The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-05-25
Orange COURT.

Monday being the last court before
election. brought crowd who were
absorbed in the political fight over the
county offices The clerkship and sheriff
atty are the chief bones Of contention
and the friends of each candidate were
especially active. MIR Philip Fry has
held the Office Of clerk for 20 years, and
Superintendent of Schools W. O. Will
liams is his opponent. Both sides claim
TO be winners and on election day there
will be some lively fighting for votes
The sheriffalty is contested for by
Mr.. Lee Pannill, from the lower end
of the county. present sheriff
and Mr.. Ben Munday. of Somer-
set, in the upper end This is another
sharp contest and it would not
be safe to predict the winner. although
Panuill's friends are the most conf.
dent. For the other offices there is not
a big fight.
GOLD MINES.
Mr. c L. Straughan. Of Spotsylvania
mining expert, has gone to the Mill
View Mine, near Unionville, to test the
merit Of the mine for gold. He took
with him force of II men. and it will
take him forty days to make the test.
The Mitchell mine, in Spotsylvania,
is now being worked by Pittsburg, Pa,
parties Mr. Powell. formerly con-.
nected with the Geological Engineer
Corps, is in charge. Prospecting holes
are being dug. and placer machinery
will be put in at an early day.
NOTES.
Capt. Charles TaliafcrrO, Of the Mt.
Sharon Stock Farm, presented US with
box of the Arctic variety of straw
berries raised by him, many of which
were as large as guinea egg They
were delicious.
The wheat crop in the county is very
much improved The late wheat is
poor. while the early wheat is good.
The farmers Of Orange have pluck.
They have held their wheat mp to the
present and many say they will carry
it over into the next crop before they
will take the present prices. Fully To-
600 bushels are still unsold.
Those present from Fredericksburg
were: Messrs. A W. Embrey, J s.
Wallace II W. Proctor, J I. Lowery,
E. @. Ninde, W + Lang, Geo p.
King. K l. Biscoe. Mike Wallace, W.
II Merchant. If the Star. and the Free
Lance representative.
LIST OF WRITINGS
Thornton Thompson and wife to W.
J. Tatum. deed for land.
ID. J. Boatwright and wife to II Faul-
coner and wife, deed for land
Chapman Timberlake and wife to
Rob Fletcher, deed for land.
W. ID Vintand wife to Leila NJ. New
man, deed for land
Thomas f Richardson to william NJ
Barnes, deed for land.
j. IL Kinzer and wife TO Bscoe &
Wright. deed for land.
A. W. O. Tibbitts. etc, to Gertie p.
Daniel deed for land
Exchange Of land between a. O..
Bergman and wife to Fleming Biscoe,
trustee.
A @ Bergman and wife to Claudia
NJ. Scott, deed for land.
W. J. Stockton to VIM a Rudasill'
deed for land
A. f. Slaughter. executor. to Mamie
Newman, deed for land.
John q. Williams. substituted trus-
tee, to VIM S. McClary, deed for
land
Larkin Willis, executor, to John @.
Lacy, deed for land
J. b. Andrews and others to ID. W.
| Rheinhart. deed for lard
Geo. W. Barbour to Daniel Grymes,
| deed for land.
Hugh Goodwin and others to Leila
| Nj. Newman, deed for land
Ollie J. Daniel and wife to John G.
Williams. trustee deed of trust.
n. w. Newman and wife to w. A.
Newman, trustee, deed Of trust
o. E Walcott and wife to G f. Hunter
trustee, deed of trust
O. d Quesenberry and wife to Geo.
S. Shackleford, trustee, deed Of trust
J. NJ. Houff to A. O. Hook, deed Of
trust on personally.
John A Payne and wife to B. p,
Willis, trustee, deed of trust.
o. M. Scott and others to James W.
Morton, trustee, deed Of trust.
Personal Mates from Richmond County.