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McLemore, in an opinion ruled that
written applications must be made
/ by persons who would register and
that persons who were otherwise
placed upon the books are not legally
registered This is directly contrary
to the recent decision of Judge Chris
tian, of Lynchburg, who upheld the
supremacy of the registrars. The
"wets" allege that rs persons who
| voted "dry" in December were lille
gally registered, and If the evidence
sustains their contention the election
will be thrown out It is not believ-
cd that the court can require man
te tell how he voted The '.drys"
won in December by 55 votes, and
any greater number of "drys" lille
gally registered would nullify there
suit. The case is set to come up on
its merits in the City Circuit Court
June 81.
Norfolk.-Attorney r. H. Bagby
received information from the clerk
of the Supreme Court OF, Appeals that
the petition for writ of error in the
case against TIC. Gates had been
denied. The ruling brings to a close
one Of the hardest fought legal bat
| ties that has ever taken place in this
city, the principals being Common
wealth's Attorney C. T. Bland, who
rigidly prosecuted the case three
times, winning on each occasion, and
Attorney Bagby, who strenuously de-
Tended Gates. Under the ruling of
the court Gates will either serve 10
years in the city Jail or work on the
roads of the State. Never before,
until recently, had such long Jail
sentence been imposed by a jury in
any court of the State for mis-
demeanor.
Bristol-It is announced that
Walter D. Sutherland, the abscond-
ing cashier of the Clintwood National
Bank, at Clintwood, recently cap
tured and now. in jail there, will be
prosecuted by the Government, for al
legged violations of the national bank
ing laws. The bank that suffered
through Sutherland's transactions
has been absorbed by the private
bank of Clintwood. 1t is said that
among the papers discovered in the
transfer of the bank was note
signed by Sutherland in which he
Indicated his abrupt departure by the
expression, Gone to tall timber"
Sutherland is said to have been short
about $4,000.
Roanoke The Court of Appeals,
sitting In Wytheville, has handed
down an opinion in the case of John
H. Jessie, of this city, reversing the
decision of the Corporation Court re-
fusing new trial. He was convicted
in December of the murder of Frank.
lin Marshall who was killed in
lodging house operated by Jessie
The opinion of the Court gives Jessie
another trial: He has been in Jail
since October 81. He was found
guilty of the murder and his punish
ment fixed at IL years in the peni-
Tertiary
Norfolk.-The Norfolk Silk Com.
Pany, with factories at Norfolk and
Midland Park, N. j., filed in the
United States Court voluntary petit.
ton in bankruptcy. The company's
assets, consisting largely of the ap.
praised valuation of its plants
amount to $467.00O, and the liabili.
ties are 100000. The principal
creditors are Scheffer, Schrew & Vo.
gel, of New York, $22T,000; Citi.
zens' National Bank of Norfolk, $685.
990, and Charles Gull, of Paterson,
N. j., $4,000
Lexington.-Tn the municipal cleo.
I ton held here E. Southland Shields
was elected Mayor over W. E. Pier.
son by the vote of 189 to SO. The |
Councilmen elected were Charles
Pole, S. o. Campbell, Reid White, M
B. Corse and H. G. Wise, incumbents |
and H. C. Ford. A fight was made
against the present Council because
of its aggressive constructive work
for streets and water, but its course
was indorsed by the voters.
Fredericksburg. Capt. John N
Tabb and W. G. Burlee, of Gloucester
and C. T, Hobard, of Norfolk, were
here comforting with business mer
in reference to the proposed electric
railroad from Yorktown to4this city |
They stated they would have no diff.
Guilty in securing rights of way and
will return later and appear before I
the Business Mems Association In be.
half of the line.
Blacksburg.-Gover Kitchin, oil |
North Carolina, delivered the address
at Virginia Polytechnic Institute be-
fore the largest graduating class il
years. The Governor spoke on the
relations between citizenship and
duty. President Barringer conferred I
the degrees upon the 70 graduates
and urged them in his speech not to
forget Virginia and the South.
4 Winchester. Miss Resale Law.
renee Mccormick, the youngest
daughter of Marshall Mccormick, OF |
Berryville, Clarke county, was mar.
ried to Horace Gilbert Smithy, .
member OF an old South Carolins |
family. in Grace Protestant Episco.
pal Church at Berryville by the rec
tor, Rev. Edward Wall
Hot Springs.-The annual conven.
ton of the Virginia Bankers Asso-
citation was held here with several
hundred of, the foremost bankers
and fnanciers of the state attend 4