Nansemond County-Suffolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Newspapers.....Mar. 13, 1900 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ _____________ LOVE FINDS A WAY. ______ A Physician Run Down by a Laundry Wagon. SUFFOLK, VA., March 12.-Special.- William L. Cone and Miss Dora Saunders left Suffolk to-day for Gates county, N. C., for the purpose of marriage. They arrived about sunrise from Isle of WIght [sic] county, their home, and took a train for Gates Station. They had driven about twenty-five miles through the snow to reach Suffolk. The elopement is a result of opposition on the part of Zochaliah [sic; Zachariah] Munford and wife, with whom Miss Saunders had lived. Dr. William W. Murray, who formerly practiced in Baltimore, was run down to- day by a laundry wagon, whose horse had become frightened and broken away. He was bruised about the body and head, and was unconscious when picked up. No bones were broken. __________¤___________ [...] H. Clay Wiiliams.[sic] SUFFOLK, VA., March 12-Special.- Hon. H. Clay Williams, 62 years old, died Saturday morning, in Gates county, N. C., 21 miles from Suffolk. He represented his county twice in the Legislature. and was formerly county commissioner. A widow, five daughters, and two sons survive him. [...] ["The Times" (Richmond, VA), Tuesday, March 13, 1900. p. 5, col. 4 http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/lccn/sn85034438/1900-03-13/ed-1/seq-5 N67561pdfFile.pdf] [file transcribed by Matt Harris (Zoobug64@aol.com).]