Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1903-01-21
STATE BREWrlES.

\ Mr.. William +. Gregory, of the
cotton exporting firm of Eure,
Gregory & Co.. died Monday
morning at his home in Norfolk.
aged 45 years.
DIR. Alexander L. Gordon died at
his home in Culpeper county after
a protracted illness. aged seventy
years. He was an ex-Confederate,
and served during the war as sur
geon of Pegram's Battalion.
The Second Annual Convention
of the Virginia Anti Saloon League
is being held in Richmond. The
Convention was addressed by some
of the most prominent temperance
men of the State and country.
James Leighton and Thomas
NeighborS. two weIl-knOwn citizens
of Salem, became involved i'm a
difficulty Sunday night and the
former shot the latter through the
leg, inflicting painful wound.
William W. Farrow. of Rich
mOnd, Va, has been elected class
orator by the senior law class of
Washington and Lee University
to deliver the annual address at
the commencement exercises next
June.
Benjamin ClowSer. Jacob Haines
and Ollie Lineburg. sons of prom
inent people of Rosenberg. were
arrested in Winchester on a charge
of robbery and arson. James
Walker, a negro. confessed the
crime and implicated the three
boys.
Mr.. Harry Coleman and Miss
Mary y. Travis. of Danville. were
married at Pelham. y. c.. SUNDAY.
after wild chase in which the
young lady'S stepfathcr was hot
pursuer. The old man reached
the scene just as the knot was tied.
swallowed his disappointment and
invited them home to dinner.
The brass dies from which ;.
W. Smith made the counterfeit
half dollars. which sent him To the
government penitentiary at At
lanta for five years last May. were
found Monday morning in rat
hole in a blacksmith shop in New
port News. They will Zoe turned
over to the Federal authorities.
The trial of J. j. Womack.
charged with the murder of j.
Edward Wright, began at Camp
bell Courthouse Monday. Wom-
ack, it is alleged, killed Wright by
striking him on the head with a
stick at planning mill at which
both men were employed. The
tragedy occurred last November.
The Norfolk and Western has
issued circular letter announcing
the promotion of j. &. Cassell to
be assistant general manager 10 l..
r. johnson, Charles s. Churchill
to be chief engineer, and Theodore
Lowe TO be general real estate
agent. Herman Crueger. who has
been in the service twenty-three
years, has been promoted to chief
clerk to Mr.. Lowe.
Charles NJ. Walsh, of Peters
burg, has been awarded the con-
tract for the building of a monu-
ment TO be erected at Marion to
the Confederate dead of Smythe
county. The monument will be
of Obelisk shape, and will be sur
mounted by a soldier at parade
rest. 1t will be twenty-five feet
high and will cost S1,1OO The
monument is to be of Dinwiddie
granite.
Mrs. Anne Lawson died at
| Wytheville. She leaves four chill
dren; Billion Lawson. of Upper
vile; K. NJ. Lawson. of Tazewell
county; Mrs. Lena Cooper, OF
Wytheville, and Mrs. Bette Leh-
man, of Tacoma, Washington.
Deceased, before her marriage.
was Miss Brooke, of Eastern Vir-
ginia. Her late husband. Anthony
Lawson. was one of the wealthiest
business men in the WytheviIle
section.
In the Corporation Court ut
Newport News, in the trial of Far
rar Stennett. charged with the
betrayal of Lily Viola Morris un-
der prolj~' of marriage. some of
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