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Fredericksbufg Frank 9. Lank-
ford. of Lancaster, has fled with the
United States District Court 9 petit
ton Of voluntary bankruptcy. giving.
liabilities Of s62,299.62 and assets Of
$3,720 Mr.. Landlord, farmer, is
indebted to banks and persons for
money advanced in exchange for stock
in the Lewis-L ankford Tull Company.
Incorporated, at Morattico, in Lancas-
ter county. The notes securing these
loans were Endorsed jointly by Mr..
Landlord, r. w. Lewis and a. =. Tull.
The company is In the hands of re
ceiver and suit is pending for the set
Element Of the claims In the Circuit
Court for Lancaster County. Virginia
and Maryland banks are the principal
creditors. The largest single claim is
held by L. E. Munford Banking ComA
pany, of Cape Charles, Va. the notes
amounting to $26,113.33 The Farm
ers' Bank, of Somerset, Marion Sta
ton, Nd, holds notes totaling $4,000.
Among other large creditors are the
A. E. Tull Oyster Company, Marion
Station, Md, $10.470.76, and Estelle
Smith, Heathsyille, Va 5000.
Fredericksburg Some army Off
GERS were here recently and saw q
pair of mules which they wanted to
buy for the Government. A Spotsyl-
| vania farmer, the owner, asked $500.
When the officers offered to take
charge of the animals the owner de-
clined to part with them except for
cash. He was told the government
never paid cash for anything, but that
| the bills would have to be submitted
and approved before check would be
sent. The owner was unwilling to
trust his mules even to the govern
ment. He has great confidence, how
ever, in Capt M. B. Rowe. Of this city,
and he informed the officers that II
they would get Captain Rowe to guar
aDtee to him that payment would be
made he would let the mules go. Cap
tain Rowe readily signed guarantee
which he gave to the farmer, who ac-
cepted 1t as satisfactory. In due
course the check came by mail, and
the farmer is satisfied.
Onancock. Samuel J. Lambden, 81
years old, the only Mexican War vet
eran on the Shore in Virginia, died at
the home of his daughter, Mrs. Frank
| A. West Mr.. Lambden was born
near Pocomoke City, Nd, and was a
page in the Maryland Senate for sew
eral years. He was on visit to rela-
/ tives in Fort Worth, Texas, when war
was declared against Mexico. He
served through the war under General
4 Zachary Taylor. A portrait of Gen
eral Taylor was hung in his bedroom.
Fredericksburg There is in the
possession Of Lambs Creek Episcopal
i Church, in King. George county, the
old Lambs Creek Bible, a well-pre-
served folio book printed at Oxford
by John Basket in 1915 This Bible
was in use from. the time the church
was erected in 1917 until about Is
years ago, when it was sold because
of the abandonment of the church,
Since then Lambs Greek Church has
been restored and the purchaser of
the Bible let the church buy it back.
/ Norfolk. With nearly 500 delegates
In attendance, the Virginia Reunion
Association of the Order of Elks held
Its annual convention at the Elks'
Home in this city. The visitors were
welcomed by Past Exalted Ruler w,
H. Venable, of Norfolk Lodge. They
were taken to Cape Henry on a special
sty-oip - q ~ r,y.y,,,r,, MI, -
the shore dinners made famous by
the visits Of President Taft in 1910
i was served.
Lynchburg. Max Guggenheimer,
Jr, known as the father of the whole,
sale trade and shoe business of Lynch.
burg, died at the Hotel Netherland,
New York, where he was taken Mon.
day night upon landing from trip to
2 Germany. Born in Bavaria in 1872
/ he came here in 1856 to visit relatives.
Tr his visit he became a resident OF
Lynchburg.
BristoL-The Fulkerson Camp OF
1 Confederate veterans has fixed Sep
TENDER 10 as the date for the six
teenth annual reunion of the ex-Con.
federate soldiers of Southwest Vir
gihia and East Tennessee. The re
union will be held in Virginia Park
here and "a basket dinner will be a
feature. Commander N. D. Bachman
Is arranging for speakers.
4 Lynchburg Rev. J. Mack Franklin
for five years pastor of the Wesi
Lynchburg Baptist Church, preached
his farewell sermon Sunday night
Next Sunday he becomes minister tt
group Of Baptist churches, with
headquarters at Greenyille, Augusta
county. Under his passionate the
church grew from q struggling mis-
sion to congregation with a member
shipNof 200.
Fredericksburg:A monument to
the memory OF the Confederate dead
of Mathews county will be unveiled al
Mathews Courthouse on September
II. a program has been arranged and
there will be prominent speakers.
Fredericksburg Announcement /.
made that the site Of Old Mudd.
Church. four miles above Lamb.
Creek Church. will be decided to tn,
trustees of the parish by the presen
owner. Muddy Creek Church wal
probably the first church erected Ii
n 4 n v,Y..s,. T1sf ~ n -,