Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1922-12-19
LOCAL BRIEFS.

1t is expected that the new con
crete road through Harpers Ferry
will be opened next Saturday.
The engagement of Miss Margaret
May Border and Mr.. Jay Wysonp
has been announced, the wedding to
take place on December 3Oth.
A Christmas Party will be given
the Presbyterian Sunday School this
year and an announcement will be
given later.
Mr.. Robert E. Boyd will have a big
sale of stock and farming nipple
ments on the Robinson farm, near
Summit Point, on Wednesday, March
z, next.
Mr.. 7. M. Goldsby won, in Wash
( ington, two blue ribbons and Sec
ond on his Monoccas chickens, and
three blue ribbons, / second and l
third on w. Bantams.
A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Phillips at their home in
Washington, December 9. The new
arrival is the only grandchild of Mr..
and Mrs. S. Lee Phillips.
Sing Lee, the Chinaman who is
conducting laundry here, had the
misfortune of having a finger cut
off in his machinery. He received
attention at the Charles Town Hos
pital
An Essex Coach, one of the most
beautiful motoring machines on the
road is now the priced possession of
Mr.. Chris l.. Fidinger, proprietor of
the Opera House Cigar and Sporting
Goods store.
W. R. Burns & Co., have the con-
tract for improving the farm home
of n w. Myers on the Link farm
west of Duffields. A heating plant,
bath and lighting equipment will be
installed before Mr.. Myers moves
there from the Zoar neighborhood in
the early spring.
Fifteen acres of timber on the
Carroll farm, two miles west of
town, has been bought by the Miller
Lumber Company. A saw mill will
be put in operation on the tract
early in the New Year, and the trees
will be reduced to merchantable
lumber as speedily as possible.
The new Christmas Savings Club
of the jefferson Bank & Trust Com
pany started off last week with
large number of members, and if the
most of them keep up their pay
ments, this popular bank will have a
very large fund to pay out to the
members of the Club just before
Christmas, 1928.
Mrs. Emily Elizabeth Edmonds,
died at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. C. C. Fisher, last Friday morn
ing, aged 76 years. She was mem
Der of the Baptist Church. Fun
eral services were held at her daugh-
ter's residence yesterday morning,
Rv. Goodwin Frazer officiating. In
y ment in Edge Hill Cemetery.
D. R. Houser, of Bakerton, killed
eight hogs last week that probably
made record in this county. The
weights were as follows: 432 1-2,
438, 403, Alt, 473, 439, 438 and
1876. Mr. Houser says that if any
body in the county can beat this lot
of porkers, he will present him with
a ham if he will call around with the
proof.
DR.. William Neill, of Charles |
Town, was elected president of the
Eastern Panhandle Medical Associa-
ton at its quarterly meeting in Mar
tinsburg, Wednesday. DIR. Howard
Osburn, of Rippon was elected vice
president. Because of its central |
location in the eastern panhandle,
Martinsburg has been selected as the |
place for the next meeting of the
Association in March next
Miss Mamie Lee Dishman, died at
her apartment in the Talbot resi-
dence adjoining the Bank of Charles
Town Thursday night at an advanced
age. Deceased was a native of
Loudoun county, but had lived in
Charles Town a long time, at first
making her home with her sister, the
late Mrs. A. -Miley Her funeral
was held Sunday afternoon, services
at the home of her nephew, Mr.. c. E. .
Miley, on North George street, at
80 o'clock in the afternoon. In /,
terment was in Edge Hill Cemetery. !
Rev. T. NJ. Swami officiated at the
services.
The football squad of the Charles
Town High School was the guest of
several football enthusiasts at an
oyster supper on last Friday night.
At the close of the supper, the athle
tic monogram &C" was awarded the
following players of the squad for
consistent work in the season just
closed: French Skinner Capt.,
Forrest Rissler, Owen Mccormick,
Charles Osbourn, George Phillips,
Charles Kable, Dixon Baumgardner,
James Skinner, Newton Gibson, DON
aid Kable, Jack Harrell, Forrest
Littlejohn, Roger Milbourne, and
Murray Phillips (Manager.) The
latter men met and elected Charles
Osbourn to the captaincy of next
years team.
The contractors who are building
the Maryland State road between
Sharpsburg and Shepherdstown have
the job almost finished. Wednesday
evening the last of the bituminous
filling was put in place and rolled,
and the road will probably be open
this week. There is yet to be done
some patching where slight defects
have shown up, the roadway outside
of the shoulders is to be graded and
some of he culverts are to be finished
up. All this, however, can be done
without interfering with travel. 1t
is confidently asserted that no better
piece of road than the nine miles be-
tween Boonsboro and Shepherdstown
can be found in Maryland. 1t
seems to be absolutely perfect. 1t
Is what is known as sheet asphalt
construction, with concrete shoulders
and it is as smooth as marble, except
for the Douglas hill section, opposite
Shepherdstown, which is of concrete,
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