Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-16
Maryland and the Virginias

ates of the state may be established as
the result of the report filed by spe-
cial commission appointed by Gov.
Goldsborough to investigate the mat
ter. The commissions report. filed last
week, urged the purchase OF tract OF
about 1000 acres. on which to estab-
lish such farm for treatment along
modern lines of liquor haoitues. An
initial appropriation Of $4,000 is sus-
gested for the project.
LYNCHBURG, Va-This city has no
delinquent real estate tax list. Fur
thermore, it has had no such list in the
last eleven years. Thomas n DAVIS
city collector of taxes. has been in Of
fee that long, and since his lengthy
term of service began only one delin-
quent tax list has ever been published
and every dollar on that list was col
1ected. Lynchburg's realty assessment
Is slightly in excess of $17,000.00o.
CHARLOTTESVILLE. Va.-Mss Eliz-
abeth Fishburne, fifteen years old,
of the Alhemarle circuit court. died
here. after an illness Of ten days. of
pneumonia.
NEW MARTINSvILLE, w. Va.-Four
children of John Morgan. ranging in
age from four to fourteen years. lost
their lives in fire that destroyed the
Morgan home here. The children.
be saved even by the heroic efforts OF
the father. who was probably fatally
burned while trying to rescue them.
WELLSBURG. W. va.-Miss Jennie
Mendel. for many years an invalid.
chose Standardization as the method
of ending her sufferings. She set fire
to her bed while left alone for short
time, and when her act was discovered
the interior of the room was a mass OF
flames.
CUMBERLAND, Md.-Solomon Sud-
Ter, fifteen-year old negro boy under
arrest here, has confessed to the muir
der Of William F. Brown, farmer, near
Westminster, Md. The boy worked for
Brown. who, he said, cursed him for
wait for his employer in the barn and
smashed Browns skull in with cob
blestone, he said.
NOKESvILLE, va-Fires Sunday
night totally destroyed two residences
in this vicinity. Both fires occurred at
the same hour and during the absence
of the families from home. The suffer-
Hurst. A barrel of apples saved from
the McMichael home was the total sal
wage from both fires.
LOVETTSVILLE, va.-Charles Ever
hart butchered what is said to be the
largest hog ever killed in this section
of Virginia last week. When dressed
the hog weighed 724 pounds.
LEESBURG, va.-Free city delivery
Of mail is a probability for this place
early in the spring. Post Office inspec-
tors have completed a survey of the
town and Representative Carlin has in
formed local people that he expects the
Post Office Department to establish de-
livery service soon.
TOWNSVILLE, Va-One-half of the
passenger equipment of the Virginia
Blue Ridge railway was destroyed by
fire while fifty persons, most of them
passengers bound for Lynchburg, wait
ed at the station. Before the other
coach could be detached from the train
it was also slightly damaged by the
fire.
HAGERSTOWN. Md.-Beginning April
1 citizens of Hagerstown will pay fol-
the water they use on meter basis. The
state public utilities commission au.
thorized the water company to begin
charging on meter basis January 1
but the company will not make the
change until the later date.
CHARLESTON, W. va.-State officers
confiscated and poured into the sewers
here $4,000 pints of whisky. brandy and
gin, seized in prohibition raids last
week. The work required more thar
three hours, and four men worked
in relays pouring out the liquor, to
keep from being overcome by the
fumes.
FREDERICKSBURG, Va.-Washing-
ton interests have purchased 1000 acres
of land near Quantico from DR.. H. b
Hutchinson of Herndon. Names OF
those buying the tract are withheld. as
well as the price paid, and the purpose
for which the land was acquired. The
survey was made by engineers from
Pittsburgh.
LYNCHBURG. Va.-Four boys, resi-
dents at the Allegheny County Home
for Boys, narrowly escaped drowning
while attempting to ford Dunlop S
creek, near the institution, with an
empty farm wagon and team. Half an
hour earlier the boys had crossed the
stream safely, but when they reached
the ford the last time they failed to
notice that the creek had risen four
feet. The wagon was overturned, and
one of the horses, valued at $500, was
drowned.
RICHMOND. Vac. NJ. Catlett. mo-
torman employed by the Virginian
Railway and Power Company, claims
to be the oldest motorman in point of
continuous service in the world. He
was working as a conductor on the old
horse cars when the Clay street cleo
trio line. the first in the world, was
started here in 1887. He went to work
on that line as a motorman and is still
at work. ]. A. Whittier of Danville is
another motorman with a long record.
having worked continuously for TWEEN
ty-seven years.
ANNAPOLIS, Md.-Baltimore con-
tractors are to build more than 100
houses to be occupied by employees of
the various concerns now in operation
or in course of construction at Curtis
bay. More than 5000 men are already
working at the several plants, and
more will be employed as rapidly as
new plants are completed. More than
$500 men are employed by the Curtis
Bay Chemical Company alone. The
place bids fair to rival Hopewell.