The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-26
OPTIONS ON LAND
FOR GOVERNMENT
Representatives of Forest Bureau
Continue Activities in South
west Virginia.
Especial to Tho Times-Dispatch.J

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Bristol. Va, May 2s.-Representa-
tives of tho Forestry Bureau of the
Federal government continue to take
options on lands in the White Top and
| Unaka regions OF Southwest Virginia
and upper East Tennessee. with view
to establishing boundaries for tho pro-
posed Appalachian forest reserve Al
ready more than 100000 acres have
| been purchased In the region, which Ia
accepted as significant that purchases
| In the territory described are to be
general. Tho assistant forester has
| opened an office in Johnson City, East
Tennessee. and now has a corps of
surveyors at work on prospective pur-
chases. The boundaries now being sur-
veyed in Unicoi County include !. 0so
acres owned by W. r. ellis, 1877 acres
owned by James Price. 500 acres own
ed by S. Simmons. seas acres owned
by the Cnaka Springs Lumber Com
state Coal and Iron Company, and 5000
acres owned by Williams & Dickinson.
representatives of the bureau have
Just gone over 13o00-acre tract own
ed by y. j. Smalling. of Bristol, and
lying along the Holston Mountain
front. twelve miles southeast OF Bris-
tol. The unaka era alone which is
being considered for the reserve, con-
tains 3o7.1o0 acres.
Carl Leonard. twenty years Old has
Z
hospital from a shot received threa
weeks ago, which experts declared at
.ne tlme 10 be almost necessarily fatal
VIII camper, rival of Leonard's in
love affair. sent n steel bullet through
MS body. Tho ball tore asunder vital
parts, including a duct that supplied
mud for the kidneys. An Operation
WAS performed two hours after the
shooting. and Leonard was left TO die.
as me surgeons thought But. to the
|
attendants, tho internal wounds heal
| ed beautifully, and Leonard is now
ready to be discharged from the hos
pltai as sound and well. Local sur
seohs oeciare 1t is one of the most re-
markable cases on record.
commencement exercises at Virginia
intermont College. the State Baptist
school here. have been in progress since
niumnae night on Friday. with manv
| former pupils and graduates OF tbs
schooi In attendance. due to this hav-
ing been designated as homecoming
year: me alumnae banquet was a
nrhiiant junction. and proved q strik-
ing Illustration of the loyalty OF the
sirls OF ms school to their alma mater.
| one hundred and siSty-fve elceantlv
Gowned women and about forty mon
were present. The toasts were brief
but spicy. Mrs. Minnie May Mitchell
was toastmistress and presided with
| much grace. Among the prominent
OF the Governor of Tennessee: AIiss
Edna Earl King, of Greenwood, Miss.
ana , Mrs w. S. Flournoy. OF Kansas
City, Mo.
Guests from many States responded
10 roll call The visitors to the home
coming were given an automobile ride
on the pike roads leading out Of the
city on Saturday.
The annual concert was held last
night: when the college auditorium was
crowded with friends and patrons Of
me school On this occasion a num-
Ger or the young women acquitted
themselves with distinction.
me baccalaurete sermon was preach
ed to-day by the Rev. w F.. Powell
D. d. of Roanoke. Tonight the REV
). =. T. Watts, of Richmond. preached
the annual sermon before the Y. w n s
a. of the institution
Tomorrow the art exhibit and an
nual entertainment by the expression
department. will take place Ciass-dnv
VIII be on Tuesday.