Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-09-03

water hole eight feet deep while his
brother Paul and several companions
stood on the shore powerlesS to save
him. Victor Emanuel Av1la, the six
teen y ear old son OF Mr.. and Mrs. Jose
R. Avila. Mexico City. was drowned in
lego here. The father Of the boy is q
Mexican lawyer and has lived in this
country about year. Tho parents thi 8
week brought their three Children to
Mary's College.
Charlottesville, va-John @. Herndon.
aged eighty-five for more than half a
Dawsonville. is dead at the homo of
his son. A c. Herndon. near Fuckers
Vile. He was a native Of Madison
county. and was widely known In AL
bemarle, Orange and Green counties.
The following children survive: A C.
Herndon of Bellview, Mrs. Mary Z.
Munday of Barboursville. MrA Myra
L. Durrette and Mrs. India Shotwell of
Ruckersvtlle and Mrs. Bertha Brook
ing of Jacksonville. He also leaves
Orange, Boone Herndon Of Missouri and
Nathaniel Herndon of Madison county.
LeesburE. Walt is stated that the
United states government has decided to
locate the. new Leesburg post ONCE
building on the site on King street oncs
occupied by the Farmers Trust Com
pany, which building Is now owned by
the Peoples National Bank. and occu-
pied by John Hill Carter as an automo-
bile supply department and as his real
estate office. With this object in view.
the government will Immediately insti-
tute proceedings and condemn all tho
land lying north Of the private alley of
feet. and also all the land running east
for distance of 40 feet making a plot
100 feet by 40 feet
Taneytovn. Md-Jerome Myers. six
ty-f1ve years old, committed suicide at
his home here by hanging himself to
the rafters in his barn. The body was
found by his wife. who went to- feed
the stock. Physicians declared he had
been dead from four to six hours.
for some time. He was formerly a
prosperous farmer living near fancy
own. In recent years he has been liv-
ing on small farm near the town.
Parkerxburx. w. Va-Following a
quarrel with son. who threatened to
leave home, Mrs. Monnen Craig. sixty
years old, committed suicide by taking
strychnine- Her body was found in a
woods not far from her home. The
family resides about two miles south
of this city.
Richmond, vn.-Charged with being
addicted to intoxicants. tending to
two registered druggists are to be
summoned to appear before the state
pharmacy board at its October session
to show cause why their licenses should
not be revoked. One of the accused
druggists is said to reside in the vicin-
ity of Richmond, and the other to be
in the southwestern portion of the
state. For obvious reasons the name
of neither of the druggists will be dis
closed until after the hearing has been
had. Both men are under surveillance,
1t is said, and their habits and con-
1uct viii he reported to the board
at its meeting. They will have every
opportunity to make a defense of
themselves.
Frederick. Md.-Providing the fisher
men are orderly and do not trespass on
private property, Justice August T.
Brust of the municipal court decided
that fishing on Sunday was not viola
ton of the. law Charges of fishing on
Sunday made against nine Frederick
county men were dismissed. Deputy
Sheriff Charles White, who made the
arrests, failed to appear in court to
press his charges.
Richmond, va.-Upward Of s2so,ooo
in revenue derived from automobile
taxation is the estimated amount to be
devoted to the upkeep of state and
county roads. according to the records
in the Office of the secretary of the
commonwealth. These records report
to date about 31.5O0 machines which
have been licensed in Virginia.
Newport News, Va.-According to S
R Buxton. examiner of records for this
district. more than $1,000, 900 in intangi-
bles were reported to him voluntarily
mp TO August !. The returns were sub
nitted to the local board of tax review
for its Information. In addition to that
amount the intangibles voluntarily re-
turned in Hampton amounted to
s252, 900
Frederick. Md.-Frederick county has
had her share of pests and plaques.
There have been mild epidemics of
locust, on which occasion these hungry
bugs took possession of the county
and residents thought about moving
out. Two years ago the army worms
came in armies, and paid their respects
to this section. Being guests. and
Frederick county being essentially
courteous and hospitable, the worms