Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-06-25
Maryland and the Virginias

ering speed and the other right Of way.
Georgeson claims that seven leaders.
and an artery in his right hand were
severed by the flying glass from the
broken windshield. He asserts his in
juries will be permanent
DanvilIe. Va.-Sudden deaths OF two
well known Henry county people and
a chapter of accidents were reported
here. Shedd Watkins. for many years
deputy sheriff OF Henry county. died
suddenly at his home near Leather
wood from heart failure. He was more
than sixty years old. Mrs. Perk En-
merson. another well known resident
of Axton community. also died from a
heart attack. A short while later her
husband fell down and broke his arm.
j. NJ. Barker. jr.. of ANton sustained
a broken arm when he fell. and his
niece. Miss Mary Grayson Barker. while
cranking an automobile, sustained .
fracture of her right arm
Norfolk. Va.-Now that the Norfolk
and Western railroad has completed It's
awards OF contracts in connection with
the two big coastwise piers under con-
struction, at cost of 100000, 1t Is :
reported that its officials are givinea
their attention to plans contemplating
the erection of a 81, 000, 900 grain e1eva<
tor on the property adjacent to the inf
provements and adjoining the railroads.
extensive terminals.
Richmond. Va.-Gross earnings OF
southern railroads as estimated for thu
first week of June show substantial
gains over the first week of last Junes
Figures given out by the hesapeake
and Ohio estimate the gross earnings
of that road as s79S,32 compared with
sT00.233 last year. The Southern rails
ways gross earnings for the first weeA
OF June are estimated at s1.314.942. al
against $1.09s,20 for the same week OF
last year.
NUA-cadaf A n
cues of this city was the winner OF tho
senior oratorical contest at st. Johns
College, Annapolis. carrying with IL
the gold medal and the sum of money
offered by the alumni association of th9
college. His subject was American
Manhood"
Richmond. Va.-Work, It is expected,
will soon be started on the sixty-thou-
sand-dollar new steel bridge which the
Southern railway is planning to build
across the James river. There Will be
concrete piers and abutments. The con-
tract has already been let The old
bridge will be used while the new one
is building.
Martinsville. w. Va-W. A. Marsh, a
trackman in the employ of the Balti-
more and Ohio Railroad Company, was
killed at CASTOR when one of the cars
of passing train turned over. caught
him beneath its weight and dragged
him along the side of the track The
man was on duty at the time OF the
accident. according to the report of the
railway company to the public service !
commission. The accident is said to
be unique in the recent history Of the {.
Baltimore and Ohio lines in West Vir-
ginia. The car was one of a mum.
Der forming an extra freight train.
Baltimore. Northumberland was
made of a gift to Johns Hopkins Hos
pital of $4,000 by DR. Kenneth Bows
of New York The money is to be de-
voted to the investigation OF tuber-
culosis and the better teaching of ply :
sicians and students in the recognition
and management of the disease and the
care of the patients who seek treat
ment for it at the hospital.
Richmond, Va.-Three thousand boys
are entered in the 1915 Virginia corn
growing contest. Last year an average
yield of sixty-two and one-tenth
bushels Of corn per acre was secured by
boys made over 100 bushels to the acre.
and Marius Malgren, who won the
state championship. grew 20s bushels
and forty pounds of corn on his prize.
acre. A crop had been grown the pre- .
ceding year. the ground had been top i
dressed with manure during the winter
and an application of 300 pounds of
fertilizer was used by the fourteen !.
year-old boy in making the record
yield. which was secured at the cost
of IL $40 cents per bushel. .
Philippi. w. va.-Over 1000 farmers
attended the agricultural meeting at
Woodbne. the home of W. ID. linn,
agricultural agent for Harrison county.
The meeting was for the counties of
Harrison. Barbour, Randolph and
Marion. The visitors saw the way Mr..
linn puts in practice on his farm what
he advocates to the farmers of the
county as best for them. The speakers
included Prof. c. r. Titlow and Dean
Coulter of the West Virginia Univer-
sity experiment station of the Agricul-
tural Department; County Agent linn,
H. l.. Smith of Marion county, j. V.
Shipman of Randolph and w. w. =
Brownfield of Barbour.
HagerstOwn, Md.-In the election
contest case of Worthington P. Wach-
ter, democrat, against John B. Fleming,
republican. returned elected as tax col
lector of Washington county last Novem-
Der, by two majority over Wachter. re-
counts have been ordered in two
Hagerstown districts, and two Cave
town and Tilghmanton districts. Flem-
ing has taken charge of the office and has
been collecting state and county taxes.
Charlottesville. Val. S. Hoffman,
merchant near Profit. sustained painful
accident several days since. While OPEN
ing a of rat exterminator in his
store the lid suddenly flew off with a re-
in the left eye and rendering him tenn
porarily blind. The condition of his
eye is serious.
Clarksburg, w. va.-Clay district OF
Harrison county has voted the sum of
100000 to be used in the improvement
of fifteen miles of road. This will
form the connecting link for improved
highways between Fairmont and
Clarksburg. All of the other interven-
ing districts have voted for road bonds.
The vote stood $50 for and 2s3 against.
All of the important roads of the dis
trict will be improved.
Staunton, Va.-Another gold coin has
been found on the farm of ]. P.
Cleveland. supposed to have been left
there by the Hessians, or by some
revolutionary soldiers. either buried
or lost while the soldiers were en-
camped there. This piece is about
half the size OF the piece found q few
weeks ago. and bears the date 1875.
1t was found after the heavy rain
Saturday by Miss Kathleen Snapp.
daughter of the late Charley Snapp,
who has for years made her home
with Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland Per-
sons about Staunton are not suffi-
GENTLY versed in old German coinage
to be able to classify this piece. 1t
would seem to be worth a little less
than 1ve-dollar gold piece. When
found it shone as bright as the day
1t came from the mint.
Charleston. w. va.-Noah Lester ana
Linko Blankenship, two of the twelve
residents of Mingo county indicted
by federal grand jury, pleaded guilty
to charge of violating the election
laws of 1914 Sentence WAS deferr>d