Minister to Be Tried Details Not Made Public
Holston conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South meets at State Street Church Bristol presided by Bishop William Wallace Duncan in its eighty second session. Charges are preferred against Rev W W Hicks pastor of Chilhowie Va for conduct grossly unbecoming a minister. Education funds discussed including a plan to raise 100000 for Emory and Henry College. Eleven new members seek admission on trial.
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Eail- Howie, Va
Wiliam W. Duncan
Bristol
Washington Post
Holston
Methodist /pisconal Church South
Virginia
West Virginia
Tennessee
State Street
William Wallace Duncan
Emory and Henry College
Washington County
Rey W W Hicks
Chilhawie
Ser. Hicks
G. C Rector
Elk Garden
J. Hammond
Nashville
Tenn
General Board of Education
Wells faction wins in Maryland court ruling
Annapolis Oct 11 The Circuit Court of Anne Arundel County dismissed the mandamus petition by Frank T Reyell and others linked to the Moss Nutwell Bannon faction seeking to place their names on the official ballot as regular Democratic nominees The order clears Wells candidates as the sole regular Democrats on the ballot unless the Court of Appeals reverses The case is headed to the Court of Appeals immediately
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Washington Post
Annapolis
Circuit Court
Anne Arundel County
Jones
Thomas
Frank T. Reyell
Moss- Nutwell-Bannon
Democracy
Court of Appeals
Wells
Tobacco market opens at Petersburg with wide range of prices
Special to The Washington Post Petersburg tobacco market opened for the new crop selling eighty five lots. Dark tobacco ranged from four to six dollars per hundred pounds for common lugs and twelve to fourteen dollars for wrappers. Flue cured sold from five fifty to ten dollars per hundred weight for common to good fillers and up to fourteen dollars for wrappers. No large dark wrappers or flue cured lots were offered. West Virginia group holds tenth annual convention in Martinsburg with delegates from across the state. Elizabeth Davis and Ruth Geiger are among speakers. Maryland court cases listed for Annapolis session include Nannie Davis vs Baltimore and Ohio and Ferdinand Berne et al vs Lissie Bappington et al.
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Washington
von Petersburg
Petersburg
Washington Post
Martinsburg
W. Va
West Virginia
International Order of the King’s Daughters
National Organization
Ruth Geiger
Focal Council
Thomas Carroll Burke
Wheeling
Cgunst
Isabella C. Davis
New
Maryland
Obituary notices from Roanoke area dated Oct 11
Virginia obituary notes Roanoke press records Georg Murdo a Parkersburg drummer died at Roanoke Hospital Oct 11. W F Blackwell 81 died of paralysis stroke last week. Susan Wigginton widow of Isaac Wiggin ton formerly of this county died in Washington aged 58. Mrs William Oswald died at daughter Adlone Morrison’s home in Spottsylvania County after long illness aged unknown. Mrs F G Grove of Luray died after operation age about 35. C McCholland Highland Springs region learned son died in the Philippines cholera. Isabel Abercrombie Montgomery Ala died at Holling Institute age 12. Services conducted by Rev Archer Bougher and Rev George Braxton Taylor at campus chapel.
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Roanoke
George Murdo
Parkersburg
W Va
Roanoke Hospital
F Blackwell
Winchester
Susan Wigginton
Isaac Wigglnton
Washington
Fredericksburg
William Oswald
Adlone Morrison
Spottsylvania County
Aingering
Luras
F. G Grove
Luray
Virginia
Michigan
MecClalland
Highland Springs Holling
Isabel Abercrombie
Montgomery
Holling Institute Mondey
Charles G Abercrombie
Abercrombie
Oelork
Archer Bougher
Christ Episcopal Church
George Braxton Taylor
Piedmont Convocation Opens in Leesburg with St James Consecration
The Piedmont Convocation of the Episcopal Church began its seventy‑eighth semi‑annual meeting in Leesburg Virginia. Delegates from Loudoun Prince William Fairfax Rappahannock Culpeper Madison and Alexandria counties attend. Rev J W Ware of Culpeper is secretary and Frey Everard Meade of Accotink presides. The week includes the consecration of St James Church Leesburg conducted by Bishop Gibson assisted by Bishops Ran dolph and Peterkin. Dr Cecil de J Harbordt directs the musical program.
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St. James Episcopal Church
Leesburg
Washington
Piedmont
The
Episcopal Church
Loudoun
Payquier
Fairfax
Prince William
Rappahanonesh
Culpeper
Madison
Alexandria
Frey
Everard Meade
Accotinck
J. W. Ware
St. James’ Church
J. W. Morrin
Gebson
A. M. Randgolph
Southern Virginia
G W. Peterkin
J .West Virginia
Cecil de J. Harbordt
Baltimore
Richmond Horse Show Awards Amid Weather Hindrances
Amid heavy rain and threatening skies on the second night in Richmond, exhibitors from New York, Baltimore, Petersburg and Cobham collected ribbons. Winners included Miss Vera Morris, C. W. Watson, Mrs. Allen Potts, and David Dunlop in multiple classes such as combination saddle and harness, saddle horses, and hunting tandem, with Virginia entries gaining attention.
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Washington Post
Richmond
Vera Morris
New Yorker
O. A. van Hansen
Jay F. Carlisle
C. W. Watson
Baltimore
Virginia
David Dunlop
Petersburg
Allen Potts
Cobham
Determination
C W Watson
Little Frits
Misa Vera Morris
New York
Lakeside
Joseph Wiesenfeld
Pirst
Geraldtoo
H. W. Spratley
Biheron
Rediant
Allen Fetts
Pleurette
Weatchester Farm
Rex
Vera Motila
Rvhon
Lord Baltimore
Maryland
West Virginia
Queeniey
Wood & Hall
Bellevue
Closa
Firet
Brozle
Sue
Kearsley
HK. Watson
Saint and Sinner
A. O. Vac Hausen
New Yorks
Cluss
Fingt
Nancy Lee
Mate
Seqond
King
Norfolk Attorney Declared Insane by Commission
J Garratt Baxter, a prominent Norfolk attorney, was ruled insane by a lunacy commission and will be sent to a private Baltimore area sanitarium. For three years he has written threatening letters to editors and city officials, including Police Chief Housh, and targeted a young society woman over a name dispute.
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Washington
Worfolk
J. Garratt Baxter
Baltimore
Housh
Baxter
Miss Baxter
Marriages Across Towns Brighten Virginia Counties
A stream of wedding notices from Winchester to Richmond highlights marriages of G Gardner and Mix in Frederick County, Nellie Strickler in Springfield, Flora Miller in Bristol, Lucy Whitman in Pulaski, Cora Howlett in Petersburg, Estelle Walford and Winthrop Crenshaw in Richmond, and numerous other couples. The events unfold at homes and churches with clergy including Rev. BH. A. Wiley and Rev. S. Hatcher, featuring families and friends traveling for nuptials in 1920s style small-town record.
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Winchester
Gardner
Mix
Bertie E. Derflinger
Frederick County
Luray
James I. Spurs
Rileyaville
Nellie Strickler
M. W. Strickler
The
Pride
Springfield
Latrict
BH. A. Wileyn
Methodist Church
Bristol
Mies Flora Miller
D M Miller
Indian Springs
E J. Burkey
Upper East Tennessee
G. Kotron
Pulagiri
Misa Marr Brockenbrough
Yanor
Galdenrod
Logan Walford
Mise Walford
Mra G
Welford
James A Lemen
Berkley County
W. Va
Alwira EB. Payne
James R. Graham
Presbyterian Church
Catherine Lemon
M. Dawes Fayne
Martinsburg
Front Royal
Burnie Downing
Migo Kathleen Guck
G. Waller
MB. Turner
Frank P. Hillary
Washington, D. C
Charles White
F. Hansbrough
M. C. Richard
Richmond
Margaret B. Davis
New York Society
Hood Waiters
Baltimore
George H. Spooner
Bplacopay Church
South
G. M. Cahtrell
Cantroh
Little Rock
Ark
Miles Waters
Charles ¥Rikar
Amerlcws
Frank de ‘Witt
Alexandria News in Brief Political Battle Ya item
Alexandria notes cover a Democratic primary for clerk of the court with Charles Bendheim opposing Newell S. Greenaway. Bendheim leads in local Democratic ranks. Greenaway declined a deputy post. Polls open 6 am to 6 pm with expectations of a heated contest and cross-party mobilization. Also reports on Rabbi Gross visit, a Confederate veteran’s fall, Kincheloe burial, Panama Canal posting, and Wilkins wedding return.
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Washington Post
King Press
Alexandria
Mom Shate
John 8. Beach
Judge Barley
Corporation Court
Charles Bendheim
Democratia
Bendheim
Namina
Newell S. Greemawery
Beach
Mr. Greenaway
Greenaway
Feld
Pgs
C. Bascom Glemp
Republican State Committee
Republican Committee
Rabbi Gross
Cincinnati
Fleisch- Mann
Seymour Blondheim
Raymond and
Morris Blumenfeldt
Washington
Ferd Bendheim
Rena Kaufmann
Annie Blondheim
Pauline Pretzfelder
Backy Walberg
Ben and
Sidney Walberg
Charles Blond
Hannah A. Kincheloe
Clifton
Ivy Hill Cemery
Volunteer Fireman Runs Train Into Parkersburg
A passenger and former fireman in Smithburg stepped in after a fireman was struck by a stone thrown at the Baltimore and Ohio Express. H J McHenry was knocked unconscious and seriously injured. The crew secured no fireman until the volunteer took over, bringing the train into Parkersburg on schedule.
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Parkersburg
Washington Post
W. Va
New York and St Seals
Smithburg
H. J. McHenry
Violation of Election Law Highlights Comma Dispute
Special to The Washington Peace con Va Oct. in opinion of many inent lingery every Farce date in the primary test spring in gullee of a technical violation of the pure erection laws. Omission of a comma in the clause that authorizes the expenditure of times for advertising causes confusion. Lawyers note lack of authoritative text in other states and say the comma changes interpretation. Attorney general offers no opinion yet as the issue remains unsettled. Maj Anderson will not comment until formal action is taken.
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Washington Peace Con Va
Gullee
Maj. Anderson
Five Prisoners Escape Augusta County Jail in Virginia
Five inmates escaped the Augusta County jail in Staunton Virginia by sawing a iron bar to form a seven and a half by fifteen inch opening. They squeezed through and lowered themselves with a blanket, marking the jail's third escape in a short span. The group included Howell Howdyshell Grant Blaney Shaw and a young colored boy named Brown. One man awaited trial for stealing chickens and another for criminally assaulting an elderly colored woman.
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Spagla
Weabington
Staunton
Augusta County
Hmmett Howdyshell
William Grant
William Blaney
John Shaw
Brown
W. ‘Enhedy
Skeleton Mystery Solved in Suffolk Hanged Man’s Bones Found
Skeleton found behind a Washington Street hardware store is identified as James Brown a Negro executed thirty-three years earlier for murdering two white women Mrs Dozier and Mrs Jones. Brown claimed the body was given to a physician for tobacco and later buried in the store yard by the merchant after nine years of unclaimed storage.
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Suffolk
Waatington Post
Washington Street
James Brown
Joseph P. Webb
Roanoke Man Acquitted in Emigrant Agent Case
In Winston-Salem on October 11, W. I. Woodward of Roanoke Va was acquitted in Superior Court of acting as an emigrant agent without a license. He had been indicted after searching for printers to replace strikers and faced a $250 bond. Defense argued only regular business practice of engaging people on a percentage basis fits emigrant agent definition per Supreme Court ruling.
Rheumatism Cure Assertion and Patient Testimony
A period advertisement extols a blood purifier S S S as a permanent cure for rheumatism. It claims heredity and digestion cause the disease, that external plasters or liniments fail, and that S S S purifies blood to relieve pain, rebuilds tissue, and restores health, citing a patient testimonial from Georgia.
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Canadian Pacific Contact Offered for Pacific Veran Points
O H Mors of F P A invites interested readers to contact at Bond Bidg 11th Street and M Y avenue Washington to receive full information. he will call if desired.
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Canadian Pacific
Aaigtc
Pacific Veran
O. H. Mors
Bond
11Th St
M. Y
Waghington
Atlantic Coast Line announces Florida routes and travel times
Effective September 20, 1908, trains run daily from New York to Florida regions with sleeping and dining car service. Daily sleeping cars to Augusta, to Charleston, to Port Tampa via various routes, and connections at Norfolk and Wilmington. Information available at the Pennsylvania Avenue office and Pennsylvania Rail Road Station. Reed, Craig, Merson announce.
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Chicago
Harrisburg
Fitteburg
Louisville
St.es
Warriebars
Pulliyas
Dally
Herrieburg
Chidlegalana
Toledo
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Harrigburg
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Oe Janapote
Loulayilis
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Patlor
Oreo Dal
PENN
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Che of
Ag Erica RO
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Louie
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laHy
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Frideza
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Columbia
Sas Vanneh
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Lynchburg
Noe
Chattanooga
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Washington and Southwestern Limited
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Indianapolis
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Dmoce
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H.W. Fuller
Ageck
Atlantic Coast Line
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Port Tampa
Fla
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York
Charleston
Pennsylvania Rat Road
REED
Weahington
Craig
Merson
Psa
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G. C. Rector
Anne Arundel Court
Moss Bannon
Eang
Amherst
James Watson
Frank Brown
AA Dhhee
Piedmont Convocation
Mire Allen Potts
Algo
Norfolk
Alexandria News
Charles Benéheim Amd
Newell S. Gregnaway
W. P. Henshaw
Panama Canal Commission
R. Maurice Wilkins
Bee
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James
John Fanning O'Reilly
Manhattan Hospital
New York City
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Dean
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Day
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Stevere’ Pharmacy
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Iburn Co
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Conn. Ave
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Genoa
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Delrichs & CO
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F. Droop & Bons CO
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Iohn Ceuge
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Oka
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Caneton Kentucky Ave
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Rudolf
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NEW York Resorts
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Warrington Mil Banager
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Keeley
Capitol Treet
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Beale
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Fine Beach
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ST. John & CO
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Hotela
Union Transfer Company
New York Ave
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Dieteich
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Colum! Kevanhale
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Mobile
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Washington Southern Railway
Lasre
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Duke
W. Colpp
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Norfolk and. D. Western Railway
Waattigton
Paice
Knoxville
Mooge
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