Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-05-30
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George Alexander, aged "a years
who served with the Virginia troops in
the Mexican war and in the Fifth Vir-
giuia Infantry in the civil war, losing d
leg at the battle Of Charlottesville,
died yesterday al Stanton.
The drouth is becoming serious il
SpCisylvauia county. But little rain
has fallen in two months. The corn,
wheat, aud hay crops are being seri-
ously affected. The early crops. such
as Strawberries, green peas and aspara-
gus, will be reduced more than half
and large percentage oi corn will
have to be replanted.
Robert Smallwood anil Christiana
Hag erdon, OF the Meyers Cave section
went to HarriSonburg Saturday and got
married. In securing the license Small
wood swore that his bride. to-be was p
years old. His brother-in- law, 0swell
Johnson. made similar cath. On
Sunday Harrison officers learned that
the girl was only / years old. 4 dep
uty sheriff secured warrant and went
after his men aud yesterday morning
they were placed III Jail The youthful
bride collapsed when she saw the officer
take her husband OF a day away.
Frank Mahan. II years old, en-
ployed in the Riverside Cotton Mills at
Danville, was shot and almost instantly
killed yesterday morning by Sam
Pruett, aged -, fellow operative. In
a statement after the tragedy, Pruett
admitted the shooting and expressed
no regret. Pruett says that Mahan had
been annoying him, and GU Saturday
.eported him for not cleaning his ma
chine after work.
Nistaking oSalic acid. which she had
purchased for use in whiting lace cur.
tains, for salts, Mrs. Euu Lee Parks.
wife OF Victor Parks, deputy city col
lector OF Norfolk, died yesterday within
half an hour after she had swallowed
the fatal drug.
With his face Scared and bruised,
neck broken and finger marks on his
throat, Charles BrinkIey, the 15-year-
old son Of j. W. Brlnklcy, a prominent
merchant and farmer at Nurney Sta.
ton, six miles from Suffolk, was YES
,erday found dead in thicket near
his home. The boy was last seen alive
Saturday night. The body had been
dragged into the woods about 20 yards
from the county road. John Ganar,
negro, has been arrested as a suspect.
While returning from the home of
his daughter in Bedford county, to
her home near Pedlar's Mills, Amhers;
county. Sunday afternoon, Mrs. Henry
Turner Was thrown out of the vehicle
IN which she and her little boy we're
riding and was Instantly killed The
mule she was driving became Frightened
at boy on Il bicycle and ran away.
According:to announcements at the
tiices at the atlantic Coast Line Rail
way. Richmond, the shortages OF Louis
l.. Gregory, the ahsconding cashier Of
that company, has reached S2l 900
aud 1t Is not known how much more II
Nili amount 10 when the examination
W a'S eSN'hs uaS tSSI COIL pieIeu. III
further became known frou those at
work on Gregory's hooks that when
ready for light Gregory paused long
enough TO take So. 200 more from the
Golfers OF the railroad company on the
night Of his departure. Tie polio.
nave learned nothing of Gregory
Whereabouts.
The Court of Appeals will meet fer
Its Summer session at Wytheville to
morrow. 1t is understood that the
Wythevile docket this year IS not
large, and that the session will hardly
last longer than a month. A big BATCH
Of decisions will be handed down on
JuneS, the next opinion day OF the
court. These will include. it is pre-
Sumed, the passenger rate case OF the
ashlngtod Southern, IN which that
road asks for au increase from , TO 5
cents per mile, refusing to accept the
: II cent rate allowed 1t by the State
Corporation Commission. There are
also many other cases Of importance
III which decision is expected.
J. N. Howell, popoular druggist of
Greensburg Ky, say" Weuse Chamber