Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-27

MI. INQ-f dIIHelS VI AL
legany and Garrett counties have Or
ganized a seed potato growers associa-
ton. the object of which is to grow
standard seed potatoes oa>a commercial
scale and to find the most profitable
markets for them. John McGill, Allie
gany county agricultural agent and
Frank Watts, cashier of the Citizens
National Bank of Frostburg, which
last year gave 500 in prizes to seed
potato growers of the two counties,
are fostering the plan.
DANVILLE. va,-This city has viz
tually acquired the Sutherin Memo
rial. better known as the last capitol
of the Confederacy, where Jefferson
Davis held his last cabinet meeting.
The city council has authorized the
payment of the third and last INSTALL
ment of $4,000 for the property, which
cost $4,000. OF the total, $4,000 was
paid by the city and $4,000 by popu-
lar subscription.
HAGERSTOWN. Md.-The plan of
Maj. J. c. Byron, president of the
Washington county school board, to
provide more schooIhouses in the coun-
ty by means of $25O,0OO bond issue is
arousing much opposition, in spite of
his appeals to the county delegation in
the legislature. the county commits
sioners and the general public for sup
port for the plan. The proposed bond
issue would increase the tax levy about
; cents on the 800.
CHARLOTTESVILLE Va.-Students
of the University of Virginia have
raised $1,000 with which to buy and
equip an automobile ambulance to be
sent to the hospital corps on the firing
lines in France. The car is to be driv-
en- by Robert Kent Gooch. who for
on the u. of V. foot ball eleven and
who is now the Virginia holder of a
Rhodes scholarship.
HAGERSTOWN. Md-The board of
trade and other local interests are
backing bill to be introduced in the
legislature to abolish all tollgates in
Washington county within one year.
missioners to acquire all turnpikes in
the county. either by purchase or con-
demnation.
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.-More than
100 preparatory and high schools of
Virginia have entered the annual
championship basket bail games of
the Virginia High School League. The
games are to be played in Fayerweatfr-
er gymnasium.
HAVRE DE GRACE. Md.-Two chill
dren were burned to death in a fire
Mrs. George Curry at Lapidum. near
here. Mrs. Curry fought her way
through the flames and rescued a
third child. sustaining severe burns
in performing the act of heroism.
BLANDFORD, Va. = Crippled by
burns received while working at Du-
Pont. Albert Gum, Respondent. COM
mitted suicide here, after having re-
peatedly threatened to end his life.
Virginia is the sister of a soldier sup
posed to be with one of the Canadian
commands in the allied armies. Her
name is Miss Kate Mcintyre, and Adjt.
John Pringle of the Lynchburg corps
of the Salvation Army has a postcard
for her from the soldier brother. The
card is addressed merely to Miss Kate
Mcintyre, care the Salvation Army
Virginia. The message written on the
card is: ION active service. Would
you please oblige my sister with the
knowledge of my whereabouts. O7372
-Pte. 1881 Camp. A. l.. c. No. ) Base
Marseilles, France Adjt, Pringle
does not know any young woman
named Kate Mcintyre, and will be glad
to learn the address Of the young wom-
an, SO that he may forward the card
CUMBERLAND. Md. - One hundred
boys. divided into twenty squads. have
begun a canvass of the city. under di-
rection of the Central Y. NJ. c. A, to
obtain 1000 books for the associations
library. Every home in Cumberland
and environs is to be visited, and it is
hoped to obtain the desired number of
association already has library of
1000 volumes.
CHARLES TOWN, W. Va.-The
United States government has pur-
chased the site of the present Jail here
and on the ground is to be built this
city's new seventy five -thousand dollar
post office and federal building The
county reserved the Jail building. It
was in this building that John Brown
and members of his band of raiders
were confined in 1859, and the new post
office building lis to contain a tablet
stating this and other interesting his
torical facts.
DANVILLE, Na.-Frank Jordan. thir-
ty wears old and married, was terribly
maneled in mill accident here when
his overalls caught on a swiftly revolv-
ing shaft and his left arm was torn
out of the socket at the shoulder. Both
legs were broken and his right hand
was also crushed to pulp He died
in local hospital few hours later
BALTIMORE. Md. = That Sparrow
Point is to be one of the greatest steel
towns in the United States was prac-
tically assured by statement made
:his week by Eugene Grace. president
of the Bethlehem Steel Corporation and
right hand man of Charles Schwab
who recently purchased the plant of
the Maryland Steel Company at Spar
row Point Mr. Grace said: 1.-THE loca-
ton of the Maryland Steel Company
plant is ideal, and while the works and
organization are of the best, it does
not go far enough. and extensive i'm
provements will be made to the entire
plant j should say" continued Mr.
Grace, that possibly $4,000, OOO-be-
tween s1OOOO,O00 and that-will be
spent here at Sparrow Point"
CHARLESTON. w. Va.-Adjt Gen.
Bond has mailed a circular letter to
every militia command in West Vir-
ginia asking for volunteer to take up
the study of aviation. One man from
the West Virginia National Guard will
be given sixty days of training in this
branch of the service under the direc-
ton of an aeroplane concern, it was
announced.
ROANOKE Va.-John F. Shafer. for
merIv of Tazewell county, who has pa
oers. showing his discharge from the
british army on account of wounds re-
ceived in opera tons on the Darda-
+neJies declared here Wednesday that
althoueh he is an American citizen, he
was Impressed into the British army
He was in Glasgow. he said. and was
forced to go to the Dardanelles, where
he declared he served for five months
until he was wounded. He was very