Evening Star Newspaper, June 26, 1923, Page 11

- * State Board of Health to Be § that an ’ l ¢ . @ B8pecial Dispatch to The Star. g B i ARLINGTON DUMP | SITE CONDEMNED Appealed to by Resi- dents. ; Bpecial Dispateh to The Star, CLARENDON, Va., June 26— Charging that Washington is using % Arlington county as a dumping Eround and that a supervisor is financially interested fn one of the dumps and because of this latter fact and despite numerous protests against the practice other county officials are leting the “nuisance go unabated.” Edwin Clark, justice of the peace of Jefferson district, addresed a meet- ing of the Clarendon Citizens’ Asso- clation, urging tion by county residents. L The dump in question parallels the old Washington-Alexandria road near the Highway bridge, and is the first thing to greet the eye and nostrils of Visitors in passing through the county's principal entran. M. Clark stated, -Recalling the visit of hundreds of Shriners into the county during the recent convention, Mr. Clark asked: “Wasn't that a beauti- ful sight for them to see and a fine impression of our county to carry back to their homes with them?" Declared Health Menace. Declaring that the dump was the Breatest evil existing In Arlingto county, Mr. Clark ®aid 1o allow 1ts continuance would be a great men- @ce to the health of all county ofti- zens, not mention the discomfort ~of all who have to pass through the obnoxious odc Mr. Clark said 1t was his opinion t pidemic , of measles th Eripped the county 'several years Ao ©ould be laid at the door of the dump, Mr. Clatk stated that there Seem to be any restriction as ta the character of refuse placed on dump. Dead animals, sald, have been found there, and declared it is 2 well known fact that Washington produce merchants use the dump for the disposal of decayved vegetables. ‘This filthy stuff,” Mr., Clark saidq, s placed on the dump and burned, and the smoke that emanates spreads to all sections of the county, endan ing the health of every resident. To Axk Dump Cloxed. The dumping round, accordl Mr. Clark, is lensed by individuals from th Richmond, F deriskeburg and Potomac Railroad Company . The association: g on Mr. Clark’s * suggestion inanimously adopted a motion directing the send- ing of letters to the president, gen- eral manager and local attorney of the railr nd the chair- of health de- manding t he dump be closed. President C. R. Tay who pre- sided, assured Mr. Clark that the Clarendon Citizens' Association would do everything possible to eliminate the nuisance. He stated that con- ditions at the other entrance to the county, via the new Georgetown bridge, were just as bad, but that a movement was already under way to remedy them. Several ‘angles of sewer proposals for that t of the county em- bracing Clarendon were discussed. The water and sewer committee of the association reported that no in- formation of a definite nature could be obtained at this time relative to the proposed sewer development for sanitary zones & aml 10. but that Judge Samuel G. Bent had advised that no action be taken on any petition until the people had had every opportunity to become thor- oughly acquainted with all detafls. The proposal of the Clarendon Com- munity Sewer Corporation to create a separate zone for the section it serves, petition for which has been filed, was also debated, there being a_division of opinion as to the ad- visability of such a move. Candidates to Speak. At the suggestion of A. P. Payne, a member of the association and candidate for the house of delegates, it was dechled to invite the candi- dates for both the state house and Senate to address a special meeting of the association, to which the pub- 1iq will be invited. This action was en to give the citizens of the county an opportunity to obtain the views of the candidates on several big public questions. A. Frank Snyder, general chairman of the annual carnival arrange- ments committee, announced that there would be a meeting of the committee this evening, and urged all members to be present. + 25 GIRLS ESCAPE INJURY- WHEN TRUCK TURNS OVER Dispatch ¢ LYNCHBURG, Twenty-five girls College Hill Bapt had a narrow esc truck, in w ’ ' Star. Va., June 26— from a class of Sunday School were golng to Pleasant View for a class demonstra- tion, turned over. of the girls were seriously hurt. The company had to abandon the truck, walk . to the railroad sta- tion and give up the trip. B. & 0.PLANS TO IMPROVE YARDS AT KEYSER, W. VA. To Spend $150,000 in Enlarging Tracks to Care for Greater Volume of Business. @pecial Dispatch to The Star. CUMBERLAND, Md., June 26.—Be- cause of the large volume of business plling up on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, the management has d=cided to spend $150,000 in improvem=nts at the Keyser vards, at Kevser, W .Va,, twenty-three 3 of here. Work has_started. tracks and yardage will be enlarged, The Keyser yards are the third in size on the system and are now work- # ing over 900 men. The change will| mean the emplovment for a large | number of additional men. PLAN ONE-DAY FAIR. | drowning. Cost of Digging Graves Goes Up; Price $5 an Hour Special Dispateh to The Star. RICHMOND, Va., June 26.— Grave digging in rural Virginia is now one of the leading and most profitable of labor's callings. The old rate was for years anywhere from $1 to $2.50. The conditions have changed, and now the men who care to work in that capacity are de- manding and receiving the rate of $5 an hour. In one instance a burial had to be delayed twenty-four hours un- til men could be found who would oblige at the rate of $5 an hour to make the excavation. They did the job and had the grave ready, the family having to pay $10 for the job. TWO ARE DROWNED UP POTOMAC RIVER One Loses Life Above Great Falls and Another in Canal. Special Dispateh to Th ar. ROCKVILLE, Md,, June 26.—Charles Wright, fifty years old, said to be a structural ironworker of Richmond, v but who has been working in and around Washington for the last year or more, was drowned in the Poto- mac river about a mile above Great Falls Sunday morning. He and sev- eral friends spent Saturday night in a shack on an island in the river, in- tending to pend Sunday fishing. Early Sunday morning he myste- riously disappeared from . the island, and when his companions discovered his hat, coat and other articles of clothing in the shack they became alarmed. Worked on Clubhount He had been working on the club- house of the Congressional Country Club and boarding in that neighbor- i0od, and when he failed to put in his appearance at his boarding house Sunday night tne conclusion was ached that he had fallen into the river. The Rockville authorities were notified y ¢ morning, and Dep- uty Sheriff Stanley Gingell was de- tailed to make an investigation. G ing to the island where the man was last seen alive, Gingell and several of Wright' expedition discovered the man's dead body in the water near the island. The body W taken in charge by Undertaker Willlam R. Pumphrey of Rockville, who has prepared it for burial. _An inquest probably will be held. Wright was unmarried. Drowns in Canal, ‘When a canoe in which he and sev- eral companions were crossing the canal near Glen Echo capsized Sun- afternoon, Ernest Hilliard, twen- ty-eight vears old, of Shenandoah Junction, "W. Va. lost his life by He was a good swimmer, and, his companions, thinking he would have no difficuity In reaching the shore, pald no attention to him. Missing him later, they concluded he was still in the water and began drag- ging the canal. His dead body was not brought to the surface until the following morning. He was unma; ried. The young man had been work- ing in the Bethesda neighborhood. RIVERDALE, MD., MAN GUILTY, COURT RULES 0. Klingle Sent Circulars Through Mail Outlining System of Win- ning on Races. —_— BALTIMORE, Md, June 326.—O. Klingle of Riverdale, Md., was con- victed in the United States Court yesterday of using the mails to de- fraud by sending out printed cir- culars representing that he was able to play the races successfully by a “system.” Sentence was-suspended by Judge Morris A. Soper. The system was called by Klingle “My Own System” and was described as a “sure thing.” In court he under- took to explain it to the jury. Klingle said he mailed his circu- lars from Hyattsyille, because there was no bank at Riverdale. He said he had a list of 1,500 names, but mailed clrculars to only 25 stopping when told the scheme prob- ably was unlawful. He calfed the list a “sucker list 5 ROCKYVILLE. ROCKVILLE, Md., June 26 (Spe- cial).—Roland C. Booth, a well known real estate operator of Wash- ington, is the defendant in a suit for a limited divorce filed in the circult court here by Mrs. Maud E. Booth of Silver Spring, this county. Mrs, Booth also asks the court to award her alimony and counsel fees. Mrs. Booth charges her husband with cruelty and also alleges in her DIl that In March last he deserted her. The couple have a grown son. The bill states that the defendant is now making his home in Washington. Attorney Albert M. Bouic of Rock- ville represents the plaiptiff and At- torney John A. Garrett 'of Rockville the defendant. Liquor Car Taken. Receiving information ~ yesterday afternoon that an automobile well stocked with liquor was on its way out into this county from Washing- ton, Deputy Sheriff Stanley Gingell and Motor Cycle Policeman Leroy Rodgers started out to make an In- Aldie Community Event Promises to Better Last Year’s. * LEESBURG, Va, June 26—Plans are being made for the Aldle com- munity fair and horse show, which will be held at Aldie, Thursday, July 26. This Is one of the biggest one- day fairs held in Virginia. It was a great success last vear and promises to be even more so this year. Many new classés have been added and the premiums are larger. There are several classes for bunches of alfalfa, sheaves of wheat, oats, rye, orchard grass, etc. The quality of ex- hibits is high and a large number of exhibitors is expected this year. AGENTS TO MEET. Insurance Men Will Be Addressed by State Officials. ! Special Dispatch to The Star. RICHMOND, Va., June 26—Insur- ance agents from all over the state , Are to meet here tomorrow for a two- day session, to discuss whatever leg- islation may be deemed desirable from the next legislature. JAmong those on_the program for Al addresses are Col. Joseph Button, the Yainsurance commissioner; Representa.- " tive A. J. Montague, Attorney-General Saunders and Fred J. Cox, of Perth Na) heohn B Morton of Philadeiphia, Ogorge E._ Tumer ot vestigation, Parked alongside the road near Halpine, on the Rockville pike, was a machine they thought ;nlght be the one they were looking or. , They found in the car thirty-one half pints nad six half gallons of corn whisky and a large number of empty bottles. They arrested the man in _charge—Terry Perkins, col- ored, of Washington—and brought Lim ‘to Rockville and committed him to jail to awalt trial on a_charge of violating the local option law of the county. Marriage Licenses, Licenses haye been issued by the clerk of the circuit court here for the marrlage of Miss Margaret M. Haig- ley and George L. Kunkel, 84, both of ‘Baltimore; Miss Audrey ~W. Browning of New York city and A Qaison C. Hudson of Pine Grove, Vi and Miss Elaine R. Hedgcock of Ta. koma Park, and Horace L, Stevenson of Washington. Walter Chun, a young negro_resi- fent of the lower section of the county, is in jail here charged with the larceny of a horse from Enos C. Keys of Linden, this county. He was arrested at the horse basaar, in Washington, where," it is charged, he left the horse to be sold. The horse was taken last Friday night from a d in which he was grazing. The investigation conducted by Deputy Sheriff Stanley Gingell, —_— Treatment, From the Boston Transcript. > Medtcal Professor—What would you do in the case of a person eating poisonous mushrooms? Btude—Recommend &.chinge ompanions on the fishing 1] as. Norrell, all bail THE EVENING -STAR, “UNKNOWN PARTY” -~ BAILIFF SLAYER State Police on Guard When Verdict Is Returned at Bladensburg. Special Dispateh to The Sta; BLADENSBURG, Md, June 26— “That' the said James A. Leebrfck came to his death by a gunshot wound, the shot belng fired by an un-" known 'party,” was the verdict of the coroner's jury held in the town hall here last night to investigate the cir- cumstances surounding the shooting of Leebrick, bailiff, who died in a Washington hospital following the gunshot wound inflicted ten days ago at a carnival held here. Oficers on Guard, Fearing trouble half a dozen offi- cers of the.state police force were sworn in and were in attendance dur- ing the taking of the testimony. There was mot a suspicion of trouble and when the verdict as announced about midnight practically every ne- gro had left. Ten or fifteen witnesses who had attended the carnival on the night of the shooting stated- that the crowd numbering over a hundred were fol- lowing officers Andrew Gasch and Os- Icar H. Taylor as they were taking Nelson Clarke to the lock-up across !from the carnival grounds. Several testified that members of the crowd had clubs, pop bottles and guns. They all testified that Gasch went in the middle of the pike told them to get back and not heeding this warning the officer shot into the crowd. A number of witnesses declared that three shots were fired and while the testimony on this point was conflict- ing the probabilities are that three shots were fired as one of the bullets killed Leebrick and two witnesses were parties who had been struck. One of the latter, Lawrence Dunning- ton, was struck in the fleshy part of the hip and the other one, James Tyler, was shot in the left arm near the 1bow. Delay in Hearing. During the latter part of the hear- ing there was a delay of nearly half an_ hour until the officers found Nel- son Clarke, who was arrested and who was being taken to the Jjail when the shooting occurred. Clarke tostified that Officer Taylor pulled him off the “flying horses” while the litter was in motion. Although he did not resist the arrest, he testified ithat Taylor hit him in the back of | the head with a_black jack, the blow dazing him. Clar testified that when officers had gotten him on the pike the crowd was rushing and jasch told them to get back. He declared that three shots were fired, two by Gasch, and that the firing was so close that the powder burned his face. Asked by a juror if he had been drinking he answered in the negative and stated that Taylor ‘scemed to be drinking. Constable Testifies. Constable Gasch was asked if he desired to testify, and was told by the states attorney that he did not have to do S0 unless of his own free will. ~Attorneys for Gasch, Frank M Stephens Charles W. Clagett, declared that Gasch in testifving did not waive his constitutional rights Gasch testified that the crowd fos lowed him to the jail and that some one threw a brick, which he dodged. He then ordered them to get back and, fearing bodily harm, he drew his pistol and fired one shot from the hip. The crowd then fell back. witness could not te in wh rection the bullet went and he dfd not know where Leebrick was stand- ing. He testified that he saw at loast two men in the crowd flashing guns. About two weeks ago. he testified, he had been attacked while in per- formance of his duty and it had come to his knowledge that the party who had mado the attack had clared that he would get the officer. Five ballots were taken before a verdict was reached. VIADUCT ON FIRE FOUR TIMES.IN PAST TEN DAYS Special Dispatch to The Sta; LYNCHBURG, Va.' June 28. floor of the Rivermont viaduct thh:. @ structure built thirty years ago, has caught e four times d last ten da. LEie s It is thought the fires have been started from cigarette stubs. FORMER VICE PRESIDENT SURPRISES CONGREGATION Mr. and Mrs. Thomas R. Marshall TUnexpectedly Drop in at Church Service. Special Dispatch to The Sta ROCKVILLE, Md., June 26.—Those in attendahcesupon the services at Neelesville Presbyterian Church, this county, Sunday morning were given a pleasant surprise by former Vice President and Mrs. Thomas R. Marshall, who dropped in at the beginning of the services and remained until the close. They heard an excellent ser- mon by the pastor, Rev. 0. A. Gilling- ham, and following the services held a very informal reception, shaking hands with virtually all present. Mr. Marshall explained that he and Mrs. Marshall motored out into the country with the idea of attending church “somewhere .in the country’ and happened to select the Neelesviile church. ~ Following the services they motored back to the city. EXPLOSION OF DYNAMITE MAY HAVE FATAL RESULT George Eggborn Loses Hand and Dr. J. W. Humphries May Be Blinded in One Eye. Speeial Dispatch to The Star. CULPEPER, Va., June 26.—The premature explosion of a stick of dynamite among a fishing party at the country home of George Eggborn on the Hazel river resulted in an in- i’ury to the host of the party, Bgg- orn, which may prove fatal, and serious and painful ipjuries to another member of the party Dr. J. ‘Willlam Humphries of this place, Mr. Eggborn, who was holding the stick when it exploded, had his right hand blown off and was otheriise gnjured about the arms and face. He ‘'was brought to Culpeper and hurried on a fast train to the hospital in Charlottesville. Dr. Humphries re- ceived an injury to his eye that Tobably will ‘cause the loss of sight. No other members of the party were ur ——e TRIAL SET FOR JULY 17. Albert Norrell to Face Charges in Closing of Bank. Special Dispateh to The Star. RICHMOND, Va., June 26.—Albert Norrell, one of the bookkeepers in was called before the hustings court to- day and his case set for trial July 17. Norrell is one of the four bookkeep- ers and cashiers indicted after the year ago. John Mitch- resident of the bank, was charge of making false the Mechanics Savings Bank, bank closed in the books of the bank, be- ing in process of appeal The other men indicted with Nor- rell are to be ta-d at the same time tham Detag out o8 e ntenced to serve three years in the penitentiary, and that case is now \ BALTIMORE, Md June 26— Echoes of the “kissing bug” scare have emerged from the dim and distant past in the attack of Dr. William C. Stone, deputy state health officer of the third sanita- tion district, against the practice of “kissing your love. upon the lip The back of the neck is the place for osculation and then only after engagement, declares the medical expert, who Is an authority on bugs of all sorts, including the matrimonial one. Dr. Stone has begun a campaign against the age-old custom, which he says.s on & par with the South Sea ‘natives' habit of rubbing noses, but more dangerous to the public health. He even includes bables in the ban. “If you've simply got to kiss your sweetheart or fondle the baby,” 'he says, “for goodness sake place the kiss gently on the nape of the neck. The cheek will do if you are very ardent and can’t walt, but even that is dan- gerous. FREDERICK STORM DAMAGE IS HEAVY House and Barn Destroyed by Lightning—Horses Are Killed. Special Dispatch to The Star. FREDERICK, Md., June 26.—Heavy damage was caused throughout the city and county late Saturday eve- ning, according to belated reports, when one of the most severe elé trical and rain storms fn a 13-year period swept this section, destroying the residence of Edward Crum, near Central, Md., and the barn of Foster C. Brubaker, Retreat Grove, six miles north of this city. Three horses, own- ed by Harry Steveng, near Liberty, standing under a tree, were killed by a lightning bolt which struck in & tree. Church Tower Shattered. (Kiss on the Neck Only Safe Place, The bell tower of the Woodsboro Lutheran Church was shattered by lightning, but the building not fired. Power lines of the Potomaec Public Service Company and the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company were badly shattered during the storm. The entire county was with- out electric lights for nearly four hours, while it is sald that between 500 and 800 telephone stations are in_trouble. The storm centers were at Brad- dock Heights, Jefferson and Woods- boro. North of Jefferson there was a light precipitation of hail, without any serious damage to vegetation or | to the fruit crop. , Hot Spell Broken. The rain broke one of the long- est and most severe hot waves rec- orded at the local United States | weather station. Twice last week the Special Dispatch to The Btar. temperature reached a maximum of 100 degrees, one 93. Throughout the iast seven days the maximum tem- perature at the official state was be- yond $0 degree: BILLY SUNDAY CLUB GETS 1,500 ON TRAIL Teams in Eight Months Report More Than 8,000 Pledge Better Lives. Special Dispateh to The Star. LYNCHBURG, Va. ; ports from ten out of twenty-two teams which covered seven countles near Lynchburg Sunday, doing evan- gelistic work for the Lynchburg Billy Sunday Club, show that in these ten meetings more than 1,500 people “hit the trail” Most of these were re- dedications, the people pledging themselves to more definite and ac- tive Christian life. The work was done by about 100 laymen. ~During _the past eight months teams representing the club have filled more than 1,000 assign- ments with about 8,000 ters.” “trail-hit- WESTHAMPTON COLLEGE OPENED. TO CHILDREN Crippled Youngsters to Enjoy Use of Buildings for Ten Weeks This Summer. Special Dispatch to The Star. RICHMOND, Va., June 26.—West- hampton_College is to be formally opened Wedneeday by an assoclation hich will furnish homes for the summer for some sixty crippled chi dren from the hospitals here. The funds have been secured for paying for the nurses and the attendants, for feeding them, clothing them and glving them games and toys for thelr entertainment. The children will be taken out in machines and will remain for ten weeks, giving their Tooms and beds in the hospitals to other children who will be operated on. Many of the little ones are without parents or relatives and are dependent on charity. W. L. Austin arranged for the summering of the children at the college during the vacation period. COAL CO. INCORPORATES. Plans Great Development in Mount Savage, Md., Field. ™ Special Dispatch to The Stat. MOUNT SAVAGE, Md, June 26— The Rowe coal interests, which oper- ate mines near Mount Savage, under the name of C, J. Rowe & Bros., have incorporated the Blue Lick Coal Com- pany, which contemplates the largest devefopment in the history of the Meyersdalé fleld, just north of here. The promoters are Frederick Rowe, Frederick E. Rowe, Clarence F. Rowe and Clyde J. Rowe, all well known !Ummmlly Large Numbers of Pests WASHINGTON, D. O, TUESDAY, JUNE 26, 1923. " BUSH MEETING DATES. Annusl Event at Purcellville July CALL SPECIAL JURY IN GARRETT GASE Excitement Prevails as Al- leged Slayers of Pastor Go to Court. - "By the Associated Press. CUMBERLAND COURT HOUSE, Va., June 26—A marked degree of suppressed excitement was evident here this morning when Judge B. D. ‘White convened the grand jury in Cumberland, county circuit court, be- fore whom Indictments were to be lald, charging Robert O. Garrett, county clerk, and his brother, Larkin C. Garrett, also a county official, with shooting to death the Rev. E. L. Plerce, June 6. Police on Guard. A squad of Richmond police, under command of Lieut, Bosquet, was en hand to aid the many special deputies who had been sworn in to preserve order, and everywhere around the little courthouse groups of men as- embled to discuss the killing of the inister in front of his home here. The authorities did not expect any trouble, but as a matter of precau- tion the deputies mingled freely with the crowds made up of persons of both factions of the political ud, trom which the shooting of Mr. Plerce is said by the authorities to have been a culmination. When court was convened at 10 o'clock by Judge White, who 1a pre- siding in the absence of.Judge George Hundley, who is 11 at a Rich- mond hospital, the entire main street and thoroughfares leading therefrom were lined with automobliles, buggies and vehicles of all descriptions, Ric ard Evelyn Byrd of Richmond, assist- antcommonwealth’s attorney, and Milton P. Bonifant of Powhatan county, who has been named as speclal prosecu- tor in the Garrett case, announced just before entering the courtroom that the prosecution would seek a oint indictment against the brothers. e sald the commenwealth also would ask for a change of venue if true bills were return the same time counsel for defense nounced they would welcome indictment of their clients in order that the charac- ter of the two county officials might be vindicated in court. However, they will oppose any change in venue. Parke Deane, secretary to Gov. B. Lee Trinkle, arrived here-by auto- mobile just as court was being con- vened, but_he would not disclose his mission. He refused to answer all questions. Immediately after court was open- ed, an agreement was reached for the summoning of special grand jury to hear the case against the Gar- retts and the sheriff was instructed to have the veniremen in court at 1 o'clock A Larkin Garrett, who was present, said the condition of his brother, Who is still at a hospital in Richmond suffering from a bullet wound re- ceived In the shooting in front of the Baptist parsonage, Was atisfac- tory.” TENT CATERPILLARS INVADE MARYLAND Are Destroying Foliage in State. Special Dispateh to The Star. BALTIMORE, Md., June 26.—Mary- land has been invaded this summer by an unusually numerous army of tent caterpillars which weave their web: around clusters of leaves. From these nests the swarms “of young caterpillars go forth to con- sume the foliage of the tree upon which they are located, and as they consume that they range upon neighboring trees. J. A. Cope, assistant state forester, says the nests have rarely been as numerous as now. ANSWERS 1,064 QUERIES CORRECTLY DURING Quiz Special Dispatch to The Star. CUMBERLAND, Md,, June 26.—C. L. McDonald, yardmaster for the Balti- more and Ohio railroad st Connelis- ville, passed an exceptional examina- tion on the book of rules, shen he an- swered correctly the entire list of 1,064 questions in an oral examination, which consumed nearly three hours. WILL MEET IN LEESBURG. Organized Bible Classes of Wash- ington to Assemble Friday. Special Dispatch to The Star. LEESBURG, Va. June 26.—The men's organized Bible classes of Washington, who held their confer- ence here last year, are planning for another meeting here beginning next Friday and continuing through the following Sunday. Dr. Isaac_ Ward, pastor of the Fourth Presbyterian Church, Wash- ington, D. C., will preach here Sun- day. The Glee Club of the Vermont Avenue Christian Church, led by Wil- liam E. Braithwaite, will furnish the music. Nearly 150 delegates are ex- pected to be present. PLAN FOR SOY BEAN MILL. Conference Held at Fredericksburg to Discuss Proposal. Spectal Dispatch to The Sta FREDERICKSBURG, Va., June 26.— A number of county agents were here and held a_conference in the law library of Judge Alvin T. Embre: taking up the proposal to establish a soy bean mill in this city. County agents present were: W. R. Linthicum, Spotsylvania; E. V. Free- den, Orange; J. W. Catlett, Staftdrd; L. M. Walker, ir, King George; R. F. Holberton, Carolina; D. H. Crosby, Essex; C. C. Chase, ‘Westmoreland. Judge Embrey and H. K. Sweetser also took part in the ¢onference. [ D —— THREE HURT INCOLLISION. Automobile Sideswiped by Car on Public Highway. Special Dispatch to The Star. CUMBERLAND, Md. Three were Injured on the Amcel road, near this city, when the car of C, E. Fadely was sideswiped b: a machine going In the opposite d rection. Mr. and Mrs. ely recelved coal operators and residents ' of cuts and bruise Meyersdale, with the exception of Clyde J. Rowe, a resident of Frost- burg, who has oversight of the Ro of Baitimore, the worst injured, h & deep gash across the forenead and Albert E. Ambrose of the Cumber- cgal mining properties in the vicinity 58" Mount Savage and north to Wel- Tersburs. FOREST AREA APPROVED. Purchase of Land Will Be Urged ' on National Commission. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. LYNCHBURG, Va., June 26—The federal forest reserve office here an- nounces that seventy-seven acres of Rockbridge county land and 800 acres in Augusta county ve .been &ap- roved for purchass by thé national orest commission. The natural, bridge’ area now in- cludé 41,37 hich cost th Sk fayaveage i 4507 an commission asre land Oil Company, lost control of his car, which skidded on the incline at the head of Baltimore street, and, turning around, lodged against a pole. SCHOOL CENSUS-REPORT. Special Dispatch to The Star. i ngflm. Va., &n: though the censu ol S0p. In tem, yeure, B & Glae o n 3 superintendent of the 'city schools, has { & statement showing that the in i the sohool en- rollment in ‘that decade was 2,309, Tt SR S 1005 P2 o oty m»fl& d‘utt.“l‘o' ‘&u with 36.—Ale Bpecial Dispateh to The Btar. fations are being made for is to be held from Sunday, July 25, to Sunday, August 5, inclusive. E. Lybotl, secretary of the assocla- tion, Is putting forth every effort to arrange an attractive program. , |and speakers will be present. CHURCH GOLDEN JUBILEE. Spectal Dispatch to The Star. FREDERICK, Md., June 26.—Cele- bration of the golden jubllee of the Methodist Eplscopal Church, Bruns- wick, which held its first service in a log cabin situated between the tracks of the Baltimore and Ohlo railroad, at Berlin, now Brunswick, are being held this week. Opening services were conducted by Rev. B. F. de Vries, district super- intendent, and Rev. J. M. Gillum. Next Sunday the ceremonies will conclude with a sermon by Bishop John W. Hamilton, Washington. EPWORTH LEAGUE ELECTS Norfolk Man Chosen President of Virginia Conference, " 8pecial Dispateh to The Star. LYNCHBURG, Va, June 26~/Bhe Epworth League conference of the Virginia Methodist conference be- fore adjourning here elected the fol- lowing officers: president, R. Vanderberry of Norfolk; vies presi- dent, W. H. Euston, Richmond; sec- retary, "Floyd Craft of Norfolk treasurer, W. M. Davis of Richmond. The next conference will be held at the Blanckstone Female Institute, Blackatone, June, 1924 29 to August 5. LEESBURG, Va, June 36.—Prepa- o annual jush meeting at Purcellville, which Mr. A, Many neted platform ente ners This promise of one of the gs ever held. 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Then, too, 'the saving of ice in the torrid weather is a factor not to be overlooked. : Three-Door Side Icer, white enamel interior.......... $38.00 Small Top Ieer.........’ciieeieeiiaeineenemmen. $21.00 Three-Door All-Porcelain Interior Refrigerator...... $79.00 Apatrtment size, white enamel interior.............. $36.00 Seasonable Floor Coverings at Unusually Attractive Prices Heavy Rag Rugs Square Oval Size 4x7 feet........ 86 in.x63 in. . . .ccnima. . 30inx60 in.......~. 27 in.x54 in. 24 in.x48 in. . .$5.75 . 3.66 . 310 225 1.75 6x9 ft. . s + o« $21.50 42 INXT2 INe e s 000 vecamtmre s BD 86 INX6B . . cmirireormss conee $.T0 80 in.x50 in...omsercenas « « core 3.55 Belgian Rush Rugs JapaneseRushSquares dx7-ft. $4.95 40c to 70c per Square Mattings 30c per yd. The Linen Shop Utica Cotton Sheets—Ameriu’s standard. Sizes quoted are torn sizes before hemming. Cot size, 54x90 inches... .. . $1.15 Each Double-bed size, 81x90 inches. .............. $1.50 Each Bleached Mercerized Cotton Cloths and. Napkins. Superior, lintless, lannders white, hemmed, ready for nse. Cloths, 72x72 inches, each. . . .. .. .orvuveviavemmenmnsen e .$2:65 Napkins, 22x22 inches, dozen. . . . ..ew. ..oncevacareves .. .$3.35 Napkins, 20x20 inches, dozen. . . .. .ccumee o cvorvovave oo . $2.15 Bleached Pure Linen Tea and Pantry Towels; red or blue borders; hemmed; 21x31 inches; ready for use, 39¢ each. i Bleached Turkish Bath Towels. Pure white, hemmed, extra absorbent, 36c each. i : . Pwrehases Forwarded Prepoid to Any Shipping Point in the United States cevasaae