Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-07-22
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the morning. He was inspecting cars
when his assailant appeared from be-
hind some cars and hred tour snOts
two of which took effect. K. b. l al
bolt. who was with Armes, hred a
the assailant, but he made his escape
Talbot pursued the man short DIS
lance but, hearing Armcs call TOT
assistance, returned to him. RoJ
Shields, negro was arrested on sus'
picion. DR.. Day, the railroad physl
clan, who examined Armes at the hos
pital, found that he was dangerously
wounded.
For IS years the Richmond police
have been using the same pistols. EX'
perience shows that their fire at es'
Gaping criminals is invariably inef'
fective. An ordinance ha. been drawn
and will soon be passed providing
that the police shall be equipped
with modern pistols and electric bulls
eye lanterns.
The oil warehouse, containing 4,ooc
gallons of oil, and the stable and shec
of ]. Patterson, wholesale grocery, al
Chatham were burned. The fire origi
lated from sparks from locomotive
and when discovered was beyond cor
troll. The loss is estimated at $500
Miss Mary Willis Ross died if
Charlottesville aged 80 years. She il
survived by her brother. James Ross
and her sister, Annie B. Ross, botf
of that city.
Five persons were drowned a.
Edgewater, near Meter, Westmore
land county. They were Mise:
Helen, Ada and Harriet Kemmon, O.:
Washington, d. C., and Mrs. james
Hubbard and child, of Meter. The
Misses Kemmon were daughters Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Kemmon, o.
Washington, d. C. Miss Helen wa.
20 years old, Miss Ada, 10 and Mis-:
Harriet IS. The party went bathing
in the river about 1 o'clock and go
beyond their depth. None of then
were able to swim and they vert
drowned before assistance could reach
them. All of the bodies were recovered
Mr. Kemmon. with his family, R
+. Wilkinson, an artist, and Mis-!
Grace Thomas, all of Washington
were occupying cottage at Edge
water for the summer
Treasure hunters may soon begir
work on the plantation of Senator
Thomas Martin, near Scottsvile, il
Albermarle county, which is known a.
"Scotlands" The story goes tina
during the civil war the directors o.
the Scottsville Bank, becoming alarm
ed at the proximity of the Federals
hid a quantity of money in heav,
boxes in the beds OF small streams
On Senator Martins place boxes were
sunk containing $4,000 in coin arc
valuable plate and jewels. They
were buried by Charles A. Scott, who
died suddenly a few days later, and
to this day no one has been able tc
discover them.
The members of the Order of Rec
Men IL Virginia are going to make
stiff fight against the charter recent
ly granted to negro lodge which
was organized in Norfolk. When the
white members learned of the charter
there was much Indignation and all
of the lodges in the state were mott
fled. The result was that Thomas
H. Wilcox, of Norfolk, has been en-
~ployed as counsel to bring action
against the negro order in the courts.
and the effort will be made to have
the charter revoked. The grounds
have not been stated. The name OF
the negor lodge is the "Afro-Americap
Order ~ Red Men
J. f Fisher, "a years old. who says
he is from Baltimore, was convicted
in Norfolk of swindling w. M. Baugh
a North Carolina excursionist. Five
dollars, it is alleged, were secured
from Baugh by what is known as the
knife trick" Fisher was fined S.:
and sent to Jail for 80 days fol-
swindling, $40 for assault, $Ioo foi
carrying a revolver and he was hello
in $3.50 bonds for his good behavior
for six months.
The Lynchburg city council &C
cepted the bid of the Home Acety-
lene Light Company, composed o.
leading business men, with c. H
Almond, president, for franchise tc
operate an acetylene heating and
lighting. plant.
Elijah Steger, Io-year-old colored
boy, is under arrest in Manchester
charged with murder. He is accused
of beating Robert Brown another
10y. to death with rock
A shake-up is impending among
the Federal officers in Norfolk, which
likely will begin with the Portsmouth
Postoffice. Col. George E. Bowder
returned from Washington and held
conference with Julian F. Pace, Of
Portsmouth, and Postmaster Butt or
the subject of the civil-service rules
and their application to the official:
in Portsmouth. The effort is to retain
some of the officials about whom the
organization and the department. arc
not agreed.
Daniel Keplinser, aged IS years, sor
of Lemuel Keplinger, near Lahmaus
vile, died from injuries sustained fou
years ago by tree falling on him.
The Pocahontas Consolidated Com
pany has been incorporated to &C.
quire $500 acres of coal-minlng prop
erty at Bromwell. The annual out
put will be about 100000 tons.
Peter Wilson, colored, was sho'
dead by Allen Mcpherson, also col
ored. Mcpherson fired four bullet.
into Wilson's body. Mcpherson fed
and is being pursued by Berkeley off.
GERS. The shooting, which was thu
result of family troubles. took place
on the Belt Line railway at the inter.
section of the Norfolk and Southern
railroad.
John Simmer, the negro, who, ii
is alleged, criminally assaulted Nell,
Anderson, an II-ycar-old negro girl
threw himself on the mercy of tn,