The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-01
WILL MAKE VISITS
10 BATTLEFIELD
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fredericksburg, Va, April 30.-A
Was College detachment of about six
tH men. as many horses, thirteen wa
CONS. each drawn by FUR mules, am
buiance. blackboard. tents. supplies.
oic,. have arrived mere in charge of
lieutenant j. Il. Dicke! and Licuten-
ant H. =. Bradford. Cnited states
"finN. The detachment mas gone INTO
camp on n field belonging TO Captain
NJ. b. Rowe, about haif a mile west
OF the city. War College officers
Numbering about forty win arrive to-
morrow by rail and go into camp.
lhey Will remain for four days Each
day they will visit the battleneids. and
lectures having particular reference
10 the battle fought on the field view
ca at me time viii ne delivered by
prominent army officers Among those
who viii deliver lectures here are
captain White, Captain Rockenbach.
captain f. j. Nilliaiac. From here
the detachment Will go to Chancellors-
vile. Wilderness. spotsylvan!a and on
TO richmond. returning by Louisa
Gordons'llle, Orange. Papidan. Cui-
pepper, Fauquier. White sulphur
springs. crossing the Potomac TO
Point of Rocks June 6. going thence
TO Frederick. Antietam and Gettys-
~. - IttuIa4ns June 10 to Washing
ton.
George Anderson. charged with
stealing horse from lanes +. Jet
IN STAFFORD county. who has been twice
Tried on this charge. both trials re-
suiting in hung jury. and was out
on bail for $1,000 awaiting the third
trial, left the state some time
ago. and was finally captured at Marl-
boro. Nd. and lodged in jail there
went for Anderson yesterday and car
ried him to Stafford, where he is now
in jail.
To-day having been designated as
general eleaninsup day by Mayor II.
Lewis Wallace there has been a gem
cral overhauling of premises. pilinC of
debris on the streets, the city hav-
ing arranged to haul off such piles of
rummage to the dumpgrou The
is an annual occurrence here. and is
wonderfully effective. resulting in
cichnlhG up many neglected places and
improving sanitary conditions
The severe hailstorm I'm Caroline
county. in the Northern Neck, "A few
evenings ago did great damage to
growing crops. and the loss will
amount TO thousands of dollars The
storm lasted fifteen minutes. The
nail was the size of mothballs, and
after the storm ii was several inches
deep on the ground. The hail de-
stroyed the tomato crop and all hot
bed glass. damaged the fruit trees and
the German clover crop.
The big agricultural meeting sched
uled Tor May IL al Spotsylvania Court
mouse Will he an interesting affair
Governor William II. Mann will de-
liver the opening address. He will he
followed by DIR. Bradford knapp, OF
the United states Agricultural Depart
nent. of Washington. 4 big dinner
VIII be served on the court green un-
der the shade OF the trees In the ar
ternoon Miss Ella Agnew, the State
agent for girls demonstration work.
viii deliver an address on that sub
ject and Il. o. Sandy, State agent for
the boys demonstration work, will
close the speaking
The Democrats of Wcstmoreland
county have elected delegates to the
State Convention at Norfolk and in
dorsed Governor Wilson, of New Jer-
sey. for the presidency by a vote OF
50 to Z.
The Democrats OF Middlesex county
in mass meeting elected delegates to
the State Convention at Norfolk.
passed resolutions indorsing the record
in Congress Of Hon. William a. Jones,
Endorsed for reelection the present
members of the State Executive Com
mittee from the First District and j.
Taylor Ellyson, state chairman, adopt-
ed tho new unit rule and Endorsed
state Senator John Il. Saunders for
district clector.