Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1918-04-30
Local MISCELLANY.

j Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Git, on Mon
day, April 18th, a daughter, the name
given is Baby Ruth Clark Git.
Malta Lodge, No. so, A. F. and A,
NJ, passed an order last Friday night
for the purchase Of 5000 in Liberty
Bonds.
Robert Lee Dozier, colored, aged 9
years, died at Bakerton on Monday,
April 20, death being due to pneumon-
la. Interment at Uvilla.
j you would like to see a Farm
Tractor doing blowing, go to Mr..
George Zinn's field on the Harpers
Ferry pike, where one is now in op-
Grafton.
Charley Harris, co'ored boy of
Charles Town, was tried before the
Mayor last Saturday night for vagran-
cy, and given ten days on the streets
and $500 fine and costs.
W. A. Macomb, freight agent fol-
the N. & w. Railway Company al
Charles Town, has been accepted by
the Army Y. NJ. C. A., and will go to
France in a short time.
! Mr.. D. 2. Roger who is a successful
Jack breeder near Kearneysville has
a growing reputation in his specially
as indicated last week by the sale of :
Jack to Newman Brothers at Keokuk
Iowa.
Miss Frances Campbell and Mrs
Theodore Brown were appointed dele.
gates from the Presbyterian Aid So.
clety to attend the Presbyterial which
convenes at Davis, w. Va, on the It'll
and 9Th of May.
Mrs. Richard Morris, of Charles
, Town, is a patient in the Charles
| Town Hospital, having undergone an
operation there on Tuesday. She
passed safely through the ordeal, and
is now improving.
Hon. VIM. Campbell has received
advice that his brother, Peyton Ran
dolph Campbell, a private in the
Rainbow Division" having completed
his training at Camp Upton, is now
enroute to France.
Messrs. w. H. Baldwin and ]. N.
linn who bought a farm in Loudoun
county, four miles from Upperville,
have begun improvements on it by
planting out an apple orchard. About
thirty-two acres are being set to
winter varieties.
A social event of interest in Balti-
more was the marriage Of Miss Mary
Tyler Duffy to Lieut.. Seth French, OF
New York, on Saturday. Miss Duffy
has often spent her summers here, the
guest of Miss Margaret Alexander.
Died suddenly at the home of w. A.
Fulk, near Kearneysville, on Friday
April 10Th, Miss Sallie Mccoy, aged
~ years. The funeral was held at the
house Sunday afternoon, April 81, at
o'clock, interment at Mt. Zion grave
yard.
The people are beginning to realize
the most important and supreme thing
to do at once to increase the War Fund
is to buy Liberty Bonds and Charles
Town is in the front rank in that line
of business today and our school chill
dren are also doing their bit.
Private Geo. w. Crawford, of the
Both Infantry, who went among the
first from this county to Camp lie,
last fall arrived in France with his
regiment last week, according to adj
vice reaching his wife, Mrs. Fannie
Southland Crawford, Of near Middle
way, few days ago.
Mr.. j. M. Miley is announced in an
other column as candidate for re-
election as councilman from the Sec
ond Ward. Mr.. Miley is one of Char
les Towns we'll known business men,
has acceptably filled one term in the
City Council, and will doubtless receive |
strong support for reelection.
Miss Katherine Alger, who was in
Jefferson county last summer and fall
in the work. of the Agricultural Ex-
tension Department of the West Vir-
ginia University, has returned to the
and will give us part of her
time m domestic science, food conser-
walton and other activities in this line.
Ralph D. Morris, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Wilbur Morris, of Shenandoah
Junction, has enlisted in the Goth En-
cheering Corps, and is now in train
ing at Camp Laurel, Md. Ralph is a
telegraph operator and was stationed
at Arlington, Nd, before joining the
fighting forces. He is twenty-four
years old.
Mrs. Plodding's Neices; or Domestic
Accomplishments-A Comedy-will be
be given at p. m. in the Rippon
Hall on Friday, May Ord, by the ladies
of Nippon and .Wheatland Auxiliary
for the benefit of the Red Cross. The
play will be followed by a dialogue.
Admission 25 and Is cents. Ice cream
will be sold.
There was quite an impressive pa
rade at Harpers Ferry and Bolivar last
Friday afternoon by the Boy Scouts
and the pupils of the public school, for
the purpose of helping along the Lib
erty Loan campaign. Over sixteen
thousand dollars have been subscribed
the school there. Quite an
record. Why don't the Char
les Town school get busy.
At meeting of Lawson Bolts Chap
ter, United Daughters of the Confed-
eracy. which met at the home of Miss
Emma Brown on last Tuesday evening
the following officers were reelected:
First ce-President, Miss Ella Fouke;
Second Vice President, Miss Mary
Engle; Historian, Miss Ora Tomlin-
son; Treasurer, Miss Hannah Howell;
Secretary, Miss Emma Brown.
Mr.. C. E. RELY, of near Summit
Point has leased the Palm Hotel, in
Charles Town, and will operate it or
the European plan. Renovation and
repairs will be made before the build
ing will be open for guests. Mr..
Rely is a genial gentleman, and we
wish him success in the management
of the house that has furnished en-
tertainment to the public in years
past.
Mr.. Thornton T. Perry is announced
in this issue as a candidate for Mayor
of Charles Town at the May election.
Mr.. Perry has had wide experience IN
and is thoroughly familiar with NUM-
cipal affairs, is a gentleman of excel