Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-07-22
Virginia News.

Virginia will have ten census super.
vlsors, one for each congressional dis
trict.
Miss Helen Louise Camp, daughter oil
Mr.. and Mrs. B. L. Camp, OF Rich
mond, vas married at the home of her
parents there yesterday, TO Herbert
Granville Overby, young New York
business mau.
AbOut two hundred delegates are al
OLD Point Comfort, attending the Vir'
gina State Dental Association conven'
ton, which was called to order yester'
day with President F. A. Lee, o.
Lynchburg, presiding.
John F. ChrismsD, formerly of Clarke
county, and for number OF years con-
uected with the Metropolitan police
force of Washington, died yesterday al
Colonial Beach, where he had been for
bis health. He was about forty.fivt
years old.
Thousands of people from Page,
Rappshannock, Rockingham, ShensD'
doah and Warren counties and othel
counties throughout northern Virginia,
attended the annual reunion In LuraJ
yesterday of Rosser-Hibbons Camp Of
Confederate Veterans.
The last returns from Saturdays pri
mary in Clarke county show that Ralph
Grigsby was nominated for the legisls'
ture for Clarke and Warren counties by
majority Of six over M. Fl. Rear
don. The latter, however, claims his
nomination by two votes.
Rev. J. E. Thacker. pastor Of the
Second Presbyterian Church, Norfolk,
announced to his congregation Last night
that be would accept the call to become
general secretary of evangelical work
10 the Southern Presbyterian Church.
The position WAS recently created,
He will live In Norfolk.
Henry Carson and William Bailey,
white men, two of party of four who
escaped from the tuberculosis camp al
the peniteptisry farm aud who managed
to slude the guards alter their compan'
ions we're caught, were overtsken by
guards yesterday and we're riddled with
buckshot, refusing to surrender.
J. Z. Duffy, a young white man,
formerly an express messenger, In Rich
mond, yesterday confessed to stealing
thirty dollars from the company and waI
given sixty days in jail. The package
from which the money WAS taken con-
taiued one Thousand dollars. "Whiskey
did it." said the man as he went TO the
cage.
The State Corporation Commission
has granted charter to the State Baoh
of Rapidsu QDc) Rapidsu; H. I. Hol
lsdsy, it,, president; F. E. Garnet
vice. president; g. w. Peyton, secretary
and cashier all of Rapidan, Orange
county, Va. Capital; Maximum, $685.
900; minimum, $4,000. Objects
Banking business.
The Anti Saloon League has moved
upon another city, and, acting upon thei
petition, Judge T. N. Haas yesterday
called a local option election for Hsrri
sonburg, and set the date for Tuesday
August "a. Harrisonburg is nov
wet" 1t is generally believed tha
the "wets" will make a fight t.
Dust the "dry" regime in Berryvilll
aud Winchester this coming fall.
]. D. Harris, former principal o.
Warrenton High school, will face tris
for his life next Monday on the charge
of killing W. A. Thompson. associate
editor OF the Wayrenton Virginisn.
The defense will be conducted bV Mar.
shall Mccormick, of Berryville; Richsrt
E. Byrd, of Winchester, and G.. Latham
Fletcher, of WarrentDn. The prosecu
ton is represented By John Keith, o.
Wsrrenton.
While cutting hay on the plantation
of Robert Gillian, 10 Botetourt county,
yesterday, Lewis Johnson, a Young
farmer, killed a snake which is said to
be freak of nature. Johnson struck
the reptile with moving scythe, cut
ting off its head. He was surprised tc
see the snake crawl 10 another direction
aud ran tine of his pitchfork through
its body. Upon holding it up he dis.
covered another head on the other end.