The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-09-03
COMMIT TEE TOLOOK
after REGISTRATION.
Every Democratic Voter to Be
Urged to Register.
CAPT. LEE TO co TO FAR WEST.
viii Visit His Two Sons on the Hearst
Stock Farm-A Native of Stafford
Returns After an Absence of
Forty-eight Years.
CAPT. LEE TO co TO FAR WEST
Especial Dispatch to The Times.o

Especial Dispatch to The Ttmes)
FREDERICKSBURG, VA, September
2.-Work has commenced on the building
for the Peoples Mission and will be
pushed rapidly to completion. as it is
house for purposes of worship by the
latter part of the fall
The Democratic Executive Committee
Of this city, of which Mr.. H. II. Wal
lace IS chairman. acting on the sugges-
ton contained In the general letter OF
State Chairman Ellyson. has appointed
a committee to look after the registering
of the Democratic voters. and TO urge
every Democrat to register The COM
mlttee is composed of the following: s.
H. beale, Ihomas NJ. Larkihs. James
R. Rawlings Thomas ]. Walker. Eugene
Bode, w. B. Goolrick, Arthur Ballard.
John r. Minor, S. A. Keene and William
H Rodgers.
Mr. g. F. Willis. a prominent lawyer
and superintendent of the public schools
of this city. is i'll at the home of his
brother Mayor NJ. 6. Willis. Princess
Anne Street. Mr.. Willis wife is just re-
covering from a severe spell of sickness
at the home of her father. Professor
harris, near Lgnum, in Culpeper
county
CAPTAIN LEE GOES WEST.
Captain D. NJ. Lee, of Stafford county,
brother of General F'itz Lee. has
gone to California to visit his two sons.
Messrs. Murray and Burwell Lee, who
have lucrative positions on the Hearst
stock farm In that state. of which Cap
tain Murray T. Taylor. formerly OF
this (Spotsylvania) county. is manager.
MI Richard a Shelton. a native OF
Stafford county. enlisted in 1913 in the
army and served in the Mexican war.
Nothing having been heard from him
since that t1me it was supposed that
ne fell in battle. He, however, arrived
mere a few days ago and after making
come inquiries, went to the home of his
sister Mrs. William Shelton, in Stafford
county. His temperance after an alb
sence of over fifty years was great
surprise to his relatives. Mr.. Shelton
is In excellent health and has Travelled
over a large portion of the world. He
is now living in Missouri. He has an
other sister here Mrs. Charlotte
Humphreys and a brother. Mr. John
Shelton. in Spotsylvara county. He will
visit these before he returnes to the
West.
TO BE ORDAINED.
Mr.. Hershel Jones. a son of Mr.. and
Mrs. a. B. Jones. of Spotsylvania coun-
ty, Will be ordained to the ministry at
the historic Salem Baptist Church. in
Spotsylvania county. on Sunday next.
with appropriate ceremonies. AIl-day
services Will be held at the church
that day.
Miss Attawa Streshley. of Stafford
county. has been appointed a nurse in
the Mary Washington Hospital here.
Misses Lucy Patton and Eleanor Gildea.
who have been for sometime the nurses
at this hospital have been appointed to
positions IN other hospitals. the former
going to the Old Dominion, in Richmond,
and the latter to the University Hos
ultal Training School in Baltimore
Mr. William Hatcher, While on the
Southern Railway near Brandy station,
in Culpeper county, stepped off the
trak as a freight train was approaching
and While waiting for 1t TO pass. a large
lump of coal rolled off the car and
struck him in the face. infiicting a
severe wound across his forehead.
The Tappahannock Fair will open at
that place tomorrow for a three-days.
exhibition. a number of people will at
tend from here On the first day of the
fair the Tappahannock and Warsaw
baseball teams Will contest. on the sec
ond day a game will be played between
the Bowling Green and Warsaw teams,
and the third day between Tappahan-
mock and Bowling Green.
The Rappahannock Valley Society will
hold its next meeting III this city on
september lUtn. and not on the 18th, as
has been published.