The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1905-09-21
'0LD DOMINION
Latest News Cleaned From All Over
the Stats.

term expires.
When President Roosevelt visits Rich
mond on October IL the local commit
tee has arranged 10 have him speak in
capitol Square about 1 o'clock in the
afternoon.
The old courthouse at West Apo
mattoN IS TO be greatly improved There
Is a movement 10 erect a soldiers nonu-
ment IN the court green.
Bedford Is to organize a board of
trade
A match or a nail becoming entangled
IN wool-paClSing machine caused the
obstruction by FIRE of the picker build
ing OF the Williams Bros. wooden mills,
a mile southeast of Winchester In ad-
dition to the building, which was
orick structure, two bagpickerS, a duS-
Ter and 5000 pounds of wool were de-
Stroyed, causing a loss of $4,000, with
little insurance. The mill force kept
the eonfiagration from the main build
ing until the arrival of the Winchester
hremen, who promptly extinguiShed the
fire.
A large dwelling owned and occupied
by u. Nj. Hickman, near SlaneSville,
was destroyed by fire which originated
from defective fiue. The loss is part
ly covered by $1,000 insurance
Robert Jefferson, son Of Edward JET
ferSon, of Winchester, shot himself
through the hand with a pistol while
attempting to kill hawk
u: l.. ScruggS, a young white man,
OF Roanoke, was fined in Police Court
tor drunkenness. In default of the fine
he was sent to Jail. A postofice in
spector identified Scruggs as a man
wanted in Augusta county for robbing
poStoffice
X II. Tanner, a wel-known resident
OF Lynchburg, who formerly worked at
the Giamorgan Works, but lately was
engaged IN the restaurant business, kill
ed himself by taking an overdose of
Mrs. Alice Francis, of Norfolk, asked
the aid of the police to recover her
daughter Helen, Il years of old. whom
she says is detained as a member of
theatrical company now travelling in
tennessee. She says the girl was taken
from Norfolk by a relative, oStenSibly
Tor visit, and Is now detained in the
organization without permission. The
police VIII attempt to reclaim the girl.
The top floor of the mill of the Lynch
burg Milling Company was Quilted by
hre early the other morning, the dam
age being between $4,000 and $4,000.
which is partly covered by insurance.
II. J: Coon, of Norfolk, has returned
from New York, bringing a Iz-year-old
bride who has just arrived from China
and was married to him in New York
on Sunday She is the only Chinese
woman IN Norfolk, and Coon, who is
laundryman in Cumberland street, keers
her hidden, according to the Chinese
custom. She is pretty and Coon is
proud.
In some manner not satisfactorily ex-
piained Charles {. Bt1cey, IL years old,
blew out his brains near the home of his
brother-in-law, James A. Carr. with
whom he boarded, near Buckhorn. He
went into a thicket not far away. os-
tensibly to cut peanut poles. When
found one side of the boys head had
been blown away and one hand was
shattered The boy was hardly as tall
as the gun which was found by his
side.
The Retail Furniture Dealers Asso-
citation of Virginia closed its session in
Richmond to meet next year in Nor
iolk q. B. Sydnor, of Richmond, was
elected president; J. A. Gilandur, of
charlottesville, secretary and treasurer,
and the following vice presidents were
chosen: Messrs. Phillips, of Norfolk !;
yurgens, of Richmond; Fleenon, of
Lynchburp Thurman, of Roanoke, and
Cox, of Newpor. News.
Washington and Lee University on
ened another session Thursday, with 400
students present, the largest number OH
opening day tor many years. This is 70
per cent. increase over last years op-
ening. Exercises were held in Lee Me
mortal Chapel, and President Denny adj
dressed the asSemblage. A conservative
estimate of the total number that will
enroll tor the session reaches 375, the
largest number since Gen Robert +. Lee
was president of the college
The decision of Judge John w. Price
n quo warranto proceedings against the
South and Western Railway Company.
which Judge Price declared the char
:er OF that railway company in Virginia
:orfeited, has been reversed by the Su-
oreme Court of Virginia, sitting at Saun-
on. The upper court holds that. ow-
ng to the form of the proceeding, Judge
Price did not have jurisdiction. This
means that the proceedings will be re-
lewed in amended form. The delay that
Will necessarily follow means a serious
le-up in construction work in Scott and
Wise counties, Virginia, on the new coal
carrying road. Besides this feature Geo.
l. Carter is meeting with strenuous op-
position from the Southern Railway Com
oany in Tennessee and North Carolina.
In upper East Tennessee the Southern
mas begun in earnest the construction
Of PARALLEL line which it proposes to
build through the mountains to Marion.
N. c.
Mr.. J. f. Boseman, a machinist en-
ployed by the Seaboard Air Line Rail-
way in Portsmouth, was assaulted and
seriously injured in the eastern part of
The city. While on his way home from
work he was attacked by two highway
men. He was struck over the head with
a brick and afterward robbed of his
weeks earnings and dragged alongside
the car track in dark spot, where he
was left. A motorman on an approach
ing car saw the mans body in time to
stop and prevent running over him.