Evening star., 1907-08-11
NEWS OF FREDERICKSBURG
Voters Meet for Campaign
Purposes Items.

Special Correspondence of The Star.
FREDERICKSBURG Va. August TO- 1907
A democratic meeting was held in the
courthouse last night for the purpose Of re-
organization. The meeting was presided
over by Chairman E. D. Cole and W. d.
Scott served as secretary. resolution
offered by Mr.. Lawrence Perry providing
that the city be divided into two wards
and from the two wards twenty-one men
be selected to represent the party. with
power to elect chairman. was adopted.
Mr. Perry then suggested number Of
gentlemen as committeeman. as follows:
Lower ward-A. w. Embrey. Henry
Dannehl. O. NJ. Armstrong. w. D. Scott.
T. McCracken. w. B. Goolrick. John Minor.
w. H. Hurkamp and Frank Revere.
Upper ward-E. d. Cole. A. p Rowe F.
NJ. Aldrich. F. w. Coleman. E. J. Smith.
G. r. Swift. c. o. c. Goolrick. Maurice
Hirsh. II. F. Crismond. James r. Rawlings
and ]. B. Colbert.
The selections were approved. The COM
mittee from the two wards will meet next
week and elect chairman.
There two candidates in the field for
the house OF delegates from this city and
Spottsylvania county-Messrs. G.. 0. G.
Goolrick. a young lawyer of this city. who
Is the party nominee end James r. Evans.
retired merchant o. jpottsylvania county.
now residing in this 'i,y, who Is an inde-
pendent candidate.
Mr.. a. b. Yates. clerk OF the corporation
court of this city. is Ill at the Elizabeth
Buxton Memorial Hospital. near Newport
News. Va. suffering with stomach trouble.
Mr.. John w. wroten of this city has in
his possession gold-lned cup. which was
found recently in the debris of an old
brick cabin on Lee Hill. On one side Of the
cup Is a blank shield supported by heads
OF wheat tied together On the other side
is the following inscription. y. A. B.. C.
s. A" 1t Is thought the cup was used by
Confederate soldier during the war.
number of young men of SpottSylvania
Courthouse gave a dance at Spottsylvania
last night to a number of their friends.
Dancing began at o'clock and lasted to
the wee hours Of the morning. light
lunch served to the guests at mid
night. Music for the occasion was furnished
by string band. A number OF ladies and
gentlemen from this city attended.
Rev Marshall Frazer. student of the
Theological Seminary at Louisville. KY.
was ordained at the close of series OF
meetings at Pamunkey Baptist Church In
Orange county last week by the pastor
Rev. w. J. Decker. assisted by Rev. DIR.
Taylor OF Lynchburg and Rev. R. Aubrey
Williams of this city.
8. J. Quinn. grand master of Masons of
Virginia. resident of this city, has ap-
pointed Mr.. James H. Allen of Richmond
grand tier of the Grand Lodge Of Masons
to fill the vacancy caused by the death Of
the late w. c. Wilkinson.
Mrs Anne Eliza Ficklen died this morn
ing at the home of her daughter. Mrs
James p. Corbin. in this city aged ninety
two years. Mrs. Ficklen had been an
invalid for several years. Two daughters.
Mrs. d. NJ. Lee of Stafford county and
F. Fiosslen of Stafford. and one brother.
Saint George r. Fitzhugh of this city.
survive her. This Is the third death In this
family in the past six months. two sons
preceding her. one of whom was Prof. John
Ficklen. who died last week at Chautauqua-
n. Y.