The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1907-04-11
OOINGS OF The OLD DOMINION
The Latest Virginia News Told in
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.Nethie, the seven-year-old daugn-
ter OF William A. Kline, of Luray.
was horribly burned while assisting
ner mother in cleaning up the gar
den. The burns proved fatal The
chllds clothes became ignited from
burning brush heap. In her fren-
zy the little girl started in the di-
rectlon-of her mother. who was near
by, though the flames were extin-
gulshed by some one passing. This
Is the second violent death in Mr.,
Ailnes family in recent years, an
other child having been smothered
to death while in bed.
ID. r. Jones, merchant of
Whaleyville, committed suicide at
ms home by swallowing laudanum.
he mad been drinking heavily for
several days, and it was said he had
some family trouble several DAYS
ago.
The Virginia Association of Col
reyes and Schools for Girls held its
nnal session at Sweetbriar Institute.
Inc following officers were elected
Tor the coming year: President.
Prof. Arthur X. Davis. Southern Fe,
male College, Petersburg: first vice
president, Prof. J. l.. Jarman. princi-
pal State Normal School. FarmyIIle:
second vice president, DIR. Mary Bene-
dict, president of Sweetbriar Insti-
tute; third vice president, Miss Mat
Tie Cooke, Hollins Institute; secre-
tary and treasurer, Miss NJ. w. Coul-
ling. Farmville.
Failing seventy feet through the
air amid mass of hardened con-
crete and timbers, Dennis A. O'Brien.
twenty-five years old, was instantly
killed at the plant of the Virginia
Public Service Corporation in Hamp-
ton. Thornton MacIlvoy, thirty years
old, fell at the same time, and is at
the Dixie Hospital and cannot re-
cover. O'Brien and MacIlvoy, who
are expert concrete men, were at
work on scaffolding around a smoke
stack, which is being erected at the
gas plant. They were removing
molds- A section of concrete had not
hardened and removal of the molds
caused the section to fall, carrying
WIN IL the top of the scaffolding
and the men.
States District Court at Richmond,
after having heard motions of the
defense and prosecution in the case
OF Miss Nellie Kinds, the Philadel-
phia stenographer, against Warden,
the Fredericksburg millionaire, for
alleged breach of contract in dis
charging her without sufficient cause
after having persuaded her to give
up a lucrative business to go to
Fredericksburg as his secretary, de-
cllned to sit alone in Judgment, and
the case went to the jury In his
instruction to the jury Judge Wad-
dill ruled that a written contract
resulting from an oral agreement had
been drawn up and signed by War
den, whereby he had bound himself
to pay Miss Kinds during his life
time $25 week as compensation for
her services as stenOgrapher, and
that, moreover, he had agreed to be-
queath to her at his death So, 900.
The jury returned verdict awarding
Miss Kinds $500 an accumulated sal
airy, but on motion of counsel for
the defense the verdict was set aside.
The Court will try to call the re-
hearing at this term of the court.
The old Rising Sun Tavern, in
Fredericksburg, is advertised for sale
at auction. This is one of the most
noted buildings in Virginia. 1t
antedates the Revolutionary War
and, with the exception Of some
churches, there are but few public
houses as old and none with richer
associations of the past. The tav-
ern was kept by Weldon, who be-
came a major-general in the Con-
tinental Army. General Weldon was
a brother-in-iaw of Gen. Hugh Mer-
Ger, who was a brigadier-general in
the same army when he fell at
Princeton. The Rising Sun was a
resort of leading men of Virginia
more than 130 years ago. John Paul
Jones conferred with leaders Of the
American Revolution there. Wash
ington, Mason and the Lees discuss
ed the relations of the colonies to
the mother country in this building.
Washington held a reception to his
officers who had been with him at
Yorktown in this old tavern, among
whom was Lafayette. An effort
probably will be made to induce the
Society for the Prevention OF
Virginia Antiquities to secure the
Rising Sun Tavern and use 1t as
museum. II is located on MAN
Street.
An effort now is being made TO
secure the retention of Prof. A. M.
Soule as director of the Experiment
Station and dean~of the Agricultural
department of the Virginia Polytech-
mic Institute He recently resigned
his position and his resignation Is