Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-10-24
THE OLD DOMINION.
Latest News Cleaned From All Over
the State,

Pensions granted-Jordan Wilson
National Soldiers Home. Elizabeth
City $40; William H. Randolph. True
blue, $Iz; Britton Brnkley, Bowers
Hill, $I2; Alberta s Shannon. Steph.
ems City, SO: John Sawyer, Churchland
SI2; Jerry Simms. Alexandria, 81; WI
liam r. Cunningham, National Soldiers
Home. Elizabeth City. $I2; John Dou'
rlaSs. Renan. So.
The board of the Western State Hos
pital met in annual session at Staunton
The report of Superintendent BENJAMIN
Blackboard shows the hospital to be III
heathful and good condition. There
are now i,c47 patients in the hospital
Owing to the fire at the Eastern State
Hospital, at Williamsburg, the hospital
las had all unusually large number OF
applicants and admissions, many from
Instant parts of the State The hospital
now very much crowded, with num-
Der of applications on file awaiting va
ancies. During the year just ended the
health of the patients has been unusu-
lilly good.
Col. Thomas Tabb, who died i'll a SAM,
arium in Philadelphia, was one OF
iampton's leading citizens. Born in
835 in Hampton he lived there all MS
ifc. He was graduated from Princeton
lass of 1886; was junior second lieu
enant in Washington Artillery during
he war. promoted to the staff OF Gen'
Roger A. Pryor, and was quartermaSt,er
1t the close of the war. He received INC
legree of doctor of laws from Richmond
College in 1000. He was one OF the most
prominent LAWYERS in the State and was
,ery wealthy Colonel Iabb refusel
Congressional nominations and many
other political honorS.
The committee appointed to decide,
Upon location for the Odd Fellows
Home met in Richmond and, alter two
sessions, were unable to reach decision.
The contest narrowed down to Lynch
burg, Bedford City and Salem. The COM
mittee adjourned to meet IN Lynchourg
November 10.
Byron Orrison. the I7-year-old son OF
Mr.. w. w. Orrison, a prominent inei,
chant of Ashburn, died from typholu
fever.
Registration in four districts of Eau,
1uier county resulted i'll 1897 whites ana
255 blacks being put on the lists
In Rockbridqc county the new regis
tration stands 262I whites and I45
blacks. Il,
All coal operators on the line OF the
West Virginia Central are handicapped
by the scarcity of cars.
William Archer lie Grand. formerly
of Appomattox county, died suddenly OF
heart disease in Pierce City, Mo.
Officials of the Seaboard Air Line
dery that there is any interruption OF
traffic on that line because OF coal short
age.
Virginia Conference, Methodist Epls..
copal Church South, will hold its annual
conference next month in Broad Street
Church, Richmond.
A new house belonging to Julian yIer
IN Broad street, near First, Richmon1'
fell in. A small boy was caught beneath
the ruins, but escaped.
At Newport News George Oldewurtel,
who conducts suit club, was tried Tor
RUNNING lottery and found guilty. ! he
minimum penalty of S. fine and one min
ute in Jail was imposed An appeal was
noted. The case is an important one ds
a test, as these clubs are in operation all
over the country.
AT the recent session of the Virginia
State Conference, Daughters of the
American Revolution, in Lynchburg,
Mrs. Mary A. Lyons, of Charlottesville,
was reelected State regent by acclama..
ton, as were also Mrs. f. c. Hammer, OF
Lynchburg, to the position of secretary,
ard Mrs. R. T. w. Duke. of Charlottes-
nile, to that of treasurer. Danvllle was
selected as the place of meeting tor next
year
The Virginia Carolina Land Company
of Norfolk was granted charter by
Iudpe Hanckel. of the Corporation
Court. Norfolk. The company is capt
talized at $4,000