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THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON. D. C., SATURDAY MRS. STONE HELD BY CORONER'S JURY Bound Over to Grand Jury on ' | i Murder Charge After Inquest. By the Associated Press, HAVRE DE GRACE. Md.. June 15 A coroner’s jury last night held Mrs Hattie Stone, 40-year-oid widow. for action of the September grand jury on | a charge of murder in c the death of her George, on June 4. Mr:. Sione Was not present, at the ing but was being | Questioned by offcials In the Harford County courthouse at Bel Air. Poisoned Once Before. Dr. Charles J. Foley, son of C Martin J. Foley, the first pl called in to attend Georse in his iliness | of a few hours, and whose suspicion of poison caused him t5 call a second physician and the coroner when the ! vouth died, testified that the lad had | been poisoned last September, and only | the accidental destruction of evidence | at the Havre de Grace Hospital had prevented the arrest of Mrs. Stone at that time. Evidences of poison_ were found in the visera of George by Balti- more chemists. He was the ‘ourth member of the Stone family to die under similar circumstances inside o three vears. Authorities were still con- sidering the exhumation of the body of Edward Stone, the youth's father, although no action was taken by the coroner’s fury in that line. nection with 15-year-old son, Continues Denial. Mrs. Stone today conuinued to deny having poisoned her son and gave derisive answers to her questioners, She also denied that she had a $600 insur- ance policy on his life, although au- thorities said vesterdav that an insur- ance agent had told of the policy, but sald that no effort had been made to collect on it. Officials who questioned her said that she told them to “go to hell,” at one time during the interroga- tion. . ADVICE IN LIFE GIVEN MARLBORO SENIORS | | Mabits in Business World Stressed | | by College Official at Graduation. B » Staff Correspondent of The Btar | UPPER MARLBORO, Md., June 15 ==Observation, decision, honesty and in- dustry were enumerated as habits which play an important part in life by L. . Smith, fleld registrar of Strayer's Business College, delivering the gradua- tlon address before the seniors of Marl- hnm High School in Trinity Hall last Mr Smith cited the effect of habit in the material world. He told the luates their growth depended large- y on their ability to observe; that, the most miserable man in earth was the one in whom nothing is habitual but indecision, and that the habit of in- | dustry, open to all, was a big factor in | eombating. Mr. Smith also presented the diplo- | mas, while R, Floyd Cromwell, princi- pal, presided. Music was furnished. The graduates—Elizabeth Viola Frye, | FEdythe Lyle Gilbert, Myrtle Viola Grif- fin, Virginia Elizabeth Hulfish, Eleanor Virginia Morris, Mildred Elizabeth Suit, George Thomas Duvall, Adam Marr Ciaddis, George Dudley McCeney, Henry W Basscer, Edmund Palmer Shrewsbury, Louise Mae Buck, Zora Margaret Moore. Ruth C. Miles, Rodney Chaney. Roger Owen Beane, John Willlam Burroughs, Faancis Boswell Talbott. Ik ROCKVILLE. ROCKVILLE, Md., June 15 (Special). ~The formation of a Rotary Club in| Rockville is said to be a probability of the near future, The business people of the community generally are said to be manifesting interest, and Willlam P. Prettyman, president of the county bar association, who has been giving the | matter some attention, stated today that a decision one way or the other would probably be reached within a few | days. It is stated that such an organ- | ization here would be certain of a large membership of substantial eitizens. Rev. Henry K. Pasma of the Presby- terian Church officiated at the marriage here on Thursday of Miss Louise M. Bates and Joe M. Ruff, both of Wash- ington. The State Roads Commission has in- | vited bids for the construction of 1.7 miles of concrete road on the Damas- cus-Laytonsville road, beginning at the end of the present concrete at Wood- | feid."The bids will e opened at the | offica of the commission in Baltimore | at noon on June 25. Mr. and Mrs. Robert 8. Soper of Ol- ney have issued invitations for the mar- riage of thelr daughter, Miss Catherine Virginia_Soper, to Charles M. Alder- ton of Lay Hill, the ceremony to. be performed in Emory Methodist Church, Onkdale, next Thursday evening. A large number .of Montgomery County women are expected to attend the annual women’s short course to be held at the University of Maryland, be- ginning Monday morning and continu- ing through June 22. They will con- sist largely of members of home demon- stration clubs of the county, about 30 of whom have already indicated their purpose of attending by registering at ihe office of the county home demon- stration agent here. Miss Blanche A. Corwin, home demonstration agent for the county, has been active in interest- ing the women of the county. The Ladies’ Aid Society of the Wash- ington Grove Methodist Church has elected these officers: President, aY®. Maurice M. Browning: vice president, Mrs. James M. Mount’ secretary, Mrs Robert E. Palmer; treasurer, Mrs. Lee | Howes. Anounoement has been made that| the annual Vacation School of Court| Forest Glen, Catholic Daughters of | America, will open early in July and that an enrollment of 100 or more s | Jooked for. Licenses were yesterday issued for the warriage of Charles Theodore Stuart 27, and Miss Elsie G. Williams. 26, both of Washington; Harry C. Thompson, 38, and Miss Ruth E. Dicle, 27, both of Baltimore; Elvin R. Hefberg. 24. of Fagemoor, and Miss Evelyn Liogd Lytie. | 22, of Rediands, Calif.: Michael Quigley, 24, and Miss Winifred E. Ba man, 22, 'both of Washington, and James Eilsworth Cavanaugh. 21, of Plattsburg, N. Y., and Miss Majorie L. D. Carroll, 22, of Lynchburg, Va. LIGHTNING FlRES BARN. Structure on Parm of Glitton Vairs. Is Destroyed. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., June 15--Light- ning caused a fire which destroyed the barn on the dairy farm of Clifton Veirs. on the Darnestown pike, near here, last night. The entire dairy equipment, & Jarge quantity of feed, icultural im. plements and considerable other prop- erty also was lost. The loss is estimated At $8,000, partially covered by insur- ance. The Volunteer Pire Department here responded, but was powerless to check the flames. Within the past 15 years Mr. Veirs’ father, Charles Veirs. has lost two barns and two tenant houses on his farm pearby, so that last night's fire was the fifth suffered by the family in that | | MRS. HATTIE STONE | Of Havre de Grace, Md., who was a rested Wednesday After chemists re- | ported finding evidences of poison in! the body of her son George, 15, died June 4 in convulsions, the fourth victim of a strange cycle of death which has visited the Stone family during the | last three years. —Associated Press JEFFERSON GRADE PUPILS GRADUATED Largest Class in School's| History Receives Diplomas From Superlntendent Photo. *| Special Dispateh to The Star ALEXANDRIA, Va, June 15--The of Jefferson Elementary School was pre- sented with dipiomas by R. C. Bowton, superintendent of public schools, yes- ferday at the commencement exercises held in the Alexandria High School auditorium. The award was made to 115 students. Elliott F. Hoffman, president of the Kiwanis Club, in the main address to the graduates, urged them to play fair. sald. “is the boy who will play fair in business, and that is the boy who will succeed.” Mr. Hoffman alsa told the graduates that the youth of today had much bet- ter opportunities for advancement, than the youths of bygone years. Especially is that true in this cify, he said, where the average age of the men holding executive offices for the city is but 40 | years, The Program. The program opened with invocation by the Rev. Ryland T. Dodge, pastor of Baptist Temple, followed by talks by Principal C. H. Strader, who presided, and Supt. Bowton and W. C. Locker. Certificates for excellence in penman- ship were presented to 37 members of the graduating class. Those who received diplomas are: Dorothy Mae Allen, Marie Campbell, Crouse, Isabel Dean, Catherine Elliott, Catherine Haynes, Eva Henderson, Mar- garet Humphreys, Nannie Bell Irvin, Carrie Jacobs, Evelyn Lee, Wilhelmina Mattern, Isabel Mercer, Catherine Mori- arity, Harriett Polkinhorn, Pauline Sheiton, Audrey Wilson, Sylvia Wolfson, Gertrude Blunt. Inez Brown, Prances Chappelle, Fay Cooksey, Audrey Hicks, Jessie Neish, Virginia Nolan, Agmes ‘Wilkerson. Leila Wiley, - Jessie Arnold, Grace Benarr, Lavina Wayland, Cross, Grace Wingate, Pearl Hoover, Rebecca Turner, Mabel King, Anna Lee, Betty Smythe, Marjorie Mankin, Ethel Smoot, Alice McCaffrey, Thelma Sey- mour, Margaret Smith, Shirley Breed- love, Pauline Bolton, Ruth Cornell, Ray Cox, Doris De Coss, Margaret Howes, Annette Irby, Janet McLane, Joyace McLane, Ary Owens. Maybell Penn, Margaret Pierpoint, Alma Patz, Ger- aldine Pulzone. Ruth Rawlett. Lillian Shepherd, Paul- ine Shull, Martha Smith, Laura Smith, Elizabeth Parks, Mildred Astryke. Thur- nean Baker, Celestine Diener, Barbara Ewald, Doris Fletcher, Doris Talmar, Anna Kelley, Margaret Lloyd, Mar- guerite Milan, Madeline Millan, Evelyn Morris. Maredell Mott, Nannie Painter, Neila Riley, Annette Rind. Lynwood Butcher, Franklin Curtin. Sidney Cohen, Harlan Dodson, Thomas Ennis. Leo Garvey, Llewellyn Gillum, Jack Hall, Bernard Shampansky, John Stillman, Andrew Toms, John Travers, Stanley Fedder, Robert Gray, Edward Francis McMenamin, Carroll . Elmer Ridgely, Harrison Rouse, James Smith, Benediction Given. Lawrence Smith, Edward Sumpthon, Delbert Wilkins, = Stewart Abraham, Bentley n, Norman Bern- heimer, Brawner, Norman Brown, Charles Burns, Gordon Camp- bell, Harold Chilcotte, Harry Kennedy, Wiliiam McGowan, Thomas ~Sebrell, Leonard Sheads, Carroll Smelt, Rich- ard Stultz, Edmund ~Ticer, Herman | Amorky, Samuel Edwards, Charles, Fletcher, Norvell Herring, Leonard Jackson, Jock Lawler. Kirk _ Linton, Samuel Mendelson. Ralph Payne, Melvin Peregoy, Charles | Sampson, Davis Simpson, Ralph Suth- | ard, Samuel Armistead, Robert Arnold, Rozier Bayley, Topping Bradley, Wil- liam Duty, Carl Hammersley, Benjamin Mendelson, Ashton Powell. Marshall | Snyder, Edward Taylor, Adrian Tomlin. | The exercises were ciosed with bene- diction by Rev. Mr Dodge. MAN DROWNS IN LAKE. Friend, on Way for Assistance, Fig- | ures in Auto Crash. Special Dispatch to The Star. LYNCHBURG, Va, June 15—Ex- hausted while swimming across a nar- row neck of Timber Lake, 9 miles south of here, Thursday night, Thomas E. Wolfenden, 23, business salesman for the Appalachian Electric Power Co., lost his ife by drowning. He came here rom Salem, where his family lives. Wolfenden started to swim across a neck of the lake with Miss Katherine Dupuy, a friend. The young woman was ahead and Wolfenden threw up his hands and cried for assistance, He sank and did not rise again. J. Sidney Cralle, a member of the party, started to the city for a phy- sician and collided at Fifth and Federal streets with another car, turning over twice. Cralle sustained slight hurts {and had to go to the Lynchburg Hos- pital for treatment FRAZIER TO BE SPEAKER. Senator Prazier of North Dakota will be one of the principal speakers at the anti-cigaret demonstration, to be held under auspices of the Anti-Cigaret Al- llance, in the tent auditorium on the camp-meeting grounds at Washington row afternoon Other speakers will be Representative McS8wain of South Carolina, former Representative Fletcher - of Ohilo, Dr. Daniel H. Kress, president of the Anti- Cigaret Alliance; Dr. B. G. Wilkinson. dean of Washington Missionary College, and Rev. Willlam S. Abernethy, pastor #f Ceslvary Baptist Churely » who | ouer the jumps. largest graduating elass in the history | “The boy who plays fair in play.” he | Ruth Barton, Christine Covan, Virginia Josephine | Jack White. Otey Carroll. Eugene Dove. | Sanitarium, Takoma Park, Md., tomor- | Roberts, president of the company, and | 'SPILLS FAILTOMAR - UPPERVILLE SHOW ‘Packed Grandstand Wit- | nesses Closing Events ‘ of Exhibition. UPPERVILLE, Va., June 15.—A | packed grandstand. with numbers | standing outside of the show ring, wit- | nessed the closing day of the Thirt ninth Annual Upperville Colt and Horse Show. held at Grafton Farm, near Up- | perville, yestedy. The weather was |ideal and the sylvan grove in which this show ground is situated added to | the pleasure of the large crowds. | Keen competition was seen in the thoroughbred mares and foals, with Dr. | R. L. Humphrey of Mountsville carrying | | off “three prizes in these two classes The performances in the pony classes | brought. forth much_applause. There were several spills, but no one was hurt, the young riders quickly re- mounting heir ponies and taking them The bareback riding of Miss Louise Sharp on her pony Nafty, winning first in the pony jumping class, was a feature of Lhe show. Riding in the ladies’ hunter class this afternoon were Miss Eleanor Duffey, | Middleburg; Miss Dorothy Randolph., Bluemont; Mrs. William Mitchell, Mid- | | dleburg: Miss Margo Couzens, Washing- | | ton: Mrs. D. N. Lee, Middieburg, and mthm cDew Bank fell with Mrs. Lee but horse and rider were Ra!humnn owned by W. s unhurt Stevenson, of the show. The Summary. ‘Thoroughbreds—First, Kilk Roney and colt, Dr. R. L. Humphrey, Mounts- | ville: second, Odalisque and colt, H. W. Frost. Warrenton: third, Salpetriersand | colt, Gen, William Mitchell, Middleburg. Thoroughbred brood mares—First, | Maidavale, Peach Bros, Upperville second. Kilk Roney, Dr. R. L. Humph- rey: third, Camba, Dr. R. L. Humphrey Thoroughbred _stallions—First, War Star, G. R. Bowyer, agent, Upperville: second, Court Day, Dr. S. Taylor Young, | Middicburg. 12 hands and | Pony, saddle under—First, Trixie, Henry Ferney Hough, Warrenton: second. Comet. Grayson Bros. Middleburg third, Burkesie, Miss C. H. Noland, Middle- burg Pony. Pirst, Peaches, Miss Nancy Iselin; sec- ond, Model Dot. Robert and Louise Sharp, The Plains: third, Troope, Ben- ton Stables, Middleburg Pony. jumping class, under 12 hande-— First, Nafty, Robert and Louise Sharp; second, Trixie, Henry Ferney Hough third, third entry Dr. 8. Taylor Young. Pony. jumping class, over 12 hands— First, Sky High, Robert Ferney Hough, Warrenton; second, Blue Wing, A C. Randolph, jr., Bluemont; third, Beauty, Master Bronson Rumsey, The Plains. Green hunters—First, Rathfarnan, W. C. Stevenson. Middleburg: second, Beane, David _ Patterson, ngeflvld Conn.: third, Dew Bank, Mrs. D. Lee, Middleburg. Touch-and-Out Class. ‘Touch-and-out class — First. Helen, Mrs. John B. Anderson, Rectortown: second, Dixie Child, Couzens, Washington: third, Sacrifice, Benton Stables, Middleburg. Handicap hunters—Pirst, Rathfarnan, W. C. Stevenson, Middleburg: second. { Maid of Afton, John A. Massie, Wash- ington: third, Bandit Flag, G. W. Rust, Washington. ‘Thoroughbred hunters — First, Bank, Mrs. D. N. Lee; second. Rath- farnan, W. C. Stevenson: third, Jey Zee, D. B. Smith, Warrenton. Lightweight hunters — Pirst, Watch | Hand, Miss Page Lewis; second, Run- ning Sand, Benton Stables; third, Dixie Child, Miss Margo Couzens, Thuflmghbr!d yeariing filljes—Pirst, Thomas Atkinson, jr.; second, enu-y AcDen, Cary T. Grayssn, Wash: ington; third, entry Dr. A. C. Bluemont. ‘Thoroughbred yearling eolts — !‘Int entry William Skinner, The Plains; sec- ond. Grayarno, National Highway Stock | Farm, Harrisonburg; third, entry B. Randolph. Thoroughbred _2-year-olds — First, Mary Kenross, Mrs. D. C. Sands, Mid- dleburg: second, Allanak, Dr. A. C. Randolph; third, Queen Nira, Mrs. R. J. Vickers, The Plains. Heavy and middle weight hunters— Pirst, Penllyn, W. C. Stevenson: second class, | town: third, Carkenium, Middieburg. Ladies' hunters—First, Watchhand, Miss Page Lewis: Benton Stables: Pair _hunters—First, Stevenson; second, —Stables; third, Corinthian class—First, Penllyn, W. C. Stevenson: second, Sacrifice, Benton Stables; third, Maid of Afton, John A. Massie. Hunt team—FPirst team, Benton Stables; second team, L. C. Leith. | Champion hunter of show, Rathfarnan W. C. Stevenson; second, Penllyn, W. C. Stevenson L. C. Leith. entry W. C entry Benton AI F\AT\DRIA ALEXANDRIA, Va. June 15 (Spe- clal) —F. M. Viands was elected noble grand of Potomac Lodge, No. 38, Inde- | pendent Order of Odd Fellows last | night at the organization's weekly meet- | ing at Odd Pellows' Temple. J. H.| Hudson was elected vice-grand and | Greoge W. Bontz was re-elected treas- | urer. The new officials will be installed | on July 5 | Marley Encampment, No. 6, Inde- | pendent Order of Odd Fellows, has| nominated W. Clifton Cunningham for | | chief patriarch, F. W. Pearson, senior | | warden; W. R. Gorham, junior warden: | George' W. Bontz, treasurer, and N. E. | | Evans, high priest. Although there is | i but_one nominee for each office, as- | suring them of their election, the formal | election is set. for June 24, | | Local members of the Republican | party will hold a mass meeting_Mon- | day night at 8 o'clock in the George Mason Hotel to nominate their candi- dates for the local and State offices to be filled by the general election in No- | vember. Delegates and alternates will | be named to attend the State conven- | tion of the Republican party at Rich- mond. |, The large plate-glass front v..adow of the Sanitary Grocery Co.’s store at North Rosemont Station was shattered | early today. A check-up of the stock was made by the store manager, Wil liam A. Barbee, revealing that nothing was missing, and it is thought that the damage probably was caused by the winds of the storm early this morning. J. Willlam May, president of Post F of ‘the Travelers' Protective Associa- | | tion, was to leave here today to attend | the 'national convention of the asso- clation at Detrojt A Jand commission, composed of C. §. Taylor Burke, Harry Hammond, Charles B. Swan and Alfred Thomson, | | | i | condemnation suit through which the Firemen of No. 4 Engine Company presented City Manager Paul Morton with a traveling bag Thursday night in appreciation of the great help and co- operation he has given the firemen dur- ing the six years he has served as di- rector of public safety and city man- ager. The presentation was made by Leo Moore, captain of No. 4 Company, at a reception held at the engine house. Short talks were made by Norman City Councilman J. E. W, Timberman, both of whom expressed great regret that Morton is to leave June 25 to as- sume the city management of Peters- the champion hunter | Mise Margo | ( has | | awarded John H. Lloyd $366.67 in the | | city obtained the right of way through | his property for the Hooff’s Run sewer. | SCHOOL ENDS TERM Seventy-Four Students Com- i plete Course in Elementary | Institution. | | | Speeial Dispateh to The Star. HYATTSVILLE. Md. June 15.—F Hilton Jackson, aftorney. was the prin- cipal Spenker at closing exercises of the Hyattsville Elementary School held last | night In the National Guard Armory | here, | who have completed the seven-grade {course by Dr. H. T. Willls, mayor of | Hyattsville. ~Robert 'Bradiey gave the | address on behalf of the class and the | Rev. D. Hobart Evans. minister of the | First Presbyterian Church of Hyatts- | | ville, offered opening and closing prayer. | There were songs by the class and | music by the school orchestra. Charles W. Clagett of the board of trustees of the school presided. Mrs | Hontas M. Sturgis is supervising prinei- pal. Awarded Certificates. | |, Certificates were awarded the follow- | ing: | _Helen Louise Anderson, Carroll Thomas Arnold, Ralph Lee Arnold. Clyde Wilkinson Balch, Evelyn Marie | Ballard, Lucille Kathryn Bennett, Doro- thy Mary Blasey, Josephine Boese, Robert_Johnston Bradley, Made- !line Frances Bresnahan, Thomas Ran- dolph Brooks, jr.; John Allen Cain, Helen Tsabell Cairncross, Arthur Blaine Calhoon, Anna Lucille’ Carter, Marie Eleanor Catalina, Henry Thomas Con- verse, ir.; Katherine Nettie Craig, Er- nest Edgar Degge las, John Ernest Downin, Kathleen Duvall, Le Roy John Eilis | Miriam Edyth Farwell, Dorothy Faun tleroy, Mollle Elva Garrison, | George. Agnes Louise Golden, Stephen Bernard Gray, Melvin Paul Harras, Kenneth Douglas Harrison, Edward Je- | rome Hierling, Clyde Randolph Iager, Anna Ingegneri, Bernard Joseph John- son, Marie Delila Johnson, Harry Kirby | Krams. Katherine Mary Kidwell, Hilda Mary Lanhardt, Charles Frederick Leh- man, Elizabeth Anne Lehman, Anita Louise Lutz, William Theodore Marche, Theodore McKallor, Margaret Estelle Moffat. Fugene Francls Moon, Malcolm William Morrison. John Richard saddle class, over 12 hands— | | | | Dew | HYATTSVILLE GRADE Aleida | Mary | O'Brien, Lyree Ogle, Eileen Rose Pallas, Edgar Howard Parsons, Sylvia Victoria Porton, Donald Hair Price, Richard Ed- wudn Qulntflll!, Domhv Hl.-beth lrd Y.(wl! R.Itc e, Mo'hy Mb | ert Henry Roeske, Henry Shurb Ryder. Marjorle Helen Sadden, Albert Joseph ‘snnxm-n John Anthony Somers, Janet ! Sowers, Sarah Louise Steld~ mm Sun' Preston Sprinkel, Dorux | Rosalie Teal., Ajanol Jack Thompson. Virginia Lockwood Vennemann, Ernefl Max_Vollberg, Charles Willlam Wade, | Estelle Weinstein and Rosemary Phil- lippa Wheatley. \COMPLETES 50 YEARS' SERVICE AS PRINTER Charles W. Brown of Winchester Rounds Out Half Century of Work. Special Dispatch to The Star. WINCHESTER. Va. June 15— Charles W. Brown, superintendent of | the mechanical department of the Bve- |ning Star here, today completed 50 years of continuous service as a printer, and started the second half century by doing a full day's work and seversl hours’ overtime. His first employment was as a print- er's “devil” on the old Winchester Times, a weekly paper, his father, Dan- fel Brown, | to work the day after he was graduated from the Winchester High School in 1879, it being one of (h: first free schools to open in Virginia. Certificates were presented 74 | Mr. Brown is said to be perhaps the | oldest, printer in point of continuous | service in the Shenandoah Valley. He has served under three generations of the Byrd family in the same office, the late Col. William Byrd of the Win- chester Times and the late Richard Evelyn Byrd and the latter's son, Gov. Harry F. Byrd of :hp Evening Star. Church Corner Stone to Be Laid. DANVILLE, Va.. June 15 (Special) — | Masons next Saiurday will lay the cor- | ner stone of Cabell Street Methodist | Church, a new structure which, when completed, will represent an investment | of $100.000. The building is weil on its | | way toward completion. Walter John Doug- | Dorothy | — Ly | Admits Siamese l'lyen Lieut. Col. Luang-Amara and Maj. ‘) Luang Deves of the Air Service of Siam have been authorized by the Sec- | retary of War to atfend the 1929-1930 course at the Army Alr Corps Tactical School af_ Langley Field, Va., beginning Augnst 25, JUNE 15, 1929. BEGOOD CITIZENS, = SPEAKER ADVISES Students Obligated to State for Education, Alexandria Graduates Told. BSpecial Dispateh to The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15.- ldnd board, ‘presented diplomas to the following: Mary Helen Marion Bal- lrn.e'r Ohldw!ck Bfl'flllml-fltflh Cook, Dinwiadie, Mary Ether Dubors, Cr | dan May Foster, Clara Elizabeth Grove, Kathryn Louise Hall, Mildred Mary | Hagan, Ada Elizabeth Hicks, Dorothy Johnson, MII’III'Q'- Ange! Hmllwn Marguerite Ruby James, Ju\h May Kelley, Elizabeth Emily Knight Ruth PFrances Meeks, Theima Ma guerite Miles, Lylith Elizabeth Nichol- | son, Dorothy Lee O'Neil, Ellen Venable Painter, Mary Christine Reeves, Nellie Virginia Ridgely, Ruth Matilda Robin- son, Emma Dorothy Seablum, Nancy | Benjamin West, Blanche White. ‘Wendyl Anderson, Samuel Bern- heimer, Cary Howard Blackwell, Henry Clay Clinscale, Walter Cox Densmore, "VETY | Oliver Devers, Fleury Foster, Raymond member of this class is under obliga- | Gerber, Joseph Tyson Janney, Joseph | :vlon to the State of Virginia to become | Kleinman, John Curran McGhee, | a good and helping citizen,” Rev. Homer | | 7. Councilor, assistant pastor of the Calvary Baptist Church of Washington, | Jack | David Nelowitz, James Alfred Walters, | | Gordon Richard Noble, Robert Greene | Nugent, Richard Hall Parker, Samuel Irving Posner, John Albert Reese, Frank told the senlor class of Alexandria | Alvin Schreiner, John Cleveland Shaw, nearly 500 people. “You owe this Commonwealth a debt | of gratitude in return for your educa- | tion,” Rev. Mr. Councilor said. “Vir Garland Sisk. Paul Gorman Travers, High School last night at the graduating | lifford Henr: | exercises, held in Maury School before | ‘3{.’:,’,}:’,,;’",‘;;‘.’,‘;,,}’ e ';3,,' e | mund Smith. Following the presentation of diplo- mas the graduating class sang the song, foreman, having put him | “Valedictory.” followed by the benedic- tion by Rev. Councilor. CANDIDATE CONFERS. DANVILLE, Va., June 15 (Special) — John Garland Pollard, eandidate for | ginians come from cavalier stock, and honor is s potential factor in their make up. Under these obligations of | the past, their word is as good as their bond, and T know you young people will make good your obligation,” he said in cunclu‘ton ' Features of Program. R. 0. Bowton, superintendent of public schools, presided and invocation was delivered by the Rev. E. V. Regester. presiding elder of Alexandria district of the Baltimore Conference of Methodist Episcopal Churches. The Alexandria High School Girls’ Glee Club sang two | songs, after which the salutatory ad- | dress was given by Thelma Miles. | Elliott F. Hoffman, president of the | | Kiwanis Club, presented gold medals to Samuel Bernheimer, valedictorian, and Thelma Miles, salutatorian, on be- half of that club. Jack Nelowitz | played a violin solo, with James Wal- ( ters playing the piano accompaniment. The valedictory address was made by | Samuel Bernheimer. It was announced by Principal Henry ‘T. Moncure that the George Washing- | ton University scholarship was award- ed to Clifford Wayland and the Wil- liam and Mary College scholarship to Fleury Foster. The winners were se- was named president of the Shenan- lected by the high achool faculty, he doah Baptist Sunday School Association sald, on a basis of scholarship and | at its meeting in Charles Town, W. Va., participation in general activities. | this week. The 1930 meeting wlll be Urban 8 Tambert, president. of the hDM in Rockland, Va. mained here today conferring with his | supporters and expressing gratification over developments in the campaign. He is to_speak at Dinwiddie court. G. Walter Mapp, is to appear there also jon Mondny for an address, Lxghtn ing Deltroyl Barn. LYNCHBURG, Va. June 15 (Spe- cial)—A barn bflon!‘ml to J. 8. Kent on & farm about 10 miles north of | Lynchburg was struck by lightning ( Wednesday night and was destroyed. Two horses and sbout 20 bushels of | corn were burned. lhmed Snndly School Head. MARTINSBURG, W. Va, June 15 (Special).—John D. Kern, this city, 10" 11™ F anD G STREZTS governor in the Virginia primary, re- | house on Monday, and his opponent, | ANTLSMITH GROUP BOLTED BY CONRAD Former Virginia State Sena- tor Will Not Attend Con- vention at Roanoke. By the Associated Press. HARRISONBURG, Va. June 15 George N. Conrad, former State Sena- tor and chairman of the committee of 10 that called the anti-Smith confer- | ence at Lynchburg on February 8, an- | nounced last night that he had with- drawn from the committee and would not attend the convention to be held at Romnoke June 18, Mr. Conrad said he | would support G. Walner Mapp, ene of the three candidates for the Demo- ‘crltic nomination for governor, if Mr. [ Mlpp should be victorious in the August ‘ Ml‘ Conrad said that, while he agreed with much that Bishop James Cannon, i jr., of the Methodist iscopal Church South said in his letter advising anti- | Smith Democrats to stay out of the Democratic primary, he did not deem it wise for the anti-Smith forces to nomi- | nate a third ticket for State offices. He said that he did not desire to be eom- mitted in an- way by attending the | Roanoke convention to support the anti- Smith rominees. | Sees Mapp in Lead. | . Mr. Conrad said Mapp would poil | from 10,000 to 15,000 more votes from |the ranks of anti-Smith Democrats | than either John Garland Pollard or | Roswell Page, the other two candidates for the Democratic nomination for [rovrmor He added in his statement that he would support James H. Price | tor lieutenant governor in the general election in the event Mr. Price was nominated by the Democrats. He made mo reference to the contest for attor- ney general. Neither Mr. Price nor At- | torney General John R. Saunders are opposed in the Democratic primary. Mr. Conrad’s statement follows closely the announcement last night by Willlam | Moseley Brown, Washington and Lee University professor, that he would be- come an independent candidate for gov- ernor if nominated by both the anti- | Smith and Republican conventions. ‘WoopwWARD & LLoOTHROP 28,000 Splendid-quality Towels Clontarf, Miss Emily Bromley, German- | | second, Sacrifice, | third. Jad, R. C. Love. | entry Julian Morris. | Spec Exceptionally Because you use more towels throu do other months of the yur—Woos tune time for this important event. ties at their best. Hemstitched Huck Towels ial, $4.75 dozen fine quality Huck Towels—size 17x30 inches—from one of the country’s lead- ing towel manufacturers. 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