Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-02-28
LIVE NEWS OF THE
OLD DOMINION.
Special Condensed Dispatches From
Many Points.
FIGHTING THE "JIM CROW" LAW.


ture-John D. Rockefeller Gives s5,ooo to
Wilson Memorial Chair Amount wanted
IA sIoo 0OO-A Successful Farmers lnsti'
tute-Death of j NJ Camp.
Virginia pensions: James waters,
National Soldiers Home, Elizabeth Sity
county. So: Samuel Ellis, National Sol
diers' Home, Elizabeth City county, $I2;
William Kent, Browns Store, Slo; WIZ
liam Clemens, Buena Vista. ~; James
Elliott, National Soldiers Home. Eliza
beth City county, $I2; Walter Arnold,
National Soldiers Home, Elizabeth City
county. So; Michael Murphy, National
Military Home, Elizabeth City county
$40; Edmond Pitts, Accomac, So. Next
can War-Jeremiah K. Garrett, MITCH
ellis Station, $I2.
The most important matter in the two
houses of the Assembly last week was
a resolution adopted by the Senate d.
recting the Committee on Elections TO
report bill redstricting the State tor
members of the Legislature. 1t has gen
orally been assumed that would be done
by the Constitutional Convention. The
hearing before the House Committee on
Roads of the Canton i'm Crow" street
railway bill attracted the greatest gath
ering of the street railway officials prob
ably ever at the capital. Nearly every
line in the State had representative
present. Among those before the COM
mittee were G. H. Oyster and J. J.. Col,
vim, of the Washington, Alexandria and
Mount Vernon Road A letter was also
read from President Abbott, of the same
company, setting forth that the terminl OF
his line were government property. Pres
ident Bemiss, of the Richmond Traction
Company, made the address OF the oc-
casion in opposition to the bill.
A successful farmers institute was
held at Fredericksburg, representative
farmers from the counties of Spottsyl-
vania, Caroline, Stafford and King
George being present in force and were
greatly interested in the proceedings.
Mr.. Henry Warden presided and the
principal speaker was Prof. w. F. Mas
sey, Of the North Carolina Agricultural
College, who delivered practical ad-
dress on the improvement of the soil.
The subject was generally discussed and
much information derived. Mr.. w. W.
Roberts, of Roberts Bros, Baltimore, ad-
dressed the farmers on the subject Of
growing tomatoes, and said his firm
would establish a large canning factory
in Fredericksburg if the farmers would
raise the necessary quantity of tomatoes.
Many expressed willingness to contract
for certain acreage, and Mr. Roberts was
much encouraged and hopes to build the
plant. The farmers will be asked to sign
contracts.
The loss of lambs in Rockbridge is
assuming serious proportions. One
farmer reports the loss of 20, and in an.
other section of the county, on several
adjoining farms, at least 100 have been
lost. The greatest fatalities appear among
the best bred and best cared for locks.
Many old sheep arc also dying. Several
reasons are given for these fatalities.
One is that the ewes are too fat another
because of the scarcity Of green food.
Lambs are bringing good prices, as high
as six and one-half cents.
J. H. Morrison, young man in the
Richmond city jail, charged with extort-
ing money from a saloonkccper, was
married to Miss Lena Wright, of Isle
of Wight county. The prisoner was re-
leased from jail long enough to have
the marriage ceremony performed. A
little later the bride, accompanied by
friends, appeared before Governor Mon.
tague with petition for her husbands
pardon. This was granted and the
young couple are reunited.
BENJAMIN Blevins and Edmund Davis
were given hearing in Bristol on the
charge of having stolen cash and checks
from letters at Abingdon. They were
bound over to court. Some of the
checks, with names forged on the backs,
were cashed in Bristol. Blevins, it is
said, confessed to the Chief of Police,
following the preliminary trial,
The property owners of Roanoke voted
on the proposition of issuing bonds for
park and cemetery purposes, and the
measure was defeated by vote of 32o
to I8o. The fight against the park
hinged on the unwilingness of the peo-
pie to increase the bonded Indebtedness
when streets and sewers are in need of
Improvement.
The postal authorities have taken up
the case of Private G. S. West Tho sent
a threatening anonymous Etcr to the
Daughters of the ConfederAcy of Hamp-
ton Colonel Guenther, commander of
Fort Monroe, was obliged to release
him with a severe reprimand.
MIR. John D. Rockefeller, Of New
York, has made a subscription Of $1,000
to the William L. Wilson memorial
chair of economics at Washington and
Lee University. The amount needed for
the fun-$Ioo,ooo-has nearly been
raised
The directors of the Farmers and Mer-
chants National Bank at Winchester
accepted the design of Frey & Chester
man, architects, of Lynchburg, for their
new bank building The erection of the
building will begin at once and it will
cost $4,000. ~
Mr.. F. L. Slaughter, prominent citi-
zen of Rappahannock county, died sud-
denly Sunday last. He served in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War
and since had filled a number of posi-
tons of trust.
The Hunter Mcclure Memorial Asso-
citation, of Richmond, has decided to
erect in the Capitol Square monument
to the memory of the late DR.. Hunter
MCGUIRE, the eminent surgeon.
J. M. Camp, member of clothing
firm of Wills, Camp & Co., died at his
home in Lynchburg, aged 90 years. He
was born in Nelson county. He is STIFF
vived by his widow and two children.