The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-11
RELIGION INTERESTS
MEN OF WINCHESTER
Great Mas injecting Sunday Afternoon Attracts
tremendous Au .lence-Lull in Liquor Raids
Program for Farmers Institute.
Especial TO The Times-pispatcI,

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winchester, Va, March lQ.--Hun-
qrcds OF men Of Winchester VINO nave
heretofore given little attention to re-
| llgious matters have become actively
Interested in the Men and Religion
Forward Movement. which has been
holding ii convention mere since Friday
svcning. The program was con-
mutation OF conventions. services aud
fnass-mectings in the various Protest
ant churches and the chief feature
was a mass meeting FOR men and boys
over fourteen years OF az. I'm the CITY
Hdil Auditorium this afternoon. The
building was packed and the greatest
interest was manifested by the men
| rnd boys OF the town. Those from
distance who addressed the various
| meetings were Rev. Donald C.. Macleod
o. D. Rev; Frank J. Goodwin. DIR.
| Thomas l.. Jones and +. j. Nichols, all
! OF Washington.
Former Senator S. l.. Lupton. of Fred
erick county, has been i'll correspond
encc with the good roads office OF the
United states Department OF ASricul-
turc. endcavoring To induce that de-
partmcnt To do experimental work on
Il number OF Frederick county roads
during the coming spring and sum
mcr. and Paul ID. Sargent. of that de-
partmcnt. will be here this week 10
mers' Institute on Wednesday, ana
Thursday. There Will be no money
appropriated by the government. but
expert road builders, 1t Is expected.
will have charge OF the work TO be
done in this county. The supervisors
Of Frederick county have applied for
the county's portion of the State aid
fund. and 1t Is planned TO do great
deal OF new road work during the
coming summer.
quor raids during the past few days
in Winchester, not single blind
tiger case having been heard in court
lnfe .ae tba dd IL OF LAST saS WaeE The
was fined s+oo, he having been con-
victed on evidence brought out the
day before, at which time he was fined
$50. Luther Kremer. a. young mer-
chant went to jail for ten days, was
fined $500 and required to give u peace
bond of $500 for selling liquor which
he admitted having done.
DR.. Harvey w. Wiley. OF Washing
ton, George w K9iner, commissioneer
f aIee,o of OF HrS Gin DR. s. ~
detrimental station at Blacksburs, and
others are to make addresses at the
annual farmers institute; to be held
In Winchester on Wednesday aud
Thursday.
Ernes, smcdley's skull was frac-
ing an alteration in which a number
of young men participated, and Charles
Hamilton, who is alleged TO hav.:
struck Smcdlcy with a stone, il being
Injuries
Efforts hive been renewed a. Front
Royal 'to induce the Board OF super
visors to take up the matter of build
ing a new courthouse for Warren
county. it having been pointed out
that the present building is entirely
Inadequate, and that the records Of
the county cannot be properly protect
ed under existing conditions. The su-
pervisors will probably be asked to
submit the question TO Il vote OF the
people.
The disease known as forage poison
similar in some respects to meningitis,
which caused the death OF 4 large nuni-
Der of horses IN the upper Virginia
Valley counties during the past winter
las made it's appearance in the south
western section of Frederick county
and also in the Capon Springs vlcin-
ity, resulting in a number of horses
dying suddenly, while Al great many
arc III and are expected to die al any
time III several Instances all the
horses owned by some farmers have
the disease.
Lomucl Dornbcrgcr. one of the best
known engincmcn i'll the Cumberland
Valley Railroad service. who has reach
ed the age OF seventy years. has been
placed on the retired list and will re-
ccive n pension OF $50 month
Since the opening of the early spring
season there has been much activity
In the real estate market in Win