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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1925-12-02
AMERICAN CARS WIN AUSTRAL,
IAN EVENTS

Another victory-or rather a
triple victory-for the Jewett in
Australia has been reported to the
Paige-Detroit Motor Car Company
by the distributors at Melbourne.
Not only did a Jewett win the
Heidelberg, Victoria, hill-climb, but
two other Jewetts won second and
third places, making a clean sweep of
the event. which was held under the
auspices of the Royal Automobile
Club Of Victoria.
The course measures six-tenths Of
a mile, wit ha grade of 1874 per cent.
The start was from standstill. and
the winning Jewett did the distance
in So 2-5 seconds. The next two
Jewetts were timed at 81 2-5 seconds
and So 2-5 seconds. The next fast
est car over the line, an American
car of another make. finished in 81
1-5 seconds.
A Jewett also was victor in the
hill-climb at National Park. New
South Wales. winning the annual
event on Artillery Hill.
For dyspepsia, our national all
ment, use Burdock Blood Bitters.
Recommended for strengthening di-
gestion, purifying the blood. At all
drug stores. $1.25 bottle.
Any skin itching is temper test
err. The more you scratch the worse
it itches. Doan's Ointment is for
! piles, eczema-any skin itching. Coo
at all drug stores.
Doan's Regulets are recommended
by MANY who say they operate easily,
without gripping and without bad af-
ter effects. zoe at all drug stores.
A household remedy in America
for rs years-Dr. Thomas Eclectic
OIL For cuts. sprains, burns. scalds
bruises. soc and 60c. At all drug
cf oroe
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1925-12-02
TEST OF PROHIBITION.

Prohibition in America seems to be
very effective. / have been here one
month, and | have seen but two
drunkards.
This is the statement made by Sem
ator J. Berman, of Stockholm, Swe-
den. fraternal delegate from Swe-
den to the convention of the Anti
Saloon League.
Senator Bergman's statement pre-
sents, of course the only accurate
test of the enforcement of prohibit
ton law in this country. No one
who walks the streets of any Ameri-
can city. town or village. and who
remembers the condition that existed
previous to the days of national pro-
hibition, needs to be told that drunk
enness-open, shameless and fiaunt-
ing-has decreased TREMENDOUSLY. The
drunken man on the street is the UNI
usual instead of the frequent sight.
Crimes committed bydrink have be-
come exceptional instead of common.
Hours lost by workers of every kind
on account of drink have been enor-
mously reduced. The efficiency of
the productive machinery of the
United States, in every branch. from
top to bottom, has been increased.
and that increased efficiency is re-
fiected in height of prosperity and
comfor., such as no people in the
history of the world ever before en-
joyed.
1t is true that the prohibition laws
are being violated They will con-
tinue to be violated for a generation
or more. There is no law that is not
occasionally violated. If violations
did not occur, laws and enforcement
machinery would not be necessary.
The aim of prohibition is to reduce
drunkenness: to eliminate vice; to
increase the material prosperity and
comfort of the people; to bring about
higher living standards. And. re-
CARELESS of lax support of the prohi-
bition laws in many sections, of open
violation in many others, prohibition
is constantly, regularly and contin-
uously operating to produce these
beneficial results.
States like New Jersey. and Sec
tions like the city of New York may
please themselves. and delude them
selves by voting for notorious wet
men for public Office. but their action
will have no more effect upon the
final decision of the great American
people than any other temporary and
sectional evidence of lawlessness. A
New York mob sought to set aside
the draft laws in 1853. and ragged
through the city from end to end. de-
stroying property, and threatening
the lives of public officials. A like
mob attempted to stop American SOL
diers marching through Baltimore in
1861; marching to the defense of the
American Union. But New York
and Baltimore mobs don't rule Amer
, Wheeling Intellinger.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1925-12-02
JEREMIAH BYRD BURIED HERE
YESTERDAY.

The body Of Jeremiah Byrd, who
was shot BY his wife last Saturday
morning, at Roonshoro. Md. was
brought here Tuesday and buried in
Edge Hill Cemetery.
Byrd, 81. a shoemaker, attacked
his wife. Lille Byrd. so, with a knife
early Saturday morning ut their
home in Boonsboro. AS Byrd raised
the knife to plunge II into the wom-
an, she picked up revolver and sent
bullet through his heart. killing
him. That is the story of the wife.
little woman, who bore the marks
OF the last OF many alleged attacks
by her husband. Byrd had apparent
lv inflicted numerous wounds before
/ he fell
Mrs Byrd. the mother Of two small
children. six and three years, in a
daze when police arrived, told Of the
quarrel which preceded the Staying.
Byrd. who has been operating q
/ shoe shop in Boonsboro for about
three years. having come from Aber.
deem, had been drinking heavily of
late. On his body was partially.
consumed bottle OF liquor. BYRD
was formerly a shoemaker of Charles
4 Town.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1925-12-02
MISS CORA E. TAYLOR DEAD.

Miss Cora +. TAYLOR. daughter of
the late Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. w Tav-
Tor, the former having been mer-
chant in Charles Town for many
years. passed away at her home on
East Congress street. Thursday
night. Deceased had been IAN in
valid for a long time. receiving
care of her two sisters Surviving
are three sisters. Mrs. c N Beard and
Misses Jennie and Bessie Taylor. all
of Charles Town. and two brothers.
Mr. Willoughby Taylor. Of New York
and Mr.. Geo e Taylor. of Camden. S
C. The funeral was held Saturday
afternoon. at 3 o'clock. Services at
the family residence. Interment in
Edge Hin Cemetery.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1925-12-02
ARD VICTIM OF JOHN JONES
HAS SUccUMBED

Miss Emma Pingley. who died Sat
,rdav last from injuries on Septem-
80 . in an automobile accident.
,r9s Buried Sunday at Lebanon
rspreh. Va. her old honeplace. Miss
p.nqley is survived by four brothers.
uerg was the third death to result
fram the accident. Calvin Fincham,
~ Rappahannock county. Va, and
oscar Oodson. of Madison county.
Ia. invited Miss Pingley and Miss
Nellie Brill, of Winchester. to ac-
company them on an automobile
rids. They stopped near Clear
brook 20 repair a tire. and as they
= ood &C the side of the road a car,
containing negroes from Martinsburg
dashed by. The two men were struck
and killed instantly. Miss Brill es-
eaped with slight hurts. and Miss
Pinglev sustained fractured leg and
internal injuries. John Jones. negro
driver Of the speeding car. was sem
tnnced to five years on the state
rnaHs
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1925-12-02

~so"01s &. "eusr. ~ cOmmiBgtono3
Of public welfare Of Chicago, rs A
executive. purchasing agent. budget
expert, and producer rolled into one.
The successful home maker studies
food values. She arranges her
budget 30 that the food she buys win
have all the necessary body building
qualities
1.-THE woman who would keep down
her food bill will do better to spend
her money on milk and green vegeta-
bles than on butter. though butter II
one Of the best sources Of the e.
sential food element. vitamin A. There
are butter substitutes, but nothing
can take the place Of milk and vege-
tables.
MIX, food experts say, Is the most
nearly perfect food. Science solved
the problem by inyenting evaporated
milk. which is simply fresh cows
milk sterilized In cans and with sixty
per cent Of the water removed. Be
cause eyaporated milk Is Of double
the richness OF ordinary market milk.
many housewives dilute It half and
half with water for cooking purposes
Keeping longer than ordinary milk,
there Is no waste from souring Then,
to-, II is cheaper.
Savings also can be made on meat.
Cheaper portions Of beef skillfully
cooked are highly nutritious and often
better tasting than portions which
cost more The shoulder. breast and
stew meat OF lamb are excellent. Pork
shoulders. feet, tails. heart. spareribs
and hooks are In the same category
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1925-12-02

Charleston. Dec. Ia worthy
example for West Virginia and the
rest of the country has been set by
Camden, N. j.. in the opinion OF State
Fire Marshal G. L. Topping. Every
school child in that city has taken the
following fire prevention pledge, pre-
pared under the direction OF John w.
Kelly. Jr.. deputy state director of
Public Safety, and member of the
National Fire Protection Association:
81 pledge myself, that all this year,
I'll shun and dread and hold in fear.
Fire, and all its danger great,
Before. alas, II is too late,
And my home, so dear to me,
Is through the demon caused to be
A mass of charred and blackened
wood:
And /, bereft. and my neighborhood
Threatened. II not called to pay
For losses made from day to day,
BY children who with matches play;
Or cause fire In any way.
! pledge myself, and will not shirk.
NY due to others, and always work
To shield my home and city. too.
! pledge myself, may ] be true"
ut would be fine thing for the
fire prevention campaign X school
children generally were pledged in
this manner" commented Mr.. Top
ping. Children Of school age are
highly impressionable. and it is very
vital in this drive to reduce the coun-
try's fearful fire waste that our chill
dren be brought up in the knowledge
OF the dangers of fire and how they
are to be averted. In every school in
the United States. time should be de-
voted to the incubation of lessons in
fire prevention. Children absorb
quickly and apply practically
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1925-12-02
;ToREs ROBBED

Three torres. those of Thomas OFT.
Vernon lrner and William Oden.
al east OF the Shenandoah River.
nave been robbed within the past few
weeks. ne each instance, the build
Ing was enaered in the same way. The
thieves would either break a window
or force 4 open without beaking.
once inssG@ the thieves would give
their attention first to the cash draw
er. Then she intruders would show
Their partislity for cigarettes and
In one or two of the robberies. some
chewing gum was taken.
The exploits are believed to have
been the work of boys in their teens.
NO arrests have been made, the store
keepers moving cautiously. and being
certain of Ieir ground before taking
action.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1925-12-02
MAN is CRUSHED UNDER
TRACTOR

Shortly after o'clock Tuesday
afternoon. of last week. Nelson Hem
son. an engineer, was instantly killed
overturned and he was caught be-
meath the heavy weight and had his
life crushed out. He was operating
the tractor in field when the acct
dent occurred.
Henson was employed on the farm
Of Mrs. Jefferson at Opequon, six
miles southwest of Winchester. where
the acc dent occurred. Henson mar
RED a laughter of Luther Miller. of
Onpnuop
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1925-12-02
BoYD--cooDE.

Mr.. Grover c Goode and Miss
Beulah M Boyd, two popular young
people Of the county. surprised their
many friends on Wednesday after
noon, when they motored to Harpers
Ferry and were quietly married. The
ceremony was performed by the Rev.
F s Cain, of the Methodist Protest
ant Church. The bride. who is the
daughter of Mrs. Rosa v and the late
C w L Boyd. of Federal HILL" was
becomingly gowned in navy blue
crepe. The groom is son of the
late Mr.. and Mrs John B Goode, Of
the county. and is the senior member
Of the firm of Goode Bros. who have
been engaged in the garage business
for the past several years in Charles
Town. Immediately after the cere-
money, the young couple left for q
motoring trip through the Valley Of
Virginia. The friends Of this hap
by couple extend congratulations and
best wishes for happy and prosper
Gus welded life. Mr. and Mrs Goode
are making their home in Charles
Town, at 319 West Washington
street
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1925-12-02
NEAR EAST RELIEF SUNDAY.
DECEMBER 8.

Governor Howard NJ. Gore has APP
pointed Miss Virginia Lucas as the
jefferson County Member Of the
Near East Relief Committee. Sun
day. December 6. will be Near East
Sunday. All citizens of jefferson
County are requested to cooperate
with Miss Lucas in making the drive
for funds for this worthy cause a
success
Returning across the United States
from several years in Russia and ST.
IBERIA. Captain John Stalker. O. B E.
of the British army. makes the fol.
lowing statement to a correspondent
of the Wichita (Kan.l Eagle;
Il find some people in America
doubtful of the value Of Near Eas
Relief. They would not doubt /
thew had seen it as ! have.
$50 far as human life is concern
ed. no greater work was ever done
| saw it in Armenia during tn
famine periods. No picture of starv
ing children was ever exaggerated
American philanthropy saved then
and is now bringing them TO useful
ness"
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1925-12-02
PREPARE FOR XMAS MAILING

There will be no deliveries of mail
on Christmas Day. Mail early for
delivery before Christmas.
Christmas gifts and cards address
ed TO points within one days travel
should be mailed not later than De
cember 20; within two days travel,
not later than December 10: within
three days travel. not later than De-
cember 10: for more distant points,
not later than December Ia. Par
GELS and cards for local delivery
should be mailed not later than De
cember 20.
Parcels and Envelopes may be in
dorsed "Please Do Not Open Until
Christmas"
The early mailing of Christmas
cards is just as important as parcels
Millions Of these cards. separate and
in envelopes, are mailed each Christ
mas. Consequently, great conges
ton and delay occurs in large post
offices, where they are all mailed
within a day or two of Christmas
Therefore, if you want your Christ.
mas greetings to reach your rela.
tives and friends on or before
Christmas Day. follow the instruc'
tions in the preceding paragraph
relative to mailing early and be GER
tain of delivery before Christmas.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1925-12-02
YOUNG RULING UPHELD By
COURT.

In affirming a $4,000 damage YER
dict for injuries in an automobile
collision, the Supreme Court reaf-
frmed its family doctrine. holding w
J. Young, owner of the automobile
driven by his son, William Young.
liable for damages sustained by Mrs.
Bessie M. Ambrose. In the same
case, which was appealed from JEFF
ferson county, the court held that
although one of the witnesses had
said Your~'- car was covered by liza
bility insuraa this did not consti-
tute nl3ssrsl because the counsel
had no reason to expect this answer
to his quesfion and the court direct
ed the jury aot to consider it.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1925-12-02
BUILDERS CLASS

The Builders Glass of the Charles
Town M E Church. South. had an at
tendance of ninety-eight men Sun
day morning. to hear Mr.. Tracey L
Jeffords deliver most excellent ad-
dress on the Sunday School lesson.
Mr. yeTords was at his best. and he
presented the facts in the lesson in a
most attractive and fascinating. as
we'll rs convincing manner. One
new member was added to the en-
rollment and twelve visitors were
prs e..s
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1925-12-02
Mr.. EDWARD HIGGINS DIES AT
FERRY

Mr.. Edward Higgins, an Exon
federate veteran. of Harpers Ferry,
who saw active service in the Stone
wall Brigade in the early part of the
war, and later in the cavalry. died at
his home there last Friday night af-
ter a short illness. He is survived by
the following children: Edward Hig-
gins, of Pittsburgh; Mrs. A B Watts.
of Alliance, Ohio; Mrs. Roach. Wash
ington; Mrs Lawrence Exner. Nc
Keesport, Pa; Mrs w S Mcclure. of
Union, S C, and Miss Anna Higgins,
at home. Mr. Higgins was one of
the oldest men of the town. having
passed his Goth birthday. Funeral
services were held Sunday morning
in the Catholic Church.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1925-12-02
Z. C HENSON LEASES BERRY
WILLIE THEATRE

Manager E G Henson, of the Char
les Town Opera House, has extended
ms operations to Beryville. Va.
where he has leased the only theatre
10 Clarke county. and will manage it
q connection with his work in Char
les Town. The Berryville theatre is
% undergo extensive repairs and al
terations and until these are COM
pieted, will remain closed. Mr.. Hen
son viii reopen it to the public on
december IA, under the name of
giarkco Clarke County, Theatre.
Z plans % have the house open to
me public every weekday night with
4 matinee On Saturday.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1925-12-02
CONG. BOWERS NOT SHOWING
RECOVERY FRIENDS HAD
HOPED

Former Congressman George M.
Bowers fails to register the improve
ment that had been hoped for. He
was stricken about aoon on Wednes-
dav. November IS, and rallied from
the stroke in very satisfactory fash
ion. Since then, however, the inn
movement desired has not been reg
istered. He is holding his own
but lack of positive improvement is
giving concern. Mr. Bowers is fully
CONSCIOUS. but is very weak, and Is
confined to his bed at his South
Queen street home.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1925-12-02

A Washington couple, Mr. Thomas
Marsden and Miss Nellie Plowden.
were the principals in beautiful
marriage ceremony performed in st.
Peters Catholic Church. Harper's
Ferry. Wednesday morning. Novem-
Der Is. by the rector. Rev. Father j..
A Curran. A party of fifteen or
twenty friends accompanied the
couple from Washington, and all OF
them breakfasted at the Hilltop.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1925-12-02
SOUL FRACTURED; ON WAY TO
RECOVERY

Little Mildred Jacobs. daughter of
Mr. and Mrs Charles M Jacobs. Of
Martinsburg. who had her scull frac-
tured. when train struck an auto
mobile in which she was seated. at
Dust Crossing, at Reedon. this coun-
ty, on last Friday night. was brought
to the Charles Town Hospital. and a
successful operation performed by
DR. A 0 Albin. She is now on the
way to recovery.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1925-12-02
ARMY MEN IN NEW CONGRESS

The Magazine Of The Washington
Star for Sunday. December s. will
contain an intensely interesting art
icle, fully illustrated. on World War
veterans in the new Congress. These
men do not form military bloc"
they are favoring powerful armies
and navies; they are planning to aid
the ex-service men. Read the article
in next Sundays Star and order your
copy from G M Slifer. newsdealer.
today.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1925-12-02
VIM. DEMORY SHOT WHILE
HUNTING IN VIRGINIA SAT-.

Mr.. William Demory, well-known
Harpers Ferry merchant, met with a
very painful accident last Saturday
while on hunting trip with some
friends in Virginia. A shot from
some of the party struck Mr. Demory
in the ball of the eye. He was TAX
en- to the Winchester Hospital.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1925-12-02

services IN tho
home, and static
tics show there
are M.700. 90
women engaged
In homework. 40.
cording to MIRA
Leonora q. MedA
prominent Chi
cago " o m a =
lawyer and econ.
onist.
The wife,
said Mrs. MedeA
who was former.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1925-12-02

Mr.. Boyd A. Reinhart, who had
been critically i'll at Allegheny Hos
pital, Cumberland, Md, for several
DAYS. died iate Saturday afternoon.
He had been in failing health for
several months. Mr. Reinhart was
native of Shepherdstown. He went
TO Cumberland about twenty years
ago and engaged in the fire-insur-
ance business. He was active in
many public movements and was a
Democratic member in the house OF
delegates of Maryland in 1914.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1925-12-02
JOHN p. STRoTHER DIES
SUDDENLY.

Mr.. John Peter Strother. promi-
nent citizen of Warren County, Va.
dropped dead while attending to a
lumber deal at Narbec. Md, near
Washington City, November IL. He
was brother of Miss May Strother.
of the st. Hilda's Faculty. He was
a citizen of Loudon and was 81 years
of age.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1925-12-02
RECEIVES NEW BOOKS.

The Community Library has re-
ceived these books: The Daughter of
the House, Women. The Professors
Horse, The Glass Window, Instead of
the Thorn, The Martyred Towns Of
France, Mecca, Canon, and Pueblo.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1925-12-02

II you want to live in . better
town, do your buying here in Charles
Town and help improve what ws
havs.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1925-12-02
Homework Worth
$500 . Year, but

Nine hundred dollars q year ID -
value Of the average housswif9n
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1925-12-02

10 serve his coun-
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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1925-12-02

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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-11-19
Col. Coolidge Winning
Fight for Life, Doctor
Reports; Reads Papers
By international News Service

PLYMOUTH, VT, Nov. 10
Colonel John c. Coolidge. eighty
year-old father of the President. ap-
reared to be winning the battle for
his life, according to a bulletin is
sued today by Doctor Albert L.
Cram, attending physician.
Attacks Of heart bloc are becom-
eymptom-and the OOlonel was per-
icon and read the newspapers.
President Coolidge is In constant
telephone communication with the
little white homestead on the noun
tainside here. II there is q turn fer
the worse it is understood the Presi-
dent will hurry here by special train
Should the colonel rally, arrange
ments will probably be made, it was
stated here, for the father 20 carry
out the original plan to spend the
winter in Washington.
Colonel Coolidge finds peace and
contentment in Plymouth Notch.
however, and It was this that
prompted Doctor Cram to refrain
from moving him to hospital dur
ing his present sickness.
Deputy Sheriff Angus Macauley
has been installed as the coIoneI's
bodyguard, keeping the patient in
seclusion. Macauley acted in this
capacity during the summer rush
of visitors to the little white farm
house where President Calvin Cool
idge took the oath of office.