Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1921-07-26
LOCAL BRIEFS.


+! The regular August term of tn,
jefferson County Court will begin OF
Tuesday, August 8.
The city authorities in Ransol
have been busy the last few day.
putting carload of oil on til,
streets.
Mr.. William Culers has erected {
handsome Few porch in front of hi.
property~on West Washington street
and Mr.. Gilbert Quick is improving
it with coat of paint.
The Red Cross Surgical Dressings
Class, who were making dressings fol
our City Hospital on last Monday
evening, were entertained with re.
freshments by Mr.. Theodore Brown
at his Ice Cream Parlors.
A Lawn Party for the benefit of
the Sunday School will be held at
Wiltshire's school house on Friday
night, July 20, z to 10. Ice cream,
cake and candy will be sold. You
are cordially invited to be present.
Charles Houke and Marion Walk
err, colored, who were arrested by Of
ficers Smith and Allen charged with
"bootlegging" were given hearing
before Justice Sheetz last week, and
Houke was held for the Juvenile
Court, and Marion was fined 500
and given two months in Jail. They
both appealed their cases to the Cir
cult Court and gave bond in the sum
of $500.
Prof Wright Denny completed an
engagement of six weeks teaching in
the summer school at Shepherd Col
lege last Wednesday, and left for
Charleston on Saturday where he will
assist in grading teachers examina-
ton papers. He goes to the work in
Charleston with the positive agree
ment with the school officials there
that he will not be required to ex-
anime papers of any applicants from
The Berryville pike has been scarf
fed from Charles Town to the hill
beyond Mr.. Marshal Burns, and the
work of rebuilding it on to Glass A
road is now being done on that
section. 1t has been closed to all
traffic, except local parties that are
compelled to get in and out of their
places. County Roads Engineer
James K. Hendricks has put up signs
all through traffic by the
way of Summit Point
A few of the vacancies in the
schools of Charles Town District have
been filled by the School Board. The
position of principal of the Shenan-
doah Junction school has been award
ed Mr.. BENZ. Higgs, of Charles Town.
Mr.. Higgs is graduate of Hampden-
Sidney College, Va, and has excel
lent qualifications for the work. His
two assistants will be named later.
school has been provided
with teacher through the appoint
ment of Miss Estelle Aldridge, who
taught creditably at Bardane last
year. These appointments leave va
cancies at Mechanicstown, Zoar and
Bardane.
Mr.. H. c. Page, Chairman of the
Charles Town Guarantors stated on
the opening afternoon of Chautauqua
that they had filled all their obliga-
tons for Season Tickets, and one
hundred dollars to the good. 1t was
told that one party had said that they
thought they would not attend Chau-
tauqua this year, but when they read
the Chautauqua Rhymes in the
Spirit of Jefferson by L. w. D., they
felt they must not miss Chautauqua
this year. So they invested in Sea-
son Tickets for the whole family.
And they now say this year was the
host Ep+aY+ q ipr1apt nrivap II, Cb,rJos
Town yet.
The West Virginia Supreme Court
of Appeals has refused a writ of err
ror in the case of the State VS.. Henry
Johnson, petition for which was pre-
sented to the court by Johnson's
counsel. Johnson was convicted at
the May term of the Jefferson Circuit
Court of murder in the first degree,
for the killing of Robert Mansfield in
March of this year The jury recon-
mended life Imprisonment, and the
court followed the recommendation in
imposing sentence. The prisoner
will probably be taken to the peniten-
tiary in the next few days to begin
his long term.
Miss Mary Elizabeth Brotherton,
highly esteemed lady of Charles
Town, died at the Hospital here
Thursday evening, aged 81 years.
Two weeks ago she was taken to the
hospital, undergoing an operation
soon after arriving there. Only
slight hope was held out for her re-
covery at any time after the serious
nature of her illness was acertained
by her physicians. Miss Brotherton
was a daughter of the late Robert
Brotherton of this county, and until
coming to Charles Town to reside a
few years ago, she had lived in the
vicinity of Riverside school house.
She leaves two brothers in the West,
and niece, Miss Edith Hoffmaster,
who has been her companion prac-
tically all of the latter's life. The
funeral was held Sunday with SER
vices in the Baptist Church at 8
o'clock in the afternoon. Interment
in Edge Hill Cemetery.