Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-03-27
FROM THE SOUTHWEST
SEVERAL CASES or SMALLPOX IN
THE COUNTY or wYTBE.
MUCH ANXIETY BlJP THE DISEASE,
Ample Precautions VIII he Taken to
Check Its Coursc--Much Important
Observation-Disclosures Personal,
md Agricultural Notes.

disease, SDlai-IVAs AiAfR' -
since It made its appearance In TINS sec
ton OF the State. which was about SIX
weeks ago, and in Wise county.
Since my last special 10 the Dispatch
IN Wednesday-in which / reported that
there was one case in Crocketts cove
in this county. four more cases have been
reported They, too. are negroes VINO
have been employed in Casters rock
quarry. near Barren Spring, on New river
in the lower end of this county How
and where these negroes contracted the
disease is a mystery, as they have been
steadily employed at Casters quarry ana
have not been in the coal region OF this
state or West Virginia, where the dread-
ed malady is so prevalent.
Every imaginable precaution Is Delng
taken by the authorities of WytheVille 10
keep the disease out Of the town. GUARDS
are ON duty night and day. All suspects
are forced 10 leave town at once OF are
placed under quarantine. The Town Couh
Gil in special session, yesterday Passeu
resolution requesting all citizens 10 De
vaccinated within five days after which
time compulsory vaccination will be en-
forced according 10 law. To aid the Coun-
iii I'm this matter. the physicians OF
the town have agreed to vacclnate WIN
out charge all who will simply FUR
pish the vaccine points which cost here'
10 cents each. =,
with the aid of these precautions, IL
Is confidently believed that WytheVlile
will not be afflicted with the disease
IMPORTANT LITIGATION.
County Court is still in session, and
one of the most important ana interest
ing question, which has been before II
Of sniff i II.
Crockett against Wythe county. Inc
facts of the controversy are these: MI
A. b. Harris. Commissioner Of Roads Tor
the west end Of the county, let to con-
tract TO Mr.. Crockett some ninety miles
of road to work last fall Inc COM
missioner received the work and caused
to be issued TO Mr.. Crockett warrants
on the Treasurer of the county TOT ms
money The Board of Supervisors met
and directed the Treasurer not to pay
the warrants Crockett then sued the
county for the amount Of the warrants
and the Jury rendered a verdict In ms
favor The county will take an appeal
The supervisors have refused, also, TO
paw Commissioner Harris his salary for
the year, and he, too, has brought SUIT
The cases are being watched with
great deal of interest, not only by the
friends of the interested partes, out ny
the people generally.
The court has relieved Mr.. William p
McGavock. formerly Of Fredericksburg,
of the payment of county and state taxes
To the amount Of 1922 the erroneous as
sessment upon 5000 of personal property,
which had already been assessed in
Lynchburg. where the property Is.
Rev. J. NJ. Dunaway, of Accomac, Va,
who preached at the Baptist church IN
this place several times this week, has
COL hr- the WNtlPElllp
and Marion churches II Is not know
whether he will accept or not.
Mr. Albert Shenton, formerly OF this
place. was married to Miss Youngblood,
Of Thomasvllle, Ga, a few days ago.
The residence Of Mr.. A. ]. Muncy, near
Bland Courthouse, was destroyed by ire
some days since.
WYTHEVILLE BONDS.
The Town Council of Wytheville have
published an order calling for an cleo
ton TO decide whether the Council shall
issue not over $4,000 of new bonds, pay
able in thirty-four years, or at the option
of the town at any time after five years
and at not a greater rate of interest than
e per cent. payable semi-annually. The
proceeds of the bonds are to extend the
water system and to refund the present
bonded Indebtedness of the town. The
election is called for the 26th of April.
In view of the present veXatious ques-
lions now confronting this government
and that Of Spain, a resolution, which
was passed by the General Assembly of
Virginia on January Z, 1906, growing out
of troubles then existing between the
two government over depredations by
Spain upon 1.-The Territories of Orleans and
the Mississippi" will be read now with
interest. The preamble says, in part:
"They have viewed with indigna-
ton, the most rational principles in laws
of nations disregarded and contravened,
our coasts infested and our harbors
watched by foreign armed vessels, our
seamen impressed, and other injuries,
which power and ambition, making the
most erroneous calculations on the
strength and policy Of the United States,
have inflicted on the lawful commerce
and immutable rights of our fellow
citizens With like sensations they have
learned that Spain evades the most equi-
table contracts on frivolous preteXts,
and declines TO enter into fair adj
dustment of our differences; and that in
roads have been made by the regular
officers and soldiers OF that government
into parts of the Territories Of Orleans
and the Mississippi, which had been de-
Iiyered up 10 us; and that our citizens
have been seized and our property plum
dered:
Resolved. therefore, That the General
Assembly Of Virginia. having the highest
confidence in the wisdom, virtue, and
frmness of the President OF the United
States. and Of the Congress thereof, are
ready, whenever the latter shall deem 1t
necessary, to join in contest with any
nation that has injured US, and try which
party can do the other the most harm. ."
NEIGHBoRHoOD GOSSIP.
ID. c. Jones' Of Rural Retreat, has been
partially paralyzed
The Black Lick neghborhood, in this
county, will soon be connected with Rural
Retreat by a complete telephone system.
A line will also be constructed from Rural
Retreat to Cedar Springs, and from there
10 Camp, In Smyth county.
Mr. William Rouse. of Smyth county,
n student at the University Of Nashville,
has been selected 10 represent that insti-
tuition in the oratorical contest between
the colleges OF Tennessee. Two years
since, young Mr.. Rouse won the orators
medal at the University of Nashville.
Quarterly meeting will be held at the
Methodist church. on Church street, Sat-
urday and Sunday, and Rev T. j. Esk-
ridge, OF Marion, will conduct IL.
Mr.. Alexander Whitaker. a well-known
citizen of Saltville. died at his home. in
that place, Wednesday. OF dropsy. He
was "A years old, and leaves a large
family--a wife and seven children. The
deceased married sister OF the late
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