Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1901-09-13
OLD DOMINION
STATE NEWS.
Mr.. Thomas II. Hines, of Suffolk,
Cuts His Throat.
BIG SHIP YARD FOR NORFOLK.
Charter fer a So COO, 600 Plant at SewaIs Psiut
Noah B. More Dead-A Farmer FeIed TO
the Ground and RObbed-Tte New Electric
Works at Observation-Disclosures Rail-
way Sued-Other Live News.

John Franklin and Samuel Loins were
gambling with dice at the home of Disk
Young, in Stonega. They quarreled over
the game and resorted to firearms.
Franklin seized pistol while LoinS got
Winchester rife. They began shooting
at each other, when Young went between
the belligerens as a peacemaker just IN
time to receive bullet from the rifle.
which entered his back. causing instant
death. Loius and Franklin were arrest
ed and placed III jail.
John Ferguson. whose home was IN
Roanoke. was thrown under moving
freight train about one mile west o.
Roanoke while beating ride ana MS
| body was cut IN two.
George Riley young white brakeman
ON A Norfolk and Western freight tram
| fell between the cars near Blue Kios
Springs and was instantly Killed
Thomas Rable was killed By San
| Hawthorne. at a sawmil in Buchanan
county. 10 miles from Richards. The
| men Quarreled about pair OF check
| reins. Rable threatened Hawthorne
| life, when the latter drew revolver and
fred three bullets into RabePs body, the
| fatal shot taking effect near the heart.
Hawthorne gave himself up.
Thomas H. Hines. formerly pros
porous undertaken Of Windsor, is beIiev-
| ed to be dying at his home, in Suffolk.
| from r7if-innicted gashes in his throat:
made with a razor. This was the second
attempt at suicide. Thursday he was
taken out OF NanSemond river and saved
from drowning 1t was said then he tell
| in because of an attack OF vertigo, Dill
now it is thought he meant to drown
himself
1t was announced officially at Nor
folk that a shpbuilding concern, with
capital of 100000, VII apply for
charter at once under the Virginia laws
10 erect plant at SeHa5 Point, ABOUT
FIVE miles down the Llzabcth riv:r.
where they have secured options IN over
1000 acres OF water front land at $3.50
Der acre. Large drydo>ks and rai.wayj
| in addition to regular mechanical fea-
lures necessary will be a part OF the
plant. Il will be known as the No-foI%
Shipbuilding and Drydock Company
| The promoter, Mr.. c. w. Tebault, be.
lieves, he says, that he will accomplish
his object.
w. S. ODonnell, of Baltimore was
elected superintendent Of the new ecc'
trio works at Fredericksburg.
Administrators of B. w. Giles,
brakeman who was killed at O.angc,
have sued the Southern Railway Cont
pany for $4,000 damages
Noah B. Moore, aged Sc years. died III
Floyd county Thursday. He leaves 10
living children, 63 grandchildren and 10
great-grandchildren.
Miss Maggie Earman, daughter Of NJ.
H. Earman, and her cousin, George CIut
terback, both of Roanoke, eloped 10
Bristol and were married.
An unknown white man was picked up
unconscious at Switchback, on the Nor
folk and Western, and taken to Blueheld.
He had been struck by train.
Stephen P 5tackhouse a native OF
Winchester, Died in Deland, Fla. aged
y. He moved from Winchester TO
Florida in 1884 to engage in furniture
manufacturing.
The Presbyterian Church of Win
chester celebrated the fiftieth anniversary
of the ordination and installation of Rev.
Dr. James r. Graham, the pastor emerl-
tbs.
DR.. L. Ashton, formerly of Freder-
isksburg. but for some years resi-
dent of Dallas. Teas, has been elected
to the chair of theory and practice OF
medicine in Trinity University, of that
State.
A farmer named William Brown,
when coming into Norfolk undertook TO
arrest two negroes who were robbing 4
suburban store He was felled to thu
ground with stone, and the thieves
escaped with $40
There was turnout of Confederates
at Amelia Courthouse. A large crowd
went from Richmond, among the mum
Der being representatives from Lee and
Pickett Camps. The occasion was the
formation at Amelia OF new camp
and the Inauguration of a movement
for the erection OF monument to the
Confederate dead OF that county.
Among the speakers were Attorney
General Montague and Gen. Bradley /.
Johnson, who is resident OF the coun-
ty. The latter was so hoarse that he
could make but few remarks.
At Roanoke the grand jury found
rot a true bilr' in the case of Robert
Craddock, the youth charged with the
murder OF Luther Austin two month:
before. The theory of the accused was
self-defense.
1t is said that the Southern Railway
Company's idea in changing the Dan
vile and Western Railway from mar.
row to a standard gauge is to extend
that road to Bristol, making connection
with the company's main line there for
points south.
Mr.. Charlie Jennings, fireman OF
Radford, while standing on box-ear op-
posite Clark's jewely store about noon,
was shot below the left eye and seriously
wounded. He was taken to the Rich..
mond Hospital for treatment Who fired
the shot is a matter of surmise only,
but it was purely accidental. Mr.. Jen-
nings has wife and TWO children.
Mr.. w. G. Newman, the millionaire,
of Orange county, has pledged to the
Orange Horseman's Association $500 to
be offered in special prizes at the next
horse show of the organization.
Mr.. Carter Glass, member OF the
Virginia Constitutional Convention, ha