Evening star., 1918-02-24
VALLEY OF VIRGINIA.

WINCHESTER, Va. February z3.-
Mrs. Gertrude Thorpe. wife Of Harry
Thorpe, who swallowed poison at the
homo Of her husbands grandfather.
John Thorpe, near Mount Jackson,
stands a fair chance to recover. accord
ing to physicians attending her in the
Harrisonburg Hospital.
The vigilance of State Fuel Admins
traitor H. F. Byrd. with the assistance
of local commissioners. has made it
possible to keep the price of coal in
this state within reasonable limits, be-
sides guaranteeing an equitable dis
tribution. Mr.. Byrd stated today that
Virginia has probably Jared best dur
ing the recent crisis, and that there had
been less suffering in Virginia than in
any other state.
Funeral services were held yesterday
at Berryville for Mrs. Louisa Buchan-
an Thomas, sixty-four years old.
widow of Col. Samuel S. Thomas. who
died Wednesday OF pneumonia: She is
survived by one son and one daughter
and two sisters, Mrs. Anna Washington
of Washington, d. c., and Miss Mary
Spottiswoode Buchanan of Winchester.
The bill offered in the legislature by
Senator II. F. Byrd of Winchester and
several others as patrons to take over
the historic Shenandoah Valley pike be-
between Winchester and Staunton and
have it operated as state road free
of toll has been favorably reported by
the senate committee on roads.
Friends here have been advised of the
death, after only two days illness. of
TaZewell Taylor Hubbard, fifty-two
years old, at his home, in Norfolk, Va,
where he was a leader at the bar.
The first snake of the season-a large
spread-headed moccasin-was found
summing itself yesterday on the south
side of hill in the carpers valley sec
tion of Frederick county. The snake
sprang at dog, but the latter seized
the reptile and bit it in two. Several
men who witnessed the fray also saw
two robins in tree nearby.
John NJ Miller, probably the most ex-
tensiye fruit grower of Berkeley coun-
ago the work of sorting, packing and
shipping about 10000 barrels of apples,
which he had had in his cooling house
at Tablers. He has Several thousand
barrels in cold storage at Martinsburg,
which are being put on the market.
Rev. DR.. James Cannon, jr superin-
tendent Of the Virginia Anti-Saloon
League and prominent figure in the
councils of the national league, is now
on his way to France on a special mis-
sion for the government, that of study
ing and reporting on the moral condi-
tions existing in the American camps
behind the firing lines. He is being ac-
companied by his son. Richard NJ Cam
non. and DR.. E. J. Moore of Ohio
Miss Maria Burwell Anderson, daugh-
ter of Mrs. George Barksdale Ander-
son, who formerly spent much of her
time in Washington and Virginia. died
few days ago in Berkeley, Cal, fol-
lowing surgical operation for appen-
dieitis. aged about thirty years
w. j. Schoene, the state entomolo-
gist. addressed the fruit growers of
Frederick county at a meeting here
yesterday afternoon. and urged them to
take drastic steps to prevent the ap-
pearance and spread in this section of
the oriental peach moth which has al
ready done much damage to fruit trees
in the District of Columbia and nearby
Virginia and Maryland sections
Henry 5. Baker. jr, of the Washing
ton and Lee University ambulance unit.
in letter to his mother, postmarked
recently at Winchester, Eng, states
that on the way over none of the men
on the ship appeared to be in the lea
concerned about the possibility of u
boat attacks. He states they were
food down.
J. Robert Nicklas thinks it is tough
when young man wants to serve his
country and is not permitted to do 50.
He recently went to Camp Meade fuII
OF nope that he was all right. after
undergoing special medical treatment
ana taking exercise. He has been re-
3ected on physical grounds and sent
nome again. This makes five times he
mas been rejected and three times he
has been accepted.
opeolah w. Hubbard, seventy-eieht
years old. lifelong resident of. and
for many years, a general merchant At
crimes, is dead al his home there from
a lingering illness