Evening star., 1917-03-11
Maryland and the VMgi11iias

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Martinsburs' w. Sa-ine a,
merchandise store conducted by the =
miller Grocery Company. at Berkeley
-, a. +oge+be,
statloh' was ues'ioSeu W
auounts To several thousand dollars.
ro..hvro Nd-Jobn s Eckhart
Ia a;oa raoant,v n,
e1shty-sN years oiu' uieo ''
his home in Eckhart. following d lone
Illness He had been a miner for q
10 ,,a,rs Eis rrandfatber Johr
80. r,...-,,
the founder of the village of Eckhart
which is named for him. At one time
.o u,rod tho ereater mart of the vii.
ne y" heu 'A an
lage. which has 1000 or more popuia-
tion. -.. "a .... -..,- ..
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Cumberiand. Md.-AHeh X: Carher
| aged forty-three years, conductor OF
| the eastboand yards OF tne Baitlmore
and ONO railroad, was iataiiy injured
recently by peing crushed petWeeh
cars. ne uleu shoFtly after lhe aeci-
| dent
! u.,,., W. V.-pren,r,+;ons,- ,-e
nov pe.s naue hI Iolrt !, . !
seaet .,iai any W.e ~ ta .tt III ,ias ne :
for+vlseYenth annua, meetina nf the
Wet VIRGINIA EducationaI Associa+;on
| 1na :. "a ,'d * ,r;II hrine . 0on ,en'
every county and district in the state
will be nresent as well as 'prominent
educators from parts of the nation.
Ch.r,o<te.xiIIe Va-Tbe state hoard
| Of education has reannointed Mr., n.
nerintendent of schno,s of AIbemarie
county. which office he has held for
| the past term with marked ability. AS
~ a,,idanro of tha annreciat;on of his
nast services his salary has been in
crea sad bv the county school trnstees
! c,h,,,s ,,a-Day,a pobh city
| 49, - ~ Iahoie aF ~ nit,r \ |. -
at'oihes' III psnaIi VI INC Si:y ias
do,,',s,iss;m .e go anrasant.tiNe pe
- ~ soIa 80 .,asi.,.a "a Wast
Vi-lio;a nc &c W ronenan,, =" ;nuastieste
tha ranort nersistsnt in (;nmberIand
tha+ ~ coIl,IanS pTr nInni,, 10 not ex-
nausted. as they assert, puL tnaL many
WeiIs YET uhIappeu exist. May Nun
followed TINS letter with personal ap-
peai 70 GOV. harrington IN an elloIl "
eApeoite 1ne Prope' Gohditlohs nave
oecomlng nhnearaoie When .he gas sup
ply Went peio" zero recently.
Annapolis. Md.-Wlthln the next cou-
pie OF weeks 500 birds that cost Anne
Arundel county 81 apiece will be lib
Grated in the several districts of the
been ordered from Mexican dealer
and they are known as Mexican bob
whites and are the first of number
to be purchased by the county out of
licenses issued last year.
Cumberland, Md.-Byron H. Daniels
ter of Elkins. to succeed Walter c.
Posten, who resigned. MIR. Daniels has
for a number of years been money
order clerk.
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Charles Town. w. Ya-Soldiers Rest,
one of the oldest homes in Clarke coun-
ty, Va, near here. which was erected
by Hessian prisoners for Gen. Daniel
H. Morgan, has been sold by j. E. Bar
nett, chairman of the Charge county
| board of supervisors. to Clifton Price
for $4,000.
Martinsburg. w. Na-Judge charles
who has been holding court in Charles
ton in place of Judge sam ID. Little
page for several weeks, announced that
he Will resign and practlce law IN
charleston Ills name mas peen IN
Lewlsburg Tor many years II rs SAID
that summers n. eharp OF Marlington.
prosecuting attorney OF 9ocahontaS
county. VIII succeed Judge Dlce by
virtue OF appointment oy GOV. Haeheio.
s1t 1=a,nls = ms .lap WIN t,tn
n,,oo oauobt .roy and raa fov IN
successive Lnoi hinss; hor sums sinie c
ene MI iaS .it.i nau pesm ta, "hiipyS Su uS
soM1 ~ % -
. uhti MI. Hern happiay 'housht oi tne
,oea oi oa'ns "p Win oie' Aa'
hehs'
~,.,, w ,, @o,+,ro
Iesn .'+- piS o..t eul
OF the !ene t sun county ri Slrcua. ,i Toui
was the unusually large NUMBER OF
compromise OF contests over deHn-
quent taxes some eight or ten suits TO
recover varying amounts or taxes al
ure OF property owners 70 nst thelr
holdings properly with the assessor
| were settled without the publicity OF
court trlaI. The largest amount recoV-
cred In any one case was Slt5- ma
1orlty OF the deIendants IN these suits
are residents or Shepherdstown district.
Cumberland, Md-The work of clean
| ing the streets of Cumberland will be
ent contract with j. Alfred Reid ex-
pires next month. according to the pro-
visions of an order passed at a recent
session of council. The order was in
troduced by Commissiner Adam Lebeck
The work. which has heretofore been
done by private contract, will hereafter
nrnnerty
ch.r1.rd- Md-Tbe feaera1 inter
.-.t hoord ,annnosaa - ranra