Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-08-22

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ed to meet Tuesday for organization.
A new chairman will be elected, as r.
w. Whitaker, chairman for about ten
wears, has retired from membership.
The committee now has four women
in its membership.
Charlottesville-Col. ]. c. Sprigg'
native of Virginia, who, after
spending many years in the north,
has returned to the Old Dominion and
purchased home near the University
of Virginia, has announced himself an
independent candidate for the house OF
! delegates.
Clarendon.-The annual lawn fete
to be given by the St. Charles Cath
Ole Church next Tuesday and We'd
nesday nights, promises to be the
most elaborate affair which the
church has undertaken. The Kew.
Frank Lackey will be in charge with
large corps of assistants. Proceeds
are to be devoted to the new school
to be erected here.
Charlottesville. = The postponed
case against H. B. Sparks, on charge
of violating the ordinance against
having and handling intoxicating II
quor, was disposed of in Police Court
Yesterday ard the accused given fine
! of 5000 and term of ninety days
in the city Jail by Justice Charles u.
Shackelford. An appeal to the Cor
poration Court was noted by the ac-
cused. A large quantity of liquor was
taken by the police in the raid on
Sparks place Friday, August II.
Norfolk.-Employees of the Nor
folk navy yard have just demon
strated that they are the fastest
workers in America. The repair ship
Prometheus was sent here for repairs
that were to be completed September
2. The ship was ready for sea thir-
teen days ahead of schedule. Rear
Admiral Andrews, commandant OF the
ward, congratulated the men in cir
cular posted at various points about
the ward. He declared it was such
work as was done on the Prometheus
that will bring more ships to the local
yard.
Danville.-The Danville Chamber
of Commerce and other civic bodies
have made plans 10 give reception
to the Roanoke boosters, who are eX-
pected here next Wednesday for a
two-hour stop in this city. They will
leave at $50 p. m, for Greensboro,
and will spend the night at Winston
Salem. The 1l5 Boosters will be met
with automobiles and will be taken
trough the city, after which supper
will be served at local hotel.
Charlottesville.-The forty fourth
annual convention of the Albemare
County Sunday School Association
adjourned yesterday afternoon, to
meet next year at Spring Hill Baptist
Church, near Advance Mills, in the
northern end of the county. Officers
for the ensuing year were elected as
follows: President, S. +. Hamm; vice
president, H. S. Merchant; secretary
and treasurer. Miss Mary o. Deane;
assistant secretary, Paul Walp.
Norfolk.-The first pay received by
national guardsmen in Norfolk since
the war will be given to members OF
Company ), Second Divisional lnfan-
try, Monday night at the Armony
Building. according to announcement
YESTERDAY by Captain F. H. Bondu-
rant. The company was mustered
into service last April IS, and the pay
will covrS the period from that date
to June 80, the end of the govern
ment's fiscal year. There are eighty
three men in the company.
Norfolk.-With the opening of the
Norfolk fair just two weeks Oft, IN
terest in the event is increasing, and
hundreds of inquiries concerning the
exposition are received at headquar-
tiers of the Norfolk Fair Association
daily. Strings of racing horses from
we'll known stables in North Carolina
and the Eastern Shore of Virginia
already are here and are working out
at the Fair Grounds to get in condl-
ton for the races to be staged at the
fair every afternoon. Others will ar
rive this week and will offer the fast
est contests ever witnessed on a Nor
folk track.
CharIottesvile.-On September )
the University of Firginia's football
season officially begins as prelimi-
nary work starts on thai date. Coach
Warren has received many replies to
his call from last years veterans
promising omake prompt appear
ance. From present prospects, the
chances of Virginia coming back"
are very bright. Captain Rinehart,
once Episcopal High School star and
since mainstay of Virginia's offensive
with his speed. level head, and abil-
ity to lead, promises to be an excel
lent general for the coming season.
Niche, last years captain and we'll
known end, is returning to play his
final year of college football and re-
ceive his law degree. Among others