Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-08
VALLEY OF VIRGINIA
Local Option Election in Win
chester Likely This Summer.
CROPS SAFE FROM Frost
Detectives on Trail of Fire Bugs,
Active Recently.
STILL MOVES TO MARYLAND
Finds Old Dominion Laws Unfriend-
- ly-Carnegie Offers Half
~ ~, of Organ Fund.
Special CORRESPONDENCE of The Star

Special Correspondence OF The Star.
WINCHESTER, Va, May 4, 1910.
Recent local option election held in Dan
vile and similar elections in other places,
which have resulted in victories for the
saloon, have revived the hopes of the
| liquor interests Of Winchester. A local
option election will probably be held here
| this summer
| The city has been dry for more than
| two years. Activity among leaders Of
both sides has resulted in payment Of
poll taxes by many voters.
On Trail Of Fire Bugs.
Detectives are in Winchester investi-
eating recent incendiary fires 1t was
reported today that they have unearthed
some circumstantial evidence which may
result in one or more arrests.
The common council and owners Of
property burned during the past two
$500. The burning Of the Glaize Com
pany's large planning mill and lumber
yards. in the heart of the wholesale dis
trict, was the most spectacular conf1agra-
ton seen in the lower Shenandoah val
| ley since the civil war
DR.. Samuel Peach Latane. secretary Of
the Virginia board of health, killed in an
automobile accident while responding to
hurry call west OF winchester, mas Deen
buried in Mount Hebron cemetery. No
blame has been attached to Chauffeur
Leslie Brown, who was with DR.. Latane
at the time.
H. r. Huntington, representing the
Sandusky COoperage Company of Gallon,
Ohio, was in Winchester today completing
arrangements for the establishment Of
a plant here which will turn out 5000 bar
rels a day. Work will begin at once. 1t
is the intention to supply the apple grow
ers with barrels.
Rev. w. Upper Wingfield, pastor of the
Baptist Church at Harrisonburg, has
been called to the Franklin Street Baptist
Church of Lynchburg, and now has the
matter under consideration.
John NJ. Fishpaw. a Clarke county
farmer, lies in serious condition at his
home as the result of having been kicked
by colt.
Harry Stephen Whitacre Of Frederick
county and Miss Bessie Hilda 10y of Paw
Paw, w. Va. few days ago eloped to
Rockville. Nd, where they were married
by Rev. s. R. White.
Death Of Esten Randolph.
Esten Randolph of the Virginia family
Of that name died Thursday at Ben
wood, w. Va. He was fifty-nine years
old. His remains were taken to Wildwood
Clarke county, of which he was a native.
and inferred at the Old Chapel
Clifton Neill Alder and Miss Bessie B.
Dooley, both of Charles Town. w. Va,
were married this week in Berryville by
Rev. j. T. Williams of the Southern
Methodist Church.
Andrew Carnegie has notified Market
Street Methodist Episcopal Church of
Winchester of his willingness to contrib
ute One-half of the cost OF their proposed
new pipe organ.
DIR. James Cook Bardin, a young physi-
clan. has been chosen to occupy the new
chair Of Portuguese in the department
of Romantic languages at the University
Of Virginia, and will sail for Brazil on
June ; to spend the summer in that coun-
try. He will also lecture on industrial
and economic conditions of South
America for the benefit of students who
expect to engage in business on that
continent.