Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1919-12-02
LOCAL COLUMN.

The Jefferson Garage received twe
more car loads of Ford cars last weel
The Bank of Harpers has installer
one of the newest and most comnlete
Burroughs Adding Machines.
Lawson Bolts Chapter, u. D. q
viii meet at the home of the Misses
Howell Tuesday, December 9th. a
| 80 p. m.
William Elleyette, of Clarke county
has rented the Henderson farm naa,
Leetown from w. c.. Rely and vii
move there in the spring.
The Kilbourne Knitting COMPANY
of New Brunswick, N. j., hasleased
the old Presbyterian church buildino
at Harpers Ferry, and will open 8
branch factory for the making of In
terwoven Hosiery there.
By change of schedule on the r
& o. last Sunday, trains were chang
ed at Charles Town as follows. No
SIS from 11.33 to 11.36; and No. 81
from 5.21 to 5.18 p. M, and No. 81
from 6.49 to 6.51 p. m.
The Pennsylvania Chautauqua which
has visited Charles Town every sum
mer for the past seven years. has
closed contract with the people of
Shepherdstown for the season of 1920.
About IS guarantors have signed the
contract.
The last link of the new road that
connects the Shenandoah Valley with
Washington and Baltimore was thrown
open on Sunday when vehicles were
allowed the use of the new cement
road just completed between Harpers
Ferry and Knoxville, Nd.
Messrs. Lee & Lands, proprietors
of the o. K. Garage and Electrical
Shop, near the B. & o. station, Charles
Town, have taken the agency for the
famous Elcar Six, and Defiance trucks.
Both of these machines have withstood
rigid tests and stand high in the motor
world. Call at the Garage and exam
inc them.
Mr.. Vernon Slusher died at the
Charles Town Hospital last night,
aged about % years. He is a son of
Mr.. James A. Slusher of this county,
and has been living in Martinsburg.
He leaves wife and several children.
Funeral services will be held We'd
nesday at IL a. M, at the residence
of his father on the Amber farm.
Miss Daisy Florence Trundle, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. George T. Trun-
die, of the Bakerton neighborhood,
died Wednesday morning, after a long
illness, aged "A years. She had been
in failing health for the past two
years, and had been belfast for eight
or nine weeks. Besides her parents,
she is survived by the following broth
ers and sisters: John A. and Geo. T.,
of Cleveland, Ohio; Samuel R. and
Mason N, of Bakerton; Charles M, of
Millville; Mrs. j. G. Burns, Gathers
burg, Md; Mrs. Willard Moler, of Bak-
erton.
Sale of Red Cross Christmas Seals
and Bonds to aid in stamping out
tuberculosis in the community will be-
gin December LIST. Miss Amelia Hop
kins has been appointed chairman for
jefferson County and will have the
hearty cooperation of all Red Cross
and public welfare agencies through
out the county. The churches and
schools will also lend their aid to this
very worthy cause. Seventy-five per
cent. of the money subscribed in COM
munity will be spent there in eradi-
eating the "Great White Plague" The
money will be spent for expert tuber-
culosis nurses, the purchase of milk,
eggs, and other nourishing diet for
those unable to afford it and the re-
moval to the State Sanitarium OF those
4,1 o4.,An ant
Jefferson's quota of the States al
lotment is comparatively small. The
need is specific and urgent. The
county has never yet failed to "go over
the top" 1t will not fail now.
With his face carefully masked, and
carrying a binding searchlight, a
burglar entered the residence Of Mr.;
John M. Daniel, one mile south OF
Shenandoah Junction, about | o'clock
Tuesday night, and carried of valua-
bles, mostly jewelry, worth about 500.
The man entered the house by raising
window which was unfastened, ard
going to the bedrooms on the second
ioor helped himself to whatever ap-
pealed to MIN. Mrs. Daniel was aWak-
cned while the thief was in her room.
The intruder thrust the searchIgnt IN
her face and quickly backed out OF the
room and down the stairs, leaving
her too astonished and frightened TO
make any outcry None of the other
members of her family was aware any
thing unusual was happening until az
ter the man had gotten safely away
The only description of the. visitor
is that he was of medium size and
wore derby hat. Two men, one OF
them answering the above description,
are known to have gotten off +. q
O. passenger train at Shenandoah
junction about midnight that night
They left the station Immediately up
on alighting from the train. In a
couple Of hours they returned to the
station and boarded another train, thus
disappearing and leaving no trace.