The Washington herald., 1909-05-19

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Ben 7. VIM and sudie L. OVERLY. both
Of Lunenburg County. Va.
William NJ Watkins. OF Buffalo juno
ton. Va. and Edna Oliver, OF Halifax
County. Va
Bertram L. Bond and Florence c.
Broekett. both OF Richmond, Va.
Alfred Purks and Mamie H. Purks. both
Of Summit, va.
Hagerstown, Md--Forest fires to-day
blazed hercely in the vicinity Of Toms
town. not far from this city. Owing to
the lack OF rain for weeks, and the great
quantity OF dry underbrush on the noun
tain. the fires spread with great rapidity.
FIRE which started on Sunday night
on South Mountain between Monterey
and Beartown ragged uninterruptedly IN
III yesterday afternoon, burning over a
hundred acres Of valuable timber land.
The fire was fought by several scores Of
mountain men, headed BY Ranger Harry
Thomas, and was extinguished
fire broke out in the neighborhood
OF the reservoir on the farm OF DR.. Ben
Jsmin Frantz. and burned fercely until
late at night, when the FIRE fighters got
1t under control. Later the fire started
sfresh, and is still burning toward the
top Of the mountain.
Richmond. Va Nearly 100 cotton
manufacturers VIII attend the American
Cotton Manufacturers Association. which
meetA here next week. JOIN N. Miller. r..
Is ImaH Of the local committee on
entt ament Mayor D. c. Richardson
win welcome the gathering. President 2.
d. Williams. Of the chamber OF commerce.
VIII extend them the hospitality OF that
body
The American association board, in
GLIDING the former presidents, controls
and operates 2.3<3.055 spindles. with an
estimated capital Of 100000. The entire
membership Of the association. about 1.0O0
represents 2o0oo.coo spindles fn America,
employing q capital OF $500 Zoo, go. and
allied Industries OF fully S400.000Oo0 more
making a total OF Sl0o0, ,Oo0.00o
The total spindieage OF the United
States is calculated al 2 10000. OF which
about 100000 are in the South.
Bristol, Va - The Virginia Supreme
Court Of Appeals has denied L A Lackey.
4 well-known young man. convicted
on a sensational charge, the
right Of appeal AT the third trial OF
the case Lackey vas given four
years in the penitentiary. The first trial
resulted in g hung jury. while the YER
dict in the second trial two years ago Of
three years in the penitentiary was set
aside by the trial judge The case has
attracted much attention. and Lsackey
has been out OF bond most Of the time.
He viii be sent to the Richmond prison
al once.
Spencer, y. C.-Jesse NJ. Bowers. OF this
place whose house and furniture were
destroyed by FIRE while the family vas
away from home. wss dangerously kicked
by horse While placing the harness
on the animal he was struck in the fore
head, and Is stiIl in a precsrious condI-
ton.
Woodstock. Vs--Kirby !. Bowman. one
OF the wealthiest young farmers OF Shen-
sndosh County. who has been on trial
here since last Thursday for msliciously
Robert J. Isantz, was convicted
OF unlawful cutting. and his punishment
fixed at one year IN the county jaH and
a sne Of 800 A motion for a new trial
VIII be heard on Saturday The trouble
between Bowman and L.antz occurred on
February 2, that being the regular court
day. The sale OF a horse was the cause
OF the trouble in which Bowman. without
any pTOvOCation. stabbed Lsntz several
times. The men are neighbors, living on
adjoining farms.
Richmond. va.-The most interesting
and important occurrence Of the past
month to harness horse owners and orfv-
ez Of this section Of the country vas
~ Organization at Roanoke Of the Vir-
and Georgia racing cir
cuff. The places included In the new as
sociatioa are Gslax. Rsdford. TszeweH.
Roanoke. and Lynchburg. Va: Winston
Salem, Greensboro, Raleigh. and Char
Iotte, n. c.. Columbia, S. c. and Au-
gusta. Ca There VIII be eleven weeks
Of racing or the circuit, the purses and
stakes offered amounting IN eli 70 SSa0o0
OF this sum, t300oO will be given for run
ming events. while the stakes for trotters
and PAGERS foot up SZ2.OO0 The remaining
kSs. 900 win be given for open races for
form throughout the circuit, being for
l15 snd ~ PAGERS and 21S and IA trot-
ters. Each stake will be 800. The har-
ness horse open purses viii be 800 each
The purses for runners viii be from 500
10 $40 each.
Spencer. \. C.-Spencer graded school
closed a most successful year with a
public entertainment at the school b1ild-
Ing. The school had had the largest en-
OF any year IN its history. and
the work Of the principal, ". G. Caswen.
ard the six teachers employed. has been
highly satisfactory.
Charleston, ". va.-Parkersburg and
EIkIns are both making hard fight to
secure the annual encsnpment Of the
National Guard, which VIII be held July
Ills The site viii be announced by the
governor this week
Elkins. W Va-At the annual COM
mencement exercises Of the Elkins High
School held at the Opera House. three
Hope Isner. Audrey Isabella Heetherly.
otaA G<A43cADNNtt Ja[fAcDA4 aF AoAs ne tel1N
named being direct descendant of Gen
Stonewall Jackson
EIkins. ". va.-A " Pennypacker.
district secretary OF the Parkersburg I.
NJ c. A, has been selected by the board
OF directors Of the Elkins Y. NJ. c. A,
as general secretary. succeeding the Rev
". C Ney, who for the last six months
had been performing the duties Of gen
eral secretary in addition to his pastoral
duties. The new secretary VIII begin his
duties at once.
Lynchburg. va--Dr. J. s NeighbOrs.
pastor OF a large Southern Methodist
church IN Baltimore. wiz preach the
sermon az the Randolph
Macon Woman's College here on Sunday,
June 6 Dr. Murreil Z Gates. OF Wash