The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-11-08


mental purposes in the county.
Mrs. Ellen Hammer. IS years old.
was burned to death Thursday night
i'm her home at Charlottesville. Her
clothing took fire from an open
CRATE
Between 1900 and 5000 people saw
the Confederate shaft to Greenvllle
conntv's dead unveiled in Emporla
Thursday. Former Governor Montague,
Governor Mann and others made ad-
dresses.
A petition has been filed in Corpora
ton Court in Lynchburg, asking Tor
local option election. There are $40
petitioners. Ii is expected the election
will be about Dec. 10.
The oil and gas well at Nokes-
Vile has reached depth OF eight
hundred feet. and those in charge
of the work are sanguine of strlk-
inc Gil at an early date. Surgeon
General =. NJ. Rixey. L. $ y. has
moved 10 his farm. Ben Lomond'
near town. where he will entertain
4 house party OF huntsmen Tor sew
eral weeks Manassas Journal.
Alta meeting Of the MJman's AuXil
iarv In Alexandra, Bishop Gi: s0a sp"k,
of the woyA being dlre al DJCi,Hes
and paid a high tribute 20 Miss N'sC
Wheat. telling Of her Influence ard tins
good she has ,crmphshed. to1u.eu-
lions were made towards the salary ol
Mss Ro.s vines. and a. ,iic:ng OF
SIS was made IN ler behalf.
Gov. Nsnn declares that he Is strongly
IN favor If all Of the rcrenS amend
meuls 20 the constitution wh'ch the
voters are t. pass on Iucsdn". lie
SAYS tbs; the commissioners OF thc
Revca.e and Treasurers should GER
iainh bs allowed 20 sue -ct'd thefns yes.
The Petersburg IndeX-Appeal has
been sold 10 Walter Edward Hairs,
now # Washington. formerly OF The
old DISPATCH. 81 this city. lie viii TAKE
charge If the property az cree. M.
Hsrfis IS one OF TIE best known and
most efficient newspaper men m the
South
r. ". Carpenter. treasurer OF
Rockingham county. has resigned.
A stable was burned and tWo resi-
dences were damaged in Petersburg,
the Joss being SIS, 600.
R,v. John J. WicHcr. Of Nor. field,
Mass. hes been called u the pastorab
Of L.ish street Baptist Church. iI'h-
mond.
W.,herlori Memorial Baptist
cherr1. Manchester, has extended q ca
10 r.. Nm. G.. Sac, az Gloucester
county. which was accepted.
Jcaee j q. Newman and his fam
ily sill leave Missouri this week
.or their home near Somerset" here
ne, will spend the winter
Virginia's light eleven met It's
.irst defeat of the season in Wash
ington Saturday at the hands oil
the Carlisle indians. score - 10 b.
The corner stone of the new
/ Gwynn's Island Baptist church, In
| Mathews county. will be laid NOV
10th at II O'Clock with Masonic Ger
emonies.
Rev. 3. d. Thames. of Manchester
has accepted the pastorate OF Har-
mony Grove Baptist church in Mid
dleseX county.
Woodberry Forest lost game
| OF football to the Cathedral School
Of Washington. Saturday on Wood
berry Forest gridirOn. Score 10
10.
The bar Of the Northern Neck
will hold a meeting and banquet al
/ Iryington Tuesday, Nov. 2yth, un-
de, the management OF Messrs. r
| G. Newbill and W. L. Hathaway
The board of supervisors of Accom- &
county have altered the game laws Of
the county. Partridge or quail may Z,
now be shot before Nov. Is, but the
season has been extended TO January 10.
At cost of about a million dollars
and five years work. the eXcavating f0r
the tunnel on the Southern railway {
I new route luEOuEh - tttlotA = hc0 49,
completed. The excavation Is l,ec
feet long.
T. J. Downing. OF Lancaster
spoke at Bland C.. II. Friday in the
interest of Hon. II. c. Stuart, Dem
Ocratic candidate for Congress in
/ Ninth district, and it was said to
be the most eloquent speech heard
there in many years.
The remains OF the late II. b
Walker. formerly of Westmoreland
county, who died in Florida, were
brought to his old home and inter
red at Poplar Plain" a few days
ago. Services were conducted by
Rev. B. f. Hudson. The pallbear-
ers we're: Hon. c. Harding Walker
DR.. G.. c. Mann, j. NJ. HUT, S. B.
Walker. Eddie jenkins, w. G. Walk
err The remains were accompanied
Oy his widow and little child. also
his stepson, Robert Gerideam, OF
FLORIDA. and Mr.. and Mrs. James
Walker. of Baltimore