The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-01
ROANOKE MILITIA
FOR GETTYSBURG
Nearly Every Member of Crack
Company VIII Participate
in Maneuvers.
ELECT MOOMAW MANAGER
Fruit Growers Association Sc
lect Former Editor to Boom
Shenandoah Organization.
ELECT MOOMAW MANAGER

! Especial to The Richmond virginian.)
ROANOKE, July 1.-Roanoke's mil
I. iiary Company Captain Harry Dayant
in command went to Gettysburg yes
terday to participate in the war ma
roeuyres At II O'Clock the soldiers
assembled in their armory and marcn-
to the station where they boarded the
tram fer Basic. At Basic they joined
the special troop train from Rich
mond and left with it for HagerstoSn,
hid., thence over the Western May
laid. Nearly every member of the
cor1Dan! was in ranks when the start
was nis,de. 1t Is the first time the
Roanoke infantry has ever taken part
In such an event, and the young men
naturally look forward TO the exner-
hence With a great deal of pleasure
The case.=of E NJ, Coulter, presi-=
dent cf the National Business College.
and DR. William S. Gregory, a dentist,
charged with lighting yesterday MORN
ing come up in police court but was
postponed. Both men were In court
and neither showed any signs OF in
jury. DR.. Gregory, it ia said, Admits
having the knucks, but claims ne car
ried them as a defense against Coui'
ter ana because he did not believe III
carrying q pistol. When the case WAS
caliec an immense erowd was present
Gets Large Order.
The Roanoke Ehame ug and STAMP
ing Company received yesterday al
order for $15,09o "arth of goods for
i'm nj ukate shipment. The plant 30
working day and nignt and orders are
pour ing in so steadily that it has beer
decided IL place another furnace IN
operation. Under tn management of
JOHN w Crawford has enterprise has
ta,;cn n new lease of life and has every
f,F win 9Tu
president is +. r. Chick, a retail gro@-
e..
a report circulated in Roanoke to-
dd% Says that as.asy11icate. incf9GinS
satStai Ia miuenrsseo aokers. has Sc
eaied ar option on the Mcclure sarrl,
large and beautiful place lying al"Hg
tiis car line Just northwest of the city.
il comprises two hundred acre.. 1Te
price agreed on is said to be $500 All
acre,
a telegram received in the city We'd
nesday night announces the death fla
Wilmington. N e.. Of William A. Cald
Well, formerly q clerk in the general
offices of the Norfolk and Western III
Roanoke. He was tfty-lour years of
age and was unmarried Born in
Sinking Greek. Craig county, he lived
the greater part OF his active life
here. He was a son Of the late
George r. Caldwell and Is survived by
his mother and the following BROTH
ers and sisters. Frank Il. and Gam
bin Caldwell, OF Norfolk; Nj. Nj. and
Charles w. Caldwell. of Radford;
Byron W. Caldwell of Norfolk. Ne
braska Misses Grace and Nellie b.
Caldwell. of Radford. and Mrs, Annie
Painter. of Cloud Croft Mex. The
body was taken to Radford for burial.
Congressman Bascomh Slemp passed
through the CitY yesterday for b.s
Stone Gap. During the few minutes
he spent here he was greeted by a
number of republicans.
Further examination of Or. j, w.
Davis, who was injured In fail at
his home a few days Aga. shows that
his hip is not fractured and that the
injuries are not serious. Dr. Davis
il the father OF Lawrence $. Davis.
city treasurer
Noomaw l. Manager.
Clarence w. Moomaw, at one time
city editor OF the Roanoke Times mas
been elected general manager of the
Shenandoah Valley Fruit Growers AS
ISOLATION. II Is the aim of this organi-
cation to make Shenandoah fruit
known the world over. Special atten-
ton Will be given methods for taking
care of the crop after it liz harvested.
When corporation. court convencs
Tuesday for the July term the docke,
VIII snow seven cases in which VIOLA
tons Of the law against speeding au-
tomobilss Is involved J. g. Barbour
was fined $50 yesterday In police court
for this offense. He admitted that he
had no speedometer, but appealed his
case.
Jack Grim was in the city several
hours to-day. on his way to Richmond.
1T is said positively that he viii Sc
cure the ownership OF the Portsmouth
franchise, and fans here predict titat
he will bring the Portsmouth clua
right to the front.
Police Officer Trout has discovered
that chickens in coops are not c3ssed
fer properly. He has found that they
often are allowed to remain in the sun
without water or food. He proposes
TO see that the law applying to cases
OF this kind is observed. and IL IL
should be necessary he will make ar
rests.
Roanoke Delegates.
Delegates from Roanoke to the nm
nual convention of the Virginia Retail
Merchants Association in Salem July
20 and II are; K. III. Angel. w A
Bloxton, w. b. Clemer. f. r, Chick,
L n. Davis. Taylor Gleaves. W l..
Shields, W. E. Renner K. A. Thurman,
u. p. Sites. Joseph T. Englebv, s