The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1906-08-02
The Old DOMINION.
Latest News Cleaned From Al Over rhe
State.

Virginia Military Institute filed its report
With Governor Swanson. Ii is signed
by Grenville r. Swift. w. A. Garrett,
Lewis II. Machen and X. L. Peyton, Jr.
The committee took evidence for six
days at Lexington, examining the COM
nandant, the members of the board of
visitors. the members of the academic
ooaro, the treasurer. the QuartermaSter,
The conrliSSary. the steward, the sur
geon and IS OF the officers and cadets
The report finds that the food was bad
at the beginning Of the session; that the
TODD supply is much improved, and will
be even better with enlarged facilities
now under construction; that the action
Ut the management i'll reducing the rebel
lion last winter was proper: that the
management should have acted with
greater severity at the time OF the first
nsubordination; that the barracks are :
crowded; that ciectric-lightiug facilities
arc poor; that the hospital is antiquated
and that various minor improvements
-ould advantageouSly be made The re-
port OF the committee concludes as~fol-
lows. 1T is believed firmly by tie com
mittee that the school is about to enter
upon the most successful era Of its history
and that criticism having been silenced
ltS support and around it the suStai....ag
arm Of the Commonwealth there will be
no halt in Its onward march 10 even
greater usefulness and honor"
The Town Council OF Leesburg has
passed an ordinance requesting Judge T..
). Turner, OF the Circuit Court of Lou
doun County, 10 order another election
for the purpose OF arthoSisYse Iiord
issue Tor waterworks for Lccsburg. This
election VIII be the third held for the
purpose, both OF the others having been
carried for the bond issue by large ma
Jorities. The first election was pro- =
nounccd Illegal by Judge C. T. Nicol for
irregularities. After the last election the
bonds were sold To the brokerage firm
OF ~ w. Harris & Co.. of 'New-YorIIS.-
subject 10 approval by their counsel
Upon the advice Of counsel the brokers
refused to accept the bonds because OF
irregularities in the election authorizing
their issuance, holding that the election ,
was not held at the proper time
AIahalia Chapel, IS years old, daugh,-
ter OF George Chapel. living near Shen-
andoah River Clarke County. was burn
ed to death at her home. She poure/
coal oil on a Slow fire TO start it IN
while she was cooking supper Efforts
OF her parents to extinguish the fiame&
were futile. She was horribly burned
James w karrick, a prominent Ere II
ericl1 County farmer, died at his bon
west of Wirchester, after a severe
ness of paralysis. He was II -
Six hours after his death &
David w. Larrick, died at N I2,
nearby. aged SI years The former
ono daughter and several b-Dthq
sisters, and the latter - LIVED i
widow, N-ss~ -&ehecca- =. =
and one daughter {. #
Circuit Judge Robert K. PreniS s s.
response to a petition bearing over y
signatures designated October : as Il
date for the holding Of a local-opti :
election i'll Suffolk The contest w.N
probably be one of the most bitter cven
held by a Suffolk electorate
The State Coronation Conn,issix,l
sitting i'll its judicial capacity at Rich
mOnd, declared the Churchman Tsvo-
Cent Passenger Kate Law unconst;t,,-
tonal and OF no effect The case came
up OIL the sui, of the Comnor,,,e.I.I.
against the .At.altic Coast Line Rs;l,.s,,
Il is declared to be in cont ra,,e,,.;@.,
specifically OF me fourteenth amendn,ert
on the Cons"ution of the United Statrs
The Thomas Iron Works. operated nv
Roberts atem & Co. and locstsd -, -
the southern branch OF The FE1sb. =,
River. Berkeley ward. having besn
sold r. Gorge Roper, of the Tobn
T. R3pe i.umi Companv for 60 80
The LAND, os.17IlItrt ne st,I - ..e lOt.oJ
is also included in the deal. The sit&
has water frontage of 2o5 feet and S
500 feet deep. Mr.. Roper says that thl
plant will be. operated in the future aSl
heretofore
Barton Myers, governor Of ways id
means of the Jamestowu ENposi,i.
Company, in his financial statement o
the quarterly meeting of the exposition
directors, reported that the company I'D
already expended more than S7O0.Ooo m
on the exposition work thus making
available at once the. .Goy~unment's direct
gift OF $25o.oOo to the expo SitIon III the
total exposition acSr6pri-- 77r-oo. ~ a
coo carried ltS-The last smdry civil y.
TINS t0t61 being IN addition o the So
L~-'0 made by the former Congress. ne
Exposition directors instructed the % r.
cr.- r. he company To send representa-
u.es tQ Washington at oucc for the s@ur-
pose OF entering into the formal agaee-
ment with the Government for the abso-
lutte closing of the Exposition on Sunday
Following a sickness of sesSral years.
during which time his cyeSight failed,
Marcus Jackson Snapp, 7S years old.
retired machiniSt and foundryman, of
Winchester. died at his home in that
place. kle was native of Front Royal,
but spent moStr oE-his ciife here. He
was with the eNNqshcsttf Rifles, a IA
NOUS inlitary Organization, when it and
otlef Companies pht down the 56hnV
Brown 'iusurrection at IIarper,s Ferry.
in August, 1886. He was charter
member OF the old Sarah Zane Fira
Company, of Winchester Surviving -
his widow, who w3s Miss Zofa
Of Winchester; 'w2 daughtei