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meets the full requirements as coun-
Gilman. Jacob Rohrback was elected
attorney for Brunswick: W. c. Humm,
city surveyor: II. X. Collinger, auditor
and Joseph +. Chek. bailiff.
Richmond. NR.-B. c. Moomaw. 3r.
of Allegheny county has been chosen
chief of the market division for the de-
partment of agriculture by the state
board of agriculture. He will receive
$4,000 year for his services.
Huntington. w. Va.-After practicins
law for thirty years, Judge C. c. Camp
bell. sixty years old, senior member of
the firm of Campbell. Brown & Davis.
Huntington, will go to Harvard Univer-
sity to study law. He will join his son
Rolla. who has been student at Har-
ward for two years.
Culpeper. Na.-For the second time
in the history of the Office of the state
veterinarian. anthrax has made its ap-
pearance in Virginia. Anthrax is an
acute blood disease that attacks nearly
all animals and even human beings.
The outbreak was discovered in Gull
peper county on two farms near Brandy
Station. where State Veterinarian Fer
neyhough was called early last week
On one of the farms the owner lost
thirteen out of a drove of twenty three
! valuable horses. and on another farm
one of the animals died. Both farms
have been placed under rigid Quaran-
tine. and drastic measures have been
taken to prevent a spread of the dis
ease.
Middletown. Md.-As a result Of IN
iuries sustained in an automobile &C
cident. Waldo Detloyd. the seven-year-
old son of Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Det-
lloyd. is dead. The boy jumped from the
automobile of William H. Gaver and
fell 1t was not thought at the time
that he was badly injured. but his con-
ditfon constantly grew worse.
tions have been made covering the ini-
tial expenditures this year on the Cape
Henry fortifications. the new dry dock
and new shops at tho Norfolk navy
tion to be asked OF Congress when II
reconvenes in December will be for
dredging the channel from the navy
yard to Hampton roads, uniform
width of 500 feet and depth Of IS feet
at mean low water.
Representative f. f. Holland expects
Congress will make provision for the
harbor work before January /. and sx-
poets that 100000 to 100000 will be
appropriated with which to begin work
Immediately.
MorEantOwn, w. va-The Joint an
nual State Council of the Junior Order
United American Mechanics and the
Daughters of America, at the closing
session here, elected officers as follows:
Juniors-Councilor. DIR. H L. Tup-
willer of Rodgerfeid; vice councillor, T.
G. Burchinal. Morgantown: treasurer D.
C. Lutes, Moundsville: chaplain, J. A.
Mcdowell, Rock Cave; conductor, c. n
King. Huntington: warden, W. A. Fylk,
Martinsburg; inside sentinel, w. r.
Dickey. Huntington; outside sentinel,
Sell Harris, Elkins: national represent
ative for four years, J. w. Powell.
Moundsville.
The next meetings of the orders will
be held in Huntington.
Officers elected. Daughters of Ameri-
ca, are: Councillor. Ella Wrightmire
rus. Huntington; vice councillor. Maud
Nigh, Morgantown; assistant vice
councillor, Georgia Taber, Alexander:
conductor. Catherine Tyler. Wyan
dotte: warden, Francis Miller, Tunnel
ton; inside sentinel, Ruth Burlington.
New Haven; outside sentinel, Mary
Boyles, Alexander: treasurer, Laura
Spuargo. Glendale; secretary, Lizzie
representatives, Maggie Low of Wheel
ing and Laura Spargo of Glendale.
Richmond. va.-Gov. Stuart has an
nounced that the monument to Gen.
Robert E. Lee on the Gettysburg battle
field will be unveiled in May, 1917. dur
ing the annual reunion of the United
Confederate Veterans in Washington.
| the day to be fixed by the reunion com
mitteeS. 1t is planned to make it one
of the big features of the reunion.
Rockville. Md.-Alden Anderson, fleld
secretary of the Maryland Tuberculosis
Association, is spending some time in
Montgomery county in the interest of
the state wide educational campaign
against tuberculosis. Mr.. Anderson and
Boy Scout helper are travelling I'm
an automobile which is equipped with
everything necessary to demonstrate
the principal phases OF tuberculosis pre-
vention. He will spend week or ten
days in the county.