Evening Star Newspaper, July 22, 1923, Page 14

HSTORI CHU TOBEFETE Gov. Ritchie Will Crown Queen at Herring Creek Tournament. RCH Epecial Dispateh to The Star. UPPER MARLBORO, July 21.—Per- haps the outstanding annual event of southern Maryland will be staged Wednesday next at old Herring Creek Church, near Tracys Landing, Anne Arundel county. Hundreds of Episcopalians and others from Prince Goeorges county will journey to the historic church, the latter being con- veniently located on the state road to Solomons Island, a few miles from Mount Zion. Gov. Albert C. Ritchie was the princlpal speaker last year, and has promised to be present next Wed- nesday to present the crown to the aueen of love and beauty and make the coronation address. It is ex- pected that all of the candldutes for Judicial honges in the seventh Judi- clal clreuie of which Anne Arundel ©COUntY 48 a part will be In attendance, a9 “well as the candidates for the ¥arious county offic Perhaps the outstanding feature is the tourna- ment in which professional and ama-. teur knights are entered. Besides the honor of crowning the queen and her maids, liberal cash prizes will be competed for. A base ball game be- Lween two strong steams from southern Maryland also is on the program. t the least of the in Yiting attractions will be an old- fashioned southern Maryland dinner gerved by the ladies of the parish. he coronation exercises in the eve- ning will be followed by dancing. Church Built in James' Church was erected the bricks used in the con- coming S e the congregations nced many trying periods from at date to the 1 nt _time, the parish I a fow earne Today the chure with bright prospe opment. The proceeds stivities scheduled for Wednesday will be d Yoted to the installation of an elec- tric lighting plant. In the old rchyard repose the remains of Christopher and Anne Birchhead interred as far back as 1663 and here, too, Seth Biggs' body as lain s 1708. Rev. Henry Hall, founder of the church, is also buried and one of Hyattsville's most beloved c Dr. Joseph R. Owens, sev- r of the munlicipality, y here a number of . Henry Hall was the e at-grandfather of Thomas John Hall, 2d, a prominent residen of the neighborhood, who has cha of the arrangements. Rev. Hall buried in 1722 and William Locke ten years later. The parith was laid out in 1692 Six vears later the Rev. Mr. Hall built a frame church which was destroyed by fire. The present structure of brick was begun in 17 and finished two years later. The Rov. W. B. Dent, at one time rector of St. John's chapel, Mount Rainier, just off the District of Columbia line dn Prince Georges countv, and later Wector of the Mechanicsville parish, . Mary's county, is now rector of St. James’ and is developing the work of the parish. Bell Queen's Gift. ie original bell, given by Queen Anne. was melted in the days of t revolution, but generation after gen- erition pressed its ts of the communlon serv- ed by the parishioners in 1 ‘he descendants of original gottlers are baptized today from the ven by William Locke in 1717. r are still helped from the sin presented by the r. Hall in 17,2, Members good ts for of :nt generation have added m’ onations of the past an elec- equipment | Hundreds of belles and beautles from all sections of southern Mary- and. debt e on the church. of the tour- nament will be s Hill, Prinse Georges county; Charles Chary, Calvert county, and C. Addi- #on Hodges, Anne Arundel county. John P, Briscoe, chief judge of the seventh judicial circuit of Prince Frederi, Meade_ Holliday of An- napolis and Ogle Marbury of Laurel, will constitute the receiving com- tt STAFFORD CITIZENS FORM HEALTH BODY WVirginia County Effects Permanent Organization—Mrs. Melchers Is Elected President. [Bpecial Dispateh to The Star. . FREDERICKSBURG. Va., July 21. =Public-spirited citizens of Stafford, both men and women, met at Staf- fard Court Houss and effected a permanent reorganization of the Pub- ‘lic Heelth Association for the en- suing vear. The meeting was pre- sided over by Dr. R. J. Payne and all districts of the county were well represonted. Mrs. Gari Melchers was ted president, Miss Edmo C. Le. surer, und Miss Virginla Carter, secretary. Miss Elizabeth Russell of Fredericksburg was elected county public health nurse, her term of of- fice to begin October 1. Vice presidents were elected from each of the four county districts as i niel B. Devore, Fal- P. _Moncure, Maddox, Rock Hill; 4 oe, Hartwood. Two from each diftrict were named as members of the boand of dlrectors as. follows: Mrs. N. N. Berry and . Isaac Silver, Falmouth; Mrs. R. and Mrs. R. W. Powers, the Aquia; Mrs. Hammond Bly and Miss | fargaret Reamy, Hartwood; Miss Lula French and Miss Edna Randall, Rock Hill. All members of the medi- cal profession of the county, as well as a number of prominent citizens, were appointed on the advisory board. WIFE SUES FOR DIVORCE, CALLS HUSBAND BRUTAL Mrs, Helen Mary Gartner, Gaith- ersburg, Also Charges Infidelity in Plea for Decree. {Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., July 21.—Charg- 4ng that the defendant “seemed de- termined to make the life of the plaintiff as.horrible and unbearable @s he knew how” and that he was “cruel, unkind and inconsiderate,” Mrs. Helen Mary Gartner of Gaith- ersburg, this county, has instituted suit in the circuit court here for an absolute divorce from Millard James Gartner, a well known Gaithersburg business man. She also charges him with infidelity, indicating a cores- pondent, although not giving her name. Mrs. Gartner asks the court to award her the custody of the cou- ple's_tour children—Millard J., Rob- ert E, Ernest Lee and Thomaa Ja- cob Gartner, aged six, four, two and & half years and ten months, respec- tively—and to allow her alimony and couysel fees. According to the bill, the defendant 18 worth $30,000 and has an annual income of about $4,000. Mrs. Gartner 1s represented by Attorney John A. Garrett of Rockville The couple, ac- cording to the blll, were married in Gal | -Sa on_April 34, 1816 and, SCENE| 1ips to the | widow | .| nullify the Constitution, but expressed Virginia Beauties | Lose Crown to New York Girl Speclal Dispatch to The Star. UNIVERSITY, Va, July 21— Miss Minna Dessez of New York clty was selected as winner of the beauty contest conducted dur- ing the summer quarter of the University of Virginla. Miss Ruth St. Denis and Ted Shawn, who were judges _in the contest, crowned Miss Desses as queen of beauty during the dance pageant which they gave in the MclIntire Amphitheater. Miss Muriel Mac- Leod of Milwaukee, Wis., was se- lected to be mald of honor. Besides Miss Dessez and Miss MacLeod in the final contest wers Miss Sara Blasengame of Ashland, Va.; Miss_Pauline Fletcher of Honaker, Va.; Miss Helen Glass of Harrisonburg, Va.; Miss Eliza- beth Grey of Marion, Va.; Miss Nina Meads of Norfolk, Va.; Miss May Speed of the universit; Phyllls Van Lear of Charlott: Walker of Bamberg, S. C. RIVERDALE CHARTER AMENDMENT SOUGHT Citizens Want Right to Tax Selves to Pay for Fire Ap- paratus. RIVERDALE, Md., July 21 (Spe- cial).—The town council will ask the state assembly to amend the River- dale charter so that citizens may tax themselves to pay for the fire appara- tus and provide a maintenance fund for the same. As the fire rates are reduced to the protected standard, no opposition s expected. It is proposed also to give citizens credit for their contributions to the fire-fighting fund in the event the charter is changed and the new tax plan accepted. Mark M. Moran, president of the t Riverdale Association, addressed town council in the interest of the roposed improvement to the Edmon- n road. The state and county are expected to assist the citizens in the improvement, which will allow thel street car company to abandon its cks from Bladensburg to t liverdale and substitute busses. The town council indorsed the project. Fight on Peddlers. Councilman _Kneessl urged the council to tak® action against ped- dlers of ice cream who sell their insanitary concoctions to school chil- dren. H. A. Hegarty was elected town attorney. Chief ‘of Police Harvey E. Smith, reported_an increasing number of arrests for speeding on the Balti- more-Washington boulevard, the state police aiding in rounding up reckless drivers. In an address before the Women's Literary Club last week, Chief Smith declured for a _vigorous law-enforce- ment policy. He insisted that any jcounty can be Kept clean if it has fearless and aggressive officials, and that law violators quickly become aware of the character of the officials with whom they are llable to come in_ contact. Mrs. Vergil ¢ Baldwin was the honor guest a miscellaneous shower given at the home of Mrs. Herbert Roby, on Washington avenue Monday evening. Mrs. Roby wus a sisted by her daughter, Miss Paulin Roby. Those present were Mrs. Harry Ohlson, Mrs. Wilson Ryon, Mrs. John Roby, Mrs. A. S. Thurston, Mrs. Noble Owings, Mrs. Harry Gouff, Mrs. James Pk n of Riverdale, Mrs. Remi Heuper of Brooklyn, Mrs. J. Walton orrow of Baltimore and Mrs. Harry Barrow N Eisenberger, Mrs. Lloyd White, Mrs. Lewis Opperman, Mrs. Howard Wilson of Washington. The Numen Lumen class of the unday school, under the leadership of Mrs. Clyde Munch, held {an enjoyable garden party on the lawn of the B. H. Galither hoine Wednesday evening, the young ladies of the class entertaining their friends. Among the out-of-town gu 3 Mr. Charles Hoot and DMisses la, Alma and Dorothy Hoot of Baltimore | and Rev. and Mrs. C. J. Hicks of Nor- llnlk, who are guests in the Gaither Lome. The D. W. Worley residence in West Riverdale was the scene of a merry gathering on Tuesday evening, when Mr. and Mrs. Worley enter- talned the Berwyn-Branchville band, their familles and friends. Refresh- ments were served and dancing en- Joyed by the young folks. Music was furnished by an orchestra composed V Clyde and Albert Thomas King, saxo- drums, with the piano, At a meeting of the officers and teachers of the Presbyterian Sunday school plans were made for rally day, and $800 set as the goal to be solicit- ed. A committee composed of Rev. John K. Lynn, Mrs. John Roby, Mrs. Jessie Blaisdell, Edward Galding and George F. Montgomery has the ar- rangements in charge. Mrs. John Roby was made superintendent of the primary department of the Sunday school. “For the first time In its history this nation is confronted by an or- ganized resistance to a regular amendmeént to the federal Constitu- tion,” said George Crabbe, secretary of the Maryland Anti-Saloon League, at an open meeting of the W. C. T. U. at the Presbyterian Church on Thurs- | ay evening. The epeaker referred to |the wet movement as an attempt to E: no alarm over the result of this con- test against law and order. Scoring four members of the general assembly from this county, he called upon the women to be more active in the pric maries and gendral elections. He salq, ;‘T};;‘wgml:: hr;}/e not measured up n s 7 [rs. Evi in this g Eva C. E. Chase CLARENDON, VA. CLARENDON, Va, July 21 (Spe- clal)—Announcement is made by the trustees of the Clarendon M. Church South of the sale by the Vir- ginia Presbytery of the church prop- erty now occupied by the Methodists, which will be vacated upon comple- tion of the new bullding under con- struction. It {s understood that Rev. Edward Wright, former pastor of the Ballston Presbyterian Church and now at the head of the church at Ar- iington, will be placed in. charge of th%}}ocl})congregfl!lon. e 0dd Fellows' bazaar, which closed tonight has been a gomplete success, and Chairman C. Eugene Doyle of the general committee and Mrs, Clara Nevin of the Rebekah committee are reported as pleased with the result. The proceeds will be used for the purchase of stock in the Arlington Hall Assoclation, the holding corporation for the new 0dd Fellows' Home. W. L. Bragg, the new degree direc- tor of Arlington Lodge of Odd Fel lows, will have charge of the confer- ring of the first degree on a large class Tuesday night Degree work will continue until the first meeting in August, when a month's vacation will be taken and an opportunity afforded for bullding up the four new teams, each headed by & captain se- lected for the purpose, Tickets are being distributed for the base ball game to be played at American League Park Saturday, August. 17, between a picked team from the Arl n Odd Fellows and the lodges of Washington. The lo- cal committee in charge of arrange- ments iy composed of W. L. Bragg, Capt. “Tim” Jordan, A. C. Welch, Ralph Ball and Delbert Bolen. The Clarendon ball team will meet the W. F. Roberts team on Lyon Fleld at 3 p.m. tomorrow. The local team has suffered but one defeat this season, having won out over the American Legion nine last Saturday, the 1:1‘1‘1,1‘;& A :;l Sunday, but taking the score -8t Fred- urg, Va., on-Monday, { THE SUNDAY ST. ' WASHINGTON, D. 0, JULY 22, 1923—PART 1. DA AR, W AN, D O JULY 23 M AR L \Md. Community Faces Isolation JUDGE HURLS FIERY REPLY AT GRITICS Prosecution in Garrett Case Charged With Cowardly Attack on Him. Special Dispatch to The Star. RICHMOND, Va., July Judge George J. Hundley of the circult court for Cumberland, who was declared to have been the victim of abuse of con- fidence on the part of the Garrett brothers, charged with the murder of the Rev. Plerce of Cumberland several weeks ago, today made reply to a statement of counsel for the prosecution in that case, the ecriti- cism and statement having been made over the signature of M. P. Bonifat, the man Judge Hundley had appointed to leAd the prosecution. Judge Hundley is nearly eight five years old, is a veteran of the civil war and & man of courage. He characterizes the reference to him as fulse, scandalous and cowardly, und in part: : article published in the even- ing papers of Richmond July 18, pur- porting to be prepared by the prose- cution In the Garrett cases in Cum- berland, which, we are told, will be used when the motion for change of venue is made July 25, in so far as it alludes to me I wish to denounce as false, scandalous and cowardly, and 1 wish {0 notify its authors now that It it is offered in court the honorable judge who is presiding will be asked 10 pass on its character and to decide whether he will permit the record of the court of the absent judge to be dishonored and disgraced by spread- ing thereon this slanderous attack upon the character of the judge of that circuit. Bitterly Attacks Motive. T wish to denounce it now as false, libelous and cowardly. False, by cause it attributes to me action and a character which could only be true of an imbecile or a_corrupt judge. Cowardly, because the insti- Zators of it know that I will not be present at the trial of It, and they would never dare to do it in any other way than under cover of what they suppose is a privileged communica- tion, made in & court of justice in a case on trial. A court of justice indeed, that is the last thing these peopie want. Their whole course from the begin- ning has been an effort to try these accused men by arousing popular clamour and trying these men, not by unbiased jury, but by a prejudiced public, whose minds have been al- ready poisoned by the most remark- able campaign of denunciation waged in press and pulpit. Many of the men mentioned by these slanderers, and severely eriticized by them, I knew long before I knew the Garretts, and whom every good man in Cumberland knows to be far superior in all re- spects to their critics, In many respects this paper is the most remarkable production that I have ever known. When analyzed, it is simply an absolute indorsement of all the charges which the oppos- ing faction have brought against Garrett. «Conglomerate” Indictment. It is a conglomerate indictment of all the crimes in the catalogue, and it is proper to inguire whether the commonwealth of 'Virginia, through its pro ting attorneys, means to announce to the world that she in- do wvery accusation brought by a frenzicd and hostile faction against Robert Garrett, and is going to coun- tenance the desperate efforts of this contemptible faction in the country to set aside the orderly and digni- fied process of law, the voice of a howling mob whose passions they have aroused und fired by the most disgraceful appeals through the pub- lic press and from certain pulpits to an extent never heard of in old { Virginia before. These people are attacking the law through the officers of the law. like the murders of the judge and sherift of Carroll county. They are seeking to take the lives of the Garretts an destroy the reputation of the jud and good old sheriff of Cumberland, and, doubtless, {f they had it in their power. they would do to the officers of the Cumberland court what the murderers of Carroll county did to the officers of that court. LEE HIGHWAY BRIDGES ASKED BY WARRENTON Board of Supervisors of Fauquier County Is Petitioned by Citizens. Spectal Disoatea to The Star. . WARRENTON, Va, July 2L—The board of supervisors of Fauquier coun- ty held its regular meeting Thursday. Those present were C. F. Ramey, chair- man; T. B. Glascock, E. W. Brown, N. A. Embrey and W. C. Ralls. A large amount of routine business was trans- acted, and appropriations were made for the ealaries of county officers. The Fauquier National Bank made applica- tion to rent a room in the basement of the courthouse during the erectlon of the proposed new bank building. The appli- cation was taken into favorable con- sideration. Citizens petitioned that, for convenlence of traffic and the regular delivery of the mails, bridges should be built on the Lee highway between New Baltimore and Warren- ton over Mill run and a large branch of same. The case was referred to the stats highway commission. Pony Show Prize List Prize 1ists have been published for the fourth annual pony show, which will be held on the Warrenton horse show grounds Thursday, September 6. The officers of the show are Peggy Keith, president; Mary Paxton Cham- berlain, vice president, and Mildred ¥. Gaines, secretary. 'These young misses, all under fifteen, run the show in a thoroughly businessliike manner. There are twenty-one classes, offer- ing a silver cup and cash second prize in each. They include saddle ponies, ponles in harness and over jumps, combination, handy hunters, jumping in pairs and hunt teams. Polo ponies will be shown in hand. Most of the classes are to be ridden by children under fifteen, but there are special classes for Shetlands ridden by chil- dren under twelve, under eleven and under eight. These shows have become popular annual events and attract many from considerable distances both as ex= hibitors and as spectators. School Bullding Contract. The county school board has given the contract for the erection of a new building for the Warrenton High School to L. I Poe, Marshall, Va., and work will be begun at once. This building will be in addition to the present schoolhouse. which was built twelve years ago. but has been overcrowded for the last two years. Evening service will be discontin- ued at the Warrenton Baptist Church during July and August. There will be no preaching tomorrow morning, as the pastor, Rev. C. T. Herndon, and his congregation are invited to at- tend the all services at the dedi- cation of the mew Baptist church at Marshall, Va. A Egleston Gray, Who has been man- ager of the Warrenton Orchards for several years, has acoepted a position 2s manager of the Loudoun Orchaml Company, and has moved with his family to Leesburg, Va. These or- chards are among the largest in this part of Virginia and are & branch of l{lz American Fruit Growers' Assocla- tion. Mrs. F. Scott Carter and Miss Kath- :Iflne Dorst attended the -ch;zl for ginta July 18 and 1%, Unless Road Special Dispatch to The Star. BROOMES ISLAND, Calvert County, Md., July 21.—The prob- able suspension of the steamboat service of the Maryland-Virginia Rallway Company to this place is causing the five hundred or more inhabitants no little concern, and makes it imperative that the state road already surveyed from Port Republic, on the Solomons Island highway, to this island be completed before another winter. Road Partly Buflt. Two and @ half miles of the Port Republic-Broomes Island highway have been completed, and the second lap of the con- tract is now being prosecuted. When this latter lap Is completed it will leave about one and one- half miles to be constructed to bring the road to the island. This section is the one im which the residents of the island are par- ticularly interested. Unless this highway s com- pleted before winter, Broomes Island will be practically cut off from communication with the outside, and this will be certain if the steamboat service Is discon- tinued. The situation Is serious. The nature of the sofl over which the country road leading into the island is constructed makes the road exceedingly bad in winter often Impassable with any vehicle except ox carts. ELECTION IS ASKED FOR SEWER BONDS Impmvement.m ‘Wanted in Ballston, Cherrydale and Part of Clarendon. Special Dispateh to The Star. CLARENDON, Va., petition headed by Ewing of Ballston, election in sanitary districts Nos. 6 and 10, to vote on the floating of bonds for installation of sewers, has been presented by the board of su- pervisors to Judge Samuel G. Brent of the Arlington county clrcuit court, and a date for this election will be announced. It is expected, during the coming week. These districts embrace all of Ballston and Cherrydale and that part of Claren- don lying north of Fort avenue. Engineer D. J. Howell is engaged !in the revision of figures for use in connection with the project. Separate District Asked. L. C. Saffell presented to the board of supervisors Monday his proposal that a part of this territory be created into a separate district, which would be permitted to vote separately on the question of com- structing a smaller system prior to undertaking work on the more com- prehensive plan, and to be bullt in such a manner as to permit connect- ing with the larger mains when lald. This, he argued, would give quicker relief to those residing in. the terri- tory affected and would not inter- fere with the general plan. The supervisors, however, decided to in- clude this territory in the six-ten district scheme, and, should that fail at election, to then permit a vote to be had along Mr. Saffel’s lines. The action of Judge Brent is being awaited with interest. sewer proposition is expected mong the principal topics for discussion at the semi-monthly meet- ing of the Clarendon Citizens' Asso- ciation Monday night. Candidates Increase. A list of candldates for county offices has been increased during the week by the announcement of Dr. Jonathan R. Hagan of Ballston, who is out for supervisor for Arlington district, and Clarence R. Ahalt, who is seeking the office of common- wealth’s attorney. Dr. Hagen has becn a resident of the county for nearly thirty years, and was active some years ago In clearing the county of gambling houses, when Capt Crandal Mackey conducted his drive against the St. Asaph race track. Mr. Ahalt, now residing at Virginia High- lands, a practicing attorney in Washington and Arlington county, is president of the Arlington County Civic Federation, and was formerly a member of the board of super- ors from Washington district. Former Police Justice Willlam C. Gloth and Attorney George D. Lee, already are campalgning for the office of commonwealth’s attorney. Real work, however, In the county campalgn will not get under way un- til after the democratic primary for state legislature seats on August 7. Many Attend Meeting. Clarendon Community Hall was taxed to capacity Friday night to hear the four candidates who are seeking the nomination for state legislature, and although the pri- mary .will be held in about two weeks the race s apparently so close that even any conjecturoc as to the outcome is impossible. A. P. Payne and Capt. E. W. Jordan, both of Clarendon, who were enter tho race, are making an active canvass. The former is an attorney and business man, boing the founder of u local coal company, and {8 now engaged in the automobile business. Capt. Jordan has an excellent war record and is now business manager July 21.—The Maj. E. W. R. asking for an the first to| Is Built at Once Broomes Island has a popula- tion of about. filve hundred and boasts of the fact that the in- habitants are all white. These geople feel that the state should ulld the one and one-half mlles of road, and that It should be fin- ished before winter. They are not looking for an expensive road, but would be satisfled with a gravel highway similar to the one now being constructed, and which would not, it is estimated, cost more than $10,000. Could Transport Products, Should the road be bullt, it will enable the people of the island to put their truck garden®produce, fish, oysters and crabs on elther the Baltimore or Washington market within a few hours after being gathered or caught, and at much less expense than if shipped by steamer or rall; also this means of transportation would enable people on the island to eliminate the commission mer- chants and would be a distinct benefit both to the producer and consumer. Broomes Island ig prettily sit- uated on the Patuxent river sev- eral miles from the mouth of the river, Solomons Island. The land is fertile and truck gardening is @& prominent industry. There is scarcely a point on the river where there s any better fishing, and soft and hard crabs are plen- tiful in season. In fact, fishing, and crabbing fis, perhaps. the main Industry of an energetic and hospitable people. LYNCHBURG PLANS TRADE EXPOSITION! Event to Be Held in Connection ‘With “Homecoming” Week to Be Big Attraction. | Special Dispatch to The Star. LYNCHBURG, Va. July 21.—The Lynchburg Manufacturers and Whole- salers’ Assoclation will stage a trades exposition in the farmers’ tobacco warehouse next week, the event open- ing Monday evening. at which time Gov. E. Lee Trinkle is to be the speaker. ‘With a display by manufacturers of goods made in Lynchburg and a “homecoming” week, many and va- ried will be the forms of entertain- ment for visiting merchants, of whom more than a thousand are expected to be here. Fine vaudeville attrac- tions are being brought here from New York for dally performances. During the week practically all of the wholesale houses and factorie will have their sales forces here o™ the week. 236 MINISTERS MEET. 10 States and 13 Denominations Represented at Session. Special Dispateh to The Star. HAMPTON, Va., July 21.—The tenth annual meeting of the ministers’ con- ference of Hampton Institute, Rev. M. E. Davls, president, and Rev. Lau- rence Fenninger, executive secretary, brought together 238 colored minis- ters from ten states and thirteen de- nominations—Baptist, 138, African Methodist _Eplscopal, 37; African Methodist Episcopal Zion, 13; Protes- tant Episcopal, 12; Presbyterian, 10; Christian, 7; Methodist Episcopal, North, §; Colored Methodist Episcopal, ; Hollnoss, 4; Congregational, 2; Re- formed Unfon Zion Apostolic, United Presbyterian, 1, and undenon; national, 1. CANDIDATES AVOID ROAD BONDS ISSUE Fight in Virginia Considered OQutside of Party Politics. Special Dispatch to The Star. RICHMOND, Va., July 21.—With four candidates considered in the race for the gubernatorial nomina- tion, still nearly two yeays away, only two have declared thelr position on ‘the matter of bonds or no bonds for roads. Senator Harry F. Byrd of Winchester is opposed and Senator G. Walter Mapp of -Accomac is an avowed supporter of bonds for bet- tering the highways. This leaves Lieut. Gov. Junius E. West of Suffolk and Attorney General Saunders of Middlesex, who are biding their time. There would appear to be little reason for candidates for the gov- nerorship to take position in this matter, as it will be passed on by the people 't the polls, and the attitude of the candidates will not alter a Yote when the people go to the polls, The only reason that Senators Mapp and Byrd have taken position is that they did so while members of the senate. The action of the legislature in providing for taking the sense of the people on the subject at the regular election eliminates it from factional politics. Friends of all the candidates for governor say they see no reason for them to get into the road bond fight, as they have not a thing to do with it, but will be forced to accept the decision of the people, whatever that may be, and the vast nmjm'll;\; r_)f those who have talked did not hesi- tate to say that there is no chance for the bond issue to carry, and the champions of bonds have frankly sald that they considered the measure defeated, the people preferring the Dlan of paying as roads are buflt. —_— ALLEGED HOUSEBREAKER SAYS HE DESERTED ARMY Lynchburg Man Arrested, Admits Guilt in Larceny Case and Tells of Record in France. Special Dispatch to The Star. LYNCHBURG, Va., July 21.—Plead- ing guilty in the municipal court here to a charge of housebreaking and made to stay there, he said. term staring him in the face, Ray- mond McGinnity said he was a de- serter from the Army. McGinnity sald he without leave several times with the army in France and that one time he was missing when his outfit was moving to the front. He was cap- tured, taken to the front, shot at and made to stay there he said His case here goes to the September grand jury and so far he has been unable to secure bail. He is charged with stealing from a locked-up resi- dence. CONVERT PAINTERS’ GANG AT CHURCH IN FOREST Special Dispateh to The Star. LYNCHBURG, Va, July 21.—Lo- cated temporarily at Forest, a Bed ford county station on the Norfol and Western railway, a palnters gang, made up of eleven white men, attended services last week in a For- est church and conducted by teams from the Lynchburg Billy Sunday Club, the resuit being that the entire membership of the gank professed religion. Now the eleven men spend fifteen minutes each day during the rest of lunch holding & prayer service in the car used by gan. vas absent Virginia Gasoline Tax Collections Are $6,000 Daily Spectal Dispatch to The Star. RICHMOND, Va., July 21.—Reports for the first four days of the opera- tion of the gasoline tax law show that the recelpts were between $25.000 and $30,000, an average of more than $6,- 000 a day. Chief Clerk Hayes, of the collection department, says he belicves that the tax will average not less than $6,000 a day. The dealers are having much trouble in making out the simple report forms, and the clerks are unable to complle them. ASSURE FAST HORSES FOR ROCKVILLE FAIR President Gilpin of Agricultural Society Returns From Trip Through States. 1 Special Dispatch to The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., July 21.—As & result of a trip through Maryland Virginia, Pennsylvania and Delaware, just completed, by President Clarence L. Gilpin of the Montgomery County Agricultural Soclety, the finest trot- ters and pacers to be found in those four states will participate in the | speed contests scheduled for the an- |nual fair to be held here late in Au- igust under the auspices of the agri- cultural soclety, The numerous horse owners with whom President Gilpin talked are un- derstood to have been much im- pressad by the fine program of races arranged by the society, and the lib- eral purses offered, and nearly all of them are sald to have promised to send their horses to Rockville. The usual large number of District of Columbia horses will, it is stated, be on hand, and the race committee is predicting the finest race meet the county has ever known. President Gilpin announced today that arrangements have been made for the attendance each day of the fair of & troop of cavalry from Fort Myer, Va. It will comprise seventy-five horses and eighty-five .men, and they will be in charge of Lieut. Jones. Drills and exhibitions of fancy and rough riding will be staged each afternoon in the race track inclosure, and there will alwo be several officers’ races The troop that will wisit Rockville is said to be the best drilled in the United States Army. NEW PASTOR CALLED. Rev. Graham Gilmore Takes Pulpit in Lynchburg. Special Dispatch to The Star. LYNCHEURG, Va, July 2L.—River- mont Avenue Presbyterian Church here has called Rev. Graham Gilmore, of Fisherville, this state, to the pas- torate of the local church and Mr. Gilmore is to come here this week to consider the call. He lately rejected a flatzering call to Lewisburg, W. Va. Thé pastorate has been v since December 15, when Rev. E. Delaney left to become pastor Second Presbyterian Church, Alex- andria. NAME ACTING NURSE. EDERICKSBURG, Va., July 21.— izabeth Russell has been ap- pointed as acting community nurse for this city. Miss Tapper, who has been the community nurse for se 1 vears, having decided to visit home in the west until October 1. 300,000 PROPOSED ROAD BOND ISSUE Frederick County, Md., May Ask State Legislature to Act. N 2 Special Dispatch to The Star. FREDERICK, Md., July 21.— county commissioners here, in all probability, will ask legislative au- thority to float a $300,000 road provement bond issue to reconstruct about thirty-five miles of the pri clpal highways of Frederick county in anticipation of having the Marv- land roads commission take over ths roads and maintain them. Efght distinct highways are cluded in the improvement proje the most elaborate since tho day the modern automobile road, links connect rural centers with th state’s system of improved roads and ? it is understood the roads commise is in sympathy with the plan.- Th roads have for years been maintalr by the county at a tremendous ex- pense. In their present conditinn, needing as they do practically com- plete reconstruction, the state will not consider a maintenance plan. But i improved according to the policy of the state, the Maryland body will, it is understood, accept the responsi- bility of maintaining the roads ae part of the state’s system. Eight Roads Included. The roads under consideration in- clude: The Ballenger pike, extending from the state road to Jefferson and end- ing at Ballenger creek, about thres miles; the Yellow Springs pike, from the edge of Frederick to Yellow Springs, six miles; the road from ‘Woodsboro to the Carroll county line, six and a half miles; the Hawk's blacksmith shop pike, from the Balti- more state road to ijamsville, three miles; the Montevue pike from the ¢ edge of the city to Montevue Hos- pital, two miles; the O’ Possumtown pike, from the edge of the city, a distance of about four miles; the road branching from the state road at Buckeystown, extending through Adamstown and Doubs to Point of Rocks, about seven miles, and the road from Liberty to the Carroll county line by way of Johnsvillc about eight miles. BALLSTON. BALLSTON, Va., July 31 (Specia —A Jolly party of girls. chaperor by Mrs. W. W. Douglas and Mrs. Pau! Cathcart, left Wednesday morning for Bluemont, where they will occupy the cottage at Camp Church. The part consisted of Misses Ruth Doug las, Ruth Cathcart, Dorthy Gilbert, Virginia Sanderson and Sue Winters. Misses Mary McCafferty, Ivy Bruce and Lols Hendrick will be week end guests at the camp. Mrs. Hamilton Douglas and Misses) Helen and Jean Douglas of At- lanta, Ga., who are motoring to New York. were guests of relatives here Sunday and Monday C. E. Business Meeting. The Christien Endeavor Soclety of the Presbyterian Church held a busi- ness meeting at the residence of Curtis Gilbert, Cherry valley. The Epworth League Society of the Central M. E. Church held a lawx festival on the church grounds Wed- + nesday evening. Rev. Dr. Seeley will occupy the pulpit of the Presbyterian Church to- morrow morning. The Ballston fire department car- nival opened today There are at- tractions of all kinds, and good music 11 the time. No pains were spared to make the affair a success. Your Last Chance! The Final Wind-Up Is Heve! Bargains Left to Choose From! of the Washington American League Ball Club. He was the unsuccessful county candidate two years ago for the nomination. Col. C. T. Jesse, & native of Caroline county, is a prac- ticing attorney residing at Fort Myer Heights, and formerly represented the district in the legislature when Arlington county and Alexandria city were in the same district. Mr. Hugh Reid is also an attorney who has taken an active interest in clvic affairs during his residence in the county. He was chairman of the legal committee which conducted the rlecanl fight for county incorpora- tion. COUNTY RANKS FOURTH IN SCHOOL AVERAGES Prince Georges Scores High in Infylnd Figures, Allegany * Being First. Special Dispatch to The Star. HYATTSVILLE, Md, July 21— Prince Georges county is given a per- centage of 31% and Is ranged fourth among the twenty-three countles of the state in the average of its school puplls in a bulletin just issued by the state department of education. The average of the schools In the state Is 355 per cent. Allegany county is placed first with 29.6 per cent; Talbot county second and Anne Arundel county third. Although this ranking shows im- provement for the Prince George's schools, the officials of this county will . be entirely satisflied only when the ranking averages twenty per cent for average pupils, 20 per cent for underage puplls and 60 per cent nor- mal pupils. NEW PASTOR INSTALLED. Speelal Dispatch to The Star. mFBEDmcthurl. Va., July 21— v. stalled as the new gl.llor of County Line and Waller's Baptist churches, taking the place of Rev. J. C. Byland, who has retired from the pulpit. One church is in Caroline county, and the other in Spotsylvania. J. C. 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