The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-04-11
VIRGINIA BRIEFS.

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Lynehburg--J. w. Crist, contractor
for carrying the malls between the
postoffice and the local railway sta
tons, was struck and seriously In
jured by a street car Friday morning
before g. o'clock at Turnpike and
Main Streets. He was taken to the
Home and Retreat, where DR.. j. w.
Devine found the injured man had
sustained a wound on his head, bruises
about the body and a probable frac-
ture of one of his ribs. 4
Martinsville-The entire time OF
the court here for the last two days |
has been taken up in trying the case
of r. c Haines, administrator, against /
w. H Hairston The plaintiff claims |
$4,000 damages. setting forth in the |
pleadings that by the negligence OF
the defendant and his chauffeur the !
said r. c. Haines was run over and
killed by the automobile OF the de- /
PENDANT.
Roanoke-John Dennis. an officer
of Oswego County New York. arrived |
in Roanoke yesterday afternoon few
hours after William Frederick Tickle /
had gained his freedom by the habeas |
corpus route. Dennis wanted Tickle, |
and had every reason to believe he
would get him until he called at
headquarters after arriving and found
the coop empty.
DanviIle--. Z. Cabaniss, a promin
ent county resident and Confederate
veteran, was found dead Friday In a
barn on his farm near Cascade. Heart
failure was the cause of death. He
leaves three sons and three daughters.
Mr. Cabaniss had not been atling and
was IN his usual good health when he
set out for walk around his planta-
ton this afternoon; when he failed to
return at dusk a search for him re-
vealed his dead body In a tobacco
barn.
Lynch burg-The Lynchburg chapter
Of the University of Virginia alumni
gave their annual banquet at the
| Piedmont Club Saturday night at
$3.50 o'clock. Randolph Harrison.
! president, presiding. Professor Char
| les A. Graves of .l:a law department
Of the University of Virginia, was the
guest Of the association and delivered
an address.
! Lynchburg-C. o. Douglas. the
/ Bedford County man who had twelve
| square inches of pig skin grated over
| a burn here a week ago, Is showing
Improvement and the surgeons now
| believe the wound VIII heal. Douglas
seems 10 be recovering.
| Pulaski--The Rev. Daniel J. Currie
will offer his resignation as pastor of
the Dublin charge of the Presbyterian
| Church at congregational meeting.
! to- he held Sunday. He Will ask the
/ congregation TO concur in his request
to the Preshytery of Abingdon to sever
the pastoral relations. Mr.. Currie has
accepted a call TO the church at DE
Funiak Springs. Fla. He contem-
plates taking up the work there june
H. He has been with the Dublin
charge nearly thirteen years.
| Pulaski-Newbern District OF Pu-
,iaski County defeated an $50, 600 bond
issue for road improvement at spe"
ciai election. held Tuesday, by thirty.
nine majority. The issue in the
county carried by large majority,
| but according to law II is required
that the district for which the bond
issue is to be spent must give a ma
jority.
| Lynchhurg-Dr.. wiifred p. Must
ard. professor OF Latin at Johns Hop
kins University, Baltimore, will add
dress the students of Randolph Macon
womans College here today His
! theme will be Roman Building in
1 Southern France"
1 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Is to re-
ceive between twenty-five and thirty
/ acres of land In the western section
of the city for park purposes, If il ac-
/ cepts a proposition which will be made
to City Council on Tuesday night by
the washington Monument Associa-
ton.
King George--The vestry that was
/ elected at a recent meeting Is to re-
/ ceiye the money due the church by
the United States Government. At
torney G. B. Wallace. OF Stafford. was
I appointed to collect It. Many i'm
/ provements will be made in this old
colonial church.
\ warsaw-Six miles OF State road il
being constructed in Stonewall Dis
1 trict. Richmond County. DIR. ]. Hamp-
ton Hare Is supervisor for that dis
| trict.. The road construction is under
! the supervision of Wilbur Pomeroy.
Patents TO Vfrginians.
/ Davis & Davis patent attorneys.
4 Washington. D. c.. report the grant,
to citizens of this State, of the fol-
lowing patents:
4 William Birmingham. Newport
News: Persuasive boiler-tube clean
George L. Mccready, Parksley: Po-
tato-vine cutter
h Charles D. Morris. Norfolk: Oper-
ating device for train-pipe cocks.
| Eyalena b. Payne, Union Level: