The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-24

| stream. The river is so badly polluted
| that in times of low water the stream,
has the appearance of great, open
| sewer.
stock bitten by Dogs.
! Walter Russell. who lives in Grayson
County this week lost two hogs that
| were bitten by a dog which was
! thought 10 be suffering from hydropho-
bia about two weeks ago. The dog
bit u lot of stock before it was killed,
but Mr. Russell does not know wheth :
/ CT or not any OF his other stock was
attacked by the rabid canine.
\ short time ago Mrs. Ruth Carrico.
} who is seventy-two years of age. had
an exciting battle with II groundhog
in .C;rayson County, despite the fact
that his hogship was presumed TO be
busy finishing up Ills last six weeks
nap. She was attracted by peculiar
scratching at a door in her home. She
opened the door. and the grounding
rushed by her into the house. Mrs.
carrico showed fight, and the ANNA
resisted her efforts to put il out. She
had quite n time before q well directed
blow dispatched the hog. The tusks
@: the hog measured two and n half
inches in length. and it is thought II
was at least ten years old.
During the past few months the
crack fve-man team of the LynchburE
Gun Club. which has for Ions time
given a good account of itself at the
state trap tournaments has been shot
10 pieces by the shooters going into
professional ranks as representatives
of shooting goods houses. H. NJ. Dam
iel. twice Virginia trap shot champion.
went on the road following owen Fish =
cr, who also quit the team for the tray
cling position, and now T. Hubert FoN.
another crack shot OF the team. has Il
call to the professional field, but he
has not fully determined whether he
viii become professional or not His
friends here. however believe he will
finally respond to the lure OF the traps
as profession.
Camp Ncnr BrooLncnl.
MUCH interest is manifested in Lynch
burg over the fact that the boys OF
half dozen Young Mems Christian
Associations in the Underwater section
OF the state are 10 camp near Brook
neal. Campbell County. during June and
July. The camp will he so located that
il Will be in easy access from Lynch
burg and no doubt it will he visited
by not few Lynchburgers the home
of a 2,0oo-membcr association. The
local association will provide no sum-
mer camp for its boys. for these have
constant use of the Island playground.
which affords all OF the delights of q
camp without the cost or mconvc-
l.iences However, many OF the local
to the State convention in May, who
are to be entertained on the Island
curing the convention
For the convenience Of the public.
the Southern Railway and the govern
ment have agreed upon the maine OF
Grcina cor the post office and railway
station a, Franklin Junction, in
pitts%lvania County. Up To a short
time ago the post-o office was known
as Eiba ana the railway station as
Franklin Junction.
The Lynchburg Home Guard Com
pany l.. First Virginia RegimenO, is
already drilling preparatory to the
State camp TO be held in July at Nir-
Ginia Beach This company. which
having 100 percentage of attendance
at inspections. after awhile Will hold
two weekly drills. and when II goes
to the camp il will be in prime con
dtion The company who has Just
received a very complimentary letter
from Captain j. *. Particle, L. s A,
who conducted the inspection :, month
ago, IN which he speaks in the high
est terms OF the command. AT the
time OF the inspection he made the
statement that Sle Home Guard was
the best militia company he had ever
seen
Mrs. w. C Iyoy. president Of the
local Y. w. Z. A. has named the fol-
lowing Lynchburg delegates Ia the ma :
tional biennial convention of the Y. w.
G. ~, which is 10 be held al Rich
Ter, Mrs. 7. y. Woodson. Mrs t. r..
Shcifey. and Misses Frances Allen
Anna u easier and Sarah Haley. the
latter being the general secretary ri
the work here. 1t is expected tina,
at least twenty-five l.ynchburscrs
viii attend the convention
Following the efforts in Lynchbura
to enforce the law which prohibits III,
giving or selling Of cigarettes 10 boys
under sixteen years of age. the "
/ G. ~. L., Of Graham, has taken IN Z
similar fight in Graham This has
resulted in dealers posting notice.
+ that tobacco will not he sold 20 boys
! under sixteen, while one merchant
/ there has gone a step beyond the re.
/ auircment of the state law by an
nouncing publicly that il viii II,
longer sell cigarettes in any form
/. W. Meyer. the well known super
intcndcnt OF tracks of the local stree
railway company, has just returned
/ from a visit with his mother. Mrs
Rhodia Annc Mover, at North Garden
Amherst County. Although eighty
/ five, Mrs. Meyer is hale and heart,
and she has living eleven children
1 ninc Of whom are sons: siNtY-nn,
grand children and sevcnty-thrc,
great grandchildren
The state convict road force in Am
hcrst County will soon peocin worI
on the cacadamiIa Of the new
road between the courthouse and C'lif
ford. The force was engaged dhrin.
the winter on the road between Lynch
burg and tho courteous, which ha.
now been pui in excellent condition.