Evening star., 1916-05-21
Valley Of Virginia.


ventions are being held in the ten
counties of the seventh congressional
district to select delegates to the DEM
ocratic state convention to be held in
Roanoke June 2. and in all the con-
ventions held thus far. with the excep-
ton of one, resolutions have been
unanimously adopted indorsing Repre-
sentative James Hay of Madison coun-
ty. who has been the member of Con-
gress from this district for more than
twenty years. The only convention
that passed resolutions not mentioning
Mr.. Hay was that of Rockingham
county Prominent politicians in that
section declare there was no good rea-
son for leaving the name of Mr.. Hay
out of the resolutions. Mr.. Hay. it is
said, found it was impossible to please
every one in reference to recommend
ing certain candidates for postmaster
ships. and some who did not get on
the government payroll opposed him.
The Frederick county democrats held
an enthusiastic convention in Winches-
ter day or two ago. and after electIng
delegates to the state convention they
adopted resolutions affirming their con-
fidence in the integrity and ability of
Mr.. Hay. 1t was also declared to be
source of qualification that he has
so ably discharged the difficult duties
imposed upon him as chairman of the
important committee on military af
fairs" The congressional committee
has issued an order for primary cleo
ton August l to nominate candidate
for Congress. but no democrat is ex-
Dected to oppose Mr.. Hay and he will
be declared the nominee without the
necessity of holding a primary.
The committee in charge of raising
funds with which to erect large Con-
federate monument in front of the his
toric old county courthouse in Win
chester has tentatively arranged with
Frederick c. Hibbard of Chicago to
do the work. He was here day or
two ago and had satisfactory con-
ference with the members of the COM
mittee. The association is in need of
additional funds. and no contract will
be made until more money is in the
hands of the treasurer. Miss Lucy W.
Russell. 1t is the intention of the
committee to make a general appeal at
once in order to complete the fund. In
the meantime Mr. Hibbard will sub
nit a model showing a young soldier
leaving his home for the front 1t will
| be of heroic size and will be mounted
on large pedestal of granite. Mr..
Hibbard designed and erected the
statue Of Mark Twain at Hannibal.
Mo-. and is now at work on the $50, 900
memorial that is being erected at
Shiloh to commemorate the battle
fought there.
All the examiners of records and
commissioners of revenue in the state
have received letters from the state tax
board instructing them to Investigate
every merchant in their respective To-
calities. 1T is estimated that out of
about $4,000 retail merchants in Vir-
ginia about 5000 reported last year
that their total purchases were less
than $1,000. on which they paid a mini
mum license tax of IS. More than 5000
merchants reported purchases not in
excess of $4,000, and paid a license tax
of $40.
Every inducement in the way of free
electric lights. pure spring water and
an abundance of room, as well as many
other conveniences. have been offered
by the city of Winchester to Adjt. Gen.
W. w. Sale of the Virginia military or
ganizations. who recently asked wheth-
er this city could properly care for one
full brigade of Virginia militiamen
during encampment of two or three
weeks. Gen. Sale has informed the
War Department in Washington that
good site and all conveniences here
are available without cost, and the de-
partment has named, tentatively. the
period between August and 10 as the
most suitable for the encampment of
the Virginia militiamen and those of
the Signal Corps. All the troops Of the
panies, and those of the Richmond
Light Infantry Blues Battalion and
Signal Corps. will go into the camp.
Gen. c. {. Vaughan, jr. commander of
the 1st Brigade, will be in command.
Fire few days ago that destroyed
two stables and shed on the prem
ises of Charles P. kremer spread to
within twenty feet of two tanks of
contained $4,000 cubic feet of illumi-
mating gas. while in the same vicinity
were hundreds of gallons of gas tar
and many tons of coal Practically
every one attracted by the fire alarm
fed from the scene when it was found
that the fire was SO near the gas
works. Firemen succeeded. however
in confining the fire to a small area,
ard no damage was done to adjoining
property.
Little Mark Rhnehart, son of Paul
E. Rhinehart of Lacey Springs. is slow
ly recovering from the effects of car
bolic acid burns on his head, although
his head and neck are still covered
years old. thought she had a bottle of
bay rum, and proceeded to give her
brother a shampoo. but the bottle con-
tanned carbolic acid. and both were Sc
verely burned by the fluid.
A large number of residents of Win
chester have been heavily fined this
week in police court for violating the
motor speed laws. The arrests were
cally every one who was cited to ap-
pear in court expressed the utmost sur
prise. Some were also arrested for not
complying with the "cut-out" law. Sew
eral business men of the town were
among those from whom fines were
collected. Harrisonburg, Staunton and
other cities and towns in the Virginia
valley are also insisting upon a rigid
enforcement of the motor speed laws.
State Senator Walter A. Mapp of Ac-
comac county. who conducted the fight
in the Virginia general assembly last
winter for statewide prohibition. spent
the week in the Shenandoah valley sec
tion of the state and conferred with
many of the local prohibition leaders
regarding the new law, which will go
into effect on November /. The atten-
ton of Senator Mapp was called to
quite large number of reports that
have been published and circulated.
tending to ridicule and show up alleged
weak sections of the Mapp law, where
by there will be little, if any. difficulty
in bringing in much liquor. but the
senator simply laughed all such re-
ports aside, declaring that there were
no jokers in the law. and that those
who seek to make jokers after the
first of November will not find it
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