Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-09-08
THE OLD DOMINION.
St,,s News Gathered BY Dispatch
Correspondents.
NE roLI AID MURDER CASE.
.,h,t Judge Coleman says-Thc
r,tncc Edward Confederate Monu-
ucnt Assoeiation--A Probable AS
.,t--PcrsonnI and General.

tssv week His Honor Judge S. r.
1,.rnsn goes from here to Amelia.
,.,e-e on the 10Th he VIII open court
~. case Of special interest during the
.,, here was that OF Edward Marshall
negro boy. against the Norfolk and
v,s,ern railroad. Marshall sued for
Ed damages. sustained by the loss OF
f,-t On the railroad. lie was stealing
ride on n freight, and alleged that a
,-.teman Knocked him from his hold
...,b a lump Of coal. The evidence. how
,,e- GI not sustain the charge. and
,t,sr nearly a weeks trial the jury gave
verdict In favor Of the defendants. Ex-
c.,.ruor Mckinney and Colonel J. i.
r.zgeraid represented the plaintiff and
,nor Kirkpatrick, OF Lynchburg, ana
r.r. Mann, Of Nottoway. the defend
I1ts 49,.
r.f.e4 Their. is some phase Of the Pollard
,r.-I.r case which has not been published
e., Tie newspapers. he does not ace how
3. can interfere with the judgment OF
tte county Court OF Lunenburs. No ex-
r,pti5ns were taken at the prisoners
,r'.s. and 70 is thought that their cases
t4ve paseld beyond the jurisdiction OF the
r.r.lit Court However. should there b
r.aaon for granting the women n new
tri4L 10 IS most likely they VIII be brought
t,re iuasmuch ar we have a company OF
soldiers. and the way Is easily accessible
fr witnesses from the upper end OF
Lgrcnburg, where the murder occurred.
a SACRED DUTY.
TIE clrzcus OF Tarnvllle and those
throughout the county are thoroughly
aroused 20 the duty they owe the men
oh, went out from this section In the
i..e war. and the determination with
which hey have all entered into a mOnu-
,r.nt ees0ciation warrants the prediction
tnrt ore another ou,umn-tirne a shaft In
tt.ir honor as handsome as any in the
state viii have been raised hero.
a most enthusiastic meeting. as you
v..re advised. was held Thursday night IN
ra interest Of the association, and the
audience was thrilled by the eloquence
and r3thos Of some Of those who bore
he lar1ships Of the war. Among those
who addressed the meeting were Professor
John A. Cunningham, of the Normal
school Colonel j. L. Fitzgerald. Major
Kirkpatrick. OF Lynchburg; Rev. DR..
Ilehy. Mr. II. s Paulett, and Colonel r.
The oficers Of the monument assocla-
ton are.
prcsident-Captain S. w. Paulett
First Vice Pre.ident-R. II. Watkins.
Second Wee Presidential. W. Drumel-
ter
secroary-Dr. Peter winston.
Corresponding Secretary-Colonel j. 7.
fitzgerald
Treasurer-John r. Walton.
Executive Committee-John a. Cunning
ham Ochalrman); Judge J. NJ. Crute.
TImyille. 7. II. Glenn, Prospect; w.
H. Ewing, Green Bay; Il. H. Carter
Ricc. Rev. Richard Mc1lwaine, Hampden-
sidney John G. Cunningham. Darlington
Ie.shts. CAPTAIN John r. Martin. Farm
Vile. colonel r.. A Booker. Farmville,
and Major a. j. Venable. Farmville.
WAS HE ASSAULTED?
Engineer James Amos. who sustained
serious. il not fatal injury by fall from
his ennne-cob at Lynchburg on the
night ~ the Slst Of August, Is native
o. Cumberland. a few miles distant from
Tarmviue He f. the son of Mr.. Len
Amoa. It Is thought by the wounded man
that he was knocked from his engine by
some one bent on robbery, as a $50 note
which De had IN one OF his pockets was
missing. Mr. Amos had his skull frac-
ilrei IN two places. and mad TO undergo
the difficult operation Of trephining.
Rev. NJ ". DOggett y. D., pastor OF
the First Presbyterian church Of Fort
Worth. Tex, is on q visit TO Hampton
sidney.
Mrs Douglas r. Elan. who has been
spending a month at Rawley Springs, is
home acain.
Mrs Thomas l.. Morton has gone 10
80, Vic her H0nQhfgr Mrs Samuel
Nicholson.
Nr w. r. Meador OF Richmond. is up
o. % visit 20 his parents.
N'ss Loula Morton has returned from
visit 20 Charlotte county.
Professor J. S. McIlwalne left Thursday
fcr Asheville. y. G.
Miss Il. +. stone. Of the state Female
Normal School. IS back again, after the
trnyment OF her vacation
Nrs Martha Watkins is on n visit TO
h5r daughter, Mrs. S. Il. Mckinney.
Miss Loula Mckinney left last Tuesday
fcr Agnes Scott Institute, Decatur, Ga.
Miss Mamie Bidgood, who has been
spending the summer at Fayetteville, y.
C., has returned home.
Rev Mr LinGle after brief sojourn
IN North Carolina, returned 10 his pas
tOral Guticg here Wednesday.
Ms AucN baskerville, who has been
staying ~ Governor McKjnn'y's, return
sd 90 HamI Icn-SidnOy Tuesday.
Tie family OF Mr.. James Il. Gray ar
riFtI here Wednesday afternoon from
their home in Petersburg. They will re-
main so r4rmvllle for a week or more.
MIS- J. j.. Enrieht and children, who
have been visiting in the nome of Mr.
u ii. Paulctt. left last Tuesday for
hfir home In Danville.
Mrs J H. Clark, who left Prince Ed
"arl ia 1881. and since which time has re-
sided IN Pltt:burg. Pa, is here on a visit
g. his relatives.
Miss Slll.e Huntington, one Of Farm
VIE iarcst debutantes. returned home
last Tuesday from visit to Lynchburg.
air @. Baxter Morton LEFT last Monday
Tor Eust1n. La. where he has been
made Professor OF Chemistry In the in
c-strial institute and college OF that
State.
Mr.. a. r. Cray. who has been n popu-
lar citizen OF Farmvlle for some years,
l,it last Thursday for Richmond, where
o. VIII IN the future reside.
Mrs NJ T. Hooper. after several weeks
a. A.leghany Springs. has returned homo.
Mr. }. Willie Kyle. the polite and ac-
comodating Western Union operator at
mis- place. having secured more ucra-
tive position. elsewhere, will leave Farm
vale next week
1,r Kyle won many friends while here
ly his uniform kindness and courtesy
shown at all times.
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