The Washington herald., 1909-04-29
Carolinas, Maryland,
and Virginia News
Political and Otherwise.

gina ana MAI idti4 S'eFtSS NStS sSSASe
in Washington yesterday:
Walter f. Collins and Florence ".
Shinn. both OF Alexandria. Va
Joseph ". Fleming, Of Wilsiamsport,
Md and Bessie Z Howard. Of Balti-
more. Nd
Venable " Branch and Sarah Hatch
EFT bcth Of Richmond. We.
Frank l. Kapper and Irene V Duke
both Of Richmond, Va.
Dorsey " Bryant and Virginia )
Curtis. both Of Fredericksburg, Va
Anthony c. Garter and Mary Z. Holt
both Of Lynchburg, Va.
Francis r. Shipley, Of Prince George
County. Md and Esther 5. Oliver. Of
St May County. Nd
Samuel S. 8filby. Of Freeport. Va. and
Matte F. DUtton. OF New Upton, Va
Benjamin H Miller. OF Baltimore, Nd,
and Ida V. Brown, Of this city.
E. Reeves Braddock and Effie J. Keiser.
{ both Of Friendship Heights. Nd.
Emmett s. Taney and Annie J. Pleas
ants, both Of Louisa County. Va
/ winchester. Va--Claiming that they are
taxed almost out Of business. practically
all the fire and life insurance companies
/ represented IN Winchester have decided
| TO resist paying the specific license taxes
/ imposed by common council recently.
/ Judge T W Harrison. in Circuit Court,
I granted a temporary Injunction restrain
/ ing the city from collecting the tax.
! Keyser. ". Va-Leander Schaidt. for
mer city engineer Of Cumberland. is
making an estimate Of the cost of piping
a water supply from the headwaters Of
/ New Creek for Keyser The Keyser city
/ council has two propositions upon which
( 10 act. the above mentioned and the build
/ ing OF a second dam. II is estimated
that twenty extra acres would be required
/ 10 carry out the latter plan. which would
| cost sl5.e00. The elevation OF the New
/ Creek supply above the city OF Keyser
/ is 5SS feet
Clarksburg. W va-The Moundville
Penitentiary earned last year from its
hire Of convict labor to shops within its
walls $500 above all expenses. The
board Of directors have decided that
I hereafter no convict labor for the tailor
/ ing shops in the prison will be leased
under 50 cents per day.
Shinnston. ". va.-Slnce oil has been
struck here, shinnsfon is on an Industrial
boom. Twenty new houses are in course
] Of construction.
/ Morgantown. y. va.-what IS believed
to be a larger oil producing field than
/ shinnston. has been struck near Brandons-
! VILE Preston County. A twenty-barrel
well has been bored in that section. OIL
companies are leasing the land.
Harisonburg. Ya.-Annie Meadows. the
/ thirteen-year-old girl who had been miss
! ing from her home in EIkton for three
days. was located with a family named
Meadows. near Goods NH, who are not
/ related 70 her She al first refused 20
return 10 her home. but later an officer
/ was sent and she returned 10 the home
OF Mss :. r Hammer. who had adopted
her. The girl refuses 10 give any reason
for her conduct The place where she
was found was thirteen miles from
where she lived
Hagerstown.-Peter Rauth. q shoe
maker. Oldest member Of Potomac Lodge
Of Odd Fellows OF this city, died at his
home IN this city. a.sed eighty years
His death was hastened by a broken hip
sustained recently n a fail He Is sur-
vived By wife. a daughter and two
sons.
Isynchburg. Va-Coafederste Memorial
Hall. a portion Of the Memorial Library,
VIII be appropriately dedicated by the
veterans. Friday night. The feature OF
the evening viii be rally OF Confed-
crate veterans Of the city.
Lynchburg. Va--W. Travis Davis. foI
three years in the local freight depart,
uent Of the Norfolk and Western. hal
|, accepted a position with the Virginiar
\ Railway. AZ Victoria. where he viii be
z connected with the general storekeeper's
r Office.
, Brunswick, Md.-The ninetieth anniver-
ssry OF the / 0. o. F. was celebrated
? here with a lunch and parade. headed
? BY the orders band. through the princi-
pal streets Of the town. after which q
meeting was held AZ the Red Men:
Hall. where addresses were delivered by
Rev. W D Parry, Of Piedmont: Rev W
@. Evans. Of the Methodist church. Of
Brunswick: Rev. Mr.. Hess. OF the Lu
theran church. and Past Grand Z. T
Brautner. Of Martinsburg. W Va The
music was rendered by the band and th'
Methodist church choir