Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1901-06-07
VIRGINIA STATE NEWS.
Budge of the Latest Happenings
From All Parts
COLONIAL BEACH PROPERTY SOLD.
Annual Meeting Of State Bankers at Rcaloke''
Mr.. Speman Acquittcd..RoekbrdSe County
Lambs..Long Drive With a Bridc-VirSinii
Has Raised $4,000 Of the Twentieth Century
Thank Offering Fund. Other Live News.

up 10 the station III StduHt"H iuSt DS-
fore the F. F. V. vestbuled train on TIL.
Chesapeake and Ohio pulled in Friday.
A good deal OF curiosity was manifest
ed to know who the lady and gentle
man were. Prof. n Curt;ce Scot an1
his bride Of a Gay we're the couple. They
were married in Franklin, Pendctor
county. w. Va, and drove II miles T.
catch this train He assured reporter
that the four horses bad enough 10 ID
to get them through the mud and over
the bad mountain roads in time. Fr:-
lessor Scott is principal OF the Clifton
Forge public schools, and having luI
closed his school, hurried to Franklin,
secured his bride and is on his way to
Atlanta to spend the vacation with his
brother.
The eighth annual convention OF the
Virginia State Bankers Association
was held at Roanoke. Judge Wco1s
welcomed the association ard John
Stewart Bryan. OF Richmond. respond
ed. After the usual routine business
the following officers were e.ected:
President George J. Seay, of Peters
burg; vice-presidcn:s. Geo. J. Moore,
Jr.. of Lynchburg; H. Z. Jones. J. K.
looping. Danville; w. H. Hablisto1.
Richmond; J. B. Fishburne. Roanoke;
Henry Schmeltz. Hampton; Z. d.
Newman, w. H. Taylor. Norfolk: Ru-
fus A. Ayers; secretary. h: A. Williams:
executive committee for three yeas: y.
]. Sands, J. w. Bell and J. A. Wi'lett.
No change was made in the commit ees.
Thomas B. Spelrlan was acquitted
al Winchester OF the charge OF setting
fire to the plant of the Old Dominion
Paper Company and an unusual scene
followed the announcement OF the yer.
dict. The crowd cheered to the echo
and were heard for blocks. The prIS-
oner was carried in triumph Oh his
friends shoulders from the courtroom.
A complete abb was established.
The financial outlook Of Alexandria
for the fiscal year. opening with June
is a little brighter than last year. he
estimate of the available rcceips II
SIIo.I38, to pay $4,000 interest on IN"
corporation debt and the current cx-.
penses. The expenses other than the
interest are estimated at $1,000.
James E. Wilson. of RaDhine vicin-
ity. Rockbridge county. has sold d.
lambs which weighed s775 pounds and
20 of them weighed roozH pounds. or
an average OF oo.S7 pounds. They were
shipped to northern markets. FROM
Timber Ridge 262 lamb; were shlppet
which averaged 72H pounds and 6H
cents per pound were paid for them at
the scales when shipped A farme.-.
of near Raphine four years ago invested
5000 in sheep and last week he shipped
10 lambs and made the statement that
with the check received for them he
had made $7I3.o4 out OF his $2oo invest
ment and yet had 70 sheep on hand.
A large portion OF the town of CO.
lonial Beach. on the Potomac, in West
moreland county. has been sold to
syndicate composed OF Judge E. {:
Nicol, of Prince William county. and
Messrs. w. F. Hoffman and Z: ,,
Randall, of Washington. The deal in
cludes the large hotel. with 2S acres
surrounding it. 76 building lots: the
two steamboat wharves and two farms
of 3I8 acres adjoining the town. The
price paid for the entire property is SAL
to be about $4,000 The new owner;
contemplate many Improvements and
expect to make Colonial Beach popr-
lar resort for people of Washington AMI
other nearby cities. -.
At Warrenton the third trial OF Her
bert A. Davis. charged with an attempr
to poison the well OF Thomas a. Stew.
art was concluded. The jury found
him guilty as charged i'll the indictment
and fixed his punishment at four years
in the penitentiary. This is the same
verdict as that reached at the second
trial. AT the first trial he received a
sentence of four years.
At Norfolk Augustus Holey and l..
Y. Harden were sent on to the Corpo-
ration Court on a charge OF robbrns
7. C. Howison, of New Britain, Conn,
Of SI6o and gold watch valued at $50.
The prisoners deny the charge.
president Barr, Of the Seabo'rl
Air Line. issued an order for the re-
moval of the office OF superintendent
of this division from Portsmouth ~
Raleigh. N. c. This is believed to be
the first step toward the removal OF the
general offices from Portsmouth.
John w. Marshall died suddenly at
Romney aged 70 years: He had beer,
at the time of his death resident Ut
Romney probably longer than ANYONE
living there. He was the father OF Kew:
w. K. Marshall, OF the Episcopal
church, now at Owensboro. KY.
Rev. w. G. Starr, DID,, president OF
Randolph Macon College, who for tie
past eight months has been canvassing
Virginia in the interest of the Twenti-
eth Century Thank Offering Fund say;
$4,000 of the 100000 of this fund.
which was to be raised by the Virginia
Conference, has been subscribed.
The Virginia Department of AgricA-
ture is advised that, possibly in antic'-
patton of a short crop, apple BUYERS
from LARGE cities are securing options
on IT,. fruit in many sections OF that
State.
The striking girls at the McMech,n
Preserving Works at Wheeling have
refused all offers of a compromise ut
their demand, which is for an advan'e
Of Of S. s. 'e"''
A charter was granted in Alex"r'r
n the National Waterman COMPANY.
designed to publish paper in that city.
Peter Dillon, OF Springfield, Ohio.
died of paralysis at the residence OF his
brother. near Melville. He was ma
tive of Jefferson county, but had been 4
resident of Ohio for many yeas
s w. Nowlin, commission merchant.
Of Lynchburg. made an assignment
conveying all of his property to trus
Tie Liabilities are placed at SIS.