Evening star., 1916-07-30

director North Carolina experiment STA
ton; Prof. T. c. johnson. Prof. Jesse 8.
Jones, director Of farm demonstration
work in Virginia: N. P. Wescott OF the
Eastern Shore Produce Exchange. DR.. j.
A Bonsteel Of the bureau Of soils, West
moreland Davis Of Loudoun county. T. s.
credits commission: James Bellwood.
Virginia's most noted farmer: B. G
Haines Of Portsmouth, Joseph A. Turner
OF Hollins College and others.
Richmond, va-Israel Legum. charged
with having committed forgery In Ports
mouth, Is in johannesburg. South Africa,
and, according to the lowest estimate fig
ured out by the acting secretary of state.
Frank L. Polk, it will cost $314.15 to send
cost Of bringing back the prisoner will
be considerably in excess Of 81, 900. All
information relating to the extradition
treaty between the United States and
British governments has been received
in the ,ffice Of the governor. There will
be no hitch in the extradition proceedings,
the British government being willing to
turn over the prisoner as soon as an Of
fcer arrives for him. But the trip will
be long and expensive. The officer, trav-
cling via the American line, must first go
to England and thence go to Cape Town.
The voyage will occupy several weeks.
and there may be delay consequent upon
the war.
Clarksburg. w. va-When his auto
mobile suddenly fell over precipice as he
was standing upon its seat, tacking a
sign to a tree. Frank Carney, aged forty,
a druggist, Of Salem was instantly killed
on Tunnel hill, between Wolf Summit and
Bristol, near here The machine turned
over several times and pinned Mr.. Car
ney beneath when it struck the ground
below. crushing his head into a jelly. He
and soda fountain clerk, who escaped
unhurt, had gone into the country to
tack up advertising. The automobile had
been stopped too near the edge Of the
precipice and the road gave way.
Frederick. Md.-Policeman Hahn shot
and killed Philip Spencer, a negro, after
and companion, Joseph Parker, who
were fighting. Hahn declares he shot in
self-defense. The shooting occurred on
the main thoroughfare. Hundreds of men
women and children were on the streets.
Hahn fired two shots. The first, he says,
he fired to frighten the negroes, who
forgot differences in an assault on the
policeman. Parker escaped.
Richmond, va.-There was no oppo-
sition to the increase of the capital
stock of the Virginia Railway and
Power Company from $4,000, 900 to So
100000 preferred stock. There was no
change in the amount of common stock,
W
cial meeting of the stockholders was
held Thursday. The stockholders also
voted to merge the property of the
Richmond Railway and Viaduct Com
pany, formerly the Richmond and Hen
rico Railway Company, with the Vir-
ginia Railway and Power Company,
Norfolk. yn-John T. Spratley,
veteran Virginia saddle horse dealer,
who has been buying and selling horses
$1a<
Will be difficulty in finding horses for
the army. .The European war" he
said, has taken from 25O. 900 to 5O0,-
900 horses out Of this country in the
for the allies would not take a horse
under fifteen hands and one inch high.
That leaves the rejected animals for
this country. Bear in mind, also, that
when the automobile came in many
people stopped breeding horses, and
that curtailed the supply. If this war
with Mexico actually goes on, 1 don't
for the life of me see where we will
get the horses We need for our army"
Martinsburg, w. Va.-The property
of the Martinsburg Power Company,
consisting of two plants on the Poto-
mac river, a plant in Martinsburg and
all the equipment for conducting the
business, was sold for S575,000 here
at bankrupt sale by Trustee Clarence
e. Martin to Emory L. Coblentz of
Hagerstown, Md. The purchaser rep
resents the reorganization committee.
The appraised valuation of the prop
erty was 100000, but electrical ex-
perts have stated that the concern is
worth $1,000,000. For some time past
the interests controlling the company
have been working on plans for a
reorganization. and these plans will
now be put into operation. The COM
pany was forced into bankruptcy sew
eral months ago by security holders
and creditors opposed to these plans.
other bidders on the property were
pany of Winchester and Day & Zim-
norman and Drexel & Co. of Phila-
delphia.
portant road contracts made by the
board of county commissioners in re-
cent years was closed this week when
papers were signed authorizing the
extension of the road from Webers
into Mountain Lake Park, the route to
corner to the top of the hill at Sun
set cottage in the park, distance of
about two-thirds of a mile The con-
tractors for this small stretch of road
are Echard, London & Co.. who also
built the Weber road from Oakland to
Gortner Work on the road was begun
yesterday and it is thought that the
entire contract will be completed by
early Iall
Winchester, Vn.-Robert J. Walker,
aged fifty-six, twice the republican
nominee for representative from the
Seventh Virginia district opposing first
and later Representative Smith Turner
and later Representative James Hay,
died at Mount Jackson.
Fafrmont. w. va.-Mrs Wilson,
mother of Grover Connors of this place,
was killed when her automobile
skidded on a slippery road near here,
going to the bottom Of the bank Con-
nors received a broken arm. while his
mother. already cripple. was fatally
hurt. Mrs. Connors with her baby
jumped and both escaped injury.
Charleston, w. Va-Only seven cases
of infantile paralysis were reported to
the state department of health during
the first six months of this year. Only
forty-three counties have reported on
the number of cases of infantile
paralysis and contagious diseases COM
ing under notice of the health au-
thorities Those reported follow: Pei
lagra, 9; typhoid fever. 372; whooping
cough, 969;. consumption of the lungs,
365; hookW6rm, II: meningitis, 20; diph-
iberia, 1884: chickenpox. 304: scarlet
fever, 254; smallpox. 240; trichoma,
469; German measles, 25: rabies. 2:
$3.50.
Oakland. Md.-Councilman Charles
Liller of this place was injured fatally
Wednesday night in an automobile
collision on Red Hill, on the National
pike, nine miles west of Cumberland.
With him was former Sheriff Bert C.
Scott of Oakland. who was slightly
hurt The men had been attending the
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