Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1920-01-27
LOCAL COLUMN.
Mrs. Ernest Staull fell on the ice
90 week and broke her arm.

1 Born to MI. ana MfS. 4. w. Stone
sifer this morning, daughter.
Miss Louise Smith, of Middleway.
had a hard fall on the ice last Sun
day and injured her arm and should
err severely.
Mr.. Johnnie Lee, of the o. K.
| Garage has gone to Baltimore TODAY
! and will bring back one of the Over
| land Light 4-cars for which they have
taken the agency, together with the
Willeys-Knight car.
Died, at the Blair Plant, near Mill
vile, on last Sunday, Addie Reynolds.
aged Is months, little daughter of
MIR. and Mrs. Henry Reynolds. Her
bodv was taken to Star Tannery.
Frederick county, Va, for interment
on Tuesday.
DR.. J. B. Chamberlin, Optometrist,
of Martinsburg, will be at the Palm
Hotel, Wednesday, January %, from
II a. M, to p. m. He will be pre-
pared to make thorough examina-
ton of your eyes and furnish glasses
if necessary.
The Senior Epworth League, of the
Charles Town M. E. Church, South.
will hold Valentine Social in con-
nection with its regular monthly bust
ness meeting on the evening of Fri
dav. February 10, in the Sunday
School room of the Methodist church.
The government has renewed it's
lease on the Charles Town postoffice
building owned by Messrs. Getzen-
danner and Hughes, the old lease
having expired August %, last year.
The new lease provides for a rental
for ten years, consideration $1,000 a
year.
Henry Ray Ellwood, little grand
son of Mr.. Henry Smallwood, died in
Charles Town at the residence of his
grandparents last Friday, aged
months. Funeral services were held
Sunday afternoon at the home of Mr..
Smallwood. Interment in Edge Hill
Cemetery.
A very enjoyable dance was given
in Rouss Hall in Charles Town last
Friday night by Messrs.. William
Jones and Dennis Link, two we'll
known young men of the Duffields
neighborhood. Good music was fur
nished by the Nicewarner Orchestra.
There were about forty young people
present
The B. & o. Station at Engle, this
county, was entered by thieves on the
night of January 10. The raid re-
suited in very little loot for them as
only small sum of money, few
pencils and a ticket to Charles Town
we're tn comfy articles missing when
the station agent inspected the room
next morning.
Chief of Police James A. Smith
arrested Sarah Williams, eolored, last
Friday. charged with committing
abortion at Chester, Pa, and on Sat
urday arrested Annabelle Brunette,
colored, who is charged with grand
larceny in Washington City. They
were both lodged in Jail until sent
for by the proper authorities.
By an order of its Board of Direc-
tors on Tuesday the sum of $4,000
was added to the surplus fund of the
National Citizens Bank of Charles
Town. making the total surplus now
$4,000. The banks resources for
the first time in it's history are now
above a half million dollars according
TO it's statement of December 81.
The Convention Bible Class of the
| Charles Town Baptist Sunday School
will hold an Oyster Supper on Thurs
day evening, February 9TH, in the
basement of the church from A until
10 o'clock. Oysters served in all
styles. Supper 45c. Music while
you eat. Proceeds to go to building
- The public cordially invited.
The real estate of the late Mrs.
Sarah Hardy on the East side of the
Shenandoah river was sold at public
sale in front of the Court House IN
Charles Town this morning, by Geo.
NJ. Beltzhoover, Jr., Attorney The
dwelling house was bought by j. w.
Hardy at 1928, and the farm was
bought by l.. w. Hardy at $50 per
acre.
James w. Bennett, has sold his
farm of 30 acres, two miles west OF
Summit Point, on the winchester
road to Walter Stickles who has been
farming a part of the Rippon Lodge
farm owned by L. M. Long, near Kip
pom, for the past year or two. Mr.
Stickles will take possession on Apri
LIST and Mr.. Bennett will move to
new home he has bought near VIII
Transport, Md.
Attorney Geo. M. Beltzhoover, Jr
has been attending U. S. Court a.
Petersburg, having gone there u
represent Charles, William and vi
a yer Manuel three brothers of Shen
= andoah junction, charged with steal
! ing $50 worth of lumber from boz
car on the 3. & o. Railroad near TN
Junction last fall. A number OF VIII
/ nesses were summoned from. Tn
Junction neighborhood to testify Il
behalf of the accused who Wer
y acquitted.
5, The Moore Insurance q Reait
Company report the sale of the Crl'
tenden farm near Rippon to MI
: Daniel Hefebower. The place cor
taines one hundred and elghty-seVe:
and a fraction acres. The price pai
! was SZOO an acre, ana inc Pun eiit 10
l. gets the present wheat crop In
n same agency also reports the sale {
II the house and lot Of Walter
Glaize in Ransom to c. +. wan :
d ST. 500; house and lot of Chas.
ID James in Ransom to Henry Green
81, $50, and two lots of H. 7. McDol
o. aid and others on Third avenue
Arthur Nicewarner at 4oo. M
~. Nicewarner will erect a modei
n dwelling.
Or DeRue Brothers Minstrels broug
if to the Charles Town Opera Hou
Wednesday night by Manager Hens'
attracted the largest number OF pa
admissions the play house has ev
a. enjoyed. All the seats were so
rs two days before the show was sche
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