Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-21
VALLEY OF VIRGINIA LIQUOR MEN SCARED
Disastrous Freight Wreck Last Hope Gone by Virginia
Near Cave Station. Court Decision.
MARY HARRISON FREED READY TO QUIT BUSINESS
Set Liberty After Telling Richmond Dealers Now Expect State
Employer Met Death. wide Prohibition
NEW EXPERIMENT ORCHARD FUNERAL OF NOTED CHAPLAIN
Richmond College New
Winchester Home-spring Vegetation Well
Conference Fruit Dealers
|READY TO QUIT BUSINESS
Richmond Dealers Now Expect State
wide Prohibition.
OF NOTED CHAPLAIN
Richmond College to Have New
Home-Spring Vegetation Well
Advanced.
ecia, Correspondence Of The Star.

The supreme court of appeals of Vir-
ginia has decided that the act OF the gen.
eral assembly under which the local OPP
ton elections have been held is valid and
constitutional. This decision cut the last
peg from under the liquor interests. The
case has been pending for nearly year.
when the. city Of Fredericksburg voted
out the saloons and Judge G0olrick OF
the CORPORATION court held that the law
was unconstitutional. The people OF the
city appealed from that decision and the
case had been before the court for some
six or eight months. Judge Goolrick held
that the law which permitted persons who
had paid their poll taxes to vote, without
regard to the provision as to the time In
which they should pay. was void and of
no effect, and that, as result, the cleo
ton was a nullity by reason Of the par
ticipation of such voters. who had paid
their taxes, but not within the time pre-
scribed by the constitution. The liquor
men made the most OF the case. and fol-
lowing local options elections held In other
places the same question was raised. But
the point was overlooked by the liquor
men that the men who had voted wet
were included in the returns as we'll as
others, and after they had been defeated
they resorted to the courts to have the
matter tested. Nothing of the sor was at
tempted by the drys when the election
was held at Abingdon. and that place was
voted wet. the saloons being retained.
The liquor men are wholly a sea on the
issues and the decision of the court. They
have been defeated in several OF the cities
of the state and more than 80 per cent of
the counties are dry. Many of the saloon
men are preparing to get out Of the busi-
ness, especially here In Richmond. for 1t
Is believed that the temperance people
will force an election here at some time
during the present year. and the chances
are that the city will go dry. regardless
of what steps or how active the saloon
men may be.
Judge Mann Opens Campaign.
Judge Mann has opened his campaign
and declared his position on the liquor
question, which has been bothering the
opponents of that gentleman for some
weeks Judge Mann says that he is for
local option, that IL the general assembly
passed a bill providing for statewide pro-
hibition he would feel compelled to veto
it: but II. after the measure had been
made an issue in the cam
paign and nds general !, +h asse ,nsns
majority Of the dominant party stand
ing for the principle should send a bill
to him prohibiting the sale of liquor In the
state. he would sign 1t. But he favors
submitting the question to the people OF
the state, preferably in the districts and
counties in the state and In the cities,
letting each division decide for itself. He
stands for the betterment OF the schools,
is pledged to improving the highways.
for the care of the Confederate soldier
and for rigid observance Of the health
laws.
Rev John William Jones. formerly of
this city, who died In Columbus, Ga, was
| x1A~ 4.
from the south one of the most interest
ing Of her characters. DR.. Jones was a
native OF Virginia He was educated in
this city and at the University
Of Virginia He ssao entered ana d. the ne ZAP ts
years ago he was engaged in active work.
In April, 1861, he enlisted as a private
soldier in the 18th Virginia In
fantry, Gen. A. P. Hills command. and
served for more than a year in the ranks
along with his comrades. In 1862 he
was made a chaplain and was assigned
to his Same command. He conducted the
funeral Of Gen. Hill when he fell In front
Of Petersburg in March. 1865. DIR. Jones
was a Confederate veteran much after the
order Of Gen. Jubal A. Early in his love
for the Confederacy. He was never alb
sent from Confederate reunion. and for
many years he marched in the ranks with
| my boys" as he loved to call hs old
comrades. In the winter OF 1923. while
the army was encamped near Fredericks-
burg, he engaged In a revival service with
q Presbyterian, an Episcopalian and a
Catholic priest the latter the Rev. Father
Tabb Thousands of soldiers professed
conversion at the time, the meeting being
| purely undenominational In character.
Will Build College Elsewhere.
Richmond College. the Baptist institu-
ton Of the south. for the education of
young men. will dispose of its property
in the western part of the city and erect
modern college buildings elsewhere. The
new buildings are to be within easy reach
of the city, and will cost something like
81. 10000 The site for the new struc-
lures has not been chosen. but the
chances are that 1t will be about two
| miles west of the city limits. The col
lege now has an endowment fund of
nearly $2,OOOOO0 and its property Is worth
nearly 100000 more.
The grounds are large enough for the
purposes of the college at this time. but
| 1t is proposed to broaden 1t in every
| way and to allow for the higher educa-
| ton and possibly to provide for the
scientific and professional branches-en-
cheering, law. medicine and all the
courses taught in the best colleges In the
country. The school has grown rapidly
| during the last ten years and is now en-
hot fs 70 bn