The Washington herald., 1909-03-11

Norfolk. Va - According 10 the an
nouncenlent Of General Manager Ray
mond Depuy, Of the Virginlan Railway,
through trains over II. H. Rogers new
coal line viii be running from Norfolk 10
Deepwater. n. IA. April 1. Norfolk is
preparing a big celebration on that date.
Charleston. W Ya--The Supreme Court
viii doubtless be asked to rule on the
legality OF the governors veto OF the
Charleston charter bill. The decision OF
the court viii be awaited with much in
terest in the State. for upon II viii hinge
the vetoed section of the state appropria-
ton bill. The point raised is that the
governors veto was filed With the secre-
tsry OF the state more than FIVE days
after the legislature had adjourned. It
is claimed that the governor must act
within five days, or the bill becomes law
without his action.
shinnston. w. va--The second oil well
In this region has been located on the
Nay farm. II runs fifty barrels per
hour.
Parkersburg. ". Ya-The Parkersburg
Transfer Company. one of the largest
concerns of the city has gone into re-
ceivers hands on petition of lnvolun-
tary bankruptcy.
Waynesboro va-JGmes f. Cooke.
mayor Of Waynesboro. and editor OF the
Valley Vi-ginian. and Mrs. Margaret
Craig Gibbs were married In CharIottes-
vile Tuesday. The groom is prominent
I I'm this section Of the State. and the
bride was the widow OF J. f. A. Gibbs.
the celebrated inventor Of the Wilcox
and Gibbs sewing machine.
Fairmont. ". Va--At a meeting OF
the board OF trade OF Fairmont the fol-
lowing directors were elected for the
year; sam R Nuzum. J. NJ. Hartley. J.
z. Watson. Harry shaw, N. T.. Hutchin-
son. A Lincoln Lehman. Clarence W.
Watson. Jere H Wheelwright II F.
Smith. W. s. Laymond. L. L Malone.
F. Z. Nichols. ]. o. Watson, T l. Brett.
]. NJ, Jacobs, r. T. Cunningham. John A.
/ Clark Walton Miller. Frank p Kelley.
A. Howard Fleming. Frank Haas, Levi
p. Harr. George De Bolt, o. s. McKin-
ney, J. F. Phillips. John A. Clark was
elected president and Anthony Bowen
secretary.
/ Roanoke. Va--The Times says: "The
outlook Tor Roanoke during the coming
year is exceedingly bright Already
many new buildings are under way. de-
spite the fact that the depression OF
/ last year Is yet felt throughout the coun-
/ try: and during the next ninety DAYS
! several other big buildings will be under
| construction which have already been
planned The two most important struc-
lures 10 be erected are the Federal Build
/ ing and the First National Bank Build
/ ing"
Raleigh. y. Cone OF the most striking
scenes Of the closing hours OF the North
Carolina legislature was the passage OF a
! bill by unanimous vote appropriating
$1,000 for the erection OF the North Caro-
/ lima monument 10 women OF the Southern
/ Confederacy. One OF these memorials
Is 10 be erected in each OF the former
/ Confederate States, uniform as 10 bronze
statues and relief plates but with dis
4 tinctive individual pedestals by each
/ State. This is the consummatlon, so far
I Gs North Carolina is concerned, OF a
movement which has been in progress
! for years in the South. and which has
been indOrsed and fathered BY the women
/ OF the Confederacy organization In New
I York and other large Northern cities
! where Southern women now reside and
/ have formed chapters Of that organlza-
/ ton.