Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-09-16
NIRGINIA NEWS.

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TIE .drysa who we're defeated BE-
!1O3 5nlaioritgsat theioeaI option. election
'heItlsdn Stanton ouAugust ] and
WIG sere ahrown, ont Of conrt on g
contest Of tie electioRa feW-~days ago,
have not given up the fight but re-
neWed it today when the court; con-
sidered applications iorflicenses. The
ndrysi,topposed granting lieens.s On
the grouud that the election authorlz-
ing the sale OF liquor vas mot valid be:
cause the treasurer had not certified the
-properkind- list, showing who had
paid their poll taxes, and that conse-
puuently there were no legal voters, exs
Ecept the few old soldiers, who 80 not
have to pay.poll.saxessin orasr:to vdtei
/ Mrs. Rebssoca r. scothern, wife Of
George .,W. sScothetn, died Thursday
Enightat hershoma lin HrssbuTg from
[ahe effects of desc OF poison taken
with suicidal intent. No: motive for
|the deed, is assigned Mr.: and Mrs
[Soothern- we're married three weeks
[ago. She was the daughter OF James
EBowman, Of Hawkinstown.
{ ocean View, Norfolk $ Coney Island,
[waas-sR4eept BY fire yesterday morning
and score of amusement devices were
wiped out, entai1ing loss OF $50. 0Oo,
Fully insured. The fire originated IN
EGreek restaurant and spread rapidly
along Che boardwalk despite the efforts
OF volunteer fire fighters. 1t was only
stopped by axuen, who chopped down
structure in its path, thus saving the
Casino and. the big hotel. That the
amusement features which were wiped
ont will be replaced with structures lar
superior to-, those, which we're burned
and ;thatin rebuilding care will be taken
I'd provide. for buildings OF less in
flamable character than those hereto
fore in use at summer resorts, was the
assertion yesterday of Otto Wells, man
ager Of the Seaside Amusement Corpo-
ration.
The Richmond Chapter, Daughters
Of the Confederacy, at Lee Camp Hail.
last night presented veterans and de-
scendants with crosses of honor The
exercises attendant upon the presenta-
ton Of tie crosses OF honor were i'm.
pressive and JOY and sadness mingled
together as the days OF strife, which the
icrosses represented, we're recalled. and
those who have gone before" were
brought again to the memory of loved
ones.
| The latest news from Washington
Edeclared to be authentic, is that Rep
resentatiye c. B. Slemp, OF the Ninth
Virginia district, has at last succeeded
|in inducing the Postoffice Department
to. establish a separate postoffice fol-
Bristol, Va; thus giving to khe city Of
Bristol, Tenn. Va, two postofices. II
lis expected to later call for an appro.
Spriation OF 100000 for the erection Of
an additional postofice building. 1t is
Istated in this connection that an in.
spector sent here from the department
submitted report showing that. tc
maintain two offices at Bristol would
Ecost the government more than So.
1000 above the present cost annually:
IA majority Of the business men are i'm.
doubtedlv opposed to two postoffices
since it is destined to Cause confusion
and delay in the delivery of the mails,
] necessitaiing atranstsr system
| Declining to consider a Carnegie hero
.medaland refusing to entertain official
recognition by the City Council, Mayor
Holiday, of Suffolk, on Thursday
night proved that his heroism is equaled
by his modesty. The mayor few
days ago imperiled his own life to save
that Of Policeman Pratt, who had
grasped.a live wire which he could not
release The mayor,saved, the police
man, but was thrown, Is feet by con-
tact. Councilman Campbell introduced
a mandatory resolution of record in the
Council, but Mayor Holiday, who
pr,sided, would not permit a vote:
President Primer, of The Council, in.
troduced another resolution calling for
Communication with the Carnegie Hero
Medal Commission. The mayor also
declined to have this proposition con-
sidered.
Samuel g.. Smith, ~ years old, for
many years, chief guide at the Luray
Cayerns, was found dead in led yester-
day. Death is supposed to have been
due to heart disease. During the war
he was gunner in the Dixie Artillery,
and vas distinguished .for gallant SER
vice.