Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-09
Valley Of Virginia.
Special Correspondence of The Star

man Robert Lee Gray, and unless they
make some curta:lment in that respect
the city is going to be seriously EN-
barrassed during the coming spring
and summer Attention has been
drawn to the fact that the local con-
sumption of water during the winter
months is as much as it has been dur
ing the hot summer seasons. oticlal
reports show that tens of thousands OF
gallons of water pass out of the city
reservoir each night between midnight
and 3 o'clock in the morning. at time
when every one is supposed to be
asleep. The late Charles Broadway
Rouss. the millionaire merchant of
Winchester and New York, practically
save the new water system to the city
some years ago. and the majority OF
the people have for long time pro-
fessed to believe that the water was
free because Rouss made the system
possible, henos the indiscriminate use
of water
1t is cot unlikely that the United
Statcr authorities will take hand in
tbs case of Mrs. Margaret Sipe. fifty
Ave years old. and widow of Wesley
Sipe of GrottoeS. who langushes in the
HarriSonburg Jail on Sef-confeSSed
charge of sending poisoned candy
through the mails to Miss Lille kyGer
of Grot,oes and Miss Hattie Baugher Of
Basic City. At present. however. the
state authorities have the matter in
hand Mrs. Sipe confessed to Sheriff
CrouShoru that she sent the candy TO
the young women because they were
friendly with her son. She also de-
ciared that she got the devil in her
and did not fully realize the extent of
the crime. 1t is possible plea of
insanity will be offered in behalf of
Mrs Sire in the hope of saving her
from a prison term.
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Winchester . which was one of the first
organizations of the kind to install
motor apparatus some years ago. mas
awarded a contract t" the .Sea-raNt
Company of Columbus. Ohio. for a
motor triple combination pumping en-
CINE chemical engine and hose ear. to
cost S6.425. The apparatus is to have
the most modern equipment ard APP
planes, and it is expected to be one
of the most complete pieces Of fire
apparatus in Virginia.
Wilson Bruyn Seventy-elght years
old, who was an officer in the army of
Gen. Phil Sheridan during the latter s
Virginia valley campaign. died here,
after a long illness. at the home of his
sister-in-laW, Mrs. Walter Evans Barr.
His remains were taken to BRUNSWICK
y. y. where the funeral services were
held yesterday. one son. Francis Slime
Rruyn Of New York. survives.
Too much confidence upon the part
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Winchester resulted day or two ago
in several leading members of the city
council being defeated for renomina-
ton. and as result A new element
gained much strength III party affairs.
In the first ward Shirley Carter. DIR.
Fl. II. Mct;uire and r. t. kremer We're
defeated in the primaries by Herman
II. liable. w. +. Jones and Hunter p.
Grimm, while in the second ward col.
Robert Lee Gray. Or. E. NJ. Knight and
Ey,.f- lat.
base ball fame, were nominated There
was but little opposition in that ward.
1t is reuorted the republicans viii! prob
ably nominate a full ticket. which will
precipitate Il spirited fight at the June
election.
George &. Carver member of a well
known Clarke county family, and Mrs.
Annie l.. Noakes. widow of Samuel 6.
Noakes of Winchester, We're married
Wednesday afternoon here by Rev. w.
Q. Talbert at the parsonage of Brad
dock Street Methodist Episcopal Church
South. They left on an evening train
for Harrisburg. Pa. and other cities.
and will make their future home here,
The bride is a daughter of the late
johnson Dixie Of Frederick county.
While a workman was cutting down d
large cedar tree on the property of AL
bert BLY, at Fishers Hill a few days
ago his AK blade was broken by COM
ing in contact with q srapeShot that
fifty years ago. and he also found a
mimic ball buried deep in the tree.
StranSest of all the discoveries was
small jewsilarp. which had been
probably laid in a crotch or depression
Of the tree by one of the children of
the Fisher family. which lived there
during the sixties. Near the same To-
cality the skeleton of an Indian, sup
posed to have been spne of the Shawnee
tribe. was plowed up by CLYDE Stckley
no for of !, ND b. I've
Susan Stickley. The Sha vince Indians
settled in this section of the state in
the seventeenth century. The teeth of
the skeleton appeared to be well pre-
served, but the bones icrumbled when
exposed to the air.
a movement has been started in Win
chester to have a large bronze bust of
Gen. T. J. C'.Stonewall'D Jackson placed
on top of the great Confederate monu-
ment that is to be erected i'm the center
of the lawn in front of the historic
courthouse of Frederick county. and
the idea has met with popular favor.
Jackson was better known personally
by the people of this section of the
state than any other Confederate lead
er. and he made his headquarters here
while conducting the memorable valley
campa ign.
r. B. Smythe. formerly business man
ager of the Harrsonburg News-Rec-
ord. who recently lost his suit to keep
control of the paper which is now
published by the Rockingham Publish
ing Company. headed by former Sena-
tor George B. keeZel and ii. w Rer-
tram. has announced that he will start
new daily paper in that town, to be
known as the Harrisonburg Independ-
ent.
Engineman A. S. keister. Fireman A.
&. Taylor and Brakeman W. e. Henry
are reported to be recovering slowly in
the hospital at MartinSburg from in
juries suffered the early part of the week.
when the boiler of a freight locomotive of
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad exploded
on the lowgrade line near cumbo, sew
eral miles west Of Martinsburg. 1t is
thought the explosion was caused by
The men were badly Scalded, and at
first it was feared they would die.
Agents of the interstate commerce
commission made an investigation of
the disaster.
Edward 3. Shull. forty-eieht years
old member Of a we'll known WincheS-
ter family. died this week at the home
Middletown. Va. after d long period
of ill health. He leaves one SON one
brother and two sisters His wife
formerly Miss Hamilton. died some
years ago.
Stuart Edgar Sipe. a well known res
dent of Rockingham county. has been
released bail at Harrisonburg to
answer charges of obtaining money
under false DretenSeS in a most uuus-
ual way. He recently obtained four
loans. aggregatins $500. and gave as
security four deeds of trust on his
home property. which is valued at ST.
500 Sipe claims that he lost or had
stolen from him all of the borrowed
money and an additional sum of 500