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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1908
Page
4
A Democratic mass convention will be held at Court House Hall at 8 o clock Tuesday evening May 19 for nominations including three councilmen and two delegates to the Roanoke convention for both wards. The mayoral candidate will also be nominated. All Democrats should attend.
James J. Hill told the White House conference of governors that timber is being cut faster than it regrows. He warned that within 10 to 12 years certain tree varieties could be exhausted and noted risk to fire coat supply without chemical measures.
An editorial notes Western states push for crop rotation to preserve soil fertility. It argues legislation won’t substitute farmer interest, warns of long term degradation, cites fruit farmers as repeat offenders, and urges cover crops, legumes, and humus to enhance soil while allowing judicious use of commercial fertilizers.
Magistrate George A Cook heard the case of C I Ward against Samuel Loy over a $3 insurance payment on a cost. The court ruled for the plaintiff and Loy paid the remaining balance and costs totaling about $5.
The Citizens' League nomination process shows several nominees with Democratic ties while others vote Prohibition. The committee considered placing a mayoral candidate, but a motion to leave the decision to the committee passed, and the convention adjourned after about 20 minutes. The Republican committee reported no ticket will be fielded, though informal talk hinted Stewart Bell as a possible mayoral nominee.
The Harrisonburg News reports that at a Republican convention in Winchester for the Seventh District several prominent Rockingham faction members deserted the mass meeting. Secretary Charles A. Hammer left for Washington to consult anti Taft leaders. Hammer remained defiant and unafraid as the train departed.
Mr. Vernon B. Garton of Winchester, after several days in town on business, arrived in Harrisonburg last night and made a pleasant visit at the Harrisonburg Times office.
L. and M. Paints claim lasting wear of 10 to 15 years and low cost at $1.20 a gallon. Fourteen thousand agents certify the claims, asserting it is the best product they have used.
Winchester fire companies plan large delegations to the Cumberland Valley Firemen's convention in Martinsburg next week. Friendship Sarah Zane and Rouss groups, plus Rouss Hook and Ladder, will attend. Gouth Head Hose remains but others ready to respond if needed. The Friendship reel team debuts uniforms, and Capt. Goff Cooper invites members to join the torch corps at a Monday hall meeting. Winchester teams travel Thursday for the parade. Friday features hose races. Friendship parade hose carriage and band will accompany.
In Shenandoah County Circuit Court Judge T W Harrison granted an absolute divorce to Mrs May Allen Jordan from George Dewey Jordan. The couple married in Greensboro Die and lived in Uniontown Washington and Baltimore where Jordan worked in a musical instrument business. Mrs Jordan is the daughter of the late T W Allen of Mount Jackson and is connected by marriage with prominent New York families.
Dr. P. Latame has bought a modern locomobile designed for physicians. The vehicle is about buggy height with similar wheels and will run as fast as legally allowed. It is the first such vehicle used by a Winchester physician.
A Scotth boy asks his grandmother if her specs magnify while she packs his lunch for school. The exchange ends with a playful request to remove the glasses when packing his bench, as recounted by Tim Reader.
This imported Hack ney Stallion by Goldman Nugget out of Haddendam Gipsey will stand at Page Brook near Boyce and at Carter Hall near Millwood. Ely available at Page Brook except Saturdays when he resides at Carter Hall. The stallion has spent two years in Clarke county with highly regarded one and two year olds. For further information contact C Maywalt Kin Boyce Va or H L Watkins Millwood Va.
Decree from the Circuit Court of Frederick County Virginia directs a public auction of the late John H Bun Cutter's farm. Located about five miles from Winchester near Opequon, the 131 acre property features a stone dwelling, bank barn, other farm buildings, and 10 acres of timber with the rest cleared. Possession given Sept 1 1908, with tenant rights to crops. sale offers one third cash, rest in one and two years with interest and merchantable deed security. The site includes a surveyed plat and a wheat-crop right for next fall.
A special commissioner will sell at public auction in front of Winchester Courthouse on May 30 1908 at noon a 21 acre tract east of Stephens City. The land, once owned by the late Margaret A Miller and inherited from Hahn Estate, is described as good quality and well located. Terms require one third at sale with balance in two annual installments secured by a deed of trust and purchaser bonds.
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