Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-08
News Of Fifty Years Ago

The Hastings Court. Judge Lyons presiiing
ford against the Mutual Rcncnt insurance Com
nan% of Newark. \. j.. tho two widows suing
th"ir husbands. The policies were of date be-
mn tine "r nat ait" the e wn Y, company sets
ON tho other hand. it is in proof that in tho
offered in gold to the regular agent Of the com
ihmN' A., ana IN inc Atwood case the evidence is
WITH m1ucsii"n"d security. was offered. and
in ,hca" cases rests in the fact that many ,hous-
800 ." -" nN VIZ, , money in Virginia hangs
'w" wits. upon inc "s''"'"" and results OF these
f., rngHiSs Of ya%hns'n noretorore unknown
nnG r@rGmy cone ,o,, t" light Many siehrsecr
Parts Of The c""" m ys' sm. k nl ,"m
aa.rrN, yan9,,ls no, I" say thieves old ST johns
a es"@Iy somo Or of H t%d all mr of 'ne ,s
he pow IT silver Of mates hSnrins The Of
rews Within the past two weeks
EN-CndotS "f the Nirginia Military Ins,i,r.o
r.{G,,Iena IN kigmm"nI or visiting here for the
o ' ""s r wI n%I meeting Tonight TO
, , si%riSa o. the past and perhaps to on
si"rtos yet tn 10 recorded. '' "a
FIFTY four. hogshcads, six ticrces and sixteen
ne ,ienmomI Tobacco Exchange yes,Sr,lay y"
rric.s ia, nIo, s.SGsS p"ci;ages were sold at
I,,@%n! herrhnnts WHO represented their Interest
tiorcn az br;,hi %r %"Srerday WAS made
iaN county, and sod for SIG. per 100 pounds
trS!niH negroes are right much Interested
~ ne in",,et OF selecting names for themselves
order OF things. Before the war il, The old
h!nNe tines. Virginia negroes had only one
oid"r requires something more and snmbo is
rttcn!iS his head and doing his best TO fix
!u"t @ther name II can be said that a major
assuming the name Of their former mostcrs
.i..t Is 70 say. large majority of the former
In ' tS "t me venerable Mr. Jones will hereafter
i,etcL Jones: and so it will 20 ali along down
.ne Ast: However, there are exceptions ana
some Of the new citizens are steering ccnr
OF the names of their former masters and So
!JIclihE GpEhon!ens that may or may not better
nent that goes back for years For ip.,ama
= case from near-by county is to tho crTect
,hal venerable old slave, who cannot hone
children and grandchildren to adopt tho name
OF Il enid who died III his arms, and who had
she lived, would have been his mistress and
oWn[r The old negro--a young negro when
ms nth" baby mistress dicd--lovcd tho little
SIR, and reNcred her memory, and. according
10 his request. the large family he leaves viii
bear the name OF the little white civ, y,bo .,fion
IN his arms. Her given name was "i.illv" md
the sons OF the old slave will in future he
rcTnark2hle fact that but few Of the negroes
III adoptinG names for themselves takin;
70 say, Very few OF them taking any stock
in the names OF Grant. or sherman or Lincoln
ana absolutely none III the name OF Sheridan
On the other hand. there are hundreds or then,
who arc having their names recorded as Lee
Johnston. Jackson, Beauregard. Early and
otAeFS familiar in the list OF Confederate army
The Rev. Matthew Davenporte. aged 100 years
preached to Il large congregation at Okolona
.ttiSS", sunday before last, and II is said that
''' OF" man was very earnest and eloquent
''ablegram' is the word adoptcd for the
~ the Atlantic cable.