Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-02
Building Twice Set Afire.

building twice Set AEre.
For the second time within two weeks.
the large building of the Miller Supply
Company 1T Martinsburg, owned by C. \
Miller. has been set afire by persons wh0
are said to be known by the police The
lower floor Of the building wa. badly
early the other morning two men were
seen running away from the vicinity
when the second fire was discovered by
young people returning from firemcn :
festival On both occasions the com
pany $ large safe had ,een opened. bat
no valuabIes were secured as they had
been taken out by Mr.. Miller Detectives
are working on the case. The total loss
is said to exceed 5000.
a message from Martinsburg, w. Va,
states that there has been a slight inn
provement in the condition of Mrs. Nir-
ginia Faulkner McSherry. former presi-
dent general of the United Daughters OF
the Confederacy. who has, been i'll al
her home there for nearly ID year. Mrs.
McSherry is a sister of ex-senator
Charles J. Faulkner OF West Virginia.
and her father. the late {. j. Faulknel
ST. was one time minister to England.
| Farmers living along the line Of the
Southern railway in the Virginia NSi.cy
have It's week had numerous oppoi
| tunities. which they embraced enthusias
! ticallN. to hear scientific agriculture dis
! GUESSED on one of the farmers institute
/ specials, which was operated by tn.
Southern railway in conjunction with tn,
state department OF agriculture and i'm
| migration. Commissioner George v
koiner was in charge. and address
ards. c. NJ. Cniles. Prof. :. b. Hege-
Prof. A. w. Drinkard. A. r. Bellwool
ard other farm experts.
Since the Standard Lime and Stons
/ Company recently moved much of it,
ponderous machinery from the vicinitI
of MilvilIe W. Va. to Strasburg juno
| tion Shenandoah county. Va, the lat
ter place has. become the largest and
most important shipping point for lime
in Virginia Five corporations are now
| engaged in that industry there.
Dir. John Fl. Latane. professor of his
tory i'm Washington and Lee University,
| at Lexington Va. has been elected presi-
dent of the Johns Hopkins Alumni Assoc
citation He is son of the late BISHOP
| James A. I.atane of the Reformed Episco-
| pal Church.
| a plan to put through the winchester
| common council an ordinance this Week
! levying q special tax of ~ cents on each
! 500 of property valuation for the purpose
| of enlargins' the street and sidewalk i'm
| proyement program was defeated by an
| over whelming majority. At the same
meeting the commission of the city treas
| urer was cut from three to two per cent
! Numerous changes were made in license
taxes a number of city officials had
! their salaries raised while others had
| sheir pay cut down.
! Mrs Thomas NJ. Semmcs, widow OF Col
Scmmes who was for many years Il mem
| her of the faculty of the Virginia Mill
| tary Institute at Lexington, died of heart
| disease this week at the home of her
daughter Mrs. Howard Lee Jones, in
| Charleston S. G. aged sixty-eiSht years
| She was IA daughter of the late Judge
| John W. Peterborough, founder Oh tu'
| Lexington Law School
| Col r. Preston Chew, member OF thu
| Jefferson county bar, who commanded
| the Confederate artillery that bore MS
| name is recovering from injuries he sui
| f.red last Saturday night in Washington
when a large iron bolt was dropped from
| an upper story window of building Oh
! PENNSYLVANIA avenue and struck him OF
| the head While the injury was painful
| Col Chew's life was probably saved by
the protection afforded by stiff hat he
was wearing. He has since returned IL
| his home at Charles Town.
| Announcement is made of the engage
ment of Miss Helen p Watson of Pitts
| burgh. Pa, a daughter OF Mr.. ana Mfs
Winfield Scott Watson, and Edmund Pen
| dleton cambridge a son of the late Il. +
| cambridge. Winchester lawyer Mr.
| cambridge is now engaged in business II
| Pittsburgh.
George w. Johnson, representing Penn
sylvania capitalists: has obtained lease
on forty acres OF limestone farm owned
| by Mrs Susan V. Hinkle. near MiliVllie
| Jefferson county w. Va, and the com
| pany will develop the limestone ant
| dolomite deposits. The same company
has also been given an option 10 lease I'M
| balance of the farm, with the exception
| of len acres The deposits are said TO %,
| rich and productive.