Evening star., 1915-05-02
VALLEY OF VIRGINIA


WINCHESTER, Va, May L With
the foot -and-mouth cattle disease
virc-, a.. of Frederick county = federal
:ii,s. S.sfa agents only recAS.-. at an
eu,,i NOUS cost TO all concerned, Aog chol-
era which is equally contagious, was
Il sC0vered yesterday by local agents OF
the bureau uf animal industry on the farm
cf Robert NJ Henry near here. on whose
p'tce no less than forty shoats have died
within 4 few days. A large number Of
me. ranging in weight from $50 to 400
oiIndS are either dead or dying on the
arm The inability CT LEGAL
---->-~'t--s To obtain cholera serum imme
,aused many Of the porkers to
flro;..ht IN the lower Shena ndcah val
. IS Inch had been alarming farmers
nd residents generally since the last
s-suvrs - Jr.,ru,lry Elcted. there having
ro-r for sixty or
more days. was partly broken by copious
showers Wednesday in the Winchester
section and in other lOca litieS the follow
-nG day.
Elder Walter Strickler. :: German Zap
tiSt minister of LuraF, who sued the Nor
FOLK and Western railway for $4,000 Tor
personal injuries sustained in collision
at a crossing. has been awarded $500 dam
tSSS IN CiItuit court at LuTdN
After an investigation lasting since
January. four negroes have been arrested
aud are in Jail at Berryville. charged with
poisoning thirteen valuable mules owned
by s H. Edison, a well known stock
man of Boyce, Clarke county, and Sheriff
Levi. who conducted the investigation.
expects to make other arrests in the next
DAY or two. one more of which. it is
ypoTted, may produce a sensation
,-ourtenay w WeenS. son of L. Y.
Wcems. the wealthy sugar planter. who.
y it'll Job r. Hedges Of New York and
uther capitalists. owns and operates the
i.nnenSe plantation of the san Juan Cor
joration. $50 miles south Of Vera Cruz.
Irrived at his home here yesterday. after
spending about sin months in Mexico.
His father and brother. Lawrence WeemS.
expect to return here some time in july
Mr. WeeIns stated there is order or
stable government III Mexico. and that
the country is in a constant state of tur-
uoii.
Gov. Livingston Beekman of ishGde Is
land who has heen spending some time n
Washington. was Il guest few days ago
at The Retreat. the handsome country
1,lace near the Shenandoah river in Clarke
county of Mrs. Paul D. Kelley of Wash
iustoD and Berryville. Va. Gov. Beck
man and party left later for Hot Springs.
Va.
Associate Supreme Court Justice Adam
G. Carson of the Philippines and Mrs
Carson and their two small daughters.
who sailed recently from Manila, reached
San Francisco early in the week. and
after spending several days at the expo
sne-,rl - visit Mrs.
.on'S mother. Mrs. l.. +. Conrad.
10Y are expected here May >. Judge
sons stay here and at his nld home
&c at Riverton, Va. will be briM. it
ng his intention to return to Manila
short time. but he will return to
rginia later for a more lengthy stay
The apple orchards of the Winches-
section and. in fact. those of prac-
ally all the eastern states in which
fruit is grown a a business enter
=.I~a, are now in fun bloom. and great
Is'rnbers of people have gone into the
ountry to behold the scene of rare
feauty--: veritabl" flower garden
Imost every hillside and in some To-
siities as far as the eye can reach.
-.'he bloom will. however. fall off in a
@w days.
Marcus Fl. SPOTS who. in spite of
his eighty-SiN years. gives his mer-
'-antile business his personal attention,
today took out mis- merchants license
for the fifty-second consecutive year.
lie has been engaged in business here
constantly since 1853. No other Win
,jlester firm now doing business has
been established so long.
Alexander NJ Baker, one of the most
prominent business men of Winchester,
has been in Garfield Hospital. Wash
inston, for several days suffering from
II severely bruised hip and other in
furfes as a result of slipping and fall
ing on the tiled floor of the restaurant
in the Union station. where he had
rartaken of a light meal before start
ing for the train that was to bring
sim home that evening
Tn view of the fact that the repup-
,lcans have taken steps to put candi-
8ates in the field for every office to
-" filed all over the state-and there
l, III he rnany-next fall, today was a