Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1903-10-23
THE OLD DOMINION. =, ,ar
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Latest News Cleaned From All Uyercdot
The State. Iul 20.

Van Horn, SIS; Charles Searburg. Mnl:n i
liam H. Eley, Calvin Mcdaniel dead, &C.,
each $I2; Melford Diggs, So; Wii!arf Nv
Z. Martin, George Norris, each St2H1"i
George Henry, Nathaniel Keeth, leaph If
$40; minor OF James Johnsoni ,9BJ hr7
Thomas J. Jones, $I2; Jane Banks Si y
Jacob B. Fighter, So; Lewis Barry, STr l..
John A. Smith. $I2. ~ ""''
There were two victims-both girls -'lS'
of an explosion which happened reafnr'l
Boslev. N c., 40 miles south of Sui II
folk Willie Russell and Armie Roup: -
tree, cousins, lived with their grand ~
mother near Bosley The men had
gone to court and only the two gifls''
their grandmother, Mrs. Emily Ward Z
and servant were on the plantations ...,,t
Mrs. Ward sent the girls home to build >;
fire in the range. The half gallon
OF oil which they used to make the fro -
with exploded and both girls were en- L
veloped in flames. When found all the q ., :,
girls clothing was burned away. Willisy
lived nine hours and Annie four. .
Edward Hicks, an assistant to the su- -
perintendent OF the electric light plant y
in Fredericksburg, was instantly Killed =
by coming in contact with live wireTsGi
while attempting to repair street elecyr9,.
trio lamp. He was at the top OF the, =,
pole and fell to the ground He is
survived by widow and several Chill " or
dren. 'ui 9'..@,
Rev. Bernard P. Smith, pastor of the ~ {
Christian Church at Danvillc, has ibeeril
called to the pastorate Of the FlrStv.r
Christian Church at Rochester N. Yy;f
and has gone there to begin his wort.. :"
Commander J. P. Moore and Adj4- VI
tant w. C. Stuart have been elected
delegates from Lee-Jackson Camp, OH -
Confederate Veterans OF Lexington ,a1
and Rockbridge county to the meeting
of the Grand Camp OF United ConfedI = -
crate Veterans in Newport News Octo-
Der 1880 Mcssrs. J. R. Fox, and s,
c. Charlton we're elected alterhatesHT
Mr.. Joseph Fultz, OF Fairfield ,vieiu.it g;
ity, died, aged So years. He is suryiY; n.' :
ed by widow, who was Miss Ida WIZ ~ ~ i
son, and five grown children. During Il
the Civil War he served in the, Stuavtlsdi,
Horse Artillery .lris'!
The full report of the committee ap,tI
pointed by Judge r. Z. Waller, of the ,,a.
Spottsyvania County Court, to investi "'''
gate the affairs of Clerk J. P Fl; Cfi5- Ecs
mond, of that county. who disappearedHG Z
on July 7, leaving the affairs of hiS,af; :,
flee in tangled and confused statecJuSt un7
made public, shows the shortage IN fe ~
accounts of the absent clerk to BE tfore ;Hl
than was supposed. 1t was thoHgh6t the 5ns
amount would not exceed $500, .hatitfess I.t
amount reached the sum of nearly ,S4,o09f
The whereabouts of the missing clerk !, !;
are still unknown, but it is thought that ~ :. =
the money will be made good, as, theies- ~
tate is amply able to pay it. 4 hssi> hrOI
An immense crowd attended the mass-!t
meeting at Norfolk in the interests ofthe, f9c
Jamestown Tercentenary Exposition to. %,
be held in that city in 1907. There was ''''
a military parade in honor of the dis 1
tinguished guests and the streets weret 2'I
filled with citizens to welcome therA 10 :
as they arrived by trains and boats Fhs dol
mass-meeting was held in the Academy ~ I
of Music and was addressed by the rfSl-
lowing persons: Senators JOHN. W.,
Daniel ard Thomas S Martin, Gov MT
J. Montague, of Virginia; Coy, Charles TIT
B. Aycock, OF North Carolina Ho%,,l,y
Murat Halstead, Of New York; = JOHN
Temple Graves, of Atlanta, editor Of tiie>!''l
Journal; Gen. Fitzhugh Lee, president.of ~.
the exposition committee, and several cit-,yn.
liens of Norfolk ,i,tc H. y,y,
For the murder of Lilburn Ramey, il ,.u;
Scott county, May "a last, in a dispute !,
about an illicit distier, H. D. Salier wa,
sentenced to IS years in the penitentiary' '"1t
The case was tried in the County Court 1JH
of Gate City. After committing the t.,
crime Salier escaped, but was later cap 49,.
tured at Portsmouth, Ohio.
Miss Fannie Site Smithson, for many {
years connected with the school system ''.r
of Farmville, died after short illness. ili
All over the State men and women who ltu
had had the benefit of her instruction
and counsel will read this notice With
profound grief. '''
The Newport News City Council has ~
decided to employ the city prisoners. 0l :ti..-
whom the Jail has nearly 900, for filling
Newton's creek, where land has been &C. ,,.,
ouired for a park. The dirt taken by
the government from Hospital point to ''''''
widen the harbor will be used for the %"
purpose. wig 4" 81 !.i"
Governor Montague has pardoned ~
Oliver Rodier, sent to Jail for 10 month:
on conviction of an attempt to fire Ket III Z
ley's saloon, in Alexandria. Rodier had
served four months and the jail plTy,
stefan advised his release. .''...' .<'."i"
On account of a shortage of cars on q. "
the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad there tHQ
has been a serious congestion OF west ,nC.
bound freight at Norfolk This condi. yo.,
ton provoked a protest to the custom
officials at Washington from the st 80
Louis Exposition management, which IL g..
waiting for exhibits sent from Other. D.,
countries. .. -tih ~
Mrs. David H. Smith converted hans a..
of thread into a moose and committee a.,
suicide with it by hanging from Jois' l
in an upper room of her home a few ~
miles west of Bristol while her infant ot.o.t
six months slept in room, below her 1
Mrs. Smith was 90 years old and highly
connected in East Tennessee. Menta
arrangement is said to have been. tiit,yj
cause of her suicide. She is survived ,s
by husband and nine children; ,..,r,.,.t
D. C. PEBBLES and Henry Gouyer, well Oh
known farmers, had a fight in ltynchbpY6rs y:os
over 50 cents which PEBBLES. claimed Waj!n4A
due him. Gouyer struck PeebleS 2ye5gAS
the head with heavy whip, and Peeb!e' .Urs
slashed Gouyer on the side of the throat -
making a wound five inches long zee
bles was arrested and Gouyss was; taker
to see doctor. - '','
An attempt was made to wreck ,Pat In.
senger train No OH the Norfolk Hyt'if }
sion OF the Southern Railway abduTsjlH
three miles east of Danville. The tfaGl III, y
had been piled with cross-ties D., Th' ~