Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1901-05-17
VIRGINIA STATE NkM..
Budget Of the Latest iia0pe .dss
From All Parts
THE RIVERSIDE COTTON MILLS.
Residents AIoag North River Driven to Roofs
Of Their Houses MIL Washed Away''mrs'
Wooi ,cauitted u tn. Charge Of Arson st
H,mo.ou.-s..xu Aiexlndria-Doat for tue
Raopahasaock-. 0tn.E Live News.

The strike OF the operatives d the
Riverside Cotton Mills for the Io-henr
system is still on, and the textile union
officials state they are bound TO win. a.
though it is the opinion ot many the
backbone OF the strike hs; been broken
by so many of them returning to wor%;
At least 500 have done so. Inc mil
Officials decline to talk, and Mr.. r. a.
Burton, the president, in reply TO an IN
ouirv If the mills would take al oil the
strikers back who wished to accept the
II-hour system. stated that they lett on
their own accord and could return III
the same manner as the mills were NOT
soliciting operatives at the present II
is estimated that about 1900 people arc
still out on strike, but the list is grow
ing smaller day by day, and that mer'
chants are losing is evidenced by many
OF them cutting off part OF their ioroe'
offering them their situations back when
the strike closes. The strike has been
on for SO days.
By a rise il North river, tributary
of Capon river. caused by heavy storm
thousands Of dollars worth OF property
was DESTROYED and many lives were en-
dangered. The river rose ten feet IN
. short while and overlooked its banks:
Residents were taken by surprise and
could not escape. Caught like ra;s
in a trap they fled for safety to the
roofs, where they remained All
night while the water reached above
the second-story windows. Much live
stock persisted. AT Sedan the Touring
mill OF Mrs. Hamilton Stuckcy wa:
swept away and the machinery and
BUILDING carried far down stream. Hun
dreds OF acres OF rich land are sub
merged and the crops are ruined.
The Elizabeth City County Court was
occupied Friday with the case OF Mrs:
Jennie Wood OF Hampton, charged
with attempted arson. Most OF the day
was taken UP in efforts to secure Jury.
many of the talesmen summoned beinG;
incompetent to serve, having expressed
an opinion as to the guilt or innocence
of the accused. The defense claimed
that the affair is a case Of persecution
on the part OF insurance men. The de-
tense offered no evidence and submitted
the case without argument A verdict
of acauittal was returned in few mo-
ments.
The Fredericksburg Business Men 5
Association at meeting unanimously
adopted the report OF the special COM
mittee on river boat which recon-
mended that a stock company be or
gained and chartered at once, with
capital stock Of $50 COO, 10 establish ard
operate a river boat to ply regularly
between Fredericksburg and the mouth
OF the Rappahannock river. stopping on
each trip at all intermediate landings.
Thirty-fve hundred dollars has already
been subscribed.
About o'clock in the morning the
shoe store OF J. w. Gaines, on the south
side of King street. a few doors east OF
Royal street, Alexandra, was found TO
be or fire and an alarm given AS only
one of the steam engines, the Columbia.
was in service, the flames for short
time defed the hremen but were at
length drowned out after the rear OF the
store had been wrecked and its contents
burned. The loss. estimated at $500, IS.
partially covered by insurance.
Gov. J. Hoge Tyler has been invited
to attend the unwilling ceremonies OF
the monument to the Fifth Army Corps
in the National Cemetery, Fredericks-
burg. on May go The monument is
the gift of Gen. Daniel Butterheld and
the unwilling exercises will be on Al
elaborate scale.
Miss Selma Williams. OF Clarke
county, known to the literary world as
"Iarpley Star" in attempting ID
quiet a refractory horse which she was
driving. and which had become fright
ened at steam engine, was thrown to
the ground, her arm broken in two
places and bruises Of very painful ma
ture inflicted.
The Wheeling Development Company
and J. C. Coniff, Of Baltimore, have
Just purchased large tract on the
Elizabeth river, near Norfolk, which
they will lay off in building lots and
factory sites. The price paid for the
property was $I2s,ooo.
A charter was granted at Norfolk by
Judge Hanckel to the Ocean View
Realty Company, the capital OF which
is $4,000 Local capitalists, with w.
M. Baker, of Elizabeth City, N. C.,
and R. Lancaster Williams, OF Rich
mond, Va, are the incorporators.
One of the best known young ath-
letes and society men in Richmond was
held I'D and robbed by masked men.
The hold-up occurred near Monroe
Park, the most fashionable residential
part of the city.
The election at Beverly resulted in
victory for the "drys" by 20 majority
and the election of R. B. Harris for
mayor
Miss Lou Campbell, an aged lady OF
Harrisonburg, died, aged Is. She was
the daughter of the late Rev. VIM. IT,
Campbell, prominent Presbyterian dl-
vine.
Mayor Taylor, of Richmond, has ap-
proved the resolution passed by the
Councils accepting the offer OF Mr.: Car
negie. of 100000 to establish library.
Under the will OF the late James r.
TAYLOR. of Brooklyn, N. Y, his niece,
Mrs. Robert Haxall Fisher, OF Rich
mond, is the legatee of about $4,000.
Z. F. Roberts, for IL years cashier Of
the Marshall County Bank at Mounds
willie. died Thursday night OF pneumonia.
Henry Ferguson, well-known citi-
zen of CORTLAND, died suddenly Thurs
dav while reading newspaper.
H. B. Warde sold his farm of $50
acres, near Gaylord, Clarke county, to
w. E. Reed for $4,000.
There are 81 candidates in Shenandoah
county for the district offices to be filled