Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-11-09
NEWS OF THE
OLD DOMINION

spotsyivsnia county. died on Thurs
day At her home Of pneumonia, aged
81 years.
Falls Church. The beautifhl coun.
Try residence. known &c Pendennis' Il
Munson's Hail, near here. belonging
to Mrs. Louise Hillard Patterson, was
burned to the ground on Wednesday
night. There was little Insurance.
Fredericksburg Mayor H. Lewis
Wallace has issued proclamation to
the citizens Of Fredericksburg direct.
Ing attention to the request Of Gov.
ernor Mann for the observance Of the
week beginning November 10 az good
roads week
Harrisonburg The contract for
new tour-story hotel at Massanetta
Springs to accommodate over 900
guests has Just been let to a arm.
The building viii be completed in
time for the season Of 1912.
Harrssonburg. Three rooms have
been endowed At the Rockingham Me
mortal Hospital, now under construc-
ton; one by the local firemen, another
by the Pythians and third by the
young ladies' organization of the
Presbyterian Church.
Fredericksburg. Embrey Baptist
Church, In upper Stafford county has
been organized, the opening sermon
being preached by Rev. Al. ]. Cum
mings. Hawkins Abel, Mahlon, Rose.
and Walter Riley were elected dea-
cons, Mrs. Annie Mountjoy clerk and
Hawkins Abel treasurer. A constitu-
ton and covenant were adopted and
Rev. w. T. Wine was called as pastor.
Fredericksburg. The Richmond,
Urbanna and Peninsula Railroad Com
pany have, it is said, awarded a con-
tract for the erection of Is miles of
the proposed railway line from Rich
mond to Urbanna and have surveyors
at work on the remainder. AS part
of this line they have secured an
option on the Seven Pines road out
of Richmond into Henrico county,
which they except to close.
Winchester james McCrea, presi-
dent Of the Pennsylvania and Cumber-
land Valley Railroads; M. c. Kennedy.
vice-president, and party Of other
officials of the latter road spent part
of the day inspecting the large COM
mercial apple orchards near Winches-
ter, making the trip from Harrisburg
on special train. Plans for addi-
tional improvements along the Cum
berland Valley line, particularly in the
apple belt, were discussed.
Norfolk. The Jamestown Exposition
site on the southern shore of Hamp.
ton Roads was sold at public auction
for $4,000. The best bid was made
by r. c. Strehlow, of Omaha, Neb..
representing the Hampton Roads Wa
ter Front Corporation, which had been
organized by exposition lien holders to
protect their interest of about $780,
900. The special commissioners of sale,
disappointed at the price, will report
without recommendation to Federal
Judge Waddill as to approval.
Suffolk.-At the session Of the East
ern Virginia Christian Conference the
following ministerial delegates OF the
Southern Christian Convention we're
elected. Rev. w. D. Harwood,s Rev
]. P. Barrett, Rev. W. w. Staley, Rev
c. H. Rowland. Rev. r. H. Peel. Rev.
N. G. Newman, Rev. ]. w. Johnson,
Rev c, C. Jones, Rev A. M. Hanson,
Rev J. W. Harrell, Rev. HARRISON H.
B. Butler, Rev. M. W. Butler, Rev. D.
A. Keys, Rev. J. T. Kitchen and Rev.
j. NJ. Roberts.
State Senator-elect J. e. Sest made
the report on home missions, which
carries financial appropriations to
mission churches in Portsmouth and
South Norfolk Among the notable
figures in the convention was DR..
Thomas H. Barnes, the aged former
State Senator.
Lynchburg Despite efforts Of the
postal authorities to keep the matter
secret, it developed here that q
registered package containing $4,000
Was stolen from the mails Friday af-
ternoon or night of last week. The
package was remittance from a
Bluefield CIV. Val bank to New
York city bank. The pouch contain
ing the package is supposed to have
come to Lynchburg at $50 o'clock Fri
day night over the. Norfolk and West
ern Railway, and was delivered
through the mail transfer to train
No. SO, on the Southern Railway at
West End Station. Shortly after leavs
ing Lynchburg, the postal clerk on No.
38 reported that the self-registered
lock on the pouch did not correspond
to the way bill he had signed at
Lynchburg and that package valued
at $4,000 was missing. Inspectors
were put ON the case at once, and they
managed to hush the matter up. 1t
is believed that the local transfer
clerks have already demonstrated
that they are not responsible for the
robbery. The pouch did not pass
through the main Hynchburg post.
ONCE.
Roanoke James Afford, of this city,
81 years old. brakeman on the Wins.
n-salem division Of the Norfolk and
Western Railway. fell on train about
one mile from Rocky Mount, N G., and
suffered injuries from which he died
within an hour.
Lynchburg At midnight Wednes-
day the Arlington Hotel, one Of the
Oldest obstetrics OF the State, was
closed and the building is to be RACED
~ tl,a aracffon ar $3.50 ll(l1 Are