Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-04
Historic Valley Pike Undergo
ing Extensive Repairs. i
FIRES IN WEST VIRGINIA
Blaze on Great North Mountain
Menaces Villages-Clarke County
Boy Burned to Death.
pecisl Correspondence Of The Star.

WINCHESTER, Va, April 2. 1910.
Improvement Of the historic Valley
pike, from Winchester to Staunton, a dis
lance Of 100 miles. is going forward on =
larger scale than expected even by Of
fcials Of the company which owns the
famous highway. Scores Of men are at
work along the line spreading new ma
terial Of a much finer quality than was
ever placed on the pike before
The work is pushed rapidly. President
H. F. Byrd says. to have the pike in
prime condition for touring parties from
Washington and other eastern and north
ern cities this summer.
New steel culverts have been installed.
doing away with the old-time water
breaks. Steel bridges have been built.
Road scrapers and rol,ers are now used.
Fire broke out this week on the Great
North mountain, in Hampshire county.
w. Va On account OF the long dry
weather the flames spread rapidly. Near
ly every man in Wardensville and the
surrounding country has been fighting
fire for two days
Many living at the base Of the noun
tains are ready to move out should the
flames come nearer. Timber worth thou
sands Of dollars has already been burned
and much fencing has also been de-
str2yed.
Boy Is Burned to Death.
While playing with matches a few days
ago the three-year-old son Of j. c. Roys-
ton. farmer of Clarke county. was SO
badly burned that he died a few hours
later in intense agony. His mother was
severely burned and one of her arms
may have to be amputated.
sta
chant, died at his home in Winchester
this week. aged seventy-1ve years. He
served In the Stonewall Brigade during
the civil war.
Elope to Charles Town.
John Suddith and Miss Lena Stole,
daughter of Charles Stole Of Berryville,
they were married.
Mrs. Mary Mcdonald. wife of Ernest
Mcdonald Of Frederick county, who died
child. who died about the same time,
were buried together in the same coffin,
the babe resting in its mothers arms.
DR.. William ]. Points. who died at Har-
members of the Knights of Pythias and
Odd Fellows in Virginia. A native OF
Staunton, he was graduate in law.
medicine and theology He lived in
Washington number of years.
Officials of the Cumberland Valley rail-
road announced yesterday that the
wages Of all employees who do not re-
ceive $500 a month will be advanced 6
per cent. effective April 1. a.
Shooting Follows Row.
]. E. Peterson of Front Royal War
rem county, has been held for trial.,
charged with shooting, with intent to
kill, Charles Sumption. neighbor, with
a shotgun. The men had dispute con-
corning line fence. Several days after
the quarrel Peterson went upon Mr..
SYMPTOMS premises. where the latter
was at work, and, leveling a shotgun
at him, fired. Sumption was badly, but
not fatally, injured. Peterson was arr
rested. and at a preliminary hearing
was sent to the grand jury.
Col James H. Morrison, a widely
known educator, died a few days ago
at Luray. He rose from private to
colonel in the Confederate service, and
was graduate of the Virginia Military
Institute. He married Miss Frances
Henderson Smith, daughter of the su-
perintendent of that institution.
Darke Monument Unwilling.
The monument at Shenandoah juno
memory of Gen. William Darke of the
United States Army. is to be unveiled
at 1 o'clock Thursday afternoon, April
Z. The ceremonies will be under the
direction Of F. w. Alexander Of Oak
Grove, Va, president of the National
Camp of the Patriotic Sons of America,
Darke distinguished himself during the
and Indian wars.