Town on Thurs
day.
Wiltshire's School reports Grover
3. Smallwood and Charles w. Zonbrt
present every day for the month Of
APPEL.
Mr.. O. NJ. Darlington has installed
fine vacuum cleaner in the Charles
Town Methodist Episcopal Church
South.
Mr.. Garland Hefebower, President
of the Kabletown District Board OF
Education is convalescing from an at
tack of pneumonia.
Don't forget Mothers Day" on
next Sunday and place your order in
time for white carnations at the usual
places in town for sale.
The apple orchards in jefferson
county have been perfectly beautiful
this spring and promises large crops
in spite of the cold weather.
Mr.. Ray Merchant, the well-known
restaurant man has been wearing a
broad smile. It's boy, born at the
Charles Town Hospital last Thursday
C. F. Wall is corresponding with
Baker Watts & Co. for $4,000 worth
of Liberty Bonds, after the wool sea
son. He says he is buying till it hurts.
The Red Cross Club of Shenandoah
Junction will hold a Patriotic Rally on
Friday evening, the 10th of May. The
Berkelek County Agricultural Quar-
tette will have charge of the exercises.
One of the prettiest borders of Tu-
lips we have seen this spring was at
the home of Mrs. Amber, the lawn
there, and Mr.. Washington's adjoin,
ing, also Mr.. Hosmer Boilers show
careful attention.
Married, on Tuesday, April 80, at
the Presbyterian Manse in Charles
Town, by Rev. H. NJ. Moffett, Walter
S. Nicewarner, of Millville and Nellie
M. Sperow, of Shepherdstown.
Memorial Day will be observed in
Charles Town, as usual, on Saturday,
May rs. A speaker of natural repu-
tation is expected to deliver the adj
dress, whose name will be announced
later.
Write to our men in training camp.
Their families are urged to write them
letters of helpful nature and are ask
ed by the War Department to write
cheerful letters, the boys reed them
badly.
Rev. Percy N. Mcdonald formerly of
this county, now rector of Trinity
Church at Morgantown, has
been accepted for service as volun-
teer chaplain in the army camp at
Va.
Those on the Roll of Honor for the
month of April at Mt. Hope school,
are as follows: Dor
othy Hough, Cora Jackson, Helen
Myers, Virginia Stewart, Harry
Hough, Walter. Smallwood, Lloyd
Hough, and Woodrow Walters.
The United States Civil Service
Commission has announced an exam
nation for the County of jefferson, to
be held at Charles Town, on Saturday,
May 25, 1918, to fill the position OF
rural carrier at Harpers Ferry Kear
neysville and Shenandoah Junction.
The house of the R. H. Phillips es-
ate, on the corner of South Charles
and West Academy streets, and occu-
pied by Hannah Davis, colored, was
very much damaged by fire last Sat
urday night about $50 o'clock. The
fremen responded quickly, and soon
had it under control.
Last week at the patriotic show of
"Over There" in Baltimore, Mr.. G. +.
Wall could not resist the temptation
Of buying a $1,000 bond through the
Baker Watts Co., at an offerof another
party to duplicate three to one to all
Mrs. Wall also purchased
four $1,000 bonds through the same
firm.
Another change has taken place in
the rural delivery force at the Charles
Town ostoffice-making about the nth
number in the past four years. John
H. Good resigned to help on his faith
er's farm near Zoar. ]. C. Ford who
took the civil service examination
some time ago has been appointed to
succeed him.
Mr.. B. F. Langdon who recently ex-
the Shull farm on the Berry
Vile pike for the Drew farm near
Kabletown with Mr.. T. 7. Perry, has
sold a portion of the latter place to
Mr.. George Hale of Kabletown Dis
trict. The portion of the Drew farm
sold had about 16 acres improved by
a brick dwelling, and was formerly the
McCurdy mill property. Mr.. Hale
paid $4,000 for it.
Henry J. Blackford, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. j. Harry Blackboard, who is in the
Coast Artillery service was recently
transferred from Fort Monltrie, Char
lesion. S. c., to Fortress Monroe, Va,
being one of nineteen to take special
training for officers at the latter place.
Mr. Blackford who had been teaching
at the Citadel, a school for young men
at Charleston, resigned to enter the
army in February.
MIR. James Shirley who has been the
accommodating clerk in Mlllers
Pharmacy for several years has re-
signed to accept a position with the
Southern Limestone Company at
Engle, this county. He will be sue
ceeded at the Pharmacy by Mr.. W. II.
Hooff, who has been with Mr.. G. 5.
Callan. Mr.. Hooff is not a novice in
the drug business, he having been a
clerk in the store to which he returns
some years ago.
Excavation work is under way for a
new warehouse to be erected by the
Charles Town Iron, Metal end junk
Company on its lot adjoining The pres
ent warehouse of the company or
George street north of the B. & o.
Railroad. The new building will oc-
cupy all of the George street front be-
tween the warehouse and the cd laun-
dry lot, and will extend back dis
lance of forty feet. 1t will be of brick
with a basement under the entire
building.