Evening star., 1915-05-02
MANASSAS.
Special Correspondence Of Tha star.

recent weeks have burned over about
5000 acres of land in Prince William
and Stafford counties. Fires beginning
two weeks ago in different quarters
gradually moved together and were re-
| garded one conf1a grafton. Wednes-
days storm checked the flames a while.
| but present reports indicate that little
headway has been made in stopping
| the blaze. Men have been fighting night
| and day. A. A. Hooff, member of a
| Manassas lumber firm. with large in
| terests in the forest. carried men from
| town by automobile. Several houses
| have been damaged and several fami-
! lies in the stricken area are moving
out Reports state that rabbits may be
seen. sitting out on the sandbars of
| streams. complacent1y awaiting relief.
The council chamber in the new town
| hall was occupied for the first time
Monday evening for the April session
of the city fathers. Mayor Brown pre-
! sided 4 feature of the meeting was
/ the unanimous acceptance of the War
Departments offer. suggested by Rep
| resentative Carlin, to present the town
| with two obsolete bronze cannon, with
a suitable supply of cannon balls. A
| committee was appointed to petition
| the county board of supervisors to have
| the cannon placed on the courthouse
| green.
Richard H Lee OF the Gainesville
neighborhood has received, through
| Gov. Stuart, six volumes of ST. Pierre's
Studies of Nature bearing on the fly
| leaf of each volume the Lee coat of
| father. Lancelot Charles Lee, New Col
| lege, Oxford, England, 1881 Gov.
! Stuart received the books from c. II.
Lobdell of Newark. \. j., who request
ed that they be given to descendant
| of Lancelot Lee, bearing the name OF
| library.
| Road day is to be observed Thursday
| throughout the state. Supervisor J.
| F. Gulick has issued call to every
! able bodied man in Manassas district
| to do his share of the work.
| Miss Ella G. Aghew, state agent for
| demonstration work among the farm
women and general superintendent of
| the girls canning clubs of the state,
beginning Monday and continuing
through the week, at the Virginia
| Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg. Miss
| Agnew is to be assisted by Miss Rhea
| Scott of Harrisonburg and two women
| from the Department of Agriculture at
| Washington. Miss Emily ]. johnson.
| Prince William county demonstrator. Is
! among the twenty-five state agents ex-
pected in attendance
| Members of Drinkard Lodge. No. 313.
| A. F. and A. NJ, held banquet Mon
| day evening in the new temple 1T Hay
| market. j. w. Phillips of Fredericks-
! burg was toastmaster Brief addresses
were made by NJ. r. Church of Falls
Church. Lieut. George c. Round and {.
]. Meetze of Manassas. John Cochran,
| H. w. Shellhorse, George c. Tyler and
Rev. NJ. S. Eagle.
The April meeting Of the Catharpin
Good Housekeeping Club was enter
| tained by Mrs. Charles r. Mcdonald.
| The members were addressed by Mrs.
j. F. Dogan, president of the Woman s
Auxiliary to the Northern Virginia
Farmers Institute. which controls the
| housekeeping clubs. Mrs. H. NJ. Clark
! son presented the club with several
booklets on housekeeping subjects. The
| next meeting is to be held at the home
of Miss Elma Latham.
| J. F.. BreaZeale of Manassas has de-
| clined his appointment as one OF the
| three members of the international jury
| of awards on pure foods, at the Pana-
ma Pa ciic international exposition Mr.
Breazeale, who is employed by the bu-
| reau of chemistry, United states De-
partment of Agriculture, recently was
sent to California to investigate dis
| ease of the orange.
The sixth annual field and track
meet of the Eighth Congressional Dis
trict Athletic League is to be held at
Warrenton next Saturday Among the
high schools to compete for the dis
trict championship are Manassas. Uni
son, Warrenton. Culpeper. Morrisvllle
and Remington. representing Fauquler.
Loudoun, Culpeper and Prince William
counties. Manassas with the exception
of one year has carried off the cup.
Warrenton last year rose from n1th
to second place, and together with re-
ports from ether schools warm con-
test is promised w. NJ. johnson OF
Manassas is to referee.
Lieut. George Carr Round, president
of the United States Veteran Signal
Corps Association. Monday afternoon
read before Manassas High School in
assembly his article on The Last
Signal Message Of the War
Manassas citizens are anxiously y
of sixty-fve barrels of oil. which is
to be used to lay the dust on the
streets of the town.
Minis Brothers of Luray today as
William Hotel, which has been operated
since it's erection in 1912 by r. w.
Payne. Mr., Payne left for Front
Royal, where he has purchased the
Rev. Dr. Walter McBath. formerly
a missionary to Guatemala. is to
preach Sunday morning in the Pres
The closing exercises of Bethel High
, School, Richard c. Hayden. principal,
are to be held Friday evening. May IA.
The address to the graduates Is TO pc De
| made by Elmer l. CarrutherS OF the
! University of Virginia
| A meeting Of the Manassas Civic
League Is to be held Monday evening
in Conner's opera house.
The Prince William county board OF
supervisors is to be IN session lhurs-
day at the courthouse.
The Little Folks Sewing Bee met
Monday afternoon with little MISS
The Weekly Card Club was enter
tanned Tuesday by Miss Katherine
Miss Bessie Walker Thursday after
moon entertained the Young Ladies'
Sewing Club In her home, on North
Main street
b. A. Brand has purchased of the
National Bank of Manassas the town
residence now occupied by II: T. Da-
F. F. Ransdell, trustee, has sold to
ic. e. Nash the brick building on Cen
ter street now the place of business
of G. e Nash & Co. The price is said
to be $4,000.
Mrs Frances Molair. widow of John
near Brentsville. She was eighty-tWo
wears old Funeral services are to be
lheld tomorrow at her late home. In
lterment is to be made in the family
lburying ground .-
| james T. Kane. a Midland farmer,
died Tuesday at the age of sixty-n,he me
wears He was member OF the
limited Brethren Church and was afflll :
Iated with the Independent Order of ODD
Fellows His wife and eleven children
Survive.
| The quarterly class night of the Ma
nassas adult Bible class was heid last
evening in the auditorium of Eastern
lCollege. A literary and musical pro
gram was rendered by members of the
class.
! The Ladies' Aid Society of Grace
Methodist Episcopal Church South is to
f& hn