Evening star., 1923-06-17
LABOR EXODUS HITS
VIRGINIA FARMERS
Special Dispatch 10 The Star.

Special Dispatch TO The Star
L1NCHBCRG. Va. June I6.-Farms
In central Virginia are suffering from
the exodus of labor to the cities and
towns. this recently having a new
impetus. Many farmers are said to
be unable TO hire help and will be
forced to depend on their own eff
forts for crops this year With this
condition existing it is believed here
that the tobacco acreage will be
somewhat smaller than a year ago.
With fine rains some stores at
Brookneal closed their doors in
order to allow employees to go to the
country and assist the farmers
Offcials of the Piedmont Field and
Stream Club here have started to
raise fund of $1,000 to prosecute
suit for injunction to restrain flu
ture pollution by industrial plants of
the James river to the west of this
city.
With upwards of 500 delegates
elected to represent local organiza-
tlons throughout the bounds of the
Virginia conference of the Methodist
Church, the annual conference of the
Epworth Leagues of that conference
viii convene Monday evening at
Lynchburg College for sessions last
ing to the close of the week. The
delegates will be housed near the
college campus.
Against Road Bond Issue.
Mayo C. Brown. one of the candi-
dates for nomination for the state
senate. is out with a declaration
against the bond issue for state high
way building.
The annual convention of the Camp
bell County Sunday School Associa-
h. IL
Rustburg Presbyterian Church, when
addresses are to be made by several
ministers, T. c. Diggs. state secre-
tary of Richmond and Miss Annie
Lind Forsberg and Mrs. John II.
Davis of Lynchburg. Delegates will
attend from all parts of the county
and have dinner on the church prem
iSes.
Mrs. Mollie s. Callahan. forty-six
years of age. wife of j. ID. Callahan of
this city, committed suicide at her
nome yesterday by going into the
Kitchen of her home and turning on
the gas in the cooking range. She is
survived by her husband, three chill
dren and two brothers and two sisters.
NO reason is known for her act.
Corner Stone Is Laid.
The corner stone for the new Sun
day school departmental building for
Madison Heights Methodist Church
shall Lodge of Masons of Lynchburg.
The Red Men of Juanita Tribe here
nave elected the following officers
for six months: Sachem. c. l.. Gill
lespie; senior sycamore, F. B. Saun-
.ders: junior sycamore, w. c. Spencer:
prophet, w. T. Wright; keeper of
records, J. r. Pugh; keeper of wam-
pun. 5. w. Worley; collector of wam-
pun, w. H. Worley. and trustees,
j. l.. Shaner and Med. Landrum.
Mrs. Elizabeth Browne of Balti-
more has qualified in the circuit
court here Administrative of the
estate of her late father. DIR. L. B.
Dodson, who left a personal estate
valued at about $4,000 and a large
holding of realty here
Five Given Divorces.
Judge William r. Barksdale has
granted the following divorces: Will
liam Bradley from jamie Bradley,
desertion; w. A. Mays from Mary "
Mays. desertion: Lula Riley from
Marvin Riley, conviction of felony;
j. L. White from Ethel E. White,
statutory offense, and frankie Z.
Mabe from James l.. Mabe, deSertion
The federal forest reserve is open
ing trail in Botetourt county which
will enable travel to avoid sixteen
creek fords and open up 100000
feet of timber to commercial uses.
The government is spending $4,000
on the road.
Mrs. Fannie L. Craighead, seventy
six, widow of Townsend Craighead.
died here yesterday at the home of
her son-in-law, George Stone.