The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-07-10
VIRGINIA NEWS.

william Hay. son of Hon. James Hay,
has gone TO Europe on sea voyage Tor
his health.
Rev George Wharton and Stephen
Jones will run an excursion 10 ffede :
icksbuTg on the 2Sth Orange Discovery
The old homestead Of O. II Bryant.
near DowninRs. Richmond county, was
destroyed by fire last week.
Mr.. John Marshall. Of Snickersville.
threshed three scres OF wheat which
turned out 1906 bushels. ihirtY.five aud
O third bushels to the acre.
A post Office TO be called Boer has
been established near Wheaton. Ian.
caster county, with A 5. Mitchell as
postmaster.
Governor Tyler has been asked TO ap.
point representatives TO the annual
meeting Of the American Fisheries So.
oiety at Sc Johnsburg, Vt, this month.
Anumber Of damage suits. aggregat-
ing $40. 600 have been instituted by rel.
atives Of coloied men who were drown.
ed ia a collision in Norfolk harbor Sat-
urday night.
The new Christian church at Union.
Vile will not be completed In time 90
b. dedicated on the Bird Sunday in jay
as expected. The date will be an
nounoed later.
Drs ] J. Wicker and NJ + Broaddus
have been engaged TO conduct the Kirk
land Camp Meeting In the Northern
Neck. which will begin the l3ih in'
slant
The new Town Council of Culpeper
has prohibited the placing Of chicken
coops and other goods on the side walks
by merchants in front Of their. places I
business.
The yield Of wheat in the Golansville
neighborhood. in Caroline county, is
good. Mr.. q. p. Smith made 800
bushels and Mr. Thomas. OF the Provi.
dence farm. about 900.
The Masons will soon commence the
erection Of q handsome temple At the
corner OF Davis and + ist streets in Uul-
peper, and the new bank building on
the Alcocke lot will also shortly be COM
menced.
The census taker found one inhabi-
tsnt 10 Calp per who passed the CEN
fury mark twelve years ago. Few towns
in the State OF the Union can produce
an inhabitant ll2 years old The Oul'
pepper Enterprise.
DR.. Newton, small pox expert. Of
Richmond, at the request o. Dr. Dew
and Of the Medical Board Of Virginie,
went 20 the Welch neighborhood, In
Caroline. last week 20 make report on
the smallpox case.
Jas. l.. Motley, X. II. Oralle ani Robt.
0. Lyell have been appointed delegates
to represent Farnham Baptist church.
Ia Richmond county, Ia the Rappa'
hammock Association. which meets with
Olivet church, King and Queen county,
Jolly 2ltb.
Through the influence OF Adjltant
General Male and Senator J. Jeffsies
Pierre Thomas, son OF Mr. p Thomas.
Of Culpepsr. has been appointed az ca
det-at.larRe at the Virginia Military
Institute at Lexington.
The District Conference Of the Meth
odist Episcopal Church will be held in
Lancaster county, with the White
Store Methodist Episc pal church
Wednesday. one hundred delegates are
expected 10 attend.
Mrs. Curtis Wright. who died last
Sunday az her home near Unionville,
was the daughter Of Mr. Hawkins. Of
Spotsylvania county. She leaves Anus
band and four small children, one an
infant.
Henry Johnson, colored, met with a
fearful death on the farm Of Prof Pur-
year, in Madison county, last week
He was unloading hay at the time and
the fork slipped In some way and run
ming through his breast killed him in
stantly.
Berta Campbell, colored, Of Orange
county. charged with shooting Conway
stearns, also colored, was tried. by
Justice Camper AS there was no evidence
TO prove intentional shooting, the case
was dismissed. Colonel g. S. Shackel-
ford represented the accused.
The State Board of Agriculture will
meet at the Ohamberlin Hotel, at Old
Point. Tuesday, July 18th. The propo.
sition to have farmers institutes
throughout the State will be discussed,
and the subject Of establishing expert
mental farms will be given oonsidera-
tion.
Commissioner Koiner says he lie con.
stantly in receipt Of specimens Of min
erals from Virginia farmers, who do
not put their names on the packages,
and he is therefore prevented from COM
municating tn them the result Of his
examination. If he could know the
names Of the senders he would be very
glad TO write them upon the subject
The corporation school tax in the
town Of Fairfax for this year amounts
to 1856 rs, Of which the colored people
pay seventy. nine cents, and receive in
return from six to seven months school.
ing The street or road tax is 1913 A,
Of which the oolored contingent pays
one dollar and ffty-eight cents.
". Fitzhugh Oatlett died of apoplexy
July ID, at his home near Guinea's,
and was buried the following day, serv.
ices being conducted by his pastor,
Rev. w. r. Hayes Mr.. Oatlett had
reached the ripe age Of 81 years. and
was a most highly esteemed citizen.
He was Commissioner of Accounts for
Caroline county for many years He
was member Of Hopewell Methodist
church.
Rev. DR.. J. P Smith, the editor of
the Central Presbyterian, has received
a telegram from the headquarters of the
Foreign Mission Board Of the Southern
Presbyterian Church at Nashville say
ing cablegram from Shanghai stated
that all Of the sixty missionaries sent
out by the Southern Church were saved.
Many Of these missionaries are from
Virginia.