Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1919-07-29
LOCAL COLUMN.

Mr.. F ID. Davis has painted tn,
dwelling of Mr.. John o. Johnson OF
West Washington street.
A delegation of Knights of Pythia.
from Martinsburg visited Blue Ridge
Lodge of Charles Town last FRIDAY
night.
Messrs. Conklyn Brothers are bull
ding a pebble-dashed addition to st
| Hildas Hall. The dining room is ex
tended II feet, the full length of the
building.
The ladies of Beulah Church will
hold A Lawn Party on the church
lawn, Friday night, August list, at S
o'clock. All be sure and come ant
bring their friends.
Palmbaum Brothers are having
their handsome three story building
in which is their commodious store
room, improved by a fresh coat. of
paint. Mr.. W. w. Johnson is doing
the work.
John Newman, colored, was cut
| badly in the western part of Charles
Town last Saturday night, and is at
the Charles Town Hospital. A war
rent has been issued charging Will
Galloway with doing the cutting.
Mary Catherine jackson, Infant
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Jackson, Jr., died at the home of her
parents near Mechanicstown yester-
day, aged months. Funeral SER
vices Tuesday afternoon at the house.
Interment in Edge Hill Cemetery.
An interesting game of base ball
was played yesterday afternoon be-
tween the Marist College of Wash
ington, who are now in camp at Rat
Ting Springs near Harpers Ferry, and
the Charles Town team. Score 6 to
2 in favor of Charles Town.
Mr.. Henry Weiss has leased the
Hotel Conner at Harpers Ferry, and
will conduct the same as an up-to-
date house in every particular. Mr..
Weiss is well known and experience
ed hotel man, and was formerly man.
ager of the hotel Virginia at Berry
vile.
Rev. DIR. G. G. Sydnor, or Rome,
Ga, who has been recently called to
the pastorate of the Presbyterian
church here, is expected this week,
and will occupy the pulpit next Sun
day, at both services. A cordial in
vitatien is extended to all the congre
cation to be present to hear him.
Marriage licenses were issued to the
following couples by County Clerk
Johnson: James U. Anderson, of
Martinsburg, and Florence Eleanor
Campbell, of this county; Lyle Will
liam Grove, of Cumberland, and
Roberta Katherine Kern, of Harpers
Ferry; Thomas Franklin Tumblin and
Edith Ashby, both of Clarke county.
Mr.. Norman Johnson of the 313th
Field Artillery has received his hon
orable discharge and arrived in
Charles Town last week. He was
kept at Camp Lee upon the arrival of
his command there couple of
months ago, on account of it being
necessary to remove his tonsils be-
fore he could be discharged in good
health.
Quite a number of entries have
been received for the Charles Town
Horse Show which will be held on
Wednesday and Thursday August 13
and IA next, and it seems assured
that the exhibition this year will be
better than ever before Interest is
growing daily, and we have no doubt
that every body will be there from
miles around.
The Presbyterian and Beulah Sun
day Schools will hold their usual bas-
ket picnic on Wednesday morning,
July Both 1919. There will be auto
mobiles at the Chapel on Wednes-
day morning from $3.50 to 10 o'clock
to take out those desiring to go out to
Beulah church where the picnic will
be held. 1t is desired that not only
the Sunday Schools participate in the
picnic but that the whole congrega-
ton join in with them.
Thomas S. Lovett has made ar
rangements to rebuild the Hilltop
House at Harpers Ferry which was de-
stroyed by fire some weeks ago, and
will begin the work of reconstruction
at once. The hotel will be rebuilt up
on the old plans, as a considerable
part of the stone walls are solid and
can be utilized again. 1t is hoped to
have the house ready for business by
the opening of next years season.
Shepherdstown Register.
DR.. Chas. w. Link, well known
dentist, of Martinsburg, and a native
of Dufields, this county, died Wednes-
day night in the Johns Hopkins Hospl-
tai, Baltimore, where he had submit
ted to a severe operation few days
before to relieve himself of kidney
trouble. DR.. Link who was 81 years
old belonged to one of the old families
of the county. In Martinsburg where
he practiced his profession for twenty
years, he was highly esteemed both
socially and professionally. His death
is the second among the men of his
profession in Martinsburg within
week, DR.. Edgar Smith having died
Friday morning of last week. Both
were natives of Jefferson county, Dr.
Link is survived by his wife and two
daughters, also four brothers: Rev.
A. G. Link, of Campbellsville, KY;
DR.. w. S. Link, of Parkersburg; AS
snccor # n Link and 7. Albert Link