The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1905-10-05
THE OLD DOMINION
Latest News Cleaned From All Over
The Stats.

Oh death, the result of being struck by
chesapeake and Ohio train while out
DRIVING. The young woman suffered a
compound fracture of the hip, was in
jured internally. besides receiving a seri-
Gus scalp wound that may prove TO be a
fracture
Charles Commodore, colored, of Mo
iusk, Lancaster County, has been held
ior mai upon the charge of entering
tne house OF Lombard Sullivan, an aged
citizen who lives alone at Ottoman. in
the same county, robblng him of So in
cash.
Rev. Calvin J. Racey, a wel-known
minister of the United Brethren Church,
was the victim of an accident at Whit
acre, which 1t is feared will prove fatal.
His left arm was torn off near the
shoulder. After sharpening an ak at
w. I. Whitacre's mill, he attempted to
straighten tangled belt and was drawn
IN and whirled around the shaft and
pulley with frightful velocity. A mill
nand, hearing his agonizing cries, stop
PEG the machinery, and three doctors
amputatcd the horribly manged stump.
Wade Charity, colored. who shot and
killed James NickenS few months ago.
was SSs2tenced TO eight years in the pen
ltentiaSA The trial has been in progress
IN WarreMton several days this week.
The shooting occurred in Upperville
April !.
Benjamin Hunt, colored, was knocked
down by a Danvile and Western train
at Danville and one of his legs was
caught under the wheels and cut off
lust above the ankle. Hunt had lust
left the Southern railway track TO avoid
yard engine. Stepping on TO the Dan
vile and Western tracks, he was struck
by train that was backing into the
yard. The injured man was taken to
the General Hospital
The hrSt new peanuts Of the season ar
rived in Norfolk from Gates county,
North Carolina, and sold for 81 cents.
They had been dug two weeks. Not
outstanding the efforts of the cleaners
10 discourage premature digging. many
Farmers have begun to harvest their pea
nuts. Because of the wet summer. bad
stand and insufficient cultivation on ac
count of labor scarcity, the yield will be
somewhat less than an average. but the
! quality is good.
The dwelling belonging to A. c. Mad
doX, near Limeton, Warren county. was
burned. The loss is a heavy one, near
" all of his household goods being de-
stroyed. Edward Hockman's dwelling
near by was burned within few hours
after the Maddox house was DESTROYED.
lhiS makes three houses that have been
burned Ill the neighborhood within three
days
In 4 rear-end collision between
freight train on the Norfolk and West
ern Railroad at Zurich. Engineer James
X. Kirby, of Roanoke was instantly
killed and Fireman F. T.. Warren and
Brakeman George Edmonds. both of
Roanoke. were badly Scalded. The re-
sponSibility for the wreck has not been
placed. One Of the trains was stand
ing at the station when the other crashed
into the cabooSe. Six cars were wrecked
and the engine of the rear train was
damaged
Gray Rind, son of Mrs w. B. Rind.
who Is visiting at Whitacrc. this county,
was snatched from the jaws of death
lust as front wheel of threshing ma
chine was about to run over his body
lie mad fallen from water cart behind
a traction engine, and was saved from
irlghtful death by Robert Clark.
he large dwelling belonging to r. G..
Morrison, located near Bentonville. War
rem County, Is miles north of Luray,
was burned, entaling heavy loss. The
hire was caused by the explosion of
lamp. All the household property was
destroyed and the family barely had time
10 escape. There was no insurance.
Mrs. NJ. G. Ward, of Portsmouth. is
alarmed at the news from Panama of
me disappearance of her husband He
left home i'll July and reported at En-
pire, Canal Zone, Panama, for work I'M
der the division engineer on August 8.
tie then disappeared. The Isthmiau
commission declares that he is mis-
sing, and that is ALL
A Suffolk lawyer lost $1,000. He
missed the money few hours later and
remembered that he had laid it in
country cart while marketing. Securing
the address OF the carts owner, the at
torney, accompanied by Police Chief
Brinkley, drove Is miles to the farmers
home and got back his roll
Coal has begun to arrive in Norfolk
by the Underwater railway cars over the
chesapeake and Ohio railroad from the
Loup Creek mines on the Deepwater rail-
way IN West Virginia. IS miles from
Charleston. Shipments will continue that
way till the Tidewater line is extended
to Sewall'S Point, the Underwater ter
minus. The cars have Underwater"
P"lii'CN OIi leu SUES III great
J. d. OverStreet, who was accidentally
shot by Detective Albert Baldwin while
interfering in the arrest of pickpocket
at the Roanoke Fair, is in a critical
condition at the Roanoke Hospital
Baldwin, who is a member of the Bald
win Detective Agency, appeared in Po-
lice Court with his brother, w. G.. Bald
win, chief of the agency and asked that
warrant be issued for him and bail
fixed. The amount was placed at $500
by Police Justice Bryan, but the Bald
wins wanted it doubled In the event
that young OverStreet dies, the detec-
tive said he would at once surrender to
the local authorities.
DIR. f. r. Baughon was sentenced to
year in the penitentiary for stealing
gold watch and chain He was once
prominent dentist of Newport News.
Drink caused his downfall.