Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1920-08-17
LOCAL BRIEFS.

on Thursday evening August 10.
| Chicken Supper will be served al
the Lawn Party at the home of Mr.
R. H. Barton, Charles Town, next
Friday, August 20, for the benefit of
the Charles Town Hospital.
Miss Elizabeth Elliott sang Hold
Thou My Hand as an offertory in
the Methodist Church Sunday morn
ing. Miss Elliott has very musical
voice and sang with much expression.
| A marriage license was issued yes-
terday to Mr. William F. Cole and
Miss Mary Elizabeth Cooper, of Har-
pers Ferry, by County Clerk Charles
| A. Johnson.
DR.. j. B. Chamberlin, Optometrist.
OF Martins5urg, will be at Hotel JEFF.
ferson Wednesday, August %, from
10 a. M, to a p. m. An opportunity
to have your eyes examined and
glasses fitted if necessary.
Members of the M. E. Church.
South, at Uvilla, will have their an
nual Harvest Home Supper on Thurs
day evening, August 26th, in the Hall
where ice cream and refreshments
will be served. A player piano will
furnish music. Everybody invited
Supper ready at o'clock.
Arthur Howell, aged 13 months,
son of Joseph Howell, died at the
home of his parents near Myerstown.
last Saturday. The interment took
place in Edge Hill Cemetery on Sun
day afternoon, with services at the
grave, conducted by Rev. Goodwin
Frazer.
We publish again this week the
Governors Proclamation of pro-
posed change in the Constitution of
| West Virginia in regard to the meet
ing of the Legislature, &c. There
was slight mistake in the wording
of it, which however was not made
| by US, but was in the copy as sent US.
In section %, where it read ''the
Wednesday after the second day of
March following" should have read
''the Wednesday after the second
Monday of March following" as cor
rected n this issue.
The home of the late Gen Henry
R. Miles located near Storer College,
in Harpers Ferry, has been sold to
w. F. Andes, of Engle, for $500.
Andes who has been employed by
the B. & o. at Engle, will hereafter
| be located at Harpers Ferry. Fred
L. Glaize, of Winchester, has pur-
chased a 800 acre tract of timber
land near Wardensville, Hardy Coun-
| ty, for $4,000 Both of these sales
were made by the agency of the
Moore Insurance & Realty Co.
Fire of unknown origin on Sunday,
August s, did $4,000 damage, partly
covered by insurance, to a carload
and a half of finished bar rel heads
and 5000 blank head and destroyed
considerable barrel manufacturing
machinery at the barrelage of V. H.
Cazer, situated about two and one
half miles east of Inwood near Three
Runs, in Berkeley County. Mr.. Ed
ward E. Anderson, of Ransom, is
manager of the plant.
| Miss Louise Higginbotham, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. R. H: Higgin-
botham, of Wheatland this county,
had to undergo an operation for ap-
pendicitis at Sibley Hospital il Wash
ington on last Tuesday. Miss Hig-
ginbotham has been a meraber of a
class of nurses in Sibley since Feb
ruary. Her father was at the Hos
pital at the time of the operation and
| for ashort time afterward until he
was assured the patient was improv-
ing.
Charles Town District Board of
Education is having two rooms fitted
I'D, one on the first floor, the other
on the second floor of the Kennedy
residence adjoining the High School,
for use as school rooms the next term
The Kennedy house had been sold,
the purchasers agreeing to tear 1t
down and remove the material from
the site, but the work has been sus-
lpended in order to allow the Board
the use of two remaining rooms for
classes, The west end of the old
house will be used.
The ladies with the assistance OF
the young gentlemen members OF the
PRESBYTERIAN Church and Sunday
! School will hold a Fair and Lawn
Party on the pretty grounds OF the
Old White Church, opposite the Ma
sonic. Hall, in Middleway, on Satur-
dav. August 28th, to which they in
wife all who wish to have pleasant
evenings entertainment. The COM
n,ittee will make a special effort to
make il a success. The grounds will
he brightly illuminated by japanese
lanterns and delicious ice cream
cake and other delicies will be serv-
ed during the evening. PROCEEDS 10
be used to defray church expenses
Come all and have pleasant time.
| Mrs. Mary E. Bryan died at the
residence of her son-in-law Mr.. JOS
eph Perks, near Charles Town, last
Friday, aged 70 years. She was an
estimable christian lady and up until
several months ago made her home
with her grandson, Mr.. c. +. Perks
in Charles Town. She had been a
CONSTANT christian during long lie
and was a member of the Methodist
church. She is survived by two sons
and three daughters, as follows
Mrs. Joseph Chapman, in California
Mrs. Joseph Perks, near Charles
Town: Mrs. Emma Petit, of Washing
ton: Mr.. Augustus Bryan, of Alexan,
dria. Va, and Mr.. Allen Bryan, OF
Pennsylvania. Funeral services Were
held on Sunday afternoon in tne ~
E. Church South, in Charles ToWn
Rev. T. NJ. Swami officiating, and nel
body was taken to Berryville fol
interment.
An interesting and beneficial join
meeting of the Safety and Wel1ar'
committees of the Keystone Llm
stone Company, Millville, and fitts
burgh Limestone Company, Faiiini
Waters, subsidiary companies OF tn
United States Steel Corporation, wa
held last Tuesday night on the veran