Evening star., 1917-01-07
Maryland and the VirginjaS

Cunberlana. Ma.-Ths Kirk Orchard
Company property. consisting Of nine
ty-eight acres OF high-class Fruit trees.
located near Town Creek. Allegany
county, Nd. was sold BY George L.
Miller Of springfield. Hampshire coun-
ty, to T. 8. Lackey and J. w. Lackey.
president Of the Union Provision and
Packing Company OF Uniontown. Pa.
for $4,000. George L. Miller will have
the exclusive management of the or
chard.
BerryvilIe. Va.-All kinds of schemes
of blockade running" are being en-
ployed to get liquor into dry" virginia
in defiance to its prohibition hws but
Chief Feltner of this town believes he
has unearthed the latest method. The
chief was tipped of the other day that
q certain Wabhingtonian would land at
whisky. the maximum allowed by law:
He made an Investigation OF the tip
and discovered that the man brought
in a big supply Of liquor in hot. water
bag strapped to his stomach; mach. ,,ns vasit0rs Sad
better keep = sharp eye out for Chief
Feltner In the future.
eighty-two years old. first sheriff Of
KannwhA county, W. Va. and who held
various federal and state offlces by
appointment in the early days OF the
state. is dead following the second
stroke Of paralysis: Until recent year.
posted emen in the county on events
OF the world covering more than hall
century.
Cum1erIand. Md-Upon the petition
Of F. Mertens' Sons Corporation, Judge
Hunter Boyd has appointed a receiver
ship for the Maryland-Georges Creek
Coal Company. The receivers are
Warren. Washington. D; c, and VIII
liam A. Royston, jr.. Pittsburgh, Doug
las, Obear & Douglas Of Warrington
are the attorneys for the petitioner.
| $4,000.
The complaint filed by. the Mertens
corporation states that the coal com
pany is in debt to It for $4,000
In all s1o6.527 has been advanced
Creek Company, and S5s,oe0 OF it re-
mains unpaid. Mertens' Sons Corpora
tfon is the largest unsecured creditor
| Of the coal company.
Haxerstown. Ma-city Attorney Al.
exander r. Hagner OF this city. in ar
| opinion to the mayor and council. hold:
that the city has no right to hx or es'
tabiish q license fee for motor.
| hire, and that all such license fees ex
acted for the year 1916-1917 should b.
| refunded. Hagerstown has been tax
ing taxicabs at t6 a year. The samt
fee ts also exacted for wagons o.
transfer automobiles. Because th'
same fee is demanded for either horse
| drawn or motor driven vehicles by thu
| city. and the state law relates only Il
4 motor driven vehicles, II means tina
the two will have to be separated. AT
1 rax,f Svvsusx fha afatA 1Qw Cftv Attor
| ney Hagner decided that Hagerstowr
| has no right to exact the license Zee
| City Clerk Henry Davis has fssuet
s6 taxicab licenses. . notorious II
transfer motqrtruck permits.
west Union. w. .va-Edward Boelsch
ner. a farmer living near here, hai
| cause OF the mysterious theft of hog
4 from his pens at night. Three tfrnei
the pens have been raided. But nov
| BoelSchner knows. Eight hogs van
slept IN the barn. the thieves ieft tw'
| chioroforrn bottles behind them. The.
had given the hogs the anesthetic an,
| carried their limp bodies to wagon
It is thought
| Lynchburs, va.-Recentiy F. o. Shan
er, a merchant here, wrote Presiden
Wilson advising him that the sixteenth
| baby In his home arrived on the IA.
On which the President was reelected
and making request that the baby. b
named at the white House. In respons
to this request Mr.. ,Shaner has an auto
graph letter from President Wilson, II
which he suggested the name 'Thoma
| Jefferson" and that is now the nam
Of the baby. President Wilson wrot
Mr.. Shaner as follows: a.,
at is with very real difidence tina
undertake to name the boy, witt
L Z,
November, but in view OF the result
Of the day and your own party feelinl
| I would suggest Thomas Jefferson
H6RtiAkton. w. va-President Trot
ter of west virginia University hai
announced that Rexford B. Hersey Q
this city, a graduate or the universit!
and now secretary OF the Cniversit,
| Young Mems Christian Association. ha'