Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-10-28
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| on Butterwortf with shotgun and
the latter returned the fire, blowing
Kids head off.
A dog chasing a rat in the barn OF
William Pannett, near Winchester, up
set lantern and the barn was burned
1t was large structure filled with
hay, fodder and many farming mple-
ments, only few of which were
saved. The loss will reach $4,000
! with $3.50 insurance.
Elizabeth Worthington, the little
daughter of Bruce Worthington, pres
ident of the Worthington Tobacco
Company, upset lamp at her home
and was badly burned about her body
John Warrenton, of Petersburg, was
found guilty of an attempt to muir.
der his wife and his punishment fixed
at 10 years in the penitentiary. 1t
was at first thought that the injured
woman would die.
The Baptist Young Peoples Union
of Virginia, at the First Baptist
Church, Hampton, held its closing SEES
sion and elected the following OH.
GERS: President, w. A. Harris, OF
Richmond; vice-presidents, {: Moss,
of Lynchburg; George M. Richter.
Jr., of Hampton; Rev. J. E. Hicks, OF
Danville; treasurer, A. E. Harvey, OF
Lynchburg; leader of religious work,
Rev. M. L. Wood, of Stanton; trans.
portation leader, James A. Watson, OF
Richmond; board of managers, K. Z:
Tyler, of Stanton; w. Leonard
Whitehoust, of Norfolk; Rev. G. B
Taylor, of Holland; Rev. J. M. Street.
of Cashville: C. E. Whitehoust, OF
Richmond; Rev. J. T. Henderson, OF
Bristol; w. F. Wranek, of Lynch
burg; w. H. Parker, of Danville. Rep
resentatives from Charlottesville, Pc
tersburg, Alexandria and Fredericks'
burg are to be supplied by the board.
The convention decided to put field
secretary in the work in Virginia.
Jefferson Johnson, Fox Hill youth
10 wears old, lies in Dixie Hospital
Newport News, at the point of death
with bullet in his brain. He was one
of a party who attended a wedding al
Epworth Methodist Church in Fox
Hill, and who later serenaded the
married couple. After leaving the
house Alfred Johnson, another mem
Der of the party, whipped out his re-
volver to fire it into the air. The pis'
toll was accidentally discharged, how
ever the bullet entering Johnson:
right eye.
An attempt was made to murder
Jesse Rawles. a Kilby street mer'
chant, of Suffolk. About 9 o'clock, as
Rawles was changing a note tor
woman customer, someone hred
through the back door with load oi
buckshot. Five of the shots took
effect in Rawle's right arm and
shoulder With blood pouring from
his wounds he ran to the front door
and gave the alarm. Several hundred
persons soon gathered. Bloodhounds
were sent for and quickly took the
hot scent and sped away. Rawles
is about S. years old. The shooting
is supposed to have been for the pur.
pose of revenge.
The annual triangular inspection OF
the Knights Templar communicates
of Danville, Roanoke and Lynchburg
took place in Lynchburg after
parade of the three organizations,
with a band, through the streets.
The Medical Society of Virginia de-
voted the greater portion OF day to
a discussion of the plan OF reorgani..
cation proposed by DIR. Grandy, OF
Norfolk, which sought to make COM
pulsory the formation of county
societies and to debar from the State
society all who are not members of the
county bodies. DR.. Grandy led the
fight for the plan, and DR.. J. K. Up
shur opposed it. 1t was beaten by an
overwhelming vote. The society will
elect officers tomorrow and adjourn
with a banquet tomorrow night
Secretary of the Commonwealth
Eggleston has sent out all the electoral
boards of the State copies of the tick
ct to be voted this fall, accompanied
by necessary information.
Miss Mamie Jefferson, a pretty
young girl of Amelia county, was
operated on in Richmond for crush
ed foot. She was thrown from her
carriage in runaway.
Charged with having killed his
brother-in-law, James T. Boyle, Calvin
H. Moore waived examination in the
Police Court at Richmond, and
was sent to the grand jury, being re-
leased on bail. The prisoner wore
the cross of St. Andrews Brother
hood on his lapel. He will, it is anti
cpated, be acquitted, as the general
belief is that he acted in self-defense.
At the ellsworth Dairy Farm, near
Richmond, a steam boiler exploded,
sending a mass of iron through the
roof of the engine house 100 feet IN
the air.
The town of Arvonia, Buckingham
county, is stirred by number OF acts
of vicious vandalism. The victims
are Evan R. Williams, H. B. Nicholas,
A. L. Pitts and others, who have had
their handsome equipageS and harness
cut to pieces.
On account Of the drouth and the
consequent low water in the James
river, Superintendent Randolph, of the
Lynchburg waterworks, has issued an
appeal to the water-takers to be eco
nomical.
1t is expected that Fairmont will
be made the headquarters for the
Federal Coal and Coke Company
whose mines are located at Grays
Flats.
The Lancaster County Oystermen's
Protective Union has been organized
At Roanoke Mamie Jones, a ~
year-old girl, found a railway torpedo
ard exploded it with hammer. One
side of her head was badly torn and
one eye is completely gone. She can
not recover.
Walter P. Compiler, of Waterford
Loudoun county, one of the wealtthles'