The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-12-01
HARTSELL WILL
Be ORATOR OF DAY
Annual Memorial Exercises OF
Lynchburg Elks TO Be
Held To-Day.
SCHOOLS ARRANGE DEBATE
Interesting Suit Looking to Di-
vision Of the Dublin
Fair Grounds.
Especial 10 The Times-Dispatch.l

lEpEcidl 10 re iltiee us pa a.
LyuchbLlE. Va. November Se.-'Ine
annual memorial exercises If the
Lyuchbgrs Lodge o. Elks Will take
place At the city Auditorium on sun
day, and the orator FOR the occasion
will Ice l. 7. Hartsell, exalted ruler "t
the lodge at Concord. \. e. This lodg@
mas had an unusual number OF deaths
during the past year these being W.
J. TGrpin, \. f. Er.sses, Max GIsSrn-
heimer Jr.. h. W Joplin. ;. b. AOunser.
DR. r. u. Hubbard. w. X Cunning
ham and Maury r Jordan. Fred
Harper past exalted ruler OF this
lodge. left TO-DAY Tor Richmond 10
make the annual memorial address
for the Richmond lodge.
one of The n,sges: real estate deals
o; the recent past occurred In smytA
County this week. when the Creed
Fulton Carter farm. In that county.
containing 600 acres OF rich land IN
Richm Valley. Smyth County. was sold
to ;. : and =. l. Clark. Of Rich Val,ey.
and r. ". Richardson, OF Emory. The
G.sI involved abort $4,000. The
farm Is regarded AS one OF the finest
in that section OF the State.
. The high schools Of Lynchburg and
Roanoke arr arranging for a debate
to be held here early during December.
The subject will be: Resolved, That
the President Of the United States
should be elected for term Of six
years and should be Ineligible 10 re
/ election The exact date has not yet
I been fixed upon. but 81 will either be
December : or December IA.
: Members OF the local i. u. c. A are
! not A little disturbed over the persist
ency by which the Dallas (Texas) AS
ISOLATION IS following up a call ex-
snead OF the local Organization. TO
become general secretary in the Texas
City. Mr.. snead is considering the
request of Dallas to &C there 10 lock
the held over. but IL is highly probable
that he Will decide to remain with the
Lynchburg work
After q service Of about twenty
years. NJ Snead has brought the
Lynchburg Association up 10 a SPLEEN
did organization. and much regret
would be expressed here over such a
decision. should ne decide to GO to
Dallas. Under Mr.. Sneads leadership.
in the last Elk years a new buildin 3
has been erected here at a cost of sse.-
O0o. TO which has been added summer
facilities in the island playground. the
cost Of which has been $4,000. and the
association has ono of the larges;
memberships in the Southern States.
+ Considering the poor quality Of the
! crop being sold. conditions surrounding
the local Dark leaf tobacco market
are regarded as good as they could be.
The crop this year is short AID rot
as desirable as the average: hence
there Is not the spirit n buying that
would be the case with more desirable
offerings II Is believed the crop win
De several million pounds lighter than
f.1 -
100000 pounds were sold on the local
warehouse floors
/ Entries are being made for the
LynchburS Poultry Show. which IL 70
be held here December lola and for
the FIRST time II the history Of the
association there Is promise Of & con-
siderable number Of out-of-tovn ex-
hibitors. Charles Nixon, OF PLiladel-
phia, has been secured as judge for
the show. He goes from the local
show TO offic.atc AZ the exhibition at
Madison Square Garden. New York
Az interesting suit has been insti-
tuted N Pulaski County looking to
+ the division Of the Dublin fair grounds
among about a hundred persons en-
titled thereto. In 1882 the property
vss decided TO the Pulaski Agricultural
| and Mechanical Association. to be
used for q county fair, with a provtso
that should II be not utilized for that
purpose for three successive yeara tina.
II should revert 10 the original owners.
The fair Is dead, and now LOG persons
lay claim to title to the ten acres under
the reversion clause OF the deed.
Hhe Brooknesl Business Mems Club
has been formed to foster the CONNER
ciai interests OF that town, with the
following officers: President J. Z
Webb; vice president z r. Monroe;
secretary. ). E Peterson: treasurer.
John B. Williams
The town IS making heroic efforts
to begin the restoration OF the bushes.
area which vas destroyed by Ere three
weeks ago. and IL is thought that the
new buildings will be Of q much more
substantial character than were those
destroyed