Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1925-06-17
LOCAL NEWS.

tASutuSNs VI TIE ldHllly OF the late
hesekiah Beall, who were devisees
OF the estate of the late Mrs. Rich
ard Henderson, are reported to have
been in the oil section of Texas
where large quantities of oil have
been recently found. A niece. who
was cut off from Mrs. Henderson's
estate. is reported to have struck oil
IN large quantities in her back yard.
Mr.. Gerard Moore arrived home
on Thursday from the West Virginia
University at Morgantown. With a
feliow-student, who was enroute to
home in Fauquir county. Va. he
started from Morgantown on foot to
travel the 230 miles to Charles Town.
Friendly motorists on the road gave
them "a lift" at intervals. so that
they had actually to walk only fir
ten miles of the distance.
Rosa Baylor Hankey. Of Balti-
more. Maryland, was christened in
zion Episcopal Church Sunday al
tWeive-thirty. She is the daughter
OF Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Hankey. Of
baltimore, Nd. Mrs. Hankey was
formerly Miss Rosa Baylor of
Charies Town: The god-parents
were Mrs. Richrad Alexander. of
Baltimore; Miss Harriotte BAYLOR, OF
charles Town, and Col. William
GGambrill, of Baltimore. The Rev.
Conrad Goodwin, rector of the parish
ofiiciated.
Thomas Hefin, a young carnenter
OF berryville, Va, was burned to
death shortly before midnight Satur-
DAY night of last week in a fire that
destroyed his home. just how tho
IRE caught is not known. as the man
was alone at the time. Mrs. Heflin
and their children had gone to spend
Saturday and Sunday with her bro
Their, thus escaping death. II is he
lieved Hefiin had smoked in bed af-
ter retiring and spark from his
cigarette occasioned the blaze he
was 33 years Of age.
The announcement has been RI.
gently made in Allegheny county.
Maryland, that Prof. Arthur q
Raney has been elected Associate
Principal of Beall High School. az
ffrostburg for the session of 1885
20. Prof. Ramey went to- Frostburp
last February as head Of the mathe-
MATES department of Beall High
and auring the coming session he
WI continue to supervise this do
par 2 ent along with the performance
OF n executive and administrative
du e # his new position.
via nee that they planned an at
t. npt break out of the cbarlas
! own ~ was discovered in the cell
Inat raj been occupied by Webb
Dixie iohn Galloway and William
faylor, three colored prisoners. who
were taken to the West Virginia
penitentiary week ago. The Tailor
discovered in the vacated cell d spoon
that had been flattened out and fash
Toned into key. The cell-made kew
evidently would not work, as all the
prisoners were in their places when
the penitentiary guards came for
them.
Misses Fay Dick, Elsie Hummer
and Mareare Zinn. of Charles Town
graduated IN the Normal Course at
Shepherd College. and Misses Mary
BRADSHAW, Naomi Conklyn, Alice Ie-
tevre and Margaret Macoughtry. all
Of Charles Town and vicinity, grad
uated in the short course at the
College last week. The adj
dress to the graduates was delivered
by Prof. Mabel Carney, Of Columbia
University, New York. Tn all there
were forty graduates in the standard
normal class; two in the junior col
lege, thirty-three in the short course.
and twenty-three in the secondary
course.