The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-06
JUDGE PHLEGAR
GOES TO BRISTOL
Enters Into Law Partnership
With J. Normcnt Powcll--De-
parturc Much Regretted.
BUSY TERM OF THE COURT
Expected That Fifteen Felony
Cases VIII Be on February
Docket.

rItlsfsTt.sNsBURG, VA. January o
fudge .Nrehcr a. phlegar and family LETT
for Bristol this week. where the former
w;,l entcr- into partnership with At
torney j. Norment Powell for the prac-
lice Of law, and will be attorneys for
lie souti. and Western Railway COM
pany and other corporations In when
Air George L.. Carter Is interested. 1t is
safe to say that the departure OF no GU
zen in the past has created such uni'e.
sal re.ret as that OF Judge Phlegar AZ
the Presbyterian Church last SUNDAY one
Of tle most touching and pathetic scenes
ever witnessed there took place, WREN
Judge Phlegar bid the Sunday scNoot
farewell, there being few' III any VIZ
eycs in the large audience. 1t being more
lilo funeral service. so far as the teeI-
inrs of those present were conccrneu'
Judge Phlegar- has been pupil, teacne,,
eunerinteu,lent and teacher OF the biple
class for more than fifty years anu NV
one is held in higher esteem thfln ne,
>S.rrba hoard of supervisors will hold thelr
regular setni-annual meeting ut tIle couil'
house next Monday, the ith LOT 'Iie put
pose of settling the AFFAIRS oil the cou'i.s
for the mast six months. fixing the SAL
aries OF mo County piiiSSiSs
rho WAYS and means for the general run
ming expenses of the county. Probably
tho most ttportallt matter TO come up
will he the proposed steel bridge across
little River. near the mouth OIL lh'iiuh
Creek, the former stream being the me
between Montgomery and FLOYD couht'eS
TIE commissioners met on the proposed
Eie on the 10Th OF December, but were
Unable to agree upon the location .'e
FLOYD commissioners contendinS lor tne
bridge at the mouth of Indian Sreeh,
while the ones from Montgomery oesieu
4. about one mile farther up the river,
IN order to improve the grade of the
public road and avoid two Ions steep
hills.
Each set of commissioners will file a
different report. and it may be necessary
to send new commission upon the
ground II the supervisors cannot agree.
A bridge is badly needed, and the cii-
gems of both counties hope for salts
factory adjustment of the differences
Fifteen Felony Cases.
From the present outlook there will be
at least fifteen felony cases to be tired Ut
the FEBRUARY term of the Circuit Court
Notwithstanding the fact that a great many
of the recent criminals have eiudea tle
officers and made good their escape.
white ltltneI tJeOIES t'AItS' VI
hria was sent on TO the grand jury the
nrst of the week on the charge OF ROB
sim, another white man named Wheelins
al 81 Britt was drunk when sent TO lall
ana seemed not TO realize his predlcamenI'
IL was charged with similar oftense N
Roanok., two years ago, but as IL couiu
nnt be proven whether he or man named
r,cra committed the crime. both escaped
conviction. Justice Helm. of Blacksburs,
sent four Young white men on to tfe
grand Jury yesterday on the charge oil
maliciously shooting Cadet Nicholson, OF
schenectady n. y. who is attending
school at Virginia Polytechnic Institute.
The accused young men are named
Schultz, Cook, Allen and Camper.
During the year 1906 there were l6l
marriage licenses issued from the clerk
Office here which was a falling oil OF
fifteen as against the preceding year
The United States Arsenic Mines Com
pany. a PittSburg, Pa. corporation, whicf
hs- been mining and prospecting for arse
mis- al Rewald. in Floyd county, not Ia
froS the Montgomery line. for the pas
four years, has suspended business, afte
spending over 100000. Their plant u
quite unique, and is constructed to turi
ont the refined product, but only aoou
$4,000 worth OF the deadly poison wa
ever shipped away from the mines.
Rev. Thomas W. Hooper, Jr., who spcn
the holidays here with his father ana SIS
Ter, has returned TO. the, Union Theolog
zeal Seminary. at.Raclhnond to resum
his studies
Professor R. Buckner Spindle of tn
Augusta Military Academy at Fort DE
fance. and his sister, Miss Gertrude
who is teaching in the Blackstone Fe
male College. have returned to thei
posts of duty, after spending tho holl
days with their parents. Mr.. and Mr.
r. E. Spindle, on College Street.
The II. A. NJ Club was entertained b
Mrs Frank Dunklee. at her home o
West Main Street, Thursday afternoon.
DR.. and Mrs. ". r. Bryan, of Newpo
News. will spend the winter in Chri:
tlansburg.
DR.. and Mrs. r. w. crozier spel
Monday in Roanoke. their former HON
Mr. and Mrs. David S. Phlegar left f
their home, in Norfolk. after spendiT
several days with relatives here on the
return from their honeymoon.
Messrs, ". G. Phlegar and W. ID. BE
win, Jr,. left the first OF the week +
El.zabethton, Tenn. where they ha
accepted lucrative positions with I
South ard Western Railway Company
Miss Nan Pepper has returned to u
sisters, Mrs. Robert K.pps. after spen
ins several days whiting friends In BlacI
burg.
DR.. w. W gangely was called to Bill