The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1906-11-29
DOINGS or THE OLD DOMINION
The Latest Virginia News Told in
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with the opposition of Daniel I.
Wood, a well-known Frederick Coun-
ey farmer, removed, the Winchester
and Washington City Electric Rail
way Company has now secured a
through right of way for its poles,
wire, and trolley line from Millville,
IN the Shenandoah River, in Jefferson
County, w. Va, to Charlestown, Ber-
ryville, and Winchester Mr.. Wood
declined to permit the trolley COM
pany to pass through his property
1--WE miles from Winchester, and an
nOunced that he would take the mat
ter to the courts. a compromise was
Effected, however. with the result
that the only obstacle in the COM
pany's way has been removed.
1t was officially announced at ROa-
aOke, by the Norfolk and Western
Railway Company that, effective De-
cember !, the pay of all employees not
now under contract prices will be in
creased 10 per cent. There will be
co increase for trainmen, engineers,
iremen and telegraphers. who come
under the contract list, but the in
crease will apply to all clerks and
agents all over the system.
S. NJ. Parrish, of Salem, has been
appointed general inspector and re-
ceiver of lumber and crOssties for
the Norfolk and Western Railway.
He will have offices in Roanoke, and
all ties and lumber purchased by the
railroad will have to receive his ap-
proval.
What might have been Il serious
wreck in which number of lives
would have been lost, was prevented
! by two cOlOred men who were hunt
ing. They found several pieces of
iron tied TO the main mail of r., +
& p. and Washington southern Rail.
way. one mile north of Milford, just
! few minutes before a fast pass
enger train was due The occurance
was reported to- the operator at Mil.
! ford, who removed the obstruction.
Five thousand dollars damage was
awarded the administrators of Miss
| Alice Hall against the Chesapeake
ana Ohio Railway. in the Circuit
| Court of Hanover County. The suit
! grew out of the killing of Miss Hall
! by a train on that road at Beaver
| Dam, last year. The attorneys foI
the railroad asked that the verdict
| be set aside
Andrew A. Crockett, of TangieI
Island, charged with having shang-
haied two white and seven negro
/ men aboard his oyster vessel, and
with having restrained tom aboard
and otherwise illtreated them, was
convicted in the United States Dis
| trict Court and fined $500.
At COlleens, in Nelson County
! Newton Moore, a farmer and mer-
chant, had a controversy with John
| Johnson, colOred. regarding some
corn. Mr.. Moore started toward the
| negro, whereupOn the latter shot him
| with a pistol, killing him instantly.
| Deceased a year ago was an engi-
| neer, but had been retired from the
road. He leaves a widow and sever
! al children.
AT Richmond the Supreme Court
| Thursday declared the TwO-cent Pass
enger Rate Law unconstitutional
! Judge Cardwell delivering the opin-
| ion. The court sustainS the Corpora
| tiOn Commission in its contention that
! the act requiring the railroad cOmpan.
| les to keep on sale mileage books OF
| SOC miles and over at two cents
mile is in conflict with the Fourteenth
Amendment of the Constitution OF
the United States The court adopts
a large part of the opinion of the
| Corporation Commission as it's own
that practically the same, the dOmi-
! nant idea in both being that the stat
| ute was class legislation and not for
! the benefit of the whole people, and.
| therefore, the same judgment would
| have been rendered had the Michigan
! legislature not fixed maximum scale
! of passenger rates.
Publicity is the policy Of Rich
/ mond's new health organization. DR..
Levy, the new chairman of the board,
J believes that the most effective way
Of fighting an epidemic of disease Is
i'm the open. Il believe the existence
of smallpox or other disease in a
community should be made known,
| declared DR. Levy, when he annoUnc-
| ID the appearance of two cases OF
! smallpox in the city. Il hold that
n concealing the presence of disease
here is a greater danger of its
/ spread, because healthy persons are
likely to come in contact with 1t.
whereas if the peril is known they
will avoid it"
Twenty-eight cases. containing 1O.-
300 Christmas torpedOes, exploded
With terrific force TN the heart OF the
Wholesale district of Norfolk. Alton
SD Brown, the c0Iored driver OF the
Four Company, which owned the fire
works, was blown across the street
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