Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-04

Of Winchester yesterday won holly
contested case before the county court
of Berkeley county, w. Va, at Martins
!, burg, when the court directed that an
order be entered giving the company
the. right and privilege of erecting
poles and electric Zines in Berkeley
county. The matter had been under
consideration for several weeks, and
strenuous objection was made by the
Potomac Light and Power Company
The court, however, granted the fran
chise to the Winchester corporation.
1t has just become known that a de-
| cree has been entered in the circuit
ington. Va. awarding a divorce to
W. c. Mccormick of that county from
Mrs. Fay Lewis Mccormick Action
for divorce was brought by Mrs.
Mccormick, and the husband filed a
cross-bill A great deal of testimony
The court refused to give Mrs. Nc
Cormick a divorce. but ordered a de-
cree in favor Of the husband. Mrs.
Mccormick was formerly Miss Fay
Lewis of Newport News, Va
According to private information re-
ceived here, Col Brooke Payne of the
United States Army, whose home is at
Warrenton, is in the hospital at Doug
las. Ariz suffering from two fractures,
the result of an accident while taking
test in riding. He is reported to be
improving. By curious coincidence
one of his nurses is Miss Marjorie
Woodzelle, also of Warrenton, and now
Red Cross nurse in the army service.
A real estate dealer of Louisa
county, here this week, stated that the
du Pont de Nemours Company, which
few years ago put Hopewell, Va, on
the map, has closed a deal in Louisa
which puts that company in posses
sion of the pyrite mines of Harrison
Bros. & Co. of Philadelphia. The con-
sideration is said to have been $780,
900. The deal also placed in the hands
of the du Popt concern the operation
OF the mines of the Mantua chemical
works of Paulsboro, N. c.. and the
National Bauxite Company. The
company. 1T is said. is also making
efforts to buy the sulphur mines in the
Louisa section. The pyrite mines are
among the largest in the United States.
announcement has been made of the
approaching marriage of Miss Isabel
Howard Parkinson of the University
Of Virginia and Lee Holmes William
son, recently of the university. which is
to take place in Chile about March 10.
Miss Parkinson returned day or two
ago from New York, where she at
BIRMINGHAM and Miss Julia William
son. daughter of Mr.. and Mrs Fl. B.
Williamson. She will leave February
a. with Mr.. and Mrs. Williamson. for
New Orleans, and they will go to Chile
by way of Panama.
Arthur Robinson, a wealthy Fred
erick county farmer and fruit grower.
/ had his collarbone severely fractured
| yesterday when the coupling pole of
| his wagon broke and threw him head
| long to the ground. And while waiting
! for doctors to come and set ~" f-ar-
ture the injured man, holding his
, broken cole rbone in place. phoned
, to a man in Winchester concerning an
! apple deal in which both were inter-
! ested Mr.. Robinson said he could not
! permit his injuries to interfere with
| his business.
| The organization of an association
| Of Virein'a daily newspapers will be
undertaken at the business meeting
of the Virginia Press Association It
the University of Virginia february 8
= End 9. J. J.. Horne Of the Rocky Mount
! IN. c. Telegram, president of the
/, North Carolina Association. will tell
| how this group has reduced the cost
| of news service and leased wires and
: secured other business ADVANTAGES by
cooperation. Others who are to discuss
! questions and problems now confront
I ing the publishers include Stuart
| Olivier of Baltimore, Clarence Poe of
Raleigh, L.. N. Palmer, secretary OF
i the American Newspaper Publishers.
/ Association, and Walter H. Savory OF
| the Mergenthaler Linotype Company.
| H. B. Warner of the Lexington (Va.)
| Dispatch will relate his efforts to re-
| duce paper costs that resulted In MS
presenting a brief to the Attorney
General Of the United States with re-
gard to the monopoly methods OF the
manufacturers.