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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1919-07-22
WOMAN KILLED BY TRAIN.

The second fatal accident within
two weeks occurred on the b. q y.
Railroad near the crossing at Van
clevesville about 10 o'clock Thursday
morning, when Mrs. Resale Whit
tington, of Martinsburg, was struck
bv an engine attached to a local west.
bound freight train. The wheels OF
the engine mangled her body fright
fully.
Mrs. Wilmington, who had been Wis
ting at the home Of Mrs. j. NJ. Bill
myer. near the place where she was
killed. was on her way TO that house
when she met her death. She was
attempting to cross the railroad tracks
at the slight curve about a quartsi
of a mile east of the crossing. She
waited for an eastbound freight tram
to pass and after that track was clear
did rot notice the approaching west
bound local and started across the
track. bound for Mrs. Billmyer's.
Mrs. Wilmington was 65 years OF
age and was a native Of Berkeley
county. She spent her entire life in
Martinsburg and in the surrounding
country. She was the widow Of Chas.
r. Wilmington, who died only a few
months ago and prior to her marriage
was Miss Rosie Crabb. Her survivors
are two sons, Henry and William, OF
Nartinsburg. and two daughters, Mrs
Charles Bell, Of Martinsburg, and Mrs
Charles Kellison, of Harpers Ferry.
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road COMMISSION TIC
TATE ,,rpF WEDNESDAY

BE- .hers of the State e Koae
The nen'9tS together with i the cG st1es
oads EnslqeS~F "wednesday n jdyite
Court Court as well LA. as all al left eft
f. C ;Soqierssted in good r0'0S III 90
=. .son county, last weeks issue
A ;.R gp5'c County Court gid f fas the he
End to 1 coa6ty Class A roads ads t fSr
set f aff'H hold this conference sffss
|onn1i' SieW Of adjusting the D'a''''
\ possible. 5isputed fact that every,
i i an Jefferson faq county wants hts g onlp
Eoads an@ Of opinion IS as to M tben
r iss best St method to S0t county tRe I'M
Every Glt u tbe question is requested d
[srestssdn n this his meeting Wednesday s9a"k ~
. at5snn July %, at 2 0e ToGn !"
Bfterhov,.l+' House in Charles lo"h'
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1919-07-22

News of the death of Mrs. Ida Glen
denning at her home in Gassaway, W.
Va, reached her relatives about Mid
dleway Tuesday. Little is known of
her last illness, though it is believed
to have been of short duration. Only
day or two before her death the in
formation came that she was sick.
Further than this announcement, her
relatives here knew nothing. Mrs.
Clendenning was married twice, Mr..
]. William Riley, who died in Prince
William county, Virginia, four years
ago, being her first husband, Mr..
James Clendenning, to whom she was
married in December last survives her.
Deceased was daughter of the late
John M. Niceley, of Middleway. Mr..
Henry Nicely, resident of Middle
way, is her only brother now living.
Mrs. Henry League, of Gassaway, is
her only sister. The remains were
brought to Martinsburg Thursday for
burial, the interment being made by
the side of her first husband.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1919-07-22
PLANS FOR SOLDIER cELEBRA
TON BEING MADE

Plans are still under way for the
big soldier celebration proposed to
be held in Charles Town early in
August Committees are now being
appointed and are getting to work,
and more definate arrangements will
be announced shortly.
Everybody is urged to get to-
gether and put their shoulder to the
wheel and help put the big celebra-
ton across.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1919-07-22
CHURCH ITEMS.

4 lillian Stump has been WIS
.,o @i' Miss Esther West al N'ppO,'
IT, n.y. w ". H. Best preached each s in the
!|D, Rfsi y" Church i1i on last Sunday
|nOrning. Tho Lords Supper
SacI administered in the Presbyterian
&c., as a5''I last Sunday morning.
/ nul." u N. Moffett preached morn
Rev. a. oy or in the Presbyterian
b. E4g,r aIu last Sunday also at beuiah
h the afternoon
Services . eescond Sunday, Mass 8:45 a.
FhaT TSonTtb Sunday 1920 a. M; even
E. b; services 5GTi 1880 p. M .<. ..,,
IA Brown Ramey, infant son
D3na I'D Mrs. Clarence L. Ramey,
|pf NJ Lam. 4,,s Carter Tabb infant son
Pad W. g4'. and Mrs. James Tabb were
b Mr MA am in the Presbyterian Church
P la.+ Sunday a nj morning by Rev. H. M
bOfett. Nicotine fo,
a Ins 1' Circuit will be held at Oak
en9lS Satnrday. July 26. Preaching
lana, o@'I N followed by Quarterly
b g s.re q, Preaching and Sacra-
o,,teit service by the Presiding Elder
punug b and administer Sacrament at
pTeaGn aI,U Of +, II A. m. He will also
S.ooa5 If the open air service, Epis-
Io lraI Church yard, Leetown at 8 p.
lop1' An are welcome to all the above
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1919-07-22
FIVE AIRPLANES TO BE AT THE
HORSE SHOW

We are informed by DR.. j. L.
Luke, Secretary of the Charles Town
Horse Show Association that the AS
ISOLATION has arranged to have five
airplanes at the coming exhibition of
the Association on Wednesday and
Thursday, August IS and IA next.
The management is making spec
ial effort to make the Seventh Annual
Exhibition to be held this year one
of the bestever held anywhere and if
you are not making your plans to
attend, you will surely miss some
thing worth while.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1919-07-22
state Of Ohio, City of Toledo.

State Of Ohio, City Of Toledo,
Lucas County, IS.
Frank ]. Cheney makes oath thar ne
4. SENIOR mariner Of the firm Of F. ].
Cheney & Co. doing business In the CITY
of Toledo, County and State aforesaid:
and that said firm will pay the sum o.
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each
and every case Of Catarrh that canno. pe
curad by the use of HALLS CATARhH
MEDICINE. FRANK ]. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed IN
| nv presence, this Sth day Of December,
A. D. 1886. A w GLEASOxEi
J HANS Catarrh Medicine Ii taken in
ternally and acts through the Blood on
the Mucous Surfaces Of the System. SEND
iof r j. CHENEY & CO., Toledo. o,
Sold by all druggists. f5c.
! Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1919-07-22

81 Money to loan on approved real
Il estate security.
Geo. NJ. Beltzhoover, Jr.
Round Oak Chief Ranges are fine.
4 Try one. For sale by w. Ralph
4 Burns.
Ladies corset covers, muslin under
Il wear See Lands.
A large and complete line ofGeor-
H cite crepe, crepe de chine and silks at
the right price at Landis'.
Buy a Bengal pipeless furnace
4 this summer and be prepared for the
coming winter For sale and in
stalled by w. Ralph Burns.
Pratts poultry food at Callan's.
Seal pox underwear for ladies and
gentlemen. See Lands.
We have in our silk department
chiffon, tafeta, satin, joffret, poplins,
messalines, sport stripes and plaids.
C. 7. Shugart
Ladies silk and Isle hose from 25c
to 200 at Landis'
A good line ribbons, both wash and
satin at Landis',
". Ralph Burns sells the best quail
lily goods at the right prices. Try
him.
Nainsook, long cloth and pajama
cloth at Lands.
Furnished Rooms for Rent. Apply
to Mrs B. W. Jackson, Washington
street.
tyou have any junk. let Lyman Viene'
know
We have a stock of DR.. Whitlock's
remedies g. Lippitt Renner.
Gather up your junk and sell it tc
Lyman Wiener.
Buy a Round Oak Chief Range from
W. Ralph Burns and presrve you
wifes good disposition.
No>t1 To ioAN-On approved real estat
'v county Apply TO
JOHN T. PoRTERFIrLD.
Charles Town. w. Va.
la- -.0l rg hours lunch at Brow
BW.-.
Severed .-snd dollars to loan on res
e'-.. t.Fsto
FEASK BEcKwITH,
A--tF Attorney.
l.... aaxsns, vols and dimitie
or I.s
1911 e ,e at store every da,
ga.. ..-nr Sunday morrnin
'U "a. M. only. John [
I-~s g. ...
.e ms Blue Ribbon refrig
'a. M Blue Ribbon oil coo
..s are first class. "
t .s
"'t. ---t prices for horse hides.
Hyman Wiener.
N. booking orders mo-
ek and Pocahontas Goa
.as and some on the rail-
lans q Co.
....F .n-r pays good prices for q
ut let him know If you ha'
ly our tafies and caromel
Brown Hu1s.
-.' a-a pri,e Is paid for beef hide
Hyman Wiener
'1I pounds all grades of coff'
Z, reasonable prices. G. L. Renne
Cosae building.
=, 1l.e.sher and Corticelli Yarns
maxi Grey and other popular shade
o. C. T. Shugart's.
,,id,a lake Ad-ler-i-ka for the stomac
'llIler's Pharmacy.
Special prices at Callan's.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1919-07-22

We can save you money. Place
vour order for your fertilizer for fall
with us now and save the advance IN
freight rates.
Washington, Alexander & Cooke Co
High Grade Fertilizer Works,
Charles Town, W. Va.
July 22-4t.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1919-07-22

Dvspepsia is Americas curse: To
.ostore digestion, normal weight
r Ts.iI health and purify the blood, use
bE VvJ Blood Bitters. Sold at all
fmg stores. Price $1.25.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1919-07-22

us Percy J. Edmonds and three
|cbiIdren, and her brother, 1t. Howell
Brown. of Pittsburgh, Pa, have joined
the house party at Mrs. Howell
Browns. South Mildred st. Mr.. Ken
Meth Pennie and family who had been
bere have returned to Pittsburgh for
a week. Mr.. Pennie having business
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1919-07-22

r s. Senator and Mrs. Myers, with
tbsir daughter, Miss Mamie Myers, OF
Montana 'Io came up from Washington
for visit to their relatives IN town
and aD county. They were guests of Mrs
ii c Carroll on Monday, and Tues
dav thew spent the day with Misses
Annie and Esther Locke near Summit
hit
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1919-07-22

Hall your fertilizer during August
and help US relieve the labor short
age at our factory.
Washington, Alexander & Cooke Co.
High Grade Fertilizer Works,
Charles Town, w. Va.
July 22-4t.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1919-07-22

FOR sALE-Car of Yearling ewes
md Wontannas, also some good three
'''u wv c. F. WALL.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1919-07-22

Itching, bleeding, protruding or
blind piles have yielded to Doan's
Ointment. 60c. at all stores.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1919-07-22

A large line Of Georgette crepe
and vol waists. See Lands.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1919-07-22

Furnished Rooms for Rent. Apply
to Mrs. B. w. Jackson, Washington
street.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1919-07-22

The Spirit of Jefferson is adding
new subscriptions to its list every
day. Why not send in your subscrip-
ton. We will give you cordial
welcome to our list, and the price is
only one dollar year.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1919-07-22
WALL PAPER.

After having waited for several
years until the war was over" TO
buy wall paper. everybody is now in
rush to make up for lost time. That
dining room and that bed room must
be papered fright now" Well, we
have the paper for you. Some as
low as ten cents a roll Others as
high as you wish. Come and see
them. C. n. BEARD.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1919-07-22
HARNESS

complete Of inch breehng sets Of
line, choke
leather
Of check lnes
saddle bride
harness r D. Shugart and good
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1919-07-22
BUSINESS LOCALS.

Money to loan on approved real
estate security
Geo. NJ. Beltzhoover, Jr.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1919-07-22
Miscellaneous

H wheat OF plat
shelter,
with pulley
chains,
%
buckeye incubator 2l0
kitchen table, half dozen dining
lot Of
and other articles two numerous
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1919-07-22
Is HEAD OF HIGH GRADE DURHAM CATTLE
Farming Implements

Fish Bros make, with 10 barrel PANEL bed
Mol inc Binder Milwaukee
Mower, One DEERING Mower prac
cay Mccormick Mccormick hay tedde
double Simplex planter with fertilizer
good Hos hoe Su
hoe disc Superior grain drill
Crown drill walking Buckeye GUILTY. ato No 40 Oliver chill ed pow
plow No 10 Oliver Garden pow
springoh harrow three oursqu harrows one corn harrow
shovel pows drag sets Of Is # sheyngs
scientific cutter clover seed buneher
butt pair of spreade lot Of bb
sticks forks pitch forks grain
CRADLES and akes sche other above
chineryi IS practically
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1919-07-22
Terms of Sale:

credit of will be given all Of $40 and over
acceptable
payable the Bank of Charles Town under $40
No property to sale complied with
THOMAS EAGAN,
Miss)K EACAN
(Miss) M EACAN, Exeeutrix.
Chas T. Enge and T. ]. West, A uconeers-
BaneB Brown, Clerk
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A Book on "The Religion of Old Glory"

'phonic prose" that stand out as rare
examples Of the richness and fexibility
OF our language. Mingled with these,
however, are trite phrases and banal plati-
tudes that seriously impair the Inspire
tonal effect which the author obviously
has striven to achieve. One gets the inn
preston that the book has been written
hurriedly and published prematurely with
out adequate reflection and revision.
The reader is led, chapter by chapter,
through the analysis and Interpretation Of
the symbolic nature and mystical sig
nificanee Of each component part Of the
flag, but all this is merely the prepare
ton Of the mind for the acceptance Of the
main theme, the central idea around which
the whole structure has been built. This
is nothing less startling than the attribu-
ton to the flag itself Of Divine qualities
and virtuesl The preparation is hardly
sufficient; one must be deeply stepped in
deed in mysticism not to gasp at the sud-
den realization that the author has not
used the language of his title figuratively,
that The Religion Of Old Glory means to
him precisely what it says; that he is pro-
posing nothing less literal than the actual
worship of the American Hagl
For the public worship Of the flag the
author has prepared ritual, given here
IN its completeness. 1t is a poetic GER
emony, rich in imagery and admirably
calculated to appeal profoundly to the
mysticism inherent in the American peo-
pie. That it will so appeal, and'widely, is
hardly to be doubted.
There is no manner of doubt that IL e
old creeds, the ancient religious teachings
and theologies have lost their grip on mil
lions upon millions Of Americans. And
yet we are, as a people, more deeply re
ligious in our instincts and in the motives
that impel US to action than is probably
true of any other Western nation. Wit
ness the rise and development of new
sects, new ethical and religious cults Of
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finest In ourselves; but there is more than
that In our homage. For it is part of orr
American Mysticism that we do, as peo-
pie and almost as a unanimous whole,
believe in America as land sacred and
holy a land setvapart by Divine Provi-
dence and charged with Divine mission
that grows and unfolds to our vision as
we grow in power to perform it, and Of
which our flag is also the symbol.
To this mystical quality of the Amer
lean spirit William Norman Guthrie APP
peals in The Religion Of Old Glory. Mr..
Guthrie has an unusual power of verbal
imagery. To the intellectual critic his
style may appear turgid, his figures over
wrought, his manner at times too trivial
TO be taken seriously, at others too serious
for the triviality of the point he is max
ing. But what has intellect to do with
mysticism; when was religion ever ra-
tionalf
This book is an attempt to put on
paper, to express in words and sentences,
in images and metaphors, by rhetorical
symbols and devices, the essence and the
substance of that American mysticism of
which the Stars and Stripes is the visible
and common symbol. To characterize tie
attempt as either a success or failure
would be premature. The book will be
widely read; of that there can be no doubt.
Its title appeals TO the millions who con-
sciously regard the flag as a Sacred
emblem; a glance through its pages is
enough to intrigue the interest of every
reading American who finds satisfying
food for his spiritual yearnings in any Of
Two drawings of Alexander
Il Woollcott, author of ''The Com
mand Is Forward" made by c.
Leroy Baldridge, the soldier
artist of the A. E. F. who drew
those Liberty Loan posters.
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the mass Of symbolic and esoteric liter
allure put forth by the disciples of any
of the numerous religious and semi-relig-
ious cults to which American mysticism
has given rise. There must be more mil
lions Of these.
There is no standard with which to com
pare Mr.. Guthrie's effort, because nothing
of the sort has been done before. Taking
each element of the flag as separate
theme, its form, its colors, its heraldic de-
vices and its history, Mr.. Guthrie weaves
about the very shape and grouping Of its
stars, the numbers and the colors of it,
stripes, mystical mesh of symbolism,
shot through with a perfervid patriotism
and knotted together by novel and niger
ious esoteric interpretations.
One reads these chapters with en-
thusiasm or impotence, depending upon
whether or not the reader brings to the
book, a mind receptive to the sensory
stimuli that individually have power to
impress and greatly to inspire the COM
mon run Of American men and women.
Nothing could possibly be fairer targei
for ridicule did the critic desire to pose
as a detached intellect moving freely in
space; nothing could be more unfair than
for any human being to ridicule that
which greatly stirs and honorably mott
Yates great numbers of other human be-
ings whose emotional reactions are more
elementary.
Mr.. Guthrie draws freely upon all the
resources of mythology, astrology, folk
lore and the religious and ethical systems
Of all time to invest each element of the
American flag with mystical symbolism.
The most critical reader must respect his
enthusiasm and admire his ingenuity,
while viewed as pure literature there are
passages Of what Amy Lowell calls "poly-
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By FRANK PARKER srocKBkIDoE

1T was a British observer who, after
i watching the American soldiers who
went overseas, watching them on parade,
in camp and in action, said:
I'VE Of England have never understood
America; doubtless we never shall. There
is something about these boys in khaki,
something common to all the Americans I
have ever met, that puzzles and battles the
British mind. 1t is something more than
patriotism as we understand it; it is some
thing less than religion, as the churches
teach it. 1t is spiritual quality that par
takes of both of these and Of other in
tangible elements. IF 1 were to attempt
to characterize Americans in one word
should call them Mystics."
The English observer was right. We
are Mystics. To the great body of Amer
leans patriotism, Christianity and the alb
stract virtues are part of an intermingled
code that includes good deal of Judaism,
recognizable trace Of theosophy, a fair
modicum of spiritualism, ponderable
amount of stoicism and not little Buddh-
ism. We delight in ritual and are
vaguely but deeply stirred by symbols.
We may differ, even quarrel, in the alb
sence of any great compelling common
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motive, over the details of our rituals, the
validity Of our symbols. But who that
has looked even a little bit below the sur
face of the multiplex tangle Of the OBJ
vious that always masks the real forces at
work upon an individual or a nation will
question that the motivating energy, the
impelling power behind America and TIE
American soldier in the great war was
this national MYSTICISM Call it patriot
ism, religion, democracy, what you will.
1t manifests itself to the observing eye in
thousand forms, but always in time of
stress and danger it issevoked and callel
, into common action by the one symbol
that to this one means one thing, to that
another, to others still other things, but
that to all stands for our common Mysti-
cism-the Flag.
Possessing the oldest flag now flying as
a national standard we, as people, rem
der homage to our national symbol more
openly and at the same time more deeply
than do the people of any other country
to their own. To us as Americans it sig
nifes not only what America is but what
each of us believes it to be, wishes it
were, hopes it may become There is re-
fected in this nation wide reverence for
the nations flag something of our COM
plete, though often unconscious, recogni-
ton that our country is and must be the
reflex of ourselves, of all that is best and
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many kinds, significant chiefly Of the ex-
istence of great and unsatisfed desire
for an expressed and formulated religious
code or creed to which its devotees may
adhere without compromising with their
consciences in their daily and harmless
occupations and pleasures. To the most
casual observers it is obvious that the
great mass Of Americans regard the es-
tablished religious bodies as out of touch
with life, as offering no real and practical
help to those who are compelled to live
In the world as it is and want a religion
that will make ii easier for them to live
in il rightly.
The Religion of Old Glory may not be
that which these great unchurched masses
are seeking. But one who senses the mys-
ticism Of the American spirit and sees it
reflected in such wealth Of expression in
this book has not the temerity to say that
it is not.
THE RELIGION OF OLD GLORY. By
WILLIAM NORMAN GUTHRIE George II.
Doran Company,
HIS is as near as the Book Monthly,
published in London by the Graph
les publishers has got to it:
what curious word blurd is, but
then it comes from America, where curious
words do get born. One finds it used in
an American literary paper in connection
with the Jacket which is common there,
as it is here, to new books. We are told
OF the extravagant blurds' to be found on
such Jackets meaning that things are
said about the literary quality within
which are, to say the least of it, little
exaggerated, like the report of Mark
Twain's death while he was still alive.
For all that, the Book Monthly is the
ONLY English periodical that takes cog
nizance of American books and authors.
James Milne is the editor.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1919-01-04

YOUR BUSINESS INVITED.
Our Record; Thlrty-elght Years Of Con.
servatvs 6anklno.