Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-09-06

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VIRGINIA NEWS
Paragraphs Picked Up Here and
B: There Throughout the State.
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Judge James Marcus Gregory, for
merly Judge of the Chesterfield coun-
tyf court, and until recently common.
wealth attorney of the county, died
yesterday at his home at Forest Hill.
He was about seventy-fye years old.
AS a member of Armstead's brigade,
Judge Gregory served in Confederacy
throughout the war between the
states.
Charles T. Jennings, manager Of
the Roanoke Music Company, of Roa-
noke, was paralyzed Sunday in his au-
tomobile and died shortly afterWard.
Mr.. Jennings and his wife went to
'Lynchburg to spend Sunday with re-
latives. AS the machine was not IN
good running order Mr.. Jennings sug-
eested that he return alone and that
his wife follow by train Monday. he
left Lynchburg apparently in perfect
health.
The German auxiliary cruiser
Prince Eitel Friedrich and kron
Prinz Wilhelm, which have been in
termed at Norfolk for over year,
will be sent to Philadelphia within a
month. With them will go the German
village constructed by the crews of
the interned ships and which occupies
several acres of land in the navy
yard. The space occupied by the vii
lage will be used for the construction
of new dry dock and there will be
no room for the interned ships When
the Norfolk yard begins the construc-
ton of warships for the navy. The
German vessels will be conveyed to
Philadelphia by American warships
to p. vent them being molested by al
lied cruisers off the Virginia capes.
Opening of Virginia schools for the
new session will mark the greatest
era of advancement in the history OF
education in this state, according t.
a statement issued by Supcrinten-
dent of Public instruction Steames
in which is shown the tremendous
progress which the schools have made
in the last ten years. Enrolment OF
the state schools in that decade has
advanced from S61, 772 to 472,210 and
the schools themselves have increas-
ed from 1913 to 12,343. The number
of teachers has grown from 9,072 ii
1850. The average salary Of white
teachers has been raised so per cen
while that of the colored teacher!
now equals the salary drawn by whit
teachers in 1905. Perhaps the great
est increase is in the high school:
which now number 572, whereas il
1906 there were only seventy-fve
Keeping pace with these increase!
the annual school revenues have en-
HANGED from $2,432,1O to $7,201, 76S
Value. of school property is now $15,
035,600 compared with $4,2T9,625.
: Members Of the Republican EXecu
tive Committee of Virginia held :
conference in Representative Bascon
Slemp's Office in Washington yester
day to canvass the political situa
ton in Virginia. The committee adj
journed without deciding whether C
not G. o. P. candidate to oppos
Senator Claude A. Swanson woul
he placed in the field. Another meet
ing will be held in Roanoke i'll J
days. Strong opposition developed t
the movement to oppose Senate
Swanson. "There is no chance to dc
feat Senator Swanson with q simon
pure Republican candidate" sal
Committeeman McGavock of tn
Ninth District. Democrats will vol
, for him against a Republican. W
have fight on our hands in the Mint
district, and for one think we Shout
work to insure the reelection Of Rel