Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-08-16
Rev. DR.. W.T.. Richardson Dead.

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Rev. DR.. W. 7. Richardson, the venera-
BILE editor of the Central Presbyterian,
died at his residence, No. 2O5 East
Franklin street in Richmond, on Wednes-
day afternoon. He had an attack on Sun
day, the result of the intense heat, and
never fully rallied from it.
+ Dr.. Richardson was born in Charlotte
county in 1918. and was one Of ten chill
dren-fve sons and five daughters-of
Capt. John D. Richardson who commanded
at Craney Island in the war of 1872. He
received his collegiate education at Hamp-
den Sidney, and graduated at Union Theo-
logical Seminary in the same class with
Dr.. Moses d. Hoge. When the Waynes-
! boro church was organized III May, 1916,
he was received into Lexington Presbytery
and became it's pastor, a place that he held
! for over twenty years and at the same time
conducted school. While there he mar
ried his first wife, Miss Sarah Patrick, a
sister of Maj. VIM. Patrick, and an aunt
of MI. VIM. Patrick Of this city. She died
many years ago.
After leaving Waypesboro, he became
Professor of Moral Philosophy in the Au-
gusta Female Seminary, a position that he
Southall, he bought the Central Presbyte-
rian. After DR.. Southall retired, DR..
Richardson conducted the paper alone until
Dr.. James 2. Smith became associated
with him.
He leaves widow, Mrs, Sarah Tate
Richardson, an adopted daughter, Mrs.
Nellie Tate Talbot, and two sisters, Mrs.
Martha e. Edmunds and Mrs. Lucy A.
Bell of Prince Edward.
Nowhere was Or. Richardson better
known than in Augusta and Staunton. He
was a man of decided convictions ON all
subjects, little likely to change, but with
a kindly heart, which prompted to kindly
and charitable acts and whose promptings
were always listened to. He was ripe
scholar, a man of extended travel and OBJ
servation, and firm friend. He held an
eminent place in the Presbyterian church
of Virginia, both as minister and editor.
The interment will take place this af
ternoon at 3:20 at Waynesboro.
The Two Fairs.
The Board of Directors OF the Live Stock
Association met ON Saturday. The mott
fication by the Baldwin District Fair,
which has the right of way at the Fair
Ground, that they had selected Sept. 10,
1 OF
was read. Those being the days which the
Live Stock Association had fixed on some
weeks ago, the Live Stock Association
Directors changed and fixed October Is,
Is, II and IS, as the days for their exhibit
ton. So the following are the dates
SEPT.
Baldwin District Fair, 10, II, u and 49,
OCT.
Live Stock Association, Is, is, II and Is.
This gives gap of a month between the
two.
A meeting of citizens held under the
auspices of the Chamber Of Commerce
Wednesday night, authorized President
Witt to appoint five gentlemen to arbtrate
the questions at issue between the two
fairs. MI. Witt appointed Chas. Grattan,
| Henry Hutchinson, j. II. Black,eY, Arista
Hoge and Andrew Bowling.
Brief Notes of Local Interest
Alexandria Gazette: "Mr.J w. Chaun-
cey, OF this city, will. leave here in a few
days for Staunton, where he will be engag-
ed in the construction of the new Catholic
Church in that place, he having received
the contract for the same. MI. Chauncey,
it will be remembered, was employed i'll the
construction Of the stone work of st.
Mary7s Church here.''
The Western Union Telegraph Co. has
made twenty -fve-year contract for tele-
graph service for the Chesapeake & West
ern Railroad Co.
Messrs. Jas. II. Blackley and Andrew
Bowling for the city, Jas. IL. Wehn and J..
A. Singer for the property owners, and
Heber Ker selected by The four, are the five
gentlemen who constitute the commission
to value the real estate burned by the city
during the prevalence of small poX, and
who began their hearings yesterday in the
| CITY Hall.