The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-26
WHAT WAS NEWS
FIFTY YEARS AGO
Repri.ted fro.- .rhi. Nev.p.pen

IN the United States Senate the de-
Garrett Davis. of Kentucky. Is long
drawn out, and has not ended yet Mr..
Davis has made his reply to the charge
of making reasonable utterances on
tho Senate floor and he took nothing
back.
Oath Taking Day.
The 18th instant was tho day sot
apart by Beast Butler for the people
of Hyde County. \. c.. to walk up and
TAX, the oath of of allegiance to the
none of the loyal citizens have com
piled with the order a few who were
duced by the bounty OF several hun
dred dollars offered for enlistment, took
| the oath.
General Robert Vance. OF North Caro-
! lima, left Asheville few weeks ago
Tennessee. II is reported that while on
his way TO Tennessee he was surprised
by a company Of Yankees and cap
FrIremcn Not Exempt.
| 1T having been settled that fremen
of tho departments of tho cities arc
mond and other cities OF the Confcd-
eracy will have to I'LL their fire do;
partments. with mon who arc beyond
! tho age OF forty five,
Drunken Yankees Froae.
So'ne fifteen OF the force OF Yankees
!
Imbodcn. stole Il lot OF whiskcy near
Charleston. and using it to become
eensty drp ,ok; they from the
cold.
Raiders Destroy Property.
Yankee raiders In Hyde County, n.
c.. have recently destroyed a good deal
prSate PF9peTts tb ON the
1000 barrels OF corn.
1Ilgh-prsced Negroes.
At an auction sale of negroes In
Aahen 81 Ga h hheHt the first OF the
were bid a negro man. thirty two years
OF age, sold for $500: woman and
four n,j ye uag ch!ldren brought 5000
drcn brought $500. and girl of
twelve years old was knocked out at
s6.G25
The Black Elng.
In speech made In Danville Il few
days ago Governor Letcher said Con
eral Stonewall jackson strongly favor
this war. He SO expressed his senti-
ments to Governor Letcher seven days
after Virginia seeded from tho Union.
self by raising the black flag in the
face of the enemy.
Prices in buckingham.
In Rockingham County corn is sell
Ing ut So per hushel and up. lioui at $50
per barrel cotton cloth at So per yard
si5 day la alb u eomm iin so 81 p as
day.
The Torde Jury.
jury to try Robert tos Forde 1@S the the
killing of Robert e. Dixon was secured
as follows: p. a. Smith. James c. john
Peter Vail, Henry Bodeker. James ".
New. l.. Oldham. Thomas Jones, Charles
II. Sinton, Richard L. Brown and ~
Wolf. II took all day to select and
hank Directors.
The following bank directors in the
1864: Farmers Bank of DanvilIe, elect
ed by the stockholders, w. s. Green,
Thomas p; Stokes. w. c. Paxton and
ernor 10 represent the SITE nE .''e 70
Estes, Jacob Davis and William T.
Clark. The Virginia, Bank Of Danville,
atkinson. - T, L, WHite John 9 a. Smith III
and j. C. Vcss. Appointed by the Gov
ernor TO represent the State. William
e; Lipsco,nbe; Farmers Bank Of Farm
f { l,a nj, {; 9; hsaae, i. wll!sis; James
j. l.. Walker and Richard II. paulett.
Seriously Burned.
Mrs Haney, sixty years OF age, liv-
ing in Manchester. at the home of Mr.
Terry. an engineer on the Danville
Road, fell in the fire In her room yes
,erday and was very seriously burned
there being now but little, IL any hope, OF
her recovery. The lady was subject to
hts, and IL Is supposed she had one and
fell in the fire. daughter of Mrs
Haney was killed In an explosion in tho
Confederate laboratory a few weeks
ago
Frora Charleston.
This is the 20Oth day of the siege OF
Charleston. and the Yankees keep she'll
ing the city with only slight intermis-
ter's First South Carolina Artillery was
to-day killed by shell. This is tho
first instance OF white person being
killed outright. Several negroes have
been killed In the lower part Of the
city.
a Shooting Scrapc.
John Eastman. a clerk In the Audi
tors Office and ] II. Richardson, an
officer in the Confederate army. had
serious difficulty In, barber shop on
Broad Street near Third last night. IT
Guilty between the men. which was re-
newcd when they met In the barber
shop. Richardson cursed and slapped
Eastman. when the latter whipped out
his pistol and shot Richardson in the
leg. innicting what may prove a Sc
riOus wound.
Prominent Citizens Held az Hostages.
Some days ago Union man was ar
rested In Winchester by Confederate
officials. who had made Il dash In the
papers proving that he was an agent
of the Yankee government. There was
also found on his person $4,000 in
grcenbncks which II was shown was
% be used as n secret service fund
The next day the Yankees made n da sh
Into Winchester and arrested Philip
Williams and Robert Va Conrad two
OF the most prominent citizens OF tho
town. and they are holding then, as
hostages for the Union man arrested