The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-02-18
ASHLAND IS IS;
FOR JAPAN |.
NJ !. ss'anngi 0,gawa, Student at
Rando1ph-Macpn, Receives Receives
Hearty Congratulations.
HIGHWAY or TRAVEL !.
Presbyterian Congregation at
Ashland to Arrange for a
tx Regular Pastor.
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Especial to The Times -Dispatch)
ASHLAND, VA, Feb. 17.--As az evil
dence OF tho strong pro-Japnnese tee'' = q
even Ii, the small community, tho young
Japanese student at Randolph Macon 60
College, Mr.. sangl Ogawa, has peeh 'il ne
recipient not orly Of hearty congratutlal
tions on the dash and chlvalry OF his
cotntryn,en, but has received a POSITIVE pos
ovation h@ the community at large.
sangl belongs to a family OF nonlenl ne n =,
Japan who have been INDUSTRIOUS arg
have made up that Christian element
which has given such significance 70 To-
that country over others of the orient lent
Mr., Ogawa has been clever student OF
4 tho college for two sessions, Ae nus
now rendered his services to Inc oapun'
ESQ minister at washington, and m' uoh
Is felt In the outcome
&S This town Is rapidly becoming an I'M
portant Il highway OF railroad travel.
Monstrous trains OF all Pullman Vesh-<
buled cars, Weighing as much as seven
hundred tons pass to and fro. y pWaruss
of fifty-six trains q day, II: both or &C.
tons, pass here three important ones
for nj florida travel, running WITHIN a.
schedule Of seventeen minutes Of each
other, Six different roads use these these
ira cks, and train dispatchlng has become come
a fine art. x
TO CALL A PASTOR.
The congregation of the Ashland Prcs-
bytarian Church viii endeavor to arrange.
at an early date with the Presbyterian.
board for the Rev. r. A. Lapsley, editor
OF the Earnest Worker, who Is now sta "a A
toned at Staunton, Va, to III Ge TINS
charge In i connection with his edltorlai
work IT. Richmond, II he is transferred
The charge 4 at Ashland has not been
filled regularly since DR.. Howison's resig-5
ma ton, except from Sunday to Sunday A1ty
The base ball association OF the coll
.lege realized over s75 from the proceeds
O! the special entertainment OF MONDAY Mon
night in the chapel. which was PROVIDED l.S
ard arranged for by Mrs Conway Gor- =
don. There Is some talk OF enclosing
regular athletic grounds adjacent TO the
campus.
DR.. w. W. Smith. the chancellor OF the
Rand olph- Macon system. visited Ash
land yesterday to confer aHith President
Blackwell regarding the correlated exhibit
Of educational work at the st. Louis
Exposition. He has contracted for space
adjoining that Of the University Of VIZ
glnia In the Virginia building. and left
to-day for Philadelphia to arrange Tor
the details Of such exhibit.
WE'LL CARED FOR. S
The daughter OF Joshua Hail. Of Beaver
Dam, who was recently adjudged insane
BY local magistrate, is now comfort
ably quartered in I the jail at Hanover
Courthouse, awaiting commitment to ar
asylum This statement is made to cor
rect a rumor that she had received In
human treatment while In the charge OF
the county jaller. on account Of failure to
provide proper quarters while being thus
detained.
The selection of Julian Fox, Of Ash;
land. row with Clinton Russell, the dis
ttngushed architect OF New York city,
to design and draw the plans of the new
100000 building of the Mutual Assurance
Society of Virginia In Richmond. is a
high tribute of the high class work done
by the high school of Ashland In turn
Ing out so good student. After gradu-
alton from the public school here, he
perfected himself in the line Of high
class architecture by close application
to his study at the Cooper Institute in
, New York. 553 ~.