The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1906-10-04
OOINGS OF THE OLD DOMINION
The Latest Virginia News Told in
Short Order.

A special meeting of the Danville
common council was held for the
purpose of considering the report of
he light committee, which recon-
mends an expenditure of $4,000 for
the improvement of the city's gas
liant and an ordinance reducing the
1rice for electric power. Both meas
ires were discussed favOrably. DAN
vile owns its own light plant, which
Gas been operated with marked sue
,ess.
l.. c. WilkersOn, a carpenter in
he employ of Detrick & Pearson,
Danville, sustained what may prove
20 be fatal injuries as the result of
a fall from a two-story building on
which he was at work. Wilkerson
landed in the cellar, and besides sus-
tanning severe scalp wound, had
three of his ribs broken. It is
thought he was injured internally
John Walker, carpenter, fell from
the same building several days ago,
and had several ribs broken.
The 15Oth anniversary of the
founding of the Katoctin Baptist
Church, near Round Hill, Loundoun
County, was celebrated Sunday. The
pastor, DR.. I. b. Lake, Rev. w. e.
Gibson and Rev. F. p. Berkeley de-
livered addresses. A history Of the
church since 1856 was read
While Dorsey Patton, a billposter,
was tacking up pictures of Thomas
Dixon, Jr.s near the fair grounds at
Roanoke he was attacked by a crowd
Of negroes and badly beaten. The
pictures were destroyed. Patton is
said TO be badly injured. No ar
rests have been made.
Capt. F. w. Mckinney, formerly
of Farmville, where he commanded
military company, and a relative
of Governor Mckinney, ended his life
at his home in Richmond by swal-
lowing an overdose of Iaudanum
Captain Mckinney was 40 years of
age and married.
Petersburg Chapter, Daughters of
the COnfederacy, elected the follow
ing delegates to the State convention
Of the organization, which will meet
in Wytheville on October 10 next:
Mrs. Bartlett Roper, Mrs. William
McGill, Mrs. r. T. Meade, Mrs. Jas
McClevy, Miss Annie Mann, Miss
Hattie Elensworth, Mrs. Pryor Jones,
Mrs. William r. McKenny, president
of the Virginia division, IS a delegate
office.
Sim Bagby, colored, was hung at
Salude, Middlesex County, for a bru-
tai attempt at assault on Miss Cora
Stanley, a deaf and dumb girl, one
month ago. On the gallows he
wraned others of his example His
body was shipped to the medical ex-
amining board in Richmond. a
special term of the court was order
ed to try him three days after tho
crime and he was quickly sentenced
to hang at the end of 80 days. Only
two men have ever been hung in
Middlesex, the first one about so
years ago.
A servants trust has been organ
lied at Richmond by some enterpris-
ing negroes and nearly every servant
girl and housecleaner is now enroll
ed in the Virginia HOuse-Cleaning
Company. Richard Aytes is mana
ger. AS soon as the organization
has gotten sufficient strength it is
proposed to fix a schedule of prices.
The company will find employment
for its members and make contracts
with the householders.
]. Lee Seneca, a druggist, of Nor
folk, was fined 500 and costs on
the charge of selling cocaine. \
negro named Surry Long was the
complaining witness. He testified
that he brought the cocaine from
the Southern Drug Company on Il
prescription written by Senaca.
The stockholders OF the Norfolk
and Southern Railroad and the Vir-
gina and Carolina Coast Railroad
Companies are called TO meet in Nor
folk, October 16 to ratify the pre-
vious agreement of consolidation; TO
vote upon proposition for the in
crease of the capital stock of the
Norfolk and Southern from 50 .00O,-
900 to $3,000.000 to provide for an
extension of the road from EdentOn,
n. c., to a point near the northwest
ern boundary line of North Carolina;
to sell to the Atlantic and North
Carolina Company the PamlicO, Ori-
entail and Western railroad; to sell
to the John l.. Roper Lumber Com
pany. of Virgini,, tnat portion Of
the Virginia and Carolina Coast Rail-
road Company's lines extending south
from Winthrop, n. c., and TO con
slider a resolution authorizing the
John L.. Roper Lumber Company to
cancel its issue of $5,00O.00O Of sink
ing fund gold bonds and mortgage
securing the Same and accent in lien
thereof $4,000 900 par value of an
isspe OF S1O.000.000 of sinking fund