The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-12
CITY OF WINCHESTER
VIOLATES STATE LAW
Contracts to Install Penny n-Sot Drinking Foun.
tains, Only to Discover That They
49,
Are Illegal.

the city of Winchester has violated a
State law was brought to the attention
of the Common Council . few nights
ago, when City Solicitor X. Gray VIII
liam5 held that o contract entered into
between the city and Pittsburg con-
Germ, which manufactures sanitary
drinking fountain. was illegal. The
Council spent an hour endeavorinG to
find loophole through which to es-
cape, and the matter was finally re-
ferred to the solicitor, who stated that
he would get a ruling from Attorney
General Williams. The plttsburg con-
Germ was given permission to install
public drinking fountains, operated by
Il penny-in- the slot device, and later
1t was discovered that the laws of the
state prohibit the operation of slot
machines. 1t Is reported that the Pitts
burg company will seek to hold the
city to its agreement.
The vicinity of Stokesville. in the
Blue Ridge Mountains, Is being terror
lied by an unusually large number of
Wildcats which have become very fe-
rocious during the past week. The
cats have been making great raids upon
hocks of turkeys and hen roosts and
they have committed other depreda-
tons. A few nights ago a lumberman
became tired of carrying three gallon
jug of mountain cider. and hid 1t un-
der o bush. expecting to get It the fol-
lowing morning. Upon returning to
the spot about daybreak he found the
jug there and the corncob stopper near
by, while the contents were missing.
Footprints of wildcats in the imme-
date vicinity led him to believe that
the venturesome felines had consumed
the juice of the apples. The appear
ance of the snow indicated that there
had been struggle for possession OF
the Jug.
The first town election to be held in
the newly incorporated town of Boyce,
Clarke county, has been called for De-
cember 90, when officers will be elected
for regular term. Nominations have
been made, as follows: For Mayor, w.
M. Gaunt, and for Councilman. George
b, Harrison, NJ. J. Dunlap NJ o. Simp-
son and j. 7. Sprint A petition for
incorporation was recently granted by
the Circuit Court of Clarke county
Thieves entered the station at Berke-
ley. on the Cumberland Valley Rail-
road, several nights ago and stole SOW
eral hundred tickets, but as they We're
not stamped the loss to the railroad
company was small. Detectives have
been unable TO pick up a clue.
A message from Kirkwood Mo, an
nounces the death of Mrs. Pendleton
Page, daughter of John T. Grow, OF
Berryville, Clarke county, which oc-
Cured several days ago, after an III
ness of tuberculosis. aged forty-two
years She leaves her husband, six
children her father and several bro
theirs and sisters
For the second time within year
Mrs. Mildred G. Dame. wife of Randolph
Dame, of Baltimore, grandson of the |
late Rev George Dame, OF Danvllle,
Va. has brought suit against her hus-
band for divorce, alleging cruelty She
states that last summer he threw her
bodily from a room in their house
The Danes were married in Baltimore !
on December u, 1909, by the groom's i
father, Rev William Dame, d. D.
The will of the late DR.. Henry Mar
tyn White, pastor of Opcquon Memo
rial Presbyterian Church, of Kerns-
Town, this county, native of Rich
nond who died last week, has been
admitted to record. ffe names his
widow, Mrs. Blanche White, as execu-
riN, and leaves all of his estate TO her
Notwithstanding the severe weather.
arge numbers Of school teachers at
ended an institute In this city yester-
lay, and addresses were made by Pro-
essor N D. Cool. Professor John r.
Iutcheson and others who attended the
ecent educational conferences in Rich
nond.
A message from Denver, Col. states
hat Holmes Conrad Jr.. son of Major
iolmes Conrad, of the Winchester ana
Washington bar, has been dangerously
i of pneumonia in that city. where he
as been practicing law for several
ears, but that he has passed the crisis
f the disease and is recovering.
G. f. Clark, a star route mail carrier
f Frederick county, made record
uring the past week which has at
racted considerable attention by COW
ring his territory of forty-one miles
n schedule time Notwithstanding many !,
the roads were almost blocked on
ccount of the heavy snowfall
According to information received a
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