Evening star., 1916-08-13
Valley Of Virginia.
Special, Correspondents Of The star.

Special Correspondence Of The Star.
WINCHESTER, Va. August 12.-W.
B. Cornwell. attorney, Of Romney. w.
Va. who is at the head Of party
of fnanciers to build a new railroad
from some point, in the lower Shenan-
doah valley to wardensville, W: Va,
has notified the proposed stockholders
in Winchester that SO far as this end
Of the undertaking is concerned the
subscriptions to tho bonds must be
made not later than August 16. The
capitalists asked for about $4,000, and
Of this amount they need 100000. The
opinion was expressed here today that
the amount will be raised. 1t is the
intention to build standard gauge
road for the purpose of hauling freight,
principally the great stands of timber
now owned by the Cornwell interests
in Hampshire and Hardy counties. of
West Virginia. The interests headed
by the Cornwells are said to own and
control not less than 1o0,O00.000 feet of
virgin forest in the eastern counties
of West Virginia.
The Valley Turnpike Company, which
controls that historic stretch of high
way from Winchester to Staunton, and
cidents have occurred recently, due,
mainly. to excessive speeding, has had
large number of conspicuous warn
ings and signs erected at places where
accidents are likely to occur. These
signals are being erected by the turn
pike company in an effort to do it's
part along the road at all the points
in any way considered dangerous in an
effort to reduce the number of auto
mobile accidents occurring on the pike
All the accidents Whathpr fatal
not. that have occurred since last
spring have been due, it is stated, to
the carelessness or recklessness of
motorists, many of whom take advan-
their cars.
: After travelling to Oklahoma for one
signature and to the Dominion of
Canada for another. City Solicitor R.
Gray Williams yesterday filed a large
deed for record fixing the western ex-
of West Leicester street, which
is rapidly becoming a residential thor
oughfare. That section of the city
built up SO rapidly that property own
street lines. 1t was not until recently
that the matter of Strengthening the
street was undertaken, and the original
deed had to be sent all over the coun-
try for signatures.
A primary will be held in all of the
counties of the seventh congressional
district of Virginia Saturday, Septem-
Der ., to noNinate a candidate to sue
ceed Representative James Hay, who
has resigned to become justice of the
United States Court of Claims. The
decision to hold a primary instead of a
district convention was reached at a
of the district committee held
in Charlottesville recently. A few days
ago a report was circulated to the eff
feet that the primary plan may be
called off. H. F. Byrd of Winchester. a
member of the district committee, made
inquiry of Judge r. T. w. Duke of
Charlottesville concerning the matter of
calling another meeting, and Judge
Duke replied; II have called no meet
ing. Do not expect to do SO. Please
contradict"
100 business men of Roanoke. includ-
ing bank presidents, heads of large in
dustries and others prominently iden-
titled with the upbuilding of the city.
visited Winchester. HarrisonburS and
other cities of the Shenandoah valley
this week and spread the business-get-
ting gospel of the Magic city. The
boosters reached Winchester in the
evening and a monster mass meeting
was held on the city hall plaza, where
tributed. The Roanoke people Travelled
in a special train of Pullman cars.
Mai. W. T Johnson. who has been
detailed as recruiting officer for the
National Guard of Virginia, and who
has his headquarters in Fredericks-
burg, is spending several days in Win
chester and vicinity endeavoring to in
Guce young men to enlist as militiamen.
Winchester now has one command
Company /, ID Virginia Regiment-at
Brownsville. Tex, in command of Capt.
Robert Y. Conrad. but Maj. johnson is
anxious to get more men from a city
and county the size of Winchester and
Frederick. Fully three-fourths of the
men of Company l now under Capt.
Conrad at Brownsville are from Fred
erick county.
A contract has been awarded by the
managers of the Northwestern Turn
pike Company, which extends west
ward from Winchester to the West
Virginia line, for the erection of a
structural, steel bridge over Hogue
creek, about twelve miles west Of Win
chester, which has been considered one
of the most treacherous streams IN
many years, and in which number OF
persons have lost their lives during
freshets The bridge is to be COM
pleted and opened for traffic within
sixty days.
Through the organization of a num-
80
Of comfort bags, cases Of supplies and
other articles were shipped yesterday
TO Capt K. Y. Conrad of Company L,
I'd Virginia Regiment, who has ar
ranged to have all the gifts presented
to the men for whom they are intended.
No member of the Winchester company
was overlooked. Another large box is
being collected and will be sent soon.
The same organization has good
sized special fund on hand which 1t
distributes among the families of men
who were formerly the breadwinners,
but who are now patrolling the border
in the vicinity of Brownsville.
Miss Kate Fultz, sixfS-seven years
old, of near Strasburg. Va, died several
days ago following a fracture of the
skull and other injuries suffered in
runaway accident earlier in the day,
and was buried in that section of
Frederick county. Her team of horses,
which she had heretofore skillfuily
broke away when an automo-
bile dashed by. and she was hurled
headlong to the ground. Eleanor
OBaugh. girl companion. escaped Sc
rious injury.
Garden Lingo.
From the Indianapolis News.