Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1896-02-14
VIRGINIA STATE NEWS.


Southern Methodist Church, which is to pc
held in Roanoke beginning March 70. bishop
Yargrove will preside
In the local-option election in Craig county
every district went dry. the majority In 'no
county being 1O6.
W. s. Hamilton, of Bristol, member OF Inc
State Democratic Committee has announcer
himself il favor of holding the State ConVen-
ton in Roanoke.
The payroll of the Roanoke Machine
Works for January is S7O,452, the largest
pay roll by $4,000 in the history OF the shops'
At Gates Station, on the Norfolk and Car
DINA Railroad, the house Of Mr. W. Humph-
let was blown down and child killed. In
Portsmouth the three-story brick store OF
George Bourke was unroofed, and in potn
Ct les shade trees, chimney tops ana tele-
graph poles were blown down and the streets
blocked in many places.
The move in the Virginia Legislature to
prohibit pool selling and break up Aiexan-
der Island and st. Asaphs race tracks on the
Potomac. and the counter measure legaliz-
ing pool selling at agricultural fairs for thirty
days in the year, had their inning in the
House and the result was practically a rout
for the gamblers. The Maupin bill, which
prohibits the pool-selling was sent to its en-
grossment by vote Of 60 to II. This is al
most cen ical with the fight recently in
New York and New Jersey and other States
against illegitimats racing.
Mrs. Ella Finks and Mr., Samuel H. Brown,
brother, of Woodstock, died on Sunday
night, the brother at 0 o'clock, and the sister
at u o'clock-jus three hours apart. Both
were inferred in the samegrave. Mrs. FInks
died of consumptio'. Mr.. Browns death
was caused by hemorrhages from the nose
1t is pretty generally concede among the
railway men that the Pennsylvania Railroad
will make its outhern deep water terminal
at Norfolk with the posi- ility that it may
extend its lines further South tappi TIE
fertile alIuvial trucking country and vast
tim! err tracts between the Atlantic Ocean and
the coast itself. This extension may be made
along the surveyed route OF the Norfolk.
" lmington and Charleston route. The road
is acquiring terminal property In Portsmouth
and its tweny m l. branch line will tap the
truck farms of Norfolk county, the value oil
whose products ara six million dollars an
nually. The coming of the Southern has
ouadrupled the Pennsylvania traffic from he
Southwest and this fact alone would account
for increased activity in work on ternina
facilities at Norfolk.
A disastrous freight wreck was causcd on
the Norfolk and Western Railroad near
Huntington, by a train coming in contaet
with biz lands ide Engineer Callahan dis
covered his peril. but too late to jump. he
was fatally injured. Fireman Sedln had Ills
right leg and one arm broken and others Oh
the crev were slightly injured. Twelve cars
and the engine rolled down an embankment.
ALI trains ON Kenova Division were delayed
many hours.
C. II. DuvaI, general manager Of the Yves
Virginia Female Collegiate Institute, was ar
rested, charged with forgery. He claime'
|. the board OF directors authorized him to slSI
their names to an order for provisions To-
the college. This they denied, and the ar
rest followed. He Was bound over unde
heavy bond to answer to an indictment
C. Holmes. of the Independent Fire Com
nany of Charlestown, has made present Il
that company of fre-alarm bell, and tn
bell has been placed in the tower OF tho Rous
Memorial Hall. the new building recent
erected by the companyin Charlestown. In
bell is very old and has an interesting his
tory. It was manufactured in Philadelphls
and bears the following inscription: u
Meddrly Fecit, Philada, 1909" 1t is tn
same shape and style OF the Liberty Bell, pu
smaller. 1t was purchased years ago by tn
authorities of Rockingham county, Va, an
lplaced on the courthouse at HARRISBURG
lwbereit was used until 1873, when it cam
Into the hands Ct Captain Holmes under
contract with the County Court for the col
struction of a new courthouse. Captal
Holmes brought the bell to Charlestown an
3 nlaced It in the tower OF The Baptist Churc
from which it was removed to the hou
Memorial Hall. The bell IS made OF silV
and brass, weighs ninety-nine pounds al
, has a clear, sweet tone.
0 large and enthusiastic meeting OF ia
havers. urbanitcs AMI suburbantes, met
The Chamber of Commerce, Staunton, al
Q settled on scheme Of annexing good
t portion of the populated district adJoinil
D Stanton. Between two and three thousa
= will be added to the city's populailc
, Ia ,gersyille, Pointsyille, West End and
9 part of East Staunton will come in under t
/. plan. The scheme provides hat any increa
j of taxes over the present county rate SD
a be exclusively spent in the annexed distri
y until 1900, the other portion OF the taxes
GO in the common treasury OF Stanton.
1 committee OF twelve. with Maj. Jed. HotC
|. kiss chairman, was selected to urge upon
Q Legislature, now in session, bill enacu
Z the abovo provisions.
}. The drunken spree Of DR.. Hurst and
party Of friends at Pennington, has claim
three victims already and the list may DO a
ded to later. The Doctor, while drunk,
:. jected morphine into himself and bis CO.
o panons causing the death Sery shortly
70 one OF the party named Myers, OF Mr.. Trace
IS another member, ten hours later, and sir
/ then of Dr. Hurst himself, while one or t
q other victims Of the drunken freak are so
1t that recovery Is doubtful The drunk
crowd seized and held Mrs. Myers, wife OF
: first of the victims, while DIR. Hurs' gave