The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1906-11-29
ORANGE COURT
Three Men Sentenced to PenltentiaY Large
Quantities Timber Being Cut Engine OF
Tfack-hotes.

When the train pulled ont ri the depot
/ Monday morning for Orange % carried
| "a small delegation Of business men nom
/ this city going To curt, and there Was
no larger from SpOtsylgania. who loln-
ed the party enrOute, something very un-
usual I'm the party were Mr.. Thomas
McGhee. Of the Peden Excelsior Mill; n
representative OF this paper, and two
Indies. Mesdames Sidney Hunter aud
Casey Armstrong. who wentup To spend
the day with friends.
At every station ON the road ARE huge
piles of lumber. railroad tles, poplar
wood. etc, and IT Is "a wonder where II
all comes from. The number Oi sawmll~
at work il unprecedented and 1t II Keeps
up there will be- littlc timber contiguous
10 the rOad in "a year or two. They are
cutting down everything that VIII make
a plank ur two. AID when u mill Finishes
cutting in piece of woods 1t looks HE
cyclone had struck IL.
The farming country along the route
shows Improvement \ good corn crop
has been made this year, but the FARMERS
have great trouble in procuring labor 10
shuck aud house a. Thegrowing wheat
crop il looking well and "a good acrchge
has been soWn.
Two small children, Wharton and
Thayer. living near lnlOnylIlo. were hit-
ten 10y mad dog last week. sub
sriptiun was being taken up to send
them To- Baltimore for treatment and
quitca good sum of money has been
raised. IL costs nearly S22J % send
them Their. and have them treated
An old gentleman named IlmhollAkr
lost hi- house by fire Thursday night
/ q 10 short time ago De had Ensured,
but allowed II tO expire and the house
and contents were burned A -ub-crip
ton WAS being taken iDr -rellei.
The court did quick work. james Ed
die. II. J.. Bradley aud j. /. kagsdale
were tried for breaking ina railroad car
They plead guilty and an three were
given one year iu the pauiiontiary
e. +. Burke WAS indicted Tor breaking
in Dick Rollins store at Orange, aud
Mrs Mary Hume for selling liquor ln
Gordon district.
Robberirs are frequent Ia the town of
Ornuge aud no clue has been obtained.
Nav hig store was entered SATURDAY
night, plate glass window was broken
and many goods stolen.
The stock OF goods OF the assigned
firm of Grriner \ ShackeIlord is being
closed Out privately. Later on u public
salr will be- made. II was thought from
the stock and books 80 per cent. on the
dollar would be- realized. Now II looks
like less than 10 cents
The Henderson Lumber Company. 10
West Virginia, has gone into the hands
uf "A receiver Mr. Joseph Henderson, Of
Orange. IL the president. lti-one OF the
biggest lumber concerns IN West \lr-
gina \ man named Price il the rc-
ceivor Ii il thought the company il
perfectly solvent. but there has been
some friction which resulted IN the re-Ig
nation of Henderson. The COMPANY
owns thousands OF acres of the hesi TIM
Der land in West Virginia.
Me--r- + : Shepherd Geo 7. King
and Elton Alrich were at court The
first two were making business trip
through Piedmont, the latter went up 10
Lahore naghhnrhoui saturday and
spent SUNDAY with relatives
On the return trip Monday night
when the train reached Brockroad and
theeugine WAS on the siding after loaded
cars. the engine lrit the track and % was
more than an hour before she WA gotten
ON aud the train did not arrive here IN
OH after seven OclOck.