Evening star., 1916-06-18

Hagerstown, Ma-R. 8. Wood OF
Charlottesville. Va. assistant secretary OF
the Virginia state board Of health. was
probably fatally injured Friday even-
ing in an automobile accident here. He
was riding with Wilton B. Stuart OF
Boyce. Va. who was driving the car.
and Victor L. Denny. also Of Boyce.
when the driver lost control and the
machine was showed out Of its course
by another automobile. and collided
with a tree. Wood. who was sitting on
the lap of one Of the other occupants.
was hurled through the Windshield into
the street on his head and sustained .
and probably q fractured skull.
staunton. va-Taking advantage Of
the absence of her father. John A. Noon.
a delegate to the republican convention.
Hattie Noon eloped with Charles W.
Smith of Staunton. Noon objected to
the match.
FrederfcksburE.V .Va.-Boscobel. Charles
H. Hurkamp's Beautiful country place
in Stafford county. has been soia % TO q
ton received here. The price has not
been made known. Boscobel contains
$40 acres. The old colonial mansion
which was on the place was destroyeo
by fire about two years ago: the prop,
eryt has for many years been owned
by Mr.. Hurkamp, who has appeared as
an exhibitor at the various horse SHOWS
in Virginia and elsewhere in the coun-
try.
Galax. Va-Holroyd Fulton. the nine
year-old SON Of Rev: and ,s,,sa Mrs. Terry st the he
home Of his parents when q pistoI
which he was handling went on tne
bullet piercing his heart. The only
witness to the tragedy was younger
brother OF the dead chllo.
Williamsburg, Va.-At the du' Pont
plant eighty recruits were aadeu su,ornae ~ oae
ton received here. this brings the toSni ona
number of employees up to about l,vvo.
1t is also said that the constr uc.lo., :
program calls for the complexion oi
ten houses daily.
Richmond, va-while Virginia cities
are discussing the new law, which goes
into effect tomorrow. ice cream snanu- manu
cry In chapter 751 of the new ac.s q
provision Of the measure whlcn puts
the delivery Of ice cream on sunday III
the Gloss of a necessity.
Charleston, w. va-James A.. Rusk'
fifty years old, a merchant OF TINS city'
committed suicide by shooting nm
self in the head; HIS Dooy Iva was .everai
days he had acted strangely; que ~
worry over his failure to coiiect DIE
due him Several days ago ne souEn'
to collect accounts due him from prom, pi1,
when he told them he was badly In
need of funds to keep going, ana oe-
clined to pay their oiiis.
wheeling. w. Va.-As the Modern
woodmen lodges Of this city were re-
turning from church Emmersoh ohow
ers. an inexperienced driver. ran n.s
car into the parade, in1uring nlnS p
snother had an ear torn or and an
others body was scaldeo-
p.iAr,ore. Md-The litigation in the
circuit court here over the AFFAIRS OF
the Big Vein Pocahontas Coal COM
nany a three hundred d-thousand-oo -ooiiaI
mining corporation in Virginia, came 20
an end when an agreement was - ~
the defendants, agreed to purchase
from the First National Bank OF focs,
hnntas Va and Andrew c. Snyder. tne
plaintiffs, the $4,000 certincates Q. ue.
posit for foIty-tw,0 % Two Pocahontas nss % Goa
Comnany at $1,000 a bond plus PEI
cent interest for one year ana ha'i'
c,h.m. ya-Is whisky still being
.old in the town of Pocahontas! ina
|is the general rumor throughout ens
neighborhood. Tuesday IT is oecias.
thai great crowds visited the town
and. according to reports. p..rances rmu from
the days of the open saloon IN ina.
town. 1t was stated by resioeht y,
Bluestonei Junction WEDNESDAY una
hundreds sof gallons OF whisky weie
shipnei Tito Pocahontas Tuesday. Inis
narsnn stated that as much as 800 gal
Ions were billed to one party. Iol
eigner. Six barrels OF bottleo sooo.
and more than eighty cases OF we
goods weer transferred az bIuessone
function and shipped into Pocanontat
Tuesday, according to reliable iniorma'
tion received here.
Cumberland. Md-While helping his
father to place a prop In the room
where they were working in Big EeiI
mine No. 2 of the New Central Goa
Company, George Boyd, aged ABOUT nj
teen years. son of James BOYD residins
on Big Vein hill. Lonaconing. was IN,
stantly killed when a large rock fell
from the roof of the mine as the
prop they were setting fell out OF place
The rock struck the boy on the head
been working with his father for sew
eraI months Young Boyd was the sec
ond Oldest child. At the time the rock
fell an older brother was standing a,
the side of his father and brother In
the act of loading coal into car
wheeling, w. va.-War on importers
of LIQUOR from Ohio. intended for ship
ment into the interior of the state. has
been declared here. As result of the
first raid Vincent Di Biasi and Mike
Mominico have been held under $500
bond by Justice j. Elwood Hughes Tor
their appearance before the September
grand jury. Incidentally. the stock oil
liquors in the county jail has been IN
creased by several hundred quarts
Parker.burg, w. vn.-Harry Myers
of this city, who was arrested In Eng
land and held as an alleged German
spy has returned to his home. having
been released following representa-
tions made by the State Department
through, the American embassy in Lon
don.
CharlottesyflIe. va.-William J. Par
rish, jr., of Richmond. has been award
ed the woodrow Wilson medal for the
best essay published in the University
Of Virginia Magazine during the ses-
sion Of 1915-1916. Essays receiving
honorable mention were by Mr.. Par
rish, T. ]. Belts and F. Stringfellow
Barr. .-r-
West Point. WA tree, known
throughout upper King William as the
.old nut tree" at Bruington, was
struck by lightning recently and
burned to the % ground The Nv whole Sns tree e
it, eighteen feet in circumference.
burning from bottom to top at the
same time. All night long 1t stood q
huge tree Of glowing Goals, and could
be seen for miles around. This tree
was probably growing in the time Of