Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-06-07
VIRGINIA NEWS.

The Supreme Lodge, Shield ofHonor
began its annual convention today in
Richmond
Mr.. John Scott Hamilton, a promi-
nent citizen of lower Fauquier, died at
his home near Remington last week,
aged 70 years.
Judge Daniel Grinnan of the Rich
mond Chancery court, was operated on
in the Manhattan Hospital, New York,
on Sunday night for mastoiditis.
L. w. Fadely, of Columbia Furnace,
who conducted one Of the largest stores
in Shenandoah county, has made an
assignment The liabilities are over
so, 900 with assets Of SO, 500.
Mrs. E. S. Tenny in Richmond filed
an amended bill in her divorce suit
against her husband, the president of
the Atlantic Bitulithic Company, which
case has been attracting attention there
and elsewhere in the south for the past
several months The new bill asks for
aslimited divorce with ample alimOny.
The trial of the suit of j. L. Mosely
against the Southern Railway for Sl5, e
600 damages was begun yesterday in
the Law and Equity court in Richmond.
Mosely claims redress for being arrest
ed at the instance of the company's
agents on charges that were afterward
dismissed.
Mrs. Kate /. Graves, wife of Mr.
Lee j. Graves of Fredericksburg died
suddenly Sunday night at the Johnston
Willis Sanitarium in Richmond, where
she had been undergoing treatment for
several weeks, an operation having
been performed about ten days ago.
A meeting was held Monday at Mon
cures chapel, in Stafford, in the Wal
lace neighborhood, for the purpose of
erecting an Episcopal chapel Bishop
Lloyd and DR.. r. J. McBryde were
present and the plans of raising money
for the erection Of the chapel were dis
cussed Mr. G. B. Wallace has given
a lot on which to erect a chapel.
Cutbert Bailey, employed on the
Belt Line OF the Norfolk and Western
Railway, was shot at three times Sun
day night at Golfers station, on the
Atlantic Coast Line, by some unknown
person concealed in bushes. Two of
the balls whizzed past Bailey's head
and the third one struck him in the
leg, inhicting a painful and serious
wound. Bailey is at a lost to account
for the attempt,
While practically indicating Messrs,
George E. Wise, and Gilbert X. Pol
lock, the report of the special COM
mittee on investigation made to the
common council Of Richmond last
night depricates the practice of mem
bers of the city council appearing as at
tOrneys before municipal boards of exc
cutive officers, and recommends that
hereafter such practice be made I'M
lawful, so that there may be no recur-
renee of the conduct developed by the
evidence in the case under investi-
cation.
1t is learned in Lynchburg that
Philadelphia syndicate has just pur-
chased a large amount Of property
fronting on the Boonsboro turnpike be-
yond Rivermont. More than 500, 900
worth of realty is involved. The
frontage Of the Presbyterian 0rphanage
estate, lying in Campbell and Bedford
Countes, is Involved, and the purchasers
obligae themselves to give their prop
critics trolley car facilities within two
years Coupled with this comes a
rumOr that several northern capitalists
have been in Lynchburg recently going
over the city with a view of establish
ing a second street railway system
through the city and into the Camp !
bell and Bedford county suburbs.
Prof S. Rhea McChesney, a mem
Der of the Virginia State School Board |
and for several years superintendent
and supervising principal of the public |
schools of Bristol, because of opposition
which he ventured to certain policies
adopted by the local school board, was
defeated for reelection as supervising |
principal This leaves him superin-
tendent OF the schools with only a
nominal salary. HeIwas elected superin-
tendent Of these schools by the state
board, and his term in that capacity !
does not expire until 1918 But the
fact that he will be without salary
means that he will probably not remain
in charge as superintendent Charles |
f. Anderson, of Smyth county, |
was elected to succeed him as super
vising principal.