Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-08-09

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the Commonwealth.
I.vrchburg.-Campers at the Y. NJ
iC. 4. Island sent up paper balloon
thursday night with ticket for q
free motor boat ride on the James
river for the finder, and the ticket
wa; brought back to the local Y. By
Halle Padgett, a boy, who lives on
the Forest road more than five miles
from the Island. There is colony
Of campers on the Island living in
thirty-tour tents.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS of an in
te.eSting nature in breeding Bob-white
parrridgcs and other game birds an
animals in captivity are being car
ried on at the state game farm in
New Kent county, under the direc-
ton Of Colonel F. Nash Bilisoly, COM
missioner of game and inland fish
cries.
Lynchburg.-Detailed to heat water
in a heater for city farm prisoners to
take Saturday evening bath. Lu-
ther Price, an lS-year-od negro boy,
apparently, turned off the valve at
the boiler. which led through a pipe
to the tank, and while he was alone
and working about the boiler it ex-
ploded, injuring him in such man.
ner that he died at the Lynchburg
hospital several hours later.
chmond.-Richmon will put the
two platoon system for its firemen
into effect September /, it was an
nounced recently by Director of Pub
lie Safety William NJ. Myers. At
present the city firemen are on duty
is hours and off "a.
Norfolk. Of bail for the
release of C. D. Harris, charged with
robbery of $685. from the Seaboard
Bank, July 10, was reduced yesterday
by Judge Sergeant from $4,000 to
S5 900. Application for the reduction
! was made 30 the court by lvor A.
Page, Jr.. who first asked that the
bond be set at the original figure Of
81 900. This Commonwealth's Attor-
ney Shuckleford opposed, but agreed
to $4,000.
Petersburg.-After deliberatng IS
minutes 4 Dinwiddic county jury to-
night returned verdict of guilty of
murder in the cases of Raleigh Has
kins and Judge Griffith, negroes,
charged with the murder of Stephen
G. White, postmaster at Harpers
Ferry, month ago. Judge Robert
Southall sentenced the defendants to
be electrocuted September 30.
Farmville.-The mayor Of Farm
vile has advised Adjutant General 10
Lane Stern that the young men of
this town were ready to organize a
company of National Guard at once.
The new company, when inducted into
service. will be attached to the Second
Infantry.
Lynchburg. police department
has in charge one perfectly good
seven passenger touring automobile
popular make for which there is no
claimant. The car was taken several
weeks ago, when a negro chauffeur
charge of the car fled upon approach,
abandoned the car and fled When the
car was taken in charge the police
found four gallons of moonshine IL
quor in it.. Several days later negro
appeared at police headquarters and
started to claim the car.
Danville.-Local attorneys were
keenly interested today in the charges
made a few days ago to the United
States grand jury at Roanoke by
United States Judge Henry Clay Me
/ Dowell, who holds that indictments on
the score of violating the Volstead act
J should not be returned unless it is
shown that the law enforcement Of
ficers were armed with search war
rants at the time of the arrest.
! Norfolk. Harding, him
self Kiwanian. will be invited to at
tend the Capital District Kiwanis
Club convention in Norfolk on Sep
tember 80 and October /. The Wash
ington kiwanis Club, with which the
President is affiliated, is member of
the district. An invitation already
has been extended to Miss Sue How
ard, of the Metropolitan Opera Com
pany. New York. Miss Howard has
accepted the invitation. She has sung
at several national and district con-
ventionS of the club
Richmond,-The City Employment
Bureau has issued the following state
ment: While there is much unemplyo-
ment in Richmond, labor conditions
here are more favorable than in most
cities. Most of the manufacturing
plants are operating and many of
them at full capacity. Several hum
dred have recently. been added to the
pay roll. The bulk of the unemployed
here are non-residents,. as has been
the case now for several months. Blu
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