Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1910-06-10
GENERAL NEWS.

LyncnDurS, va, June =O.-ODeclal.
Owen jackson a men Der OF the
Lynchburg ball team is i'll with ty-
phoid fever in a Norfolk hospital.
Harrisonburg, Va, June 4.-Ebener,
the little son of Capt. B. G. Shack
lett, of the Southern Railway, was
brought home last night from Wash
ington, whe3e he underwent an oper-
alton on his right foot at the George
Washington Hospital. The little fell
low had been in the hospital for three
months. He was greatly benefited
by the operation and treatment.
Lynchburg, Va, June Especial.
1T was learned here today that a
Philadelphia Syndicate has just bought
more than hundred Thousand dollars
worth of property in Campbell and
Bedford counties to develop. The
syndicate has obligated itself to give
to the purchasers of the property
the advantage of the street cars with
in two years. This property is located
a mile from the present car system.
Lynchburg, Va, June 6. Announce
ment has been made of the coming
marriage of Miss Janet Elizabeth
Kelly. daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. A.
L. Kelly to Mr.. Frank Roy Gay at
the home of the bride on June Is.
The prospective bride mas for several
years been connected with the music
department at the Virginia Christian
College, and Mr.. Gay has taught
Greek in the same institution for two
OF three sessions.
Lynchburg, Va, June 6.-Rewards
aggrega.ing 5000 have been offered
for the arrest of John Moore, who is
charged with the murder of Frank
Howell in Nelson county. Howell
died suddenly three weeks ago and
his stomach since has been found to
contain strychnine. Moore has dis
appeared.
Lynchpurg, Va, June 6.-Indica-
tions are that the horse show to be
he Id Saturday, under auspices ofEthe
Lynchburg Hunt Club, promises to be
a successful event In addition to
local horses, quite bunch will be ex-
hibited from Thomas F. Ryan's Oak
Riage stables and others from the
stables of G. J. Ryan in New York
City.
Lynchburg, Va, June cit is
learned that the Southern railway has
completed plans for the new passeng-
er station here, AMI work will be start
ed as soon as the excavations can be
completed. These have been under
way some weeks. The new station is
to be located on the new route in the
West End and is to cost at least $780,
900.
Lynchburg, Va, June 6.-The feat
ares of the finals at the Randolph
Macon Woman's College today was
the floral procession and the planting
of the ivy bv members of the senior
class. These annual occasions occurr-
ed in the forenoon. Tonight at the
Rivermont Casino in the Riveimont
Park short distance from the Col
lege the class exercises were remembered.
Lynchburg, Va. June .6-Tobacco
planters in this section. are very badly
behind in the planting Of the coming
crop, but the recent rains will greatly
facilitate them in the work of trans
The belief now is that the
1910 crop will be very small one, as
the acreage will not be as large as
last season.
Huntington, w. Va. June 3.-Judge
Doolittle, in circuit court here, has
ruled that the statute providing for
the assessment of national bank stock
at its actual value, with no allow
ance for the personal Indebtedness of
the owner, is unconstitutional.
Harrisonburg, June Miss Mary
Carr Gibson, of Montgomery, Ala, left
Thursday afternoon for her home af-
ter spending several days with her
aunt, Mrs. Frazier FUR, on Newman
Ave. Miss Gibson is niece of Stud
-ney Lanier, the great Southern poet.