Evening star., 1921-06-26
rles Town Is One of Thriving Cities Of West Virginia
THE Beyond Lines in Describing
the Nghbor Cities and Towns of Spots Charles
Townom of the Washington Family. Descendants the Com
the Churches Schools County and City Officials
ofSHordIs Mystery.

and his nationwide reputation as
Broadway merchant.
When Charles was five years old. IN
1S41, the family left Maryland. and
ing a fine place called "Runney-
meade" twelve miles from Wniches.
ter. Charles offended the academy az
Winchester. and at fifteen years went
to work as clerk in q WincnesteI
store. In 1851. he enlisted IN tne
the surrender at Appomattox ana .t AT
er helping gather the thin nasseet
on the family place in the summer OIL
1865, went to New York city.
His first venture with q partner IN
keeping store was failure. La.sr, Esnt n
opened a dry goods store on Cnuicn
street, using as his business motto;
Cash Before Delivery" He prospered
brilliantly. and in few years pulit a
famous ten-story building on Broao-
way. This mercantile house deait VIII
more than 10000 stores Throughout
the United States. and had business
connections in South America ana
Mexico. Mr.. Rouss was soon rated as
a millionaire. He usually spent MS va
cations at Winchester. and made many
splendid gifts to the town. Among
other things, be contributed $4,000
toward the installation of Win
chester's water supply system and
$4,000 for the building of a. fence
around Mount Hebron cemetery at
Winchester. He gave .$35, 900 for the
laboratory at the University Of vir-
ginia, and was the founder Of Confed-
crate Memorial Hall. often called the
Battle Abbey of the South, at Rich
mend. Two years before the outbreak
Of the civil war he was married to
Miss Margaret. daughter of George
Keenan, of Winchester. Charles Broad
way Rouss became Blind several years
before his death. and the American
public was deeply moved by the at
Fiction OF this prominent. rich and
magnanimous man.
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WELL you see why one Of the hre
companies in Charles Town calls
itself the Charlie Rouse Company. and
there is Rouss Memorial Hall in the
old town. Capt. Milton Rouss.
brother of Charles B., lives in Charles
Town. The chief Of the fire depart-
ment of Charles Town, according to
Information given The Star man at
the mayors Office. is Harry Marstella-
The chief OF police is James A. Smith,
and the rest of the police force is
Turner White. The principal of the
Charles Town public schools is Prof.
Wright Denny, and the postmaster is
S. c. Young. The Jefferson Hotel is
run by Maitland Riley and his brother
Courtney. and the Palm Hotel by Mr.
Weiss. The newspapers are the Farm
ers' Advocate. edited by Robert c.
| Rissler, and the Spirit Of Jefferson,
| generally called for short, the Spirit.
and which was established in 1874 in
opposition to the ancient Federalist
| and Whig newspaper. the Free Press.
/ is edited by Clayton L. Haines, born
in Charles Town, reared in a printing
office. who has been mayor of the
| town and has been elected to the city
! council so often that he lost the count
There are four banks in the town.
/ One is the Farmers and Merchants
Deposit Company. The officers Of this
dent: W. F. Alexander. vice president:
S. Lee Phillips. cashier. and L. G. AL
bin. assistant cashier. The directors
are r. w. Alexander, w. F. Alexander.
J. Edward Burns. B. D. Gibson. H. r.
Miley. w. o. Norris. Thornton T. Per-
A.
c. F. Wall and Robert L. withers.
Another bank is the National Citi-
zens. Officers: G. E. Hughes, presi-
dent: B. F. Langdon. vice president;
L. D. Gatxendanner. Vice president; A.
NJ. S. Morgan, cashier; Cecil B. Wat
Rissler. George w. Shull, M. o. Rouss.
B. F. Langdon, George E. Hughes, L.
d. Gatzendanner and C. r. Langdon.
Then, there is the Bank of Charles
Town. the officers of which are s. W.
Washington. president ID. S. Hughes,
vice president: John Porterfeld. cash:
Ter. and J. Frank Turner. assistant
cashier. The directors are John c.
Burns. James W. Strider, John A.
! Washington, Milton Burr. S. s. Dali
! garn. E. f. Cooke, D. s. Hughes, S.
W. Washington. J. J. Wysong and
Newton w. Myers. Next there is the
Jefferson Bank and Trust Company.
It's officers are w. A. Higgs. president;
W. c. Reilly. first vice president: c. F.
\ Wall, second vice president; II. N.
! Watson. cashier: D. c. Dolly. assistant
cashier; directors. W. A. Higgs, c. F.
Wall, E. B. Reed. L. M. Porter. H. T.
Licklider, N. R. Roberts. J. H. Black
ford. ]. ]. Lyme. J. W. Irwin. A. I.
| Grandstaff. ]. H. Dutrow. jr.; F. B.
| Robinson. NJ. B. Myers, T. J. West, jr.;
G. T. Shirley. W. A. Fulk. c. G. Moler.
C. T. Engle. w. c. Reilly, L. N. Bonham
and I. D. Myers:
| Two railroads, the Norfolk and
! Western and the valley branch Of the
Baltimore and Ohio. lead to Charles
Town Transportation facilities are ade-
quate. The Baltimore and Ohio freight
agent is Frank R. Cockerell; ticket
agent and operator. Walter A. Spangler,
! and the express agent, Mr.. Ford. The
Norfolk and Western station agent is
Mr.. Early and the operators and ticket
| agents, Messrs. Lugar and McComb.
| The pastors OF the Protestant churches
are the Rev Conrad H. Goodwin. Epis-
copal: the Rev. Goodwin Frazer, Bap-
| tist; the Rev. G. G. Sydnor, Presbyter-
ian, and the Rev. T. NJ. Swami, Metho-
dist Episcopal South. The Catholic
church Is a chapel Of st. Peters at
i, Harpers Ferry. and the congregation is
served by the Rev. Father ]. A. Curran
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