Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-19
Maryland and the Virgi1ias

to installing a sewerage system, the
setting aside of week as cleanup
week. and a meeting of the women
OF the town. at which civic isasu e
was organized to promote cieahi.ne ,s,,
and civic improvements in the town
of Orange.
kcyser. w. Va.-Elza f. Fout and six
of his children. ranging in age from
eighteen years to four years, lost their |
lives in fire that destroyed the rout
home at New Creek. nine miles from
here. The fire is believed 20 nave
started from an overheated stove Font I
ard the six children were probably SUI
located by smoke as they slept. Aiter
the fire had burned itself out the bodies /
of Fout and the six children were
found burned to crisp. The hre oc-
CURED about 3 o'clock in the morh'n2. !
Mrs. Fout. with her baby boy, her OLD
est son and her son-in-law Win ms
year-old baby girl. escaped by Jumping
from second -story window The uead
are Eliza Fout. ia Their. forty eight Years
old: Mrs. W. A. Shears, his daughter'
eighteen years old: Minnie. Bella;
Maggie Thomas and Ellie Fout. ased
fourteen ten. eight. six and four years:
respectively. W. \. Shears. husband oil
the oldest Fout girl. and David fout'
ing from the window. injuries that. IL
is feared, may prove fatal
DauviiIe. Waffle corner stone of the
SChoolf1eld Y. NJ. {. 4. building here, TO
cost $4,000. was laid with Masonic |
ceremonies. the crowd in attendance
being more than 1000 persons = \.
AckIey. state secretary of the Young |
Mems Christian Association. made the |
principal address. in which he said that
new era in modern progress has been
reached. since large enterprises have
undertaken to provide for the moral
and physical welfare of their en- |
ployes.
rIa l,Ytil INC of 81
Troutvlle High School burned to the |
ground Tuesday morning. The IRE |
was not discovered until it was too |
late to save the building. The school |
house contained a large auditorium and !
was valued at about $1,000. There |
was insurance to the amount of $500. |
A meeting of citizens was held, and |
steps were taken looking to the imme- |
date rebuilding of the school.
Richmond. Va.-The estimated earn
inSS of the Chesapeake and Ohio Rail |
way Company for the fourth week of |
February We're Sligo. 143, as compared |
with sII1.4O2 for the same week of last |
wear. an increase of S3S9,3i1 For the !
month of February the earnings We're |
S3.711.S97, an increase of SS50,624 over |
the same month year ago. The earn |
ings for the seven months of the cur |
rent fiscal year We're .s31. 411.261, COM
pared with s25.50S,626 for the same |
period of last year
The eStima ted earnings of the South |
ern Railway Company for the same pc |
Rod were s1.640,922, compar red with |
sl.200,5I9 for the same week of last |
year, an increase of s440,54s, according
to figures announced by Controller A.
H. Plant.
Webster Springs. W. Na.-Beekeepers
OF the state at meeting here organ
lied the West Virginia Beekeepers' AS
ISOLATION. Statistics were offered show
ing that West Virginia produces the
highest grade of honey in the United !
States. H. f. Kelley of Cowen is presi- |
dent and l.. w. Starcher of Belar, sec
retary-treasurer.
Annapolis. Md.-Farewell to the old
time public Sunday crab feasts and
oyster roasts, once so popular in the |
Arundel counties. Gov. Harrington has
signed the Hartman Baltimore county
liquor license bill, aimed to revamp the |
county liquor laws so as to break up |
many of the intolerable conditions thai
have existed in some sections OF Balti-
more county in the past.
LecsburE. Va-When Gov. Henry
Carter Stuart signed the Mapp prohibi-
ton bill Friday last, one of those pres
ent was Mrs. Howard Hoge, president |
OF the Virginia W: G. T. L. Mrs Hoge
was presented with the pen which was
used by Gov. Stuart in dating the pro
hibition bill.
Nj. and Mrs. Hoge returned to their
home at Lincoln, this county, Monday
Of this week. after spending two months
in Richmond in the interests of the
bill and aiding DR.. Cannon
of the Anti-Salo loon League In the work
he was doing toward getting the bill in
proper shape and seeing to it's passage.
baltimore. Md.-Eertram w. Ander-
son. druggist of Highla midtown, Bal
tjmore county, recently in the United
States district court entered plea of
guilty to an indictment which charged
him with having failed to keep dupli-
cate Of orders on wholesale druggists |
for certain drugs in such way to
make the orders readily accessible to
government inspectors. This is the first
case in Baltimore Of a druggist being /
fined for failure to keep comics of his
orders for narcotics. The Indictment |
was drawn under The Harrison drug I
act.
Petersburg. Na.-Benjamin F. Morrss |
jr -ycar-old son of Mr. and Mrs |
Ben amin Morriss of this city. was ac
cidentaliy drowned in Il well at the !
according 10 other children who We're !
in the yard Al the time. crawled upon |
the side Of the well and fell in before |
any Of them could reach him. !
Bacer~town. Md.-Resources of the |
seven Hagerstown hanks At the close |
OF business March :. as called for by !
the controller o. currency Of the United /;
states Treasury. showed that a new
record has been established by the |
banks. and that the combined re- |
sources Of the financial institutions of |
Hagerstown pass the ten-millior dol |
lar mark. The total resources OF The |
banks OF the city or that date totalcd |
si0,316. 0S..16, a gain of 1914 .J05.sJ for |
tie period from December 81. 1915 to
March 1. In deposits the Hacerstown |
banks III this period also made an as
:on!shing gain and there is now on de- |
posit in the seven banks OF this city "A !
total Of 1896. 1905. gain OF $685.. |
- in fifty-seven days. or prs tically |
-dlA OF 5000 per day, Sundays in |
cludeG. TINS means that. basing |
Hagerstowu's population at 5000 |
there is now on deposit in Hagers-
towns banks approximately $500 for |
every man, woman and child in the !
city.