Evening star., 1916-08-13


brunswick stew was served at hve
tables. each twenty feet long. Base
ball games were played and speeches
made by Prof. T. B. Hutcherson OF v.
highway commissioner. and L. E. Boy
kin of the bureau of good roads eco
nomics at Washington. The days en-
tertainment ended with an exhibition
by wrestler from Ohio. who wrestled
with an S00-pound bull. throwing the
animal on It's back.
Leesburg. va.-Bernard w. jackson,
of this place, manager of the
racing stables of w. z. Burch, died
suddenly while attending the summer
race meet at Saratoga Springs. Mr.
jackson was in his thirty second year.
The body was brought to Leesburg for
burial.
ClnrksburE, w. va.-Judge Raymond
junction here restraining the Marion
court from selling the s650,000
permanent road bonds which were re-
Gently authorized by the voters of Lin
coin district. The county court award
ed the 100000 per cent road bonds
ston. Walcott & Co. and Otis & Co,
a Cleveland syndicate.
LeesburE. Va.-The large COW, horse
and hay barn on the dairy farm Of r.
P. Wilson, in Loudoun county, was
struck by lightning and burned. The
fire spread to icehouse, dairy. two corn
houses and two-story shed, which
were quickly destroyed. Forty-f1ve head
of cows in the barn and few horses
were saved. All the other contents,
of wagons. farming imple-
ments. harness, a valuable dairy equip
ment, sixty five tons of hay. many tons
of mill feed and 800 bushels of wheat,
were lost.
Charleston. w. va-col. John D.
Dickinson and DR.. L. Prichard have
each given $1,000 to the Salvation
Army here to build another story to
the barracks already in course Of con-
and nearing completion. The
building, which Is being erected on Vir-
ginia street between Summers and Aid
erson. will be two-story structure in
stead of one as formerly contemplated.
Some months ago Gov. William A. Mac
Corkle gave the Salvation Army $4,000
for the purpose of building a barracks,
and the work was Immediately begun.
Richmond. ya.-This city is threat
ened with an outbreak of typhoid fever,
ffty-one cases having been reported at
this time. There have been a number
Of deaths. There are more cases than
for several years past.
Norfolk. va-Fffteen-year-o Elmo
Ham was electrocuted when he came in
contact with a telegraph wire on a
pole which he had climbed to disentan-
gle kite from the wires. He fell from
the pole. striking the pavement twenty
five feet below, sustaining a fracture
of the skull. His left arm and leg
were burned to crisp.
Martinsburg, w. va-George Hunts
Of ov,Ia I'll vii
tered the home of a foreigner at Pan
ther, w. Va, and. with threats that he
was going to clean up the town, emp
tied the contents of a shotgun into the
breast Of young mother. 1t is re-
ported. killing her instantly. He es-
capel into the mountains.
Bristol. Va.-Started on an errand to
a nearby store, Curtin Boy. the seven
year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs. J. C. Boy.
splendfdly developed child. was found
dead on the sidewalk in front of his
home on Windsor avenue here a few
minutes later His neck was broken.
but his body showed no marks of vio-
lence aside from the cut under the chin.
Although a live electric wire hung
from a tree near his body there was no
outward indication that he had been
in mystery with the most probable con-
clusion that he was in some way
tripped and broke his neck in the fall
to the pavement. His father is an ex-
press messenger in service between
Bristol and Norfolk and was at home
yesterday.
Annapolis, Md-Jumpfng into thirty
feet of water when he heard a cry from
his playmate, Albert Cast, ten years old.
succeeded in rescuing Charles Seterf,
twelve years old. of Brooklyn, this
ha n oin NJ n
wharf, near Brooklyn. The
accident occurred a few feet from the
place where two men were drowned
Sunday Seterf had been playing ball
on the edge of the wharf, and in his
eagerness to get the ball, fell overb-
board. Robert Stansbury. an attendant
at the wharf. heard the boys cry also
and brought both the lads ashore in a
wboat.
Richmond. Va. Swift & Co. an
nounced at their Richmond plant. as
at all other plants, that the company
has set aside a pension fund of $1,000
900 for its employees. 1t is estimated
that throughout the country there are
10000 men and women eligible for par
in the benefits of the fund.
The employees do not contribute to the
fund, the company furnishing all money
needed to pay pensions. The pension
board. as organized, will consist of five
who are officers and employees
of Swift & Co. The treasurer of the
is ex officio treasurer of the
fund.
BIuefeId. w. Vn.-Thomas Finch. an
employe of the Norfolk and Western
was struck by passenger train
No. ? and killed instantly. He was en-
ployed on the East End yards and
started to cross the track as the train
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track quick enough and was struck by
the train and knocked into a ditch, his
head striking rock and crushing his
skull Nearly every bone in his body
was broken. He had been a resident
Of this city and the coal fields for the
past forty years and had been with the
railroad company for over twenty-fiv
years. He was seventy-three years of
age and employed as a track cleaner.
Petersburg, Va.-The circuit court of
Prince George county. which has been
session almost continually since Au-
gust Is. 1915, has adjourned to Septem-
Der 4, next Most of the time the court
vas engaged in the trial of cases from
Iopewell. 1t is said that during this
term of the court be-
ween 300 and 500 cases were disposed
Hagerstown. Md.-A study of some of
he best farms of Washington county
S being made this week by r. e. Allen
If the soil Improvement committee of
Baltimore. Mr.. Allen expects to visit
'ome of the best farms and talk with
he farmers, with the intention of writ
ng them up for some of the eastern
arm papers. All through the east, Mr..
Allen says, the farmers are putting
themselves in the good class by bet
er farming methods and more inten-
i've cultivation. They are growing