Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-11
Maryland and the Virginias
pen from Mr.. Luzius, signed the check
casually. and passed 1t back to Englar.

pen from Mr.. Luzius, signed the check
casually. and passed 1t back to Englar.
Suffolk. Va-It is currently reported
in Isle of Wight county that former
commemorative Attorney .Parke p.
Deans Is being urged to become a
candidate for the house of delegates
from that county, and that the senti-
ment Is growing so fast that Mr.. Deans
will be obliged to make a statement
as to his decision on the matter in the
near future. From all over the county.
according to prominent men who know
political conditions there. the popular
wish is gathering force. No other
candidate has SO faE made any an
nouncement, and it is believed that Mr.:
Deans will have no opposition should
he consent to become a candidate.
Iartinsburg. w. va.-James W.
Strong, prominent retired farmer of
Inwood, this county, was found dead in
barn on the premises of his grandson,
James Moler. Inwood. He was eighty
years old. He was a native of Kent
county, Md, but had resided in this sec
ton for almost sixty years. having
that entire period. 1t is supposed he
fell in a fainting spell and caught his
head in such manner that strangula-
ton resulted. He Is survived by son.
was a brother of Mrs. Ida Marlin of
Baltimore.
Woodsboro. Md.-A warm bed of stones
on top of one of the limekilns of S.
w. Barrick & Sons here proved fatal
sleeping quarters for Ira BooZer Lee
Gore. whose charred body was found
by John Pittenger. BooZer retired on
the top Of the kiln on Tuesday night
shortly after 9 o'clock. During the night
, "a had II a.
day evening. ate its way toward the top,
slowly roasting the man to death. 1t
was at o'clock the following morning
that tho body was discovered. The
shoulders and one hand wer burned to q
crisp However. the clothing was not
burned. 1t is claimed that the heat
was sufficient to roast the body without
igniting the clothes.
Lynchburg. va.-The LynchburE COM
mon council has taken initial steps
looking to the sale of the Pedlar river
watershed, owned by the city. to the
federal government to become part
Of the forest reserve In this section. II
is proposed to sell the government
about 100 acres at approximately s7.5(
per acre, the city reserving about zoe
acres around the lake for enlargement
of the lake or the building of another
dam there should this be determined
upon in the future.
MarttnsburG, w. Vn.-Flve thousand
miners in tho Cabin Creek coal district
will receive a 10 per cent increase in
wages beginning March ], 1t was an
nounced Thursday. The operators in MAX
ing the announcement said the increase
was given to Offset the higher cost OF
living.
! Salisbury. Md.-George Adkins, former
manager of the Postal Telegraph Com
pany, Salisbury. who disappeared from his
home there about two months ago. leav-
ing family, was heard from, when Mrs.
George Adkins, his wife, received tele-
gram from him in Chicago, requesting her
to send him $50 for transportation home
The telegram also stated that he had been
confined in a hospital and that for two
months he had wandered around with a
lost memory.
Danville. va.-So marked has become
the decrease in crime in Danville that the
city sergeant. Pat H. Bosseau. no longer
makes any profit from operating the jail.
During January all of his profits were
| eaten up in paying salaries OF deputies.
A cut in the deputy force is expected to
be made II the sergeant Is not granted a
minimum fund to cover him against abso-
lutte loss. There are thirty-two people in
Jail. Last year at this time there were
seventy-five and the average daily num-
Der before the enforcement of the Mapp
law was between rs and 100.
Estey. w. va.-A large deer appeared
in a pasture near here in which there
We're large number of cows owned
by w. L. Huffman and defeated the
cattle in a pitched battle, goring sew
eral of them to such an extent that
they later died The deer was cap
| tured and killed by posse.
Hagerstown. Md.-Harry I. Line, fifty
two years old, was seized with sudden
Illness while at a motion picture show
at the Maryland Theater and fell from
his seat into the aisle and died. He
weighed nearly 800 pounds and death
was due to n fatty condition of the
heart.
Fredericksburg. yn.-F'ire at Rock
land farm. Orange county, owned by
Thomas Atherton Of Richmond. started
in the engine room, spread to the dairy,
and silos all OF which were destroyed
The loss is estimated to be close to
$4,000.
Clay. w. Va.-Following indictments
Andrew Sampson and his son. Howard
Sampson. We're placed on trial here
charged with the murder of Preston
Tanner two weeks ago at his home in
the "Booger Hole" district. An at
tempt was made to lynch Sampson and
his son when they were brought here
following their arrest. The mob was
dispersed under the promise of States
Attorney Hall TO arrange an early trial
il Indictments were returned.
Annapolis, Md.-Gov. Harm ton dis
cussed with the state roads commission
the location of roads to be improved in
this state under the national govern
nlent's appropriation of $S5 ,000, 900 for
post roads. and it is expected that final
decision will be made next Thursday
Maryland will receive from the appro-
pris ton something over $500, 900 during
the next five years, and will match that
sum with a like amount. so that there
will be spent. in all, about s1,250,000.
Hampton. Va.-News has been re-
ceived here that John D. Rockefeller has
given 1000 toward a twenty thousand
dollar fund for the Robert C. Ogden Me-
mortal building to be erected this year at
Hampton Institute. Total subscriptions
to the memorial now amount to S140 900
Cumberland. Md.-The Grand Chapter
of Maryland Order of Eastern Star ad-
iourned here after a two-day session held
in the Masonic Temple. the adjournment
being followed by dance in honor of
the visitors, attended by about 500 per-
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