The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-03
.BU.RIALSsAT
BUCHANAN
Colored Man Killed BY a Blast
and Engineer Mitchell: Killed
iii Railroad Collision.
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GREAT MANY IMPROVEMENTS ]
Buildings for the New Bank and
Tin Can Mandatory Are
Under Way.
GREAT MANY IMPROVEMENTS
tspecial q The Tlmos. Dispatch,

Especial TO The Tlmas-D Dispatch,
BUCHANAN vAy Dec. 3..-There were
two. burials here yesterday. John Miloa
respectable colored man OF this place
Killed on Monday BY rocls. which cam
from blast. while no was working az
the quarry. east Of the town, and Charler
Mtohel. locomotive engineer. Killed "
the collision on the Norfolk and Western,
Railroad. near Portsmouth, O., which
was mentioned In The Times lsoatof'
OF yesterday. Mr., Mitchell was the son
at James Mitchell, deceased. OF Bueh-
auan. He IL survived by brother mr.,
Ernest Mitchell. Of Bloomington. ILL.,. ana
sister, Mrs. cummltigs. J q q Illumination
". Va. M
There are various signs OF Improvement
in Buchanan. The building for the NV
ba nix, and several new residences recent
" finished. OF, In course OF erection; the
newtl large building for the canning iaa
tory. which made two or three Hllilau
cans during the summer and tall, ana WV
begin operation again about the OF ~
February; the water works by when t'ls
town Ia ab,ndantly supplied Win olear'
pure, wat ter from the mountain; tho tor,
j.h,nr Bucha ma n Bank daily lncreaslnf
IN ia ibustn eas !, ftht Renovation and en-
|ia,gement Of. the rGolored Baptist Church;3
nnd' Asthe3u repair 8ota5the y PRESBYTERIAN
Ct,lrcht from the disastrous enects ~
thr fall az one OF Its walls last August
IS sUCCESsFliLI UNION e
The very pleasant Union OF Cnriat'ahs
to help their PRESBYTERIAN oretnren -
q n d entertainment on. Tho nksE'V!ns ~
ia nov found TO have yielded from tn
,n,.one On that occ,,s'nn md contrlhn-
tons to It from friends far and near
otout3 1928. About the same amainf nae
hcen55previou-ly raised
Bncha nan has three hotels and rns
t. urai,t ard no sssloon. IT sls place q
stopping over Ton. mat1y itpa vrsrs 'l,ass,ne
from the Chesapeake "a nd oh't' % ~
/ Snrfolk ,,arid, Western n has tWo CIV
stores ahout ten snther stolra -, srv
socds and Z groceries and two ,rn'4'lne'y
stores and large Touring mill.
Miss FANNIE. Houston has returned from
I:nanoke City. ! s;5
Mrs. Jesse Schultz. formerly OF India
Territory. now OF Birmingham, Aln".slr
visiting her husba nd's parents. Mr. ano
Mrs. j. z. Schultz.
Mr.: Warner pouthnt. OF Califnrnla,Sls
on {, Wait to his sisters Misses Sue an
| .nnie Douthat. Mr. Rn',ert Douthat. o.
| 5t5srrls onnurg. Va. and Mr.. Her,-y lJou
tina . Of Glen Wilton. his brot hers ,haye {
i recentlyI heen sFere!41;: TX NJ.
! Mrs. w.tR. Berle expects In few dag
to 20 to Richmond to visit for two
/ three weeks her sister, Mrs, auhit Boul.
M ra. now commissioning after q tedioue
| 'll"ess,6 sl5 sF ,,itFi2 =
Rev p. B. Prtoe% OF Richmond. prnnched
here last Sabbath morning in The Hnptts'
Church. Att3nisht.t Rev. Thomas Nov
bray Of, Oxford Presbvteriar1s Church,
Rnclsbrjdse county, prenahed N the Enis
copal Church, where the Preshyterans
now Worship In the morning Mr. Nov
bray prea ched att High Bridge Presbytea
r:Hn Church. nearothe M turnl Brltige.
The Bucha ma n GRADED school has three
teachers and an .enrollrnent OF rs schol.
"rs.s !, Miss Rosa Cock, Of MontVale, Is
the principal :.;,si AZ, sI