Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1920-01-20
LOCAL COLUMN.

DOTH W III. anu MIS-. william L.
Riddleberger, on Sunday, January
Is, son, William Ira Riddleberger
Jr.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. B. H. Rid
dleberger, daughter; to Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Drish, daughter. and 10
Mr.. and Mrs. Forrest Sechrist q
daughter.
AT the regular semi-monthlv meet
ing of the City Council last n;ght
the Mayor and all the Conncilr,as'
were present. Only routine business
was transacted.
The name given to the son recent
ly born to Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Moore, is Charles Ellet Moore r.
Before marriage Mrs. Moore was Miss
Eleanor Eyster. 80
Professor and Mrs. ]. A Da.r;x
went to Washington yesterday re
take possession of their apartments s
at Chatham Court, where thew viii
spend the winter.
Squire Daniel Hefebower ceIebro+
ed his 18th Birthday Anniversar,,
with a sumptuous dinner to a laros
number of his friends at his home at
Rippon last Friday.
Mr.. R. S. Grandstaff has given mn
has position on the police force Of
Charles Town, on account of being
refused raise in salary from S65
to $50 per month by the Council
Tho hodx of yN;ll;o... n,
ored, who died in Pittsburg. was
brought to Charles Town Yesterday
morning and inferred in Fairview
cemetery. He was 40 years of AGE
Messrs. Irwin & Virts sold last
week an Oakland Sedan to Mr.. Sam
uel Mlchaels; an Oakland TOURING
Car to Mr.. Geo. t. Shirley, and q
two ton Traffic Truck to Messrs
Drish & Lehman.
Fannie White, colored, widow of
Thomas White, died in Charles Town
last Friday, aged 20 years. Her
body was taken to Rippon yesterday
afternoon and inferred, after funeral
services in the church there.
Mr.. John P. Dreamer, of near
hearneysvllle, has bought the farm
OF Joseph E. Byers, on the Kearnevs-
vile pike, northwest of Kearneysville
paying $3.50 an acre for it. Thee
are about lis acres in the place. &
ii. Baylor Reinhart, of Shepherds
town, has been appointed deputy in
ternal revenue collector for the dis
trict composed of the counties of
Jefferson, Berkeley and Morgan. and
will enter upon his duties at once.
Mr.. j. Shirley Smith was sent to
the Charles Town Hospital Thurs
day for treatment f Jr carbuncles
This is the second attack from the
trouble within year, and it is caus
ing him almost indescrible suffering.
DR.. j. B. Chamberlin, Optometrist.
of Martinsburg, will be at the Palm
Hotel, Wednesday, January %, from
IL a. M, to p. m. He will be pre-
pared to make a thorough examina-
ton of your eyes and furnish glasses
If necessary.
Mr.. John Clark, of Chambersburg.
Pa, shot a deer that had ten prongs
and weighed $50 pounds, in the South
Mountain near that place recently.
He also returned with "a rabbits.
He is a grandson of Mrs. Annie E.
Myers, of Ransom.
Hyman Wiener, the well-known
junk dealer, has sold a ca load of old
horse shoes for export to Japan.
They had to be put in double sacks
and sewed up tight and tagged, and
shipped to New York to be loaded on
a vessel enroute for Japan.
Mr.. Claude Ritnour has opened
shoe shining parlor in the Lock room
on Main street next to Z. F. Davis
meat store. He was badly wounded
while in the u. S. Army in France,
and the patronage of the public will
be greatly appreciated by him.
Messrs. j. w. and Walter C. Rely
have sold their farm known as the
Ashwood place, three miles southwest
of Summit Point, to Mr.. William NJ.
Allen, of the county, for 1925 an
acre. The farm has 215 acres in it
and lies part in Jefferson and part in
Clarke County.
On April 1st Mr.. and Mrs. j. w.
Irwin will move from the Flagg prop
erty on East Washington street to
their residence on South Mildred
street recently purchased by them.
Mr. and Mrs. Manning and daughters
folr IF no
Gated by the Twins.
Miss Sallie Mcdonald has sold her
house and lot on Eagle Avenue, Sum-
nit Point, to Mr.. George W. Row
land, who will make his home there
in the spring when he quits farming
on the Locke farm west of Summit
Point. Mr.. Rowland is reported to
have paid $2,700 for the property.
Councilman ]. NJ Miley was Sc
verely injured by being struck by an
automobile operated by Henry Green,
colored, at the corner of Charles and
Washington streets last Wednesday
night. The street lights were out,
and Mr.. Miley had started across the
crossing going east on the north SIDE
of Washington street when the car
turned the corner and struck him.
He was dragged for some distance
and seriously bruised about the right
side and leg, and has been housed up
since, but is now getting better
Col. Thomas J. West has bought
from Mr. Marshall Melvln,executor
of the late Adam Brenneman, the
Brenneman farm lying two miles
southwest of Rippon. This is one OF
+hc hest farms in jefferson county,
and Mr.. West paid $4,000 per acre
for t. With Mr.. Vests al
ready large holdings in the Builsklll
section, this gives him over eign.
hundred acres of the best land IN
Jefferson county, all of which ne has
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