Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-31
VALLEY OF VIRGINIA
Validity of Ward Law Subject
of Speculation.
JAMES P. WHITACRE DEAD
Judge w. J. Henson Resigns From
Circuit Bench.
SHOW HORSE EDNA MAE SOLD
Purchased by Mrs. R. T. Lowndes
for 5,OOO-Protest Against
B. and o. Road to Be Filed.
JAMES P. WHITACRE DEAL
SHOW HORSE EDNA MAE SOLD
Special CORRESPONDENCE of The Star.

Special Correspondence of The Star.
WINCHESTER. Va. January so 1909.
Speculation is rife over Virginia regard
ing the constitutionality of the Ward law
passed by the last general assembly GOV
erning special elections.
Nearly, If not all special elections held
since the legislature adjourned year
ago have been under the Ward law, franz
ed by Senator Robert NJ Ward of Win
chester. In many instances appeals have
been taken to the supreme court of APP
peals, which will shortly decide whether
the law is constitutional.
Marshall Mccormick of the Clarke
county bar and A. G. Weaver of Front
Royal express the opinion that the SUI
tutfonal.
The outcome is awaited with interest
by the liquor element and the anti-saloon
people in particular. All recent local
option elections have been held under that
law.
James p Whitacre of the Winchester
bar died this week in a New York hospl-
tai. where he had been under treatment
for complication of diseases He was
fifty eight years old and leaves a WIDOW
and six brothers.
He belonged to an old Frederick family.
laws was conferred upon him by Columbia
University, New York, where he main
tanned a law office.
Mrs. Hettie A. Hoffheins. wife of Rev.
DR. James A. Hoffheins. pastor of Christ
Reformed Church OF Martinsburg, w.
week. and is survived by her husband,
one son. William f.. Hoffheins. editor of
the Martinsburg Evening World, and one
daughter, Miss Mary Hoffheins. Rev. DR.
lit, nfFi lot tod of
the funeral. Interment' was at Carlisle,
Pa, her former home.
Judge w. J Henson of the twenty-Sec-
ond judicial circuit. composed OF the
counties of Bland. Giles and TaZewell has
resigned. Fulton kigiey young lawyer of
Bland county. has been appointed to sue
coed him by Gov Swanson.
Judge Henson has formed partner
ship with Marshall Mccormick and
Charles NJ Bronn of Berryville. Va. and
will practice law in Roanoke.
George r. Geary has resigned as mayor
of Woodstock in order to become cashier
of the Mount Jackson National Bank. sue
ceeding c. l.. Bowman, who goes to Alex
andria Va. to engage in business.
Mrs Richard Tasker LoWndeS. daugh-
ter-iil-law Of the late eXGov. Lowndes of
Maryland has bought from Matt 5. Co
hen OF Lexington, Ky. the famous show
horse Edna Mae. for 5000.
David S. Powell died Wednesday at his
w Va. from cancer of the stomach. aged
seyenty-twO years He leaves one son,
three daughters. two brothers and two
sisters. one of the latter Mrs. John Will
hanson Of Washington.
He belonged to Rossers brigade during
the OWL war and was a member of the
party Of Confederates which went from
Hampshire county during the latter part
of the war through the Federal lines into
Cumberland. Nd. which was at the time
id ~ 'n1n
Gems Crook and Kelly.
Placing their prisoners on horses, the
men made their escape with the TWO
generals and were miles away before the
affair became noised about the streets
History records the exploit as one OF the
most daring of the entire war.
Miss Bertha NIiley. school teacher OF
Warden%ille. w. Va. a few days ago
was thrown from a runaway team Wn1ie
returning home from her school. The
young woman was dragged some distance
and sustained severe cuts and bruises.
The buggy was completely demolished:
Dorsey Stotler. teamster. of Hampshire
county. w Va. died this week at the
home of Latimer Peasmaker, near Bloom
cry aged about seventy-five years
The Jefferson County Telephone Com
pany in the county court at Charles Town.
the county seat, opposes the granting Oh
a franchise to the Winchester and Wash
ington CITY Railway Company to erect
poles and string it's electric wires along
a public highway now used exclusively by
the telephone company. The claim Is set
l,p that electric wires lessen the efnclency
of the telephone service.
The court has taken the matter under
adviSement
Stewart Grim, Winchester merchant.
and Miss Corinne Stickel of FREDERICK
county were married here on Thursday
by Rev. John Meverry. pastor of the
Church of the Sacred Heart
lJapry y C,ilDiu of ROyce. Clarke
county, underwent surgical operation
for an affection of the hip at the johns
Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore on Wednes-
day. 1t was pronounced a success The
same night Mr.. Gilpin was elected COM
mander of the Baltimore Yacht Club.
Standing exactly on the spot where her
parents were married many years ago.
Miss Edna Binkham Huyett, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Luther a. Huyett OF wood
side farm. near Clearbrook. this county,
became the bride of Harry c. Light OF
Martinsburg. w. Va, on Wednesday at
noon.
The ceremony was performed by Rev.
Edgar r. Cooper, pastor of the First
English Lutheran Church of Bridgeport.
Conn, an intimate friend of the Huyett
family Mrs. William F. Huyett of Rest,
Va. and Mrs. l.. A. Meredith of Hagers-
town. Md. were the matrons of honor, and
Misses Gladys and Elizabeth Cochran of
Clearbrook. Va. were ribbon girls.
Bernard d. Myers of Martinsburg was
best man A wedding break asst followed
the marriage. The bride and groom left
on an afternoon train for the east and
north. They will live at Martinsburg.
where Mr.. Light is engaged in business.
William V. Hodges, a retired Win
chester merchant died on Wednesday
night, after an illness of complication
of diseases, in the eighty-first year of his
age. He leaves his widow, one son, and
one brother.
The valley of Virginia will send many
representatives to the annual conven-
ton of the Virginia Anti-Saloon League
in Norfolk opening on February for
session of several days.
Albert Crowel, a native OF Berkeley
county. W. Va. and employed
brakeman on the Pennsylvania railroad.
was injured in a wreck near Pittsburg on
Wednesday and died few hours later.
He was twenty-three years old and
leaves a widow.
Ashby F. Cain and Miss Vennie Belle
Coils, accompanied by the latter's
father. walked five miles through mud
and mire to board a Cumberland Valley
railroad train at Ridgeway Wednesday
morning for Hagerstown, where the
young couple were married by Rev. John
H. Jeffries of the Methodist Episcopal
Church.
The brides father gave L dinner in
honor of the bride and groom.
The cadets of the Virginia Military In
stitute of Lexington will attend the in
auguration of President Taft in Washing
ton on March 4. They will march direct
ly behind the Annapolis midshipmen and
the West Point cadets. At the centennial
exposition in Phi adelphia in 1876 the V.
NJ l. battalion took the prize over the
Dot into al ntI i,,