The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-05-12
VIRGINIA NEWS.

AioAanuIlh county, uleu ~ us hOlho
Tuesday night
Smyrna church, King and Queen
county, will have Ohildren's Day some
time In June.
The Methodist O'phausge. soon to be
established in Virginia, will be located
In Richmond.
King and Queen Circuit court was In
session this week, Judge I. X. b.
Wright presiding
It:isEcarefully. estimated that Page
oounty spent $40 900 for western corn
during the last six months.
1t is stated that a long-distanoe tele-
phone line is to be built through Page
Valley, from one end to the other.
Gen. W, II. Payne and family. who
spent the winter in Washington, have
returned to their home in Warrenton.
The Ministers and Deacons' meeting.
held with the Spring Hill church In
Mathews county. was delightful one.
Mr.. John Shelton Williams, the lead.
ing candidate, has retired from the
race for King Of the Richmond Oarni-
val.
The reunion at Fairfax o. H.. Of
Mosby's mcn and the Sixth Virginia
Cavalry, will be held September 20
and 20.
Miss Annie M Franks of Oharlottes.
Vile, and Mr.. Mcdonald Smyth,
of Roanoke, were married Wednesday,
in Lynohburg.
Miss Mary Mauzy has been appointed
sponsor for the Eighth Congressional
district 10 the Confederate reunion at
Louisville. XIV.
Miss Kate NJ. DAbney Of the Univer-
sity has secured a position In the Gen.
sus Department, Washington, through
Congressman Hay.
COL Il H. Logan has sold his beauti.
full farm, near Salem, Roanoke county,
TO q Richmond syndicate, who will
plant the whole farm in apples.
Mr.. Henry Lee Valentine will be
king Of the Richmond carnival, having
received 2 1913 votes, or six times as
many as the other candidates combined.
Miss Minnie Beach, Of Fairfax, has
returned from the Pasteur department
OF the Baltimore hospital She was
bitten by dog April 10, which was
mad.
Attorney General Montague will
speak before she Ladies' Memorial AS
ISOLATION, In Washington, Rappahan.
mock county, May 18th, Memorial
Day.
A very destructive hail storm visited
the farm Of Ned Minor. in Gloucester,
destroying his field Of peas and his entire
crop Of oantelopes, and many-other
plants.
Capt. g. W. Koiner, Commissioner Of
Agriculture, is authority for the state
ment that more orchards will be set this
year than in any previous year in Vir-
ginia's history.
The fourth tri-union meeting Of the
Virginia Dental Association, the Dis.
trict Of Oolumbia Dental Society and
the Maryland Dental Association be-
gan In Richmond Thursday.
Mrs. Susan Fray died at her home,
near Brightwood. Madison county,
Thursday, Of paralysis. at q very ad-
vanced age She was the mother Of
Mr.. W. H Fray. Of Oulpeper.
Mr. A. ]. Williams, who has lived
many years within sixteen miles Of
Richmond city, saw the Governor Wed.
nesday. This is the first time in his
life he ever saw a Virginia Governor.
Oscar 1 Fleming, the magistrate Of
Princess Anne county, who WAS given
fourteen years In the penitentiary for
killing Clarence Snyder because he
hunted on his land, was denied q new
trial.
1t is estimated that In Lynchburg
nearly one million dollars invested In
industries escapes taxation. The Orr
cult court has been petitioned to grant
mandamus compelling the owners TO
pay taxes.
The engagement is announced Of Miss
Anne Triplett Haxall. daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs Boiling HAxall. Of Loudoun
county. to Mr.. Thomas U. Dudley, Of
New York, son Of Bishop Dudley, Of
Kentucky.
The body Of Dr. Shearon r. Tabh,
of the United States Marine Hospital
Service, was found in cemetery near
Savannah. He committed suicide with
chloroform AS has been published in
The Free Lance DIR. Tabb was a native
of Gloucester county.
The Baltimore and Ohio railroad has
posted notices that the Jim Grow car
law will 90 into effect on the Valley
Branch Of the road on July LIST. On
account Of the roads touching West
Virginia some difficulty is anticipated
in making the law effective.
Revenue officers raided an illicit
brandy still near Madison Run, Orange
county, Wednesday. The still was up
on the premises OF Mr.. 7. b. Berry,
and In full operation when the officers
arrived. They conflsoated the, plant
and Rquantity Of low wines and pu-
mice.
A dead man was caught in fish trap
on lass Saturday at Mia. Northumber-
land county. On his person were found
papers one, Of which was receipt
signed ~. II. Goslee & Bro. " The
body was evidently that of q sailor and
the papers indicated that he had served
on the schooners Nv. M. Summers"
and Sarah Tyler.
The Grand Lodge of Virginia Odd
Fellows, now In session at Hot Springs,
elected K. e. Northern, Of Mathews
county, deputy grand master; I. W.
Davis, Of Richmond. grand secretary
j. W. Ferguson. Of Richmond, grand
treasurer W. T. Baldwin, grand mas
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