Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1903-12-25
THE OLD DOMINION.
Latest News Cleaned From All Over
the State.

Elijah Morton, respected negro o.
Stafford county, was killed while cut
ng down a tree. The tree ieIl on him.
Rev. ]. r. Thomas, OF King George
county. has resigned the pastOrate OF
Potomac Baptist Church, iii that coun-
". which he has served for three years.
A largely attended farmers institute
lnder the auspices OF the State Depart
nent of Agriculture, was held in sem
nary Hall, Franklin. w. w. Ellis
presided, and addresses were made by
j. w. Koner, Commissioner OF Agri
culture, on the economical use OF ter
:iizcr; by Prof. S. B. Hedges, manager
Of the State test farm in Charlotte
,ounty, on fruit growing, and by +. s.
Barbour, of Harrisburg, Pa, ON stock
raising.
l.. W. Slephcnsons dwelling was
burned this week at Berlin. Loss $500;
insurance $1,000.
A New York, Pennsylvania ard Nor
;olk Railroad tug, partially built at the
Trigg shipyards, was offered for sale
at auction at Richmond, and the high
est bid was that OF $500 by the Burlee
Drydock Company, OF Port Richmond,
Staten Island, n. Y. The BID will
will hardly be confirmed by the court:
but there will probably be private sale.
The contract price Of the vessel was
s6S,25o and $I2,ooo had been paid cut
by the Trgg Company. Some OF the
material was also sold.
To prevent a lynching in New Kent
county, Charles Wilson, the negro
charged with criminally assaulting Mrs.
Ira Gardner, was taken to Richmond
by Sheriff Apperson. A petition has
been forwarded to Governor Montague
requesting him TO order all immediate
trial OF the accused.
Pollard Nicholas, OF Louisa, was fiji
cd SIS in the Police Court in Richmond
ior striking Vinon Profit, OF Han
over, with stove lid. The trouble oc-
Cured i'll one OF the tobacco ware
houses.
Mrs. n. A. Newman, OF Chesterfield
was struck by trolley car i'll Ricil-
mond and probably fatally injured
Mrs. Newman was driving down frank
lin street in a runabOut, when north
bound car struck the vehicle and car
fled it some distance OIL the fender. A
southbound car collided with the run
about and Mrs. Newman was knocked
out and caught under the fender CT the
car.
G. w. Robinson, Commonwealth
Attorney of Newport News, is being
urged by the local bar to succeed the
late Judge J. f. Hubbard. Judge Mon
tague OF the Elizabeth City County
Court, is also mentioned as probable
Miss Ellie Saunders sued W. J. Hal,
stead, a merchant Of Norfolk, Tor a
broken hand and got verdict for $1,000.
The merchant let the shifting back OF
a Street-car seat fall or the plaintiffs
left hand, inhicting permanent injuries
The Central Labor Union has i'll
dorsed the strike of the weayers in the
silk mill in Norfolk, ard asked the en-
ployers to arbitratc but the employers
declined Ministers and private citizens
are endeavoring to settle the strike,
because it seriously affects the families
of the workmen during the severe
weather
Miss Pearl Davies, the last remaining
daughter of Mr. w. w. Davies, the we'll
known photographer of Richmond, who
himself died few days ago, died at her
mothers home, OH Church Hill, a suburb
Of Richmond This makes the fourth
death from typhoid fever in the Davies
home within the past three weeks.
The Norfolk and Western Railway
Company is preparing to cxpend $4,000
iii the erection of filters along its line
through the coal fields as result of al
experience it has just passed through.
The Norfolk and Western is one of the
best-equipped coal roads in the country
and for more than a month the men
who get coal over it could not under
stand the delay i'll the shipment OF coal.
After a close investigation it was ascer'
Lained that the water supply throughout
the Flat Top region was running the
boilers of locomotives owing to the large
percentage Of sulphur and other minerals
in the water supply. This IS
caused principally when the mountain
streams are low, as was the case this fall
and the past summer, owing to the con-
:inued drouth. New locomotives were
forced into shops for repairs after from
so to 90 days use. 1t is this that has
caused the shortage Of motive power on
the Norfolk and Western recently. The
work OF putting in the filters is now in
and the engineers say that the
water can be filtered SO that it will not
il any way injure an engine boiler.
THE RABBIT SHOT Hin.