Evening star., 1916-08-27
IN MARYLAND AND THE VIRGLNIASs

ninety years old and was taking his first
automobile ride.
Shepherdstowu, w. ya.-Thcre was
an exciting time at the home CT John
Lowe. tenant on william II. Martins
Maple Shade farm, near here. few
days ago. Mrs. Lowe was attending to
household duties. and her little daugh.
ter. about four years old. was playing
on the porch while her mother was busy
in the kitchen. Mrs. Lowe having nos
ticed that the child had been quiet for
some time. thought she would see what
dumb when she saw the playmate that
was entertaining her child-a big
blacksnake. While the child was seated
on the porch the snake had crawled
upon her lap, coiled itself with it's head
up. and when the mothers Mortified
gaze fell upon the scene the serpent
was causing considerable amusement 10
the child by the way in which it was
darttng Its forked tongue in and out.
Snakes are no novelty In that section,
and while Mrs. Lowe was considerably
alarmed. she did not lose her presence
or mind. Taking the child by the
dumped the snake off her lap and took
her into the house. Then she called
Mrs. Martin and the two women killed
the over friendly serpent with hoe..
feet in length.
Richmond. ya.-virginia's crab iu-
dustry for 1915 showed a decrease OF
Virginia show the product was WORTH
S9s1.S07. 1t consisted of lS.765IA6
pounds of hard crabs and l4S42ss
pounds of soft crabs. Persons engaged
5.sas. and apparatus was valued at
S3bf.l50. virginia vessel fisheries pro-,
duced 3.66O.536 pounds and shore fislr-
cries the remainder. The number OF
CRABS taken was estimated at 6o,74s,-3
l5s, and wages paid was $67,o12. ar
Thurmont, Md.-Miss Marion Frior of
thus place, who was teacher in the
Boonsboro High School last year, has
left for China, where she will become q.
missionary. 49,
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Bloomfield. vs.-Aubrey Adams was
bull He was attempting to change the
animal from one field to another when
the beast charged him. Mr.. Adams was
knocked down and every bone in his.
BODY was broken. Mr.. Adams was forty
years old and is survived by his Wild
ow and three children. -,
Charleston, w. va.-James C. Math,
ews of this city, while a resident OF
Iarboro, n. c., in 1886. ordered two
drum heads from New York musical
supply concern. At the time he was a.
member of a minstrel company and
when the supplies did not reach him at
Tarboro he left Instructions for them to
be forwarded. The package containing
the drum heads was received by mail:
by him in Charleston, a few days ago.
incased In the original wrapper. The
postmark showed it had been mailed
shortly after the order was sent, but
there was nothing to indicate where
It had been since that time. 81
FredericksburE, ya.-Miss Sally
Thompkins. well known throughout
the south as Capt. Sally" by her will
left her silver to be sold and the money
used to buy a communion service fort
Christ Church. Kingston parish, Math-f
ews county.
Baltimore. Md-Annoyed by the in-a
convenience caused them by their sur
name, BENJAMIN Ofceoyowitz and his
three sons, Morris A. Samuel and Julius
an order signed by Judge Amber IN
circuit court No. 2, asking that the-
court sanction the changing OF the
family name to that Of ONT The peti-e
in Baltimore for twenty-five years ands
that the length Of their name has
caused them much trouble. The order
changing the name to Ofit will be
sta
Radford, Va.-Worry over criticism
of his official conduct since the SOCIAL
ed custer law went into effect Is pe,
lieved to have caused Police Chief Rob,
ert F; McNeal Of this place, to commit
mouth. According to reports detec-
tives were sent here to investigate
McNears conduct. particularly as to the
enforcement of local option laws. He
left an affectionate note to his wife and i,
children. -5s-
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Chase City, va.-Owing to the in..
crease in population and the additional
dustries. Chase City's water supply Is. !.
inadequate For two months the de-st
mand has exceeded the output whiehh
is supplied from deep wells. new
one of the streets. about 800 yards :
south Of the Old Dominion well, owned !.
by the Mecklenburg Medicinal Water 8
Corporation, and which has the largest z
therefore, it is anticipated the new. /.
we'll when brought in will be of great
capacity. 1t is to cost approximately
$3.50. At a depth of seventy-fiye feet
making only about two feet progress ~
per day since. A Richmond concern
has the contract for drilling the well.f',"
Gate City. va.-James Corns, eight,
een-year-oid son of John P Corns. was =
-
miles from here. He started on horse
back from his fathers farm to get a
doctor for a neighbor. and the SWIFT :,
stream was deeper than he thought
when he started to ford 1t. The hofses
was found marooned on a bar below
the ford. Young Corn's body was rec
covered a half-mile down stream. -iSii
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MeyerxdaIe. Pa.-The fourteenth am
nual Meyersdale fair will be held
from Tuesday, September 10. to Friday. =
September %, inclusive. About $1,000
in premiums and race purses will he
given away during the fair. it is said.
The new highway commissioner. L. B. ,
Black. will have an exhibition showing ,
the latest methods in road construr-
ton. The State Agricultural Associ-
alton will also have an exhibit -
Charleston. w. ya.-Declariug thP I Re
had robbed the post office Slab F"-'e.
near Coburn. w. Va, in 1914. and that
he wanted to pay the penalty, Charles
kunico, aged twenty, surrendered HIM Il
self to the federal authorities He de- :
cided to give himself up after dream
ing that he had been arrested
Elkt0n. Va.-Five small boys of TITS
town broke into Leebrick's store ard
stole 1000 cigarettes. smoking tohac->
and chewing gum galore. The mayor
hned them 81 each and ordered their
parents to give them old-fashioned
whipping.
Newport News. Va.-The master
gunners' class and the sergeant ma iors'r-.
class Of the United States Artillery
School at Fort Monroe have gone to