Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-02
NEGROES ARE CHARGED
WITH POISONING MULES


After an investigxt ton lasting since
January, four negroes have been ar
rested and are in Jail AT Bcrryville.
charged with poisoning thiteen valu-
able mules owned by ). II. Edison,
well-known stockman OF Boyce. Clarke
County, and Sheriff Levi who conduct
ed the investigation, expects 10 make
other arrests In the next day or TWO
one or more OF which, It is reported
may produce n sensation. Those under
arrest are Israel Jackson and his wife,
Dora Jackson. and John ana Worth
Jackson. all relatives Nineteen mules
valued at from slj5 to 500 each. were
received carly In January from Tonnes
see by Mr.. Edison. and In a few days
they began 10 die. thirteen expiring be-
fore he could get them away. He final
~ got six to his other farm in Loudoun
County. Experts OF the Bureau Of AMI
NAL Industry In Washington who ex-
amined the dead mules, found they died
of arsenate of lead poisoning. A quiet
Investigation has been in progress ever
aimee.
Courtenay w. Wcems. son OF T.. v.
Wecms. the wealthy sugar planter. who,
with job f. Hedges, OF New York. and
other capitalists, own and operate the
immense plantation o. the San Juan
Corporation. $50 miles south of Vera
Cruz, arrived ut his home here yes
teriay, after spending about six months
In Mexico. His father and brother
Lawrence Weems. expect to return here
some t!me In July. Mr.. Weems stated
there Is no order or stable govern
ment in Mexico. and TINT the country Is
In constant state OF turmoil. Tho
sugar planting business, in which HIS
father Is interested, Mr.. Wcems said
is at present being conducted salts
factorily on large scale.
John f. Sewers. a prominent resi-
dent OF White Post. Clarke County has
hnn tn palt f<-
treatment by a specialist. He was ac-
companted by Mrs. Sewers. their son.
Thompson Sewers, and DR.. c. O. Dear
mont.
VALLEY APPLE ORCHARDS
ARE IN Full. BLOOM
The apple orchards OF the Winchester
section and. In fact. those of practical
ly all the Eastern States in which the
fruit is grown as a business enterprise
are now In full bloom. and great num-
bars OF people have gone into the
country to behold the scene OF rare
beauty veritable flower garden on
almost every hillside, and In some To-
calittes as far as the eye can reach
For the next two weeks apple growers
will. watch the weather changes with
the greatest anxiety, Is during this
period the tender buds are most sem
sitive to frost or freeze The work
OF pollination. which Is performed
chiefly by the bees. has been salts
factory during the past week.
William Licklitcr, a car inspector of
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad at
Strasburg Junction, is in Winchester
terribly mashed hand and other severe
bruises. caused by jacks giving way
and letting down 100000 pounds Of
coke while he was directing repairs
to a steel hopper. An iron pin saved
his arms from being mashed off. The
day before his brother Samuel Lick
liter, who is connected with the Har-
Observation-Disclosures section OF the
division. had an arm severely frac.
tured and crushed when motor car
he was operating jumped the track
near Raphine. He is also In the hos
pital
y Marcus Fl. SPOTS. who. in spite of
his eighty-six years. gives his mercan-
tile business his personal attention. to-
day took out his merchants license for
the ffty-second consecutive year. He
has been engaged in business here con-
stantly since 1863. No other winches-
ter firm doing business has been estab
lished SO long.
James Dorsch Anderson, fifty years
old, who died In Baltimore on Wednes-
day evening, after more than a years
illness. was vice-president OF the Secur-
ity Trust Company, of Houston, Tex.
and was one of the most prominent
bankers and flnanciers of the South and
Southwest. He leaves his widow, for
merly Miss Bessie Beall Stephenson, a
daughter OF the late Lloyd B. Stephen
son. OF San Antonio. who spent much
of his time during the summers in Win.
chester and Washington; two daugh-
tiers, Miss Bessie Beall Anderson and
Miss Katharine Virginia Anderson, who
arc we'll known In Washington; one
brother and three sisters.
Alexander M. Baker. one OF the most
prominent business mon Of Winchester,
has been In Garfield Hospital, in Wash.
tngtop, for several days suffering from
severely bruised hip and other in
juries as result of Slipping and fall
ing on the tiled floor of the restaurant
in the Union Station, where he had
partaken OF meal before starting for
the train that was to bring him home
that evening. Messages were sent to
!, his cousin, DR.. Robert Baker, Of Wash
f,ington, who has since been attending
khin1. Mr.. Bakers hip was not frac-
blurred. as at first reported.