HARRY SON III; R. VA., May 3.?Mar
din Shifflett, a Confederate veteran and
probably the oldest man in Rockingham County, died yesterday near Rurt
, tier's Mill. He was ninety-five years
and four months old. His wife, who
was Miss Mary Arey, died many years
ago. He leaves five sons, among them
R H Shifflett, of Greenmount. He had
twenty grandchildren.
William V. Herzog, Jr.
PORTSMOUTH, VA., May 3.?William
Albert Herzog, Jr. son of Mr. and
Mrs. W. A. Herzog, twenty-eight years
of age, died early today at his home
on Halifax Street after an illness of
several months. Besides his parents,
he is survived by one brother and one
sister, Gilbert A. Herzog and Mrs. B.
W. Cook, of this city.
M. H. Vaughn Killed.
ALTA VISTA, VA., May 3.?M. H. Vaughn, aged forty years, met death
this morning when he was caught between two railway coaches on the
Southern Railway and his skull crushed. He leaves a wife and several children.
PUBLIC HEARING ON
LICENSE ORDINANCE
Holland, Burns and South Carolina to
On the Streets of the City of Richmond
for Examination Wednesdays
 All persons interested in the revised license tax ordinance, proposed by the Council Committee on Finance with the aim of increasing the city's revenue, will have an opportunity to be heard at 8 o'clock on Wednesday night. The committee last night voted to sit for a public hearing. Any changes in the measure which it is deemed advisable to make will be made, and special sessions of both branches of the Council will be called to hurry the passage of the measure into a law. 