Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-19
Valley Of Virginia.

Special Correspondence of Til" Star.
WINCHE ESTER. Va. March lS.-A
bomb was set off this week among pol
itcians by the Woman's civic League.
Inc, of Winchester. when that body.
claiming to have an active membership
of 11o. petitioned the common council
to enact Law by which all pigpens
will be abolished. Coming just on the
eve of the political primaries. when
candidates for council viii be nomi-
mated. the action of the league created
decided stir. and it is expected it will
have the effect of drawing political
lines rather closely. Several members
OF the council were outspokeu il their
advocacy of the proposed law while
others seized upon the occasion to OPP
pose the measure. claiming IT would
rob the poor man of his rights. 1t is
recalled that some years ago heated
political battle was Waged for and
against pigpens. and candidates for To-
cal Offices We're forced TO state their
position 1t is not unlikely that the
petition OF the Woman'S Civic League
will produce a somewhat similar fight
The petition asked among other
things. that a recorded vote be had
and that the same he published for the
information Of the public.
The funeral of Charles Chase Miller
the druggist who was shot and killed
during the raid by Mexican bandits at
Columbus y. NJ. on the morning of
March .. took place yesterday after
noon from the home of his sister Miss
Minnie a. Miller. the services being
conducted by Rev pr George s. Bow
erS. pastor OF Grace Lutheran Church
lnterment was i'll Mount Hebron ceme-
terry. An examination of the BODY
showed that Mr.. Miller had been shot
in the back of the head. plainly indi-
eating that the bandit who committed
the act was not face to face with Mr..
Miller According to later information
received here Mr.. Miller was in his
room in the Hoover Hotel when the
raid began. and when he saw that his
drug store the opposite side of the
street was being looted he ran out.
hoping to get there and protect his
property. He was crossing the street
when shot and killed.
relatives here have received an
noEncement of the marriage of Mrs.
Annie Smith Stockton of Richmond to
Robert Baldwin Myers. son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Barton Myers OF Norfolk. Va,
which took place in Richmond March
II. the ceremony being performed bv
Rev. DIR. James w. Norris rector or
Monumental Protestant EPISCOPAL
Church. Mr.. and Mrs. Myers will live
at Virginia Beach upon returning from,
wedding trip through the north
Several additional cases of smallnox
have been reported during the past day
or two from that portion of Frederi,k
county near the Berkeley county W
Va, line. and although some of the
doctors say they are undecided as to
whether the disease has actually de-
veloped into smallpox. il is dangerous
enough to keep the infected persons
under quarantine. Several cases de-
veloped near Bunker In. W Va. re-
Gently. but it was thought the disease
had been stamped ou-. Thus far no
deaths have occurred.
Mrs. Annie NJ Masruder, seventy-six
years old. widow of Charles W AI.
gruder, died Wednesday at the home
of her son. Frank w. Magruder. here
She leaves one son, one daughter one
sister and two brothers She was a
member of Christ Protestant EpiscopaI
church. :
A decree has been entered In the cor
poratlon court Of the city of Winches-
ter confirming the sale of the large
touring mill property Of w B. Bakers
Sons to local capitalists. who have an
piled for a charter for the Wincheste.
Milling Corporation. by which the mill
will be operated. The maximum cant
tai stock is 100000. Lewis +. Cooper
is president, Stewart Bell is, vice presi
dent and Shirley Carter is secretary
and treasurer. The business was es-
tablished about seventy-five years ago
by the late William Il. Baker
Announcement was made yesterday
of the marriage of Mrs. Minnie Kline,
widow of James Kline and daughter OF
the late John Newlin of, Frederick