Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1896-09-11
VIRGINIA STATE ITEMS.

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There Is no enterprise Of development that
has avanced more In Southwest Virginia our
ing the past two years than the coal anu
coke industry. Wise county, which borders
on Kentucky, Is a hive of industry, both as 10
coal and timber developments. Not less tnan
dozen different companies are mining coal IN
that section Of Virginia Coking Is new
feature of the enterprise and 1t was begun at
Norton two years ago, when plant consist
ing of so ovens was established. Since that
time the Virginia Coal and Iron Company,
consisting mainly of pennsylvania capitalists,
has been engaged in the erecti,n OF coke
plant at stonega, near Big Stone Gap. This
company has completed and now has In
blast 40 coke ovens 1t will soon have fifty
more completed, and means TO run the num-
Der up to 300 This company is making an
excellent grade of coke and finds ready mar
ket for all it can turn out.
No active work is being done in the iron
mines In Bristol and vicinity. The Bristol
Iron furnace and the furnaces OF Johnson
CITY. Tenn, stand idle, while little or moth
ing is being done in the Magnetic iron mines
at Cranberry, N @. The iron furnace
Embrevllle Tenn, owned by an English
syndicate, is In operation.
Arthur r. Cump, of Chicago, who is inter
csted III the timber lands OF Western North
Carolina, is having a survey made for rail-
road which his company proposes to build
from Cranberry to Linville, N. c., and to cx-
tend twelve miles into the white pine timber
belt along the Linville river. The proposed
road will connect with the East Tennessee
and Western North Carolina Road at Gran
berry
Various short lines of railroad and tram
WAYS have been built In southwest Virginia
TO facilitate the coal and coke traffic.
The Norfolk, Virginia Beach and Southern
Railway has placed on record In Norfolk the
first mortgage of the road to the Guaranty
Trust Company OF New York, to secure the
payment of $500, 900 Of ave-year gold bonds.
The yandcrbilta, who propose to improve
! Virginia Beach so as to make as well-known
and as popular as Cape May, have already
] begun improvements.
me cafo at Crystal Springs, about one
nile east of Roanoke, was destroyed by fire
John Bragassa, who dispenses refreshments
there lost his stock and fixtures, along with
ali his household goods and clothing
amounting to about $500, upon which there
was no insurance. The building was owned
10y the Roanoke Gas and Water Company
and was valued at about 1000, nearly COW
cred 10y insurance. The Gre was accidental.
Buford Overton. q condemned murderer
who broke jail and escaped from Harlan
county, Ky, year ago, was arrested al
Chiltowie, and taken back to Harlan county.
Overton's escape was made only rev days
prior to the time set for bis execution. lie
and his brother, Will Oyerton, and James
Scott youth, formed conspiracy and
murdered an aged peddcr and his vile In
August year ago as a means OF shielding a
young girl from. prosecution, who was
charged with stealing from the peddler
pack. Will Overton was killed while resist"
Ing arrest and Scott is serving lie sentences
In the penitentiary.
J.H. Webb Peploe, a lawyer VINO hat
been absent from Richmond the past three
months. made an assignment. The deed wa
executed in Philadelphia. The liabilities arr
Sc. COO, and the principal creditor Rev. WcD'
Peploe prebendary OF st. Paul's Cathedral
London
The residence of Judge Newman, nea
Falls Church, Fairfax county, was destroyed
by fro and all the tenants furniture wa
also burned. The house was valued at a1ou
$1,000 Judge Newman is now in New Mex
leo.
A large Bryan and Sewall Club was or
ganized at Fairfax Court House Hon. Il
w. Moore and Mr.. Lewis Machen, delivere'
addresses.
Mr.. j. c. Mitchell, a leading citizen and In
luental politician OF Henrico county is dead
The First National Bank OF Roanoke, wit
a capital stock of 100000, has surplus an
! undivided profits aggregating Sl92,75l.
Mr.. David Lloyd, one OF the oldest citizen
of Clarke county, died last week, aged s
years.
MIR. Jacob Carson, a well-known and re
spected farmer, living at Goresville, Loudou
county. committed suicide by blowing hi
brains out with shotgun. One of his daugf
, tiers had been to an entertainment in tn
! neighborhood and returned home at II ratht
/ late hour. When she came In Mr.. Carso
4 arose and came downstairs, going into II
!. kitchen. He called to his daughter to brln
4 him basin of water, which she did. and ha
o hardly left him when she was startled by II
explosion of gun She hastily returned
: and found her father seated upon the foo
n with the right side of.his head blown to atom
2. and the gun lying beside him. He fell back
y ward Just as she reached him and died in
/ few minutes.
,. The large barn, with stables attached, al
< an adjacent corn crib located On Charl
y Sharp's farm, Fairfield, near Kempsvli'
}. were. together with their contents, destro
a cd by fire. The barn was filed with hay al
:; fodder The property was partly insure
I ard the fire was incendiary
Is 1t I. said that about the 1st of October
TT new steamboat line between Norfolk al
20 Smthleld will be started in opposition to t
ii Old Dominion Line.
O The exports from the port of Norfolk I
10 August amounted,to 1913 493.
Il Ensign Erode, OF the Salvation Army