Evening star., 1916-05-07
Valley Of Virginia.

Special Correspondence of The Star.
WINCHESTER. Va. May 6.-Memhers
of the board of trustees of the Handley
fund of Winchester and the executors
of the estate of the late Judge John
Handlev of Scranton Pa, held con
ference yesterday in Philadelphia in re-
latjon to the sale of the Handley real
estate in Scranton. valued at more than
81 900. 900, that was left by Judge
Handley's will for the development OF
an educational system for the education
of the poor of the city of Winchester
The supreme court of Pennsylvania re-
Gently decided that under the terms of
the will the board of trustees had no
right to require the real estate to he
turned over to the trustees in kind. as
had been suggested. and that the exec
utors had the absolute right to sell the
property and then turn over the pro-
ceeds of sale to the Handley trustees.
1t is understood the executors have al
ready sold some of the real estate.
The I'd Virginia Regiment can be
ready for active service on less than
twenty-f four hours notice, according TO
its commander, Col. Robert F. Leedy of
Luray, who also declared a day or two
state. The twelve companies" said
Col. Leedy, average sixty-flve men
each and several of them have as high
as ninety. The personnel of officers
and enlisted men is especially good. and
| am proud to be at the head of the
command. which is ready for service IN
Mexico elsewhere when the time
comes The Dayton Band, one of the
best musical organizations in this sec
tion of the state, was recently mustered
N a re q m a
1t is now fully expected that self f-de-
fense will be the plea offered by John
T. Paulding, jr.. of Martinsburg, w. Va.
when he is placed on trial in the circuit
court of Berkeley county, W. Va, on a
charge of shooting and killing his
brother. Frank B. Paulding. a graduate
of the Philadelphia Academy of Fine
Arts. which occurred a week ago in the
stable in rear of the Paulding home.
The Pauldings are prominent people
and the shooting caused a great sensa-
ton. John Paulding. in testifying at
the inquest this week, made a some
what rambling statement about his life
being in danger, asserting that his
brother obtained possession of the re-
revolver during scuffie and fired at
John. who, in order to save himself.
seized the weapon and fired another
shot at his brother, killing him. John
Paulding admitted under oath that he
was Slightly intoxicated when he and
his brother quarreled. John T. Pauld-
is' ST. idtiiei VI the youhs men. was
for number of years United States
marshal in the eastern district of West
Virginia and is prominent in political
and business circles.
A large number of residents of VIM
chester who during the past year or
two have erected and are now occupy
ing handsome homes on several ex-
tended streets in the western suburbs
have been notified by the city authori-
ties that they do not own all the prop
erty they OCCUPY, and that before the
city will accept the streets as public
highways it will be necessary for prop
erty owners to formally deed to the
city certain strips of ground in front
of their homes. The extended streets
have been found to be about fourteen
feet too narrow. Some of the property
owners declare they will employ law
yers to test the matter, while others
say that they will be too expensive,
and they will surrender.