The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-02-05
NEWS OF THE CAROLTNAS,
MARYLAND, AND VIRGINIA
POLITICAL AND OTHERWISE

Marriage licenses for the following vir-
ginia and Maryland couples were issued
in Washington yesterday:
Frank K White and Alice II. HaTri-
son, both OF Burke. Va
James T. Greene. Of Prince George
County, Nd. and Rosa E Jefferson. Of
Brentwood, Nd.
Cameron Cowne, OF Midland, Va, and
Fife S. Botelsr. OF Calverton. Va
George IL Botsler. Of Berwyu, No, and /
Marie A Fahrenwald. OF Bethesda. Nd. |
Charles Z. Coleman, f., and Lavinia /
Y Grubb. both Of Baltimore. Nd.
Grover c. Martin and Zelda / Arme- /
trout, both Of HarTisonburg. Va
Hagerstown. Nd--Owing 10 the Sc
verify Of the weather and the noun |
tains being covered with snow. herds Of
deer have been driven into the valley at
the foot Of South Mountain. IN the vicin- |
ity OF housewife and Highheld. in search |
OF food A large herd OF these animals !
was discovered the other day feeding at
the fodder stack OF q farmer below Pen /
Mar
As the game Law is very strict and /
wardens active. the deer are afforded
ample protection from hunters Deer
have been seen singIy and In pairs at
different places il that part OF the valley |
during the last two weeks They nave I
been known 70 enter barnyards aud gar
denS TO browse on grass and eat almost
anything they find
Norfolk. Va.-While trains are now be /
ing operated over the new Virginian Rail |
road. Henry H. Rogers costly coal line |
from the West Virginia fields TO Norfolk. |
II is officially stated here that it wiz be /
April 1 when the line IS completed At |
that tine the massive steel piers viii be /
finished, and the road then ready to dump |
coal into the bunkers OF vessels
BerryviIle, Va-Hon. Marshall McCor-
mick. who defended DR.. Gregory, the
Roanoke dentist, upon a charge Of assault 1
upon a patient, which was one Of the /
most notable criminal cases IN Virginia, /
and who recently formed a law partner |
ship with headquarters at Roanoke. has I
issued the following statement,
The impression seems 10 have gotten /
abroad that my Office in Berryville VIII /
be closed, and that I shall move 20 Roam |
oke. Such is not the case The firm CT
Mccormick, Henson & Broun has Offices /
in Roanoke, and viii spend a good deal !
OF my time there. but my Office in Ber-
ryviIIe viii remain open and somebody |
VIII always be there
Blacksburg, Va.-The Virginia State ex- /
pertinent station has issued 4 statement, |
saying that an analysis made OF sugar /
beets grown in Virginia shows that The /
per cent Of sugar runs high, ranging from |
Is 10 l. per cent The circular says that /
adaDtabnity Of The soil is assured. Il /
SAYS that the practioa5ility Of the new in |
dustry is a matter Yet 10 be determined |
Richmond. va--Henry Fairfax, OF Lou
doun County, former State senator and /
member Of the state corporation com
mission, has been elected president OF the /
Virginia State Fair Association 70 sue
coed Henry c. Stuart, who resigned Mr. /
Fairfax maintains a farm. upon which 1
ne breeds the famous hackney horses
Richmond. Va-The Times Dispatch. |
commenting editorially upon the inter
view Of President W A McComb. OF the
Berryville board OF trade. on sugaE-beet /
tests in Virginia. said:
The president Of the Berryville board |
o. trade " a MCCOmb. who is also /
agent OF the Norfolk and Western Rail- /
way. announces that extensive tests N /
the raising OF sUgar-beets viii be made n /
the Valley this summer. This announce /
ment Is most encouraging, though by no /
means surprising. Experiments with the |
sugar-beet made last summer by the !
agricultural experiment station, with the !
cooperation Of the Norfolk and Western, /
pretty clearly established the fact that |
the sUsar-beet could be successfully /
grown in Virginia.
Farmers in Augusta. BOtetourt, PUlas- /
XII Wythe. Tazewell. and other counties |
raised beets which showed very salts /
factory analyses at the experiment sta |
ton The average sugar content OF the /
beets grown for the ref1neries IN Colorado. ]
California and other great sugar States |
Is AS per cent The Virginia beets showed /
an average OF 49, per cent, with oeea- /
sionaI tests running as high as III IN |
view Of the known difficulties Of sugar
beet culture. this was certainly enCOIT- |
aging as a starter
Salisbury, n C--WOrk has begun CT /
the $4,000 addition 20 the Kesler Cotton |
Mills. located at this place, the cOnuac-
tors being T c. Thompson & Co. Of /
Charlotte The new structure viii be /
50 By I'D feet, two stories high, and viii /
be used as a spinning room. The enlarge /
ment IS made in order 20 meet the grow /
ing needs OF the mill
Salisbury. N C.-Upon advice from the /
government at Washington. the work Of I
cleaning of the site for the new Fed I
eral building in Salisbury has begun. I
Bids for the construction OF the build 4
ing viii be opened February Il. and il is /
expected that the successful bidder viii 1
begin work on the erection OF the build 1
ing at once
NorgantOwn. W. Va--Rev- J. \. Hoult /
pastor Of the Presbyterian Church OF Col /
fax. has for some time past been in I
dustriousIy digging away or his twenty /
acre farm in search Of buried treasure.
Some time ago there was discovered /
On the farm an old iron slab. bearing in |
Latin words directions as TO where the /
treasure is buried. The treasure was the /
property Of stage-driver who is said 4
% have made his home near COlfax be- (
fore the Revolution. The slab bears the /
date Of liza
Hinton, ". ya.-The Hinton Water. /
Light and Supply Company, of this city, /
at their annual meeting elected the fol- I