The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1907-08-23
YIralnIa News

/ Clarke county ana An eA-N ohleieIhte
soldier, died on saturday al his home
at Boyce. Mr. Reid was - years Of
aye, and is survived by widow and
six children
While ON his way 90 his home early
Saturday night, Mr. r. II Leftwich,
of Richmond, fell from Main street
ear and died about twenty minutes
after being taken 10 the city Home
without ever regaining consciousness.
Onancock il quiet The soldiers seem
ed to enjoy even the excitement Of a
runaway horse Colonel Nottingham
says this is the sixth race riot they
have been called ont 10 quell and they
have never had 20 lire a gun.
. Fire Saturday afternoon destroyed
the large barn ON the estate of the ia'e
Ex-Governor Holiday near Minches-
ter, entailing loss Of s., 800 While
no live stock was lost all the hay, corn
and farming implements belonging 70
Adam Colbert, tenant, were destroy
ed
The report of the state Auditing
Committee was submitted TO the Gov
ernor Saturday. IL is q severe con-
domination Of the methods Of keeping
the States accounts. recommends that
the Office Of Second Auditor be con
solidated snd made d branch of the
First Auditor, and finds many irregu-
lar practices in the Department Of
Agriculture, holding that the COM
missioner and members Of the Doaid
are equally ceusumble for the meth
ODDS existing. NO deialcation is found
ia any department.
some Of the friends of Representa-
tive William a. Jones, of the First
district insist that he will he a can
didate for the gubenauonal uomlna-
ton. IL Mr Jone, is "a candidate
then it is said Harry ST. George Tuck
er will not aspire II Mr. Jones is not
candidate then Mr. Tucker sim the
contest. That makes just live ayowed
candidates at this time and the cam
paign is more than eighteen months
of. They are Judge William II.
Mann, Of Nottoway, Henry G. Stuart
" Russell Judge r. r. w. Duke Of
| Charlottesville Representative Carter
Glass, Of Lynchburg. and Harry 81.
George Tucker, Of Rockbudge. Then
there is Col Robert r.. Lee, Jr., Of
Fairfax. who is said to be contem-
plating making the race.
The Bishop, Of London, the RI. Rev.
IA.F. Wnnington-lugram, ID. d., ex-
poets 10 leave England for America at
the end Of August lie will preach
the opening service at the General
Convention in Holy Trinity Church.
Richmond. in October While i'm
Richmond he will be the guest OF Bish-
op Gibson.
Early Tuesday morning in the board
ing house 100 lower ninth street,
Lynchburg, kept by Mrs. Ieninity,
the latter's son. Henry, ID years old,
was arrested ON the charge Of attempt
ing 10 assault Ms. Josephine Bristow.
Of buckingham county, who was "a
transient guest there while her hus-
band had gone on a short trip. TITS
thought the man entered through the
transom. AS soon ~ Mrs Bn-tow
realized he was in the room she called
for help and a policeman answered
promptly and arrested IeninIty
Arthur Duncan, Of Norfolk, whose
mysterious disappearance on August
10th, mas been pulling the police for
the past ten days calmly walked into
the central police station Monday
night about g o'clock and gave him
self up. Duncan declared that he
was knocked senseless by negro and
robbed Of $50 belonging TO his employ
er. on the night that he disappeared.
! He said that when he recovered from
the blow be found himself strppd Of
his shirt and trousers that be had
been in hiding near Virginia Beach
because he had no clothes. lie VIII
be arraigned for larceny.
Ben Edwards, about IS years old.
was struck by "a Norfolk d Western
freight train near Martinsville, Henry
county. late Monday afternoon while
riding on hand car and fatally in.
iured. Three men were on the car, all
Of whom have been employed 10 rail
road work. They had started fol
camp. a distance Of eight miles from
Martinsville, without looking for
train. The other two occupants Of th'
car jumped. The car was smashed &c
pieces. Edwards resided in Henry
y county, near WALTERS.
I G.. Il. Potterield, young white
man, who has been employed iu the
p cotton mills in Danville was arrested
: Monday on the charge Of inceudiarism
p il being alleged that several months
I ago he set lire TO Pedlar Mill, owned
lby O. q. Bailey, in Amherst county
y causing total loss Of about $4,000
Potterfeld was IN the employ o
Bailey. 4 warrant was issued 70
his arrest aud he fled the country.
Daniel r. Payne, a young farmer o
Whitmell, Pittsylvania county, wa
! kicked in the face boy d mule at tx
change warehouse. in Danville, an'
j knocked down. Several ran 90 his as
sistance and the blood was streaming
from his nose lie was painfully bu
not seriously hurt.