Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-08-19
THE OLD DOMINION
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Col John S. Mosby was held at Ber-
ryville, near which place during the
war Mosby's men made many daring
exploits. The meeting was presided
over by Col. Joseph Bryan, OF Rch-
mond. Hon. Marshall Mccormick de-
livered the address of welcome and
memorial from the pen Of Col John
Alexander, of Leesburg, on the death
of Chaplain Sidney Ferguson was
read. J. William Foster was elected
president and H. S. Ashby adjutant
The reunion closed tonight with an
entertainment by Polk Miller and his
Old South Quartet.
At its regular meeting Garland
Rodes Camp, Sons of Veterans, OF
Lynchburg, selected as their sponsor
for the coming Confederate reunion
Miss Rebecca Martin and as maid OF
honor Miss Norvie Craighlll. botn OF
that city. The Veterans have invited
ex-Gov. Francis T. Nichols, who is
spending the summer at Chase City.
to attend the reunion and be one OF
the speakers.
A call was issued by George +.
Caskie, chairman of the executive
committee of the Virginia Sunday
School Association, for the State con-
venton to be held at Lynchburg &c,
tober 3 to 5 A large number OF
local committees will go to work al
once and arrange for large attend
auce. The last State convention was
held at Petersburg in March, 1902.
George w. Wilson, of Fancy Hill,
Rockbridge county, aged 70 years, Is
dead. He was a descendant OF the
Wilson's of Thinking Springs, Augusta
county, and had travelled over the
whole of the United States:
lanes Norton, of Medford, Mass.
has discovered what he claims TO
be the richest nickel mine in. the
United States on the edge of FLOYD
county, 10 miles south OF ShaWsville.
on the Norfolk and Western railway
The lead is said to be large and MI
Norton has ordered machinery tor de-
veloping the property The find is 10,
Gated four miles from the property OF
the United States Arsenic Mines Com
pany, which is being operated by
Pittsburg capitalists.
The City Engineer, of Roanoke. is
sued building permit to the Norfolk
and Western Railway for the erection,
of a new passenger station in thai
city at an estimated cost of 100000.
The Roanoke City Council enacted
a Pure Food and Milk law
A drastic anti-gambling ordinance
just enacted by the Roanoke City
Council provides for fine OF not
less than $50 nor more than $500 TOT
gaming. Mayor Cutchin says that ne
will permit no games of chance at the
Roanoke fair in September.
Mayor Joel II. Cutchin. of Roanoke
who was recently reelected, in an IN
terview said he had given his time.
attention and very best efforts to the
city for two years and that his poll
teal opponents have made the posi-
ton as unpleasant as possible; The
Council, he says, has continually
fought him in everything he attempts
to do in the interest of the city, and
recent proceedings he fears is an in
dication that the same tactics will con-
tinue in the new Council. If so. he
cannot and will not stand it. Some
whom he thought were his friends
have shown an animosity that does
not please him. He says the salary,
which is less than any officer, police.
man or blacksmith of the city, is no
compensation for the duties he is
called upon to perform, to say nothing
of continual wrangle with the Coun,
Gil which is annoying to him and
humliating and distasteful to his rela.
tives and family. The Mayor say:
that the office has destroyed his law
business and the continued harassing
has injured his health and peace 0!
mind. He says that if present condi
tons continue no gentleman can or
will be Mayor of Roanoke.
w. E. Ehoff, 26 years old, is under
arrest at Newport News on the charge
of housebreaking, committed nearly
six years ago. Ehoff was then living
with his parents in Newport News
When he learned that warrant hac
been sworn out against him he went
to Philadelphia While living there
he was married, and few days age
reappeared in Newport News with two
children.
The celebrated suit for divorce Of
Mrs. Olivia Thurman from her hus'
band, Gen. Charles Thurman. a rich
landowner of Clarke county, which
has been before the public frequently
during the last year, was settled out
of court. A decree will be entered
giving Mrs. Thurman a divorce q
mensa ct thoro, which will become
absolute in three wears, when alimony
will cease.
Caroline County Camp of Confed.
crate Veterans has decided to raise
S.. 800 for the erection of a monument
to the Confederate soldiers of that
county who were killed or died in the
service.
Rev A. c. Knibb, ministerial stu.
dent at the Virginia Christian College.
of Lynchburg, has been conducting
protracted meeting in a tent in West
Lynchburg for six weeks and nearly
200 persons have professed CONVEX
sion. About 200 persons have been
baptized and many others will receive
the ordinance in a day or two.
A broken axle wrecked II cars OF
a freight train on the Atlantic Coast
line near Emporia. No one was hurt.
Mrs. R. L. Pownell, OF Sherman dis
trict, near Romney. was badly scald-
ed in the face while boiling hops.
Miss Elizabeth Booker, Of Lynch
burg. who was injured in runaway
az ent. has recovered consciousness
after living in comatose condition for
more than Is hours.
Fire destroyed eight cottages at
Ocean View, forcing the occupants
to escape on short notice i'll their night
clothes. The loss aggregates $4,000,
and the owners are {. ). Sherwood,