The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-05-18
VIRGINIA MEMS

A mass meeting, AZ which the four
candidates for TIE Democratic nOmina-
ton Tor Congress In the Sth district are
expected 10 speak will h. held at Fairfax
c. n. next Monday.
Butler 4 Buffers gigantic and smok-
ing tobacco factory at Lynchbury. EN-
ploying 400 persons. WAS sold To the
American Tobacco Company. The FAC
tory will continue - be operated.
Confederate Memorial Day was observ-
ed in Norfolk Thursday. The exercises
were held az the Confederate monument
on Commercial place. The bronze figure
on the monument was formally dcdi-
Gated. Col VIM. II. Stewart. OF Porte
mouth, was the orator.
The Meetze Poultry Farm. OF Jcffries
4 Blythe, near WarrentOn. was destroy
ed by fine Tuesday night. one hundred
chickens Were lost and all the buildings
were burned.
Rev. DR.. c. $. Gardner. pastor Of
Grace Street Baptist church. Richmond.
has been elected professor Of homiletics
in the Southern Baptist Theological Sem
mary, in LOuisville.
The Corporation Commission has
granted a charter TO the West End Colo
NAL Beach Company, Colonial Reach.
Francis ID. Yates. president; F. q. Butts.
vice president; ". II. klOpfer. treasurer
]. n. Hornbsker. secretary; +. A. War
tield-an of Washington. Capital: Max
imum, $50, 900; minimum. $50 600.
Grand Commander VIM NJ Stewart.
the head of the Grand Camp. Confederate
Veterans OF Virginia, has named dele
gates and Rlternates TO represent the
organization at the reunion of the United
Confederate Veterans. at Richmond.
among them being Col 5 : Brooke.
Roanoke. formerly OF this city,and Judge
John c. Ewell, of Lancaster county.
Smallpox has broken out in the
vicinity of Mangohick. King William
county. The board OF health has been
notified.
The Episcopal Cosucil in session AT
Warrenton elected the following dele
gates to the general convention of tn.
church IN Richmond IN October: Clergy
Rev. +. l. Goodwin. Rev VIM NJ ClarF
Rev. Angus Craw ford. d. d and Rev !
J. Grsvatt; Law delegates, Joseph Bryan
z. II. Mayo, Joseph Wilmer and L NJ
blacktord.
The Wsrrenton Rifles were inspected
and mustered in Monday night by Col
10. Lane Stern, inspector-generaL
Chas c. Grubbs. OF Richmond. and Mis-,
Matte Corley, of Louisa county. Were
married at Apple Grove Wednesday. at
the residence OF Rev. John K. Wilkinson.
who Officistsd.
1t is probable that Hon. W. J. Bryan
will speak in Richmond on Sunday, June
?. at the invitation OF the \. NJ c. A.
Mr.. Bryan will make speech at the
jamestown Exposition On May 30.
10 a speech at Manassas Carrie Nation
raped both great political parties.
slapped a cigarette from a young man :
mouth. accused red-iaced citizens of be.
ing booze artists" and declared she
would smash more saloons il the courts
would stop throwing her in jail.
Judge Jeter C. Pritchard, OF the L :
Circuit Court of Appeals. has granted
an order TO the Atlantic Coast Line. The
Norfolk X Western and the Chesapeake
X Ohio Railroads. which restraints the
State Corporation Commission from in
terfering with the railroads or seeking
10 enforce the two-cent rate for passen-
ger traffic, which was lately ordered by
the commission. The order l. neturna-
BILE before Judge Pritchard at Ashville
June ~. The case Is identical and the
order the same as in the case brought
some days ago by the southern, which
took the first step. The Seabosrd is not
in the fight as yet.