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Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-08-06
S. W. VIRGINIA
NEWS ITEMS,
WHAT HAS RECENTLY 1HAVSP PFD
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SECEiJ.

Within miie Of where Clayton Sal
ilHg was killed week ago in Scott
county. VIII Lawrence was on Sunday
shot dead and Frank D.ckery shot
through the head, dying shortly after
wards Ths murders resulted from 4
game of cards. Pr, IS Baldwin, who did
the killing AID who IS CHARGED with hav-
log committed a former murder. has
no been captured.
Conrad Neighbors. son OF Jonn F.
Nrighbors, of Wy,hey.Iie, was io4nd
dead in piece of woods near Eirrn;nr-
nam, Alabama, on Saturday ii last
week. There was d bullet hole thruugb
his heed, indicating that hc la,! .ieen
murdered, but no cile as 70 who the
murderer was has yet been oi..a ned
The young man was tNvrt, eur y, ars
Old and for some ;in. . prior 20 his cent.
mad been an employ Z OF n" Srut.e~n
Railway.
Miss Namie CAldeeA cied at her h...,
IN Wythev.lie, Va, ,u Fri-ay mora. -
last, after an illness covering a pcr.o5
OF several years. Sc was daughter
OF the late John H. Caldwell. :.r.u :
survived By her ulother and two tr,th-
ers. Mr.. NJ. NJ. Caldwell. of Roanoke.
and Mr. Chas. Caldwell of Newport
News. Her remains were laid TO rest
IN the East End Cemetery at Wythe-
VILE on Saturday afternoon.
On last Friday night burglars entered
the offices of Armour G. Company at
Norton, in Wise county, and blew open
the safe, demolishing it and the office
furniture. Nothing was secured. there
being no money in the safe. Blood
hounds from Big Stone Gap were put Oh
the trail, but they failed to capture the
criminals
wise county supervisors on Friday
Of last week appropriated eight thous
and six hundred dollars for a macadam
road from Norton to Wise, distance of
five and one-half miles. They also pro-
vided for the road engineers to make
plans for the extension of the road from
Norton to Blackwood and from Big
Stone Gap to Pennington.
The month of July showed the largest
increase in drunkenness since the sa-
looms were abolished in Bristol. accord
ing to statement recently given out.
There were AZ arrests ir the two Bris-
tolls, or exactly 81 arrests on each side
of the city for drunkenness. This was
far in excess of any previous month
since saloons were closed. However, it
does not appear much to the bad when
compared with July, 1907, when saloons
were still in existence. During that
month there were 12l arrests for drunk
enness.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-08-06
GINSENG THIEF KILLED,
Millard Collins Of AppaIachIa Loses His
Life While LOOting Ginseng Patch.

Millard Collins, of Appalachia, ir
Wise county, was shot and killed or
July Goth, while robbing the ginsenJ
patch of Jones Wilson, near Ben Hur.
but his body was not discovered until
eight days after ne met his tragic end.
Mr. Wilson several years ago became
interested in the ginseng business, and
shortly thereafter his patch was looted
by thieves. To protect it, he enclosed
1t with paling fence about eight feet
high, and in it erected a small house in
which he placed five loaded shot guns,
pointing in different directions, to each
of which he connected a small wire
which, when touched, would fire the
gun to which attached.
On July 2Sth, Millard Collins wife
went to Pennington Gap with a letter
from her father-in-law at LaFolIette.
Tenn, in which he said he had received
letter from his son, Rube Collins,
stating that Millard Collins had been
killed in ginseng patch near Penning-
ton Gap and that he, Rube, was slightly
injured. Collins left his home on July
l9, accompanied by his brother, Rube.
and stated that he was going to stop at
this ginseng patch and dig enough to
pay off his fine and his fare to Appa-
lachia. The people of the vicinity
thought nothing of the story contained
IN the letter, until word was sent out
that Mr., Wilson, while examininor bis
crop, had found the body of a man.
On account of its badly decomposed
condition, it was beyond human endr-
rance to remove it, and hole was dug
near where it lay and the body rolled in.
Justice Yeary, who viewed the body.
took therefrom a watch, which Mrs.
Collins identified as that of her husband.
A coroner's jury rendered verdict ex-
onerating Wilson, and finding that Col
lins came to his death as a result of his
own acts.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-08-06
Price VIII Not Hang.

Governor Swanson on Tuesday after
noon commuted the sentence of James
II. Price, convicted at the March term
of the circuit court of Russell county OF
murder in the first degree to life i'm.
prisonment. The petition ask ing for
communication of sentence was extensive.
ly signed by the citizens of Russell, in.
cluding many of the county officials,
The trial jury earnestly recommended
executive clemency. The prisoner, ar
old Confederate soldier, while under the
influence of liquor shot and killed S. S
Rhodes. The prisoner is sixty-nint
years of age.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-08-06
BYARS

J. Cloyd Bysys was on yesterday nom
mated for Congress by the Democrats
If The Ninth District in convention at
Pulaski, lie is tire .i-ia-!aw Of Hon.
H. r. Bailey. Who Mas so badly beaten
by & B, Siemp last December. The
son-i--ltfv wi share similar fate at
the hands Of ''r. Sle-np in November.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-08-06
100000 ACRES OF LAND MISSING
One District In Buchanan County Has
Shrunk Considerably.

Buchanan county is one of the few
counties in the State which has more
land returned for taxation than there is
In the county. For many years, as a
result of litigation, several large tracts
OF land have been returned by various
claimants, and in some instances the
taxes have been paid, and the acreage
OF the county was made to appear sew
eral times its actual size. This year.
as compared with last, shows a shrink
age in the eastern district of the coun-
ty OF some 700, 900 acres, and while the
county has lost that much in acreage.
the tax lists show an increase in valua-
tion of 81, 800, 900.
Following are the figures for the east
ern district for the years 1907 and 1908:
Acres. Value.
1902. 4O3, 1886 S7,O44, ,2a9
1901, 702,37 $9,51I,7l7
The books for the western district of
the county have not been carefully ex-
amined, and if the proportion of land
disappearance is as great in that district
as in the eastern district the county
will have lost more than 400, 900 acres.
and the value of the land listed for tax
alton will show an increase of more
than So, 900, 900.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-08-06
NOTICE

My daughter, Rosie, just sixteen
years old, has left my home in Wards
Cove, Tazewell county, Va. and here
op forbid all persons from harboring
her; Will give any person $40 to let
me know where she now is. She has
dark hair. blue eyes, is about five feet
high and is strongly built.
R. F. D. No. l. POUNDING Min Va
July 10th, 1908.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-08-06

Meetings Of the Board Of Supervis-
ors for Tazewell county are as follows.
Regular meetings second Tuesday in
January and fourth Monday in july.
Gail meetings the second Tuesday in
each month except January and July.
$. NJ. Graham. Clerk.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-08-06
DoRSETT SHEEP

DOISOII 7 OIIEII
| have for sale this season a large
number Of Dorsett Rams, of the ages
of lambs, yearlings and two-year-oids.
My sheep are of the best type and
quality, having been selected from the
best fiocks in America. Prices reason
able. Correspondence solicited.
SAMUEL T. HENNINGER.
July2m3 Burkes Garden, Va.
Evening journal., 1908-08-14
COLORED SUNDAY SCHOOLS
HAD ANNUAL OUTING

About 1100 colored persons went 10
Eden Park yesterday and enjoyed an
outing held under the soint auspices
of the Sunday schools of the q. A.
NJ e. churches of this city. New Cas-
tie. Summit Bridge and Delaware City
A large number of children were pres
ent and a most enjoyable time was
had.
Among the ministers present were
the following: Bishcp B. 7. Ruley'
b. T. Moore, Shiloh Baptist; w. Fl.
Nichols. ST. Johns Mission; Thomas
Walker; Ezekiel Smith. Twelfth Strees
Church: $. p. Sheppard, st. Pauls:
Asbury Smith. presiding elder: L. a.
Purnell. Boulden Chapel; J. l.. Hughes,
all OF this city: Thomas Bostick. sum-
nit Bridge: Sandy Guinby. Delaware
CITY; Albert Price. New Castle; John
Dover. district superintendent. Mrs
Sarah jackson was chairman Of .hl
committee of arrangements.
Evening journal., 1908-08-14
NEWSY DOINGS
OF new CASTLE
speeIal 70 THE EvENING JoURNAL.

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL
NEW CASTLE. Aug. 14-New Cas-
tie yesterday afternoon was "alive,"
and more people were seen around
than for a long time While the stores
closed at noon for the usual half-hoh-
day, carloads of colore5 people and
children left for Eden Park where
eleven Sunday schools spent the day
At Battery Park tie New-Century
Club trounced the High School club,
by the score of 4 to :.
At Battery Park hundreds went in
swimming while at Schutzen Park
crowds enjoyed the attractions there
and witnessed the dive from the top
of the 102-foot ladder.
When the steamer Thomas Clyde ar
rived from Woodland Reach the eN
cursionists from Chriotiana and about
200 from Wilmington got off, so that
New Castle presented a 1926 appear
ance
The Board Of Health is making q
determined effort to have weeds cct
down and the people in general are
complying with the orders
Bad pavements viii be repaired OF
City Council will have the work dons
ard compel the property owners to pay
the expenses.
The Feast Of the Assumption will be
I observed in st. Peters Church to-mor-
row and masses win be celebrated at
and 7.30 o'clock.
Candidates for delegats to the State
convention are hustling and warm
/ time is anticipated. 1t is question
/ of Heald or Button and the fight here
promises TO be interesting.
1t is expected that the registration
here tomorrow will be large as it is
I the last day before the primary cleo
TONS An effort will be made by
candidates and their friends to get tho
people out 10 become qualified.
Evening journal., 1908-08-14

Bishop Rulev made an address ana
advised the colored people to look after
the interests of the children, teach
them how to work. and said that the
time had come for men and women to
provide for themselves neat and COM
Portable homes. He said that he ex-
pected to have a farm where the boys
and girls could be taken and trained
properly, and that this enterprise he
anticipated would be started before the
end of the year
Other speakers We're DR.. Sheppard
Revs. Ezekiel Smith. Asbury Smith, r,
T. Moore and Albert Price. Parkguard
Davis Patison was given a vote OF
thanks for his kindness to the park
visitors.
Evening journal., 1908-08-14
Rrandywine Puts one Eire

An overheated stove caused a slight
fire in a house at Vandever avenue and
Maple streets this morning about G
O'Clock. The damage amounted to abont
$25. A still alarm was sent to the
Brandywine Fire Company and prompt
work by the firemen confined the
damage.
Evening journal., 1908-08-14
Stricken on the street.

Stricken with a slight attack of para
lysis. Mamie Tomlinson. of No. sos Pop
lar street, fell unconscious to the street
last evening. She was taken to the
Delaware Hospital in the Phoenix am
bulance, and later sent to her home
Evening journal., 1908-08-14

men and women. Office hours on week
days. 3 to u. > to 8. and TO 9. Sundays.
/ to 3 p. m. only. Exam. and med. 81.
Evening journal., 1908-08-14

The DR.. Barnes Electro
Medical offices. Sl3 Shipley
St. Wilmington, Del. Physi-
clans and surgeons IN gem
eral diseases. Electrical and
medical specialists, treating
catarrh, deafness and all
nervous, chronic, special and
private diseases of both
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-20
EIGHTY-ACRE GROVE
SELLS FOR $4,000

RIVERSIDE, Dec. 19.-One of the
biggest real estate transfers recorded
here in many a day is the sale of the
well known Everest rancho on Magno-
liza avenue, belonging to ]. w. Cruick-
shank, to H. r. Holt of Los Angeles.
The deal was contaminated by ]. M.
Sloane, jr., for the real estate firm of
Mckenzie & Pedley, and involves a
consideration of $280,00
Mr.. Cruickshank secures in the trans
action a fine home on Angeleno Heights,
Los Angeles, and some valuable prop
erty in Tulare county, including 1000
acres of orange land and well stocked
grain ranch comprising 1920 acres. This
property is located about fifteen miles
southeast of Porterville and five miles
from Du Cor, on the Southern Pacific.
The Cruickshank property consists OF
eighty acres of navel oranges located
between the Indian school and Airing
ton, improved with a modern fifteen
room residence, completely equipped
packing louise, foreman's cottage, and
the deal includes also the implements
stock. etc. II is understood that Mr.
Cruickshank will occupy the Los An
geles residence, but that Mr.. Holt ac-
quired the Magnolia avenue property
merely as an investment.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-20
TRADES IN CITY AND
COUNTRY PROPERTIES
LONG BEACH AND HOLLYWOOD
EXCHANGE
Restaurant in Los Angeles and Bald
win Park Ranch in a Deal-Po-
mona Orange Grove for
HoWes Tract Lot

The exchange department of the
Jones & Ryder Land company reports
the following exchanges:
For A. j. Steinke of Duarte, the ex-
change of his brick building, located
at 4215-4217 South Park avenue. Los
Angeles, consisting of two stores and
eight rooms, for the property at 2152
Elm avenue, Long Beach, being a FIVE
room modern cottage on a lot 6OX122
feet; also lot on the northeast corner
of Gardner and Fountain avenues, in
Hollywood, size 5Ox135 feet, formerly
the property of John Lancaster. Total
valuation, $4,000.
Olive G. Putnam and Maud B. Fish
er have exchanged the lease and fur
nishings of the restaurant at 261 East
Fifth street, Los Angeles, known as
the Fifth and WALL" to T. S. Hayes
for his ten-acre ranch at Baldwin Park.
one mile north of Vineland, carrying
a good water right and improved with
$3.50.
Augusta S. de Angeles has exchanged
lot Z of the Hollywood High School
tract located on the east side of Cit
rus avenue between Wilson and Foun-
tain avenues, Hollywood, being a lot
SO feet by LAG feet to alley, for the
property at Bairdstown being a ten
room, two-story house. and a bungalow
on a lot 50x120 feet on the north side
of College avenue, formerly owned by
Olive G. Putnam and M. u. Putnam.
Total valuation, $4100.
Augustus and Emelie r. Volker have
traded their ten-acre ranch located at
Pomona, six acres set to oranges and
the balance to deciduous fruits, i'm
provements good house, barn and out
houses, for ]. Romieh's six-room mod
ern house on a lot 45x130 feet, located
at 1908 West Thirty-sixth street, on lot
20, block 1 of the Howes tract, Los
Angeles. Total valuation, $4,000.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-20
DISCLOSES FINE CLAY
BEDS AT TEMESCAL

CORONA, Dec. 19.-Parks, Barth &
Prizer are continuing the develop
ment of their clay beds in Temescal
canyon A tunnel has recently been
driven into the clay deposits a distance
of $50 feet, which discloses blue and
black clays of the finest quality of the
coal measures. This development
practically shows 100000 tons in sight.
They are now engaged in developing
a rich deposit of highly siliceous fire
clay that stands a test above 5000
degrees Fahrenheit without fusing. 1t
is not at all improbable that a branch
of the Santa Fe railroad will be ex-
tended to the valuable clay mines in
the near future. Such a line could be
built through Hoag's canyon to con-
meet with the track at present laid to
the gravel pit. The distance of the
extension would be about five miles.
Hoffman e Holloway have completed
laying the concrete foundation for the
new addition to the north side of the
First Baptist church. The work was
done under the supervision of H. W.
Enos, who is especially skilled in ce-
ment work.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-20
TWELVE-RO0M HOUSE
ON BERENDO STREET
CHANGES AT S16,500

II. NJ. Sale. president of the Western
Wholesale Drug company, has pur-
chased from a local investor the new
and modern residence at 685 Berendo
street. between Wiltshire boulevard and
West Seventh street, on a 60X150 foot
lot to alley.
The house has twelve rooms-six
bedrooms with sun parlor and finished
attic The entire downstairs is finished
in quartered oak, selected, with piano
finish. There are oak floors through
out the house, which has oak STAIR
cases, reception and upper halls. First
floor consists of large living room, den,
dining room, elegant reception hall and
maids room. There is a large garage
that will hold two machines. Purchase
price was $16 500.
George d. Rudy represented the
buyer and Mines & Parish the seller
in this transaction.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-20
$4,000 SALES
AT INGLEWOOD
NEW RANCHO ACREAGE FINDS
READY BUYERS
SO PER CENT OF PURCHASERS
IMPROVE LAND
Property Lies Short Distance from
Los Angeles on Car Line-Water
and Pumping Plant Other
Inducements

Demand for Inglewood Rancho acre
age in the last few weeks has been eX-
ceptional. Sales have been recorded of
thirty-three acres so far this month,
this number bringing the total of sales
to date to 115 acres, valued at more
than $50, 900. The most important feat
ure, in the eyes of the Inglewood
Rancho company, is the fact that fully
80 per cent of the buyers are improving
their purchases or have signified al
intention to do so in the course of one
or two months. This is important in
that the tract will Immediately be
built up into a prosperous and happy
neighborhood.
The property is on the Los Angeles
Redondo electric line, about a mile
south of Inglewood, and can be reached
in half an hour from Second and
Broadway. The tract is supplied by
the municipal water system of Ingle-
wood and has been laid out in uniform
squares with highly improved streets.
In addition to the city water the Ingle-
wood Rancho company owns a modern
pumping plant, equipped with a 100
horsepower gas engine, which supplies
all water needed for irrigation pur-
poses. There are between 700 and 800
acres in the tract.
Sales last week reached a large total,
amounting to $4,000. Nine acres were
sold Sunday and five on Monday ana
other days were as active. Sales fol-
low: Two acres on Market street, north
of LenoX avenue, to r. S. Van Busick,
for $1,000. The same buyer also pur-
chased two acres on the southwest
corner of Oak and Patton avenues for
$3.50. He intends to begin extensive i'm
provements at once, planning to de-
Velop a large chicken ranch, etc.
Three acres on the north side of Pat
ton avenue to John Mccormick for
$1,000. The buyer will improve.
Two acres on the northeast corner of
Lenox and Inglewood avenues to V.
Valahnick for S1100 The buyer is build
ing and will improve extensively.
One acre on the northeast corner of
Lenox and Crevellis street to Mary
O'Neil for 5000.
The northeast corner of Fir and
Lenox to Mrs. K. c. Cieslak for $500
The northwest corner of Lenox and
Eucalyptus avenues, consisting of two
acres, to May A. Wyatt for 5000.
One acre on the northeast corner of
Cedar and LenoX avenues to Mary Bag
ley for $500. The buyer will improve
at once. The northwest corner of Lenox
and Cedar streets, consisting of one
acre. to Bay Averill for $780,
An acre at the northeast corner of
Lenox and Oak streets to William
Noakes for $3.50. The buyer is improv-
ing with a house, barn, etc.
An acre on Crevellis street, south of
Lenox, to T. C. Martin for $3.50.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-20
DEMAND FOR BUNGALOWS
IN SUBURB CONTINUES

The Mccarthy company continues to
have a brisk demand for five and six
room bungalows in its Greater Los
Angeles tract, and reports the follow
ing sales during the past week:
To Mrs. Hattie Pontious. six-room
bungalow on Sixty-fifth street, near
Main, in the Mccarthy company's
Greater Los Angeles tract, for $2100.
To John Edwards, lot 20, block 4, in
the Mccarthy company's Florence
Heights tract, for 5000.
To j. Robey, lot Z, block 3. in the Nc
earthly company's Orange Grove tract,
Arcadia, for $3.50.
To Albert White. lot 81, block 8. in
the Mccarthy company's Florence
Heights tract, for $3.50.
To Marion F. Pontious, six-room
house on East Sixty-afth street, near
San Pedro, in the Mccarthy company's
Greater Los Angeles tract, for $275O.
To Mary B. Johnson, four 40-foot
lots on Sixty-eighth street, between
Main and San Pedro streets, in the Nc
earthly company's Main Street Villa
tract, for s2400
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-20
RANCH PROPERTIES
BECOME MORE ACTIVE

Ranch properties are selling we'll in
all sections of Southern California.
Among sales near Fullerton was that
of a thirteen-acre walnut grove by w
B. Wiltshire to S. S. Houston at $3.50 an
acre. It was rumored at San Jacinto
that the big Estudillo tract of 500 acres
had been sold to Los Angeles parties,
who will soon cut it up into small
acreage.
At Monrovia the sale is reported of a
two-acre tract on North j. I. c. avenue
by w. H. Evans to Paul Bechart for
$4,000. A thirty seven acre alfalfa tract
on Dalton road south of Monrovia was
sold by V. q. Hoolihan to S. J. Pull
man at reported price of 10000.
A ten-acre orange grove located at
Charter Oak. near San Dimas, is re-
ported to have been sold by J. w. Gill
lespie to w. D. Smith, a new arrival
from Walla Walla, Wash. The stated
price is $4,000 cash.