The Washington herald., 1909-08-13
CarolinaS, Maryland.
and Virginia News
Political and Otherwise.

Lexington. Va. - Rockbridge County
stood in the forefront in the recent Dem
ocratic canvass for state officers, as
several OF the candidates for State Offices
were either residents OF the county or
had at one time lived there
Harry ST. George Tucker has a beauti-
ful home in Lexington. and here he
spends his summers and such other times
as he feels inclined. Judge William
Hodges Mann lived in Brownsburg. four
teen miles from Lexington, as a boy with
his mother. whose second husband was a
Rockbridge man, and in that quiet vii
lage the future governor Of the Old Do
minion received his education. Col.
Robert Catlett. assistant attorney gen
eral. and candidate for nomination to
that Office. lives in Lexington. John
Thompson Brown. candidate for commits
sioner OF agriculture and immigration,
traces his ancestry 10 the sturdy Scotch
Irish Of Rockbridge State Treasurer
Asher w. Harman, declared the nominee
for that Office without opposition. lives
near Lexington Attorney General Will
lam A. Anderson lives IN Lexington,
where his family are now spending the
summer.
Denton. Md.-The canning and packing
plant OF ". NJ. Wright & CO. AT Chop
tank. Caroline County. having a capacity
/ Of 5000 cases a season, together with It's
entire contests, was destroyed by fire
yesterday. The firm had made contracts
with farmers for about go acres OF to-
matoes, and had started up the work
for the season several days ago. The
origin Of the fire Is unknown. The loss
Is estimated at about $4,000
Frederick. Md.-Judge Glenn H Worth
ington was waited upon yesterday by the
notification committee. composed OF
Abram Hemp. jr, Clayton o. Keedy, and
! Lawrence A. Chiswell. appointed at the
/ Rockville judicial convention last Sat
urday, and without set speeches was
/ notified OF HIS nomination 20 succeed him
self. Judge Worthington said that ht
| appreciated the high honor OF his party
| in naming him as fits candidate. and
/ was all the more gratifed because the
| honor was bestowed without opposition.
! Winchester. Va--Gov. Swanson has ap-
pointed Speaker Richard Evelyn Byrd. o.
the Virginia house of delegates, a dele
gate to the third International Tax Con
, ference, 10 be held at Louisville. Sep
| tember 2l-24
! Hagerstown, Md-George Beatty.
! farmer, was nearly scalped and other
wise injured in a runaway accident oc
curing at Quincy.
| Beatty was riding in a spring wagor
with his brother. when the horse rar
: away. He was thrown out and a whee
! passed over his head, nearly scalpinl
/ him. and cutting OF one Of his eyelids
/ Beatty is in a critical condition.
Lynchburg. Va-The board Of trustee,
os the Odd Fellows Orphanage has elect
ed Mr.. Russell B. Webb, Of Norfolk. q
/ the newly-created position Of secretary
/ 10 the institution. Mr.. Webb relieves Mrs
\ Lucy Acree. the matron Of the clerica
work Of the orphanage. in order that she
may give practically her entire time Z
the training Of the children The or
phanage now has 1l6 wards.
Salisbury. n. C.-The Rowan Fair As
sociation was organized here yesterday
with T. J. Jerome. president; John
Henderson, vice president; II. c. Trott
treasurer, and NJ. L. Jackson, secretary
The new concern proposes 70 give a bis
fair in Salisbury this fall. The Yadkil
Valley Fair Associations property ha!
been taken over by the new company.
Salisbury. y. CA contract has beer
awarded A. r. Lazenby, builder o
Salisbury, for the erection OF a schoo
building at Misenheimer Stanly County
at a cost Of $4,000. Work on the struc
ture was begun this week. and whel
/ completed It will be one of the bes
/ school buildings In this section Of Nortl
/ Carolina.