The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1907-04-25
DOINGS OF THE OLD DOMINION:
The Latest Virginia News Told in
Short Order.

Thousands of Richmond schooI
children united in the work of trans
| ferring the Davis statue from the
| Atlantic Coast Line depot to its final
site. The statue was inclosed in
large box, the entire weight of
which was more than 4 900 pounds.
1t required the aid OF thousands of
little hands to move the gigantic
mass up Franklin Street to the
monument station AS soon as the
statue reached Franklin Street COM
mittee of veterans from Lee Camp
decorated the truck and box in Con-
federate bunting and flags. The rope
which was attached to the wagon
was 700 feet long, or nearly three
squares in length. There was ample
room for the 5000 children to catch
hold and pull. The rope was at
tached to the side of the wagon, the
| children being arranged in two long
lines. Hundreds of little girls in
pretty little white frocks and wav-
| ing small Confederate flags, inter
| spersed among as many boys, form
| ed most imposing sight, and one
will be remembered and looksd back
/ upon with pleasure by every child
whS took part in the imposing cere-
mony. Practically all the school
| children in Richmond were in the
parade. Thousands of people lined
the sidewalks on each side of the
| thoroughfare to witness the impos-
ing spectacle. The windows on each
side of the street we're lined with
men, women and children. The vet
Grams turned out in full force to do
this last honor to the Confederate
President. Many Of the old men
wept as the statue moved along the
street. The sttaue will be finally
unveiled with imposing ceremonies
during the reunion of the Grand
| Camp Confederate Veterans in May.
Heartbroken over the Illustration
| or their plans to be married, Miss
Mabel Pendleton, of Waynesboro,
committed suicide at an early hour
in the morning by leaping from a
| suspension bridge that connects Cliff
ton Forge with a suburban settle
ment, and her lover, Stuart Gay, in
an effort to save the life of his
sweetheart, was also drowned The
young couple left Clifton Forge at
midnight en- route for Washington
with the intention of being married.
They were intercepted at Staunton
| by a telegram from Mrs w H
Hooker, sister of Miss Pendleton,
| with a request that they be sent
back on the next train Arriving
in that city at Z o'clock A. NJ, they
started for the home of Mrs. Hook
er, over the suspension bridge
| When about half way across Miss
| Pendleton leaped to the water, about
| 80 feet below. Mr.. Gay reached out
| to save her, but his grasp was elud-
| ed and in twinkling her body was
| floating down the stream. Gay then
climbed over the railing and sus-
pended himself from a beam and
| dropped into the water. He swan
to the side of the girl. She stretch
ed out her hands and clasped him
about the neck, and in an instant
both were drowned.
/ Rumors that the Jamestown Ex-
| position will be closed for two weeks
( after the spectacular opening on
| April &c in order that it might be
completed has caused the board of
| directors of the fair to adopt a reso-
| luton, which says in part:
"All the leading features of the
| celebration will be completed on the
| opening day and will afford visitors
| great interest and entertainments.
The incompleteness is only in minor
| features. Be It, therefore, known
that the Exposition will be open from
April 26 to November 80, 1907, Sun
| days excepted"
Benjamin Burks and o. H. Yea
| mans, white prisoners serving out a
sentence on the Danville chain gang,
made a daring escape while at work
on rock quarry near Danville. De-
| spite the fact that they were chain
ed together the prisoners made a
dash for the woods and escaped.
The general board of directors of
the State hospitals met at the Cen
trail State Hospital, in Dinwiddie
County. and was in session for sew
eral hours. The board unanimously
elected the following superintendents
for term Of four years: DIR. Will
liam F. Drewry, for the Central; DR..
o. c. Brunk, for the Eastern. DR..
t. ID. Dejarnelle, for the Western,
and DR.. A. S. Driddy, for the South
western. In the four hospitals there
are 3,19S patients. and there are no
insane kept in jail anywhere in the
State. The board, at its meeting,
appointed one director from each
hospital member of the committee
OF arrangements for the meeting OF
the National Association for the
Study of Epilepsy and the Care OF
Epileptlcs, which Is TO be held In
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