Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-19
VALLEY OF VIRGINIA
Winchester Ready for National
Guard Encampment.
OPPOSED TO LICENSE TAX
Trading Stamp Company Refuses to
Pay $500 Yearly.
TAKES FIRST RAILROAD RIDE
Mrs. Mary Jenkins, Sixty Years Old,
Calls Her Experience Novel
and Interesting.
Special Correspondence Of The Star.


Guard. which will begin Monday morn
ing in large field in the rear of the
Winchester Inn. Members of Company
II. I'd Virginia Regiment of this city,
have laid of the camp, under the d.
rection of Capt. Mason OF Luray. who
will act as quartermaster. Some Of the
officers who are to attend the encamp-
ment arrived today, while others will
come tomorrow and Monday. Brig Gen.
Vaughan Of Richmond will be in COM
mand Of the camp. which will be at
tended by about ESQ state officers and
twenty-five officers of the United States
Army. The latter are expected here
Monday morning. The encampment will
| last during the coming week.
| The committee appointed at the
Roanoke meeting in March Of the Bal
| timore conference, Methodist Episcopal
Church South, to select place for hold
| ing next years conference, has accept
ed the invitation extended by the Staun-
ton church, of which Rev. D. H. Kern
is pastor.
Inspector Paul Garrett Of the pure
| food division of the state agricultural
department appeared in Berryville quite
Unexpectedly a few days ago and took
rigorous steps for the immediate i'm
provement of sanitary conditions. the
nature of which had been privately re-
ported to him. Since his visit there
has been a general cleaning up Of the
towns back yards.
seventeen-year-old hen belonging to
Mrs ]. A. Payne of Rockingham county
died a few days ago. but she laid an
egg the day before she died Mrs.
Payne kept a record of the number of
eggs the old hen laid during her life
| time and places the number at about
1000.
The United States courts will have to
settle the question as to the right of
the common council of Winchester to
collect an annual specific license tax
of $500 from the Baltimore Yellow
| Trading Stamp Company for the priv
ilege of maintaining a wareroom in this
| city. The company has refused to pay
the tax, on the grounds that 1T is un-
reasonable and prohibitive, compared to
| the amount of business done here al
| though it states it's willingness to pay
reasonable tax. A suit has been filed
against the city in the United States
| court for the western district of Vir-
GINA, at Harrisonburg.
Rev. H. M. Moffett of Leesburg, who has
been released by the Potomac Presbytery,
will begin his duties as pastor of the
Charles Town Presbyterian Church June 1
succeeding the late Rev. DR.. Abner c.
Hopkins, ST. who was pastor OF that con-
gregation for more than forty-fve years.
Planting Apple Trees.
The Shenandoah Orchard Company,
| which was recently organized by a num-
Der of wealthy men of Jefferson and ad-
joining counties. has bought the farm of
William NJ. Burns and the farm Of John
F. Loley, both near Charles Town, and
/ thousands of Young app1o trace oro hoipy
planted.
crate Memorial day at Front Royal, War
rem county. and arrangements are being
made for general observance of the
| day.
A large automobile driven by Frederick
Flemming of Uppervile. Va, plowed
| through fence near Shepherdstown sew
4 eral days ago, when F1emming lost con-
troll. Although the machine was demol-
ished Fleming and his brother, w. II.
| F1emming, and another man escaped I'M
| injured.
| dwelling owned and occupied by F.
w Hauptman and his family. near Toms
| Brook, Shenandoah county, was destroy
ed by fire few days ago, and practically
all the contents were burned, causing a
| loss of about 5000.
Mrs. Mary Jenkins. sixty years old.
| who has spent all her life in the Blue
Ridge mountain sections of Madison
county, had her first railroad ride a day
| or two ago, when she came to visit her
| son near Winchester. She was just a
| bit timid when she saw the engine and
| cars at the Luray depot, but she sum-
| moned up courage. and upon arriving
| here declared the trip had been very
novel and interesting.
| The body of Mrs. Laura B. Swartz,
| who died Sunday night at the home of
| her daughter, Mrs. Lewis Bush. in Mil
| waukee, Wis, was inferred in Mount
Hebron cemetery here Wednesday. She
Wyatt Glove, ST., who was in charge
| of the government arsenal at Harpers
Ferry during the John Brown raids.
During storm one night this week a
large barn on the farm of J: r. Watson
| at Middletown was struck by the only
| bolt Of lightning seen during the night.
The building and contents were Destroy
| ed but several head of the live stock
were saved His loss exceeds $4,000.
| A buggy occupied by James Spence
and wife. residents Of Frederick county.
was run into and demolished few
| nights ago two miles north Of this city
BY an automabils driven by Browning rs
Spence were hurled to the roadway. and
each suffered numerous gashes and
| bruises. Mrs. Spence was given medical
attention at farm house and her hus-
band was rushed to Memorial Hospital.
| Young Stickley was found in this city
and arrested by Sheriff Pannett, He gave
bond for his appearance in court.
| jury has been summoned for Mon
| day to try the case of the commonwealth
| against c. A. Bahlman, charged with vio-
| lating liquor laws by keeping liquor stor-
| ed for distribution on his premises. BAIL
man was recently fined $500 in police
court and appealed to the corporation
| court, the first trial there resulting in
| hung jury.
| "Wets" Make Clean Sweep.
| Although the wet" democrats made
practically a clean sweep in the mayoral-
| ty and councilmanic election in Martins