The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-05
Flqht over County Bond Issue
to MT. Rogers and Eastern.
WIDER PUBLIC ROADS r: Is
The County Court viii Vigorously En-.
force the Thirty-Foot Road Law.
Candidate for the Senate 10 a
Succeed Senator Harvey. 4
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spring term OF the GrAyson Circuit Court
commences noxt Tuesday, Hon. John 2.
I sheffcy presiding The docket ! Is mot
heavy, and court will not last beyond the
end OF tho week, The most important
case on docket Is the charcery cause OF
John Nv. Perkins and such sther tax.
payers OF Grayson county as Will come
in ana icontrlbute.to the costs OF the suit
aEainst the & Mount Rogers and Eastern y! I'm
Railroad Company. The object OF this
suit is to restrain the Board OF upervlss--
orB from issuing to the railroad company
500, 600 In county bonds voted to the com.
ipany under an election held In July. 1901,
On the ground that said election was car q !.
rled by fraud The plaintiff is represented
BY Judge r.. Il. Kirby and y. II. Ri urdy.
yof the local bar, whilo the defendant
company IS represented by Messrs. y. 8.
Bowene, II. A.. Cox and John N. Parsons,
3 Campbell, OF Wythcvile. Tho proof IN
i this cause. although hardly begun, al
ready amounts to several hundred pages
OF closely typewriter dispositions, and II
X Is not unreasonable to predict that this
cause, when mntured for hearing, VIII
present the most ivo1umlnous record OF
any case yet tried In the county OF fGray-
son. $5 ". U
s551g Tho Hon j. G. Padgett, Judge Of the
County Court. has determined 70 enforce
the law requiring all public roads to DO
thirty feet wide, unless q different wid tn
4 was prescribed in N tho order esta blishing
4 the road. ana In pursuance to this deter
Er,ination he has notified all the citizens
OF the county, through the county papers.
that he Will charge the regular grand
! Jury In August 10 lndict all those whose
fences encroach on the right OF way, un-
Z less said fences are get back between now
and then. a great number OF our icl LIENS
have e,,croached on the thirty feet. and
tho year 1908 In the history Of Grayson
county will hereafter be known AZ "the
year OF fencing III S! 5 81 s 81 4.
The }Barksdale pure elections law Is
highly commended by our people E N 49, !.
G8 II is thought that this law will have the
tendency to cause talented young men,
6 though roor ms purse, to enter the poll.
\ ical arena, u who have hitherto refrained
4 f,om entering politics, belle wins - hat, u
was easier for g camel 70 SO through me q 9
eye Of needle than for poor man 70
enter the Kingdom OF Office. Y" This law
Ia regarded as bctokening a new era IN
the political field Of Virginia.
II Grayson county in Is the Sixth Sena-
torial District, composed OF Patrick. Car
I roll and Grayson II is understood that
i Senator Harvey. The present incumbent,
3sths fall. It Is. therefore, not unnatural
that he e sen torial cbee" shall have be.
i gun to "buzz14 ins others bonnets. It tis
not rat y HI unlikely that Grayson wi!
Il have two or more candidates IN the tle!d
! for this honor. The friends Of Mr.. j.
q. Davis, Of this place. and member Of
the House OF Delegates. session 1923 1900.
are urging him to enter the race; " ,le
4 n II understood that Professor J. Kyle
Fulton. OF summerfeld. is In the hands
Of his y friends. Mr. Davis Is young
4 man about thirty years OF age. OF ample
xrazler, and, besides his agricultural IN
4 ierests. he is a director in the Bank
bf Grayson." Independent e.f He was Tor
Il 1 number OF years fprior to his election
TO the House in 1859. Democrau o char.
man for Grayson county, Wnsn ,'r he
had scarcely reached his twenty first
Z birthday. His worth as chairman Us
nttested by tie brilliant victories won
for Democracy In Grayson county during
his leadership. He is the only living enid
OF the late Colonel A. N; DAVIS, , sVnn
after the Civil War. Mr.. Davis y an
aggressive fighter and II he decides to
onto the race he Will so In TO-. bar.
&. Fulton Is a few years older than
sips&$l Davis, and Is q son OF Captain ~:
Fulton. OF Summarized; w =, ~ y VII; y
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the House In the interesting days % re-
adjustment and served along with such
men as Major Daniel and Hoga Tyler,
both al whom afterwards became famous
In ~ ssspia politics. and whose friendship
Capt. Fulton has always retained.
YounI Splton, 'Kyle,,' as he is always
i called friends. was elected as SUPER.
intend schools for Grayson county
about ti,lSSst Of January 1896, TO ~ the
.nexplred term OF Professor w. 9. Hale;
Of Elk Creek. who had just been elected
4 member OF the House Of Delegate ct
4 Lhe November election. 1895. There was
awarm contest for the position. two or
more applicants entering the race AGAINST saL
!. Fulton, but he was successfu l. In sisyI
he was reelected without opposition, PIT
4 n 1901 a spirited fight was made aga1nst h!s
appointment: he was, however. y. ns g.
tional fights. perhaps. ever waged IN ne
county. He Is a man Of genial disposl.
tion. Courteous bearing and possessed OF
an ample fortune and Is regarded as q
tive wire" In politics. Should both Davis
and fulton enter tho contest for the nom,
ination, there will doubtless be hot1tlme
in the primary. .---. 5.s