The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-06-12
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IN FREDERICKSBURG /. ! K 81.
j. EIwood Knight Wins the Col
Iege Scholarship.
.spoN1ANEo.Ul US COMBUSTION !'.|:'J STU J.
Tobacco planters Trying Hard to Get a
Stand of Plants The Wheat Harvest
Has Commenced-Crop Good
On.the Northern Neck.
ZSPONTANE 0US COMBUSTION
fsnec,.l p,spatch to The rimes.) I

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Especial Dispatch to The Times)
FREDERICKSBURG, VA, June H.
The finals Of the Fredericksburg Col
lege were held in the college hall before
large audience. Rev. DR.. j w. Rose
bro, the president, presided, the college
orchestra furnished the music for the
occasion, and a long list Of diplomas
distinctions. and medals were awarded.
The yaledictory was delivered by ME-,
G. G. Moseley, Of Lynchburg, and the
grafton by Mr.. Castor Boyle, son OF the
late Rev. John Boyle, who for years
was a PRESBYTERIAN missionary In BrazH.
The Fredericksburg College scholarship
for the next section was awarded 70
J. Elwood knight, after close contest
With a number of other aspiring pupils.
The enrolment for this institution 1or
the past session was 1s3 The college
has grown in strength patronage, ana
influence, under the able management
of its present head, Rev. DR.. w. Rose.
bro. A large dormitory Is being oui1s
completed in time for the next session
SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION.
The barn stable, and several other OUT
buildings belonging to Mr.. j. II. Alien
of Essex county, was destroyed by nre''
caused it is thought by the comoustion
of new hay In the building was
quantity of grain. hay, and implements,
and a new binder Ahe loss /" 90 -H
and no insurance.
on the farm in Stafford county, belong
Mig to the estate Of the late a 5. DOG
eett of this city, was burned last night
Insurer.
The tobacco planters Of Caroline coun-
nv are experiencing difficulty In securing
a Il for their tobacco plants during
this ~ spell, and it will have serious
anfa,t mon the crop It was expected
that much larger acreage than usuai
would he put into tobacco this year, but
some who contemplated planting have
abandoned the idea on account OF the
! drvs SMELL Farmers Of that county are
81. securing good prices Tor theiI ~
bacco. Among recent sales were those
| of George L. Haynes, 5000 pounds at az.
s9o ner hundred; J. H Martin. 5000
~ no,n p al $40: w. P. Chaplain. 5000
MOUNDS at SIS per hundred, and other
snail consfenments at similar prices.
WHEAT HARVEST.
Harvest has commenced in this sec
| ton The wheat crop in the Northern
| Neck will probab bly, average better thaa
| IN any other section Of the state. "a
"a
hut the yield as a rule will not De over
| ono fourth. The best crops In this SEQ
| tion are those Of Mr. Henry Warden.
nsar This city in Spotsylvania counAy'
and Mr.. Alexander Pratt. IN h ,,n
/ George county. near the StaHoro iii =
These crops will probably y1elo 7t"en'S
bushels to the acre. ~ la,
NJ ahton Jones. a we'll known lady
80 King George county, died suddenly a.
her home. near Passapatanzy. AFTER
4 hriaf illness. aged 40 years. she is sur
vived by her husband and one cnlio.
ina track of land containing twenty
one acres belonging to the estate Oh tl.'
+ late Edward Snowden. lying on Inc ~.
dars AZ the lower portion of the city
g NO sold at auction to close the estate
and purchased by Mr.. Richard hicks 10
81 goo. The Fourth 1mmunes were IN
camn on this property during the sum
,,ar az 1898. The camp was known a.
Camp Cobb. ~
Fl The will Of the late John Hayoon W.. w.
admitted to record In the Corporatiol
@a,,t hara and Mr. William H. Rice
onnointed his executor. giving bond 10
s25 OoO One half of the estate is LETT u
5 Mr. THOMAS J. Hayden, an only prothef
and the other halfgoes to the children
+ of the two sisters of the deceased
Engineer Humphrey and Fireman sauil
ders. who were so seriously in?urea
the railroad wreck near Acquia Crees
last Friday night. are still at the We,
washington Hospital here, and conunu !,
70 improve. Their ultimate recovery
now expected =,
, Mr.. Thomas H. ~Fallin, extensively en-
ea red In the canning business, Is equip
ing one OF his factories with machin 'sl
for making catsup out of the peehns
Of the tomatoes used for canning, tneIe
| by utilizing every part OF the totna'e
; except the core. III
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