The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-26
HIS INT { N 7 IONS
STILL UNKNOWN
Mr.. Jones Has Made No An
nouncement as to Future !.
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Lancaster, Va, December 25.-The
reports published in certain papers TO
the effect that Congressman William
A. Jones has decided not to enter the
race for tho United States Senate seem
to be rather premature. If the friends OF
Mr.. Jones in tho Northern Neck ara
correct in their opinion of his wishes
and intentions. They say that as yet
Mr. Jones has mado no public or pri-
vate announcement of his intention In
regard to running for the senatorship.
and that he will not do SO until the
proper time arrives.
The trouble over the removal of the
principal of the Ottoman High School
by tho school board of White Chapel
District has been settled. When the
trustee electoral board met to hear
the appeal the s,sners to the petition
withdrew their appeal, and the prin-
cipaI bade farewell to his pupils and
patrons and went home.
George Bernard Hazard, a promi-
nent young business man living on the
Eastern Branch of the Corotomau
River. and Miss Zenora Davis. daugh-
ter of y. w. Davis, were married this
evening at tho home OF the brides
father. near Merry Point
James Mckinney has sold his store
and hotel at Lancaster to William G..
Beane. Mrs. Maria Tallin Haynie, who
has conducted the hotcl for the last
six years, retires to take nuch-necd-
ed and well-deserved rest No an
uouncement has yet been made as to
rho will conduct the hostelry in the
future.
The Eplscopalians are building a
pretty chapel at Election, on the Great
Wicomico River. At present the par
.sh is without rector. but the work
on the chapel Is going ahead rapidly.
Ralph and Cyrus Chiffon, students at
the Virginia Polytechnic Institute, am
Samuel Downing. student at the Medl-
cal College of Virginia. In Richmond.
have returned to spend the Christmas
holidays at their homes here.
Harry w. Nichols, of ST. Joseph Mo.
arrived hero yesterday to spend the
Christmas holidays at the home OF his
wifes father. William Chiffon, clerH
of the Circuit Court. Mrs. Nichols, for
merly Miss Laura Chiffon. has been
here for several months
a pleasant family reunion Will be
held this week at "Alelrose.' tho home
Of the venerable DR.. Wayland f. Dun
away, when all Of his children will
meet again around the ancestral
hearthstone. The Rev. Thomas S. Dun
away, Jr,, of Smithfleld; tho Rev. w.
L. runaway, Jr., of West Virginia, and
Clarence Dunaway, principal OF the
Sidney School, In Richmond, arrived
yesterday to make the family circle
complete. The Rev. Waylnnd t. Dun
away. D. D.. head of the family, is one
Of the best known Baptist ministers
in Virginia, and is greatly honored and
beloved by all who know him. He was
n prominent member of the convention
that framed the present Constitution
of Virginia,
Negro oystermen heretofore en-
ployed on the Rappahannock River. IN
going homa last week, committed nu-
mcrous thefts and deprcdations along
their Journeys. The wharf houses al
Burhans, on the Middlescx side. We're
broken open and robbed of many val
liable articles, At Locklies Wharf,
farther down the river, a sloop con-
tanning about zoo bushels OF oysters.
was stolen and carried off. Inc sloop
has not yet been recovered, and no
clue to tho crime has been discovered,
A brass band recently organized al
and Is expected to play at tho holly
ball there tomorrow night, This
makes the second brass band In Ian
caster county, the other being at
Wheaton,.
Judge John c. Ewell, who lately re-
tired from tho position of grand COM
mander OF the Virginia Grand Camp OF
Confederate Veterans, is reported to
he III from bronchitis at his home near
Bertrand, in the Corotoman neighbour
hood