Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-04
GOSSIP FROM NORFOLK.
Interesting Items From the Busy City
at the Capes.

Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.
NORFOLK, Va, September fl R.
Cleverton and Stewart Campbell. students
OF Oberlin College, Ohio. who left the west
several weeks ago on a walking tour Of
the southern and eastern states, spent sew
eral days at Virginia Beach, Va, enjoying
the ocean breezes and left Thursday night
FOR Washington D. c., where they go to
see the sights Of the nations capital. After
visiting the larger cities between Chicago
and Chattanooga they tramped down the
Appalachian range of mountains as far as
Georgia and then took the train up to Nor
folk. leaving later by steamer for Wash
ington. In Washington Cleverton and
Campbell are visiting relatives
Congressman Dick chairman of the re-
publican Ohio campaign committee has
written a personal letter to former Rep
resentative George E. Bowden Of Virginia
the present republican national committee
man form this state, requesting him to
come to Ohio and assist in the Johnson
Herrick gubernatorial and the Clark-Hanna
senatorial campaigns. which Chairman Dick
regarded as the most important state cam
paigns in the country coming on the eve
of the national campaign next year. Dick
says that the republicans need all the cam
patgn speech makers in Ohio that are OBJ
tainable and urges Bowden to come out
and help In the great fight the republicans
great importance that the republicans
bring up Ohio this year with a big ma
jority for Herrtck, the gubernatorial nomi
nee and of more importance that safe
majority be secured by the republicans in
the next legislature SO that the reelection
of Senator Hanna over Clark will be in
sured.
Judge Neal. in the superior court of Ca
barrus county, N. c.. gave the grand jury
| spicy charge, urging that the jury bring
in indictments against every derelict road
overseer and superintendent. The roads
over which people in rural districts have
to travel the court declared. should not
be neglected. even If the public schools
themselves had to suffer.
With big bottle of whiskey attached to
her side the immense government dredge
Benguard was launched at the Trigg ship
yard in Richmond which recently vent into
the hands of receivers. 1t had been an
nOunced that the usual launching cere-
mony of breaking a bottle of wine would
be omitted in the case of the Benguard, so
the superstitious men secretly attached the
bottle of liquor to her side Just before
necessary bottle of wine was provided and
broken. The whiskey bottle escaped un-
scathed and was later rescued and con-
sumed. Both the Benguard and cruiser
Galveston, recently launched from the ways
of the Trigg yard, will shortly be towed to
this city for completion at the Norfolk
navy yard.
Many lovers of oysters are doubtless won
dering why 1t Is that the Virginia oysters
which have heretofore begun to come on
the first of September have not as
yet appeared In the restaurants and on
the markets in the usual abundance. The
reason for this Is that the last legislature
of Virginia made 1t unlawful to tong oys-
tiers before September Is and consequently
there will be on the market before that
time no Virginia oysters unless tonged and
shipped by oyster pirates.
An appeal has been sent to the cities ask
ing aid for the farmers of Charlotte coun-
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that county this week doing untold damage.
Acres of growing crops were destroyed,
and in some Instances farmers lost every
thing they had in the world In a good
many cases barns were struck by lightning
and their contents burned.
A murder mystery b attracting the at