Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-08-22

Newsy items From All Parts
Of the State.

feteTAOur8--MalOr A0Derl IA. Gully
died at his residence here. Major
5ully was born In Petersburg. January
81, 1895. He received his education at
Halls School, Ellington. Conn. After
leaving school he went with Major
Lewis Armstead on government sur
vey OF the military road from indie
pepdence, Mo-, to Santa Fe, N. M. He
then returned to Alexandra, Va,
where his mother was living, and at
the age Of % left Alexandria at the
outbreak of the war rs private in the
Seventeenth Virginia Regiment. He
Rfterward served on the star of GEN
eral Joseph E. tombstone, then, with
General Ewell with whom he went
through the Valley campaign, and then
On the stan of General A. P. Hill, until
The latter's death on the lines near
Petersburg. After the war Major Sully
rebuilt the Manassas Gap Railroad and
was later connected with the Virginia
and Tennessee Railroad. He subse-
| luently went to live in Gordonville and
served with the Orange and Alex
Rndria Railroad, then with the Rich-l
mond and Danville Railroad, being
stationed In Richmond. While still In.
the service of this road he removed
to Greensboro, N. G. Major Sully
came to Petersburg in January, 1875,
as general freight and passenger
agent of the Atlantic Coast Line. He
was later made superintendent, in
which position he remained until his
retirement, a few years later.
Winchester.-While endeavoring to-
prevent the life of his little son from
being crushed out under a train, Rev.,
Samuel G. Gill, pastor of the Presby-
terrain Church at Monticello, ILL.,, was
struck by westbound passenger train
on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
at Harpers Ferry and received injuries
from which he died several hours later
in Winchester Memorial Hospital, this
city. Mr.. Gill had been spending his
vacation at the home of his father,
William Gill, at Woodstock, and was
returning home The child had
stumbled and fallen across the track
when the father snatched him away
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locomotive. His left foot was cut of
and his skull was crushed Rev. Mr.
Gill was 80 years of age and leaves a.
widow and three children.
Petersburg. - Arrangements have
been completed for the annual reunion
of the Second Brigade, Sons of Con-
federate Veterans of Virginia, to be
held at Pulaski, in October next. Miss
Dorothy Harrison, of Petersburg, is
the brigade sponsor, and her maid of
honor is Miss Virginia Paulette, of
Farmville, daughter of Col. S. w.
Paulette, commander of Thornton
Pickett Camp, Confederate Veterans,
of Farmville, and assistant inspector.
general of the Grand Camp of Virginia,
in the Fourth district. Miss Kittie
Mitchell, of this city, has been ap.
pointed sponsor for the Fourth dis.
trict will be named in a few days by
the commander of the Robert E. Lee
Camp, Sons of Veterans of Richmond.
Norfolk.-G. S. Briggs, president OF
the G. S. Briggs Lumber Company;
filed personal petition in bankruptcy
in the United States Court here, plac.
ing his liabilities at $149,55310 and
his assets at $134,599:40. His attor,
neys went to White Sulphur Springs
to ask United States Judge Waddill
for the appointment of a receiver. The
list of liabilities covers notes and
other debts due to creditors in Vir-
GINA, North Carolina, Maryland and
Delaware, ranging from 500 to 81 200
Fredericksburg R. Stuart Roger,
recently elected City Commissioner,
has entered upon his duties This is
new Office, by which a number of
duties heretofore performed by City
Council committees will fall upon the
City Commissioner. Mr. Roger, AM
engineer, will have charge of the
municipal plants, the streets and do
other city work.
Norfolk.-An explosion of gas in,
the Seaboard garage, CRANKY and
Eleventh streets, practically destroy
ed the garage, the Kolb bakery, the
Palace stables and the Carnage line
and cement warehouse, entailing a
loss estimated at $125,000. The Kolb
bakery was one of the largest in the
South. A number of prominent peo-
pie lost automobiles in the garage fire.
Fredericksburg. The annual re-
union Of the Little Fork Rangers, !
Company D, Fourth Virginia Cavalry, .
Gen. Fitzhugh Lees old brigade, will
take place at Oak Shade, in Culpeper
county, August %. A basket dinner
will be served.
Fredericksburg. -Mayor-elect j. p
Rowe, who will enter upon his duties
as mayor of the city of Fredericksburg
September l, resigned Thursday as
member of the City Council and
Maurice Hirsh was elected to fill the
vacancy.
Fredericksburg The City Council
has appropriated $3.50 to the Confeder-
ate reunion to be held at the Kappa
hammock Valley Fair, at Fredericks-
burg September "a, rs and rs.
Fredericksburg. Gold veins have
been discovered on the farm OF c. w.
Jones, located near Morrisville, in
lower Fauquier county. Specimens
were sent to a government expert for
analysis and one piece proved to con-
tain IS worth of gold per ton and the
other $1137 worth per ton. Shafts
4.