The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-09
STAR ING
TOO EARLY
So Say Some Of the HenriCo
Candidates.
THE CLERKsHIP QUESTION
Remarkable Record Of Mrs. Rochelle,
Who is Mighty Nimrod,
A .Street-Car Ac-
cldent.
THE CLERKSHIP QUESTION

To the discomfort Of some Of the can
didates, who deem 1t unhdvisable to open
up the campaign SO far ahead. the poll
| tlclal pot of Henrico Is beginning to boil
! right merrily and aspirants for office are
| bobbing up in every direction. The situ-
| alton is, In fact, growing distinctly 1.-Two
| ~. despite the fact that the primary will
| not be held until next September. Some
! OF the calmer ones view this state of af-
fairs with regret. believing that by the
| time the election Is held people and cam
didates both will be sick of it.
we are running night and day over
| the whole county. So far as I am con-
cerned would like to stpo 1t right short.
But as long as the other fellow Is going
about I've got to do it too
Some question has arisen as to which
office Is retained under the new system
and which abolished-the county clerk
ship or the cirAuit clerkship. In two
separate places the new Constitution
states specifically that 1t Is q county
clerk that will have TO be elected. In
article VII, Organization and Govern
ment of Counties" it states that there
shall be elected by the qualified voters OF
each county one county clerk, who
shall be the clerk OF the Circuit Court
Furthermore In the schedule it sells forth
that IN sixteen counties, including Hem
rico, there shall be elected on Tuesday.
after the fist Monday In November
county clerks for such counties
There resides in Henr!oo county
mighty Nimrod, who is Il woman and
whose record for the past season is an
astonishing, one. Mrs. Rochelle lives on
White Oak Swamp and her fame as a
shot has spread far and near. Recently
Mrs Rochelle was in the office of Squire
Thomas and she gnM, an account Of her
achievements during the past season. She
has killed with her gun, all told loo
robins 10 woodcocks, 3 rabbits, and S
squirrels. The game wasn't killed for the
market. Mrs. Rochelle and her husband
ate as much OF 1t as they wanted and
gave the remainder to neighbors.
A Seven Pines car containing number.
of passengers. including several ladies
was derailed Thursday night about $50
o'clock Just opposite Hardin's Shop The
accident was most peculiar one. One
truck went into ditch and the other
into the middle of the road The car It.
self was let flat. down on the track. Two
or three people, it Is said, We're badly
shaken UP. Mr.. Harry Voegler, brother
OF Deputy Sheri4 John Voegler. was
thrown heavily forward and sustained
painful injuries. A long cash was cut in
his forehead.
Mr.. Thomas Gardner announced yes
terday that. he would not be candidate
lor commonwealth attorney III lHe com
Ing election. In the public statement Is
sued by Mr.. Gardner, he says:
Many friends have urged me to run,
and have pledged me their enthusiastic
support but ! am doing very we'll in the
practice Of my profession which requires
all OF my time. have been able to be
Of some service TO my county In the House
Of Delegates, especially In the fight which
I made SO successfully against the bill adj
vocated by the city OF Richmond. for the
annexation of twe-thlrds OF the taxable
values of my county. and want to go
back to the House to carry on this fight
until some equitable basis IS reached. on
which the city shall take the territory
of the county. II at all ] have become
greatly Interested, too. In legislation for
the control of the liquor traffic,