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teal feud in the Blackwater district
to 9 threatened outbreak. All through
the mountain district the clans are
lining up. The coming trial of 200
moonshiners, charged with vote sell.
ing. is causing the local authorities to
make preparations for the protection
Of the court and jury. They fear an
outbreak paralleling the tragedy at
Hillsyille last March, when. with the
exception Of one man, the entire hui
man fabric Of. the court Was wiped out.
Judge Skeen got message from the.
mountains reading: There are 38 In
our party. Before we will submit to
going to jail we will die and go to
hell"
Newport News. This city over
whelmingly voted bond issue or $25,-
900 to purchase waterfront property
and construct q small boat harbor and
municipal pier The vote was 100 to
So. In addition to the small boat .har-
Dor and piers, the bond issue means
the purchase OF 119 acres of land sur
rounding the harbor for factory sites
and will give the city 1000 feet Of
water front at the junction of James
rive and Hampton Roads. The har-
Dor will combine water and rail trans
portation.
Petersburg "A large brick building
on Canal street, used as a branch mill
of the Virginia Consolidated Milling
Company. was entirely destroyed by
ire, with machinery and large guam
tity of -four and cornmeal. The loss.
which lie covered by insurance, will
probably be in the neighhorhood Of
$4,000 or $4,000. The fire occurred
during a heavy electric storm Tho
building, which was owned by the Vir-
ginia Railway and Power Company, is
supposed to have been struck by light
aing,
Frederick The election in
Caroline county on the question Of
Issuing $125,000 of county bonds to be
used In the construction Of permanent
good roads resulted in a defeat Of the
bond issue BY majority Of 1874. Many
4 localities In the county were largely
in favor OF the bond Issue, while other
sections were just as firmly opposed
The result Of the election is great
disappointment to many in the county
as well as others who regret to see
any check to the movement for good
roads through the State.
Fredericksburg. The season in this
section this summer has been one of
the finest known in years and 1t
promises to be great crop year,
showers having fallen at intervals just
as needed, and the corn crop never
looked better at this date in previous
Tears More hay has been raised than
ever before, especially alfalfa, and
vegetables and fruits of all kinds are
plentiful and excellent in quality.
Fredericksburg. The failure Of
Caroline county to accept the bond
issue for the permanent Improvement
Of good roads will probably result in
the automobile highway from Rich
mond to Washington, which will pass
through this city, being changed so as
to go through Spotsylvania to the
Hanover line and from there to Rich
mond. Spotsylvania and Hanover al
ready have good roads.
Winchester Though Winchester
has had no saloons for four years, the
Anti-Saloon League will ask for a
local-option election to be held early
in September Temperance leaders
claim the liquor trust is about to
throw money into Winchester for capi-
tation taxes, and it is desired to have
the issue settled by the ordinary cleo
torate, which at the last election gave
the dry" ticket $50 majority.
Bristol. Representative G. B.
Slemp, who is now in Southwest Vir-
ginia, states that he has appointments
to fill from the Ninth Virginia district
at West Point and Annapolis. He Is
anxious. to correspond with young men
from is to 81 years of age who may be
qualified He advises that only per-
sons who have had high school OF
preparatory school training should
apply.
Lynchburg.-H the order of State
Auditor Moore as to reyenue-producing
property owned by the cities OF the
State is not estopped by the courts,
the city Of Lynchburg will be assessed
more than 100000 on property in this
class, the property being valued by the
city at more than 81, SOC, 900.
Norfolk. The Norfolk City Council
has designated FIVE delegates to repre-
sent the city at the Atlantic Deeper
Waterways Convention at New Lon
don, Conn, September 4-6
Stanton. "A suit for $4,000 dam
ages brought by DR.. T. T. Fanntleroy
against L. L. Bowman for alienation Of
his wife's affections was settled out
Of court.
Luray.-Ch Charles Leakford, aged %,
died from injuries sustained 10 days
ago by being knocked from freight
train on the Norfolk and Western Rail-
road at Rileyville. 1t was reported
that he was struck by the crane of a
water tank.
Fredericksburg Miss Elizabeth
johnson, of Baltimore, has been elect
ed by the city School Board as an adj
ditiCnal High School teacher Miss
Catherine Taylor, of Appomattox, has
been elected to fill a vacancy caused
nv the rasipnatfon Of Miss Carrie Hun.