Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1921-10-11
LOCAL BRIEFS.

i LOCAL BRIEFS.
A little son of Mr.. and Mrs. Harr,
; Duncan died at their home Al
Halltown, October 8. He was 1e
days old.
! Mr.. William T. Elliott showed us
last week a large bunch of red rasp.
berries which are now in full bearing
on the Almshouse farm.
A game of Foot Ball played here
last Saturday afternoon between
Martinsburg and Charles Town
teams, resulted in a score of 13 to O
in favor of Martinsburg.
/ Miss Eva Jones, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. T. Melvin Jones, of Charles
Town, has gone to Winchester to
begin a course of training to qualify
as registered nurse in the Memorial
Hospital.
Messrs. Geo. d. Baumgardner
Charles L. Crane, Kenneth Cavalier,
Norman Rider and ]. Shirley Smith,
of this county served on the petit
jury in the U. S. District Court in
Martinsburg.
The child of David Taylor, colored,
who was struck by car in Halltown,
when knocked down her face came in
contact with a glass oil can. Her
face was badly cut that there had to
be fifty-two stitches taken.
Wednesdays, October IL and 26
will again be Baby Days at the
Community House. Bring yours and
your neighbor and have them
weighed and measured. Hours ~
to II a. M, and to p. m.
Little Mabel O'Brien, of Halltown,
who was badly injured by being run
over by a motor car in Washington,
on her way to school and is In a
hospital in that city is somewhat bet
ter. Her father just returned home
reports that they have hopes of her
recovery.
On Tuesday afternoon in the
Presbyterian Chapel, there was an
appointed tea given to Miss Nellie
Moore by the Pastors Aid Society in
honor OF her approaching wedding,
which will take place at her fathers,
Mr.. Charles H. Moore, on next Sat-
urday, October Is.
A field containing % acres on the
Almshouse farm made a yield of
291s bushels when it was threshed a
few days ago. The field was seeded
to Leaps Prolific, variety
comparatively new In this county.
Mr.. Elliott, the manager of the
Infrmary has sold all of the wheat
for seed.
A small colored child belonging
to the family of David Taylor, at
Halltown, was struck by car owned
by o. V. Heater, of Harpers Ferry,
Just as the machine was rounding the
curve at the Halltown station few
days ago. The child was brought to
the Charles Town Hospital for
treatment.
Middleway may soon have electric
lights. The town has been partially
canvassed by men in the employ of
the Northern Virginia Power
Company, to ascertain approximately
how much current could be sold
there. If given sufficient
encouragement, the company will
extend line from the Alba Mari
Lime plant, two miles out the pike to
Middleway.
Mr.. Walter Gore, one of the best !
known of the Frederick county
farmers and secretary treasurer Of
the Shenandoah Valley Shorthorn
Breeders Association, was found
dead under his tractor on his farm
near Winchester last Tuesday. 1t
is believed Mr.. Gore fell off his
tractor and caught under it was
killed.
W. L. Evans, the new proprietor
of the Palm Hotel, has arrived in
Charles Town and opened the hotel
for business. The Times published
in Leesburg where Mr.. Evans
operated a hotel for some time says
he is one of the best landlords the
town ever had. Marshall Thorp who
preceded Mr.. Evans in the
management of the Palm is in a
Baltimore hospital taking treatment
for an injury to his spine. Mr..
Thorp was injured two years ago
while installing gas plant in
Brooklyn for the Bartlett Hayward
Co., OF Baltimore, Md.
Charles Howell and his wife resid-
ing on the Trapnell farm on the
Shanondale Ferry road were arrested
last Wednesday afternoon by Sher-
iff Macoughtry and Constable James
A. Smith, charged with the violating
the Prohibition laws of the state.
The complaint against the Howells
was made by Cecil Williams, of
Charles Town who became disgruntl-
ed when he failed to get his share of
an order that he and several COM 7!
panions had purchased with their
joint funds. The Howells were re-
leased on bonds for hearing at the
Office of Justice H. V. Sheetz, which
will probably take place next week.
Miss Myrtle Barr, of Charles
Town, is standing among the leaders
in the Washington Posts Big Voting
and Automobile Contest, with very
few ahead of her in any of the nine
districts in which the contest is TAX
ing place. She is the only contestant
from Charles Town, and everyone
wishing to secure one of the best
daily papers in the east, and at the
same time help a Charles Town girl
to win a worth while prize, should
hand in their subscription to her. II
subscriber to the Post will look on
the second page of the Post every
day and cut the voting coupon out
and leave it at the telephone office
Cor Miss Barr, she will greatly ap-
preciate it.