Evening star., 1917-04-08

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old son of Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Steven
son, was severely burned about the
| body and face recently by an explosion
of powder.
/ Cumberland. Md.-The three hundred
public school teachers Of AlleSany
| county, through the school board and
| a committee of their own, have asked
the county commi sSioners for an appro-
priation of $4,000 for salaries for the
coming year.
| Mnrtinsburg, w. Vn.-Harry Lang.
who was prisoner in the Jail at Shen-
| andoah City, Va, fired n shot throug h
| the wall of the Jail. killing his wife.
who was standing outside talking TO
| him, and then committed suicide seN,
/ era1 days ago. Lang was arrested
when he returned here after an alb
| seuce of two years, on q charge of OBJ
tanning goods under false pretenses.
| Gayior. va-AIexander Hummer. a
veteran of Company a, 18th Virginia
Regiment, {. 8. A., died recently at
his home, aged seventy-siX years. and
was buried in Berryville, Va.
! Eoovers>iIIe. Md.-One boy is dead
and four other lads were made serious
! ly i'll recently as the result of eating a
poisonous weed which they found
| Nardy Pellatiro. aged eleven years,
| died; his brother, Michael, eight years;
Tony wilkins, aged fifteen; his brother,
aged ten, and Wasso Jake, eight years
! old, were made i'll.
! Parkcrsburg, W. Xa.-The couhaEra-
/ ton which cost the lives of five per
/ sons and serious injury to two others
/ as we'll as property loss of $'5.ooo.
| swept away half of Cresten, "A town OF
| 900 inhabitants in Writ county. re
| Gently.
! Fairmont. W. Na.-Entering her
! home recently on her return from Il
| visit at ConnellSville, Mrs. J. Arthur
| Shaw was shot and fatally wounded
| by a trap gun which had been placed
| there by her husband to guard against
| burglars. She died about two hours
| later.
Charles Town. w. Na.-Dr. {. l.. Skin
ner, prominent physician OF 'harles
Town. died recently, aged forty-tMo .
years. He had been in falling health
for more than a year.
Winchester. Na.-Nirs. Rose Fulk.
Wife of Edward Fulk of Tablers, W
Va, and grandson. Frederick F'ulk, four
years old, son of Frederick Fulk. ST.
of Steelton, Pa, were struck ana m
stantly killed recently while driving
across the Cumberland Valley railroad
tracks near Tablers.
Hagerstown. Nd.-F'ire on Red HILL
n mountain south of keedysVille, de-
stroyed many peach trees and a pack
ing shed belonging to j. A. Miller OF
KeedysviIle recently. The fire started
on what is known as MCClelland $
Lookout and soon spread over Red
Hill
Newport News, Ca.-Oue hundred and
fifty high school cadets OF this city
have offered their services to Presl-
dent Wilson and the civil authorities
of the city These boys have been
trained by an artiller,- sergeant from
Fort Monroe and are said by com
missioued officers from the fort to
be one of the best drilled bodies of
cadets in the state. They range from
fifteen TO nineteen years of age.
Roanoke. Va.-The home of Levi
Garst, five miles northwest of Roanoke
in the Green Ridge section. was COM
pleteIy destroyed by fire recently. The
fire began in workshop near the
house and from this spread to the sur
rounding buildings. Only the barn
was saved.
Hamilton. ya-Rev. p. NJ. Meadows
has accepted call to the pastorate OF
the Baptist churches of this town and
Waterford.
Charlottesville. Va.-Mrs. Sallie E.
Carr, aged seventy-two. wife OF Mr.
Bernard Q. Carr of Moormans River,
died at her home recently.
Bristol, Va.-Connected with the
punishment of truant youths who have
been living out to escape the response
bilities of the schoolroom, the city au-
thorities of Bristol. Va, have revived
the whipping post. 1t is stated that
several youths were soundly whipped
in police court recently upon being
convicted of truancy.
Frostburg, Md.-Prof. Olin r. Rice,
who resigned as principal of the Beall
High School, has been succeeded by
S Ross Gould of Cumberland.
Richmond. Va-The three guberna-
torial candidates, John Garland Pol
lard ]. TAYLOR Ellyson and Westmore-
land Davis, have established offices
here in preparation for their cam
paigns, and it is expected they Will
| start active work on the race for gov
ernor in a short time
Charlottesville, Va.-While descend
| ing stairway at his home recently.
G. W Poindexter fell and broke his
! left hip.
Haeerstown. Md.-David II. yand,
a resident of keedysville. was re-elect-
ed recently superintendent or salem
| United Brethren Sunday school for the
| forty-fourth consecutive time.
Hagersfown. Md-The body Of Mich
I aeI Morvatz, aged forty years, an Aus
| triau who was employed by the Bal
| timore and Ohio railroad on the Rom
ney branch was found in a waste weir
/ of the Chesapeake and Ohio canal at
! Cumberland recently by Andrew Smith.
| The man. who had been missing for a
| month probably had been dead a week
| or ten days.
SALEM Va-The Hansboroueh place,
| one mile west of here. has been sold
| to Ira u. Chapman of Rocky Mount by
| the J. T.. Martin Corporation. Mr..
| Chapman's purchase includes 40 acres.
! for which he paid $42, 500, or $3.50 an
acre. The remainder Of the farm, 1872
| acres was reserved.
Frederick Md.-Followine the lead Of
! larger cities Frederick will enter the
| race this summer against the aero
I blaming cost of living, according to the
| pjauS of the outdoor committee of the
| civic Club The civic club will, in con-
| nection with its annual garden contest,
! pugh "a movement to have all vacant
/ lots in the city converted into pro-
ductiye vegetable gardens. One vacant
| lot mas already been offered to rhc club
/ and will h" planted with vegetables
| shortly The residents of any neigh
| horhood III which there is a va cant lot
may apply to the club for aid in hav-
! ing the lot planted in vegetables. The
| merchants handling seed have been ap-
| peaIed TO. and are helping the club in
| the garden contest in view of the mu-
I tul benefit such q contest brings to the
| merchants and the community. The
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