The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1906-03-22
The OLD DOMINION.
Latest News Cleaned From All Over the
State.

DShJdIlln L. SteDOinS at Stanley Page
County, who in August, 1873, was one
Of the discoveries of the Luray Caverns.
Mr.. Stebbins was a native of Tompkins
County, New York, and died in that
county about two months ago. Mr..
StebbinS, in company with MesSrs. w. B.
and A. J. Campbell, of Luray, were in
search of cave when the discovery was
made.
Former Justice of the Peace Orville
l.. Flemming, of Princess Anne County
convicted of killing young Clarence Sny-
der, OF Norfolk, while the latter was gun
nlng on the Flemming farm and SEN
fenced to nine years in the penitentiary,
/ has received a conditional pardon. Flem-
ming was met at the train by his wife
and children and they drove to their
home in the country. The killing Of
Clarence Snyder caused intense excite
ment five years ago and i mob gathered
about the house of Flemming, threaten
ing to lynch him. He shot and killed
the leader of the mob, supposed to be
from Hampton, but whose body was
, buried without any public identification
The mob dispersed and Flemming was
arrested and convicted.
Suit was entered in the Corporation
Court of Newport News, by J. W..
Mooney against W. II. l.. Kent asking
damages to the amount of $4,000. The
action grows out of the death of Re-
gina Mooney, the I3-year-old daughter
Of Mr. Mooney, who was bitten by
cog belonging to Mr.. Kent and developed
a case of hydrophobia, from which she
died suffering violent convulsions.
Bristol was visited by 4 disastrous
fire the other morning, entailing a total
loss of $4,000, with less than S27, 900
insurance. The plant of J. Wilkinson
Lumber Company was destroyed, to-
gether with large quantity of lumber,
manufactured articles, machinery, etc.
This company's loss is $4,000, with only
$4,000 insurance. Adams Bros & Co.,
dealers in building material, lost a large
dSantity of material. Loss, $4,000, COW
cred by~iSlSurance Nine freight cars
weer burned.
In Fauquier County rrSS--ee colored
children were left in the cabiM-3y their
parents, William Harry Ball and RS-%lle
who went TO visit neighbors The
clothes of the Oldest boy, years old,
took fire from the open fireplace, and
he was terribly burned. He threw off
his coat and ran out doors. The bow
then discovered that the building was
on fire, and, with the skin and flesh
dropping from his body, he rushed back
into the house and brought out one
child, 3 years old, and ran back into the
flames and savtd the youngest child, Is
months old. The boy died from his in
Juries the following day.
P. ID. Gwaltney, president OF the Amer
lean Peanut Corporation, which was
chartered at Norfolk, announced that the
company will install machinery in the
Roper storage warehouse, which they
bought recently for $4,000, and will
have in operation before next winter
peanut cleaning factory which will EN-
ploy about 500 hands. The warehouse
has storage capacity for 5000 bags of
nuts. The vice president of the company
here is P. D. Balm.
The Democratic Congressional Com
mittee Of the Fourth District met in the
Chesterfield Hotel, Petersburg, and de-
cided to hold the primary on Tuesday,
July 81. Each candidate for Congress
will be required to place in the hands of
the chairman a check for $3.50 to defray
the expenses of the primary The candi-
dates are R. S. Southall, of Amelia
County; Francis Rives I4assiter and Col.
William Henry Mann, of this city, and
Judge Leonard Yarrell, of Greenesville
County.
A special meeting of the Suffolk Coun-
Gil authorized its president, DR.. Henry
Wood Campbell, to draw a warrant for
$4,000 in payment for Lake Savage,
which will be used as Souce of water
supply al the expiration of the towns
contract with the Portsmouth, Berkley
and Suffolk Water Company The
amount will be paid through Nanse-
mond Circuit Court, through which trib-
unal Suffolk had the lake condemned.
Vance Wilson, a young man who had
been in Jail at Abingdon, for several
weeks, was acquitted of a charge OF
houSebreaking and robbery, as the result
OF a trial by jury i'll the Hastings Court
Of Bristol Wilson is a son of RIA. Will
son, a prominent contractor and one of
the wealthiest men in Bristol Because
repeated troubles of. his son the father
had declined to go bail for him.
L. {. Watts, brakeman on a Chesa-
peake and Ohio freight, while crossing
the top of the train fell off short dis
lance this side of Coleman Falls and his
body was mangled He was missed by
the train crew ct Perch and the engine
was detached and backed to the scene of
the accident. Ne,
MIR. Fayette Dove, aged 80 years, the
son of Mr.. Thomas Dove, a prominent
merchant of LuckettS, Loudoun County,
was drowned in the Limestone creek
near Lucketts. Mr.. Dove left his home
about o'clock on fishing trip, 6shed
in the creek for several hours and was
about to return home, when he was
suddenly stricken with epilepsy, dis
case to which he had been subject for
several years. He fell headlong into
the stream and was drowned before
those nearby could render aid His body
was afterward recovered.
Veterans Of Caroline County have con-
tracted for a SISOo Confederate rnon.,-