Evening star., 1916-05-07

Petersburg. Va.-Bids for the pur-
chase of 100000 city of Petersburg Az
per cent bonds. redeemable in forty
years. were received and opened by the
council finance committee. The bid of
Baltimore bankers. s102s5 for the
whole. were accepted. The bonds are
used for the erection of a new high
school building and $4,000 for repairs
to the present school buildings.
Norfolk. ya-The Norfolk school
board has decided to introduce the
school bank in the Norfolk school sys-
TEN, the details yet to be worked out
by Supt. Dobie and Supervisor Spence.
guarantee bond will be required of
the local banking house in which the
money is to be deposited. The board
has also voted for a new high school
building in Brambleton, the eastern
section of the city.
Roanoke. Va.-Roanoke College won
the second of series of intercollegiate
debates with William and Mary College.
which was held at the courthouse. The
question was:
Resolved. That the United States
should relinauish the Monroe doctrine
as its governing policy in interna-
tional affairs.
William and Mary upheld the affirma-
tive, while Roanoke defended the mega
tive. The triumphant team was COM
posed of o. F. Blackwelder and c. P.
Kremer. William and Mary was repre-
sented by Messrs. G. l.. Ferguson and
H. H, Sims. F. L. Broad, president of
the Roanoke College debate council,
| presided. The judges were Judge R. G.
Jackson, Judge w. r. Staples and W.
w. Coke, all of Roanoke city.
Hagerstown. Md.-Fruit trees of vari-
Gus kinds throughout the county are
reported especially full of bloom this
year.
Apple trees. in particular, are full of
bloom and a trip through the county at
this time will reveal some magnificent
sights with orchards covered with the
beautiful blossoms.
A resident of the county, in speaking
| of the blossoming of fruit trees and the
prospective fruit crop, said that there
would be. he thought. generally. in the
county. better peach crop than some
have been anticipating. He thought
that possibly the Elberta and Craw-
ford varieties had suffered the most,
while the Smock. Champion and Eng
lish Cling. and also some others, would
fare very well indeed. 1t was his opin-
ion that some buds had not pushed out
sufficiently far to be affected by the
freeze.
Cherry blossoms, general thing,
| very full of bloom. Cherries. he ex-
planned are more apt to suffer from
drowning than from freezing.
Raspberries are reported to have been
damaged this year. and a grower states
| that he does not expect nearly as big
a crop as last year, but last year the
crop was especially large.
Wheeling. w. va.-While all the re-
ports from the various counties of the
| state will not have reached the de-
| partment of schools for several days, a
sufficient number have been received
| to Indicate that the number of appli-
cants for teachers certificates taking
the frst uniform examination for the
wear will exceed 5000. This examina-
tion occupied two days, and a number
| of the counties reporting to the depart
| ment show that a greater number of
| prospective teachers were examined
| than took part in the first examinat ton
| last year. Marshall county had 105
| applicants this year. while but 65 took
| the examination last year. kanawha
| county had 20S this year. against 179
| in 1915. Cabell county reported that
| 10s of the 211 of those taking examina- =
| tion this year never applied for GER
| tif1cates before.
Winchester. Va.-Thomas Wingfield.
| six years old. son of Mr.. and Mrs. Har-
| ry Wingfield, tenants on the farm of
| Arthur S. Wright, near here, was IA
| tally burned while playing with
| matches in a stable in which a large
stock of fodder had been stored. The
| child's mother saw him running from
the stable. enveloped in flames, and did
what she could to save him, but the
skin dropped off when his charred
clothing was removed. He fingered
twelve hours in great pain. The sta BILE
| and contents were burned to the
| ground.
| tive sessions, including one prepara-
| tory and one at which the bids were
/ opened, the town council of South Bos-
| ton concluded the awarding of the bids
for the water works plant which is to
| be erected in that city. The total cost
| of these improvements, according to
the bids accepted, will be S1,275.64 To
! this must be added the cost of sites
| for the pumping station and reservoir.
| the rights of way, sewerage and other
| incidentals.
Danville. Va.-Stepping out from be-
hind southbound freight train, Bryan
| Wilmoth, aged thirty years. walked
| ger train just as it was entering the
station here. The accident happened
about 100 yards from the station plat
form and scores of people saw his body
tossed up by the pilot of the engine.
| Death must have been instantaneous.
for when people ran to where he lay
| there was no sign of life.
Cumberland. Md.-The body of Will
] liam Bechtold. the twelve-year- boy
who lost his life while attempting to
rescue his ten-year-old brother Jack
! from drowning April 10 in the Potomac C
| river. at Sir Johns run. has been
| found in the river near Martinsburg.
| twenty-five miles below the point
| where the boys lost their lives. The
| body of the other lad is still missing.
| An effort will be made to secure recog-
| milton for the widowed mother from
| the Carnegie hero commission, as Will
liam refused to abandon his drowning
| brother. The mother lost her husband
/ and all six children by death within
! two years.
| Lynrhburg. Na.-The three tribes of
| Red Men of this city are engaged in
| the organization of military COM
pany and will offer the services of 100
men to the state. More than half the
number indicated already have signed
a petition for the organization of a
| third company. The acceptance of this
| company would give Lynchburg three
companies identified with the state in
| fantry. hospital corps is also being
| formed here.
Bristol. Waffle Davis hosiery mills
/ of Chattanooga have just contracted for
| the building of branch plant here that
| will represent an initial investment of
| from 100000 to $250,000. The new
plant will be located in the center of
the city and will have a capacity of
1000 dozen per day when the hands
have been trained SO as to operate it at
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