Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-12-16
THE OLD DOMINION
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before Commissioner George Bowden
OIL the charge of robbing the mails. In
spector Bulla sent decoy letters through
mails and testified that he found arti-
Giles from the letters in the possession
OF Broughton. He is rs years old and
of respected family. He'was bailed in
$1,000 by his brother, James NJ. Brough-
ton, hotelkeepcr.
]. B. Powell. OF Norfolk, who was to
have been tried i'll the United States
Court at Raleigh, H. C., upon the charge
Of using the mails for fraudulent pur-
poses, did not appear. The Federal att
thorities are now searching Norfolk for
him. Powell was under a bond OF
$4,000.
Throwing OH the floor match which
she had struck, Miss Ella Jackson, of
Richmond, stepped over it without OBJ
serving that it continued TO burn. She
had just arisen from bed, and her night
robe took fire Very serious burns were
inflicted She is daughter of the late
Dr. Jackson.
Miss Grovine Oaks, 10 years old, OF
News Ferry, Halifax county. was prob
ably fatally burned. She tainted and
fell while carrying lighted lamp.
Gen. Fitzhugh Lee, president OF tho
Jamestown Exposition Company, has
ielephoned from Washington that While
the Congressional Committee on the
Arts and ExpositionS declined to favor
the appropriation of 100000 for an
industrial exposition here in honor OF
the settlement at Jamestown, every mem.
Der of the committee expressed himself
in favor OF an appropriation for his
torcal celebration in 1907 that VIII coll
sist of a series of naval reviews.
Bv the gift of $1,000 from Watts
Bros. wealthy coal operators OF Lynch
burg, a new $4,000 Young Mems Chris
lian Association building is assured Tor
Lynchburg. Three other 5000 gifts
were made some time ago. The new
building will be located i'll the business
section. A swimming pool and dorIni'
tories will be included in the equipment.
A conference has been arranged be-
tween Lynchburg officials and authori.
ties of West Virginia pulp and papet.
mills to be held this week to arrange, II
possible, a method to put all end TO the
pollution Of the James River. Professor
Nallett, of the University or Virginia,
and Professor Howe, of Washington
and Lee University, will be present.
Mr.. Holmes Cummings, of Richmond,
has been selected secretary of the South
ern Fire Insurance Company, which was
recently formed, with a capital stock
of 100000, backed by Lynchburg capt
taliSts.
The remains of Robert A. Beverly, OF
tho Beverly Granite and Limestone Com.
pany, who died at Beverly, 5. G., wers
buried in Mount Hebron Cemetery
Winchester, i'll grave that was al
most solid limestone rock. While Jas.
Hamilton, the cemetery superintendent,
was drilling for blast to make the
grave he fell in and broke three ribs.
Mr.. Beverly'S remains arrived i'll VIM
chester, accompanied by his brother, J.
B. Beverly, who was with him when he
died. Services were held at Christ Prot,
estant Episcopal Church, of which he
had been vestryman. Among those ~
attendance were Mr.. Kemp Duvall and
the wife of DR.. Atkinson, OF Baltimore,
brother and sister of Mrs. Beverly.
William Rogers James and Daisy FL
more JameS-DalIin, his sister, filed a
bill in chancery at Norfolk against their
father, Charles Z. James, declaring that
the will of their grandfather, William
A. James, has been suppressed or de-
saroyed. They declare that they are
bcnehciaries under the will, and ask the
court to have the will construed accord o.
ing 10 copy filed by them from the
notes of the attorney who drew the will,
and the property, consisting of valuable
city lots and houses, restored to them
The bill says the envelope inclosing tbs
will was found opened but the will was
gone. They say their father had access
to the papers of their grandfather.
The large Touring mills located IN
I.ynchburg and operated since 1860 by
S. G. Hurt & Son have been sold to the
Dan Valley Mills Company of Danville,
the consideration being about 100000.
Possession is to be given May 1 next.
1t is understood that the Dan Valley
mills is only holding company, and
that stock company will be formed by
Danville and Lynchburg capitalists to
crate it after May on much larger
scale. The Touring plant of the mill
has a capacity of $50 barrels, and the
corn plant 1000 bushels day.
Mrs. Sedona Curlctt. wife OF Mr.:
John Curlett a prominent citizen OF
Wheaton, Lancaster county, died from
a pistol-shot wound in the abdomen.
One week ago. while she was attempt
ing to clean the handle of Mr. Curletfs
pistol, it exploded, the bullet passing
through her body. Nearly three years
ago this home had sad affection III
the death of their infant The mother.
whose death has just occurred, lett the
baby on the bed for a short time and
upon returning to the room found that
the baby in attempting to reach the
floor had caught its clothes in the iron
bedstead and strangled to death
John Burner farm hand, lies dcs-
pcrately i'll at the home Of W. o.
Champion, in Clarke county, with deep
gashes in his neck, the result of being
gored by an cnraged bull. w. 7. Ra-
mcy and Mr.. Champion, who were with
him at the time, escaped by jumping
over several fences. Burner has
chance to recover.
Prof. James S. Thomas, instructor IN
history at the Virginia Christian Col
lege. at Lynchburg, severed his connec'
ton with the college by resignation TO
accept place with the Thornhill Wagon
Works. The college authorities are
considering several persons to supply
the vacancy.
James Brown, colored. farm hand,
surrendered in Norfolk county, and
admitted that on Thursday he shot
Moses Thompson, the colored fore
man of the Ballard farm. Thompsop
dicd In ST Nincent's Hnspltal Fri.