Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1922-01-24
LOCAL BRIEFS.

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Mr.. C. F. Wall has been reelected
as Director of the Fidelity Securi
ties Corporation of Maryland, for tn,
ensuing year.
The notes, &C., stolen from thu
safe of The Reed Grain and Millint
Company on the night of January Is
were found along the B. & o. rail
road tracks below town last Satur
day by Mr.. w. E. Moreland.
The Woman's Club will meet or
Thursday, February End at $3.50, al
the Court House, at which time Mrs
John B. Garden, of Wheeling, Presi.
dent of the Federation of Woman's
Clubs, of West Virginia, will address
the meeting.
j. V. Alger, a resident of the Wei.
nifty of Luray, Va, was brought to
the Charles Town Hospital on Tues.
day, and Immediately after his ar.
rival was operated on for append.
citis. The patient is a brother of H.
A. Alger of Ransom.
A farm horse team belonging to
Mr.. N. o. Renner, who lives on the
VIM. NJ. Burns farm on the river, got
frightened at the train at the Reed
Elevator and ran down George street
Yesterday morning, and ran into a
telephone pole near the Spirit Office
and broke away from the wagon.
Fortunately no severe damage was
done.
The birthday anniversaries of
Generals Lee and Jackson were OBJ
served in Charles Town last Thurs
day night by Lawson Bolts Chapter,
Daughters of the Confederacy, with
a public meeting in the Court House.
There was appropriate music by the
Powhatan Band and by the choir.
An eloquent and able address was
made by Major B. M. Roszel, of Win
chester, who wildly portrayed the
brilliant military achievements and
superior personal qualities of these
matchless leaders of the armies of
the Confederacy.
The efforts of would-be burglar
to enter the Palmbaum building by
the rear door Wednesday night lead
to great eXcitment when Mr.. Sam
Cornblatt and his brother who were
on the first floor attending to some
correspondence, took three or four
shots at the intruder. Two men
were seen leaving the premises at a
high rate of speed after the first shot
was fired, though Mr.. Cornblatt is of
the opinion that only one was in the
enclosure at the rear of the building.
No damage was done to the rear door
as the intruder was chased away be-
fore he could begin to work his way
into the building.
The residence of Aunt Haney
Johnson, colored, about two miles
southwest of Charles Town, was
broken into on December "a, last,
between the hours of eleven in the
morning and four o'clock in the af-
ternoon. They broke open two locks
and took one gold bracelet, one gold
watch chain, one gold pair of ear
rings, two valuable gold rings with
sets in them, one gold bar breast pin
with diamond chip set in it, one
gold cameo breast pin with a gold
chain on it, one gold locket and three
strings of neck beads, one pair of
silver cuff button link, together with
a chain, even bunch of keys.
John M. Dooley, who has for the
last five years made his home in
Berryville, Va, died last Friday in
Staunton, while there for treatment,
at the age of 70 years. When
young man he went west, and did ex-
tensive prospecting for gold. He
was native of Charles Town, and
was son of the late George w.
DOoley. He is survived by two
brothers and two sisters, Mr.. B. F.
Dooley, of this County, and Mr. Edw
Payton Dooley, of Columbus, Ohio;
Mrs. Edward Kercheval, of Berry
vile, and Mrs. Margaret Saunders,
of Columbus, Ohio. Funeral SER
vices were held at the residence of
his sister, Mrs. Kercheval, in Berry
vile, last Sunday afternoon. Inter-
ment in Berryville.
A Chevrolet touring car owned and
operated by Oscar Stoneberger, of
Charles Town caught fire while run
ming along the road between Wine
brenner's Cross Roads and Shep-
herdstown late Thursday evening.
The machine was a total loss. Mr..
Stoneberger who only recently
bought the car new, does not know
how to account for the cause of the
fire. The machine was discovered on
fire when the driver reached the
Sperow farm, members of the Sperow
family aiding him in fighting it. Mr..
Stoneberger had taken some passen-
gers to Martinsburg and he was on
his way home, the detour by way of
Shepherdstown being necessary by
reason of heavy snow drifts in the
more direct road from Martinsburg
to Charles Town.
Private Harry Quick, Charles
Town soldier who has been in Europe
for longer period since the ARMS
tice than many of his fellow-country-
men were before the end of hostil-
ties, is back in the states. A message
to his mother, Mrs. John H. Quick, a
few days ago conveyed the glad news
that he reached Fort Slocum, New
York, on January from Coblenz,
Germany, where he had served in the
American Army of Occupation.
Harry enlisted in the spring of 1919
before many other American soldiers
who had taken part on the French
front in the World War had return
ed home, and after short training at
Camp Meade was sent with the 9Th
T. S. Infantry to the Rhine Valley in
July of the same year. The end of