The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-11-15
ARREST CAUSES
GREAT SURPRISE
Prominent Man Charged With
Burning His Mill to Get
Insurance Money.
NEW LINE TO COAL FIELDS
Opens Up Splendid Opportunl-
ties in Rich Agricul-'
tural Section.
NEW LINE TO COAL FIELDS
fspec.., TO The Times-Dispatch.l

Rrte L Va. November 1.-THE A..
rast This eek of Ellis kendrick, q
prominent business man. on the charge
OF having burned his own nourins HiAA
70 recover an insurance policy d
$40. 600 on the property. came as great
surprise to the people OF this coInmu-
nitr. The accused man is son Oh
Captain W. J. kendrick. one OF the most
proninent and influential men IN tne
county. and his several sons have AZ
vays lived above suspicion, so lar as
is known here.
Mr. Kendrick bought the mill prop
ertv from W. II. Aston. and at the time
OF the purchase the property was Gov.
cred with the insurance policy reieFEeo
to.
The arrest Of Ellis kendrick followed
an investigation made by a oeteeti'e
agency. The accused was he!d 10 APP
pear before Magistrate Craotiee. mas
bond being placed at $4,000. he IS 10
be given a preliminary hearing on the
10th instant.
Aceord,ns to a telegram received here
by Mrs G. S Miller, her nephew h".
psne Garrett, twenty-three years ot
sre was killed in q motorcycle acc'-
dent In Denver. Col. on Monday OF iSis
N.
-, ,sceived Young Garrett. who
was employed as surveyor, was
son Of D. w. Garrett, now :es!oihs III
New Mexico. The young man lett
Bristol about six months ago.
The Rev. Marvin McFerrin, WHO mas
been the pastor in charge OF the ffes-
hyferian Church at Marion Ter SCI
era, years. has resigned TO accept Tile
past,rate Of the Green Street Presoy-
terrain Church in Augusta, Ga. lie
will enter upon his new duties Decem-
her 1. He is son Of DR.. J. u. NC
Perrin, of Bristol.
The completion Of the Holston River
Railroad, a direct line from the sN-
siuia coal fields through East 11h-
nessee for Carolina and Southern con-
nections, has opened up new opportu-
mites in rich agricultural secuoh'
which are now being taken ad'ahiase
of. Although the road has f-en IN az
tive operation less than year. SOME :
important banking establishments anu
Industries are Spr,nSing up along inc
line.
At Surgoinsv.,.a. on this new ROAD, IN
the fertile agricultural section or Hdw-
kins County, Tenn, not many mics
distant from the Virginia line, the
1otStOQ SAllSS bSiA Los o-
lied. and the Institution Is proFihs
successful The officers are ". ".
Lyons, president: A D. Barber casn-
Ter. Another bank has recently been
organized at Church Hill, In the sams
countv and on the same line II road
This institution Is headed by A. D.
Strobe. 4 Virginian. Mr.. Strobe IS ea-
perienced in the banking business
At Bulls Gap, where this roaG con-
meets with the main line OF the South
ern Railway. real estate has risen
racidly in value, and already mucA
has been done IN the way OF building
Fifty houses are needed there row, Il
is stated. TO accommodate the large
influx in population, including mar.
railroad men and their families, who
have recently located there
II is said that there IS good prospect
for the establishment OF a large cot
ton mill a, Bulls Gap. Capitalists
have been figuring d the property Of
W. H Add:ngton with this il view.
This location is sought on account oi
its convenience to the Virginia coal
fields and because of the railroad facil-
titles afforded for marketing manufac-
rured products. II is believed the deal
will be consUnmated. in which even
the new railroad town viii be made
the home Of one }! the largest cotton
mills ever proposed for Eastern Ten