Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-08-29
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fixed Cincinnati as its next place OF
meeting in October.
Fredericksburg The State Camp,
Patriotic Order Sons of America, will
meet here in Pythian Hall with Wash.
ington Camp of this city for two
days session on September 10 and IL
Fredericksburg The Democrats Of
Orange county, at massmeeting held
at the county seat few days ago,
/. organized a Wilson-Marshall-C arlin
club.
Fredericksburg warehouse of
the Maryland, Delaware and Virginia
! Railway Company here was broken
into and an attempt was made to rob
the iron safe in the Office. The at
tempt was not successful
Fredericksburg B. Gayle, Jr.,
brought here two watermelons raised
by him on the Alexander Pratt farm,
in King George county: The melons
weighed respectively 51a and 48
pounds.
Lynchburg-The Piedmont Bust
ness College, which was sold under
mortgage foreclosure, will be reorgan-
lied and a charter has been applied
for. w. P. Musick is president of the
new concern.
Lynchburg.- NJ. Gannaway, presi.
dent of the Virginia Farmers Educa-
tional and Cooperative Union, has
issued call for meeting Of tobacco
growers from all of the tobacco-pro-
ducing States to meet in Lynchburg
October Is.
Fredericksburg. Casem Brooks,
who was in Jail, charged with the
murder OF Lum Lloyd in Spotsylvania
county, has been admitted to bail in
the sum of $500 by Judge R. H. L.
J Chichester for his appearance at the
October term of the Circuit Court
Fredericksburg Ferdinand H.
Hart, register of the Daughters of the
Confederacy of this city, has sent in
certificates for 81 crosses of honor to
| be bestowed upon Confederate vet
Grams and sons of Confederate vet
Grams of this city. This closes the
! applications and no more crosses will
4 be issued
Lynchburg. When the public
! schools of Lynchburg open September
Is the Compulsory Education. law be-
| comes effective. All children be-
i tween and II years who cannot read
| and write will be required to go to
1 school. The city puts into commits
sion another new building for this ses-
! sion.
Harrisonburg.-Wi William Mayo, %
| years old, son of Charles Mayo, of
Crimora, was killed by Norfolk and
| Western train below Grottoes. Frag-
ments Of his body were scattered
along the track for miles. A leg was
found on the pilot of an engine at
Vesuyius, Is miles distant He was
returning from Covington, where he
was employed, to visit his parents
Lynchburg.-Y men identified
with the local Young Mems Christian
! Association have organized for social
purposes the Knickerbocker Club, for
which quarters. will be secured out
/ side the association building. The
officers are: President, j. G. Nowlin;
: yice-president, William Neubauer;
secretary, Burks Withers. and treas
urer, John Randolph.
Roanoke ~ United States Deputy
! Collector of Internal Revenue R. F.
j cd 10 he aifry rot
on moonshine distilleries in Franklin
and Patrick counties this week. The
trip resulted in the destruction of Is
| plants with many thousands of gal
I Ions of whisky mash and apple pomice
! A few Of the plants were on the COM
bination order, making both whisky
and brandy.
Charlottesville. Chestnut blight has
made its appearance at Monticello,
the magnificent mountain home of
Thomas Jefferson, now owned by Rep
resentatiye Jefferson Levy, of New
York. Hippo Gravat, in charge of the
chestnut blight work in Virginia, re-
ported to the Department of Agricul-
ture his discovery of a diseased tree
at Monticello So far only one af-
fected tree has been found and this
was destroyed.
Fredericksburg. - In the Circuit
Court of Essex county, at Tappahan.
mock, on application OF C. O'Conor
Goolrick, attorney for the Smith-Cog-
hill Shoe Co, of this city, and for
Armstrong. Gator & Co.. of Baltimore,
Judge r. r. B. Wright appointed
Logan Newbill, of Essex county, re-
cefver for s. G. Hundley, merchant
doing business in Essex county. The
order directed that the receiver take
possession OF the stock of goods. in the
store.
Middlebrook. Burglars entered the
postoffics here, blew open the safe
with dynamite and took away all the
cash and stamps. amounting to SITS,
without creating any alarm. They
left no clue. A slight noise was heard
by the postmaster's wife across the
| street, but not enough to excite alarm.
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Snakes killed $4,000 persons in
Africa last year.
Picking and Tientsin are the only
cities OF North China that haYe water.
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