Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-10-10
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with the murder OF Emmett Brown, re-
suited in his acqulttal.
Norman Williams, a Io-year-old ne
GRO lad, OF Amelia, was hurried to the
penitentiary to escape possible lyncn-
ing. Williams was an escaped convict
with black record, made IN many sec
tons of the Union. He was kept IN
the woods in Amelia over nj ght to pre-
vent an attempt to lynch him.
The residence of c. f. Groomc IN
Warwick county was burned at an early
hour the other morning. Loss, about
10000: insurance, $4,000. The fire was
from defective fue. The family barely
escaned with their lives, losing all OF
their clothing and other possessions,
The Shenandoah County Telephone
COMPANY, by completing its line to
Strasburg. established a communlca'
ton between Stanton and winchester,
| Martinsburg, Hagerstown ana the
long-distance service.
A camp of Confederate veterans mas
been organized at Chatham: -,
Registration closed i'll Richmond wife
ooo3 white and 100 colored voters or
the list. The old registration stooe
1888 white and 6,427 colored. A.,
The attendance at the opening OF the
Virginia Polytechnic Institute,
Blacksburg, indicates matriculatlon
over zoo before the close OF the SeS'
sion. \,
Exports from Newport News to-
September were $2,3SS,35o; immediat'
transportation imports amounted "
S565,35I. -. u,..,,:u.o,
and Lee from Florida have organize
club under the name OF the Orarg'
and Alligator Tribe. -,
Hon. Harry St. George Tucker vii
leave the Lexington and locate II
Staunton. where he resided prior tt
going to Washington and Lee Unlver
sity as professor OF international ane
constitutional law.
The junior law class OF Washington
and Lee University has elected the
following officers: Charles See Nc
Nulty. Of Monterey, Va, president; +
w Poindexter. ce-president; b. w.
Crawford. of Florida, secretary anc
treasurer. NJ
A fatal wreck occurred on the Nor
ioil, and Western at Allegheny tank
q miles west of Roanoke, which re
suited in the death Of two hremen: ,
D. Jarrett, OF Bristol, and |. I. EpIing
of Roanoke. Jarreta was scalded &c
death. diving instantly, and Epling liveo
several hours. Engineer l. f. keiSter
of Roanoke, was badly hurt
George w. Schemelz OF Newport
News, has purchased OF the Norfolk
Terminal and Transportation Company
parcel of land, part OF when Is
known as the Tazewell lot, In the heart
Of Norfolk's business section, IN axe
we'll and Bousch streets and BROOKE
avenue. The purchase price was pos
~ A. Roanoke. George H. McSherry:
=, ex-engineer OF the Norfolk and
Western Railroad, attempted to. com
NIT suicide by cutting a vein III his
wrist. lo ..
once between Blackstone ana O"a''
City. ox.ostod
and Jailed at Martinsvllle, henry
county, Oil a charge OF criminai as
sault. Wy D
In Richmond, Motorman W. B.
Babcr was shot by negro, Edward B.
Watkins, and painfully, though not SER
iously, wounded.
At Big Stone Gap, the extract plant
Of the United States Leather Company
was destroyed by fire, entailing an esti-
,,,,t.d loss of $4,000. The fire orig
mated from the friction OF a WOOD
pulley.
AT Abingdon, w. w. Fulton was SEN
fenced to seven years in the penltenti-
ar, for killing John Collins.