Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1920-10-12
LOCAL BRIEFS.

An infant child of Mrs. S. Preston
Hopkins died at the Charles Tow
Hospital this morning.
News has been received of tn,
death of Rev. George Leybuhn, O
Los Angeles, California, father o.
Mrs. VIM. Travers Coe.
Mr.. David Roy Hoffmaster ant
Miss Anna Rebecca Grim, both O,
Bakerton, were married at that place
last Wednesday by Rev. G. E
Brandt.
Saml'l. B. Montgomery, indepsnden,
candidate for Governor, will speak
at the Court House in Charles Town
nTuesday night, October IL, at
1880 o'clock.
Mr.. Clarence E. Littleton and Miss
Mary A. Trail, both of Harper's
Ferry, were married at the Methodist
parsonage in that place October 2 by
Rev. A. r. Snedegar.
The jefferson County Telephone
Company is getting out New Direc-
tory. Subscribers wanting any
changes made should notify The Man.
ayers Office on or before October
18th, 1920.
Bertha May Chamblin, aged
years, daughter of William Cham
olin, died at the home of her parents
near Manning's last Sunday She is
survived by her parents and several
sisters and brothers. She was bur-
ried at Murrill Hill yesterday after
aoon with services at the grave.
DR.. L. M. Allen will have another
sale of Big Type Poland China hogs
ON October 18TH, at his Clifton Farm,
near Gaylord, Va. Read the adver-
5isement in another column. The
hogs bred at Clifton Farm are es-
pecially fine animals, and farmers
will do well to secure some of this
stock.
Miss Badenhoop, the new Commun-
ity Nurse for Charles Town and vi
entity, arrived here October /, and
after preliminary survey of the
local field will begin work. Miss
Badenhoop has had experience in
community work in Maryland. An
office room has been provided for her
in the Red Cross Community House.
In another column will be found
the statement of the Charles Town
Horse Show Association. 1t shows
the finances of the Association in ex-
cellent condition, including net
profit Of $1,705.89 from the last An
nual exhibition of the Association.
Much credit is due the officers and dl-
rectors for their careful and eff
Gent management of the affairs of
the Association.
John T. Porterield, executor of
the will of the late W. N. Buckles,
has sold at public sale the farm OF the
deceased, containing 1z3 "a acres OF
land lying along the Shepherdstown
and Halltown pike, near the latter
place, for $172 per acre, or total OF
about $21 200 The highest bidder
was Forrest j. Buckles, son of the de-
ceased and one of the two heirs, and
the place was knocked down to him.
Mr.. Buckles has been farming the
place for several years past.
A frame building used as dormi-
tory for apple pickers in the Stewart
Orchard near Kearneysvllle was de-
stroyed by fire last Tuesday morn
ing. All the men who had been
sleeping there were In the orchard
at the time the fire started, and
nothing effectual could be done to
check it after me blaze had made
Roadway. Many suit cases, one new
suit of clothes, besides quantity OF
bed clothing owned by the. men en-
ployed in the orchard were lost IN the
ire. A defective fiue is believed to
have been the cause of 1T.
DR. ]. L. Luke, Secretary of the
Charles Town Horse Show Assocla--
tion. has received a handsome medal
which was offered by the Association
of American Horse Shows IN the
Green Hunters Glass, No. az at the
Charles Town Horse Show. IL is !,
round sterling silver plate severai
times larger than dollar, and mas
on one side Association OF Ameri-
can Horse Shows" and. on the oLnef
side is inscribed as follows: won
bv e. G.. Rust Horse Helen r,
Class AZ, Green Hunters, Charles
Town Horse Show, August a and D.
1920.
The death of Mrs. Helen Hurst BY
inoton at her home two miles nortn
Of Charles Town Tuesday afternoon
brought an end to long illness. Fol
the past ten years, Mrs. Byington nae
been an invalid, eight years OF tha'
time being spent in bed. Mrs. Bying
ton who was the last surviving mem
her Of her family was daughter OF
the late Capt. James Hurst, and snt
J;ed in the house where she was borr
in in August 1910. Her husband, thu n
late Arthur w. Byington, died II
Nav, 1917. Rev. T. M. Swami, O
the Methodist Church conducted th'
funeral services at her late home a
II O'Clock on Thursday morning.
Interment was in Edge Hill Gene