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ORPHANS’ COURT HAS BUSY SESSION All Judges Present and Many Estate Accounts Are Passed. Special Dispatch to The Star. UPPER MARLBORO, Md., November B.—Much business was transacted at the meeting of the County Orphans’ Court Tuesday. All members of the court, Chief Judge John A. Schultz and Associate Justices Philip G. Miller and Millard Thome, were present: also the register of wills, William T. Davis. I These orders were passed: Will of George Lauer admitted to probate and letters testamentary issued to Anna M. Lauer, executrix: bond of $2,500 filed and appraisers named: fifth guardian account of Nellie M. Reynolds, guardian. Dixie Lois Rasor, passed: first and final accounts of Gershon N. Bickford, Berwyn, administratrix of estate of Eleanor G. Pickford, passed; letters of administration c. t. a. issued Alfred B. Baker, Washington, on estate of Wil liam B. McKinley; bond, $200; Ruby Parker, guardian. Harrison Parker, pay Henderson I. Brooks $30.59 for groceries; letters of administration issued to Charles C. Marbury in the estate of Anna Jackson; bond, $100; first and final accounts of Mari E. Yoe, executrix estate of William R. Yoe, passed; first and final accounts W. E. Cornwell, ad ministrator estate of Virginia Cornwell, passed. First and final accounts of Roscoe De Will Price, administrator estate of Wesley Howard, passed; first and final accounts of C. A. M. Wells, executor estate of George P. Jenkins, passed; first and final accounts of El&e Y. Beale, guardian of Mary G. and Louise M. Beale, passed: first and final ac counts of George Ward, executor estate of William J. W. Bayly, passed; first and final accounts of James W. Knott, , administrator estate of Mary V. Knott, passed; first and final accounts of Rob ert Lee Burgess, administrator estate of Robert W. and Mary A. Burges*, passed: first and final accounts of Allen W. Griffith, administrator estate of Bettie W. Griffith, passed; first and final accounts of Violet Harman Rip ley, administrator estate of Reginald J. Rißley, passed; first and final ac counts of Annie V. Barry, adminis tratrix estate Bushrod G. Hay, passed; first and final accounts of T. Van Clagett. administrator estate of James D. Smith, passed: first and flr.al ac counts of Anna Berger, administratrix estate of Marius Berger, passed: first and final accounts of Benjamin T. Ford and Arthur C. Keefer, admin istrators estate of Elisabeth Ford Spriggs, passed; first and final accounts of Benjamin T. Ford and Arthur C. Keeper, administrators estate of Josepn F. Ford, passed. _ First and final accounts* of Walter E. Nair, administrator estate of Philip E. Nair, passed: first and final accounts of William B. Rook, administrator es tate of Raymond F. Rook, passed; first and final accounts of Evelyn Eccles, ad ministratrix estate of David Eccles, passed: first and final accounts of Jane M Baker and Louisa R. Wootten, ex ecutrices estate of Rebecca Hempler, passed; Rudolf Sadilek, executor estate of John F. Sadilek. authorized to de posit in bank the distributive share of Joseph Sadilek, amounting to $959.60, ~ .... —~i Tailored at . TL- f 'i' Fashion Park Jafr-tag ' selection of a Par~Kerry ||\ / overcoat for Fall and Winter ’ \1 R ,R / //[ wear is made easy in tine newly / / /IL^-d arrived models from our tailors at / I / l Fasluon Parle. Becoming styles for I / / I business and dress x Kandsomcly I / *^f**\ss* tailored ... in fabrics tbat assure / &/'/£&&**< comfort/ wear and warmtK. s so fin . ml ill Custom ?er\'fre... J\CAcfy-to~put~on * KN-O \\^|x Overcoats of Mode Makemanship Kp^£\^\7 &?s—#4o |Hf The Mode—F at Eleventh o suburban news. PRESENT FLAG AND BIBLE TO HIGH SCHOOL Members of Aden Council, No. 30. Junior Order UnFed American Mechanics, at ceremonies of presenting a flag ' and Bible to Brentsville District High School, Nokesville, Va. A. Armstrong (third from left) made the principal address, j The presentation was made by T. 11. Marshall (fifth from lett) and John P. Kerim (iourih trom left) and the gifts were , accepted for the school by Prof. Hayden, county superintendent of schools (sixth from left). | subject to further orders from the court. Letters of administration issued to Charles C. Marbury in the estate of John Jackson; bond, S2OO. Letters of administration issued to William M. Martin, estate of Evelyn MartLi, bond, $1,500; appraisers appointed and notice to creditors ordered. Letters of admin istration issued to Miles Evans in the estate of Virginia Mills Evans; bond, $10,000; appraisers appointed and no tice to creditors ordered. Letter, of ad ministration issued to Herbert J. Mof fat in the estate of Marie H. Von Bran dies; bond, $500: appraisers named and notice to creditors ordered. Will of Samuel Bass, Mount Rainier, probated. Letters of administration c. t. a. issued to Lottie Smith; bond, $6,000; apprais ers appointed and notice to creditors ordered. First and final accounts of Charles Burton, administrator estate of Sallie B. Anderson, passed. Halloween Defendants Freed. Special Dispatch to The Star. FAIRFAX, Va„ November 8. — H. Rucker and Lynn Armatrout of Vienna, apprenhended on Halloween charged with destroying property, were dis missed after a hearing before Judge Ritchie of the Juvenile Court. —•— ■— -■■» ' b Dig for Oil in West Va. County. Special Dispatch to The Star. WINCHESTER, Va., November B.—A shaft 4,000 feet deep to determine whether the section of Hampshire County, W. Va„ just west of Romney, contains petroleum or natural gas is being drilled by the Hampshire Oil it Gas Co., organized recently by Pitts burgh, Pa., interests. THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON. D. C- FRIT)AT. NOVEMBER 8, 1929. SCHOOL FLAG-BIBLE EVENT IMPRESSIVE A. Armstrong of Junior Order Addresses Large Gather ing at Nokesville. \ * Special Dispatch to The Star. MANASSAS, Va., November B—lm pressive ceremonies marked the pres entation yesterday afternoon of a flag and Bible to the Brentsville District High School, at Nokesville, Prince Wil liam County, by Aden Council, No. 30, Junior Order United American Me chanics. C. O. Bittle, principal of the high school presided. A. Armstrong of Aden Council made the principal address and outlined the principles for which his of der s£ood, emphasizing the importance of respect for the flag and the Bible by pupils in the schools as well as by the people in the community. A telegram was read from James L. Wilmeth, na tional secretary of the Junior Order, ex pressing his regret at being unable to keep his appointment to speak, due to a bad train connection. John P. Kerlin, member of Aden Council and sheriff of the county, made the presentation speech for the Bible, while T. H. Marshall presented the flag. Richard C. Hay don, superintendent of the county schools, accepted the on behalf of the Brentsville District High School, and stressed the importance of love of the Bible and of the country’s flag. Following the singing of "America'’ i and "Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean,” : by the assembly the flag raising cere- | | mony took place, and with the school ; children singing the national anthem I the flag was hauled to the top of the pole, after which the school rendered the salute and repeated the pledge to the flag. The Brentsville District High School is the latest building in the Prince Wil liam school system and was completed in time for the beginning of this year’s school term. The building is modern in every particular and was constructed at a cost to the district of $35,000. Formal ceremonies marked the opening of the school in September and today's pro gram was the last in a series of events planned to celebrate the building of the handsome structure. ASSAILANT 7s~ SOUGHT. By a Staff Correspondent of The Bter, OWINGS, Md.. November B.—Acting on a description furnished by Mrs. Bar bara Wanderer, 52 years old, proprietor of a hotel at North Beach. Md., who said she was choked by a young man who leaped on the running board of her machine while passing through here yesterday, Maryland police authorities are today searching for the woman's assailant. , According to Mrs. Wanderer, she lost control of the machine when the man choked her, and the vehicle crashed into a telegraph pole, knocking her un conscious. When she recovered, she found $l6O had been taken from her. ERRORS NUMEROUS IN. VIRGINIA VOTING Totals of Pollard and Brown Con siderably Reduced in Seventh Congressional District. Special Dispatch to The Star, i WINCHESTER, Va., November B. : Hundreds of voters in the seventh con gressional district made mistakes in marking their ballots for governor in Tuesday’s election, according to reports i reaching here today from the various t counties on both sides of the Blue Ridge j Mountains, and as a result the vote for both Pollard, the Democrat, and ' Brown, the Republican-Fusionist, was i considerably reduced. Election officials were quoted as say- I ing the presence of four names on the j ticket for governor had a tendency to ! confuse many people. In numerous in : stances all four were marked out. In ‘ others cross-marks were made either ; before or after or in the center of cer tain names, all of which invalidated ! that portion of the ticket. In Shenandoah County, where Brown i received 2.322 votes and Pollard 2.137, f judges of election threw out 340 ballots jas being improperly marked. Over 100 ! such tickets were disregarded in Clarke j County, nearly 100 in Winchester and i more than 100 in Frederick County. It was said that large numbers of bal- I lots had to be cast aside also in Rock ; ingham, Albemarle. Green. Madison, I Warren, Rappahannock and Page Coun- I ties. The result, however, would not I have been changed, according to elec : tion officials, although the vote for one I candidate or another would have been j increased or lowered. Pollard’s vote In I the district was approximately 13,263 | and for Brown 8,586. j Boy Exonerated in Hunting Death. i Special Dispatch to The Star. MARTINSBURG. W. Va., November I B.—J. Wesley Faulkwell. 14, was exon- I crated by a coroner’s jury here today, which found that the shot which Faulk i well fired from a shotgun that fatally i injured Harrison T. Myers, 6, a play mate, was accidental. . * c s,. I n'w* f ».'k * ...in. 5... I Cigarettes ■ 5 r s Cor. 7th & E 14th & F St«. 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Tablets, 100’s 73c J Y - . .... . . r, , fc.;. „ 75c Baume Bengue 42c By day or night in«mct.vely your 60c Doan S Kidney attention will be called to the fact Pills 43c LOO Waterbury’s that it is not intended for internal . , use, thus avoiding possible accidents 60c Mentholatum 49c Compound 69c in the home. 60c Resinol Ointment 39c 60c Pape’s Diapepsin 39c LIGHT SALE APPROVED. Maryland Board 0. X.’s Consolida tion of Two Companies. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE. November B.—Exten sion of electric current service to a number of communities in Montgomery County will follow the sale of the Da mascus Light & Power Co., Inc., to the Potomac-Edison Co., which was ap proved by the Public Service Commis sion Wednesday. Under the terms of the sale, the Po tomac-Edison Co. takes over the fran chise. works and system of the Damas cus Co. on the payment of $15,000, which is the price agreed upon by the two companies. In granting the Potomac-Edison Co. permission to take over the Damascus Co. the commission provided in its or der "that nothing herein contained would be deemed taken or construed as in any way determining the fair value for ratemaking or other purposes of the property and assets of the Damascus Light & Power Co., Inc. CLERGYMAN DEAD. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, November B.—Rev. Henry Talbot Sharp, well known Protest ant Episcopal clergyman In this sec tion, died at his home here yesterday. For 25 years he was the rector of the Prince of Peace Church and was af fectionately known as the “Bishop of Walbrook.” The deceased, who was 88 years old, was the son of the late Willoughby and Mary Anne Schoolfield Sharp of Norfolk, Va. After service in the Confederate Army throughout the Civil War, Rev. Mr. Sharp pntered the Virginia Theological Seminary at Alexandria, finishing in 1867. HLs first charge was in Weston, W. Va., and he was later transferred successively to Lexington, Ky.; Alex andria, Va., and Baltimore. Rev. Mr. Sharp was married twice. His second wife, Gertrude Stansbury of Alexandria, Va., died last year. One daughter, Miss Evelyn Willoughby Sharp, and a nephew, Tilghman Hollyday Sharp, survive the deceased, who was the last of 15 children. SUBURBAN NEWS. EARLY FIRE ROUTS 30 HOTEL GUESTS Havre De Grace Structure Damaged and Firemen of Several Commu nities Subdue Flames. By the Associated Press. HAVRE DE GRACE. Md., November, B.—An early morning fire In the Bayou Hotel today drove out more than 30 guests and employes, many of them here for the duck hunting season on upper Chesapeake Bay. The third and fourth floors of the buildings were wrecked and some dam age was done to the lower floors of the hotel before combined efforts of- Havre De Grace, Berryville, Aberdeen and Belair fire departments checked the flames. All the occupants escaped without Injury, and most of the guests were able to save their personal prop erty. The hotel, a center not only for the duck hunting season, but also for the racing meetings here, is well known to the sporting fraternity of the country. ■" ■ ■ ■■ » ■■ ■■ J. W. HARPER BURIED. Rites for Retired Baltimore Mer chant Held at Riverdale. Special Dispatch to The Star. RIVERDALE, Md„ November B.—Fu neral services for James William Har per, 84-year-old retired wholesale mer chant of Baltimore, were held at the residence of his daughter. Mrs. Edna Thompson, 15 Beal avenue, yesterday, Rev. Clyde Brown officiating. Burial was in Baltimore, Mr. Brown was a native of Baltimore and had made his residence with his daughter here for three years. He had been in failing health for some time. Surviving him are his widow, Mrs. Emma Coleman Harper, and two daugh ters, Mrs. Thompson, whose husband, C. W. Thompson, is a member of the town council, and Mrs. Martha Morris of Baltimore. 11 IMMUNIZING CHILDREN. ■' ■ ■ Arlington Health Department Ad * ministering Diphtheria Antitoxin. By • Staff Correspondent of The Btar. ARLINGTON COURT HOUSE, Xfl.. ! November B.—The County Health De . partment, under direction of Dr. P. M. Chichester, Is now engaged in admin istering the toxin-antitoxin diphtheria treatments to the school children of the county. Approximately 50 children are ! receiving these treatments daily. K Dr. Chichester and his assistants make three trips yearly to each of the schools in the county for the purpose of making the children immune to diph theria and in this way have almost stamped the disease out of the county. The tests to determine the effectiveness of the treatments will not be given until next Spring. ROLL CALL PLANS. — fj Program to Be Outlined at Wood lawn Meeting Tonight. Special Dispatch to The Star. WOODLAWN. Va.. November B.—Plaris for the 1929 Red Cross roll call in Mount Vernon district of Fairfax County will be outlined tonight at a meeting 6f community chairmen to be held in Woodlawn Community House. Mrs.''3. W. Cox of Woodlawn. chairman for the district, and E. C. Gibbs of Mount Ver non, Chairman of the roll call for the county, will be the chief speakers. The chairmen appointed by Mrs. Cox to direct the drive in the different por tions of the district are Miss NelMe Nevitt, Potters Hill; Mrs. G. W. Miller and Mrs. F. E. Van Deman, Mount Ver non; Mrs. Ruth Allen and Mrs. E. H. Allen, Newington; Mrs. E. L. Finks, Wellington Villa; Mrs. C. K. Wilkinson. Sherwood Hall; Mrs. J. Randall Caton and Mrs. Herbert Blunt, Belle Haven; Mrs. A. D. Kirby, Mrs. Pierce Reid and Miss Mary Wease, Groveton; Mrs. George Smith and Miss Annie Troth, Franconia, and Chaplain Wood, Fort Humphreys, Beside this group, it is planned to enlist the assistance of ail fraternal organizations, school and com munity leagues, parent-teacher asso ciations, churches, both white and colored.