The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1906-12-06
OOINGS OF THE OLD DOMINION
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Sir Mortimer Durapd, British AM
| bassador to the United States, spent
I busy day in Norfolk. ,:He' evinced,
deep interest in the locality. in gen.
eral, and especially in the jamestown
Exposition. He was, agreeably SUR
4 orised at the progress already made
on the Exposition and was Impressed
with the natural 7adaptabilitys and
! beauty of the Exposition site and eX-
( pansive Hampton Roads, on which
t>tt. borders. S'The site is the most
magnificent for an exposition | havS
! ever seen,' said the Ambassador.
Il am certain that the feeling IN Eng8
land is favorably disposed to the. EX-
| position The plans for England's
participation are not yet fully worked
out, but ] feel sure that. .the renresen-
tation will be ample "a
4 teachers association has been
organized in Fredericksburg witlithe
following officers: Miss Kate. Mander,
president; Miss !Clarice G.. Davis, vice
president; Miss Jennie M Goolrick,
| secretary and Miss Maggie l.. Honey,
treasurer.
The Board of Police Commission
ers have elected Policeman Benjamin
F.. Belts. as assistant lieutenant of
the Alexandria police force, a posi-
tion. Just createds
Thomas Barber, the S-year-old son of
Mr.. and Mrs. The+11rsls 1a~&2rbcr, of
| Martinsville, Henry County. was ac-
.cidentally shot and kuled by his
cousin, Moss Brown. ,agedf ~ years.
I The. shOa0tiRg took bIdee 1h'Fhe front
Of ~ Il fat hnr
of both boys; Brown was trying to
get cut. "a cartridge which had hung
in, the barrel ofShiS rifle, when the
explosion occurred, the. bullet lOdg-
ing, in the brain or Barber.
5. White the ;s3reets We're filled with
people, l.. Nv Morgan. formerly of.
Danyille, shot and probably motally
wounded +. w. Morgan, pOolroom
keeper, of IynchbWg. The shooting
occurred at Twelfth and Main Streets
The wounded man is at It. Andrews
Home. He was shot five times
Four shots took effect in the left side,
just above the HIP Lh%N. Morgan
was arrested. TIE wounded man., it
is charged attacked the other, and
struck him with his fist. l.. w. Nor
gan drew his revolver and began fir
ipg,: The. men are .distantly related,
Fire in Lynchburg gutted the
stores of :Dornin~ &. Co., hardware
n q deaterss e. a. Coleman Company.cre-
tail shoe dealers, and Ainslie & Mar
TIN. Hardware dealers, in the bHsi-
ness seeticnt,entailing a loss of. $15O,-
900, with insurance apprOXimating
S10OfOe6. |'The FIRE, was of an Un-
known origin. 1t started in the rear
of DOrnin's = store, and, famed by Il
high wind, burned rapidly. For IA
time the entire block, incl9ding the
Office OF the Morning News. and the
Afternoon AdvaAce, and 10 y0r p
stores with, yqlUahIIe stocks were in
danger. 40. %.-t.ss,..
The Daughters OF the. Confederacy'
are to have a. building at thetJames-
town Exposition. This has BEEN
practically decided; and it may be
- that~thc'State division will bear the
cost, :, \ splan for raising the ..neces-
sary amount is under consideration,
but 'Ts' Aas been, assured that the
members cwilk not be assessed. The
plan of the proposed building will
be similar to that of the Beauvoir.
house, the home of Jefferson Davis.
AS far as possible the structure will
be an exact replica,Gf the Davis home.
even o-thc furniture. A cafe will
be attached TO the building for the
convenience Of the Daughters who
attend the Exposition At the meet
ing s. OF the State division of the
Daughters of the COnfederacy recent
ly. held at Wytheyille, it, was unani-
mOusly decided TO hold the next an
nuaf session at the Exposition. The
Richmond Chapter, Daughters OF the
Confederacy, contemplate running an%
excursion to the Exposition grounds
for the purpose, OF raising funds to
assist in the erection of the Dalgh-
ters Of the Confederacy building
Ernest Egbert, claiming that he
was refused admission TO the skating
rink of the Norfolk Palace because
of the uniform of the United States
sailor that he wore, has filed formal
complaint against the ice palace: He
wants an Investigation made OF his
case by the Navy Department Other
sailors have alSo been refused admiS-
sion TO therFalace The ice palace
, makes no denial of Egbert's charges,
but the a;Jiia1agement SAYS it is custo-
(. marysto deny everybody in uniform
admission TO the. rink.
DR.. Herbert NJ. Nash. Of Norfolk,
has been appointed by Grand COM
-manTer William H. Stewart, of Ports
mouth, surgeOn-general Of the Grand
Camp. United Confederate Veterans
of VirginiaxS -Sceeding Surgeon-Gen-
keral~J. M - eaas a1J Fsrersburg.