Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1926-12-15

Tha Community Library viii not
- open December 24th.
ar W. C Clipp has sold the Rome
nus house and lot. corner Mildred
sfree+ and First Avenue. in Charles
Town. to Mr. George D. Banmgard-
rer. for $4,000 cash.
The farm formerly owned by DR.. ]
Luke. southwest Of Mlddleway,
-ras sold a few days ago by Geo. w.
sfcDaniel to Robert 4. Mcdaniel.
Tba consideration was $4,000 for 40
acres. -
Charles Town NJ. z. Church. South,
80 nuita a number of Fancy Ar
lies for Christmas for sale, which
an no seen at the home of Miss
clara Leslie, on w. Congress street.
Walter Harris. colored. a we'll
known employee of the Halitown
paner Board Company killed three
iarge hogs last Thursday. which
t;nned the scales at $50, $50 and 375
n6nnds. a total of 1,085 pounds.
Postmaster Getzdanner requests
nc n call attention to the large num-
her of package cards" out. Any
one having one of these cards IN
their possession, are requested to
kindly return them to the post office,
LEROY Baker, of the Charles Town
Light and Heat Company, has pur-
chased a residence on Mildred street
inRanson. from Miss Ella Engle, pay.
inc $500. This property was for
merIv owned by o. B. Golladay, who
moved to Florida two years ago.
The Hurwitz Creamery Company
will move on January /, from theil
present location, on North George
street. to their new building or
North Charles street. They will sus
pend operation Christmas, and oper
in their new location on Monday
January 3.
Mr.. Humphrey f. Amber of ths
Senior class, at Princeton, had two
one-act plays produced by the
"Theatre Intime," the theatre of the
Princeton student body recently. The
pIays are called ashore" and "Con
fessional," and were staged and di
rected by the author.
Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Alger. o.
Charles Town, w. Va, announce ths
engagement of their daughter. Mis-
Eva Nell Alger, to Mr.. Russell G
Ratty. son of Mr.. and Mrs. S. E
Battv, of Storm Lake, Iowa. Tit
wedding will take place Decembe
25th.
Craven Tate, colored. suffered al
: injured back on Saturday night, whel
the Ford sedan in which he and on
Ed. Stuart, were riding was over
turned on the Berryville turnpike
when it came into collision with
larger car. The Ford was practical
Nv a total wreck. while the other car
suffered the loss of wheel.
The County Court is having
number of old deed books in tn
vault of the Clerks office rebound
Constant use through the 125 years
since the county was organized, ha
. resulted in some of the olde
books being greatly delap1dat
cd. Deed books numbered l. 2. :
>. s. 8, and II are those now re
: eeiving attention from the binder.
Arthur Pendleton and a woma
companion, both eolored. were badl
, bruised and shaken up. when tn
Ford car in which they were ridin1
was overturned in a collision las
Friday night, with the automobil
driven by Mr.. w. w. Poston, o
Summit Point. The accident occur
ed at the Citizens fire house, in tn
lower part of town.
Judge D. H. Rodgers in a hearin,
? Monday morning, in Martinsbure
refused to grant an appeal to Samue
Washington, colored, who is in tn
e. county Jail here, serving a sentenc
j Of go days for illegal possession O
e liquor. Washington had claimed tina
S ne did not understand the charg
when he enterede a plea of guilty
and had petitioned for a hearing O.
p writ of habeas corpus.
Three small children were abar
doned by their parents, in a house
IN Ransom, few days ago. The al
tention of the county authorities wa
called to the plight of the children
3 and they were removed to the Cour
" lnfirmary, where they will sta
NsAI OiiSST lioH Tie DuItdu
Children's Guardians can come flo
them. Everett is the name of tn
! recreant parents, who left the chi
dren to the mercy of a cruel world.
Again the graduates of the Charlie
Town high school distinguish
themselves in the colleges of tn
country Word has been receive
here that Gerard Moore, of Ransor
and a graduate of the high school i
the class of 1923. has been mad
manager of the 1927 football tear
at West Virginia University. at whic
college he is a senior. At the sam
time Hugh Mccormick, of this town
and graduate in the class of 1922
was named as one of the four a:
sistant managers for the next seaso
at the University.
Pupils neither absent nor tard
and with department of 95, or owe,
IN the Summit Point school. for tn
month ending Friday, December
We're: Primary-Tommy Henry, Phi
Sn1 l1nynn1 ALL