Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-27
Maryland and the Virginias

county delegation in the Maryland gen.
eral assembly. it is announced. has
agreed to support a bill authorizing
the county commissioners to issue
bonds to the amount of SIS 700 for the
purpose of building much needed
addition to the Rockville High School.
MARTINsBURG, w. va.-When a
valuable COW belonging to T. w.
Withrow died after being sick for sew
eral days the cows owner, thinking
she might have been poisoned, per-
stomach he found eight wire nails of
different sizes. three double pointed
wire staples, two rather lengthy pieces
OF wire. one wire hairpin and several
other bits of hardware, all embedded
in the lining of the stomach.
DANVILLE, Va.-When John Hubbard,
a negro. against whom charges of boot
Logging are now pending. was released
on bond the other morning pending trial
or his case, he smashed two bottles over
the head of Nat Turner. an innocent
negro, who Hubbard accused of turning
MIN up. On being rearrested and brought
TO the police court dock just as the ses-
sion was ending he melted other negro
prisoners to mutiny, and three refused to
go to JILL. Officers bore down ON them
and lifted them over the ratings and car
ried them by main force to the lookup
In Jail Hubbard drew his knife on Tailor
Bolsseau and was severely punished by
other police officers who saw the negro's
attempt
CUMBERLAND. Md.-Neri Ruby,
forty-eIght years old. a merchant of
when his automobile skdded and over
turned on a hill two miles east of here
as he was returning home. The machine
turned over several times, throwing Ruby
out and killing him, and finally landed
right side up and little damaged
WHEELING. w va.-At banquet
tant Episcopal Church a campaign was
launched to increase the endowment of
the diocese of West Virginia to $780,
09o from its present figure of $4,000
minister's and lay members from every
Protestant Episcopal Church in the
state were present. The committee in
charge of the campaign for funds is
made up of Rev. X. E. l.. Strider, chair
man: J. ! Holloway and w. s. Brady.
RICHMOND, Va.-Announcement has
been made that the du Pont Company
mas purchased 1000 acres of land in
SUFFOLK. Va, and will shortly begin the
erection of the largest powder plant in
the world on this site. The price paid
1or the land was not stated 1t was
one OF the seven large tracts which
were onered to the company. The
powder plant to be erected will en-
pioy thousands of men and will be sec
ono In size only to the Carney Point
plant. 1t will be a straight powder
plant ana not a combination powder
and acid plant like the one at Hone
well. The work on the plant will be
gin shortly.
MEYERSDALE. Md.-Miners in the
employ Of the Knickerbocker Mining
company here received an increase in
wages this week, about 500 being in
cni The employees of the Federal
NV 0f
ceiVed increases during the week
MART1NSBURG. w. Va. - Persons
suspected of inclination to violate the
prohibition law of the state. otherwise
known as "bootleggers, BLOCKADE rum
ners, etc, are laying low for a few
days, owing to the report that detec-
ives from the state prohibition de-
partment are in the city. The dry"
detectives are said to be Investigating
places alleged to be 'speakeasies' and
are also on the lookout for men and
women declared to be engaged almost
daliy IN running liquor into the state
and retailing it to thirsty individuals
HOPEWELL. Va. - With all of the
nitrating houses of the du Pont Com
pany in commission and in full oper-
alton, the estimated daily output of
guncotton at the big plant here is
633.600 pounds.
CUMBERLAND, Md. - Nearly 100
young men of this place, headed by
County Treasurer Fred c. Dreyer, are
planning the organization of volun-
teer military battalion, to be known as
the Maryland Mountaineer Minute Men.
KEYSER, W. Va.-Six women arrest
ed IN raid on a Western Maryland
train out Of umberIand few DAYS
ago were found, when searched to
have sixty-f1ve pints of liquor con-
cealed under their clothing. Fines of
slo9 each were assessed by Judge
Reynolds here, the women paying the
fines.
RICHMOND. WA strong efNrt is
being made to use the Virginia school
exhibit, which was sent to the Panama
Paclf1c Exposition, the nucleus for
the building up of permanent school
display in Richmond At present there
adequate place in the state buildings
to properly house it. When the new
state office building is erected, how
ever, it is planned to ask for space for
this school exhibit
NORTH EAST, Md. That public
officials sometimes do resign is shown
by the fact that Mayor r. C. Reeder
of this place has thrown up his job
and quit. His resignation was ten
dered to the town council, to take
effect at once. AS Mayor Reeders term
would not expire for a little more than
n
next month to fill the vacancy.
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va - Dun
lora, the historic home built in Abe
marie county by Thomas Jefferson for
his nephew, Peter Jefferson Carr. and
for a number of years occupied by the
family of the late John Barclay Moon,
who was one of the counsel in the
famous VirginiaWest Virginia debt
case, was destroyed by fire this week.
The home was located on a magnificent
farm about four miles northeast of
Charlottesville, and members of Mr..
Moons family were asleep in the struc-
ture when the fire was discovered, but
ing. Just how the fire started is not
known.
The family saved practically none of
the furniture.
Dunlora, with the land on which it
was located, was valued at about $780,
00O.' The house was valued at about
$4,000. The home burned year after
Mr. Moons death. which occurred in
February, 1915. Mr.. Moons wke, who
was Miss Marion Gordon Dabney pre-
coded him to the grave two years pre-
vious to that time.
Brick and other material left after
the University of Virginia was built
are reported to have been used in con-
structing the home. which was one of
the places of interest in Albemarle
county.
CUMBERLAND, Md. - Democratic
politicians from many parts of the
state attended the housewarming of the
new democratic club here this vAelr