Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1925-09-09
Local News.

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count of holiday.
Mr.. A. J. Ford. who has occupied
the Herrill house the past two years.
while operating a shoe-repair shop,
has moved with his family to Fred
erick. Md.
Mr.. Rolfe G ardt. of vinton
Manor farm. south of town, has been
elected to the Board of Directors of
the Farmers and Merchants Deposit
Company, Charles Town. He sue
ceeds Mr.. E. B. Reed. who resigned.
A new generator of $50 K. V. A.
capacity has arrived at the Potomac
Power house. at Harper's Ferry, and
is being installed in addition to the
one of 800 K. v. A. already set up.
When compete this viii be one of the
most attractive and up-to-date sta
tions in the country.
Mr.. G. B. Rodeffer, superintendent
of the County Infirmary, is introduc-
ing a new variety of tomato.
1t is known in garden parlance as the
Bulgiana. The one merit claimed
for it is that when matured the to-
mato is sweeter than any known
variety. Little, if any sugar is need
ed in sweetening them.
Mrs. Clark Orndorff Peer, widow
of Lewis N. Peer, of Shenandoah
county, died at the home of her son,
at Kernstown, Va, on Monday, aged
70 years. Mrs. Peer leaves four sons
and two daughters. Two of her sons
reside in this county: Altha c. Peer.
at Rippon, and Charles o. Peer, in
Charles Town.
The family of Selden O'Bryan. N.
& w. agent at Nippon, moved to
Washington on Wednesday, their
household goods being taken down in
a truck by the Alger Transfer. Mr..
O'Bryan, whose family have been oc-
cupying the L. M. Long residence at
Nippon, will continue his railroad
work there for while longer.
The Harper's Ferry Water Com
panv plans to have supply of pure
water from their spring, near Peach
er's mill, flowing through the pipes
to the tank on Storer College camp
us this week The water main has
been to the front of the High School
building. Use will be made of the
college reservoir until the company's
reservoir on Bolivar Heights can be
COMPLETED.
Surprise among her many friends
was occasioned by the announce
ment of the marriage of Miss Emma
j. Higgins. daughter of Mr.. Edward
Higgins, of Harper's Ferry. She was
married Thursday. August 27, to Mr..
William S. Mcclure. of Tampa, Fla.
the marriage being solemnized in St.
Joseph's Catholic Church in Wash
ington by the rector, the Rev. Father
Edward P. McAdams. Mr.. and Mrs
Mcclure will reside in Tampa, Fla.
Mr.. H. A. Lockhart, of the Wheat
land neighborhood, is offering free
camping sites for tourists. Although
more than a half mile of the route
for tourists, Mr.. Lockhart offers so
many advantages over the ordinary
camp site that no traveller will re-
greet the distance. He has about 8
acres Of shade and lawn with an
abundance of pure water-advant-
ages desired by all tourists seeking
a camping site.
Among the campers who have been
enjoying the month of August along
the Shenandoah river. on John P.
Rissler's Vanvactor farm have been
Mr.. and Mrs. c. A. Schwertfeger, of
Wellsburg, w. Va; Mr.. and Mrs.
c. G. Schwertfeger and son. of Fol-
lansbee, w. Va; Mr.. and Mrs. Char
les Conway and family. and Messrs.
Fred Cemedlin and William Conway.
all of Plainfield, New Jersey; Mr.. H.
E. Johnson. of Baltimore: Sam Heinz
and family, of Kearneysville.
The county commissioners on re-as-
sembling to lay tax levies for the
current fiscal year reduced the road
levy in four of the five districts be-
low the estimate published recently.
The estimate for Charles Town dis
trict was cut to IL cents from Is;
Kabletown district, no change; Mid
dleway, Is Gems to 121a cents; Shep-
herdstown, Is cents to 121s cents.
and Harper's Ferry district from Is
cents to 10 cents on the hundred dol
lars.
A water famine which threatened
Winchester was averted. when Alex
ander Spottswood cambridge, a civil
engineer, formerly of this county,
found that by changing the course of
a creek west of town to make swim
ming pool on private property the
Rouss Spring, source of the city sup
ply, was failing. AS soon as the
course of the water was changed to
the original flow the spring began to
fill up. Whether the private proper
ty owner has right to change the
course of the creek will be tested. it
was said. Mr.. Dandridge's discovery
was made, 1t was said, while other
experts, some from Baltimore and
others from Richmond, were specu-
lating on what caused the water
shortage.
A delegation Of farmers from
about Winchester went to Frederick,