The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-23
By Dr.. F. JOSEPH MAGRL, M. a.


daughter. or her granddaughter her step
daughter, brothers. daughter or sisters daughter:
and no woman may marry her stepdaughter. uncle.
daughters husband, husbands son or his grandson
or stepson brothers son, sisters son, or husband
of her brothers or sisters daughters. Marriages
between white and coored persons forbidden.
and marriages between such persons and between
persons under the age OF consent. the age OF con-
sent of the male being fourteen years and of the
female twelve years. and bigamous marriages are
void without decree Of court. Seven years alb
sence of the husband or wife without knowledge
that he she be living. will entitle the other to
remarry without mourning the penalty for bgamy
The statutory grounds for divorce a vinculo arc
consanguinty or affinity within the prohibited de-
grees want OF mental or physical capacity existing
at the time OF the marriage. felony, desertion for
the time of marriage by some person other than
the husband, and prostitution OF the wife before
marriage Divorces mensa are granted for cruel
ty reasonable apprehension OF bodily hurt anu
abandonment. One years residence in the State
OF either the husband or wife is necessary to the
jurisdiction of the court. From 1867 to 1886
2635, and from 1887 to 1907. 12l29 divorces
Denominational Appropriations--Appr appropriations
by the General Assembly of money other prop
erty to any church or denomina tonal sectarian
institution directly or indirectly controlled by any
church or UNCONVENTIONAL sectarian society are
prohibited by the Constitutions nor has the Gen
era Assembly power to make any appropriation Of
money or other property to any charitable institu-
''oh ~hich is not owned or controlled by the State
intoxicating LiQuors.-The General Assembly
has full power to enact local option or dispensary
laws or any other laws, controlling, regulating or
prohibiting the manufacture or sale of ;ntoxicaiing
liquors. but local option has been to the present
time (19l2l the policy OF the legislature On
January L. 1912. siSty-six OF the 90 counties and
eight OF the nineteen cities OF the State had no
form of liquor license.
Wills and Bequests-No person of unsound
mind, or under twenty years OF age. is by law
capable of making will except that minors. eigh-
teen years OF age or over, may by will. dispose OF
their personal estate A will to be valid must
signed py the testator or by some one for him. in
his presence and by his direction in such manner
AS to make 1t manifest that the name is intended
as signature, and. Uncover, unless the will be
wholly written by the testator the signature must
be made or the will acknowledged by him in the
presence OF two Witnesses. present at the
time. and the witnesses must subscribe the will in
the presence of the testator but form of at
testation Is necessary. Wills are revoked by the
marriage OF the maker. A devsee or Iegatee under
will is competent witness thereto if the will
may otherwise be proved but the devise or
legacy to him is void. The influence which Will
vitiate a will must amount TO force and coercion
DESTROYING free agency. Requests incorporates
charitable institutions are valid. but those un-
incorporated institutions generally fail for uncer-
tainty TO the benehciaries
illstory.-Spanish Settlements C526-I0).-
Eighty years before the coming Of the English
to- jamestown in 1907. a settlement made in
the leadership OF Lucas NasQuez de Ayllon. OF
the Judges of the island. who June II. 1926 had
obtained from the King of Spain patent empow-
ering him TO explore the coast for 500 leagues,
make settlements within three years and Christian
iZe the natives Accompanied by the Dominican
Fathers Antonio dc Montesnos and Antonio de
Cervantes. with Brother Peter Estradas the
expedition set sail in three vessels from Puerto de
than 600 persons of both sexes, with horses and
extensive supplies. Entering the Virginia capes
and ascending vide river (the James, the Span-
iards landed at Guandape, which Ayllon named ST.
Michael Rude buildings we're erected and the
Sacrifice Of the Mass offered in log chapel On
the death by fever of Ayllon October Is, 1926.
Francis Gomez succeeded to the command The
severity of the winter. the rebellion the settlers
and the hostility OF the Indians caused the aban-
donment OF the settlement in the spring of 1927
the party setting sail in two Of the vessels. The
one containing the remains of Ayllon foundered
San Domingo
Menendez, the Governor of Florida. sent to vir-
gina second Spanish expedition which settled
on the Eappahannock River Axacan, September
TO- lolo; II Was composed of Fathers segura.
vice-provincia of the Jesuits and Louis de Quiros
with six Jesuit brothers and some friendly Indians
beni on permanent settlement, the missionaries
sary winter supplies. a log house with chapel
served as residence Don Luis de Velasco so
named by the Spaniards treacherons indian
guide led party of Indians. who slew Father
Quiros and Brothers Soils and Mendez February
~, lo7l. Father Segura, with the remaining
brothers I.inares, Redondo Gabriel Gomez and
Sancho Zevelles. similar fate four DAYS af-
forwards In the late spring Spanish pilot was
sent TO AXacan TO get OF the missionaries
ne returned bringing of their murder
w vns Menendez again sailed to Axacan and
converted and baptized before their execution by
Father Rogel a Jesuit missionary.
r. Enshsh Colonization G607-1775).- Sebastian
1925 In 1884. 1885 and 1887 Sir Walter Raleigh
sent meets to the coast of North Carolina. but no
permanent settlement effected The name
virginia in honor of Queen Elizabeth was given
10 all the territory from the French colonies on
me , north to the Spanish settlements the south
ana from the Atlantic to the Pacific Oceans. In
1915. when Virginia extended from the thirty
fourth to the forty-hfth parallels. 1t was divided
ny James L. between the London and the Plymouth
companies, the former getting the land from the
thirty-fourth to the fortyfrst parallels. Colonsts
10 the number OF 143, the prime mover being Can
tain John Smith. set sail from England i'm three
small ships. Passing up large river, which they
named the James they formed its shores the
hrst permanent English settlement in America
May IL. 1907, calling the place Jamestown That
the English settlement the exact spot
tGuandape) where the Spaniards had settled the
preceding century appears from the relation OF
Ecila the pilot-in-chef Of Florida. who was sent
10 virginia by the Spanish in 500 to learn the
movements of the English. His statement Is prac-
ideally conclusive since he possessed Spanish charts
and maps Of the coast, which he studied accurately