The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1906-09-06
D0INGS OF THE OLD DOMINION
The Latest Virginia News Told in
Short Order.

At meeting of the Republicans
OF Clifton Forge, at which dele
gates TO the Congressional convention
were elected, resolutions protesting
against the domination of the So
called Virginia Office Trust" were
unanimously passed The resolutions
attributed the lack of interest taken
by Republican voters to the methods
OF the present organization. and asks
the convention TO put the organiza-
tion in the hands of the people.
John II. St. Clair. brother of Pey-
ton +. St. Clair, was killed near
Pearisburg. Giles County. by Andrew
Palmer, who. after the shooting, cs-
capped 10 the mOuatainS, and is still
at large. 4 reward has been offered
by the county authorities for his
capture. The quarrel is said TO
have arisen about young woman
TO whom both were paying atten-
tion. Both were young men scarcely
twenty years of age.
Instead OF carrying out their al
legged intention of going TO Wash
inStOn for visit to relatives. s.
Fred Grim. railroad man. of Win
chester, and Miss Alice NJ. Grimes,
daughter of Ephriam d. Grimes. a
went TO Hagerstown, Md, and were
married at the parsonage of Trinity
Lutheran Church, the pastor, Rev
j. ). Simon, officiating.
Charles +. Gray. alias J. e West.
alias Grant. said 10 be from Spring
field, Ohio. and representing himself
rs the agent of a Texas land com
pany, was arrested in Norfolk
charged with larceny by trick" on
the request from the Wilmington (N..
c. police
Miss Mary Fielbert. of Washing
ton. represented the mother of Al
fred p. Bakley. of Newark, y. J.. in
haheas corpus proceedings instituted
in the United States Court, at Nor
folk. TO get the boy out of the navy,
He is only seventeen years old. His
release was ordered
Mrs. Mary Hurley is dead at her
home. Saltville. aged los. She was
born at GuilfOrd Court House. y. C.,
on St. Valentines Day, 1900. Her
maiden name was Sullings. Six Of
her sons fought for the Southern
Confederacy, and three were killed
She joined the church after she was
one hundred years old.
y y
clerk Of the old Dominion Steamship
Company, was held in the Police
Court at Norfolk, for the larceny
of two bundles of rugs. valued at
| S400. He is a lad of nineteen, of Il
good family, and came from EmpOria.
Warrants were issued for Emmett
! r. Hawks. William ]. Halstead, and
! Samuel f. Hamilton, merchants.
| charging them with receiving the
stolen goods.
The glass bottle factories, which
! I'm the last ten or twelve years have
| developed into an important factor
! in the business of Alexandria. Will
soon be in full operation again af-
! ter the usual summer ClOSe-dOwn Of
| two months.
The First National Bank Of Lynch
/ burg, at stockholders meeting
J voted to increase the capitalization
! and surplus cf the bank from $500
! 600 to 81 900. 900, as Of date OctO-
| Der 1. Practically all of the $500
! shares were represented in the meet
ing and the action was unanimous.
The capital and surplus will be
equally divided. The directors an
ticipate the action of shareholders
and the new issue of stock mas al
/ ready been OversubScribed. This
! bank will erect handsome banking
house on Main Street after the first
| of the year.
a husband is responsible for his
| wife's debts if the purchases She
makes are household necessities.
This was the decision under the new
law rendered by Judge Crutchfieid
in the civil docket trials OF the Police
Court in Richmond.l~C. II Robinson
refused to pay debt made by his
wife at Thalheimer Bros. and they
bro hit suit. 1t was thought by the
defense that the husbands liability
act had been emasculated by the
new Constitution. Judge Crutch-
fields construction is a point of LAW
in which every dealer in the Stat,
is interested Whether the case vii
! be appealed is not known.
The Northern Railroad of Vir
ginia was chartered by the Stat,
corporation commission. The pro
/ posed road is to run from point IN
! Frederick across Clark. LoudOUn,
FaixfaX and Alexandria Coulty .
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