Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1901-04-19
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VIRGINIA STATE NEWS.
Budget of the Latest Happenings
From All Parts.
THE LYNCHBURG COTTON MILL.
A Tax Decision in Its Favor by Judge Adams
Capacity OF the Dixie Taunery at Bristol to
Be Doubled"A Suit for Bonds Instituted by
the Trustees OF John RObinson's Estate-'
Rifled Mail Pouch Found Near Winchester

Commissioner OF Revenue Callahan,
of Campbell county, some lime ago as
sessed the capital stock OF the Lynch
burg Cotton Mill for taxes beginning
with the year 1896, and the treasurer
issued four tickets of $3.50 each against
the company. The matter came up for
adjustment before the Campbell County
Court last week, and alter hearing ar
gument in the case Judge Adams de-
cided for assessment to deduct from the
capital stock the value OF the companys
real estate as assessed by the company,
instead Of the value OF its real estate as
assessed by the commissioner OF reve-
nue.. The commissioner assessment
was $I66.o242I, while the companys
was $500, $3.50. Thus under the courts
decision the amount OF capital stock to
be taxed will be exceedingly small as
compared with the commissioner hg-
ures. An appeal will probably be taken
by the Commonwealth.
An effort is on foot to get the city OF
Winchester to offer attractive induce
Bowling Green, Va, to locate there;
and Rev. DR.. T. II. Rowe, president OF
the Seminary, and Rev. DR.. John u.
Hammond of Nashville, Tenn, secre-
tarv of the Board of Education OF the
General Conference, Methodist Episco..
nal Church. South, addressed the Board
OF Trade on the subject. The board
took the matter under consideration. 1t
is proposed to move the seminary anu
consolidate it with the valley fema!e
College. of Winchester. The former Is
in the Virginia Conference, and the lat
ter in the Baltimore Conference OF the
Methodist Episcopal Church South, al
though both are private business enter
prises.
A suit to recover $4,000 worth OF
registered Government bonds was lnsti-
tufed in the Circuit Court at Nor.
folk by John c. Healy, trustee OF
the estate of John Robinson, who
died in Cincinnati in 1888. The
First National Bank OF Newport News
;s named as the defendant. The PLAIN
tiff alleges that after Mr. Robnsons
death the executors appointed under his
will resigned and that Charles A. SAINT.
! mver was appointed sole executor and
was later removed and Mr.. Healy was
Amounted trustee. Santmyer, the plan,
tiff alleges. had in the meantime had
these bonds registered in his name as
executor and failed to account Tor same
The bonds are said to be in the posses
sion OF the Newport News bank.
Mr.. and Mrs R. H. Jennings OF Nor
wood. arrived in Lynchburg with the
remains OF their 8-year-old daughter
EVELYN, who was run over and fatally
injured by a freight train OF the Norfolk
and Western Railroad. The child and
her little sister il seems, were playing
at the entrance OF a cut on the railroad,
when a freight was pushed backward on
them It is stated that Evelyn saved
her sister by throwing her from the
track but was herself caught and SO
badly crushed that she died IN lew
hours afterward.
When ttev apologized to Miss Fin
ney, principal OF Suffolk Coilege, III
police court at Suffolk, the warrants
atainst seven young men, charged with
lettering about the school buildings
with intent to hold surreptitious COM
munications with girl students, were
withdrawn and a very unique case
ended. Each of the accused begged
Miss Finney's pardon and promised not
to annoy her or college girls. again
Five OF the boys were arraigned at the
college Monday, but their counsel IN
sisted that was not the place for trial,
and new warrants were issued against
seven.
Much mystery is attached to the find
ing OF A rifled mail pouch and a guam
tity Of letters scattered along the tracks
OF the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
near Winchester, and the government
detectives are investigating the matter.
The pouch was found by track hands
and later identified by Postmaster ohn
Fright at Kernstown, as having. been
nI,ced aboard a northbound train on
Tuesday afternoon,
Dixie tannery in Bristol, already one
of the largest in the South, is to be IN,
creased to double its present size ana
canacitv. 1t will then give employment
TO more than 200 men. Mr.. Charies ~,
Schieren. ex-mayor OF Brooklyn, whJ
owns the plant has just closed the deai
for additional land adjoining the site'
| The Republican Executive I0mmle,,
TOE ~ Washington county and Bristol
has decided unanimously in favor OF NOT NOT
nutting out candidates for places IN ule
constitutional Convention. The COM
m;ttee states as its reason that 1t ieels
that the men who represent the county
should not go 10 the conyentlon as INC
! creatures OF any p2tt.cai raiy'