Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1905-01-27
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veterans, VI LVSoou'6, -, E.
owing officers: Col. L. '. White, com,
nander; Capt. William B: Lynch, hL mrs,
lieutenant commander; Lieut.. w. W.
Athey. of Baltimore, honorary lleuten'
,nt-commander; w. N. Wise, adj utant'
and Rev. F. A. Strother, chaplain ne
membership numbers $50, although =
have died since its organization III 1859
The camp was named in honor OF Gun
:on Hatcher, private OF the Eig'''n
Virginia Infantry.
The State Board of Education has IS
sued the following: In conformity
with Section f32 of the Constitution Oh
Virginia and the statute enacted III puf'
suarlce thereof, the State Board OF ECU
cation will divide the State into appro-
pirate divisions, combining the smaller
counties and cities into larger units Tor
supervision and administration. lhiS
will be done some time i'll January or
February, 1905. AS soon as the work
Of redistricting the State is completed
blank forms of application Will be print
ID and sent to those who desire them
In April or May the board will appoint
division superintendent for the term
Of four years beginning July I, 1905.
United States Senator Martin, who
was in Richmond OIL legal business. saio
hat he favored a bill along the lines
recommended by the President, confer
ing rate-making authority on the In
,erstate Commerce Commission. MI
Martin expressed his belief that the
Democrats would solidly support meas
Ire vesting the commission with Such
authority. The Senator is opposed to
he creation of court specially charg-
ed with hearing appeals from the com,
mission. but favors the appointment OF
commissioners from all parts OF the
country. He is champion OF the prop,
ositon to allow appleas 10 the Federal
courts from decisions OF the comlniS-
sion in certain cases.
Meager details of triple tragedy
enacted in Franklin County 20 miles
south of Roanoke, reached Roanoke
James Absllire and his son fought a
revolver and shot gun duel with L; A.
Pradd and a man named Holley. The
three first named are dead, and Holley
who escaped injury, is said to be III
Jail One of the four men is alleged to
have offered an insult to the wife OF one
of the other three men, and when the
four met at the home of Drury Hanes
where the shooting took place, trouble
began. On the first round the two
Abshres and Pradd were wounded. One
of the Abshires is said to have reload
ed his shotgun and deliberately blew
Pradds head off.
Rush Watkins, of Natural Bridge, e
wears old, and Miss Cecile Beale, the 10
year-old daughter of Mrs. Belle Beaie
of Portsmouth, eloped to Elizabeth, N
c.. to be married The mother knew
of the blot and took her daughter to tn
! residence of her father, s. c. Browne t.
prevent the elopeinent. But the ycun!
GIRL escaped from there and at 8 o':loc
A. NJ, the party took carriage to orV
through the country 60 miles. Notiiin
has been heard from them, except tina
: the license was procured before the tele
! grams forbidding the marriage wer
y received at Elizabeth City.
} The mutilated body of negress wa
S found on Mason's creek, Norfolk coul
j lv. Passengers on the Ocean View ele(
c trio cars saw the body and notihed I'll
y county authorities. The coroner's Jur
5, had no evidence of the cause of death all
! adjourned to meet again. There is
C suspicion of murder
Linwood Sykes, of Portsmouth, die
Is of congestion of the brain. He was
y years old and recently married. On Il
d dav set for his marriage he ran ava
l. and two days afterward was found
Richmond not able to tell how he g
there. His intended bride was pro
trated, but they were married a wet
., after the young man was brought MIN
% He did not recover his health, howevt
The Warwick County grand jury h
p brought in five more indictments again
n, Charlie Robinson, the colored Bloc
nj field magistrate, alleging embezzlemei
" Robinson was recently acquitted of
= similar charge.
c Frederick G. Kingsley, of Norfo
received light sentence for murd
"a He is old, crippled and feeble soldier
mt he Civil War During an altercati
If the Hampton Soldiers Home |;
5y, November he killed Capt. Augustus
p Paul, also an old soldier, with SIN
Us ,ocket knife. He said he did it in Sc
lefense. He was convicted by the Ju
m md because of his age and teeolene
ed Judge Waddill, of the United Sta
is court. sentenced him for 20 days IN I
all. He says he was printer IN n
'as York before the war; and after the
sy, , minstrel with Dan Emmett. His s.
ence disbars him from the Soldlf
to Home. but not from his pension.
led The Business Mems Association
Fredericksburg has appointed CO
nittee, composed of Messrs A. P. Ro
Henry Warden, DR.. J. n. Barney,
it'll W. Jones and John NJ. Griffin, to c
aw er with the City Council with the Vi
n. If inviting President Roosevelt to
here when he passes through that
'4 IN his way South some time during
aS' 'pring.
res, An equipment agreement betw
'rg Blair & Co, the Chesapeake and Y
OF Railway Company and the New Y
ats Security and Trust Company, trus
I'm. y,c 6ied IN court at Fredericksbl
t. It involves the expenditure of SOL
ano Tor 500 gondola cars and 20 locomoh
the The Norfolk Dispatch declares (
eg' he real wealth of Virginia is far ali
eiss' If its assessed valuation and calls
you he establishment of State Board
Equalization.
Governor Montague addressed ans
ence of 1000 ladies and gentlemen
ort- State Street Methodist Church, Bri
Sunday, his subject being Chris
aid: citizenship" The occasion was
wentieth anniversary of the Br
ares Young Mems Christian Associa
Nearly $1,000 was subscribed for