The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1907-05-16
OOINGS OF THE OLD DOMINION.
The Latest Virginia News Told in
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Roanoke indicted II merchants of
Roanoke and Salem for handling OBJ
scene postcards. The cases were
worked up by a pOstOfIice inspector.
The congregation of the Presby-
terian Church of Fredericksburg,
gave Rev G.. e. Henderlite, the act
ing pastor. and Mrs. Henderlite a re-
,eption at the church, which was
largely attended. Addresses were
delivered by Mr.. J. w. Adams, Rev.
Or. ]. W. ROsebro and Rev. d. J.
w. Rosebro.
Albert Bishop, a Baltimore and
Ohio brakeman, died at the Hoffman
Hospital, Keyser, from injuries sus-
aimed in falling from a train on
Wednesday night. His head was
crushed and one of his legs so badly
injured that amputation was neces-
sary.
w. D. Spiker. 73 years old, of
Maurertown, died after few days
Illness. He was weight inspector
ior this district. He is survived by
a widow and the following children:
Mrs. Angie Crabin, Mrs. Sue Hess
and Carson Spiker, Of MaurertOwn;
Mrs. II. c. Bentz, Of HagerstOwn,
Md, and Captain Spiker, of Harri-
sonburg, Va.
The announcement that the South
ern Railway had appealed to the
United States Circuit Court and OBJ
tained an injunction to prevent the
2-cent passenger rate being prOmul-
gated in Virginia has caused consider
able comment. The order requires
he State, through its representatives,
TO appear at Asheville, \. c., June
27, to show cause why the injunc-
lion should not be made permanent.
One effect of the order is to restrain
the clerk of the Corporation Com
mission. from further publishing the
commissioners passenger-rate decree.
This has been printed twice since the
iecision was reached, but, as the Con
stitution requires four insertions in
the papers before the decree can be-
come effective, the injunction will
have the desired effect. The appli-
cation of the Southern Railway was
no surprise to the commissioners,
though some uncertainty had been
felt as to whether the road would ap-
peal to the Supreme Court ct VII
ginia or to the Federal Court. The
most vital effect of the action of the
Southern, so far as the great bulk
of the public is concerned, is that q
litigation of two or three years dura-
tion is in prospect. In other words,
if the Southern persists. the 2-cent
rate will not be effective on that road
until the end of that period. At the
same time Judge Pritchard granted
similar order in the suit of the
Southern Railway Company against
the Corporation Commission, the At
torney-General and the Assistant At
torney-General of North Carolina re-
straining those officials from pub
Fishing and putting into effect the
new law providing for a passenger
rate of 2H cents. The North Caro-
lima bill is returnabie before Judge
Pritchard in Asheville on June 26.
The North Carolina suit refers to
both passenger and freight rates.
The Richmond. Fredericksburg and
Potomac Railroad Company sold
S3SO,0O0 of 31a per cent. 40-year
gold bonds to the Richmond-Wash-
ington Company to provide funds
tor the Richmond, Fredericksburg
and Potomac portion of the cost of
double-tracking the belt line around
Richmond and to buy new rolling
stock. The Richmond, Fredericks-
burg and Potomac will purchase i'm
mediately 100 new steel coal cars
and 200 new steel under-frame box
cars. On July 1 next, the per diem
hire of freight cars will be increased
from % cents to so cents, so that
the new cars should earn at least
$45, 900 annually, a net increase in
fixed charges of about $4,000.
President w. a. Garrett. of tie
Seaboard Air Line Railway, made
the positive announcement that the
Seaboard will promptly accept the
2-cent passenger rate order Of the
State Corporation Commission. He
says that the proposition to fight the
order has never been considered by
his road.
Judge Grinnan, In the Chancery
Court, Richmond, imposed a fine of
$40 on each of the 'Loyalists" in
volved in the contempt proceedings
growing out of the controversy be-
tween the national organization of
the Junior Order United American
Mechanics and the Virginia Counc71s.
known as the Independents"
Mr.. ]. F. Bowman, of New York.
secretary of the Carnegie Foundation
for Higher Education, addressed the
81 of Richmond ColIex& He