Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-11-07
The OLD DOMINION.
Latest News Cleaned From All Ovef
the State.

PENSIONS granted nOTlaS CECi aSSi
Tanners Creek, So; William r. John
son, Graham So; William Dill, Nation
al Soldiers Home, Elizabeth City, $40;
Sinnett A. Duling, White Post. ,SI2;
Eaton Hnu.ard Nat;e.'"i 40 o. D.,
Home, Elizabeth City, ST., Fatsy
Bowe, Berkeley, So; Jeffrey Taylor, bay
View. So; Miranda Jane BALDWIN
ScreamervilIc, SI2; Southey Boggs'
Savagevillc. So; William r. NeWmana'
Stanton, So; Andrew Campbell, n. M.
Home, Elizabeth City, $I2; Benjamin
f. Cubbage, Broadway $I2.
The feature OF the recent session OF
he Eastern Virginia Christian ConVen-
ion at Cypress Chapel was the DIS
,ussion Of the report OF the homo mis-
,ions committee. Chairman j. t.
West, in an address, said the denomin-
alton numbers IoI GOO persons. lie
gave four causes for the church's slow
growtl,-the lack OF organization, non
educated ministry and improper sup
port Of ministers. failure 10 enter cries
and their being a non-fniSSlonary peeo-
pie. The report recommended that
the conference pay $500 debt on the
Christian Memorial Temple, Norfolk;
financial assistance the churches at
Portsmouth, Berkeley, Dendron and
Ivor and the establishment OF a new
church at Lambert Point.
The Virginia Passenger and Power
Co., which has become the owner OF the
Richmond and Petersburg Electric Kali
way. which now runs from petersburg
to Manchester, about D miles, Will take
possession OF the road and its proper,
lies on November IA. 1t IS learned
that the company intends to run cars
through from Petersburg to Richmond
and in order tc do so will either
make improvements to the Free Bridge
over the James river or build a new
bridge.
The Citizens Union, which was or
ganized in Richmond ior the purpose
Of making fight against municipal
corruption, issued an address to the
people. In it the organization declares
that it will make fight for clean city
government. 1t demands that the po-
lice and the board in control OF that
department shall suppress all gambling
and that there shall be all investigation
by the City Council OF the reports OF
corrupt practices by members OF that
body in selling franchises to great cor
poratlOnS.
In the Circuit Court at Hampton,
Judge J. w. G. Blackstone granted
partial divorce to Mrs. Lenora Ash
more .Blackinston from Mccall K,
Blackinston. This is the elimination
If romantic marriage, separation ana
divorce suit that has had a great deal
IF publicity.
Willie Young. colored, was given II
years in the pcnitentiary by the War
wick iurv on his second trial for XII,
ng Lewis Jefferson. On his first trial
he was condemned to death, but, pc
ng unrepresented by counsel Judge
Montague set the verdict aside on his
own initiative and ordered new trial:
Mr.. w. F. Lynn, as the executor OF
James E. Carruthers, has sold the de-
cedent's farm OF 1894 acres, situated
n Cumberland county, Virginia, to Ro-
anoke parties for game preserve. Inc
price paid was $4,000.
A deed recording the transfer OF
property known as Campbell & Max
wells wharves, in Norfolk. was record
3D. Mrs. Jessie c. Johnson, OF Balti-
more sold the property to the Eliza,
beth Land and Lumber Company, OF
Norfolk, for $4,000. -.
A rally in the interest of public ed
1cation was held at Martinsville. An
address was made by Prof. Robert
Frazier. member Of the Southern Edit
:ation Board.
Charles Spriggle. "a years old, was
killed while walking on the kanaWha
and Michigan railroad tracks at Nal,
len. Spriggle was deaf and did not
near workman which came UP behind
him.
William E. and ]. D. Manor. have
purchased one-third interest in the
Harrisonburg Mining Company, one OF
he largest milling concerns IN the