Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-28
VALLEY OF VIRGINIA
Increase in Taxes Causes
Comment of Taxpayers.
SALOON INTERESTS SMILE
Windstorm Damages Property and
Prostrates Wires.
FRUIT LANDS CHANGE HANDS
Death Of Civil War Scout-Tax
Dodgers Pursued - Woman's
Close Call With Poison.
FRUIT LANDS CHANGE HANDS
speci., Correspondence Of The star.

| In Winchester during the past week by
| both the anti-saloon and liquor clements,
| which will be used pro and con In
| event Of another local option election.
| The city has been dry now for year,
and it will be another year before an
| election can be held. a few nights ago
| the prediction Of the saloon interests
| that the taxes would be raised was full
| filled, when the common council. In lay
ing specific license taxes for the coming
| fiscal year, raised the taxes on merchants
and many other lines Of business. The
| tax on express companies. whose bust
| ness has increased much since local op-
ton went into effect, was doubled, and
| the tax on all telegraph. telephone and
electric light poles was increased The
rates for insurance companies were also
advanced, but the insurance companies
! have already employed eminent counsel
from Winchester. New York and Atlanta
| to take the matter to the courts.
Several days ago. after being In Jail
| for six months, during which time he
| had no liquor. Owen Fuller. a white man.
aged about fifty-five years. ordered a
| town and proceeded to drink 1t as quick
| ly as possible The next morning he
| was found dead at the home of Mrs.
Mary Magalis Cookus. and coroner's
jury brought IN verdict OIL Uedtu ny
alcoholic poison.
During severe windstorm here
Thursday considerable damage was done
| to property. A number of chimneys
were blown over. and one crashed
| Fences were blown down and trees were
uprooted in some localities. The cleo
| trio power system was demoralized for
several hours. due to trees breaking
down the wires. Young fruit trees also
en- tn
Mrs. Edmonia Brown has instituted a
suit for divorce in Clarke county against
| her husband, Howard Brown. who is a
nonresident of this state. and he has
been ordered to appear and defend his
| interests.
The plant of the Berryville Ice and
Cold Storage Company was practically
completed this week. and 1t Is stated
| that the plant will be in operation to Its
full capacity by April 1.
Search for Young Wife.
Thomas B. Hickman of Bath county Is
! in the Shenandoah valley searching for
his young wife, who he thinks. has gone
| away with another man. He claims that
| his wife and some one else had him
placed in the insane asylum at Stanton
| in order to get rid of him, although he
had never exhibited any evidences of in
sanity. He is sixty years old and we'll
| to-do. and his wife is only twenty-five:
Mrs. J. w. Nixon. wife Of promi-
nent resident of Middletown. this county.
died Wednesday afternoon. death being
fastened by fall she sustained three
weeks ago. She leaves her husband and
three daughters
Through the efforts of Representative
James Hay of this district DR.. NJ. B.
Waite of the United States Agricultural
Department visited Winchester this week
and held several conferences with leading
fruit growers relative to the location of
the proposed experimental apple orchard
to be established and maintained under
the direction Of that department. Steps
have been taken to obtain a site. and
it Is expected that the negotiations will
go through without hitch. as there was
much eagerness manifested on the part
Of local fruit growers to profit by the
practical demonstrations to be made by
the governments experts In an inter-
view with the correspondent or Inc Star
Dr.. Waite said: This is undoubtedly a
bright future here in the fruit industry
splendid investment for young man
is to come here buy an orchard and
grow up with 1t.
farmer. and Mrs. Laura Lauthan. former
ly Of Shenandoah county, Va, were mar
ried here this week by Rev. N. y. Cool
of the Dunkard Church. They will live
on the grooms estate in the suburbs Of
Winchester.
j. William White. a we'll known retired
farmer, died from complication of dis
eases at the home of his daughter. Mrs
Hiram Cochran, near town, aged seventy
sever years. He leaves his Vile ana
two daughters.
During the past week there has been an
unusually large number of real estate
transactions in this section of the state,
the deals consisting mainly Of fruit lands
for which high prices were obtained A
great many young fruit trees have been
planted, and ground that has for many
years been used for wheat. corn and other
grain and farm products will In the future
be devoted to fruit culture.
Ellis Asbury Haines. noted civil war
scout died at his home near winchester
suddenly this week from heart disease.
aged seventy-five years. He leaves a
wife and nine children, among whom Is
Mrs. Naomi Merryman of Washington
Shortly after the outbreak of the civil
war the Confederates shot his father to
death. and young Haines at once became
eral horses shot from under him and was
badly crippled by numerous bullet wounds.
Summers May Be Reappointed.
L. P Summers. who has been collector
Of Internal revenue for the western dis
trict Of Virginia. with headquarters at
Abingdon. is very likely to be reappointed
by President Taft. Mr. Summers sue
ceeded Park Agnew of Alexandria.
e. J.. Parker OF MlQQIetOWn, tnlS county,
and Miss Bessie L. Reid of Hume, Va.
visited Washington Wednesday and were
married.
| Tax dodgers in Winchester are being
pursued by Commissioner of the Revenue
| J. f. Correll, and he has already I'M
earthed several cases In which the holders
Of bonds and large deeds Of trust have not
paid any taxes.
A new flour mill, with daily capacity
OF 200 barrels, is being erected near the
Southern railway station at Woodstock by
DIR. j. l. Triplett. A large grain elevator
will also be built. Electricity will be
used for motive power.
| Lieut. Commander Louis Mccoy Mutton,
ordnance officer of the battleship Ohio
who Is visiting his family in this city. de-
| livered lecture a few evenings since on
the cruise of the fleet at the parish house
| a. similar lecture before one of the Greek
letter societies of Fort Loudoun Semi
nary.
Mrs. Alice Moore, wife of Frank Moore
living near Mount Jackson, Shenandoah
| county, went to a medicine chest to take
dose of tonic and picked up bottle
| OF carbolic acid. She discovered the mis-
take, but not until after her mouth and
| tongue had been terribly burned. ~ ply
stefan saved her life.
United Brethren Conference.
| At the meeting of the Virginia annual
conference of the United Brethren Church,
| held this week at Shenandoah Page
| county, over 100 ministerial and lay dele.