Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1918-11-12
Local MISCELLANY.

Berkeley county, was killed in bat
tie in France October Is.
! Mr.. George Rouzee as received
la card stating that his son, Private
Omer d. Rouzee has arrived safely
overseas.
| Mr.. Vernon Weller and Miss En-
ma McGolrick were married on We'd
nesday November 9th, at the Ran
fist parsonage by Rev. Walter G.
Scott.
Private Richard T. Luke, connect
ed with the Base Hospital at Camn
| Meade has been in town on a fur
Tough visiting his parents, DIR. and
Mrs. ]. L. Luke.
William Jennings Bryan Houser.
son of Mr.. and Mrs. d. r. Houser- Of
Bakerton, has entered the training
camp at Great Lakes, Illinois. a ma,
val station, where he will serveUncle
Sam.
Richard Cardwell Butler, son of Mr.
and Mrs. ]. d. Butler, of Charles
Town, died at his home in Ell Paso.
Texas, of pneumonia, October 18th.
aged 20 years. He leaves a wife and
and one son.
Mrs. Nancy Baltimore, one of the
Oldest colored women in Kabletown
town District, died at her home at Rim
pon,. Friday, November 1. Her fu-
neral was held the following Sunday
with burial at Rippon.
The 25th Annual Convention of the
National U. d. c., scheduled to be held
IN Louisville, KY, November 1916.
has by ruling of the Board of Health.
been postponed indefinitely by the Ma
tional President General.
Quite few Leetown young peo-
pie went out masquerade Hal
lowe'een night. After visiting all
the homes they were royalty enter
tanned by Mrs. ]. w. Strider who ser
we'd delicious refreshments.
The Jefferson County Court met
last Friday and canvassed the vote
cast at the recent election, was in
session on Monday passing orders
for bills against the County, and adj
journed until next Friday.
Mrs. Newton Snyder died Wednes-
day morning at Shenandoah juno
ton of an illness followed by in
fiuenza. She is survived by her
husband and eleven children. The
funeral services were held at the
house Friday morning with inter
ment in Shepherdstown.
Lieut.. Logan Shut, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Logan Shut of Kabletown was
a member of a class af cadets that
graduated at the West Point Military
R26n1U Il
heutenant's commission on his grad !
uatlon, and has since been visiting his |
parents.
The body of Luther Robinson. a |
colored draftee who died at Camp Lee |
after an illness of three weeks from
influenza and pneumonia was brought |
to his former home at Summit Point |
for burial. Deceased was a son of |
Mrs. Charlotte Robinson and was I'M
married.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Glaize of Ran
son, have been bereft of their tile son |
Walter, Jr., who passed aw ~ thurs |
day night at the age of nine We ars.
This is the second loss that has been |
inflicted upon them since the infiuer n
epidemic set in, little da lighter four |
years old died two weeks ago from the |
disease.
The Jefferson County Draft Board on
Wednesday sent Thomas NJ. Eddy and
Charles |. Lynch from this county to
the W. Va. University, where they
will be indicted in the military service.
Questionnaires are now being mailed to
the IS to as year old class, one hundred
being mailed each day until the mailing
is completed.
The Citizens Company Incorpo-
rated have announced to their mem
bers the change given the company,
which is now the Fidelity Securi-
ties Corporation, Fidelity Building,
Baltimore. The president of the
Company is B. A. Brennan, and T.
Owen Dorsey, secretary. Mr.. G. F.
Wall of our town is one of the
board of directors.
The Red Cross of Leetown have
resumed their meetings at the resi-
dence of Mrs. j. w. Strider every
Tuesday afternoon. There is much
to be done and every one is cordially
invited to attend. Following is the
report for the month of October:
Shirts 10; Dresses 6; Bonnets 3
Small Shirts 5; Flannel Skirt / /;
Sweaters 10; Socks IA pairs.
Rev. E. Hez Sven will preach
every night this week in the Charles
Town Baptist Church. The congre-
cations of all churches in the commu-
nty are cordially invited to attend.
DR.. Sven will preach on "Shall We
Know Our Loved Ones After Death"
Wednesday at p. m. On Thursday
at p. m. the subject will be "How
Was Kept From Going on the
Stage"
A report from Camp Sheridan, Ala
bama tells of an accident that befell
Lieut.. Frank L. Yates down there a
few days ago. A bad horse was re-
sponsible for it. The horse was being
used by Lieut.. Yates in the School of
Equitation. The horse reared very
suddenly, striking his head against
the head of the officer and then fell
over backwards, pinning Yates beneath
The popular officer is being congratu-
lated that his injuries were not more
serious.
Private Howard Secn1ist, . former
clerk in the Charles Town postoffice,
now a member of 313th Infantry in
France, was injured in gas attack
about October 2. Having partially
recovered in a hospital he wrote to
his mother, Mrs. Lille Sechrist, about
some of his experiences in the fight
ing in which his regiment has been
engaged. In an advance previous to
the one in which he was gassed, How
ard says he took Is German prisoners
not small job for youngstr to get
away with.
The Northern Virginia Power Com
pany received shipment of $4,000 fish
from the Bureau of Fisheries on We'd
nesday. The company's local mana
ger, c. C. Moler had the fish liber-
ated in the Shenandoah at the Big
Eddy. The shipment contained black
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