The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-13
|APT|SFS ARE NOW
IN FULL CONTROL
lave Purchased Southwest Viz
GINA Institute Property.
iPW0RTH LEAGUE MEETING
lecture from Man Who Led Church
Forces in Siege Of Pekin-A Boy
Badly Mangled in Machinery.
Couple Cross the Border.
iPWORTH LEAGUE MEETING
fscec,s, Dispatch to The Times,

rRISTOL, VA. July n.-Thc sale of
he Southwest Virginia Institute prop
sty 10 the Virginia Institute Corporation
or SIG, 900 has been confirmed by Judge
Ituart. of the Corporation Court. The
saptists of Virginia are now in full con-
mol OF the property and it will hereafter
Re known as the Virginia Institute. The
Baptist Educa uonal Commission Of the
State agrees to pay OFF the indebtedness.
except the bonds for $4,000. held by Jas.
n Carey, of Baltimore, by January l.
1908 The Board of Trustees of the in
sutution are now considering the i'm
portant matter OF choosing a president
Of the institution to succeed DIR. j. +.
Howell resigned. 1t is hoped TO get
matters in proper shape TO have school
lgain this fall
The tenth annual conference of the
Gpworth Leagues of the Holston Con-
terence. Methodist Church South. adj
lourned tonight after having been in
session at Mary Street Church for three
days. The conference was one of the
most successful in the history of the
Organization. Leading speakers discussed
the problems now before the lcaguers
Among the prominent men who addressed
the conference We're DR.. w. W. Wads-
worth, OF knoxvill, Tenn, and Dr. Frank
d. Gamewell OF New York. DR.. Gam
wen OGilNelSu his lecture on Inc siege
of Pekin. China The fact that DR.. Game
we'll was in Pekin and led the church
forces against the Boxers made his lee
ture on that interesting subject all the
more interesting. There were more than
Two hundred delegates in attendance
representing portions of Tennessee, Vir-
gnia and West Virginia.
HORRIBLE ACCIDENT.
James Cassel. a boy sixteen years of
had hi jpb arm, oef
spoke lathe at the spoke factory of
Beveridge & Taylor here on Wednesday.
By some means a glove on the boys
hand caught in the lathe. and his arm
was pu,~sd suddenly into the rapidly
going machine. The flesh was stripped
rom the bones and the bones broken
N pieces. The boy was carried to his
home on Fairview Street where he re-
:eved the prompt attention of surgeons.
His arm was amputated at the Shout
Ter. Cassell displayed wonderful nerve
,or one of his age. and has improved
iince the operation. Unless unexpected
complications arise he will recover.
The Norton Free Press announces that
George Robinson. who killed a crippled
aegro named Tom Bates. at Toms
Creek, Va, last month, has been tried
and is now under sentence of death. and
that he will be executed at the same
lime and on the SCarold Win BOD ! oE,
negro who murdered Mr.. Dayton Miller
last winter.
UNDER LEGAL AGE.
Miss Grace oniel DUNCAN and Mr. d
W. Wagner a popular young couple
,loped fron Bristol. Tenn. on Wednesday
night and were married, Rev. W. H. Har-
RS, of the Christian Church, officiating.
Neither the bride nor the groom is of
legal age. and the fact that their parents
we're opposed to the love affair necessi-
tatec their taking advantage of the lib
eral laws of Tennessee in order to con-
surmate a. marriage The bride is
daughter Of Mr.. John w. DUNCAN and
one of the PROTEST young ladies in the
CITY. The groom is a son of Mr.. r. f
Wagner. prominent contractor and
builder.
The case of the bondholders of the
South Atlantic and Ohio Railway against
the city of Bristol. Tenn, has just been
heard in the Supreme Court of Tennes-
see for the last time and the parties to 1t
pra waiting to hear the opinion of the
court The suit involves the validity of
bonds in the sum of $4,000. with interest
for a term of years. Heretofore the city
has lost in its contentious, but has kept
~ the practice of appealing The city's
contention has been that the terms un-
Ter which the bonds We're issued were
meyer Compliei with in detail.