Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1903-03-13
THE OLD DOMINION
Latest News Cleaned From All Owe,
the State.

National Soldiers Home, Elizabeth
City, county, So; David Pence, Way
S.; Charles burlington, Chincoteague
$I7; Charles Kane, National Soldiers
Home, Elizabeth City, county, $I2i
John Mccormack, National Soldiers
Home, Elizabeth City, county, $I2i
VIM. Daniels. Springman, $72; Viii
liam H. c. Ferguson, National Sol.
diers' Home, Elizabeth City, county
$12; James w. Cooney, Luray, $40;
Vaencourt James, Oak Grove, SIot
Jerome B. Graham, National Soldiers
HonA. Elizabeth City county, $I2
John D. Jones, Luray, SI2.
Many Vi-ginians are suggesting
Senator Thomas S. Martin to succeed
ex-senator James c. Jones as chair
man of the Deliberate National Exec.
utive Committee.
The Virginia Car Company, is to
erect factory by May at Buchanah.
Botetourt is preparing tor the largesi
tomato crop in its history.
Gordonsville has raised its liquor II
cense fee from 500 to $500
A local option election is to be held
in Wytheville April 20.
Labor is very scarce in HaliiaS!;
county and this will probably curtain
the tobacco crop in that section.
The Torrens system of.land titles veg
istry is approved by business men III
many parts OF the State.
The home OF Mrs Martha Druetts,
three miles above Morrison, was de.
stroyed by fire.
The Virginia Penitentiary will here
after be governed by board OF d1rec-
tors, composed OF Messrs. w d.
Chesterman, Milton E. Marcuse, Rob
ert l.. Winston and I. H. Elicit, OF
Richmond, and William B. Bradley, Of
Manchester. Under the old Constitua
ton the Legislature elected the Super
S1tendent and the Governor appointed
the pententiary surgeon. Both OF
these officials are to be elected by the
board Major George M. Helm, Of
Franklin county, is the present super
intendent and DR.. Charles V. Caring
ton, OF Richmond, is the surgeon.
The president and other officials OF
the Virginia Consolidated Copper
Mine visited their shaft at Hook. III
Page county, a few days ago They
say they own the richest copper inter-
est in the world. They have blasted
their way through $50 feet OF solid
mountain granite
Fast freight train No. IS, on the
Norfolk and Western Railroad was
wrecked near Wills by running into
a landslide The engineer and several
cars went down an enlbankment into
East River Engineer w. ]. Kirby, OF
Roanoke, jumped and was buried TN
der a huge pile of dirt. from which he
escaped Fireman Ash fell into the
river with the engine, and swan,
ashore.
The Swift Creek cotton mills, i'll
Chesterfield county, a short distance
Mom Petersburg, have been sold to the
Chesterfield Manufacturing Company
composed of capitalists OF kingston
N. c.. The price paid for the mills was
in the neighborhood of $4,000. The
mills are to be equipped with new ma
chinery and will be used exclusively
| for the manufacture OF yarns. They
will give employment to 100 operatives
and will begin operations in -four
weeks.
Martin Luther Gleason, a former
resident of Pulaski county, who enlist.
ed in the United States Army at Ro-
anoke in May, 1901, and was assign
ed to duty with Troop l. Twelfth Cav
airy, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, and
deserted the 27th OF July, 1901, was ar
rested at Pocahontas by Deputy Mar,
shall Charles NJ Sifford. He was placed
in Jail to await the order of the adlu
tant- general for his removal and dellv
cry to the nearest army post.
The executive committee OF the pro,
posed Presbyterian Orpllanage will
meet in Lynchburg March 10 to Sc
lect site for the institution.
n To- 1
new lotion plant to Geison Bros, OF
Roanoke.
Edenburg Inn, the new hotel at Ed
enbure, Shenandoah county is com
pleted. 1t contains about 80 guest rooms.
The Alexandria City School Board
has BY unanimous vote increased BY
$50 wear the salaries OF the eight fe-
male teachers longest in the service II
the public school in that city The sal
aries for the male teachers were IN
creased some time ago.
Calvin Dunbar was convicted of rob-
berry, in the Corporation Court, at
Lynchburg, and given year in the
| penitentiary.
Frank Jay Gould, first vice-president
of the Virginia Passenger and Power
Company, has authorized General Man
ager S. w. Huff to expend $4,000 on
improvements to the suburban lines OF
Richmond.
: A call for an annual reunion of the
Fourteenth Virginia Cavalry to take
place during the summer has been is
sued by the surviving regimental Off
Ger, Lieut.-Col. John S. Gibson, OF
Rockbridge county.
The board OF managers of the Ma
tional Soldiers Home, at Hampton,
inspected that institution A full in
spection OF the barracks and quarters.
and a dress parade OF $500 veterans
took place.
] Z. C. Hammer, member OF the
Lynchburg City Council, returned from
! New York, where he employed an eX'
pert engineer to take charge OF Lynch
burg's plant to secure supply OF wa
! ter BY gravity, an undertaking that will
involve the expenditure OF $Soo,ooo
Mr.. Hammer also arranged for the .pur-
| chase OF a steam roller to cost about
The 1o-year-old daughter of John