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Lynchburg Miss Annie Holt. or
4 Burlington, ~ c.. left home to take 4
4 position as school teacher but was
met in :Lynchburg BY her lover. mar.
ried in Madison Heights at the home
OF 2 friend ana started on q bridal
erlp 70 CHoa All within the space
q = lew nours.
Suffolk. After an aIf-day trial IN
! Nansemond Circuit Court. the Jury
brought in a verdict sentencing John
| Garner, coIored, to f6 years inprfson-
ment for the murder Of Charles Brink
ley, a I5-year-old white boy. whose
neck was broken with a gun barrel
and whose body was dragged into the
woods near the Dismal swamp. There
was no Witness to the tragadv and tho
800 elis'u soieiy upon elLcumstaneiai
esi9eiice.
Winchester.-Lewis F. Maioney.
former Baltimore shoe salesman, who
has been on trial for two DAYS in the
Frederick County Circuit Court. was
acquitted. He was charged with forg
ing the name Of Scott Grant, wealthy
| stockman and farmer. to a check for
/ $l65 and depositing it in the Middle
town State Bank to the credit Of
James A. Lanhan and drawing $50
against the account.
Harrisonburg Frederick A. W..
Hofling, of Charleston, s. c.. pris-
oner here, dug his way out of Jail by
picking the mortar from around the
bricks in the wall and making a hole
big enough to crawl through. He is
charged with stealing a suitcase at
the Kavanaugh hotel. He went under
several aliases and kept the police
| guessing by pretending to be insane
| for several weeks. He is wanted in
Lynchburg and has a record else
where.
11a.., .c
- .soD ooouuy, pray lol
~ th,a NC. 80 = 800 = = ss'np way Eeas-
49,. y os1,. n =, g. ? :
county, disappeared from home aon
September 49, After nearly four
weeks he walked into his home Thurs
day. His wife accidentally met him
Wednesday Whiie sne was In Har-
TisonDurg. Dove gives no excuse Tor
ms actlon. he was located In Au-
susea county, where ne was neiplng
shipper PACK apples.
Lexington address before the
October conyocation at Washington
and Lee University was delivered Nv
Major ]. 6. Hemphill editor Of the
Richmond Times-Dispatch. He was
introduced nv President Denny To
more than 600 young men at wash
ington and Lee. Major Hemphill
compIimented President Denny for his
work at this institution and deplored
his leaving Virginia. He expressed
the nope that larger useIuiness await
81 niin AZ the University Oh Alanama,
~ ~ 1 son,a {. ~ rao,,;r pn tAn. -
tha ca,,ana ,, M, l,saas. ~. 49,.
inv success
nieueiicAspufs. meeting OF
the poard OF trustees OF the state
Normal School there was a full at
tendance of members, with DR.. ]. A. G.
Chandler, of Richmond, presiding, and
Alden Bell. Of Culpeper, acting as sec
rotary. The other members present
were P. j. White, of Richmond; Dr.
A. s. Kemper, of Rockingham: John
T. Daniel, OF Cape Charles; George o.
Round, of Manassas; E. ]. Smith, and
G. 0'Connor Goodrich, Of Fredericks-
burg, and President e. H. Russell, Of
Fredericksburg. The board prepared
budget to be presented at the next
Legislature asking for appropriations
for enlargement and development of
the school Gunyon Harrison was
elected Superintendent of the ma.
chinery and G. L, Hudson engineer.
poano,,a Tha ann,,aI aat,n !.
~ stao,,bo,dans - 49, 49, 80
sno o.ooAaoe1 =. ~ w. Ao'A e.1iu
western. railway company was neia
mere at the generai ofhees OF me com
pany. More than 80 per cent. of the
outstanding capital stock was repre-
sented. The business transacted in
iuueu ,na l-e $500 ~ alsn,y I'M = Inn.