Evening star., 1917-01-14
VALLEY OF VIRGINIA.

WINCHESTER, Va. January 13.-
Preferring little money now while
he is alive to handsome limousine
funeral and a massive tombstone, with
burial in Mount Hebron cemetery in
Winchester after he is dead. Albert f.
Slagle. member of an old and promi-
nent Winchester family, who now lives
in Chicago, has been awarded S145 in
cash by decree in the corporation
court in lieu of his burial rights under
the second clause of the will of his sister
the late Mrs. Fannie c. Hull of Winches-
ter. Although he has forfeitd his right TO
be buried in the family lot after his
death, there is nothing to prevent Sla-
gle's burial in Mount Hebron cemetery
after he is dead Next to Hollywood
cemetery in Richmond, Mount Hebron
is perhaps the most beautiful and best
Kept cemetery in Virginia. and hun
dreds of former residents who die in
distant parts of the country are
brought here for burial Mrs Hull,
who died suddenly several months ago
after returning home from the theater
made peculiar bequest in her will
TO the effect that she devised the sum
of $4,000 to be used as she had pre-
vfously instructed her executor to use
It, 1t developed that she desired the
money to go to her brother, Albert, in
Chicago, although his name was not
mentioned in the clause of her will
making the devise. She also provided
that when her brother died his body
should be brought to Winchester and
inferred in the family lot in Mount
Hebron. and that a handsome tomb
stone should be erected at his grave
The executor, Attorney NJ NJ Lynch
brought friendly suit TO have the
court construe certain portions of the
Will, and decree .has just been en-
tered allotting Mr.. fSIagIe the sum of
$1,000. the further sum of s2O3 as the
proceeds of the sale of some diamonds
belonging to Mrs Hull. and sl45 in
ieu OF his burial rights under the
second clause Of his sisters will.
me trustees of the Handley fund
created under the will of the late Judge
John Handley of Scranton, Pa. who left
the pulk OF his vast estate to Win
chester for educational purposes de-
cided this week at their annual meeting
to sell S17,500 of Virginia bonds and in
vest the proceeds in the gilt-edge bonds
mat would yield at least per cent This
step was taken in order to increase the
fund set aside for the maintenance of the
Handiey Memorial Library, which was
erected some years ago at a cost of $3.50
600. '
According to lawyers who have made
a digest of the Virginia prohibition
laws. the action of the United States
Supreme Court this week in unfolding
the validity of the Webb Kenyon act
VIII not have the effect at once of nro
hibiting the shipment of intoxicants
INTO this state. but it is expected eff
forts VIII be made at the next meeting
or the general assembly to have some
new legislation put through Under
the present law no resident of Virginia |
can receive more than one quart of |
whisky "A month or a limited uuan-
tity OF beer. Prohibition leaders IT is
pointed out, do not wish to do any-
thing that viii have tendency to |
weaken the statewide dry law among
the people at large, and it is said they
Will give serious consideration to the |
question of absolute prohibition before
taking decided stand. If the quart
month clause works out well after A |
years trial, the law may not he
changed. On the other hand. If they
ed, an amendment providing for abso-
Lutte prohibition will likely be offered. |
indications are that many sections of |
the state will be represented at the an
nual meeting of the Virginia Good |
Roads Association, which will be held
in Norfolk January 1915. and that
there will be several lively fights to
induce the Virginia road commission to
recommend that certain highways re-
ceive the benefit OF appropriations
available under recent act of Con-
gress. One of the roads for which
federal and state aid is sought extends
from Washington and Alexandria along
the eastern side of the Blue Ridge
mountains to the dividing lines of
Loudoun. Fauquier. Clarke and Warren
chester. connecting here with the great
system of the Shenandoah val
ley and the northwestern grade The
latter road runs from Winchester to
Romney. w. Va, ana thence to Cum
berland, Md. According to reports re-
favor the Improvement Of that
road.