Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1921-09-06
LOCAL BRIEFS.

LOCAL bkIEfS.
Bcrn 10 Mr. and Mrs. Lee Freek
: hne son, Sept Isl
lawson Belts Chsrtrr L. u. C
uaTI meet st the home Of the Secre
ta-y. Tuesday, Sept, 18th, 8 .. N.
Hannah ]. Howell. President.
Emma v. Brown, Secretary.
A work horse owned BY Levi,
Ruzhe-ford. colored. fell or III,
r-rees near the Charles Town Bapfis
Church and broke is leg Tuesday sf
serno0n-
Mr. yoseuh clzssford, on wes'
congress street lost i've fine rogs on
sunday last. dying shortly after thes
v~srs gsven their noon day meal The
+ors drank the water from some sloE
g55Ten them, and suddenly keelel
Svsr. Il i xhough- that they had
besn poisoned IN some manner
Mss Kate Eagza who was injured
az Tuesday night, August %. when
s--uek by an automobile or the street
iv Charles Town. IS Still patient IL
-bs Charles Town Hospital Though
Improved. she Is far from being re-
stored 10 health, her injuries proving
10 t,e more serious than they were =.
first thought 10 be-
Ons q the most attractive bungz-
lows II Charles Town Is now IN
course q constructive on the corner
q Eaz Congress Street, formerly
ths Griffith lot The house Is being
erscte5 By GlssZe Brothers under the
Supervision Of Mr.. w. II. Hill
There are now FIVE splendid. mod
er- homes on Church street be-
tween Congress and the residence
q Mrs o. NJ Phillips
Nineteen Confederate Veterans,
Members Of the cid j. z. B. Stuart
Camp q Clarke county, were given
-bslr annual dinner 81 the Sign Of
IA Motor Car IN Beryville BIZ
S-onewzl Chapter Of the Daughters
e TIE Confe6erscy. Recently the
few remaining members of this camp
ust and voted unanimously 70 turn
ever 10 the StoneTal Chapter $500,
lie entire amount In their treasury.
To show what czrelessness VII do.
Washington Evening Star last week
printed 8 map Of West Virginia,
slowing al the Counties, with Mingo
Logan, Boone, Fzyezte and hanswhs
5zrkenad where the uprising among
lie miners exlst-But We noted that
II Kzazwhs County was printed
Charles Town for tie Capital instead
q Charleston and even used the
csu.tzl -sT'' II Town
Typhoid fever has been : serious
zf7ict5on 70 the people Of the Baker
toa neighborhoOd, almost reaching
TIE proportions Of an epidemic
Waiter Manuel has been among the
most unfortunate sufferers from the
disease. ms illness extending over
several weeks Two children IN the
family q John Jouthzn; Miss Gene
- Carter, daughter OF Mr.. C. D.
Carter, and Rebz Hendricks, dzugh-
~ q Mr.. Leroy Hendricks have
been among the patients suffering
iron =
Friends here have received invi-
11'-5ons 70 the marriage Of Miss Mary
kathryn Barr, daughter Of Mr. and
Mrs 4. Eugene Barr 10 Mr.. Hugh
S-1h Heartfelt The wedding 70
1aks place On Wednesday the four
tenth q Selsenbar. 1921, al high
19on II the First Baptist Church.
Slx-eeu1h and Q Streets. y. W,
Washington. D. G Breakfast I'M
me5il ely after the ceremony, al the
brides home. $40 A St, y. z. The
b-56a Is 3 granddaughter Of Mrs. A
. Barr, q Charles Town
c \. Johnson's store building re-
z-roys3 By FIRE less than year ago
: bang rebuilt Considerable local
interest Is taken n the rebuilding
5ecsuse TIE FIRE vas 2 test of hollow
Tie 81 which the walls Of the store
Eere constructed Il has been found
tEzt very few Of the tile have been
injured b. the heat. or the falling
debris that results II more or less
destruction 81 every fire The few
thai were damaged have been re-
plzced with rev ores, making the
walls Is sound Is they were before
1hs fire
0zly z few contracts fixing the
p-ics for cutting corn have been re-
ported They indicate wages for
s1ek work Il less than half that ef
l2St year. One farmer has agreed
% pap % cents & shock In Clarke
eoun1y. TIE Courier says the rate vii
BE- from 1914 10 Is cents 3 shock
Before the var f191ze wages for
coTn cuttlng ran from 10 10 Is cents.
One farmer said he had his crop cut
Tor 2 cents Il 1914, but last year
e had 70 pay 50 cents & shock
Daring the high war wages corn cut
ts-x made from IS 10 SO 8 day but
MS year the earnings VIII be around
S. z cay. The prsee Of corn 20 the
farmer has dropped from IS 10 SIC
3 barrel 70 s265 9 barrel II viii
- THIS seen that the decline N the
Erlcs u corn Is greater than the
1scllre II TIA cost Of labor.