Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1922-02-14
LOCAL BRIEFS.


A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs. T
Perry Lippitt, at their home ii
Washington, Saturday, February 4.
The Woman's Club will meet il
the Court House in Charles Towr
on Thursday, February Is, at p. m
A ten pound daughter was borr
to Mr.. and Mrs. Garland Whitmore
at the Charles Town Hospital last
week.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Edgar Day
in Shepherdstown, a little girl, Fran.
ces Elizabeth. Mrs. Day was former.
" Miss Frances Loudoun.
The cars of Mr.. Hyman Wiener
and Mrs. F. S. Harrison had a coils.
sion on the Harpers Ferry pike last
Sunday night, but fortunately not SC
much damage was done.
Lawson Bolts Chapter, U. D. c.,
will meet at the home of the Misses
Turner, Liberty St., Tuesday, Feb
14th, at 1880 P. M.
Hannah J. Howell, Pres.
Emma v. Brown, Secretary
Miss Fannie Colbert, a former
resident of Jefferson county, and
( Mr.. H. B. Snyder, young farmer of
the Pleasant Plains neighborhood, of
Berkeley county, eloped to Hagers-
town and were married The newly
weds returned and are now residing
at his home in Berkeley county.
DIR. Norris, Federal Veterinary In
spector completed a test of the 81
milk cows in the Head Spring Dairy
herd of Engle Brothers a few DAYS
ago, and every animal in the herd
passed the test, there not being a
single reactor or supicious charac-
ter among them. The owners will
now be allowed to ship their stock
to any state in the union.
On February %, at 8 o'clock, the
Ladies' Aid, of Millville, will hold A
Box Social in the basement of the
new church, after which two church
quilts will be auctioned off, also
other fancy articles and homemade
candy will be sold. The children
will have fish pond. Any one de-
string to bring box prepared for
two may. Everybody welcome.
Benefit of the new church.
Judge Wilbur H. Thomas held
Bankrupt Court in Charles Town
last Thursday. In the case of w.
Ralph Burns, Bankrupt, H. V. Sheetz
was elected Trustee, and was direct
ed to sell the personal property,
either at private or public sale. In
the Standard Tie and Timber Com
pany case an order was entered d.
recting, F. A. Brown, Trustee, to
convert the notes into money, and
pay the costs of the proceedings and
the rent bill.
The P. E. Church paper states that
at the recent Council of the Diocese
of Southern Virginia held at Hamp-
ton, Va, a trip to the Orient was
rendered its Bishop, Beverly D.
Tucker and his wife, to visit their
three missionary sons in Japan and
China. This year being the 50th
anniversary of the entrance of
Bishop Tucker into the ministry
Mrs. Tucker was from this county,
being a sister of Mrs. r. P. Chew
and Mrs. N. H. Willis.
A barn on the farm of Mrs A. P.
Thomson, near Summit Point, was
destroyed by fire February 6. EN-
ployees on the farm had been burn
ing brush from apple-tree trimmings
nearby, and the fire started in the
barn while they were at dinner. 1t
is believed that sparks from the
burning brush piles caused the loss.
Some hay and harness were the con-
tents that were destroyed with the
building. Two calves trapped in the
barn persisted in one of the stables.
H. r. Bunting & Company will
open a new store for the sale of dry
goods and ready-to-wear garments
in the west room of the st. George
building on Washington street, on or
about March Is. Mr.. and Mrs.
Bunting were connected with the
firm of NJ Palmbaum & Bro, for
some time, and are well and favor
able known here and have many
friends in Charles Town, who wish
them much success in their new I'M
dertaking, and that they will have
a liberal share of the public patron
age.
DR.. G. Granville Sydnor, pastor of
the church at Charles Town, w. Va,
has kindly consented to give the
students the course as musician
and his skill as a teacher give assur-
ance of a valuable course in this
branch of the minister's training.
The ability to read music and to
raise the tunes is desirable accom-
plshment for all ministers, and for
some of them, under certain circum-
stances, it is a necessary. The semi
nary is sincerely glad to have such
leader and teacher as DIR. Sydnor.-
With the examinations which were
given last week the seminary closed
the first term of notable year, one
of the most successful in its results
that the institution has ever had