Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1921-10-21
THIS WEEK THlRIy-IWO YEARS AGO.
Condensed ir"m the Issue 0f oct
- 1850

f.''itIt RNft it'ft tiIt iNNilC ~ ''t q.
-. 1889.
Col. Dennis. then Editor. wrote
=, very interesting letter on Il trip he
and his wife took to iiuntcr>vilic.
P0cahUn!aS county. That MAS be
fore the GrcrrbriCr Di>i>iun h.li
been built aud before the days of
automobiles. lie comments ON tho
pleasure Of lhr trip and the ho>pi-
tIlItN uC til, people. iiunlcrSyill~
VAS then county seat OF rocahonia.
There il mention made in tE!S is
site Of thr trouble Of finding >,cT-
"Sraphrr 10 take down the proceed
ingS OF the international Maritime
Conference TO- be held in Wd>hing-
ton. II WAS necessary 10 have >"!uc
one who could write both FrcnCtl
and English. The price Of such Il
IMAM WAS .SS.00n.0U. At this day We
know of Il law suit between the
factions Of q Church in W. Va.
where in The reporter made Sl2.000.
90. \ single reporting firm made
So 100000 in HE trial last spring OF
Sid Hatfield in MingO county.
David Itedrick sold a fine lot of
cattle to II. n. George.
RcvS. J. q. Knott and e.. NJ. BragS
held Protractcd Meeting at Dunn
CChoul House. I921--ThiS house
has been converted into u residence
Only a few days ago an old citizen
Of this county mentioned to us as
having attended school there and
mentioned many of his old school
mates.
Mention is made Of J. +. Bells
new ad. He rs still doing business
at the old stand.
Mention is made of Anderson
Brown Stone Company. This Com
pany was then furnishing stone to
Columbus, Ohio, and for the large
Masonic Temple at Richmond. Va.
Mention is made Of the marriage
Of Clarence i. Dickinson to Miss
Ida Renick, which took place at
Falling Springs. (Mr. Dickinson is
still living in Monroe County. His
son, Jas. n. is now engaged in bust
ness in Lewisburg, he being one OF
the partners in the I.ewiSburg Drug
Store.
G.. W. and Jake Beard Of Hills
boro, and Woods Ludington and L.
W. Shields Of Frankford. are report
rs having killed nine deer few
miles from HillSboro. Chose arc tn
days our good friend Henry Gilmcr
wuld love to call back.)
4 writer from PocahontaS cOun-
ty gives full description Of "MOc-
casin Spring" which was found and
named by lone hunter during the
days when Indians frcqucnted the
mountains.
There were ~ pupils in Hills
boro MAZE and Female Academy,
fought that year by Prof. ID. S.
Hankla and Miss Katie Guthrie.
Bears were reported in the open
fields near Williamsburg.
II. r. HOdSon, accompanied by
his mother, Mrs. Jane Peters. and
her sister Mrs. Jennie Knipp. moved
10 Richlands, Florida, to make their
future home.
John II. Holt was reported going
10 Huntington with a view Of max
ing ii his future home. CHR. Holt
did 60 TO Huntington and to-day is
a prominent lawyer and business
man there.
I.L. Davis was appointed Justice
Of the Peace in Fort Spring District
10 fill the uncXpirrd term Of Oliver
Curry, deceased.
Joel VI. Harris. Mason Mathews
and VIM. T.. Nelson qualified as No.
tarieS.
James Knight. Sheriff. gave bond
rs tax collector Of school taxes. His
Surctics were Alex Knight, Emory
e.. knight. james W. Knight. Alex +.
Mathews. II. \. Holt. \. E.. Snyder
J"h NJ. Price. John G.. Cos. VIM. +.
quicker and James NJ. Cunningham,
COZ these men all are dead except
James W. Knight and James VI. Gun
min ham.).
+. G.. MCFcrrin Was Suprrin!rnI-
rnl OF The County lniirmary at this
time, he is also now dead.
l.. +. Mann and David Dwycr
were Commissioners Of Roads in
Irish Corner and lcwisburg Dis.
tr!rtS respectively. They are both
dead.
Narricd: Dr.. J. T.. Spiccr and Miss
Maggie Mann; Walter +. Holt and
Miss Julia Kingsley; Rutham e.
Wright and Miss Mary L. Rlpp: T.
/. Grow aud Miss Ahdir Robinson
Joseph Sheets and Miss Annie H.
Sutton.
Died; Mrs. Nna Sparks. Il. Frank
Knapp. Mrs. Elizabeth KcrShncr.
SIlca IL LIFE