The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-06-21
OF A Personal MATURE
Mention Made Of Notwithstanding to Some
of The Prominent Citizens of Suffolk.
AsrATEaEaT FROM JUDGE W. ]. xILDy
He Concurs I'm Denouncine as False
the Reports Circulated Regarding
q Pnpii OF SUFFOLK Coliege-Judge
Prentis Has Returned From Louis
viiIe-Jnvcnite Gathering.

Suffolk, Va, June 20-(SpeciaD-Eon.
| j. h. Booker arrived lhome last night
from Onancock.- Va, where he had been
for seve:al days attending a meeting OF
joint COMMITTEES appointed by the Cen
eral Assembly 'attts Ia st session ito lnves-
| tigalte the Fox land grant made to Will
liam Ellsnger by Fish Commissioner Jno.
w. Bowdctn under an act of the Legis-
lature passed in 1894. The other men,
bers of the committee are Senators Jas.
N. Stubbs and DIR. G.. w. LeCato. and
Delegate Howard Hathaway. After
hearing considerable evidenced the COM
| mittee adjourned to meet again. on
Wednesday, July ~. at Drummond>
| town.
Judge II. r. PrentTs. who had been i'm
LOUSY VILE, Ky, attending the Supreme
Lodge, knights. of Honor arrived home
last night. He reports that the supreme
| body ddoptei a new system of assess
ments which should prove very popular,
as il rs the most equitable mode of levy
| Ing assessments that can be- conceived
of, members of various ages bearing
only their pro rata share of financial
| burden. The new system will go into
ERECT the first of NEXT October and vt will
be optional with members TO accept It or
| remain under the old dispensat!on
| Judge w. j. Kllby arrived home yes
terdav fIom Ashland, where he had been
attending the annual meeting of the
board of trustees of Randolph Macon
College, of which he is a member. and
witnessing the commencement exercises
OF his alma mater Being intimately
connected with Suffolk College, he has
given out to-day for publication the fol-
lowing card:
Il was out of town when the card OF
| the faculty of Suffolk College and DR..
Murray was prepared and published de-
nylnS the report detrimental to Suffolk
College. one of its pupils and a youth
In SUFFOLK, or otherwise my name would
have also been appended to the card I
desire now to say that I concur In ali
| that was said IN that card. and TO give
emphasis TO the statement that the re-
port ds not only wholly untrue but is
both base and slanderous, and that the
originator and oircu1ators of said report
will, If discovered, be held responsible to
the full extent of the law and otherwise
II necessary. for all injury resulting from
the report and the circulation thereof.
WILBUR j. KILBY."
FOR THE VETERANS.-An enter
| talnment Will be given at Town Hall
next Tuesday night for rhe benefit of
Tom Smith Camp. Confederate Veterans,
under the auspices of the Suffolk Chap
ter of Daughters of the Confederacy
| Our best local talent will take part i'm
| the exercises and 1t Will be 81 most in
te!esIng occa sion. Refreshments Will
| be served during the Svening The en-
tertalnment is entitled "A Nigh, in
Dixie" and the following progra mme
will be rendered:
l. Vocal Duet-"Tenting Tonight"
.....''.... ............ Miss Cutchin
2. RecuaNon-"Stonewall jackson"
........... Master Joseph Hclladay
| 3. Tenor Solo-"Sons OF the Sou,h"
.............. Mr.. S. P Vanderslice
4. Bonnie Blue Flag. Miss Withers
| s. Atlanta Mazurka" ..
| Miss L.
IT, "Lorena" ISIS Lula Cutchin
| Z. Paul Vane" .... Miss Jennie Briggs
| 8. The Blue and the Gray"
.................. Rev. w. A. Barr
IL. vocal Solo ............... Miss LotZia
10. Maryland. My Maryland"
............. Mr.. Charles Hutchins
IL. Vocal Solo with Violin Ob.:gato)
IL. THE Conquered Banner"
| ............ Mrs. Arthur Woolford
IL. When This Cruel War is Over
| ............ Miss Margaret CutcbIn
! Il. Tableau.
a number of the little folks of Primer
street gave home entertainment last
night. the programme embracing siry-
ing: recltations and statue poses, The