The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1907-06-06
DOINGS OF THE OLD DOMINION
The Latest Virginia News Told in
Short Order

- AShIplS' Well-KnOWn young
snlpyard craftsman, of Newport
News who was operated on last week
Tor appendicitis, was married at the
General Hospital to Miss Eloise
Johnson. The ceremony was per
formed by Rev. DR.. J. w. Porter in
the presence of few relatives and
intimate friends. The groom was
unable TO raise his head during the
ceremony and will not leave the hos
pltal for several weeks. Invitations
Tor the wedding were issued Just be-
lore the groom was stricken with
appendicitis. After a successful
operation was performed the young
man declined to allow the wedding
to be postponed.
The Supreme Court of Virginia de-
MED the appeal of John Hardy, the
negro who murdered Policeman r.
M. Beard, for a new trial Hardy
shot Beard while the latter, together
with other officers, was raiding a
place in Northwest Roanoke last Oc-
tober. He was convicted and SEN
fenced to hang. He will now be re-
sentenced and probably will be exc
cuted in. July.
The Peoples National Bank of
Strasburg, was formally organized
at meeting of the subscribers of
the stock. George A. Copp, of Fish
ers Hill, Va, was electAd president;
w. Frank Bowman, &of Lebanon
Church. Va, vice PRECEDENT; Fred
erick Maphis, of Washington, cash
Ter. There were Is directors elected,
as follows: f. P. Gebhard, H. c..
Burgess, II. X. Ludwig, George A.
Copp, c. d. Brown, A. Kibler, w.
r. Bowman, NJ. NJ. Orndorff, L. l..
Folk, D. F. Yost, J. H. Funk, w. H.
Spiggle, G. H. Wakeman, M. r.
Bruin and A. p. McInturff The capt.
talization is S25, 900. 1t is thought
the institution will be ready for busi-
ness July /.
The examinations for the scholar
ships for Sweet Briar Institute from
the Southern States will be held June
II to IA at points most convenient
to the applicants. The scholarships
be awarded to the applicants making
the highest average in all subjects
required for admission to the college.
While Mrs. Raymond Carver, a
young widow, was at a neighbor's
for a pail of water, her dwelling,
situated several miles east of Win
chester, was destroyed by fire, caused
by an overheated stove. Her two
children narrowly escaped cremation.
Nothing was saved and she had no
insurance
Clay Crawford, the 17-year-old
boy who had been in Jail for several
months at Newport News on the
charge of attempting to burn the
Augusta Hotel in Hampton, was
found mot guilty" by an Elizabeth
City County jury.
The candidates for Mayor Of Lees
burg at the municipal election to be
held on June II are the incumbent,
J. w. Bitter, B. V. White and Capt.
William E. Garrett.
o. G. Balthis, one of the best
known young men of the town, died
in Strasburg from tuberculosis. He
was a telegraph operator and was
connected with the Southern Rail-
way Company's offices at Washing
ton until February, when compelled
to relinquish his work. He had been
assigned to go out with the late
Samuel Spencer on the Inflated train
Thanksgiving Day last, and had put
his typewriter on the car prepara-
tory to going. He was relieved just
a short time before the train left.
Assistant United States Attorney
Robert II. Talley was in Fredericks-
burg making preliminary arrange
ments for the condemnation of the
site for the new pOstoffice building
to be erected in this city by the
Government.
Jacob r. Seekford. a magistrate
of Page County, has announced his
candidacy for the Legislature from
Page and Rsppahannock Counties.
He announces himself "a straightout
Prohibition candidate" and, con-
tinuing, says: Il am the only man
living in Page County that was ever
elected to Office on the Prohibition
ticket" He is a very extensive land
owner and his family is one of the
oldest in the Shenandoah Valley.
While endeavoring to board a pas
senger train on the Norfolk and Wes-
, tern Railway at Radford, Fred ".
Cartright, a Bristol travelling man,
was thrown under the car wheels.
His right leg was severed and the
flesh was torn from his left arm.
He also suffered the loss of an eye
and was otherwise injured about the
head 1t is feared the shock will
, prove fatal He was removed to the
Valley View Hospital at Radford for
surgical treatment.
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