Evening star., 1919-09-28
FAIRFAX.

1AdHS are aOOVI COmpleteO IOT tHe
annual fair which will take place
October !. 2 and 3. The exhibits are
expected to be numerous and excel
lent. The principal feature Of the
first day will be the reception and din
ner to the soldiers who will be the
guests Of the Fair Association. The
dinner, will be served by the women
Of the county. The feature of the
second day will be the EXHIBIT OF sad
Fdles horses. driving horses ,and Jump
era On the third day the school chill
dren' OF the county will parade. Rep
resentative r. Walton Moore will ad-
drass athes.soldiers and will be an
awered by Col. l. Monroe Loye. rank
ing oficer Of the local soldiers. There
viii also be.A short parade. -3..f-4
During the fair there Eill he aero
plano dfthts by a machine from Boil
ing.Field.'Aspeeial feature Of the fair
rocks and soil Of Fairfax county. Each
type Of soil Will be shown and also
the rock from which 1t came. Speci-
mems Of iron. copper. soapstone and
mica will be on exhibit. It IL not gen.
orally known that the western part
Of the county is rich in minerals.
Mines have been opened at Floris and
Bull Run, but have not heen ouDrated
on ACCOUNT Of lack of fundAe yExcaya-
tfons at Chanfilly and other farms
show considerable deposits of one.
When oil wells are sunk valuable
pockets or seams Of these minerals
win no doubt be found. s:..e
The circuit court for Fairfax county,
Judge Samuel q. Brent presiding, re-
convened Thursday hEt. Friday court
adjourned for the term. Business has
been disPosed OF az follows:
AIred Nicholson wae Appointed COM
missioner IN chancery.in placs OF Capt,
EJ. w. Ballard: Mrs. Cather1ne Long
/ quatAedsAs adninistfAkrfx: uf the estate
Of her daughter. Maybelie Long: F. 8.
McCandlish wns 1ppo!ntedE guardian Of
v. and Edith e. Makeley; August Hem
ming resigned ~ . Justice Of the peace:
the viii Of William Morrow was admit
ted 10 prDhate. With. Charles l. Morrow
q, executor: James II. Collier, Qu1Aded
a4suasssan % .Ss of 2 Perth ns Collier: % t,a,s..a
for hQuSebfealdng, q plea OF guilty was
enteIed, The prisoner vAa septenced fo
the state reformAtory, but was pAroled
during good conduct. Messrv,. c.. W.
Carter Of Fairfax and c. II. Davis Of
Alsxandria- were admitted 70 practtcs In
During ths recent session: Of the. cir.
cult court Judge Brent Wa8 called upo0
to display some .of this. wisdom. OF Solo
mon IN deciding quarrel Of An sccaeai-
asttcal nature. In the Hafieys Cross.
roads neighborhood there Ii q colored
church known as Warner . Baptist
church. The brethren 'of this church
( fell out recently as to who really COM
posed the church. Finally they carried
tf>ie complaintS' into court. Judge Brent
that the faction having the most msm-
bArA should control - - ys@s - :
An open switch at Edgslea station,
on the Waahington-V Virginia railrosd.
is said to have been the cause OF 2
collision between the car that LETT
which arrives here ut Q little after
7.pm. The end Of the Warrington
bound car was crushed. while the
/ Tairfax-hound car was NOT. injured.
With the exception Of q few broken
windows No one wag hurt y
the state corporation commission the
/ telephone lines throughout the. state
viii on November 80 return to the
4; rates IN force before the lines wore
taken over by the federal government
This means th.t s,ch Tshs ss Cnarcn sfas. ard na
tolls to. the. Faiffax exchange prevfous
TO the rate change Will altar N0vem-
beF 20 be again out o4tthe ton zone.
/ H B. Derr, county agent announcea
that the state inspectors are coming
to inspect the wheat crop TO nnd %
what extent 1t has been injured by
the nemotode or eel worm. ME-. DerE
says that he hnds the wheat on near
II every farm affected Wheat badly
affected should not be sown. ~
serious losses may occur. The county
who ID In doubt - TO whether his
wheat 10 Affected mAy sand q sample
TO him for examination free. Of charge.