Evening star., 1916-09-10

flea Sunday" at Trinity NJ. e. Church.
whatevsr made the heas get religion
nobody knows. but sure and certain
they oongresated at the church in
large numbers. and were ''on the job
In every nook and corner Of the edince.
There were big feas and little meas,
old fieas ana young heas. father fieas
and mother deas, and the little baby
hsas. whose name is legion. were there
to celebrate the hrst Sunday In Sep
tember. The congregation came, saw,
but ned. for the heas conquered. There
was not 4 place In the church that any
alive with heas. The Sunday school
scholars were about to sing Flee as a
Bird to Yon Mountain" when real live
fleas cut it short and the scholars had
to fee the building. The church will be
fumigated before 1t can be used. and in
the meantime the question is where did
tho heas come from and why did they
seek tho church a. their habitation?
HarrfsonburE. Waiter living thir-
ty-six hours with = broken neck, R s.
Coffey. forty years old. a professional
smokestack and steeple painter from
Charles Town, w. Va, died at Rocking
ham Memorial Hospital here. He fell
from a forty-foot smakestack he was
painting.
Martinsbur9. W. va.-Edward s. Bren-
ner. an employe of the Cumberland VAL
ley railroad, who lived here, was In
stantly killed at Berkeley station when
he fell beneath moving freight train.
His body was badly crushed. Brenner
was forty years old and leaves widow
and four young children.
Frederick. Md.-Claim!ng that his
mother-ln-law has alienated the affec-
tions of his wife. William D. Bowers
county, suit against his mother-in-
law for $4,000 damages. The defendan,
is Mrs. Mamie E. Helfenstein. The
plaintiff is son of Harry w. Bowers. q
member of one OF the largest lumber
firms in western Maryland and a former
clerk Of the court. He AYERS that the
| antipathy Of his mother-in-law toward
him has been SO marked and her infiu-
ence over his wife SO great that his
| wife has now deserted him and refuses
to return.
Orange, va.-The state convention OF
| the Kings Daughters will hold its an
nual sessions in Orange Monday, Tues
u
Is. 1t is expected that nearly 100 dele.
gates will be In attendance. An inter.
esting program Is being arranged fol-
the occasion.
Charleston, w. Va-The population OF
West Virginia has reached 1,36250o, a
gain of over 141, 900 since the 1910 CEN
sus. This number Is obtained by figures
compiled In the department of free
| schools and is based on the school emu
meration for 1916-17 compiled in this
department. The total population is es.
timated at Sa times the enumeration.
Annapolis. Md-Another big realty
deal has been consummated at Curtis
Bay, this county, according to reports
current In real estate circles. The prop
erty in question Is the old Rider estate
known as Morris Hill. which has beer
for the last 200 years. It is situated on
the Annapolis turnpike and contains
about 2o2 acres. The purchaser is said
to be W. A. Burnett. The tract adjoins
purchased by John K. Culver and The.
ophilus White. Like the old Cromwell
tract, which recently was sold and Is to
De cut up into building lots, the Rider
property Is expected to be used for the
erection of residences
PetersburK. Va.-With more than I eoo
stockholders and capitalized at s5oo. 900
the Banking. Trust and Mortgage Com
pany, organized by the Virginia Fl.
nance Corporation, will begin business
here about October l. Among the sub
scribers to the stock are more than
200 persons who are either officers OF
directors in other financial institutions
Charter officers of the new company are
9. G. Wright. president: John W. Long
first vice president; L. c. Kent, second
vice president; W. H Barrow. third
vice president; r. B. Wilcox, general
counsel, and H. W. Eley. secretary and
treasurer.
Richwood. W. Walt has been dis
covered that the mountain laurel root
Is a fine substitute for the French briar
from which pipes are made, and a new
demand has sprung up for the roots of
the laurel. which is plentiful In prac-
Annapolis. Md-Contracts for two
southern Maryland state lime plants
will be let early next month, with the
view OF having the machinery in. oper-
alton in time to supply farmers of the
section for fall wheat planting. The
plants will be of a portable nature
They will grind oyster shells and will
be moved from place to place, where
ever shells are available. thus eliminat-
Ing cost of transporting the crude sup
plies to central grinding points. The
the establishment of the southern
Maryland lime plants and the money
was made available for october 1
next.
Onancoek. va.-Preston s. Stewart
committed suicide by hanging himself
in the barn at his home here. His mind
Is believed to have been affected by a
blow on the head received In an auto