The Washington herald., 1908-07-22
NEWS OF THE VIRGINTAS
POLITICAL AND OTHERWISE.

1 be commences before the sumner is over.
and that II can be completed and made
ready for use during the autumn months.
Cambria. which was until recently
I merely a suburb OF Christiansburg. IS now
a town unto itself. and is destined TO be
one OF Virginia's Lively little cities. r.
/ V. Altizer is the mayor OF the new
municipality During the past three years
the town has been steadily developing.
Industries have located here. business has
I doomed Up IN all lines. and now It has
a bank. or very soon will have. the Bank
I Of Cambria having recently been organ
/ lied The paId-up capital stock is $4,000.
| and the officers are: G. W Mitchell, pres
ident; W T. HickOck. vice president, and
/ J. W Mitchell. late Of Abingdon. cashier.
The board Of directors IS made I'D OF
some Of the most prominent men IN Mont
l somery County The bank VIII not open
Z its doors for business until some time
IN August. when its building viii be com
Z Qleted- The building. now under con-
structiOn. viii cost about sd and will
be occupied by the bank and the Cambria
/ Grocery Company. wholesalers.
The largest business enterprise n the
town IS the furniture factory Of Averjll
Mitchell * Co. The concern employs 80
men, and turns out more than d car load
OF furniture per day.
As the result Of an idea conceived BY
Secretary z. H FIyman. OF the 10000
/ League. Norfolk may be the scene next
summer Of a convention that, from an
advertising standpoint would be worth
millions of dollars.
A1r. Hyman is endeavoring 10 bring
about a convention Of secretaries Of va
ri0Us business organizations n the United
States and Canada, and although the
matter has been under way for only a
few weeks. many favorable replies have
! been received
In the United states alone there are
I 2699 business organizations. and as many
I of these have two secretaries. Il can be
readily seen that the attendance upon a
convention such as is proposed would be
very large.
Recently NIr. Hyman wrote letters to
about I15 secretaries OF the business or
CARNATIONS Of several large cities. and 20
/ date has received replies from all except
seven.
Z or the total number Of replies received
l02 are IN hearty favor Of the proposed
convention. and offer their hearty sup
port, while the remaining six do not be-
Eeve that any good cOCid b accomplished
at such a convention
IN the letters received 20 date many of
the secretaries Indicate that they would
either prefer 20 meet in Norfolk or in At
lantic City. y J
Il Is announced that the Richmond
Press. a large printing ofice in Richmond.
which prints the inside sheets for quite
q number Of Virginia papers from type
taken from the forms OF the Richmond
Evening Journal and also prints some IN
dependent papers. Will start a paper n
York A similar paper, The GIOuscester
Tribune is Issued from this Office, and is
a very creditahle paper indeed
The new paper while i viii be print
ed IN Richmond. 50 Il IS stated. VIII be
shipped 10 York and mailed from there.
4 movement is on foot among the mem
bcrs Of Alexandria, shingrOn Lodge OF
Masons FOR the erection Of a temple in
Alexandra. which viii cost 81. 600 It IS
said that a bazaar viii be held IN the
early fall for the purpose OF raising sufh-
cient funds % employ a permanent secre-
tary, who viii BE in charge Of the az
fairs incident to raising the money.
Members Of the Masonic fraternity here
think it would be a fitting memorial to
Washington, who was a master OF the
lodge.
The lodge now occupies quarters in
the Masonic Temple. which IS a part OF
the city hall Il IS expected that should
the temple Be erected Andrew Jackson
Lodge Of AIasOns would also Use it
Mr- Slemp. It is said. VIII be renomi-
mated by acclanztion. as the Republican
party's candidate for Congress in the
Ninth Virginia district, at the convention
to be held at Norton July 30 Il IS IN
derstood that there IS 10 organized move
ment against Nj Slemp in his own party.
and that the Democrats Will not oppose
him. The Democrats Of the Ninth district
are a sOrry set They viii nut I'D no
candidate OF their own, nor viii they SUD
port any independent candidate who op-
poses Mr. Slemp- They seem TO be Join
ed to their idOls.-Alexandria Gazette.