Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1921-05-24

LOCAL BRIEFS.

MeSSrS. EUy DTOlHeTS nave lnSCll
ed the latest patent Toleda Springles
scales.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Painter ar
the happy parents of a girl who ar
rived Sunday night.
w. L. Moreland, contractor, ha
finished repainting the brick resi-
dence of E. Frank Davis in Ransom.
At a game of ball played at Win
chester last Friday between Winches
ter and Charles Town clubs, resulted
in a score of % to in favor of Win
chester.
All members of the Woman's Unit
Of the American Legion are asked te
meet at the Legion House Friday af.
ternoon, May 81 to make wreaths fo,
Memorial Day.
Edward ]. Clipp, infant son of Mr.
and Mrs. Ward Clipp died last Sun.
day night. Funeral at the house
near Wickliffe on Tuesday morning,
Rev. Mr.. Lambert officiating.
The Woman's Auxiliary Unit of
the American Legion will sell ice
cream cones and ice cream in blocks
in the Court House yard on Memoir
ial Day, Saturday, May 28th. Pa
tronize the Unit and help the Legion
A little son of Mr.. and Mrs. James
Skinner met with a painful accident
on Saturday. While playing with a
toy gun it went off, the powder burn
ing MS eyes and face. He was taken
at once to DR.. Hunter Mcclure, of
Winchester for treatment.
Florence Jackson, wife of Jessie
Jackson, colored, died in Charles
Town last Sunday night, aged %
years. Funeral services Tuesday at
. p. M, in the Wainwright Free Bap-
hist Church. Interment in Fairview
Cemetery.
In another column Mr.. w. A.
Higgs is announced as candidate
for a member of the City Council
from the First Ward. Mr.. Riggs is
well known as one of our most sue
cessful business men, and if elected
will fill the position with credit and
ability.
Invitations have been issued to the
marriage of Mr.. Thomas NJ. Eddy, a
popular young farmer, to Miss Grace
Pifer, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. C. P.
Pifer, both of the Middleway vicinity
The wedding will take place Wednes-
lay, June /, in the Methodist Church,
at IL o'clock.
Mr.. C. w. Brown, the popular
Charles Town Jewler, who has been
n business in Charles Town for about |
'orty years, and has made quite
success of the same, is displaying a
handsome card in his window, which /
hows how to vote against the change
# name of Charles Town next
Thursday.
John and Minnie Dixon's house on
North Samuel street has been greatly /
improved by having it succeed and
.Iso the home of Mr.. and Mrs. W. B.
Davis. This property on Liberty
treet also belongs to John Dixon.
he work is being done by Mr.. c. W.
Timer, and it is the first of this
lyle used in Charles Town.
The death of Mrs. Lille D. Thomas
wife of Rev. w. S. o. Thomas, which
occurred at the Baptist Parsonage at
4eetown Thursday night at 10 o'clock
as caused genuine sorrow amorg the
in the Baptist congrega-
ion at Leetown, Shenandoah juno
ion, and Summit Point, where she
nd her husband have labored for the
,ast four years. Mrs. Thomas who
vas so years of age had been in fail
ng health for some time. The past
winter, because of her impaired
lealth, she and Mr.. Thomas discon-
inued housekeeping and boarded
With the family of Mr.. Stanley Hard
.sty near Summit Point. Only few
lays ago, they reopencd the parson-
lge at Leetown, and resumed house
;eeping. Mrs. Thomas was native
# Baltimore. The bereaved hus-
)and and three sons survive. One
son travels for the Westinghouse
electric Company with headquarters
it Wilkesbarre, Pa; the second son
S a member of the bar of the District
If Columbia, and the third was with
MS parents at the time of the
death.
In failing health for some time
Mrs. Annie E. Johnson, passed away
at her home near Leetown Tuesday
night at 10 o'clock. Her death fol-
lowed that of her husband within a
half hour of being nine years to the
day, his demise having occurred on
May IT, 1912. Mrs. Johnson was
highly esteemed by her neighbors.
For years she was a devout member
of the Baptist church, her faith in
her Saviour being a sustaining COM
fort in the closing hours of her busy,
useful life. Funeral services were
held at the home at 10 o'clock Friday
with interment in Edge Hill
Cemetery There are two sons, Mes
sers. Geo. w. Johnson, an attorney
of Parkersburg, w. Va, and Mason
P. Johnson, at home, and three
daughters, Mrs. Rose Staub, Sharps-
burg, Md; Mrs. Thomas o. Everhart,
of Kearneysville, and Miss Emma
Johnson, at home, surviving. She
leaves also two sisters, Mrs. Kate
Ferry, of Shepherdstown, and Miss
Clara Henry, of near Leetown, and
two brothers, Messrs. Philip Henry,
of this county, and Christopher Hen
ry, of Martinsburg.
THE HOLY CITY.