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Newspaper
Mathews Journal
Location
Mathews, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1911
Page
8
A fragmentary advertisement section offers farm and country home financing at six percent interest, real estate and delaw business management positions, typewriter rental savings, a nerve and bone liniment, and job postings from Richmond firms.
S. C. White Leghorns bred for eggs production have won for six years. Eggs from grand pens 200 dollars per 15. from select stock 1.44 dollars per 15. Cockerels for sale. L. Higber Greensboro NC. C
Short notice ad seeks educators for fall term through the South Educational Bureau Raleigh North Carolina. Paid at three dollars per fifteen, with pallet preparation timing mentioned. Contact Will Groome Greensboro NC for details.
Gocke's Prolific seed corn advertised as reliable with high yield, sold on cob at $2.00 per 70 pounds. Claims 2 to 6 ears per stalk. Groome seed dealer, Greensboro, North Carolina.
A Jacksonville bound Dixie Flyer derailed after crossing the Alapaha River near Tifton, leaving at least a dozen dead and many injured. Several cars sank under water while relief trains rushed doctors and nurses to the scene. Conductor Parnell and engineer Green were among the missing or injured.
A Taft sent message to Governor Johnson in Sacramento reportedly halts anti Japanese land ownership legislation by Japanese aliens. The exact content of the communication remains unclear though opposition to the bill appears withdrawn.
Coroner's jury rules Yarborough died from a neck wound inflicted by Tom Harvis with a knife in Johnson's stables on Brook Avenue Thursday night. Harris to face a hearing before Justice Crutchfield next Wednesday morning. plea to be self defense.
A fierce blaze in Manassas last night consumed the R. K. Buckley department store Nied's boarding house and a colored restaurant. The Lipscomb building housing Waters and Hickory sustained heavy stock damage, with Ira Reid also suffering losses. Firefighters faced water shortages, and total losses reach about 20 000 dollars.
In Chattanooga a defense expert testified on the health effects of Coca Cola as the government seeks to prove it injurious and mislabeling. Dr. J W Mallet of the University of Virginia compared caffeine levels in tea coffee and Coca Cola and examined Coca Cola’s No 6 ingredient. Caspers of St Louis reported Coca Cola samples from local restaurants show caffeine averages and the Atlanta plant was found sanitary.
Deputy Sheriff Clareente Ww of Council Bluffs was shot to death by H. C. Kelly a maniac while transporting him to Knoxville Asylum at the Kirkwood Hotel. Kelly fled to a nearby saloon shot the bartender after being denied a drink, escaped a mob and was jailed after authorities intervened.
In New York Booker T. Washington declines to confirm details about an April trial date for Albert Ulrich charged with organizing a Negro educator. He cannot say whether D C Smith is in town as he visits 11 West 63rd Street after entering the house. Washington noted continuing sympathy from white friends including S C Mitchell of South Carolina and Orgs B Cortelyou.
Frank H. Fitzgerald, wanted in Richmond for embezzling funds from Kingan & Co., today surrendered to Washington police. An officer will escort him back to Richmond to stand trial. He previously fled after the peculations and had been sighted in Alexandria and Washington.
In Staunton Virginia the eleventh annual United Brethren Conference is near closing with adjournment expected Sunday night. Bishop Carter will ordain several candidates for the ministry and announce pastoral appointments for the year. The conference will meet next year in Martinsburg West Virginia.
Adjutant General W W Sale announces five Virginia militia officers chosen to join upcoming maneuvers along the Mexican border. They are Colonel Thomas J Nottingham of Norfolk, Edward L Slaughter of Culpeper, Charles M East of Staunton, Jennings C Wise of Richmond, and J Fulmer Bright of Richmond. They depart April 6 for San Antonio with two weeks in Texas and rendezvous expected April 3 in Richmond.
W J Burlee of Gloucester was elected president at Newport News meeting of Newport News and Yorktown Railway Company. The charter holders plan to extend the line to Washington with a survey from Yorktown to Washington via Fredericksburg. A Richmond financier was elected to the board. name withheld for publication.
The acquittal of John Broderick a former Chicago state senator ends the Sangamon county bribery cases tied to the Lorimer scandal. Broderick is the second alleged Lorimer intermediary to be cleared after Lee O Neil Browne. Officials say no further prosecutions are planned related to the matter.
The Virginia State Sunday School Association plans its annual convention in Richmond April 26 and 27 at the Seventh Street Christian Church and the Young Men's Christian Association. Marion Lawrence, international secretary, will attend and speak on Forward Together. Rev. S Parkes Cadman D D from Brooklyn is also on the program.
J Spencer of Blackstone Virginia advertises prize winning Rose Comb and Rhode Island Reds eggs for hatching at reasonable prices. He notes prizes from the 1911 Virginia Poultry Association Show including First Cockerel and First and Second Hens.
A Syrian general Naaman heals from leprosy through Prophet Elisha after a slave girl’s counsel. Gehazi’s deceit costs him, while the broader gospel message ties healing to faith and Christ’s later revelation of eternal life.
Ethel Penley fourteen was shot in Gate City by her father Charles Penley while aiming at a window to shoot a passerby. The bullet entered her right breast and lodged near the surface on her back as he pulled the trigger hastily to avoid striking the passerby.
Adjutant General Sale outlines five separate camps for Virginia militiamen, three for infantry regiments and two for separate battalions Blues and Field Artillery. Each unit will have a week of training starting in August with infantry officers’ school at Luray from May 28 to 31. Brigade headquarters may open at the first camp under General Vaughan to maintain contact with militiamen.
43 ears of Crook's White Giant Corn shelled one bushel. Some customers yielded over 100 bushels per acre in 1910 without fertilizer. In 1919 Alabama Experiment Station tested 21 varieties and Crook's topped in ear size and yield. Price 1 pk 128 bu $1.25 bu $2.25. Ref Citizens Bank Lexington Tenn Address.
A Virginia clinic claims over ninety percent cures of cancer without surgery or X rays past fifteen years. Endorsed by Virginia Senate and Legislature, it offers guaranteed cures with free physician consultations at 16217 West Main Street, Richmond.
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