The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-28

heSh OndcrWear, Just tho kind
Tor summer wear, 25c.
! District road board. These. with tho
supervisor. 6. Smith Walter. will hav.
( charge OF tho expenditure OF the $50. OOO
recently voted for the Improvement
OF the roads in the said district
circuit Court has been In session
during the entire month OF April Last
! week was given up to the trial of
violators OF the liquor law. Four per-
sons were fined $3.50. $3.50, 500 and
*bO. respectively. In addition ono of
these men got six months in jail and
another thirty days.
c. u. Phillips. OF Wachaprcayue.
made his escape from the courthouse
| while the jury was celebrating upon
/ his case and has rot been arrested.
| He was under $3.50 bond. He made
Z record time In an automobile. The YER
I! diet against him was 500 fine and six
mcnth3 In Jail,
/ twelve teachers took the spring on
animation for teachers, which was held
under the supervision of District Su-
perintcndcnt O.. G. .Ioyncs at the High
/ School Thursday. Friday and Sstur-
day.
| The Democratic County District Com
mittec has decided to subject the Sc
lection of the postmaster OF Chinco-
1 league To the vote of the citizens. Sat
/ urdaN, May ), was decided upon as
the day for election. al which only
/ Democratic electors may vote. There
arc twelve applicants for the position
| eleven men and one woman.
/ Seven hundred barrels OF fish were
/ shipped from Chincotcague Monday
and Tuesday. Five cars went from
/ franklin Monday.
| DR.. Asa Driscoll. pastor OF the Meth
odist Episcopal Church, South, mt Ac-
con,ac, went TO Altavista to attend the
! funeral OF his sister, Mrs. Akers.
4 Mrs. Fannie Hyslup left Wednesday
for Hollins College. Roanoke, to be
! With her daughter. who is very III
| there.
\ farm OF nifty acres. which was sold
/ AT public auction at Rue, Saturday.
brought S9,oo2, little over $3.50 an
acre. II was part Of the estate OF the
! late Charles w. Baker.
Sweet potato sprouts are being set
out in large quantities.
| In some parts OF the county the
I Irish potato plants Were badly dam
| aged by the frost OF the first of last
week.
Rev. j. C. cornick, rector of Holy
/ Trinity Church, Onancock, and Rev.
Jefferson r. Taylor, rector of ST. James,
Accomac. attended the meeting of the
| Norfolk convocation in session at old
ST. Johns, Hampton. last week.
! Cards have been issued by Mr.. and
Mrs. John III. James announcing the
marriage of their daughter, C;racyc
Lee, to Samuel Henry Bailey, April %.
| Rev. Thozburn Clarke. pastor OF the
/ Parkslcy Baptist Church. delivered a
| lecture before the Mems Business Club.
OF ParksTey. Thursday evening. The
subject was General ROBERT L. Lee"
Mr.. Clark has in his possession a let
ter written from his father to his
mother on the battlefield at Frazer s
farm. MI. Clark read extracts from
the letter. He also has furiough
granted TO his father In 1862. bearing
/ the signatures of General a. +. Hill
and General Stonewall Jackson.
I Carroll Collins, the thirteen year old
son of l.. W. Collins, of Parksley, broke
, his arm Wednesday while playing ball.
Three months ago he fractured the
same arm, in the same place, by a
fall from bicycle.
Two children OF Caihoan Thornton,
of Hopeton. a little girl, aged four
and n boy OF seven years were playing
In room In which there was a loaded
gun. Their mother, who was in an ad
joining room upon hearing the report
of gun, rushed in. She found her lit
tie girl on the floor dead. The little
boy has never been able TO give "A
coherent account of the accident. The
little girl was buried in the Parksley
Cemetery
Miss Mazda Marsh, OF Onley, was
called TO Reedville by the death OF her
sister. Mrs. Adonia Hayney.
James Bonniwell. who struck John
w. White over the head with piece
OF wood i'm lf-defense, was cNonerated
by the coroner'S jury.
White, with his family. was living
with Ronniwell. who was his son-in-
law. a dispute arose between Bonni
we'll and one OF Whites sons. resulting
in fight. White, siding with his son,
was drawn into the fracas. He was
struck on the head, but did not con-
slider that he was seriously hurt. lie
walked to the store OF IT. III. Bennett, in
Hacks Neck, told of the fight, fell un-
conscious and died in a few minutes.
After the funeral services, conducted
by Rev. w. l.. Murphy, interment was
made in the family burying ground,
near Onley. ~ widow and nine chill
dren survive.
The Patrons League is having a num-
Der of Improvement made at the High
School The woodwork will be cleaned.
the walls of the rooms frcscoed, the
boards slated and the windows cur
tanned. The officers of the league are
Mrs. y. NJ Nottingham, president; Mrs.
w. s. Nelson, vice president: Mrs. John
S. NAPLES treasurer; Miss Mary a.
Fosque, secretary.
George Mock, OF New York, is hav-
ing handsome residence erected on
his farm near Nandua, at cost OF
$4,000. it will be equipped with all the
modern conveniences.
Mrs. e. Douglas wilkins was taken
10 Baltimore Saturday, where she will
be operated upon for appendicitis.
a colt driven by Edward Chandler,
being frightened by a train at Painter,
ran into a wire fence and broke his
neck.