The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-03-24

marriage license was Issued yestef-
day in Washington TO Thomas L. Cole. of
Fairfax County. and Florence E. Brown,
Of Washington.
Buena Vista, Va.-Harry and William
Burks. OF Glasgow. have about COM
pleted arrangements 70 install can
merry at Buffalo Station. five miles be-
low this place.
The capacity viii be 400 cases a day,
and they expect to have the plant COM
pleted IN time to operate this season.
Eagerstown, Md.-Judge NJ L. Keedy
yesterday appointed Z. b. Hartle and
H. H. Keedy. OF Hagerstown. and A.
". Weatherby. OF Philadelphia. re-
ceivers for the Buena Vista Ice Com
pany. Application was recently made IN
court by creditors for the appointment Of
receivers. The condition OF the company
is alleged 10 be due TO repeated failures
OF the ice crop. The company operated
large plant and controlled large tract
OF land and Lake Roger at Blue Ridge
Summit.
Richmond. Va.-NIr. and Mrs. James
Hoge Crenshaw announces the engage
I
liam Baxter French. Of Parkersburg
W. Va The marriage viii take place
cary in April.
Staunton. VA portrait OF the late
Alexander II. 6. Stuart, who was Sec
rotary OF the Interior under President
Polk. was unveiled in the Circuit Court
room Monday. Stuart was a distin-
al far nF fa hor in
ton.
Portsmouth. Va.-This city Is now the
third IN size in Virginia The court or
der. annexing to Portsmouth its suburbs.
has become operative. Portmouth now
has a population OF between 5000 and So
co. Norfolk. her sister city. being sep
arated only by the Elizabeth River
claims $500. Richmond leads the van
with about 10000 population.
Richmond. Va.-Robert Hill Bowers.
aged twenty-seven, travelling passenger
agent Of the chesapeake and Ohio Rail-
way, is dead here.
Weldon. y. C.-Alghough badly singed
and nervous as the result OF the ex-
perlence, the family OF W. n Carrall IS
believed to be on the Immediate road TO
recovery. following the shock brought on
by the burning OF the Carran home
White Head"
The six-months' infant which was
rescued AT the risk or Mrs. Carrdlis life
IS unhurt A negro boy was burned 70
death.
Mrs. Carrall lost nearly all her hair IN
the saving Of the baby after she and her
husband had escaped from the house in
their night clothes
Raleigh. y. C.-The Raleigh Good CIV
eminent League has placed in the fed a
municipal ticket 10 oppose the admins
trative ticl.et in the Democratic primaries
to be held March 80 f. l. Harris was
nominated for mayor; Alexander Stomach
for police justice, and James A. Briggs
for police commissioner. Joseph G.
Brown. president OF the Citizens Ma
tional Bank IS on the aldermanio ticket
James G. Johnson. a druggist heads the
administration ticket for mayor.
Salisbury. y. CA monument IN hon
or OF the Rowan County soldiers in the
civil war VIII be unveiled by the Robert
F. Hoke chapter, L. D. G. Of Salisbury.
on May s. The shaft which is the result
Of eight years OF hard work by the chap
ter will be erected in Innis street, one
OF the principal thoroughfares Of Sails
bury. An elaborate programme is in
preparation for the event.
Salisbury, y. C.-Aprr 3 has been
named as the date for holding Sails
bury's first Iegalized primary for the Sc
lection OF candidates for mayor and aid
ermen. The date was changed from
March q IN order TO give an opportunity
for more entries for Office So far only
one candidate, A L. Smoot, has an
nounced himself for mayor. II IS now
stated that only one ticket viii be I'm the
field and that the ticket proposed 70 be
named by the Good Government League
viii not materialize-
Richmond. Va.-The Evening News
Leader wants another candidate 20 enter
the Democratic gubernatorial race. who
will stand upon a local option platform.
Editor Williams says Mr. Tucker and
Mr.. Mann are fairly crowding each
other to go on a prohibition platform. and
with slight difference in method each
Of them assures the public that II elect
Gu BoNtENOT ne VIII make Statewide I
prohibition easy and comfortable" The
paper then asserts the anti-prohibition-
lists or local option Democrats have no
candidate 10 vote for unless the Repub- |
leans put forth a candidate on a local
option platform.
Blueheld, ". Va--Another appeai for
the victims Of the Two Lick Branch
mine disasters has been sent out It is
shown that ffty-three widows and sew
enty-fve children under sixteen years
OF age are left without means Of support.
The relief committee Is aiming to raise /
$4,000, The PocahOntas Consolidated Col !
leries Company has contributed 5000 |
and 5000 has been raised from other |
sources.
Grafton, W. Va.-According to the Sen !
tinel, there is some talk OF former Gov. |
Dawson remaining IN West Virginia, and !
not accepting the China mission offered 1
by the Federal government. / Is said /
that the former governor will stay in /
West Virginia and watch political de- /
velopments, that is. II his health viii per- i
NIT him.
Cumberland, Md--Anthony thurman, |
one Of the oldest residents Of Cumber- |
land. having resided at the same place I
on Maryland avenue for fifty-one years, 4
Is dead aged eighty-seVpn years He wa q I