Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1922-08-01
LOCAL BRIEFS.


Mr. Harrison Hooff is the champion
potato raiser this year, having 3
Weld of a bushel and half from q
half peck of seed.
i N. S. Bee Line Chapter, D. A. r.
will hold Lawn Party on the Amer
lican Legion Lawn, on Friday, August
l11th. Ice cream and home made
candy will be sold.
Mrs. H. A. Alger, of Ransom, was
taken to the Charles Town Hospital
on Tuesday, and was operated upon
within a few hours after arriving
there. She is now improving.
Mr.. Milton Barsel will open a
confectionery store and ice cream
and soda water parlor in the Light
Store Room in the Market House
Building on or about September 1.
The Junior Auxiliary and the
Kings Daughters will hold a lawn
party at Wickliffe Church on We'd
nesday and Thursday, August 2 and
3, beginning at p. m. Public is
cordially invited.
Mr.. S. Frank Moreland has i'm
proved his dwelling property on
North George street. The old
fence in from of the house has been
replaced by new ornamental iron
fence on concrete base.
Mr.. w. H. Taylor, father of our
well-known fellow-townsman, Rich
ard Taylor, died at his home in
Butler, New Jersey, a few days ago.
Deceased had been i'll since last
winter from paralysis.
Bush & Perry, proprietors of the
Hill Farm Dairy, near town, are now
using milking machine. 1t was
put IN on trial for a month, and be-
ing pleased with it, the firm has
finally decided to purchase it.
Geo. W. Shull is having his dwell
ing on South Samuel street enlarged
the work being done by contractor
VIM. H. Rodefer. Two rooms and
bath are being added to the house,
the addition changing it from an L
shaped structure to a square one.
William Berry, of Mt. Pleasant,
stem, of Charles Town, were married
yesterday. They are both among the
oldest colored residents of the
county, the groom being 81 and the
bride 80 years old.
Mrs. Charles Manning died at
Bridgewater, Va, July rs. Services
were held there on Tuesday after
noon, and her body was brought here
and laid to rest in Edge Hill
Cemetery. She was the widow of
the late Charles Manning, of this
vicinity.
Mr.. Hyman Wiener went to Phila-
delphia last Wednesday to attend
the funeral of his cousin, the late
Morris Sherman who was killed in
an automobile accident at Newton
vile, New Jersey while he with
party of friends was enroute to At
lantic City. Mr.. Sherman was a |
resident of Harrisburg, Pa.
The ladies of Uvilla Lutheran
Church will hold their annual harvest |
home supper on Thursday, August |
10, beginning at o'clock. Fried |
ham and other good things |
will be served. Fifty cents for
adults, 35 cents for children under |
ten years. Ice cream will also be
sold.
The annual Presbyterian reunion
at Pen-Mar will be held on Thurs !
day, August 3. While no excursion |
rates will be allowed by the N. & w.
Railway Company, there will be re-
duced rates on the Western Mary
land Railroad and on the trolley
lines that converge at Pen-Mar. |
Presbyterians from the Shenandoah
Valley, in goodly numbers, will go
over in automobiles.
The stable of the Misses Shirley
on East Congress street was burned
this morning about two o'clock, to-
gether with the contents consisting
of the NOW of hay, &C., and an
automobile was considerably damag-
ed. The firemen responded prompt
ly, and did good work in preventing
the spread of the fire. The firemen
the sandwiches and coffee
served to them by Mr.. Linson very
much.
Mrs. Della Virginia Olsen, aged
II years, died at the home of her
mother, Mrs. Harry Painter, last
Wednesday. She is survived by
three daughters in Charles Town,
Mrs. Painter, Mrs. Moses Welsh and
Mrs. Levi Corder, and several chill
dren in Virginia. Funeral services
were held on Saturday afternoon in
the Baptist Church, Rev. DIR. G. G.
officiating. Interment in Edge Hill
Cemetery.
Members of the Jackson-P
Post, American Legion, will hold a
Lawn Fete on the B. and E. Bathing
Beach, on the Shenandoah River,
Monday, August 7th. Refreshments
will be served by Kitchen Police
educated in this line of work by
Uncle SAM and will put it up in ap-
proved army style. Motor truck
transportation will leave the Legion
Home at z and 7 80 p. M, evening
of August 7th, 25c round trip. Come
and have good time. Official
chaperone, The Full Moon.
All the wires of the Jefferson
County Telephone Company extend
ing from the company's exchange
along Liberty street to West street,
in Charles Town, are being enclosed
in a cable The work is being done
| by Chief Troubleman, B. d. Wood,
who has won local fame as cable
splicer. Twenty-six circuits will be
bound together in the cable, twenty
five of them already in use, with one
extra to supply connection with a
new circuit that may be needed in
the future.
/ The Lutherans of Shenandoah
Valley and adjacent territory will
hold their third annual reunion at
Endless Caverns, New Market, Va,
August 8, 1922. The services for
the day will be at eleven o'clock in
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