The Washington herald., 1909-05-07

tJOnn LulueIAn CnufCn Dy Kew Dr- NJ
NJ Kinadd. In the presence of a large
circle OF friends. After the ceremony
the young couple left for a short trip
West
Spencer. n. C.-The Spencer Steam
4 Laundry, one OF the new enterprises
landed in this place by the Spencer
Board OF Trade. has opened for busi-
ness. The plant is well equipped with
( new and modern machinery and will
compete for business in both Salisbury
and Spencer.
Point Marion. ". Va--John w. Ely,
who, in December. 1901. rescued Edward.
Joe. and George Johnson from drowning
IN the Cheat River. when a canoe over
turned. has received a bronze medal and
S1.OO from the Carnegie Hero Fund.
Fayetteville. ". va-work IN sur
veying the proposed new traction line
between this place and Fayette has been
started The road will be constructed
/ this summer at a cost OF $50000.
/ Roanoke, Va--The Appalachian En-
cheering Association viii meet in Roam
obe on Saturday. May s. when the follow
ing papers viii be read:
Lead and zinc ores in wythe and Pu-
lash counties" by N. n. Caldwell. OF
Roanoke.
Organization and engineering difficult
ties Of the Tirginian Railway" by Mai.
/ William n. Page. OF Washington, D. C.
] The Virginia copper district" by Dr.
Thomas l. Watson. State geolosist Of
Virginia, and professor Of economic
/ geology, University OF Virginia.
Geologic engineering code OF ethics"
/ by Capt Baird Haloerstadt. Of Potts
vile. Pa.
! Properties and uses of mineral Eyp-
sum-" BY Dr.. Frank A. Wilder. Of North
/ HOlstOn Va ex-State geologist Of Iowa
The meeting viii be followed on Satur-
day evening by q banquet Tor the asso-
ciation-
/ Monterey. Va.-The trout fishing season,
which opened on Nay !. promises 10 be
exceptionally fine The reports given out
by local spOrtsmen are 10 the effect that
trout seem 20 be abundant. and some
/ fine specimens have already been caught.
/ Jacksons River, South Branch. and Crab
Run are all ideal waters for brook trout.
and while the open season IS yet young.
| the fact that all three streams are well
| stocked has been aseertained by local an
glers-
/ Roanoke, Vac. Markley, a prominent
/ contractor Of this city, has announced
/ that he has purchased a majority Of the
stock OF the VintOn-ROanOke Water Com
/ pany from Travis and De Saussure. OF
/ Richmond. The company owns a large
/ reservoir and watershed. with many
/ springs OF freestone water. near Vinton.
and the water comes TO this city by
( gravitation- It Is proposed by the new
| owner 10 make many extensions Of the
I line. and bring freestone water in com
/ petition with the limestone water OF the
/ Roanoke Gas and Water Company.
Fredericksburg. Va--Two small Jersey
/ calves were shipped by express from this
/ city from the Lewis farm near here, 20
the state Of Oklahoma One calf was
sold for $50 ard the other for $50
| Lynchburg. va.-The remains Of Ed
ward D Colhoun, a merchant. who died
/ IN Roanoke Tuesday, were brought here
Thursday afternoon and inferred a;
Spring Hill Cemetery.
Lynchburg. Va.-The annual baseball
game between Washington and Lee Uni
versity and Virginia Polytechnic Institute
viii be played here next Wednesday. The
game viii attract considerable attention
because Of the large number of alumni
4 each institution has here.
ClarksburE. ". Va-The annual con
vention OF the West Virginia Eclectic
Medical Association elected officers for
the ensuing year as follows: Dr. Allen
Bush, OF 8IorgantOwn. president; T. W.
Vance. OF Warrington. first vice presi-
dent. ". B. Hartig. Uniontown. Pa. re-
icording secretary and treasurer, and A
B. Rinehsrt, Terra Alta, corresponding
secretary.
BluefeId, ". Vain the election OF S.
Frazier Showers by a plurality Of ninety
seven votes. the affairs Of Bluefield Tor
the next four years, beginning June l.
will be in charge Of a Democratic mayor,
though from that time on the Office Of
mayor will be merely a figUrehead. for
the city government viii be controlled
by a bipartisan board Of affairs. Two
democrats and two Republicans were
elected under the new city charter
] Showers polied 7O1 votes, the other
/ Democratic nominee, F. NJ. Peters, for
merly mayor and now acting executive.
securing 604. For their two seats on the
board Of affairs the Republicans nomi-
mated their candidates. S. N Worley, J.
:. Kahle, and l. A Hooper. and the de-
feat OF the latter and the election Of
Kahle was a surprise Hooper is the
cashier Of the First National Bank. one
Of the many institutions in West Vir-
/ ginia controlled by Isaac T. Mann. noted
as an influential Republican
Worley polled 507 votes, Kahle 40 and
Hooper .SS3. Thirty-one councilmen were
chosen, eighteen Republicans and thir-
teen Democrats, there being five Demo-
cratic holdovers-
Charlottesville, vat the annual in
itiatiop Of the Delta Sigma Rho. Hon
orary OratoricaI and Debating Frater-
nifty. Wednesday night. three new MEM
bers were added They were Messrs.
Henry Johnston, Of Norfolk. Va; VII
liam G. Dearing. Of Sandy, Va. and
James w Currie. Of Davidson, y. c.
( Delta Sigma Rho is growing rapidly as
a national body. There are now four
teen chapters in the leading universities
OF the country The local membership
includes D. r FOnvilie, NJ Hirsch, ".
It. Myers. T s Settle, G. NJ Warren.
J. ". Wayland. and G. ". Fry In
order 20 be eligible for membership a
student must have represented the uni
yersity in oratory OF debate.
Tonight the fraternity viii have ban
quet at the home OF Mrs. Perkinson. The
orators who take part in the State con-
test here viii be their guests Dr. c.
". Kent, who viii preside at the ora
tOrical contest. viii also act as toast
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