Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1921-04-19
LOCAL BRIEFS.


The Jefferson County Court will
meet in regular session on Monday
May 2.
The Charles Town Battery Service
station have opened up for business
in the room adjoining the Charlie.
Town Garage.
Tea will BE served at the Commu.
nifty House, Friday, April %, to G
p M. Benefit of Child Welfare
Work in County.
Mr.. J. Walter Brown, the popular
Charles Town dealer in CONNECTION
&C., has enlarged his store room on
South Charles street, which is quite
an improvement.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gerard Moore's son,
Gerard, better known as Poole, had
the misfortune of spraining his ankle
while playing Basket Ball at recess
on Thursday at the Charles Town
High School.
DIR. ]. B. Chamberlin, Optometrist,
of Martinsburg, will be at the Hotel
jefferson, Wednesday, April 81, from
10 a. m. to A p. m. See him and
have your eyes examined and glasses
fitted if necessary.
A saw mill owned by the Miller
Lumber Company and being operated
on the farm of Mrs. Philip Porter
field, two miles north of Charles
Town, caught fire Friday morning.
The mill itself was destroyed in a
short time.
DIR. Hopkins Gibson, a popular
dentist, of Shepherdstown, was mar
ried in Baltimore Thursday after
noon to Mrs. Virginia Rouss Lee,
daughter of the late Charles Broad
way Rouss, of New York. DIR. and
Mrs. Gibson will reside in Baltimore.
Mr.. w. A. Spangler is announced
by MANY Voters" as candidate for
councilman for the Third Ward, of
Charles Town, subject to the action
of the Citizens of Charles Town at
the Corporation election on May 26
next. Mr.. Spangler is one of our
best citizens and if elected, will
doubtless fill the position with entire
satisfaction.
Governor Morgan has announced
the appointment of more than hun
dred delegates from West Virginia,
including a number of women, to at
tend the ninth annual convention of
the United States Good Roads As
ISOLATION to be held at Greensboro,
N. c., April 1928. Those from this
county are II. N. Bradley and Sena-
tor Milton Burr.
Mrs. Blanche May McAtee, wife
of Mr.. Frank McAtee, died at her
home near Wheatland last Saturday
morning, aged SO years. She was a
Miss Poston before marriage, and is
survived by her husband and nine
Children. Funeral services were held
at her late home yesterday morning,
conducted by Rev. w. M. Compton,
and her remains were taken to to
Berryville for interment.
The Corner Stone of Zion Baptist
Church; the new church building of
the colored folks in the Western part
of town, was laid with appropriate
ceremonies last Sunday. The old
Church building was destroyed by
fire several months ago. Star Lodge
No. /, A f. and A. NJ, performed
the ceremony while placing the stone.
There was a large crowd present but
good order was maintained through
| the service. Pastor F. E. Yates and
deacons received many compliments
| by the visitors for their diligent work
in building. The new structure is
now ready for roofing. The material
is being furnished by the Whitmore
Lumber Co., and the carpenter work
is in charge of B. F. Layton and Co.,
of Wildwood, Va.
The building will be complete and
ready for service, by June 1.
On Monday, April 25, at the Opera
House the Dramatic Club of ST.
Hilda's Hall will present three mod
ern one act plays CT unusual merit.
Two are selected from Representa-
tive American Plays edited by E. G.
Mayorga, "Martha's Mourning"
| comedy, by Phoebe HOFFMAN, first
produced by plays and Players" at
the Broad Street Theatre, Philadel-
phia under the auspices of the
Browning Society, and Lima Beans"
an ultra modern farce by Alfred
Kreymborg, originally given by the
Provincetown Players in New York.
The third is an English kitchen COM
edy by Gertrude Jennings given in
the Playhouse, London, by Mr.. Cyril
Maude.
The Club hopes that all interested
IN modern drama and the School will
patronize its first public production.
Admission Use. Balcony seats soc.
Seats on sale Wednesday, April 20
Mt Miller's Pharmacy.
Her relatives in this county have
been notified of the death of Mrs.
Elizabeth Rissler, widow of the late
William Rissler, at her home in Sed-
ALA, Mo. She had been failing in
strength since the first of the present
year, the infrmities of age being her
atfilctlon. Her age was SO years.
Mrs. Risler was Miss Tavenner, Of
Cooper county, Mo-, before marriage.
On her marriage in 1869 she came
with her husband to this county, re-
siding for four years at DRY Bridge"
farm now owned by Mr.. Gerard M.
Rlssler, on the Kabletown pike. In
1878 she and her husband moved to
Cooper county, Mo-, where they lived
until the latter's death in September,
1914. Last spring with her daugh-
ter and son-in-law she moved to Sed-
AHA. The funeral was held Sunday,
lnterment being made at Pleasant
Green, where rest her husband and
many kindred. One daughter, Mrs.
}: William Walker, and one brother,
Mr.. Townsend Tavenner, the latter
Of near Pleasant Green, Mo-, survive.
Mrs. E. w. Athey, Jr., with her lit
tie son, of Moundsville, w. Va, is
visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. T.
L. Rissler.