Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-12-19
VIRGINIA NEWS
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and on up to Richmond, got logetne
Friday at the Hotel Warwick an
formed a permanent organization
which will fight firstly for $4,000,
600 bond issue for good roads in tn
next two years, and secondly for tn
expenditure of a part OF that money
as soon as possible, for the construc
ton of hard road from Williams
burg to Richmond and of hard roat
from Glouceser point to Gloucestel
Court House. Gloucester County was
represented at the meeting.
Richmond-Seven of Richmond:
banks, the Federal Reserve the FRS
National, Planters National, Contra
National Bank of Commerce ane
Trusts, Union Bank of Richmond
and the West End Bank, will dis
tribute Christmas bonuses to theil
employees. Officials of each of these
organizations announced Friday tina;
their employees would be remembered
at the Yuletide season.
Staunton-John and Jake Miller
and Aldine Back charged with steal
ing turkeys, were found guilty be
fore Magistrates Bucker & O'Rourke
a dav or SO ago. Each was fined $50
and sentenced to serve IL months in
Jail.
Petersburg-Police Justice Glenn
ents this week issued warning to
iitney operators to stop violating
traffic laws, especially the one rela-
tive to picking up passengers in the
middle of the streets. He announces
that the minimum fine for the first
offense will be $25.
Charlottesvlle-Mrs. John D. Saw
yer has just purchased "lngleside,'
the former home of Mrs. Wexford
Read. 1t is understood that Mrs
Sawyer will move to the place about
February ! and make her permanent
home there.
Richmond-The police are investi-
eating the theft of a wallet contain
ing a $1,000 Libery bond from the
pocket of William Fl. Buell.. civi!
war veteran, from Grand Rapids
Mich. Mr.. Buell. was on his way to
Hampton to enter the National Sol
diers' Home. He was planning to
give the bond to his married daugh.
ter living near Hampton as Christ.
mas present. He told the police that
he believed the wallet was removed
from his pocket while he was alight-
ing from Chesapeake and Ohio
Railway train at Main street Station,
He had just enough loose m0TeT' u
his pocket to buy ticket from Rich
mond to Hampton. This was not
taken bv the thief. Tn the wallet was
also s40O draft on the Fourth Ma
tional Bank Of Grand Rapids. Pay
ment on this was promptly stopped.
Richmond-Game Warden A. NJ
Newman, of Smyth County, has sent
to the department of inland fisher
les a splendid specimen Of game
trout, alleged to have been killed
by chlorine emptied into Staley
Creek through the purifying system
of the Southwestern State Hospital
at Marion, which empties into the
north fork of the Hoston river.
The game warden reports that all
down the Holston river hundreds and
thousands of fish perish by the poilu
ton. The matter is being investlga-
ted by the department of game and
inland fisheries, but as one state
department has no authority to prose
cute another state department the
fisheries department has called the
attention of the hospital authorities
to the matter, and asked them tc
stop the pollution.
Richmond,-M. D. Hart, secretary
of the department Of game and game
fish protective association, has re-
turned from New York, where he
attended the national game fish pro-
tective association, of which he was
honored with the vice presidency
Mr.. Hart was the only sOutherneI
given an office. Moving pictures o!
the Virginia game farm shown al
the convention were highly c0mpli'
mented by the representatives OF the
game and fish departments of forty
states and by game conservators
from Canada.
Richmond-In 1899, after Virginia
had passed through one Of her most
severe winters, during which timt
game suffered a tremendous loss. W
T. Payne, of Wichita, Kan, the state
game warden Of Kansas, sent tt
Virginia 10000 quail for restocking
purposes. This was recalled when NJ
d. Hart, secretary of the depart
ment of game and inland fisheries
announced that Alva Clapp, game
commissioner of Kansas, would ar
rive shortly to take quail hunt IL
Virginia.
Norfolk-"Gypsy" Smith evange
list, who has been conducting an ole
fashioned revival in the Billy Sun
day tabernacle here for the last
three weeks, will have his farewell
service at the tabernacle on Sunday
night. At services Sunday Afternoon
and night it is anticipated there viii
be 10000 persons to hear the preach,
er. An average of 10000 has at
tended each Of the Sunday services
so far held and the week night at.
tendances have ranged from 5000 tc
10000.