Evening star., 1916-06-04
Maryland and the Virgi,1ias

Grantsviile cemetery.
F'airmont Wy yn-George ". Straign1
forty-one years old, died at COOK hos
pltsl a victim of an automobile acc.'
dent. when a In which he was Ilo
ing went over p hundred-foof en- oanH
ment. He was agent for an automooiio
concern and was teaching new owner
, to drive the car %hen the purcnase.
lost control Of thSsteerlng wheel -Four
other persons who were injured are re
covering Straight leaves a WIDOW ana
several children.
when an automobile with n Fairmont
uarrv was run into by touring car
from MnrEartown at point near MOT
: gartown BAIL Layman or .a1rfnont
was seriously wounded and his wire
E slightly hurt. The wind shield broke
: and layman received a cut above the
eve.
I Richmond. Va-The Chesapeake ana
= Ohio Railway Company is in the mar
/ ket for twenty-five locomoti-ess ac-
which stated that II is practically Ger
/ tain that tho order will go 20 the
( American Locomotive Company.
Norfolk. Na.-Pr!ncess Anne county
/ has voted s1So.0o0 bond issue ror
! Kempsville district roads, the vote be-
: ing fiS for and IL against Three
/ roads in the district are TO be improved
/ For each dollar spent the state will
contribute another, payments baing
made in annual installments-
I Richmond. .Na.-Police Justice Crutch-
! field established a precedent OF consid
! era bio importance to farmers, peddlers
| and commission merchants when he
| fined w. y. Brooks of orchid, Louisa
county. 500 and costs on a charge of
peddling and offering for sale butter,
/ eggs and chickens which he had not
/ raised himself.
! HaGerstown. Md.-After spending
| the night with friends and neighbors
and paying off his debts. Thomas Haide-
, man. sfxty-seven years old. committed
| suicide on his farm. three and half
, miles northwest of Greencastte. The
last neighbor he visited was Henry
Wetzer, 70 whom he paid debt OF so
cents. He asked Wetzer TO loan him
a gun. stating he wished to rid him
self OF some dogs.
Cumberland. Nd.-Marshau Wise,
! aged seventy-three. a veteran employe
of the Union Tanning Company at Paw
| Paw. ". Va. died on the operating
table at the Anegany Hospital from
| loss of blood. Wise having slashed his
| throat from ear to ear Wit. a razor. His
act was the result o. despondenay over
i'll health AR. Wise ~as brought to
the hospital shortly before n,.d.light
ny Dr. J. Raymond Kirk. Death came
before an operation could he performed.
Besides his wife, he is survived by three
! children-Rev. Clarence Wise. Washing
ton, u. G.; William Wise. merchant.
Petersburg, w Va. and Mrs. John
Lewis of Paw Paw. an inmate of the
| W est NIfSllil NldIt lipEIlildl az w tSiii
Richmond. Ia.-The. state corporation
commission has issued a charter to the
: Associated Dry Goods Company of
Richmond. with an authorized capital
of S50.000.0o0. f. s. iolen of Rich
mond is president. w. A. strata of
Fl. BigloW. New York. secretary-treas-
urer This is said TO be the reorgani-
zation of the H. p. Clahn Company
, of New York.
NartinSburE. W. Ns.-Fruit prospects
: in Berkeley county are bright, and un-
less something unforeseen develops
there will he the best crop of apples
this year that has been produced for
4 long time past. Some experts. judging
from present conditions. say there
e should be 80 per cent crop. However,
these figures may he more less
changed by the coming drop of Yorks.
although it is not believed this will
, seriously affect the ultimate results
: Berkeley county seems especially IA
e vored in this respect. as reports from
Z other apple growing sections are not SO
d encouraging
Il Port Tobacco, Md.-One of the most
t disastrous fires that have taken place3n
$ | Charles county occurred on the farm Of
a J. Perry Poole. near here, when three
2 barns. seventy sheep, six horses. Two
mules. two cows. two calves. 100 bas-
! reis of corn, poultry and farming iUSu
= plements We're destroyed The loss 10
q put at $500.
HarrisonburC. Na.-The note which
Charles II. Burgess. the Mount Craw-
e ford rural mail carrier, wrote before
q he killed himself. turned out to be his
: will. 1t was prebated in Harrison
T burg. Burgess wrote that he was in.
/ lnoCent of the charge of poisoning
Mayor Layman's horses. and that he
!, was killing himself TO save his family
u from disgrace. He expressed great af-
d, fection for his wife. and urged his only
L son, Charles Burgess, student at
I ii avn f$n,, AT...i
. buy the home and keep it in the Bur
I CESS family. He left money to pay
: for a monument for mis- father and
$ mother Burgess heard that his name
r was before the grand jury in Harrison
r burg His wife found the note and
rushed to the barn to save her hus-
! band, but was too late. He had shot
himself through the heart.
Earrisonburs. Na.-The father u
t twenty three children. George W
!. Stroup. eishty-two years old. died
: near Broadway, iri- Rockin CHAM coun-
i Y. Funeral services were held in the
= Linville Creek Church of tine Brethren.
= of which he was member. He served
n throughout the four years of the war
h between, the states. By his first wife
: he had four children and bv his second
=. wife he had nineteen children.
: Berkeley springs. W. ,a-Lirhtning
! of Charles Rhodes near Magnolia.
Il then leaving the tree it struck the
poIcH ana thence went through the
n wall of the summer kitchen and as il
9 hungry, entered the kitchen cupboard
q / and made general scatteratlou of
. utensils and provisions. The grub NOT
!, appearing satisfactory. or else feeling
). small on realizing il was a burglar the
= bolt OF lightning went out through a
! little opening it made in the floor Mr.
:, kerns, hired man, was badly shocked
as well as Mrs. Rhodes and Lizzie
: Gates.
: Cumberland. Md.-President Willard
: OF the Baltimore and Ohio railroad hsr
d for approval plans and specitiC,,tjon,
z Tor an additional building to the south
- Cumberland shops, to cost apnroHi-
= mately 100000 The Improvement Wiu
h mean the employment of $50 addition
a al maCh!nists. helpers and laborers
d The new addition will adjoin the old
n roundhouse and viii be 122 feet LONG
% and 40 feet wide. and built of iron. br,ck
e and concrete. Machinery and hoists for
o the repair of engines Will be included in
= the new building. The arran sements are
intended to facilitate locomotive repairs
here instead of the Mount Glare
e shops. The latter will continue to be a
: repair station. Work the new build
e ing VIII be begun early this fall
Cumberland. Md-The Mountain Lake
Park summer school of missions Will
"a open August y and continue until
= August IS. Among the teachers Iec-
y / teurers and speakers Will he Mrs + F.