Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1922-09-19
LOCAL BRIEFS.

Mr.. David Wood is critically i'll
at the home of his daughter, Mrs.
d. w. Ramey.
Corrine Elizabeth is the name
given to the little daughter recent
lly born to Mr.. and Mrs. Roscoe
Allamong at st. Georges Apart
ment.
Messrs. S. H. Lands and <. l..
Wilson who are starting the L. & w.
Produce Co. in the mill building
opposite the b. & o. Freight Depot
will open and be ready for business
this week.
Last week the officials of the Bank
of Charles Town received a bouquet
of beautiful asters from Miss Lillian
Dinkle's flower garden, and one of
them in return presented her with a
pretty collection of rose-buds.
Eva Hough, little daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Charles F. Hough, of near
the Bloomery, was operated on for
foot deformlties, the patient having
been afflicted with club feet. The
operation is believed to have be sue
cess and she is now doing very well.
DIR. w. W. Brown who was a
medical patient in the Charles Town
hospital last week has been dis
charged and was taken by his son,
Mr.. William Brown in an automobile
to the latter's home in Pittsburgh to
lrecuperate.
Ernest Brown, aged Ii years, son
Of Mr.. and Mrs. John Ii. Brown.
died at the home of his parents near
MT. zion Cnurcn TUESDAY morning,
death coming after a weeks illness.
One brother, Oscar, besides his par
ents survives.
Miss Gladys Feagans, of Wheat
land, this county, VINO was a popular
student at Shepherd College last
year, has gone to Winchester, where
she mas entered the nurses training
class for a three-years course. She
was sophomore at Shepherd Col
lege last year.
At special term of the Circuit
Court in Huntington, this State, on
March 20, 1921, an absolute divorce
was granted to Mrs. Bessie Mills
from her husband, Martin Mills.
Mrs. Mills was before her marriage
Miss Bessie Baker, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Harry Baker, of Charles
Town.
Elzey Gray, a naval veteran of
the World War who is taking voca-
tional training in Philadelphia has
been in town visiting G. N. Moore
with whom he formerly made his
home. Elzey has been a sufferer
for the past three years and has
undergone a half dozen surgical
operations.
The old wooden steps leading
to the third story of the
Carroll building now owned by Mr..
c. I. Shugart q Son, were removed
last week to make way for extensive
that are being made
around the building. The old iron
CRATES have been taken out and new
concrete pavements will be laid in !
front and on the Charles street side |
of the building.
The Heakle farm owned by the
heirs of the late Mrs. Susan v. and |
Jacob Henkle has been sold through |
the agency of the Moore Insurance & |
Realty Company to the Standard |
Stone and Lime Company. The
farm which contains 238 acres is
adjacent to the company's quarry
,oor M;llxr;llo "a ::
bought by them for the purpose of
their operations.
Nicholas Lorenzo, the local fruit
dealer, is making extensive altera-
tons at his store corner Washing
ton and Charles streets. The old
pool room in the rear of the store
has been taken over, and is being
fitted up to give more floor space
and other necessary conveniences,
and when finished will be an added
to the interior of the
store.
The purchase of the Henkle farm
by the Standard Lime and Stone
Company near Millville assures the
continued operation of the plant
along with the magnesite mill. The
extension of the quarries as lodges
of desirable stone are exhausted is
necessary, and the acquisition of
additional land underlaid with the
quality of rock needed by the COM
pany is of prime Importance to this
community linked up as it is with
the prosperity of the quarry indus
try.
H. B. Brooks & Company engaged
in constructing the concrete highway
through the towns of Harpers Ferry
and Bolivar now have part of
their force giving attention to the
Harpers Ferry end of the improve
ment. A culvert of cement con-
struction in being put in on lower
Shenandoah street to connect with
the big subway culvert under the
main tracks leading into the Poto-
mac river. This work may be said
to be making fairly satisfactory
progress.
Following an operation performed
on Monday, Mr.. ]. Thomas Brad
shaw, highly esteemed farmer re-
siding near Summit Point died n
the Union Protestant Hospital in
Baltimore late Thursday afternoon.
The remains were brought to his
home on Friday for burial arriving
there about noon. Mr.. Bradshaw
was successful farmer, and citi-
zen of unimpeachable character,
whose passing away is generally re-
GREETED by the people among whom
he lived. His age was about 55
years. His widow who was Miss