The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-09

vicinity to entertain the ministers of
the Protestant Episcopal Church who
VIII attend the fall session of the VAL
ley convention, which convenes there
OH tuesday for a session lasting sew
crai days Rev. w. d. Smith, of Win
CHESTER Is dean OF the convention. and
ministers are expected from the coun-
ties of Frederick, Clarke Warren.
Shenandoah. Rockinghi and Page.
John c. Rooms. the Winchester post
oiiice Inspector. who was until recently
superintendent OF the ninth division
Oh railway mails with headquarters at
cleveland, O.. has been promoted to
|. tho position of superintendent of the
division OF salaries and allowances in
washington at salary of $4,000 a
year. Mr. Rooms is the man who cap
tured Eddie" Fay, the Richmond post.
office robber. in New York several
years ago
Tho cornerstone of the new Southern
Methodist Church at Arden, Berkeley
county, w. Va, will be LAID with i'm
posing ceremonies on November 4, and
the same Will be in charge of Past
Grand Master Peyton II. Harrison, OF
Martinsburg. who has been designated
by the grand master of Nlasons in
West Virginia to ohIciatc as grand
master on that occasion. Rev. l.. A.
Strother. OF Brucetown, Is pastor OF
the church.
Ten Thousand blackbIrds. which for
long tipe had camped at night in the
tops of trees in the National Cemetery
In Winchester, have suddenly broken
camp and departed. superintendent T..
y. Lewis, who is 4 retired Baptist
preacher. declares he Is positive there
were at least 10000 of the birds. and
they made such "A racket along about
sundown that life was miserable in
the neighbcrhood. Dozens of Winches-
Ter hunters went out to the cemetery
oS invitation with their guns TO ex-
terminate the birds. but gave up the
job few days ago the birds left.
presumably to get their rations in
helds east of town. and they have
rallied to come back. All the people
OF National Avenue are hoping the
birds Will stay away.
II. +: Byrd. of Winchester, president
OF the Valley Turnpike Company.
closed contract with a Waynesboro
tfn') concern day or two ago for
two Teton steel rollers, which will
be used on the pike between Winches
and probably until next spring, it be-
ing the Intention to roll the road con-
tinuously during the winter season.
one roller has been in service for sew
erai weeks. and 1t is doing excellent
work. Mr.. Bryd said to-day the COM
pany intended to make the Valley Pike
the model highway OF the south. 1t
has already spent large sums of money
on new bridges and steel culverts. and
the road has been wldcned in many
places.
The fall meeting of the Winchester
fresbytery, embracing all the lower
virginia counties west OF the Blue
Ridge and number OF West Virginia
counties. was held last week I'm Peters
burg, W. Va, and Rev. samuel Knox
Philips, formerly of Richmond. but
now OF Berryville, was elected moder-
ator. The next session Will BIZ held In
the spring in the Ceuar Cliff Church.
near Naucluse, Frederick county.
Lewis b. Maloney (alius James A..
Lanham), who was formely IA travel
ing salesman for a Baltimore shoe com
phhy' mas been indicted by the grand
jury OF the Frederick County Circuit
Court on the charge OF iorgmg tho
erick county farmer and stockman. I'm
check. FOR sl65 and depositinE the
same TO t..e credit OF James A. Lana
ham in the Middletown State Bank nj
Middletown. this county. Maloney has
been in Jail here over Il month. ana
his trial Will be taken up in the Circuit
Court on Tuesday morning.
Many of the people of slender means
hVins IN the mountain sections, whose
crops failed wholly or in part during
the long drought of the past summer
nave hopes oil getting some revenue
this fall from the sale OF chestnuts
which are unusually plentiful this
year. The nuts are said to be of an
exceptionally line quality. too and
they command good prices when shin
ped direct To the ci.y' markets Old
inhabitants say they never saw SO
many ehestnuts before in one season.