Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-10-17
THE OLD DOMINION.
Latest News Cleaned From All OVer
the State.

Pensions granted; Joseph I. Divine
Waterford. Sc; James I. McCracken'
Phnbus. SS. Widows, minors and depen-
dent relativcs-Priscilla Young, Church,
land, So. Herman Backus, Soldiers
Home, Elizabeth City County, $; Au-
gustus Walker, Woodstock, sig (M lex
can War;. Increase, Reissue, &c-"n'
liam H. Sanborn, Crowsprlng, SI2.
w. E. L. Starke, of Natural Bridge,
owner of Rockbridge Baths. a sum
mer resort II miles north OF LeXing-
ton. sold to z. Chas. Carter, OF New
York city, this property for $500 cash
Twenty thousand dollars will be eX-
pended in improving the property by
next season. so stated Mr.. Carter.
The Grand Division OF Virginia
Daughters OF the Coniederacy III :c''
sion at Lexington resclnded ITS for'
mer action relative to uniting with VIZ
gina Grand Division, in session IN
Norfolk. The Grand Division practi'
cally conceded everything suggest
ed by joint committees from the two
divisions at their meeting III Klchmono
last June in order to effect union. y
telegram much delayed, stated that the
Virginia Division was unwilling to use
united and favored Virginia divi-
sion" and would wear Grand DIVISION
badge. The next place OF meeting OF
the Grand Division, selected upon IN
vitation, will be Manassas on the sec
ond Wednesday in October, next year
While blasting rock at the NJ, }.
Grove Lime Company's plant, at Ste
phens City, Edward Black received IN
juries which may prove fatal One blast
which had been fired failed to split the
rock and Black placed another. stick
of dynamite in the hole. when 1t eX-
ploded prematurely. The mans eye
sight is totally destroyed, his hand man
gled, necessitatlng amputat1on OF sew
eral fingers, and he sustained serious
cuts about the head and body.
The Business Mems Association OF
Fredericksburg decided to make all
appropriation for the Odd Fellows
Home, provided it is established in that
city, in addition to the amounts al
ready appropriated by the City Coun-
Gil and the local Odd Fellows Lodge.
A committee was appointed to JOIN the
City Council committee and appear be.
fore the board Of trustees i'll Richmond
this week to present the claims OF Fred
ericksburg as the place for locating
the institution.
lanes H. Crantz, a well-known cltl-
zen Of Roanoke, died aged % years,
from cancer OF the stomach. He is
survived by widow. two grown
daughters and several small children.
AT Norfolk c. P. Lewis was acquit-
ted OF the charge Of having led astray
Miss Myrtle Joyner. The girl &C
knowledged that the offense was com,
mitted in Baltimore; hence the local
courts had no jurisdiction.
Joe Wright colored. was accident
ally shot at WhiteStone, Lancaster
county. by Oscar Nickens, also color
ed. The shooting was done with a pS-
tol, the bullet taking effect in the
brain. Wright will die.
At Porters Crossroads, in Wythc
county, IS negroes appeared with guns
at the place Of registration, 1t is sup
posed that the men went there for the
purpose of intimidating the registers.
A number of white men were present,
so the negroes lett without any trout
bic.
The large fish fertilizer factory OF
Charles Wacker & Co.. on the borde!,
of Lancaster and Northumberland
counties, was partially destroyed by
fire caused by the bursting OF all II, In
mense cooler while in operation, Inc
main buildings were almost emf ely dc
stroyed and most of the costly machln,
cry damaged beyond repair. The los:
will amount to $4,000 or more. One
laborer was badly burned. The mos
serious result is the throwing OF the
works out of operation for the remain
der Of the fishing season and laying
idle the fishing steamers and seVera
hundred hands. H.,
, The Episcopalian rectory at boydtor
was destroyed by FIRE.