Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-08

also Islld over Sl..H Tor supervising the
WORK al grazing the small grounds sur
4vuuding IN, nDrdry building. He also
sictcd IA a clerk. counciImen complain
iiaI the trustees have perSistently neid
A<oof from the council. but the city law
IHakcr> now lnteiid IL 90 IL the bottom
the entire auar ana nave ITS eunclu-
SONS published.
Jackson-Lee Birthday Orator.
Rev. Dr J W. Duffey of Winchester
has accepted the invitation 10 he the
p.Inclpai speaker on the occasion of the
i "a, kson-l,e birthday celebration at
s.auntvn Janaary ~ under tine auspices
vi tne Confederate Veteran Camp OF that
uny Dr rufty served with MCNEIL
hangers turning ti.c ,i>Il war, ana as
sisted IN the capture OF Gems. crook and
.,ciitH AT :'umJerlanu. winch WAS re-
7afued as Ole vi lne most daring exploits
- tne war.
About - boxes and thirty barrels of
choice apples grown III the orchards near
" inchestvr were shipped yesterday 10
Ruanokc. where they Will placed i'll
competition Tor prizes L. be awarded dur
ing the fruit show To me held next week
N connection with the annual meeting
II the Virginia Horticultural Society. The
Shenandoah valley, which is the chief
apple growing section of Virginia. will
send large delegations of members and
other visitor; 10 the Roanoke meeting.
Prof. H. r.. Van Deman. who is connect
ed with the United States Department of
Agriculture u Washington. is to be the
Judge If the fruit displayed
2 Rev. DIR. Julian BroaddtS. pastor of the
Berryville BAPTIST Church. officiated
few days aso at the marriage Of his son.
Luther BroaGduS OF Chattanooga. Tenn,
and Miss Etnel MAY. Foley. the ceremony
being peri irmed at the home of the
brides father. Moses Foley. near Berry
Vile After wedding trip 10 Washing
Ni.sr IN.,lI
the Young couple will live at Chat
tanooga.
Ask Hearing for Boy.
Instead OF addressing an appeal to
President Taft. as had been originally
planned people who have become in
terested in the case OF John Anderson,
the young orphan now i'm the Winchester
jail charged With removing a brass door
plate and handle from the post office
building. nave requested Judge III. c. Nc
Dowell of Lynchburg 10 give the boy
hearing at the United States court 90 be
held in Charlottesville next week. IL was
the intention of District Attorney Barnes
Gillespie not 10 take the case up until
June. IN which event Anderson would
nave been compelled To remain in Jail all
winter and until early s,Immer.
Martinsburg. the largest town in the
eastern panhandle Of West Virginia, was
wen New Year sensation. when pro-
hibition advocates started tho year by
circulating a petition asking the city
council TO call Il special election to deter
mine the question % granting licenses
10 liqucr dealers after the present license
; -ar expires. The petitions have been
signed h large number of residents.
dnd ~ ~ expected that heated cam
yaign will he waged ny both sides. Ever
since Winchester went dry some years
ago. the Martinsburg saloon men have
:.lpped 'arge quantities of liquor into
Ibis territory but the shipments have
r'"suti! fallen off to great extent.
The educational boards OF Harpers
Ferry and Charles Town districts of JEFF
ferson county have ordered plans for the
erection of two new public schoolhouSes.
the former 10 cost $4,000 and the latter
$1,000.
Employees Of the Cumberland Valley
railroad are now engaged in the work OF
setting concrete foundations for the new
electric block signal system which is
soon 10 he installed ON that road between
harrisburg and Winchester.
The home of Rev. William Lowery. q
well known United Brethren Church min
lister living near the river. was destroyed
10y fire few nights ago. the fire break
ing out while the family was asleep. The
members Of the minister's family fled in
their nightclotheS and only a few articles
OF furniture were saved
Sneezing Powder in Theater.
Disorder bordering on a panic resulted
In q moving picture thsater in Winches-
ter a few nights since. when three young
men scattered Il large quantity of sneez-
ing powder throughout the building. In
a moment the entire audience was con-
vulsed with spells of sneezng, and the
performance had To he stopped and the
windows raised until the disorder was
over. The young men were arraigned in
police court and We're released by Mayor
Baker upon their promises to behave
themselves in future.
John Bowers has been missing from
his home at Woodstock for the past
swo weeks or more. and although strict
search for him has been made. he cannot
be found His wife is of the opinion
that he went to Lynchburg. The po-
Ice of that place were asked to locate
the truant husband II possible and send
him home.
Washington and Lee University and
ne Virginia Military Institute. both OF
which are situated at Lexington, re-
opened this week. after being closed for
= month on account of an outbreak of
typhoid fever i'm the institute. One pa
tient died and all the rest are recover
trr from the disease. Improvements
sureested by the state board of health
have been made to the water system in
Lexington and IL Is stated there will
be no occasion for alarm hereafter. All
The students and cadets have returned
10 their studies.