The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-08-15
Large Attendance Despite
the Rain.
CROP NOTES-POLITICS.
Stock Killed and Property Losa By
Lightning Testimonial 10 MI
Smith-othor Notes


ford we were rapidly taken over ro'n-
soaked runds To the village We were
informed that the rain OF sunday oyc1i ~
was the heaviest sccn there Tor man.
wears II was ahodt 10 O'clocl, wncn
the crowd began 10 gather that thr
clouds opened aud there wCs cont tun'
downpOur all day This di1 not deter
the people from coming andhy 10 clock
there was an immense crowd present.
The supply of watprmclOns w04 small
and they were sold at prices rang ng
ON ID To % rents There ARE alsug en-
orally large oiie. ings oi pigs at August
court. but only one box was sccu. which
contained ten one month-old Youngsters
which sold at : each.
The ia' mcrs a.e delighted over the
prospect for heavy crops of tobacco aud
com. The tohncco * the heaviest seen
for several years but il - expected that
il will bee coarse Vegetables of every
Kind are scurcc, butter beans aud black
eyed peas are falling off the vines. wf.'e
tomatoes rot be- ore they ripcn Pea"hcs
and apples are scare and have been I'M
jurrd by the continued wet weather
There are large number Of visitors
from various points in the STATE. who
are summering in the village Mine Host
i T. Richp IDS. of the Lawn Hotel. hg q
a. mr ~ & hc can accommodate an pies
ent They arr enjoying themselves a1d
speak IN the highest terms of theiafrurd
accommodation of this pleasant hotel
rolrlD~-pINocg
There was much inter, Il cy ned a. 90
the outcome at the Norfolk convention ia
regard 10 the Attorney -Gcrcraship An
effort was made 10 hold a meeting of the
delegation aud vote Js u unit iu the con
vention. This was prevented 10y the ab-
scncc of Delegates Bowers and ). Boyd
Washington Tan fm LAME represeu-
tatiye interviewed the delegates present
as To their preference Messrs MOucure,
Chandler Conway Wright and toghI
were for Jefifie- Mcs-r-. Cobb. Waller.
l.afoe and John Washington for A1der
son. and it was stated that y Boyd
Washington and Mr. Bowers were also
for Anderson Mess Conway and La
foe left for Norfolk Monday evening md
the remainder of the delegation went
Tuesday morning
The question of a candidate Tor the
Legislature il absorbing attention. No.
d Jordan Waller was announce a. a
candidate at July court Monday there
were Others prominently mentioned.
They were Capt. e. T. Smith, &. Il Cor
way. d. b. Powers. Jr. aud i W thand-
Ter THr FEEE L,>,E sought Capt
Smith and asked him - he was a
candidate He said am not seek
ing the nomination. but IL the Demo
cratic convention OF Caroline nOminatcs
me will accept and do all ! ce1 To win
W. e. b Conway sc'd. u am not can
didate aud would not accept the nomi-
nation il il were rendered me Mr.. J. W.
Chandler said "l am much Obliged for
my name being mentioned d correction
with the nOmna, ON. but ! WI not be- a
candidate under any consideration ~
d. b. Powers. Jr. said. Il pm giving the
subject some consideration may be- "a
candidate but cannot say positively
now. VIII let you know later.
HEPrHIIc,N.
There il agreat una1irity OF sentiment
among the Rcpub ~ that Hon ;. J..
Pitts shall stand for reelection, and il
was stated positively that theconvention
win nominate him and he VI" accept.
Postmaster T.. L. X Dur1 said. "NeW.n
nominate Hon : +. Pitts Iiisrecord "a
the legislature il a good one, aud the
people of Caroline VIII send him back.
Mr.. ". e. Digges said: "Of course wcwil
nominate Pitts. and he il 20 ~ To win.
The county W. send a fuh delegation to
Roenoke
NOTES.
The stoi II Of Sunday night did much
damage " Ere TX NJ. Travis had four
splendid mules u field near his house.
An Of them were knocked down by light.
ping a1d two Of the best kHlc l. The
Others have recovered. NJ John ". Ii
foe had a fine horse killed by lightning
Messrs Wash " ,On n Co., at Paige, lost
their ba. !, stable and On clubhouse, the
result of a bolt OF 'ghtning The store
house also caught on fire, but it was put
out No insurance.
NJ. j. W. Waller, OF Stafford, en- route
TO Bowling Green Sunday MOI ring, lost
his horse which he was driving. The
animal died IN hal dess. He said he had
no notice that the horse WIS sick until he
staggered and ie"
Messrs. Wafer. of Stafford p1d b. l..
COe, Of Prince W''iam. both lad strings
of horses and mules for sale
There was much regret expressed when
it was announced that Mr. Manly Broad
dus his wife and daughter were very
sick. Mr. and Mrs BrOaddus ateat the'-
home, in New Gown, a1d the daughtt.' j.
on visit to a I lend
The ladies OF Calvary Baptist church
gave an il e-cream festival, which was
largely patronized.
The retiring superintendent Of schools,
Mr.. 4. q. Smith, was very popular with
the teachers throughout the county
and there is general regret among
them that the pleasant relations
existing should now be severed The
colored teachers Monday, through
committee composed of Eeys. j. II. \.
Cyrus aud W. J Young and Ms. 5. J.
Tinsley, Mrs Julia W. Baylor and Mrs
l.. l.. Graves, met him at the Clerks of
flee and presented him with n set of res
Olutions and n handsome silver wate--
pitcher and goblet as n testimonial of
their respect and estimation as an officer
When the Fredericksburg people reach
ed Milford on their re, arm, rain fell in
torrents and the grounds around were a
sea of water. Mr. T C. Chandler said
there was more water on the flats than
he had seen sin the Johnstown flood.
DR.. j. W. Davis, Of Spotsylya MA, was
at court, the first time in 10 years. He
said he was there before the war in a
case in which the late John l.. Ma. e was
counsel, and Monday he came to witness
a will
Those present rom this citv were Messrs.
NJ. 5. Chancellor. f. e. Niue, W. \. Bel,
W. L. Lang, George Stone, Mark McGhee,
J. +. Tjmberlake, J. b. Jones, III. r.
Gouldman and daughter, j. G. Chiches-
ter, of the Star aud The FREE Lance
representative
State Senator, DR. q. NJ. Wallace, was
a passenger on the train from this city
en- route to Louisa, where he attended
court.
Mr. Benjamin Cary Nelson, of Rich
mond, and Mr. j. r. Butler, OF Baltimore,
the well-known and popular commercial
tourist, were present and added much to