The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-06-18
Carolinas, Maryland,
and Virginia News
Political and Otherwise.

BerryviIle. va--Graham F. Blandy. a
wealthy railroad man. who maintains
a country home in Clarke County. has
given 5000 70 the public schools OF
Greenway and Chapel districts.
Richmond. va--The Evening Journal,
Independent Democratic, says that Rep
resentative Baseom Slemp's claim Of hop
ing to carry the next Virginia legislature
by means Of q coalition with the rail-
roads, is a wild dream
Lexington. va-The board OF trustees
Of the Washington and Lee University
have taken steps looking 10 the erection
OF a memorial 70 the Liberty Hall volun-
teers. who enlisted IN the civil war from
the college. A portrait Of DR.. George
Junkin. president OF the college from IS4S
10 1851. was presented 20 the college by
the family OF the president
Warrington. ". Wa fifty-barrel well
was struck In the Rome oil fields. which
gives evidence OF being a much larger
producer when shot
Fairmont. W Va.-Omcials are keeping
a strict lookout for further evidence OF
Black Hand cases in the Fairmont coal
fields II is thought that a wei organ
lied Black Hand gang has been work
Ing In this section for year.
Charleston. W. VA. c. scherr. for
mer State auditor. issues a vigorous de-
NAL OF the Huntington report that ne
attended a "Teter conference, and open
y announced himself as one OF the Bar
bour County mans standard bearers in
his proposed United States Senatorial
fight against Senator Scott. Scherr says
he Is too busy with business affairs 10
even think about politics. and has no IA
vOrite fOr Senatorial honors.
The talk OF letters candidacy Is not
taken seriously. II is feared that should
ne become a candidate, the old feeling
stirred UP BY the gubernatoriaI fght be-
tween Teter and Dawson. i've years ago.
would be removed. That Teter IS ambi-
tious 10 get the place Of Scott is not de-
MED, but Il IS not believed that he can
estimate hts strength high enough 10
enter the contest
Cumberland. Afd-Cumberland's new
patrol wagon. which was put into use
twice yesterday. has been named the
Big sam" in honor OF Samuel Bar
baugh. a woodsman from West Virginia,
who had the first ride al the wagon.
Barbaugh weighs nearly 80 pounds
hence Big Sam"
Asheville. n. CDR. c. ". stiles. OF
the United States Marine Hospital Serv-
ice. told the convention OF North Carolina
physicians yesterday that 2.U8O.OO0 per
sons IN the South. mainly poor whites,
insuficiently nourished. were afflicted
with hook worms. which caused laziness
and anaemia. and an annual loss in la
Dor OF S100.000Oo0.
The negro spreads TIE parasite, but IS
immune from its effects, he says. In
some rural districts. due 70 insanitary
living. % 70 50 per cent OF the popula-
ton Is infected.
Grafton. W va-Contracts have been
awarded for the erection OF fifty new
houses at Weir. ". Va. the new steel
mill town near Holidays Cove. The new
independent mill is 10 be completed BY
January. All brick construction Is started
Piedmont. W. Va-About go delegates
are in attendance at the twentieth annual
meeting OF the Epworth League OF the
Frederick district. Baltimore Conference.
Methodist Episcopal Church. Mrs R A.
COmptCl, the secretary. OF Cumberland.
reported nineteen chapters and an in
crease IN membership during the year.
making a total OF 1.e55. The banner chap
ter Of the district IS connected with Cen
ter Street Church Of Cumberland
Clarksburg. W. Va.-The business Of the
thirty-ninth annual session OF the West
Virginia Education Association began yes
terday- A notable address was made by
IRA B. Bush. on Should West Virginia
inaugurate system Of pensions for
teachers?"
Cumberland. Md.-Patriotic citizens OF
Fayette County, Pa, at a meeting in
UniontOwn. raised $50. with which to
purchase several acres Of mountain land
in the center Of which lie the remains Of
Gen. Braddoek, who was wounded in
the battle OF Braddock's Field. IN the
French and Indian war. and carried back
into the mountains seven miles east or
Uniontown. where he died, and was
buried. The resting-Diace Of the British
general was originally marked OF by an
oak tree. but this was broken of by a
storm in 1853. A fence now surrounds
the grave.
Westminster. Md-The thirty-ninth
Of Western Maryland
College terminated yesterday with the
graduation exercises, when the largest
class in the history OF the college re-
ceived it's diplomas. Announcement was
made that the $4,000 endowment fund
has been completed, and that an effort is
now to be made to increase Il 10 $50 00
Fourteen Confess I'm Court.
Special 70 The Washington Herald.
Charleston. W. Va. June I7-Fourteen
persons confessed 10 violations OF Federal
statutes before Judge Keller to-day and
were given fines OF from 50 TO 500 and
prison sentences from thirty days to one
year. Eleven were for ''bootlegging'
Henry Pierce confessed TO steal
ing government property from the Ma