Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-10-05
sTOR SERVED CHURCH
OR MORE THAN 20 YEARS

VII lNullL lllHW ~ ILAltu
nth OF Rev. Robert II. Fleming
Proves Severe Shock to Long
List OF Friends.
lid is BADLY SCALDED
ntmcnt Developed During War
Tried on. Winchester Boy-Othcr
Views Notes From Various Points
State of Virginia.
Special to The Times Dispatch.
|fNCHBURG. oct. 4-Announce-
|nt of the sudden death in baltimore
Rev. Robert H. Fleming. pastor OF
KEY Memorial Presbyterian Church.
SEQ n great shock here. where he
made his home more than two
AIDES. For twenty years he was
l"r OF Westminster Presbyterian
rem. Following his resignation as
tor he was for several years super
.ndent OF the Presbyterian Orphan
nero and then he went to the
key Memorial Church passionate. Dr.
ming held only four pastorates in
ionE ministry, his first being at
IL
sh'ngton pastoratc for :: year or
II after leaving Woodstock and be-
g coming 20 l.ynchburs. As "A mere
|ith ne served in the Confederate
les Camp, Confederate Veterans.
HIS wife died many years ago
IN" only survivor Of his family is
laughter. DR.. May II. Fleming.
snytcrian medical missionary in
sla Dr.. Fleming made II a part
ms lie TO return to Lynchburg
&C each year TO visit friends.
Face Charge or Stealing.
|'ANFII.LE. oct. SC w Dix and
IN Carolina farmers, were arrested
c Yesterday charged with stealing
acco valued at $3.50 from B. ". Me-
lhey. Who lives near Ruiiin, y. G.
e confessed and are in jail. They
be given a preliminary hearing
obcr u. According to the police.
Eounr men drove up in tho nigh,
tobacco barn OF Mckinney and
an entire curing and packed il in
ahtctnohilc and sped TO Danville.
ong distance telephone message from
lhney preceded The arrival Of the
ing men. however. and they were
once spotted. The tobacco was
tchcd until IL was sold and just as
iker turned round from the ware
Use Cashiers window. check in hand.
detective laid his hand on his
uidcr. Dix was found watching a
Ia west iilm IN moving picture
soon joined his companion in jail
Try 10 EstrndI,e Dawson.
|fNCHRcRG. Oct 1.-THE habcas
'rg!a Supreme Court 10 prevent ex-
dillon Of l.. J. Dawson and Leslie
"son for trial here on the charge
grand larceny. VIII come 10 the at
I'm beginning next Monday The
g!nia cHtradition was granted last
ing. but Immediately the case was
own Into tho courts when the
Of habeas corpus was denied by
Superior Court in Atlanta tho case
is appealed 10 tho Supreme Court.
l. DairsoDs are charged with taking
cts OF tho Dawson BROTHERS Com
~ here. which wrecked tho company
left the preferred stockholders.
Al capitalists. with heavy losses.
Treat Child for Scaid,.
oct. i-Thc parre-
9 trcatmen, Developed during the
ldcd, was employed successfully
e yesterday by Or. Walter Cox in
case OF tho four -car-old son ot
yton Ritter. whose body was a mass
ling a bucket OF boiling water from
stove upon himself. The flesh
,ppcd on In places when the cloth
+ was removed from his body. ordi-
lily. !; was stated. the child would
&c died, but the r,arrcsinc treatment
d here for the first time. ~ believed
have saved the lads life
,uIidinE noorn in fredericksburg.
'REp ERICKSRURG. oct. 4.-Never
or. in the history Of Fredericks-
-g has activity in building opera
ms been SO marked as at tho present
lc. according TO contractors and
hiding material men. who declare
the demand for construction work
more than the contractors can MI.
mite Tho fact that recently new men
!e entered this field. Roughly csii-
ting the amount entailed in tho
cior put il at $4,000 and stated
Il a large proportion of II was for
v building. and that nearly all me
rk under way was on residences.
n the exception Of the new school
iiding.
Federal Omcrrr Find sim.
Oct. 4,-Fedcral on.
g have arrived here with the worm.
|, and other equipment OF large
cit die,iiicry, which they found in
\ operat!on in the cellar AT the home
Wesley Beatty. near Dilheck. in
wells Fort Valley. wild section OF
.nandoah County. Beatty is 10 he
pStfd on ftutTd! W -! 'i'lN- III
raid!ng party were ]. y. Wood, r.
7, Moncure, Jr. II. y. Shugart and
a Grubbs 1t was learned that
ny stills are believed TO be in opera
n in houses, and that the smoke
refron Is conveyed through n stove
e into the chimneys, thus lessening
possibility Of detection.
Pnsfor Accepts Call.
Oct. 1.-The Rev.
son Maynard, OF near Roanoke, Va.
accepted call extended by the
lcrcgation OF the Baptist Church at
rryville. Clarke County. and is ex-
ted 10 preach his first sermon to-
rrow He succeeds the Rev II.
rlctt East. who went 10 Appomat-
E, Va. recently.
New Process Flour MIL.
Oct. "A new
Ter process Touring mill of forty
rel capacity is being erected at
VS. Post-Oiiice, Louisa County 1t
the only mill OF the Kind within n
.lve-mile radius. The plant, which
1 be known as the Bloomingdale
ller Mills. and will be operated by
WIDEN 6; Iiollins, will open for bust
IS November l.
Rooscvcit VIII Spcnk.
Oct. 4.-Lieutenant-
onel Theodore Roosevelt is to be the