Evening star., 1909-09-05

years, was brought to physicians office
here few days ago for treatment. He
was choppng wood in me mountains in
the western section of the county when
the snake bit him through his trousers.
sinking It's fangs into his thigh. His leg
was greatly swollen, but he has a fighting
chance to recover.
The sudden death of Mrs. Emma V.
Baker here Wednesday morning was a
great shock, as she thought to be re-
covering from a slight indisposition. Mrs.
Baker was the wife of William H. Baker,
the noted chocolate manufacturer, who is
also president of the Winchester city coun-
ell and the Shenandoah Valley National
Bank. She was daughter of the late
Edward y. CHM and was born in Cecil
county, Md. fifty-one years ago. She
was very prominent in society circles. Her
husband four sons and mother, Mrs. Lucy
Meredith of Winchester. survive. Her
funeral which took place from Christ
Protestant Episcopal Church yesterday
afternoon, was conducted by Rev w. ID.
Smith and was very largely attended.
Her remains were buried in Mount Hebron
cemetery.
Handsome signs made of enameled iron
and bolted to iron posts nine feet above
the ground are to be placed two to a mile
from New York to Atlanta on the new
national automobile highway, which Is
TO include the famous Valley pike route.
Contracts for $500 of the signs and
posts have been awarded by the New
York Herald and Atlanta Journal, and it
Is stated that the work of erecting the
posts and signs will begin in the near
future.
Grigsby Nominated.
j. Ralph Grgsby of Clarke county
has been declared the nominee for the
house of delegates from the district COM
posed of Clarke and Warren counties by
the state democratic committee. to which
after the county committee had can
vassed the vote in the recent primary
and declared that NJ II. Reardon had
been nominated by one majority NJ.
Grigsby claimed the nomination by seven
| ma jority. After hearing evidence the
state committee decided the contest In
favor of Mr. Grigsby this week.
John II. Ware. who lives in the noun i
tain section west of Winchester, am!
who was refused a license in Hagers-
town this week to marry his stepmothe er
Mrs. Mary j. Ware, has been told that
IL is not impossible for him to get IL
license In Virginia, as there are several
local precedents of men having married
their stepmothers. Ware began courting
his stepmother soon after the death of
his father, and the couple were much
diSappointed when. upon applying for a
marriage license in Hagerstown, Md. a
few days ago they were refused. The
couple will probably be married in Vir-
ginia.
| Mrs. Matte Roy. aged fifty years and
| wife of DIR. w S. Roy. prominent
| physician and surgeon of Front Royal
| died this week after an illness of pneu-
! monia. In addition to her husband she
| leaves two daughters and three brothers,
| DR. Wythe Cook of Washington and
| Judge Giles Cook and H. l.. Cook of
| Front Royal
| George S. Clark of Winchester was
| greatly surprised. upon going 10 his farm
| several miles from town. the other morn
| ing TO gather garden vegetables, to find
! that his dwelling had been destroyed by
| fire together with all its contents, en-
| failing a loss of about $1,000. with S25l
insurance. Neighbors said the house was
struck by lightning, and that they had
neglected sending word TO Mr.. Clark.
Robert l. kurtz. member OF an old
and well known Winchester family, died
this week at the home of his sister. Mrs
r B. SNYDER in Tampa. Fla. after 4
! lingering sickness caused by tuberculosis
aged forty years Two of his brothers
Sheriff Jeff Kurtz and Deputy Sheriff
Charles Kurtz were shot and killed by
outlaws in Florida several years ago
The remains of Mr. kurtz were buried
in Mount Hebron cemetery here yester-
day. He was a member OF the Char-
lottesville Lodge of Elks.
Mail train No / on the Cumberland
| Valley railroad. due here at 9.0o a m
ran over and killed a colored man near
Shippensburg, Pa, Wednesday morning.