The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1906-06-21
The OLD DOMINION.
'est News 0lesued Prom All Over the
State.

negotiations between the Electrical Work
ers' Union and the contracting electri-
clans, at Richmond One OF the largest
contractors in the State said that hC
did not object to granting practically al
the demands of the union but ne halted
when the secretary of the union inform
cd him that he must sign the contract
as whole or not sign it at all, the
result of which would be Il strike Tho
first clause III the contract provides foI
the recognition Of the union and the en-
p!oyment Of none but union men. Unless
the union will agree the Withdraw the
hrst clause in their agreement it seems
cerain that there will be a strike The
contractors say they are in better position
10 tight strike now than .tlicy have beer
Tor long time. g.
The General Assembly of Virginia al
its last session passed 4 law to establish
a Highway Commission, requiring the
Governor at least IS days before July I
TO appoint i Commissioner Of HIGHWAYS
tor two years. In conformity with this
law, the Governor appointed Capt 2. St
J. Wilson 10 fill the position, the appoint
ment to date from July I. The commits
sloner will have general supervision OF
the highways Of the State.
The thirty-sixth annual session of the
Winchester public schools, known as the
john Kerr schools because Of the liberality
OF WIncheSter's first benefactor, closed
with appropriate exercises under the dircc-
ton OF Principal n. ID. Cool and Superin-
tcndent NJ. NJ. Lynch. AT the concu-
SION OF the exercises at the Kerr Me
moral School between 600 and 700 chill
dren, with teachers and officers of the
School Board, marched 10 Mount Hebron
Cemetery; where each pupil and teacher
placed flowers on the graves OF MIR
Kerr, Capt. John c. Van Fossen. who
was principal for 80 years, and Of Misses
Lizzie Price and Nora {. Mott, who
were teachers. Referring to the Kerr
building. the pupils unveiled a large
Italian marble tablet, which had been
erected to the memory OF Captain Nan
tosSen. II was presented on behalf of
the school by United States Commission
CT Alvin J. Tavenner, and accepted by
Kew. Thomas k. Cromer, pastor of Cen
tcnary Reformed Church. on behalf of
the School Board.
Tie steeple and front wall of the
Baptist Church at Salem fell with
crash soon after the congregation had
dispersed. Services in which Rev. G
l.. Corbctt had been installed rs super
mtendent OF the Baptist Orphanagc. vice
Rev. George J. HOLIDAY, resigned. bad
lust been held The church WIS: Bui,.
nearly 10 years ago and was reported as
being very substantial Rotten mortar
Is assigned as the cause
Edward NJ Taylor, formerly of Rich
mond, who has been in charge of the
trathc department of the Southern Bel
Telephone Company at Lynchburg, has
been promoted to the management OF the
Lynchburg district of that company. TO
succeed d. +. Turubull, who was pro
moted to manager Of the Birmingham
(Ala) district. Under the Turnbull
management the Lynchburg exchange
earned the reputation as the model ex-
change III the South
Word from Rescue, Isle OF Wight
County, says AlonzO =. Powell on re
turning home after several hours alb
sence, found his wife bound. gagged and
senSeleSS Money. watch and other
Jewelry were Strewn about the house
and in the yard. Mrs- Powell says She
remembered being approached by figure
covered with a sheet She was seized
and chlorOtorm saturated sponge was
pressed TO her mouth aud nose The
house had been ransaCKcd, and the only
explanation of the scattered plumber is
that the intruder. was interrupted and
He'd hurricdly.
The case against NJ b. Binkley, who
was charged with throwing his wife out
OF SecOnd-stOry window OF their home
April IL, came TO an end in the police
Court at Lynchburg, when Mrs Binklcy
hled an affidavit that she jumped out OF
the window The affidavit AYERS that
she and her husband had 4 misunder-
standing at the time. and wlsen he. Slap-
ped her several times she, when greatly
excited, leaped out Of the window. Mrs
,Blinkley has just about recovered from
, the taH. Her husband spent six weeks
m Jall 'Binkley is member OF the
firm of BiHklcy Bros. which keeps 9
-cut~rate drug store in, Twelfth Street.
- A syndicate headed by s. d. Ferguson.
of Roanoke, and J. d. Funkhouser. OF
Staunton, secured control of the Roanoke
Gas and Water Company, which is cat1i-
talized at 100000. The company owns
the only gas plant in the city and owns
the water plant that furnishes OK per
cent. of the water consumed in the city.
Negotiations for the purchase of the con
trolling interest by Ferguson and asso-
ciateS has been on for several weeks.
A herd OF valuable cattle was driven
from field on to the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad track near Winchester and
eight of the herd were ground t.
pieces by passenger train. The train
just escaped being derailed Walter
Stine and his bFothcr owned the cattle
They attribute the outrage to the work
of enemies.
Baker Page, a colored man of Clarke
County, is in; a. serious condition as the
TEsult of being; SHOT ;Year, Bcrryville by
William Atlen,. "a icaflng .-fafIHer. who
had been abused and cursed bythe negro
Defying the. fqrner; Page, with an oath,
dared Mr. Allen TO, shoot. which the lat
ter did. "a pistol bullet lodging in Pages
shoulder. ! The negro dropped, but, re-