The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-06-29
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CLUBS FIRST DANCE
Young Man Who Set Jail on Fire.
Was Lightly Fined.
DECLARED FIR Acc DENTAL.
Farnyllle People Are Being Glossy.
Nursed by Railroad Promoters,
Masonic Address and Ban-
que, Tuesday Night.
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DECLARED FIRE OCCIDENTAL

zYAEMyIIIE, VA, Juno 2S.-The
Far1nyille German Club gave their hrst
6nncei OF the season i'll the s2aVillon al
xhe Fsrmstlie Lithia Springs MONDAY
naEhf The night was an Ideal one. ana
dancing was kept up until q very late
hour. The party waa chnperoned by MI
and Mrs. RI sFreea-. and airs. Moore.
The music was furnished by Messrs ".
6. Bailey, Vernon Pamlett. Drs. 4s CHS.
ma Bsckhsna Refreshments were aerVec
b Crtclin Brothers.
This dancers were: Misses Budds. Gene
sfsye yenable, Coxs, Rubie Verable. SUI
ne Mckinney, Susie Scott. Miss NC
Kinney. Miss Hammer. Mamie Wads>s
dnvaletf Reid, Kate Verser. Matte
Y.drht Cunningham. Lillian keister,. MISS
OovinEton, Miss Jackson, Helen Beck
ham. Mary Porter Sands. Miss Sands.
Mary B. Maker, Matte Lehman; Messrs.
"a. q. Chapman. Landonf Paulett, vernon
9aulett Vernon Terable, G. a.. Dunlop.
Drs. C. B. Crute, w. !. ellis J. X
Spencer, r. Z. Pentz. and n. =. ram m
1ett Robert Durall. Joel Hillsman, Lin
wood Baldwin, John Walker, w l.
BAILEY. Sim Walton, Archer Davidson.
r. o. Gillian II n. Ewing. Henry Scott,
and Frank Verser.
SEVERE STORM
one Of the severest rain and sw1nd
storms visited this section THURSDAY
morning between 2 and 5 O'Clock that
has been known IN many years. The
.ss, foil. in torrents, and the wind did
considerable damage. blowing down trees
d.mseins property. also the wheat crop.
r,,tsh had not been harvested was
blown to the ground. da maginB It very
much. The storm lasteu about one hai1
m hour.
IWil,is stroud, tho young white man.
who set fire TO a mattress IN the county pun =
jail Tuesday afternoon, was ,..ned t,..o
and cost bys Mayor Blanton Wednesdss
yoo-nfnr. stroud's testimony. was tha1
he struck match. TO light a ciEarette.
.Af,e1. lighting. the Cigarette. he thoush'
he had thrown the match on the moor
and ctd not know that he had set the
mattress on fire Until he saw the smoke
Issuing from it
The store houses of Mrs flt1se,aio o. {
receiving their finishing touches; they are
t,a,aso,ne additions to Third Street.
-ranolitf1ic pevenaent. is being put down
In front of the structures
Rev S! H Thompson addressed the
Masons Of FaTmville. in the bap.ts.
church Tuesday night. the occasion De-
snr the celebration Of ST. Johns DAY.
Mr.. Thompson'sA theme was me aoul
Cardinal virtues: Temperance, f 4tlllls'
Prudence. and. Justice
After the address, the lodge rel'a1reo
a. their hall, where banquet had been
prepared by Messrs. B. NJ. and Georse
Cox. The entertainment closed at u
O'Clock.
noon and conferred the past master
degrees --,n
Tho planters Bank of Farn1ville has de-
Ia red q seni-annual dividend of SIX per
.ant for the first six months OF l9Vz
Mcn7ay evening, June Esd. the nome OF
sf,~1 4ol,ilin younge, In Prince EDWARD
.-r,,r.ty. was the scene of a very pretty
and fashionable dance Dancing began
At o o'clock and was kept up uhtl ABOUT
9. The music was furnlsheo ps MSS . .
Wood and Worsham
A,,,onp- ihe dancers were Misses. Minnie,
rse,le and Mary Tounge, Bertha 1iarrls,
,of I-armville. Mary. Jane. and Della id ar
,;x Zada Hunt Suddie Overton. Patte
and Virginia Sedden. Mary and wilson
Swan and Mrs. Ellen Allen: Messrs. Ham.
Arthur and Joe Allen, John ana Sa1n
(,ye-tors, Marshall and Cell Harris, EN-
,rett Womack. Tom Yonnge. Herman
1rosJar N. Moore. Nv. Fowlkes and Good
nich Ove1ton.
Colonel r. T. Hubbard. of Bucklns-
s,ay, county. was in town this week IN the
5nterest of the Orange and NeNsvliie
railway. A circular has been gotten
out. in which the voters OF the county
are urged to vote s5o,poo 1oWdios me -n
building Of the new road
The 9Th Of July will be big day at
Cumberland Courthouse. The Confeder-
"a tie veterans of the county will hold their
annual reunion on the court green tlat
da, A big, dinner will be served
President kerncr Crawley of the
Charlotte. Farmville and James River
1.alley Railway Company, who has been
away several days in the interest OF the
new road. has returned to Farnyille.
Mr.. Crawiey says he has the most graf
Ify.nE assurances that the road will be
trilt.