Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1919-09-09
LOCAL COLUMN.

MIS-. -, y. z oiu received q cable
gram yesterday from her husband.
Mr.. J. c. Ford who has been doing
war work overseas, stating that ha
had just sailed on the 'Aquitania''
for New York.
Fl. A. Alger has added to his auto
livery equipment large new five-pas-
senger Liberty Six car, that is a real
beauty. The machine arrived this
week and already his customers are
enjoying it.
Mrs. Viola Putchea died at the home
of her brother-in-law, Mr.. George
Nicewarner, at Millville, Thursday
morning. She is survived by her hus-
band and one sister, Mrs. Charles D.
/ Smith, of Harpers Ferry.
The generous response to the call
fors scanning and preserving for the
hospital is being much appreciated bv
the housekeeper. Any one still wish
| ing to do something along that line
can get jars or other containers from
the hospital.
HOUSE COMMITTEE.
The Confederate Reunion held at
Harrisonburg, Va, last week was a
big success. The headquarters were
at the Normal High School building
and tire were about three hundred
and fifty veterans registered there.
The veterans were entertained in fine
old Virginia style.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Marshall. of
near town, have announced the mar
/ ,Nft bnf ID \
TO Mr. Elmer Wilmer Ritter, of Rip
pom. The marriage was solemnized at
the Presbyterian Manse in Charles
Town, Saturday afternoon, the cere-
mony being performed by the pastor,
Rev. G. G. Sydnor.
The Bunker Hill Orchard Company
of Berkeley county has sold its prop
erty to w. w. Downey, F. l.. Downey
and DIR. E. B. Lefevre, for a price
somewhere between $4,000 and $780,
900. The orchard contains 103 acres
of six and seven year old trees and
there are % acres not planted. The
place was formerly known as the
Busey farm.
E. E. Cooke, w. A. Higgs, and A. S.
Allen, have just sold 1000 barrels of
Grimes Golden apples from their or
chard in Berkeley county at $3.50 per
barrel f. o. b. Martinsburg. This is
one of the best sales that has beer
made this season. These gentlemen
will have a good crop of Yorks, Bens
and Winesaps from the remainder of
their orchard.
Little Mary Ellen Lockhart, one
year daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. H. A.
Lockhart, of Wheatland, won two
handsome prizes in the baby show
contest at Morgans Grove Fair last
Friday. A gold locket was presented
to her for the prettiest brunette baby,
and prize of $500 given by the Red
Cross for the best proportional and
most perfect developed baby at the
show.
A good deal of sensation has been
caused by the announcement of the
marriage of former Senator Nathan
Golf, of Clarksburg, and Miss Cath
crime Penny, nurse who has been
caring for him. The wedding took
place in New York last Thursday.
Judge COTS wife died last January
and since then, he being in poor
| health, Miss Penny had been caring
for him. He is "a years old and his
new wife is less than 40
C Mason Kibler, the enterprising
merchant at Dufields, has bought
from the Melvin heirs the lot in Duff
! fields, the buildings on which were
| burned few months ago, paying ST.
500 for it. He will erect substan-
tial business structure upon it, and
has already begun the work. Mr.
| KILLERS store was burned out when
| the building was consumed and hehas
been using the old Wysong building
He hopes to be back in his former To-
cation before long.
Through the resignation of Miss
| Minnie Stephens, the head of the nurs-
| ing staff at the Charles Town General
Hospital, Miss Archer became the
head nurse on Monday, September L
Miss Archer is, as is Miss Stephens
a graduate of the training school fol
nurses connected with the Johns Hop
kins Hospital in Baltimore. Mis-:
Stephens has gone to the home of hel
parents at Lewisburg, w. Va, to take
|
work.
The old cement mill building on thu
Potomac a mile below ShepherdstowI
is to be torn down. The material II
it is to be used in rebuilding a garag'
that was destroyed by fire in Shep
herdstown last week. The big oil
building, which has been unoccupie'
for many years, is estimated to con
tain about a million bricks and tire
mendous amount of sound lumber o
the very best sort. The old mill vii
he carefully torn down and the brick
will be used for the walls of the gan
age and the lumber also made to serV
in the construction.
Hon. A. Moore, Jr., for so years on
of the leading lawyers of the Vale
of Virginia, will retire from the activ
practice Of law and turn his law busl
ness over to a new firm to be know
as Moore & Rixey, which will be com
posed of Mr.. Joseph F. Moore, his sor
and Mr.. John S. Rixey, a son OF tn
! late Congressman RiXey, of Culpep
per. Mr.. Moore's friends in Jefferso
will regret his withdrawal from activ
, / life. His professional engagement
required him to visit Charles Tow
frequently in the past, bringing hlr
, in contact with many of our people
That these visits are to cease will tax
( some of the joy out of the lives Q
those of us who have known and az
( preciated him.
Harry Underwood, brown as berr;
: and looking the picture OF healtl
t reached Charles Town last wee
from overseas, where he was IN q; az
tice service in the Infantry OF IN
Third Division. 1t was Harrys To-
tune in the army draft to be the mrs
S recruit drawn in this county, his nun
s Der being 25S. He left the county 9
: September 10, 1917, going. TO Yam
d Lee with the first contingent, :
= drafted men. The following April !
S was sent to France, and three month
6 later was in the midst of the gre: