Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-05-25
VIRGINIA NEWS

| VIRGINIA NEWS
The State Corporation Commits
SION yesterday granted charter to
the Associated Dry Goods Company
| with an athariged capital OF S53,-
100000, the Incorporation of which
! marks the reorganization of the a.
B. Clafiin interests of New EoFk.
The failure @! the parent concern,
the H. B. Clafin Company, about
:wo years ago, was one of the l.:TS5-
rst in the h;stary OF the dry goods
BUSINESS in America.
With approximately 600 Of the
900 full-vote delegates who will be
accredited to the Roanoke conven-
ton, elected, democratic leaders iden-
tifed with both the Glass and James
factions, after scanning the lists
closely, admitted last night that the
race between the Sixth District Re-
preventative and the Danville man
for the national committee, has de-
veloped into a neck-and-neck affair,
with the margin so close as to make
unsafe any prediction as to the out
come.
In affirming a judgment of $25,-
600 given by the Virginia courts
against the Chesapeake and Ohio
Railway in favor Of Asa P. earn
aham, fireman of the road, who lost
his leg in a collision at boswell, in
1918, the U. IS. Supreme Court
held Monday that juries of less than
IL men required by common law may
return verdicts in federal as well as
state cases. The railroad had APP
pealed from the original finding IN
the Carnaham case on the ground
the+ III:-ey:-:a-l ,ul,inh- n llnurn1i
a Jury of but seven men to pass on
the evidence, was not valid
The jury rendered verdict of ST.
600 in favor of the plaintiff in the
case of o. G.. Bell VS.. Virginia
Railway Company last night in Chris
tiansburg, The case had been on
trial since May 10, and was the third
time it was tried, both former YER
diets having been revoked by the
Supreme Court of Appeals. Bell was
mai! clerk on the Virginian and
claims to have suffered a fracture
of the small bones of the neck, as a
result of the sliding door of the car
striking him when train ne was
on came to sudden stop at lronton'
on October &c, 1911. He claimed the
company was liable because it had
provided no hook to the door
The nineteenth annual convention
of the Council of Sons and DauSh-
tiers of Liberty of Virginia and Dis
trict of Columbia adjourned yeste"-
day in Lynchburg, to meet next May
in Richmond. The following officers
were elected and Installed: State
councillor, Mrs. Mary F. Prendcr,
Washington; associate counci'":.
Mrs. Susie E. Langford, Richmond:
vice-councilor, Miss Viola Starke,
Richmond; secretary. Mrs. Mary
Ashworth. Harborton; treasurer,
Mrs. Sallic Harwoo,l. Bristol; guide
| Miss Emily C. Boo0itt, Richmond:
inside guard, Mrs. Cara Blackburn:
Pulaski: outside guard. W W.
Paucr, Richmond; national represent
/ lati"e. Mrs Maggie Elder. Peters
J burg; Joseph T. Taylor, Richmond;
Miss Ethel Pruitt. Eanvillc; Mrs.
| Eannle Wade, Richmond, anu hi-
iional altcrnates, Miss Mary I've,
Lttrsburg; r. F. Mct:er, Rich
| II end; Mrs. Mary F.. Huddines,
Roa,t Ike, and Miss Lucy Hctty. Al
exandria. the statistical report show
The statistical report show,
ed al councils, 1928 members and
assets of s34, 434O5. Virginia Dare
Council, Petersburg, which reported
a gain of 1872 in membership, was
awarded the State councils first
prize for the year and American
Star Council, Roanoke, won the sec
ond prize.