Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-09-05
Virginia News.

Governor Swanson declares his use Of
the fishery boat Commodore Maury was
justified.
Mrs. Rosa Stone, OF Suffolk, has sued
the Norfolk and Western Railway be-
cause, she says, she was put In "Jim'
Grow" car.
Dickinson county, in the southwestern
section of the State IS the only Virgins
county in which there is not negro
resident.
Stuart L. Lindsay, clerk of the United
States Court, at Abingdon, Va, died al
his home, in Bristol, yesterday. He wal
81 years old.
Hon. Harry s.. George Tucker has
authorized his Valley friends to make
the announcement that he will be can
didate for the goyernorship OF Virgins
to succeed Gov. Swanson.
The Washington district conference o.
the Baltimore annual conference, III. h.
Church South, convened at Marshall
yesterday, to remain in session through
today. Rev. E. V. REGISTER, of this
city, is the presiding elder.
1t is not generally known that there
are six members of the old Confederate
Congress who survive and are 10 good
health. They are John GOode, OF Vir-
ginia; Judge John V. Wright, of Co
lumbia, Tenn; Judge Roger A. Pryor,
of New York; Col. Artbdr S. Oolyar, OIL
Nashville; John d. O. Atkins, of Paris,
Tenn, and George E. Jones, of Florence,
Ala.
Miss Bertha Radford, daughter oil
Mrs. Laura Radford, of Lynchburg, was
ordained to the order of deaconess of the
Episcopal Church 10 Lynchburg Yester-
day. The service took place at st.
PauPs Church in the presence of a large
crowd. The ordination was by Bishop
Tucker. Miss Radford will sail in six
weeks for Japan and she will do mis-
sionary work in the diocese of Toxic.
Jesse Legrand, well-known business
man of Lynchburg, was struck and
killed by lightning Tuesday night while
returning from fishing trip near Calls
Millp, Amherst county. he was spend
ing bis vacation with his young wife, at
the home of Mr.. Kent, and was within
short distance of his stopping place
when he was killed. He was rs years
old and was a member of the well-known
Legrand family Of Lynchburg.
Four Frederick county postofices-
Main, Albin, Whitehall and Cedar
Grove--have just been closed in conse-
quence of telegram from the POs!office
Department resembling its new rural free
delivery service in that section. A big
petition was sent to the department OPP
posing the rural route, but previous
order requiring the four offices to be
closed September l was not modified.
DR.. John Meade Benson, colored, a
recent graduate of Harvard medical
school, has received certificate from the
State Board of Medical Examiners noti-
flying him that at the June examination
he passed successfully. DR.. Benson is r
registered pharmacist under the Virginia
board and for a number of years has con-
Quoted drug sto.e in Richmond. His
wife is also graduate in pharmacy and
is registered by the State board.
During the electric storm which swept
over the LYnchburg section tuesday
night q cyclone passed over a small area
o! Campbell county some distance below
the city. On the top Of Gamblers Noun
tain immense trees were uproOted and
tw's'ed from the ground. Aside from
damage to crops, no loss is reported
from that section. The precipitation
last night amounted to 4.72 inches, and
as result several big plants were idle
yesterday because they were flooded
Tuesday night.