The Washington herald., 1908-08-05
NEWS OF THE VIRGINIAS
POLITICAL AND OTHERWISE

II is perfectly proper that Judge Taft
should be made a member OF the steam
shoveIers' union. after having operated
The steam roller in the Chicago conven-
ton And the voters Of the country viii
DO their best 20 prevent his becoming a
stationary engineer al The White House
Richmond News Leader
The Office Of the Virginia State Fair As
sociation presents a scene OF great activi-
~ Piles OF premium lists have been de-
Iivered by the printer 10 the general man
ager. and three mail BAGS, stuffed fuIl.
leave the Office every evening, going 20
men in nearly every county IN Virginia,
and many into different states some OF
the horses that have been in Norfolk VIII
be taken 10 the Fair Grounds Most Of
the horses going 70 Richmond viii De en-
tered in the races Of the Petersburg Driv-
ing Association. TO be held next week
on the Riverside track in the "COckade
City
An Increase of 500 tons in one week
Is the record Of the Norfolk & Western
Railway coal office al Lambert Point
Last week 1915 tons were dumped aboard
ship al that station, as against 5ood3 for
the week previous. The bulk Of the ton
maze was exported The foreign markets
have shown a decided increase in demand
du-inc this period. and the shippers there
have. fortunately. had all the fuel they
needed 10 meet the demand Instead Of
two or three ships out Of Norfolk IN
week for foreign ports. six cleared last
week taking American coal 10 the utter
most parts Of the world
We haven't had time 10 ngure It out
vet. but we have a sneaking idea that II
Mr.. Taft had cut out Roosevelt where
ever it occurs in his speech OF acceptance,
he would have kept the deliverance with
in the 3.5oo-word Emit-Nirg Pilot
Logan Linville. Of Charleston. has in
vented and secured a patent for a miners
lock Indicator. which takes the place OF
and does away with the loose check sys-
tenn bv which the miner keeps account
Of the coal he loads This new device is
designed to be placed on the mine car.
and by means Of two numbered disls the
miner sets the dials TO reveal only his
number and locks the dials by means OF
an automatic spring locking device which
remains locked until the weight boss
4 credits this number with the weight Of
coal and unlOcks the indicator, when It
Z is ready for the next miner.
/ At the mining town Of Stafford. Ra-
/ leigh County. W. Va. last Thursday night
I Io5 pounds Of powder in a powder-h0Use
T exploded Nearsy every building in the
town was completely wrecked and several
. persons were seriously hurt. the worst
+ injured being Postmaster Frank Monroe
i Several persons were blown out OF their
! houses. but not seriously hurt The dam
/ age aggregates $4,000.
Southwest Virginia appears to have
within its limits SONS. of the hidden
wealth Of all the other States. but the
developments Of this wealth is merely in
/ its infancy. When the Norfolk and West
ern completes its line OF road 10 Potts
VALLEY in Craig County. II will make ac-
Z cessible to the markets one Of the best
and greatest ore beds IN the United
/ states. The iron ores Of Virginia have
! been credited with existing only IN ''pock-
/ cts but when the Potts Valley ores are
I reached. it WILDE found that no such
! condition eSistsS. Among the recent de-
velopments of promising magnitude in the
I Southwest Is that Of the gypsum beds IN
/ Smyth County No effort has ever been
Z made TO develop these great beds Of gyp-
sum until acquired by the Southern Gyp-
sum Complny.-Roanoke' Times
Norfolk has started a crusade against
unnecessary noises. with special applica-
ton to the hours Of the morning Some