Evening star., 1915-02-07
Lexington Cadets to Attend Confed'
crate Veteran Reunion in Lieu
of Practice March.

under the supervision of the state crop
pest commission, and owners of trees
are to be compensated if they make
such demand. The right of appeal,
however. is not denied. The suit now
on trial here was brought by state
Entomologist W. j. Schoene against
the estate of the late Col William
Wood Glass, upon whose property. just
west of Winchester, is n large tract
of pasture land, which contains prob
ably more than 1000 big cedar trees.
There are apple orchards on every side
of the Glass property. The testimony
for the plaintiff has been to the effect
that cedar rust, which is prevalent
wherever cedars grow, is very injuri-
Gus to apples, and particularly so to
York lmperials, which happens to be
the chief commercial variety grown in
J.ic Winchester fruit belt.
Damage Estimated Thousands.
Competent witnesses estimated that
the damage suffered by orchard own
ers in the vicinity of the Glass prop
erty was considerably more than
100000 two years ago, and not quite
so much last year, because some cedars
had been cut down and sold for fire.
wood.
Experts from the United States De-
partment of Agriculture in Washington
testified that the only way to stamp
out cedar rust is to remove the cedars,
root and all. The bulk of the testi-
>mony for the Glass estate has been
of a sentimental character, but dam
ages to the extent OF $4,000 are asked
by the heirs in event the court holds
the law to be constitutional and the
state authorities insist upon the trees
being destroyed.
This is the first time the law has
been tested since its enactment Thou
sands of cedarS have been cut down
and destroyed in Frederick county dur
Ing the past two years, and those now
on the Glass estate are said to be the
only ones of any consequence now in
the county.
Move for Handley Bequest.
Arrangements are being made by the
board of trustees of the Handley Fund
of Winchester to formally request the
executors of the estate of the late
Judge John Handley of Scranton, Pa,
to turn over to the city of Winchester
the entire estate of the late jurist as
II now stands, and it is expected the
transfer will be made in a short time
When Judge Handley died in Febru-
airy, 1895. his estate was worth I'D
scranton realty and coal mines, and IL
has continued to increase in value all
the time In his will he made a num-
Der of modest beQuests to certain
iriends and Charitable institutions, and
then left the rema inder, or bulk. to the
city OF Winchester. to be used in the
erection and maintenance of the John
Handley Memorial Library and the
building of industrial schools for the
free education of the poor. He set
aside s250.0OO for the library which
has been open for several years. The
executors were directed to turn the
estate over to the city of Winchester
at the expiration of twenty years aft
er his DEATH The Handley Industrial
Schools will be erected in the center
OF about twenty acres of land in the
southwestern suburbs of Winchester.
Miss Jess Kern Married.
Relatives and friends in Winchester
and Staunton were given a pleasant
surprise yesterday when announce
Uent was made of the marriage of
Miss Jess Kern, daughter of former
Postmaster Bentley Kern, and Mrs.
Kern, of this city, and Alexander w.
Kinney of Staunton. The ceremony
was performed Wednesday in WASH
1ngton. by Rev: Dr. Randolph II. Nc
MIN, rector of the Church of the
Epiphany. Mr. Kinney and his bride
will live in Washington.
Mrs Mary Wright, widow of Joseph
Wright. sr-, who was for a number of
years proprietor of the historic old
Taylor Hotel in Winchester, died We'd
nesday night at her home in Pitts
burgh. from illness incident to advanc-
ed age She is survived by one son and
one daughter.
Taking the place of their regular
summer practice march. the entire
corps OF cadets of the Virginia Mill
iary Institute of Lexington, often re-
ferred to as the West Point of the
SOUTH will attend the annual reunion
of the Grand Camp of United Confed-
crate Veterans in Richmond during the
first week OF June. The cadets will
also take short hikes over the civil
war battlefleids in the vicinity of Rich
mond. and will be accompanied bv Of
ficers of the United States Army detail
ed for the purpose by the War DEPART
ment, and also by Confederate veterans
who participated in the engagements
at Seven Pines, Yellow Tavern, Cold
Hapbor, Drewrys Bluff, Malvern Hill.
Petersburg and others.
Mrs. Rosa Mellin of Washington is
named as beneficiary to the extent of
$1,000 in the will of John B. Loughran.
a brother, who died recently in Nor
folk. and who left large estate to be
divided among relatives and charitable
institutions
Postmaster Must Stand Loss.
Postmaster G. Buckley of McNeill.
Hampshire county, ". Va, has been
notified by the government that he will
be required to stand for the loss sus-
tanned. when the post Office and gen.
eral store in that place was robbed one
night last week. The burglars got
away with s1,1oo in cash, some of it
being express company receipts. al
though rAe greater portion belonged to
the postal account. The government
held that Mr.. Buckley had not properly
safeguarded the post Office receipts.
Members of the United Order of True
Reformers, a colored fraternal and
beneficial organization, received word
Yesterday from Richmond that the
grand jury of the hustings court has
found three separate indictments
against Floyd Ross, grand worthy
master of the order in this state,
charging him with embezzling sums
sggregating Sf5I.59 from the Old
Folks Home, an institution under the
direction of the order. The society has
had a very large membership in the
Winchester section for years.